Legislature Adjourns After Budget Rejected by Works Board
The 51st Oklahoma Legislature ended amid open animosity with the executive branch after the Board of Public Works rejected the budget plan. Lawmakers treated revenues as unforeseen and adjourned sine die shortly before midnight, with Gov. Marland ill and facing Senate rejection of two Supreme Court appointees.
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Board of Public Works
Marland
Senate
Supreme Court
House
Yoshida Dissolves Diet Calls New Elections In Japan
The Diet rejected Shigeru Yoshida’s pro American government by 229 to 218 but the 74 year old prime minister refused to resign. He dissolved the Diet and set April 19 for elections to decide if his foreign policy leans toward the United States and if his program risks a police state. Yoshida remains caretaker prime minister as dissidents form a coalition with the Progressives and socialist factions. Mamoru Shigemitsu, ally of the surrender, is cited as a potential successor.
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Tokyo
Diet
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Japan
United States
Liberal Party
Progressives
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Missouri
Britain orders armed training planes and escorts in Europe
Britain will arm newly trained training planes and provide fighter escorts for operations over the continent as part of a tough response to the destruction of a British bomber by Soviet MiGs. The move aligns with U S Air Force policy after a Thunderjet loss to Czech flown MiGs. The upcoming major bomber command exercise will be the largest since WWII ends.
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London
Britain
Germany
U. S
Air Ministry
Elbe River Valley
United States
Bonn
Vassily I. Chuikov
West Virginia leader William Flannery profile lead feature
Sunday specials highlight a Wallace Knight series on suc cess stories from notable West Virginians with a first focus on House Speaker William Flannery. The issue also includes an Emerald Isle map on Page 5m and a St Patrick's Day potatoes guide from Garden Editor Anne Howard. The week closes with Ree Percival's prize story on Pageom.
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Wallace FE. Knight
William ¥. Flannery
St. Patrick's
Emerald Isle
Erin
Anne Howard
St. Patrick’s Day
Ree Percival
U S Jets Destroy Three Red MIGs in Korea Sky Battles
In a two day air engagement near the Manchurian border Sabre jets of the Fifth Air Force destroyed three MIG-15 aircraft and damaged two others with two more likely eliminated. Ground clashes near Manpojin produced 17 Korean casualties while Sabres logged nine MIGs down Friday and Saturday combined. Colonel Royal N. Boxer acknowledged the missions and radar gunsight improvements.
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Fifth Air Force
Korea
Manpojin
Col
Royal N. Boxer
Page
Officers Deny Ammo Dearth on Korean Front
Seoul dispatch reports front line officers and Lt. Gen Maxwell D Taylor of the Eighth Army denying a general ammo shortage. They say there is sufficient ammunition at the front and stockpiled in the rear, with shells rationed at the battlefront while supplies of some specialty rounds run low.
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Seoul
Kolrean
Eighth Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
Senate May Call Clark in Inquiry Over Shortages
Washington reports that the Senate inquiry into rationed ammunition shortages will broaden to include European supplies amid Allied strikes. Sen. Smith of Maine, leading the probe, said questions have been submitted to Gen. Mark Clark and hinted the Far East commander could be summoned if deemed necessary.
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Clark
Washington
UIIS
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R-Maine
Mark Clark
Far East
Senate Armed Services
Military shells under study prompt congressional probe
Frontline officers and artillery commanders report limited dissatisfaction with the current shell supply. General James A. Van Fleet, former Army commander, triggered a congressional inquiry by testifying in Washington that he had been troubled with ammunition shortages and related issues.
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James A. van Fleet
Washington
British Flier Dies in Russian Hands
BAD EILSEN Germany March 14 The surviving crew member of a British bomber shot down by Soviet fighters last Thursday has died according to Soviet authorities. The death raises the Soviet attack toll to seven aboard. An RAF spokesman said the announcement gave no location or timing of death. Arrangements were made to recover the five British bodies in Soviet hands. Two crew members parachuted into West Germany before the plane crashed just across the border in East Germany about 30 miles away.
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Tere
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East Germany
Death of Czech leader Gottwald shocks Vienna readers
VIENNA Austria March 14 Gottwald leader of Czechoslovakia dies in Prague at 56, 72 hours after returning from Moscow funeral of Stalin. Pneumonia and pleurisy with chest hemorrhage cited by Prague radio. Western observers question foul play amid Soviet health reports and power shifts following Stalin era.
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K. E. Voroshilov
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Karl ‘Marx
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Georgi M. Malenkov
Kremlin
Tito
Widow of World War I Vet Gets Help From Legion Aid
A 63 year old widow, confined by pneumonia in a cold three room cabin, receives aid from an American Legion Auxiliary unit and concerned neighbors after state Legion headquarters and the Elk-Kanawha Post No 11 intervene. Her husband died in November and a small pension is due but not yet received. coal and food ran out amid a hillside landslide and a fallen tree blocking access. The case was brought to attention by local neighbors.
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William
Vanes
the Gazette
American Legion
Legion Noppies
State Headquarters
The
Eik-Kanawha
Page
King Coal Tottering In West Virginia Mines
West Virginia faces a fragile mining sector with falling employment and sagging production. Mines struggle financially as miners seek other work and several operations close. Opinions from the Department of Employment Security and Department of Mines hint at major economic shifts impacting the state’s coal industry.
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Don Seagle
the Gazette
King Coal
West Virginia
Tottering
Sigk
Department of Employment
Department of Mines
Coal Industry Fears West Virginia Mines Shut Down
Statistics show dozens of mines in the southern part of the state are going out of business. The West Virginia Coal Operators Assoc warns of a grim future unless corrected, while the United Mine Workers of America says the future looks good and coal remains the nation’s assured defense and energy source.
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Tors
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
Ain l
Ferguson Seeks Secret Bohlen Label Lift in Senate Hearing
Senator Ferguson demands the State Department remove top secret from a Bohlen memo related to the 1945 Yalta talks while Bohlen advances toward a Moscow ambassadorship. Ferguson plans to question Bohlen on Roosevelt policy shifts and seeks recall to access the document. Meanwhile tornadoes kill and injure across Arkansas Mississippi and Texas as warnings extend through several states.
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Charles Whip Bohlen
Bohlen
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Bohsen
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Life of Luxury and Torture Blamed on Farouk's Rampant Living
Former Queen Narriman said she will divorce Farouk of Egypt, blaming his gambling, nightlife, and lavish, club-filled life for years of misery since their marriage. She stated the king resists giving up the 19 month old heir, Baby Ring Fuad I, who stays with his father in Rome as she and her mother fly to Switzerland. The interview, conducted in Geneva, paints a picture of a marriage strained by constant entertainment and gambling.
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Thermometer Signals Early Spring Fever In Charleston
Weatherman Joe Richter noted warm weather with 78 degrees at the Airport Weath er Station marking the warmest day this year in Charleston since October 14 Temperatures at or above 70 degrees spread to Petersburg Martinsburg Parkersburg Huntington and Elkins indicating spring may be on the way The Vernal Equinox falls Friday.
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Elkins
Two Firms Fight Pike Condemnation
Amherst Barge Co. and Amherst Fuel Co. challenged the West Virginia Turnpike Commission's right of immediate land entry in Circuit Court Judge Frank L. Taylor heard the claim that entry requires a condemnation commission to determine and fix compensation. The attorney warned the commission might exhaust its funds before paying claimants as negotiations with a contractor for a Kenawha River bridge at Campbell's Creek mouth proceed.
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Amherst Barge Co
Amherst Fuel Co
Charles E. Mahan
Frank L. Taylor
State Commission
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Campbell's Creek
Senate rejects two nominees in impasse over state boards
State Senate refused confirmations of Gov. Marland’s picks for the University Board of Governors and the State Board for Education, arguing vacancies did not exist. Gov. Marland criticized the move and pledged court action to resolve the dispute, saying the issue would be tested before the Supreme Court.
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Spurr
Harry G. Hoffmann
the Gazette
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Marland
University Board of Governors
State Board For Education
Senate
A. C. Spurr
Fairmont
Board of Governors
Raymond Brewster Huntington
Board of Education
Carl J. Carter
University Board
Homer Gebhardt
Huntington
Education Board
Legislature Passes Budget Over Board's Rejection
The West Virginia legislature adopted a two year budget after the Board of Public Works refused to raise the revenue estimate by 2 million dollars a year or approve items beyond its recommendations by five million. A legislative finding declares 1953-55 revenues sufficient to cover the budget. The body also approved higher rates for legal ads, required two copies of state documents to be sent to college libraries, allowed a municipality to tax horse race tracks, and authorized the destruction of paid bonds.
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Herbert C. Littwe
Associated Press
Bist
Board of Public Works
Gov
Marland
Senate House
West Virginia
Page & Col
Easter Programs Sought From Charleston Churches for Gazette
Ministers and choir directors must submit Holy Week and Easter program details to The Gazette by March 23 for publication. Churches across Charleston and nearby towns including South Charleston Dunbar Nitra St Albans and Belle are asked to forward entries to their local correspondents.
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Charleston
the Gazette
South Charleston
Dunbar
Nitra
St. Albans
Belle
Dutch Ridge Road Controversy Sparks Public Exchange
The Dutch Ridge road dispute draws replies from Road Commissioner Griffith and Governor Marland as the State Chamber of Commerce criticizes financing and land purchases. A series of communications, including a Western Union inquiry, center on a farm bought near the road ahead of a major bond fund program and the project’s alleged influence on regional development.
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H. &. Grivith
State Chamber of Commerce
Dutch Ridge Road
Chamber
H. A. Stansbury
Western Union Service
Gov. Marland
Dutch Ridge
Griffith
Marland
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