Peace Reigns at Widen As Troopers Testify
A Widen hearing featured a walkout by three attorneys as Gov Patteson’s committee pursued violence reports amid claims of broad scope and ex officio involvement by William Blizzard of District 17 UMWA. State Police Burchett was removed from the panel while six troopers testified to scattered violence, yet an overall peaceful atmosphere at Widen persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Morgan
the Gazette
House of Delegates
Burchett
Curtis B. Trent
Patteson
Charles J. F. Sattler
Trent
Sattler
John G. Fox
Widen
Buffalo Creek
Gauley
Eisenhower Names Summerfield Postmaster General
President elect Eisenhower names Arthur E. Summerfield to be postmaster general and fills two top posts with women Oveta Culp Hobby becomes administrator of the Federal Security Agency and Ivy Baker Priest named treasurer. Hobby will attend cabinet meetings though the post lacks formal rank. Priest succeeds Georgia Neese Clark. Summerfield to resign as Republican national chairman. Page 4 continues.
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New York
Eisenhower
Arthur E. Summerfield
Republican Committee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Women’s Army Corps
Federal Security Agency
Ivy Baker Priest
Bountiful
Utah
Oladkan
Urey
Hisenhower
Hobby
Summerfield
Labor
Commerce
Priest
Houston, Tex
Post
Oscar RK
Ewing
Republican Party
Georgia Neese Clark
Jesse ‘J. Donaldson
John Taber
Taber
John Foster Dulles
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Commodore
Subversives Got Rockefeller Aid, Prober Declares
Rep. Cox of Georgia says Owen Lattimore, former State Department adviser, obtained large sums from the Rockefeller Foundation and other tax exempt groups for subversive purposes. He chairs a House inquiry into whether such grants aided disloyal or anti American activities.
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Rockefeller
Washington
Cox
D-Ga
Owen Lattimore
State Department
Rockefeller Foundation
Georgia
House
United States
New York
Dean Rusk
Cox Committee
Robert M. Hutchins
Ford Foundation
Latjer Foundation
Lattimore
Dohrs Hopkins University
Sudden Death on the Straightaway Editorial
An editorial on page four contrasts a recent fatal highway crash with a planned two lane turnpike. The piece warns against traffic dangers and critiques the West Virginia Turnpike Commission's road policies while urging readers to consider the brutal imagery in the headline Sudden Death on the Straightaway.
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Ripley - Fairplain
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Sidden
Society
Raids Step Up On Korean Front
Allied infantry smashed a four hour assault by a company of Chinese on the southern slopes of Jackson Heights in the Central Korean Front. Fighting warmed up near Panmunjom and Jackson Heights as raiding artillery prowled, clouds hampered Allied air blows, and Red trucks were few. Lt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus said Reds were desperate to replace supplies after heavy fighting on the Central front.
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Seoul
Jackson Heights
Beoul
Korea
Panmunjom
Sniper Ridge
Glenn O. Barcus
Airman Accused Of Trying To Sell F86 Data To Reds
The Air Force charges Staff Sgt Giuseppe Cascio 34 of Tucson Arizona and Poughkeepsie New York with conspiracy to give intelligence to the enemy and offering classified flight test data on the F 86 E Sabre jet for sale to unauthorized persons. Jones another sergeant is said to have passed a top secret F 85 E document. he was sent home after medical exams found him insane. Cascio faces possible life imprisonment if convicted.
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Sepemer
Guiseppe Cascio
Tucson
Ariz
Air Force
Korea
Tokyo
Guiseppe
Cascic
Poughkeapsie
New York
Cascio
John
Jones
United States
Far East Command Medical Board
Jurors Acquit State Employee In Ballot Case
Richard Shelton a rate analyst for the State Tax Commission was acquitted by an Intermediate Court jury of falsifying returns in Precinct 99 Wilson Hollow during the Spring primary. The trial lasting about 50 minutes found no intentional miscount of votes for Sam L. MacCorkle. A second indictment involving Harley Kilgore will be dismissed after a proper total was shown.
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Sayard F. Ennis
the Gazette
Richard Shelton
Washington St
State Tax Commission
Wilson Hollow
Sheron
Sam L. MacCorkle
MacCorkle
Herbert W. Bryan
Shelton
Harley M. Kilgore
U. 5. Senate
Bryan
Kilgore
Democratic
Riverside School
Forest L. McNeer
MacGorkie
MacCorkie
Dora Shelton
Dennis R. Knapp
Winter Storm Lashes Central Plains Interstate Roads
A blizzard-like snow storm hit the Central Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley, snarling traffic in Western Kansas and Nebraska. Winds 34 to 40 mph drove snowfall, with 5 to 10 inches forecast in Minnesota and drifting across roads from Lincoln to Omaha.
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Associated Press
Central Plains
Mississiopi Valley
Kansas
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Plains
Chicago
Minnesota
Lincoln
Omaha
Kenya Tribesmen Exiled by English
In Nairobi Kenya Colony on November 25 officials began removing about 2,000 Kikuyu men women and children from the West Thompson Falls area. Sheep were seized in a collective punishment after a Mau Mau attack that killed a British Navy commander and wounded his wife. The Legislative Council approved a harsher criminal code, awaiting governor signature.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Colony
INS
West Thompson Falls
Tin H. Meiklejohn
Meiklejohn
Carpenter Trial Opens in Primary Fraud Case
The trial of Harry Carpenter, 25, of Mammoth, charged with unlawfully changing a ballot in Precinct 47 Ward during last May's primary, opened in Intermediate Court and reached the jury by 9 30 p m before a delay ended the session. State witnesses Viola Whittington John Lovely Jr and Edward Simmons testified they worked the polls. Carpenter denied the alleged acts.
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Harry Carpenter
Mammoth
Willian J. Thompson
Carpenter
Ward
Viola Whittington
John Lovely, Jr
Edward Simmons
Mack
Prague treason trial: last two brand traitors testify
In a Prague courtroom, testifying witnesses described how anti-Moscow conspirators, including Karl Svab and Lt Gen Bedrich Rein, admitted Zionist and traitor influence within Czechoslovakia’s army and security police as the trial of Rudel Stansky and others continued.
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Prague
Vienna
Aurdria
Czechoslovakia
Treatz
Stalin
Karl Svab
Bedrich Reiin
Depty
Lyab
Prague Radio
Rudelf Stansky
I Reiin
Svab
I Stansky
Desperado Dies After Running Gun Battle
Hollywood reports state police cracked a crime ring with arrests across three districts. A gang leader engaged detectives in a dramatic running gun battle and then killed himself to avoid capture.
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Hollywood
Putnam Proposes Extended Price and Wage Controls
Washington officials say Economic Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam urges extending federal power to set price and wage ceilings 14 months beyond the April 30 deadline with stronger authority than current laws. White House denies Sen Maybank's claim Truman may end controls before Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
White House
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Truman
Congress
Roger Tubby
United States presses for Indian plan in Korea war vote
At the United Nations 22 powers led by the United States urge priority for the Indian compromise on ending the Korean War while signaling more changes may be required before a final Political Committee vote perhaps this week. Eden sees chance of majority agreement with clarifications.
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United Nations
United States
U. N
Percy Spender
Group of 22 Powers
U. S
Far Powers
U.S
Anthony Eden
Britain
London
Washington
INS
George
American Federation of Law
CIO
AFL Executive Council
Meany
William Green
William F. Schnitzler
Chicago
AFL Bakery and Confectionery Union
Slea
West Side grocer killed after being struck by car
Norman Sirk, 66, of 205 Glenwood Ave, a longtime Charleston grocer, died after a car hit him in front of 835 West Washington St around 6:35 pm. Roy G. Price, 1204 Adelle Ave, faces a negligent homicide charge and was released on his own recognizance. Dr. Gotf P. Lilly ruled death due to a fractured skull and other injuries. Survivors include his wife Ethely.
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West Side
Staats Hospital
West Washington St
City Pajfectinds
Roy G. Price
Adelle
Stite Equipment Co
Price
Gotf P. Lilly
Ethely
Gift Basket Contest Promises Biggest Salvation Army Prize
The Charleston Gazette reports a Christmas drive in Kanawha County tied to a gift basket promotion by The Gazette and radio station WCHS. From Nov 30 to Dec 20 the contest raises funds toward food, clothing, and toys for the needy, with every cent aiding Salvation Army purchases.
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Charleston
Salvation Army
Jzette
Frank A.lop
Kanawha
I Knight
WCHS
Cemenc Aes
Jack Gelder
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