Shoppers Create Big Traffic Jam
Post Thanksgiving shopping caused severe congestion in Charles Town with Dickinson Street and the South Side Bridge gridlocked for hours. Sgt. James Gullian said the city faced one of its worst traffic days and that all available officers will be kept on duty through Christmas to manage the rush.
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Charles
James Gullian
Gullian
Dickinson St
South Side Bridge
Quarrier St
Capitol St
Oil Shortage On Horizon says Hallanan
Ply mouth Oil Co. president Walter Hallanan warned Rotarians that without reversing ominous trends the United States will become a have-not nation in petroleum. He called the costs and hazards of finding new oil terrifying and cautioned that undiscovered oil is worthless without capital courage and ingenuity.
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Plymouth Oil Co
Charleston
United States
Walter
Hallanan
America
Yule Shoppers Take Crack at $330 Prize Crossword
There were no winners among 11,162 entries in last Sunday's Gazette Prize Crossword Puzzle Contest. See tomorrow's Gazette for a new puzzle worth up to $350.
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Gazette
S Gazette
Wizard anti missile eyed as future defense
Air Force chief Gen Thomas White outlined a new anti missile weapon called the Wizard. He said the system would defend against missiles from other continents and acknowledged it would be a difficult but solvable problem. A crash program to produce such a missile by 1961 was urged by the Army amid multi agency efforts to place U S missiles on an operational basis.
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Thomas D. White
Scott Crossfield
National Press Club
Washington
White
Strategic Air Command
New York Times
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Defense Department
U. S
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
New Mexico
Kirkland
America
Science Group Enlarged Under Killian Command
GETTYSBURG Pa Nov 29 The nation s top scientific advisory group for satellites and missiles was placed under direct command of Dr James R Killian President Hisenhowers super science expert The 17 member Science Advisory Committee is enlarged by five new members including aviation hero James N Doolittle The group transferred from Office of Defense Mobilization to Killians command to be closer to the President and Killian Killian of MIT was selected as special assistant for science and technology after the Soviet Sputnik launches A new chairman is chosen annually The four additional members include Dr R F Bacher and Dr B M Purcell among others
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James C. Hagerty
James N. Doolittle
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Doolittle
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Senate Preparedness Committee
Defense
R. F. Bacher
California Institute of Technology
M. Purcell
Har
Salvation Army Gift Basket Contest Opens Tomorrow
A chance to win over $3,000 in prizes begins tomorrow in the Salvation Army WCHS Gazette Gift Basket Contest. Look for the first clue identifying this year's mystery firm and the rules in tomorrow's Gazette.
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Gazette
O’Brien West Virginia Secretary of State Dies
Daniel Pitt O’Brien longtime West Virginia secretary of state died of a heart attack at his East End Charleston home he was 57 Gov Underwood must appoint a successor until the 1957 general election O’Brien served 1948 1952 and 1956 and was a veteran of both World Wars He leaves a daughter Patricia a sister and two brothers
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Daniel Pitt O'Brien
West Virginia
East End
Charleston
Mildred
Lilly
William 5. O'Brien
Clarence Meadows
O’brien
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Buckhannan
Buckhannon
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Elks Lodge
John Brawley American Legion Post
Patricia
Mary O’brien
Perry
Ripley
William
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State Board of Public Works
Stimpson-Chandler Mortuary
O'Brien
Lost Putnam children found after 11 hour search
A large volunteer search in Eleanor culminated in the rescue of three grade school children, Wallace and Dotty Wallace and Robert Workman Jr., found cold and wet but unharmed in a brushy hollow. Neighbors and families joined police, deputies, firemen, Boy Scouts, and National Guardsmen in the search before the children were wrapped in coats and fed hot soup.
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Tha Henates
Run
Putnam County
Wallace
Dotty
Robert Workman Jr
Boyd-F's-Nully
Workman
George Washington Elementary
Rusty
Nitro
Boy Scouts
National Guardsmen
St. Albans
Algeria Self-Rule Plan Approved Amid Assembly Votes
Paris November 29 The French National Assembly backs two Gaillard plans on Algeria amid war opposition. The home rule framework law passes 269 to 200 and the elections procedure 267 to 200. Proportional representation aimed to curb Arabic majority. Gaillard, 38, secures renewed confidence after economic crisis vote.
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Paris
Felix Gaillard
National Assembly
Algeria
Gaillard
France
Eisenhower Rebounds With Day Of Farm Life In Gettysburg
President Eisenhower, recovering from a mild stroke, visited his Gettysburg farm for a vigorous 70 minute tour of cattle, ducks, and barns. He rode and biked across 496 acres with Dr. Howard McC. Snyder, and rested briefly after a long travel day.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Ike
Howard McC.’ Snyder
Washington
Eisenhower Acres
Snyder
What's Wrong With West Virginia No 6
Terry Turner, Chicago Daily News staff, argues West Virginia tolerates blight and lax laws. He cites junkyards and neglected properties as signs of local apathy, urges stronger zoning, code enforcement, and cleaner streets to improve the state’s image.
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Terry Turner
Gazette
Akron Beacon-Journal
Chicago Daily News
Akron
Charleston
Rt. 21
West Virginia
Accord Nearing On Suez
Dag Hammarskjold flew to the Middle East to ease border tensions between Arabs and Israelis and pursue a final solution to the Suez Canal issue. He met Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi for hours and planned talks with Jordan, Syria, and Israel to end border shootings and kidnappings while addressing Egypt’s assets and the Doron seizure.
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Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
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Hammarskjold
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Fawzi
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Washington
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Jerusalem
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Doron
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Nasser
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U.S
Suez
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Algeria
Djalal Abdoh of Tran
Christian Pineau
Mongi Slim
Ahmed Balafrej
Definition NEIGHBOR A Piano Nuisance Clause
A humorous definition frames a neighbor as a person whose upright piano is often a nuisance. The joke contrasts neighborly vibes with the disruptive instrument that fills rooms with sound.
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