Officials Meet to Draft Bid for Toledo Franchise
Mayor Copenhaver and City Council will meet at 11 a.m. with the stadium board to draft a commitment to the Toledo Baseball Club. If funds fail, Charleston may bid to move the Triple A franchise. Toledo fans race to raise $45,000 by Wednesday to keep the team.
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A. L. Hardman
the Gazette
Copenhaver
Charleston
City Stadium Board
Toledo Baseball Club
American Association
Mayer
Toledo
Copen
Danny Menendez
Mud Hen
Menendez
Red Slaughter Charge Blocks New Path to Truce
MUNSAN Korea Feb 25 Korean armistice negotiators near a breakthrough but face a new block over prisoner repatriation and neutral observers. Five committee talks show progress yet the prison camp riot on Keje Island raises Red accusations of slaughter. U.S. casualties: 1 dead, 39 wounded. Meetings slated for 11 am tomorrow as staff officers push to a higher level.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjam
North Korea
Russia
Alles
U.N. Command
Keje Island
South Korea
Eighth Army
U.S
Panmunjom
Pyongyang
Peiping
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U N Planes Hit At Red Positions In Korea Action
Allied bombers struck Communist rail lines and troop centers in clear weather near Wonsan and Kilju Island. The Fifth Air Force reported 656 sorties and rail cuts in 104 places as Italian jet pilots felled Chongdan village. No Allied confirmation of Red claims of sinking ships.
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Seoul
U.S
Wonsan
Far East Naval Headquarters
Essex
North Korea
Pyongyang
Kilju Island
Chongdan
Yalu River
Manchuria
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Obituary and Sports Notes Highlight Local Names
Fragments show obituaries and sports brief items mentioning local figures such as Kilesten and Parsons. The clipped page hints at radio TV content and a segment titled Baby, with scattered references to sports, indicating a mixed Today section with life events and local entertainment.
Tot tumbles six floors lands unharmed in Brooklyn shrubbery
Three year old Roderta Renny toddled from a Brooklyn apartment and plunged six stories into thick shrubbery. A Long Island College Hospital spokesman said she sustained no injuries and was unharmed except for crying. Neighbors recalled the frightened girl, left with her mother away from home.
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Mary Jan
Brooklyn Hospital
Roberta Renny
New York
Rep
Roderta Renny
Brooklyn
Tier Jong
Long Island College Hospital
Two Brothers Killed by Auto Near Glasgow
Two brothers Oral L. Johnson 43 and George Johnson 49 of Glasgrow were struck on U S Route 60 near Glasgow after stopping on the roadside. Driver James C. Hughes of Hugheston said an oncoming car forced him to stay in path. Both brothers died at Laird Memorial Hospital after transfer by ambulance.
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Montgomery
Oral L. Johnson
George Johnson
Glasgrow
U. S. Rt. 60
Glasgow
Chelyan
James C. Hughes
Hugheston
Air Power Called Costly Necessity
WASHINGTON Feb 24 MSI Chairman Mahon urged expanding air power despite high costs warning the price tag may be steep but essential for national security. He favors roughly 14 billion for aircraft procurement and notes 1959 funding is an important insurance against possible air attacks, asserting air supremacy underpins all other defense measures.
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Washington
MSI
Mahon
House Military Appropriations
Texas Democrat
Planes
Solons to Fight RFC Nomination of McDonald
Senate leaders push for a vote on President Truman's nomination of Har ity A. McDonald to head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Douglas and Capehart oppose, citing strength concerns and the drive to abolish the RFC. Banking Committee backed McDonald 7 to 3, while McDonald faces Senate confirmation hurdles as RFC runs on temporary leadership under W. Stuart Symington’s departure and Leon Nielson acting.
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Solons
RFC
McDonald
Washington
Senate
Tru
Harity A. McDonald
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sen
Douglas
Fenough
Senate Banking Committee
House
House Commerce
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Ruge
Banking Committee
W. Stuart Symington
Leon Nielson
Arnall Prefers Rapid Decontrolling of Economy
Washington reports President Truman appointee Ellis Arnall as price stabilizer signals a push to decontrol the economy as swiftly as inflation wanes. Arnall states he favors removing controls industry by industry and hopes to end all controls quickly. Economists foresee a gradual business slowdown with stable prices for months barring new international crises.
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Washington
INS
Ellis Arnall
Ting
Arnall
Sattes Mother Of 3 Slain In Kanawha County
A 32 year old mother of three died from a broken neck yesterday after a domestic argument with her husband Otto Haverty in Kanawha County. Otto Haverty, 40, told troopers he and his wife argued and she attacked him with a knife. He said he cut him near the nose and grabbed her throat, and that she collapsed. Neighbors reported a shattered window and signs of a struggle as their children were away. The knife was found in the victim’s hand. authorities noted no blade blood on her hand. The case was turned over to investigators with page 12 continuing.
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Sattes Homenard Ser Husband Jis
Kanawha County
S. P. Vandevender
S. Neely
Hean Haverty
Otto
Haverty
Theouse
Vandevender
Six Communist Agents Executed on Formosa
Six convicted Communist agents were executed in Taipeh after being captured when a Nationalist warship intercepted a Communist vessel near Amoy. The most prominent figure was Ang Yi-pao, who in January seized two small Nationalist freighters and served as their chief engineer.
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Formosa
Taipeh
Amoy
Too Much Mickey closed sessions draw criticism at Charleston banquet
Abraham Linegin and William H Maginnis report that a 40 minute state board of education session in Charleston sparked charges of secrecy from delegates. W Guy Petrick accuses the board of hiding information, while the event, tied to Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, drew Daughters of the American Revolution commentary and a talk on the public's right to know.
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William H. Maginnis
George Washington
Huntington
Abraham Linegin
State Board
Tetrick
House J
Charleston
West Virginia Society
Guy Petrick
Clarksburg
State Sar
Mickey Mouse
NATO to OK 4000 Aircraft and 50 Divisions for Europe
Lisbon February 24 NATO ministers near agreement on four core steps to bolster Europe against communism. Plans include about 50 combat divisions and 4,000 aircraft this year, plus a proposed European defense force merger and a Western alliance facilities study board. The council also moves to streamline NATO structure.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Atlantic
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Greece
Turkey
France
West Germany
Italy
Benelux
United Nations Secretariat
NATO Council
W. Avera Harriman
Daring Thieves Carry Off Safe from Car Wash
Thieves broke a glass panel at Minute-Man Car Wash on Lee Street after 6 pm Saturday, pushing a 600 pound safe containing about $1,400 into their car. The safe was blown open leaving scattered fragments up to 40 yards away, with only the safe disturbed. Police traced marks from the vehicle and found the safe later near a pig pen, noting gloves were used and no other property was disturbed.
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Saturnay
Lee St
N. Rutherford
Fatrolyen W. T. Wilson
Lovell Taylor
Thomas B. Moorhead
D. O. Taylor
Oak Ridge
Rutherford
Wilson
8. N. Rutherford
Minute-Man
Senate set to vote on service pay hike this week
Washington February 71 Senators signaled action on a pay boost bill covering over 30 million active and retired military personnel. The House passed January 15 by 268 to 89, proposing a flat 10 percent raise in base pay and allowances, with Pentagon estimates placing the cost at about 832 million dollars, arguing the raise trails rising living costs.
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Washington
House
la Fl
Pentagon
Refinery Cracking Unit Blasts in Longview
A Skelly Oil refinery cracking unit exploded in Longview Texas on February 24 starting a spectacular 100 foot high fire. Officials said the blaze may last two or three days and the cause was not known. The unit was at the refinery's east edge and officials planned to let the fire burn itself out.
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Longview
Tex
P Skelly Oil Company
Longview Company
Scots Protest Yankee Pipe Band With Royal Tartans
London papers howl as the U S Army 2d Division adopts a Scottish tartan for kilts and a pipe band with British pipers tutors. Scots lament the use of the royal Stuart tartan reserved for five regiments and pipers since Stuart times.
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London
Scotland
Sunday Chronicle
Reynolds
UU. S. Army
Fort Lewis
Wash
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Air Guardsmen Survive Plane Crash Then Trek to Safety
Four Air National Guardsmen from Geiger Field Spokane crash landed near Mt Shasta on Friday and, after snowbound travel, three reached McCloud California today. They reported the fourth man unharmed and a rescue leg planned from Klamath Falls. Rescue planes had searched from Hamilton and McChord Fields as the unit recovered in Sacramento.
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Klamath FauLs
McCloud
Calif
Mt. Shasta
James Sims
Fair Oaks
Klamath Falls
Black Fox Mountain
Air National
del Paso Heights
Bruce Prinz
Carmichael
Sacramento
Hamilton and McChordy
Yacoma) Fields
Air National Guard
Geiger Field
Spokane
French pull back from Hoa Binh in Indochina retreat
Saigon reports the French have abandoned Hoa Binh, a key highway hub on the Black River, cutting the Hanoi defense perimeter to 300 to 375 miles. About 29,000 French and Viet Nam troops retreated, with roughly 170 wounded. Gen Raoul Salan said Hoa Binh lost strategic value as Vietminh roads to the West bring War supplies from Red China. Union forces are now massed in the Red River delta.
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Larry Allen
Saigon
Indochina
Hoa Binh
Black River
Colonis
Hanoi
Raoul Salan
Hon ‘Binh
Sarum
Vietminh
Red China
Red River
MacArthur to stump tour if Truman campaigns
Rep. Miller, a Nebraska Republican, said Gen. MacArthur would follow President Truman on a whistle stop tour if Truman campaigns for reelection. Miller, who met MacArthur, noted the General would act under conditions set by the national Republican committee and warned a contest with Truman could become a real scrap with no holds barred.
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Washington
Mac
Arthur
Truman
Counsy
Miller
R-Neb
House
MacArthur
Miler
National
Republican) Committee
Far East
Harry
Eage
State Trooper and Son Shot to Death in Louisiana
In Jena Louisiana early today a Louisiana state trooper and his son were shot to death as officers wounded and captured two men after a burst of gunfire. Sheriff D Floyd said the trooper Aluis Floyd 55 was shot through the heart when called from his house by women. His son Donald 24 was slain when he grabbed his father's revolver and fired at the killers. Two gunmen fled in a car abandoned after running out of gas then continued on foot. Deputy Alonzo Taylor and state troopers arrested two Jena painters Martin Jackson and Luther Pearson about 29 in a field about a mile from the scene.
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Jena
Louisiana
D. Floyd
Aluis Floyd
Donald
Alonzo Taylor
Jenu
Martin Jackson
Luther Pearson
Prayer for Peace by Rev Swigger in Charleston
A brief 30 second prayer attributed to Rev George M. Swigger, Holiness minister, Charleston. It asks God to bring peace to the earth if nations refrain from war and live upright before the Lord, calling all nations to earnest prayer.
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George M. Swigger
Charleston
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