Colorado beetle tale ends Eisler puppet era
Berlin dispatch recounts Gerhardt Eisler subsidy by East German regime and an infamous anti West stunt involving Colorado beetles. Fehling describes Eisler’s downfall as he faced UN American activities committee testimony in 1947 and later prison terms for record falsification. Eisler, now 58, remains a loyal comrade outwardly in East Germany.
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Joseph H. Singer
Berlin
INS
Gerhardt Eisler
West Berlin
Kurt Fehling
Eister
Fehling
Eisler
East Germany
Congressional Un-American Activities Committee
U. S
New York Civil Rights Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
Batory
New York
Reds
Soviet note expresses regret over American plane shoot down
Washington reports two jail sentences for refusals as Secretary Dulles welcomes the Soviet apology over the Neptune patrol aircraft shot down near the Bering Straits. Molotov’s note in San Francisco offered partial compensation and expressed willingness to cover half the damage, while the U.S. seeks full reparations for the loss and injuries to crew members. The incident occurred near St. Lawrence Island during tense Big Four talks.
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Giner
America
Washington
Dulles
Russia
Siberia
Alaska
Molotov
Geneva
State Department
San Francisco
United Nations
United States Navy
Soviet Union
Bering Straits
United States
St. Lawrence Island
Bering Sea
City Sets 4th of July Plans for Charleston Playgrounds
Recreation Department lists events for the Fourth of July at Lincoln Big Jey Ave Donnally Legion and Kanawha City playgrounds. Winners choose a gallon of ice cream or a case of soft drinks while runners-up get half portions. Races and activities include Lollipop Sack Dixie Cup Jockey Pie Plate Peanut Scramble Backward Distance Volleyball Rope Skip Knee Balloon Goat Rubber Legs Cracker Barrel and Shoe Pitching. Festivities start at 2 p.m.
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Charleston
Lincoln
Big Jey Ave
Donnally
Legion
Kanawha City
Zemo Doctor's Formula Heals Skin Rashes Fast
Zemo relieves itching from surface skin rashes including eczema prickly heat and athlete's foot. It stops scratching and aids faster healing. Buy Extra Strength Zemo for stubborn cases.
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Zemo
Woman Stabbed in Triangle District Argument
Evelyn Clinton a 33 year old resident of 711 Court St was stabbed four times during a quarrel at her home in Triangle District. Attendants reported she named a young Coal Branch Heights man as her attacker, and police had not yet arrested him by nightfall.
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Triangle District
Evelyn Clinton
Court St
Simpson -Chandler
Coal Branch Heights
Mojave Desert Ordeal Ends in Deaths and Survivors
Twentynine Palms real estate developer Chester Buner aged 67 and Lyle Robertson 49 survived a two day desert trek after their jeep broke down amid temperatures estimated at 120 to 130 degrees. Calvert Wilson 43 and James R. Thompson 75 died of thirst and exposure as searchers recovered Wilson near Cadiz Dry Lake. An Air Force helicopter evacuated the survivors to Needles General Hospital.
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Twentynine Palms
Calif
Mojave Desert
Chester Buner
Bunker
Los Angeles
Lrom
Lyle W. Robertson
Calvert Wilson
California
James R. Thompson
Joshua Tree
Thompson
Wilson
Cadiz Dry Lake
Air Force
Needles
Careening car injures two in parked auto at Big Chimney
A car skidded nearly 100 yards, struck a guard rail, and crashed into a parked vehicle at the Chicken Shack on West Virginia 4 in Big Chimney. Helen Rose, 24, of Clendenin, and seven year old Doris Durkin of Mineral, were treated for minor injuries and released from Charleston Memorial Hospital. Leonard Burgess, 34, of Elk Hills, was charged with drink driving.
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Clendenin
Kanawha County
Joe Lazare
Helen Rose
Doris Durkin
Mineral
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Leonard Burgess
Elk Hills
Lazare
W. Va
Big Chimney
Harriman Questions Legislature on Summer Camp Probes
Gov Averell Harriman voiced surprise at the state legislature committee’s proceedings into charges that Communist and front groups run summer camps in New York and beyond. He asked Sen Edward Larkin to outline steps or plans, noting the July 13 meeting delays and ongoing inquiries by HUAC in New York and New Jersey.
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Albany
N. Y
INS
Averell Harriman
Edward Larkin
Floral Park
Harriman
Larkin
Frront
House Un-American Activities Committee
New York
New Jersey
Ex Cop Transferred From Pen to Weston Hospital
Gilmore Horton a 36 year old ex policeman formerly stationed at Clendenin, who received an eight year sentence for second degree murder, was moved from Moundsville penitentiary to Weston State Hospital. Board President Joe Burdett said Horton would receive concentrated treatment and rapid reporting of his case. He claimed the victim resisted arrest with a knife.
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Gilmore Junior Horton
Moundsville
Weston State Hospital
Board of Control
Joe Burdett
Horton
Clendenin
Tom Raines
Burdett
H. Sinclair Tait
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