Woman Mauled After Informer Report In Hotel Case
A 28 year old woman identified as Margaret Roberson was found beaten and unconscious in the Kanawha Blvd area shortly after midnight. Police say she had informed for the Vice Squad prompting a large manhunt with over 50 witnesses questioned as suspects remain at large. The Henry Clay and the Ft Wayne hotels linked to prostitution face possible closure as authorities seek nuisance status.
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Kanawha Blvd
Dallas Bias
Bias
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Circuit Court
Henry Clay
Ft. Wayne
Eisenhower Faces Large Unemployment Benefit Setback
President Eisenhower risks a major defeat as Congress debates extending unemployment compensation to about six million more workers. The House Ways and Means Committee, split among 15 GOP members, struggles to reach consensus on the proposal.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
Truman Perky After Surgery
Former President Harry S. Truman underwent emergency gall bladder and appendix removal at Research Hospital in Kansas City. Dr. Wallace Graham said the 70-year-old's condition was excellent after surgery and that the gangrenous gall bladder caused the pain since Friday night. The operation lasted just over an hour and he was moved to a private room by 3 a.m. Mrs. Truman and relatives waited outside the theater. Margaret Truman sent a gift from Pennsylvania.
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Harry Truman
Research Hospital
Wallace Graham
Truman
Graham
White House
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Ovaresceno Big Room
Gra
Mrs. Truman
George Wallace
Fire Levels 2 Houses on West Side Hill
Seventeen people were left homeless when two ramshackle frame houses at 1500 block Beech Ave were destroyed by a morning fire that began in the kitchen of the larger home. Firefighters from Florida Street station battled the blaze but could not save the structures as a distant hydrant hindered water supply. The fire, which also damaged a chicken house and a second building, was reported around 8:45 a.m. and remained under investigation.
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Gazette
Beech Ave
Joe Hudson
Florida St
Hudson
Serand
Inside Today Amusements and Notices Section Headings
A fragmented newspaper page shows sections for Amusements Astrological Forecast Bob Considine comic pages crossword puzzle editorials and want ads. It also lists obituaries funeral notices radio television sports pages and women’s activities with incomplete captions and stray punctuation.
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Bob Considine
Inez
Realth
Hensel challenges McCarthy charges during hearings
Hensel claims McCarthy had no factual basis for accusations and offered to withdraw them without making the senator look foolish. He sent an affidavit to Mundt urging revival of the dismissal motion with a rebuke to McCarthy and released it at Quantico as a four day Defense staff conference closed. Mundt will decide in executive session whether to include the document in the record.
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Hensel
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Defense
Sen. McCarthy
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Quantico
Marine Corps Base
Defense Department
Mundt
Young Spilman Wins Gazette Award At Charity Horse Show
The 22 class Championship stakes closed the Fourth Annual Charity Horse Show at Coonskin Park with cash prizes trophies and ribbons. Robert Spilman won The Gazette Achievement Award for best junior equitation rider and collected eleven ribbons over two days, with Miss Linda Frankel of Huntington as a top competitor.
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Happy Horsemen
Coonskin Park
Gazette
Robert Spilman
Harry
Thornton
Young Spilman
Robert S. Spilman Jr
Hunter Seat
Linda Frankel
Huntington
U N Demands End to Bloodshed in Guatemala
The U N Security Council vetoed an American backed proposal to send Guatemala to the Inter American System and urged immediate end to bloodshed. France led a unanimous call for restraint and for members not to aid any side in the conflict.
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United Nations
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Russia
Guatemala
Organization of American States
U. N. Security Council
Moscow
Security Council
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Council
France
I-member Council
Iowa Flood Evacuations Ascend as Water Levels Rise
Swirling waters claim a life as flood crisis moves southward in Iowa. An emergency evacuation near Des Moines follows a five inch cloudburst just outside the capital city.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Es Moines
Many Beauties Lead West Virginia Paraders in Brighton Parade
A motorized parade in Charleston featured 19 convertibles with West Virginia Day themes. Alfred Anderson 18 led by riding amid farm scenes as crowds watched along the route from Kanawha City to Capitol and Washington Streets. Fire trucks and police units aided parade safety while Miss West Virginia and State Teen Queen hopefuls rode in convertibles plus numerous city and county contingents from Charleston and surrounding towns.
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Ankeny
Des Moines
Charleston
Kanawha City
Capitol
Washington Sts
Dunbar
Cedar Grove
Naval Ordnance Plant
California
Municipal Auditorium
West Virginia
Queens
South Charleston
St. Albans
Nitro
Marmet
Belle
Glasgow
Rand
Hurricane
Milton
Barboursville
Hamlin
Clendenin
Elkview
Guatemala Blames U S Airlift as Invaders Strive for Guatemala
Guatemala charges that U S airlifted weapons reach Honduras and Nicaragua and fuel the assault on Guatemala. Alfredo Chocano, charge d affaires, accuses the United States and neighboring states of sending forces against President Jacobo Arbenz and asks the Inter-American Peace Commission for help. The commission plans to meet to consider Guatemala's petition.
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Washington
Guatemala
United States
Honduras
Nicaragua
State Main
Jacobo Arbenz
Alfredo Chocane
D’afliaires
Inter-American Peace Commission
Foday's Definition Locomotive Not Afraid of a Truce
A cryptic note refers to an entity named Foday and a locomotive described as unafraid of a truce, signaling a symbolic or metaphorical image within the piece. No concrete events or dates are provided. The line emphasizes resolve amid conflict.
Jolson Left Million In California
A1 accounting filed in Superior Court fixes California Jolson assets at 1 701 870 as part of a total estate of 4 282 730. Attorneys seek approval of the first accounting of California property, with Jolson aged 66 at the time of settlement of life insurance policies totaling 361 566.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
California
al Jolson
Mammy Singer
Jolson
Squall Capsizes Yacht in Chicago-Michigan City Race
A sudden Lake Michigan squall with 36 mph winds capsized one yacht and snapped masts on two others. Four boats diverted to shore for shelter during the Chicago-Michigan City race. Harbor authorities reported no injuries as the remaining fleet pressed toward Chicago.
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Michigan City
Ind
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Chicago
Battle in Guatemala as invaders push toward key towns
Anti Communist invaders move into Guatemala near the El Salvador border led by Col. Carlos Castillo Armas. Rebels target Jutiapa and Asuncion Mita while uprisings reported in Tutupan, Retalhulen, and Huehuetenango. Arbenz plans strategy as U.S. evacuation fears rise and gasoline controls are tightened.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Jacobo
Arbenz Guzman
el Salvador
Liberation Army
Carlos Castillo Armas
Jutiapa
Guatelmala City
Asuncion Mita
ITLED MOUSE AND PARTY Comic Strip Debuts
The Drandle characters promise a distraction from politics and daily woes as they begin today on the Gazette’s comic pages. Their run may shift readers away from baseball and other daily concerns.
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