Washington Senate says Vital Statistics chief to succeed resigned official
Senate investigators heard Gen Shew M Neely indicate the Department division of Vital Statistics will replace Earl L Geiger who resigned. United Nations reports Secretary of State John Foster Dulles expressed confidence that Nationalist China will not block admitting 13 new nations to the UN by refusing Outer Mongolia. Charlton Beer Commission revoked two licenses and suspended six others for violations. Fayetteville town of steeville shows new low in state Tax Department standings. Pineville two fires in Wyoming County cause $11 000 loss. Th wife of a factory worker gave birth 18 days earlier and a fire related tragedy noted. Vienna reports Austria and Spain agreed to a Pegumie diplomatic relations mission head named for the 15-19hn mission.
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United Nations
N.Y
John Foster
Dulles
China
Outer Mongolia
Grafton And Taylor County Record Safe Driving Day
Taylor County had a perfect Safe Driving Day with no accidents and only one arrest. James A. Newton of Grafton was arrested for hazardous driving on Route 50 at 5 p.m. He will appear before Justice C.P. Lucas on December 6. State police and local agencies credited community safety committees.
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James A. Newton
Grafton
Withrow
Newton
C.P. Lucas
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American Legion
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West Virginia
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Australia
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Germany
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Pittsburgh W Federal Mediator urges resumption of talks
Mediator John R. Murray asked Westinghouse Electric Corp and the CIO electrical workers union to resume negotiations here Monday. A separate report notes a late Thursday area sighting prompted state police to consider the situation safe and sound. White House education conference closed amid discord with delegates claiming educators misrepresented federal aid views. Beckley’s Secondary Schools Activities Commission announced two football teams Lumberport and Marlinton were left on the field as seasons ended. In Louisville, two officials Denied bribery and perjury in a federal tax case connected to a government fraud conspiracy involving former aides to President Truman.
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John R. Murray
Westinghouse Electric Corp
CIO Electrical Workers Union
Louis
Truman Ton
Matthew J. Connelly
Truman
Theron Lamar Caudle
Girl pays to kiss at Los Angeles sanitarium
Miss Mariam Kim a 29 year old former clerk at Olive View sanitarium pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace for attempting to kiss Glenn H Hymer an administrative assistant at Olive View in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Mariam Kim
Olive View Sanitarium
Glenn H. Hymer
Sanitarium
Confession Said Made By Former State Official
Assistant Attorney General Fred H Caplan said former St Marys Training School financial secretary Harry B Riggs confessed to stealing funds from the institution He admitted cashing a 519 check from livestock sales and using money for personal use He also confessed to forging business names on checks and cashing them when confronted with evidence
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Charleston
Fred H. Caplan
St. Mary's Training School
Caplan
Harry B. Riggs
Riggs
Rigbs
Gatton Weather Warm But Rain Arrives This Week
Grafton expected the warmest day of the week today but rain began early. By 11 am precipitation totalled .35 of an inch, sometimes mixed with snow. Official temperature at 11 am was 40. Yesterday’s high was 40 and the night low 30. The Pennsylvania Athletic Commission will continue its inquiry into doping allegations against heavyweight boxer Coley Wallace despite denials from Wallace, his manager, and trainer.
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Dope
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Athletic Commission
Coley Wallace
Cleveland
Wallace
Weston Senator Dies in Lewis County
John R. Davis, J former state senator from Lewis County, died at his Weston home Thursday after several months illness with a heart ailment.
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Weston
John R. Davis
Lewis County
Defense Advisers Confer With President On Defense
In Gettysburg President Eisenhower met with Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson and Joint Chiefs chair Admiral Arthur W. Radford to discuss national defense and the new budgeting and strategy amid Geneva conference developments. The icy drive from Washington delayed the officials, and winter weather lingered with promising changes later today.
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Hisenhower
National Defense
Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson
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Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Wilson
James D. Freeman
Geneva
CIO OKs AFL merger at convention in New York
The CIO's 11th constitutional convention approved merging its about one million members with the AFL, creating a single labor federation of nearly 16 million under George Meany. Michael J. Quill objected, warning the deal lacks safeguards against racism, raiding and racketeering. The merger moves to a formal joint meeting at the 71st Regimental Armory in New York.
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CIO
AFL
Michael J. Quill
CIO Transport Workers’ Union
Marland tag renewed after souvenir theft in West Virginia
Governor William C. Marland of West Virginia received a new license plate today to replace the one stolen from his car by an apparent souvenir hunter. The incident underscores security concerns for state officials and highlights the value placed on personal vehicle markings by political figures.
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Moundsville
William C. Marland
West Virginia
License Woes Reset Autoist
Walter J. Chapman, 38, of Mineola New York received a 100 day jail term on his seventh driving without a license charge. He argued he had no car when able to pay for a license and vice versa, explaining the repeated failure to obtain one.
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Mineola
N. Y
Walter J. Chapman
Chapman
Daring Rescue of Navy Diver From Depths of Chesapeake Bay
A Navy diver recovered today after a 13 hour entrapment 130 feet below the Chesapeake Bay surface. Divers led by Syn vise ik Teeny joined 20 other divers in frigid dark waters to untangle lines around a dummy mine containing scientific instruments for the Naval Ordnance Laboratory. He was pulled to the surface slowly to avoid decompression sickness.
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Chesapeake Bay
Syn Vise Ik Teeny Joseph RB. Tallarien
Wesya Boul LO Cole
Tallarico
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
Washington
Breezes Fail Barmaid Mara Halliday in London Heist
In London Mara Halliday, 19, chased four thieves who snatched a cash bag from pub officers. A faulty zipper caused her jeans to slip, forcing her to abandon the pursuit as thieves fled in a getaway car.
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London
Mara Halliday
Mara
Monongahela Power Elevates Three Executives in 1950s reshuffle
Monongahela Power promotes Eric Summers to executive vice president and elects Paul H. Somner and Robert Soule as new vice presidents. The moves, approved at a board meeting in Fairmont, take effect December 1 and follow Don B. Potters recent rise to president. Summers has long served with the West Penn Electric system since 1924 and will add duties alongside current roles.
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Eric Co. Summers
Monongahela Power | ‘Company
Don B. Potter
Fairmont
Paul H. Somner
Robert 8. Soule
Summers
H. Leatham
Summer
Soule
Potter
A.C. Spurr
Eric Summers
Monongahela
New Year turmoil as Faure dissolves French Parliament
Premier Faure disbanded the French National Assembly on New Year’s Day amid a political crisis. The decree halts the assembly, triggers immediate elections, and sets the stage for a new premier after the vote. Mendes France allies demand recall while discussions center on the 1951 election law and parliamentary fate.
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Sagar Faury
National Assembly
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Arenal Officiel
France
Faure
Oveyeh
Council of State
G H
Socialist Party
Rene Coty
Pierre Mendes
Znoc
Mendes-France
Radia Socialist Party
Nety Assembly
U S Will Keep Its Berlin Hold
Ambassador James B. Conant announced the United States will remain in Berlin and hold the Soviets responsible for their sector despite East German defiance. He reiterated U S rights of free circulation under four power accords and said Washington will protest further incidents if they occur.
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Berlin
U. S
James B. Conant
United States
Conant
Bonn
G. M. Pushkin
Britain
France
Russia
German Democratic Republic
Educators Get Sobriety Title at Washington Conference
Delegates at the White House education conference receive a sobriety compliment from a local cab driver who has twenty years in the city, praising the sober conduct of the gathering as Conference Director Clint Pace relays the remark.
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Washington
White House
Clint Pace
Pace
Smashed Car Gets S-D Tag
Bloomington police ticketed a badly smashed car parked near the courthouse as a Safe-Driving Day reminder. The vehicle faced the wrong way on a one- way street.
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Bloomington
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