West Virginia GOP splits as Hill resigns from finance panel
A faction led by Arthur M Hill quits the State Finance Committee, accusing officials of mismanagement and long-standing failures. Hill and seven others sever ties with party leadership, while Walter S Hallanan and James Offutt Lakin respond they expect the party to endure and reconstitute finance leadership. The move follows reorganizing plans for a new finance committee at the Daniel Boone Hotel.
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Gazette
Arthur M. Hill
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West Virginia
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James Offutt Lakin
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Republican Party
Truman
Finance Committee
Republican State Committee
Daniel Boone Hotel
Spencer K. Cree
Parkersburg
Thomas E. Millsop
Weirton Steel Co
Cooper FP. Benedict
Lewisburg
Howard BR. Klostermeyer
Charleston
Atlantic Greyhound Corp
F. Steele Earnshaw
Photon Captein
Republican State Finance Committee
Washington
Moundsville
Ruffner Hotel
Eisenhower Defends Fair Play Amid McCarthy Clash
President Eisenhower condemns disregard for fair play in a news conference. He praises Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker as a loyal military leader while Sen. McCarthy denounces court martial and Peress discharge actions. The exchange highlights tensions between the White House, the military, and the Senate committee.
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Eisenhower
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Zwicner
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Stevens
Peress
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Father of 10 Slain at Omar
Logan March 38 Magistrate W Carson Browning Sr. bound over 18 year old Omar youth for grand jury on charge of slaying his father Thomas Jefferson DeJar nette Sr. 47 coal miner and father of 10, who died en route to Logan hospital after a gunfire incident at home following a card game dispute. The youth, Thomas DeJar nette Jr., said he retrieved a .22 rifle from a closet and fired through a window after an argument and beating by his father.
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W. Carson Browning Sr
Omar
Thomas Jefferson DeJarnette Sr
Alvis Porter
Otto Manns
Thomas, Jr
DeJarnette
DeJar- Mette
Britain Presses U S to Relax Red Curbs on Trade
Washington reports Britain formally urged the United States to ease curbs on trade with Communist nations. Britain cited Churchill and a Russian offer of contracts as incentives while U S officials warned against expanding trade that could strengthen Soviet war potential.
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Narcotics Ring Busted in Mexico City Arrests
Four men including American Louis Jones are arrested as narcotics agents seize marijuana worth about half a million dollars. The Willie Morales Victor Ruanova ring, active in New York, is tied to the operation with a recovered letter urging faster deliveries. The group used Matamoros at the border crossing.
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New York-Mexico City
Louis Jones
Willie Morales
Victor Ruanova
New York
Ruanova
ICC Is Asked To Stop Young
The New York Central Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to rule on whether Robert R. Young's bid to seize control violates the Interstate Commerce Act. The 28 page filing targets maneuvers by Murchison Richardson and Eaton and questions the 800000 share sale of Chesapeake & Ohio stock. The dispute centers on interlocking directorates between Central and C&O and Young's bid to control the Central.
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Dallas
Sidney W. Richardson
Fort Worth
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Ohio
Cyrus S. Eaton
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
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Eaton
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Puerto Rican Fanatics Face Judge Friday
A federal grand jury indicted four Puerto Rican fanatics accused of wounding five Congress members in a Monday shooting in the House. Ringleader Lolita Lebron, 34, and three others face assault with intent to kill and dangerous weapon charges. They are due for arraignment Friday as police note confessions from three of the four.
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Congress
House of Representatives
U.S
Leo A. Rover
Rover
Lolita Lebron
Lebran
Flores Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Puerto Rico
Commonwealth
Weapon Stations in Space Earth Satellites Sought by Army
Army forces sponsor sky sweep to find tiny earth moons that could serve as space platforms or stepping stones to the stars. Clyde Tombaugh and Lincoln La Paz lead researchers at White Sands proving ground New Mexico as part of a broader missile testing program. They caution that no earth satellites have been found besides the moon, noting rapid equatorial orbits may hide them from northern sky maps.
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Institute of Meteoritics
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White Sands Preving
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Blizzard cripples Midwest traffic with heavy snow
A blizzard dumping up to 12 inches in 12 hours paralyzed Chicago and parts of the Midwest. Central Michigan may see 10 inches while Western New York braces for Blizzard conditions. One death in Chicago and two in Michigan linked to the weather amid widespread school closures and travel disruption.
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Illinois
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Detroit
Pennsylvania
Texas
Oklahoma
Three West Virginia Towns Still Isolated
Three Southern West Virginia towns remained isolated late yesterday as repairs to telephone circuits cut by Monday morning's heavy snow were not complete. Logan Hamlin and Whitesville were listed with indefinite delays but were expected to be back in service early today. Low temperatures and winds with light flurries continued in the Charleston area, with a forecast of 18 degrees last night and a high near 30 with light snow.
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Logan
Hamlin
Whitesville
Kanawha
Ohio
Panel Approves Major Excise Tax Cuts by The Reed Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee endorsed a roughly one billion dollar annual cut in about 20 excise taxes with April 1 implementation. The measure would also extend present excise duties on liquor tobacco automobiles gasoline and other items and foresees tax relief aiding consumer spending amid a slight economic dip.
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Eisenhower
Daniel A. Reed
Reed
Sonel Jouse
Lewis Abbot
the Gazette
West Virginia
Charleston - Princeton
Lee Kenna
Commission
Okey L. Patteson
Turnpike
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Princeton
Tax rate notes on calls and goods face page push
The article lists a 25 percent rate on mig distance telephone calls a 20 percent retail sales tax on furs jewelry cosmetics womens handbags luggage and a 2 percent excise tax details continue on page 8 column 3.
Mine Safety Group Formed in Fayette County
The Fayette Council of the Holmes Safety Assn formed at Oak Hill ending with pledges of cooperation from coal mining industry leaders. J J Forbes of the U S Bureau of Mines delivered charters to two councils at Fayette County mines as about 400 miners and industry figures gathered at Oak Hill Elementary School.
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Holmes ‘Safety Assn
J. J. Forbes
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Fayette County
Frank King
West
Mercy Denied as Bragg Sentenced to Death
Malcolm Cameron Bragg 23 received the death penalty for first degree murder in the November 8 slaying of Logan taxi driver Robert Gullett. Judge William J. Thompson set June 4 for electrocution at Moundsville after a jury gave no mercy verdict. Bragg showed no emotion as deputies led him from the courtroom.
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Bayard F. Ennis
the Gazette
Malcolm Cameron Bragg
Charleston
William J. Thropson
Bragg
Moundsville
Robert Gullett
Logan
Felix Caudy
Emerson W. Salisbury
Thompson
Guilett
Salisbury
W. Hayes Pettry
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Discussion set for March 24 first medical forum topic
The Kanawha Medical Society and Auxiliary sponsor a free public medical forum series titled You and Your Health. The opening topic is Arthritis Rheumatism and Joint Pains at 7 p m March 24 in Municipal Auditorium.
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Kanawha Medical Society
Kanawha Welfare Council
The
Charleston “Gazette
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