17 Feb 1955
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1955
Page
1
The House of Delegates approved a 68 to 25 vote for one man direction of the state highway program and rejected a six member or cabinet style control. The measure, proposed by Del Detherton of Kansas, would replace the existing system with a single road commissioner.
The Senate rejected a drastic revenue cut to the new sales tax plan and approved a minority amendment to trim $2 million in new levies from the Finance Committee proposal. The measure moves toward passage, with a provision to abolish the pep tax intact and a $1 million potential in racing revenue under the tracks bill.
Pittsburgh police booked 26 year old James Rucker on a murder charge after the 5 year old stepdaughter Nancy Scott died from injuries allegedly caused by a belt buckle during a beating. He was being held on assault and battery charges when death occurred and authorities cited extreme abuse for the fatal results.
A sparing couple wed last night at Marmet in a ceremony marking the bride's 61st birthday. The groom, Sir E Wilson, visited a downtown jewelry store to buy a ring, and two attendants joined the couple for the vows. The bride, a widow formerly from Pineville Kentucky, moved to Marmet in 1953 and plans to reside in Wilson's Marmet home.
Police say Wilbert Drake was treated and released after a fatal stabbing of a mine foreman. Witnesses Stover and Drake described a confrontation at Plum Orchard Road near Scarbro. Investigators traced events to the Andersons’ home where Withrow and Stover had been staying. Page 6.
Police seek a mysterious man described as a dangerous mental case who posed as a gas meter reader at several Charleston homes. Detectives report he slashed a garden hose, made threatening advances, and left notes promising death after the encounters.
Secretary Dulles stated the United States would not defend Chinese coastal islands as such but would fight if Reds seize the isles to use as a springboard for Formosa. He urged China’s Communists to return to UN cease fire talks and warned against surrendering offshore islands. He also discussed Moscow leadership changes and US resolve to restrain aggression in Asia.
Congressman James E. Van Zandt hailed President Eisenhower s Formosa move as a bold decision that called the bluff of Red China and Russia and moved the world closer to peace. He credited Eisenhower with seeking Congressional approval, warned of rapid retaliation if Red China attacked Formosa, and cited evacuations around the Tachen Islands as a strategic success. Hallanan urged Eisenhower s reelection in 1956 as part of the GOP line-up.
Sixteen year old Charles Dwain Smith of Mammoth was released to rejoin his school day after Prosecutor J Blackburn Watts moved to dismiss the murder indictment in the fatal knife slaying of his brother Gail Borden Smith, 28, on January 8 in Cabin Creek. The judge granted the motion amid a courtroom scene where the mother and boy cried, with Watts citing an investigative finding that the victim abused the mother and the defendant had a solid reputation. The case, one of the county's rare examples of a murder charge dropped before trial, leaves defense plans to argue self defense or provocation.
United Mine Workers Vice President Thomas Kennedy told the Joint Congressional Economic Committee that 165000 U S miners are unemployed as oil and gas use rises and the coal industry would need eight to twelve months to mobilize if war came. He blamed imports of residual oil and shipping limits to Europe, defending mechanization against Taft’s critique. Henry G Eiterfl of the NAM warned four dangers to business including union power, monetary expansion, government spending, and taxes.
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