05 Nov 1955
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1955
Page
1
Mutts of all kinds rode in classy sports cars behind the Charleston High School Band in a dog parade to raise funds for the Charleston Humane Association. The drive, led by president Mrs. Dorsey Smith, offers a sports car as a prize to a donor when the campaign ends December 22.
West Virginia Governor Marland hosts industry leaders in Los Angeles as first big tour of attention to Kanawha Valley prompts interest from electronics metals and apparel sectors. Executives plan to visit West Virginia to evaluate plant sites while Buckman notes no industry is being wooed away, only invited to expand eastward.
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Phoenix, Nov 4. Racketeer Willie Bioff was killed by a powerful automobile bomb attached to his pickup truck in a Phoenix garage. The explosion hurled his body 25 feet, and wreckage scattered over 300 yards. Bioff, 35, lived under an alias with his wife in a northeast Phoenix neighborhood. He had been known for a 1941 conviction over attempts to shake down movie producers. The killing appears linked to ongoing mobster hostilities.
U S to press Israel and Egypt for peace in the Middle East with direct emergency appeals. Ambassadors summoned to the State Department for morning conferences with Asst. Secretary of State George V. Allen as the U S seeks to curb a rising crisis amid Russian arms shipments to Egypt and talks of Arab unrest. The plan aims to keep friendly ties with both sides while countering Soviet influence.
Hollywood report says blonde actress accused Susan Hayward of unprovoked assault during a bedroom incident at actor Donald Red Barry’s home. Hayward in polka dot pajamas allegedly struck, pulled a button, and caused a bruise after entering through a back door. Detective Pat Kealy investigated as the complainant described the scene and injuries.
A 1955 letter from George Gallup to The Charleston Gazette invites the paper to join the American Institute of Public Opinion’s weekly surveys. It notes the Gazette’s strong reporting on public views and praises readers for seeking accurate polls on issues in the United States and internationally.
The Gazette will reprint periodic Gallup Poll reports through the upcoming Presidential election year. Dr George Gallup surveys gauge candidate popularity as illness of President Eisenhower influences results. The precinct sampling method tests voting precincts, the smallest political unit, and has shown high accuracy in 1950 54 and 1953 Canadian elections.
Officials said Washington attempted to arrange emergency meetings with two ambassadors for tonight. Lincoln White cited obstacles to convene both at the State Department. The U N peace plan urged Egypt to withdraw troops from El Auja and urged a permanent demarcation line amid fears of a broader Arab-Israeli war.
Geneva reports say Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov rebuffed a Western proposal for nationwide elections next September to reunify Germany. He may travel to Moscow during a Geneva recess, stirring talk of revised German policy. A separate Rotary Club address recalls WWII prison camp events as Gen. Dahlquist notes a Castle capture incident.
A survivor recalls German prisoners of war aiding American troops during a castle defense. The German unit, after being captured, offered to fight under allied rules and joined efforts to repel an SS assault for several hours, until the fight subsided.
The West Virginia State Bar board of governors and two key committees meet at the Daniel Boone Hotel to discuss professional ethics and unlawful practice with a policy on lawyers found guilty of misconduct. Walter F. Ball chairs the ethics group. the meeting follows recent calls for tighter sanctions amid two committee reappointments after the Wheeling convention. In New York City a $423,771 mail fraud case involving a 77 year old Rochester industrialist was announced by Postmaster General Summerfield, with charges filed in Buffalo and New York City.
A wartime memoir claim cites Hitler’s valet insisting Lloyd George, not Joachim von Ribbentrop, suggested Britain would back down in a showdown. The note appears in The Private Life of Adolf Hitler chapter 12 page 11.
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