Robbery Motive Eyed in Murder of Cub Scout
In Wheeling an investigation centers on robbery as the likely motive in the murder of 9-year-old Cub Scout David Powell. Teen twin brothers Thomas Jr and Joseph Williams are charged with murder after Powell's body was found in a coal cellar near their home on Island Wheeling.
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Thomas Williams Sr
Ohio County
David Powell
Joseph
Thomas Dy
Wheeling
Joseph Gompers
David
Thomas Williams
Williams
Thomas, Jr
Gompers
Ohio County Grand Jury
Charleston
Williams Brothers
Leo Bradford
William Callahan
Ohico River
Williams Twins
Thomas Williams, Jr
James Baisden
Powell
Otto Diesk
Thomas Williams Jr
Madison School
Labor Blasts Eisenhower Platform in AFL-CIO Analysis
The AFL-CIO executive council denounces Eisenhower's social spending as half hearted and inadequate. It calls for substantial 1956 wage gains and tax cuts for low income families with broader federal aid programs. The confidential labor analysis notes spending proposals have limited Democrats' appeal and could still give Republicans an edge in the election.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Eisenhower
Afl-Cio
Stassen predicts Eisenhower second term support
Harold E. Stassen told a Lincoln Day Dinner in Charleston that Eisenhower would win West Virginia and nearly all other states if he seeks a second term. He said five million Democrats might prefer Eisenhower to any Democratic candidate and emphasized peace, prosperity, and progress as GOP themes.
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Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
West Virginia
Union
Stassen
Daniel Boone Hotel
Hallanan
New Deal
America
GOP
Robert H. C. Kay
Republican State Executive Committee
Roy H. Pierson
Republican Executive Committee
Walter Hallanan
Gazette
Charleston stores plan million dollar sales event
More than 80 Greater Charleston department and specialty shops join Friday and Saturday for a cooperative sales event. Lawrence Kaufman says well over a million dollars in merchandise is offered with Spring openings and special prices on appliances furnishings apparel and more. Free bus service by Charleston Gazette Daily Mail and Charleston Transit Co runs 9:30 to 11 each day.
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Charleston
Lawrence Kaufman
Charleston Gazette
The
Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston Transit Co
Reater Charleston
Kaufman
Oil Firm's Money Case Probers Move to Grand Jury
The Justice Department summoned principals in the Case influence incident to appear before a federal grand jury after Senate investigators wrapped hearings. The blue ribbon committee agreed to let witnesses testify before the grand jury. Albert Gore to succeed Hennings as Elections Subcommittee chair, with GOP and Democratic moves shaping the probe.
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Washington
INS
Justice Department
Jincident
Senate
Department
Ees US QS
Rauus Wace
R-S.d
Charles W. Steadman
Nebraska
John M. Neff
U S Officials Say Troops Won’t Enter Middle East Without Invite
Officials stated the United States and Britain have no plan to send troops to the Middle East without United Nations approval or a direct invitation from Arabs or Israel. The Russians warned against foreign intervention, calling it a breach of UN charter and sovereignty. U.S. officials dismissed the warning as propaganda while noting Arab and Israeli opposition to Western troops.
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Steadman
Senate Group
Walter F. George Washington
INS
U. S
Britain
Middle East
United Nations
Israel
California
U. S. Security Council
The
Soviet Union
Iil
Security
Near
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Holy Land
Washington
France
United States
Dulles
Alabama grand jury weighs legality of Negro bus boycott
In Montgomery a county grand jury of 17 white men and one Negro was instructed by Circuit Judge Eugene Carter to determine if the 10 week old Negro boycott of city buses is illegal. The proceedings come as federal transcripts are requested and as new disclosures touch on campaign contributions linked to the gas bill.
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Montgomery
Ala
Eugene Carter
E. J. Sinclair
Carter
Alabama
Senate
Lexington, Neb
John M. Neff
Steadman
Newsten
George
Neff
Sen. George
Superior Oil Company of California
Case
Gas Hill
Superior
Paul Whaley
Dawson County
Neb
E. J. Kahler
Sioux Falls
D. D
Argus
Republican Party
Whaley
George Wallace
Kahler
Bullock County Grand Jury
Case Union Springs
South Dakota
Com
Wallace
FBI
Cobb County
Rosa Parks
Turncoats Knew Vital Secrets in Spy Scandal
The runaways Burgess and Maclean reportedly possessed access to a vast storehouse of U S atomic and psychological warfare secrets. A chronological record in US News and World Report draws on the book The Great Spy Scandal detailing their alleged disclosures and positions, including Maclean’s role with the policy committee on atomic developments and access to the Atomic Energy Commission offices.
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Washington
INS
Guy Burgess
Donald Maclean
Moscow
U. S
Burgess-Maclean
U. S. News and World Report
London Daily Express
England
Maclean
Atomic Energy Commission
Dean Acheson
Burgess
Bulb Eater Knows Watt He's Doing in Jail
In Oakland California on February 13, guards rushed prisoner Herman Taylor to Highland Hospital after he calmly munched on a light bulb he had fished from a waste basket. Doctors X-rayed him and reported no injury, and jail records list Taylor as a transient vagrant and unemployed glass eater.
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Oakland
Calif
INS
Oakland City
Herman Taylor
Highland Hospital
Taylor
Hypochondriac: A Definition From Psychiatric Lore
A concise definition describes a hypochondriac as a person who reports many complaints despite no actual disease. The term reflects historical medical views on somatic anxiety and health fear.
Stevenson survives tractor plunge at Timberline Lodge
Adlai Stevenson and five others escaped unharmed after a snow tractor broke through a cornice near Mt. Hood and rolled about 35 feet into a snow canyon. Driver John Macone halted the vehicle, preventing a fire. Stevenson, in front with Macone, led the group to safety at Timberline Lodge.
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Timberline Lodge
Ore
Adlai
Stevenson
Mt. Hood
John Macone
Lodge Star
Ralph Wiese
Macone
Wiese
Alfred Corbett
Portland
Oregon Stevenson For
Arnold Sakalyn
Dennis Stock
Los Angeles
Free Lance
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D-Tenn
Hennings
Gore
George Group
By Howard Handleman
Howard Keck
Keck
Criminal Division
Thomas C. Hennings
iCity
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Slad
Staunton Ave
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Adlai Safe
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