Adlai Stev tatematon injured in car truck crash
Digest from Qoshen Indiana reports Adlai Stevenson seriously injured in a car truck collision today. Two Harvard classmates in his car died William North II 19 Lake Forest and William C Boyden OK 19 Chicago. Funeral and financial details follow the tragedy.
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Qoshen
Ind
Adlai Stevtatematon
Yalon
Harvard University
Wiliam 8Orth II
Lake Forest
William C. Boyden
Chicago
City Finance Resolution Promises Open Expenditure Records
A monthly report resolution, introduced by City Attorney J. Guy Allender and adopted by the Grat ton city council, directs the City Manager to provide a typed list of all accounts payable at regular and special meetings. The list will show creditors, dates, amounts, and totals, be read in open council, signed by the Finance Director, and be filed for public inspection.
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J. Guy Allender
Walter H. Wolfe
Wolfe
Five Die In East Tennessee Head On Crash
Five persons were killed in a head on collision between two cars about four miles north of Cleveland Tennessee. State Highway Patrol Sgt James A Moody said four died instantly and the fifth died at a hospital. The victims were Carlisle A Robinson 47 of Charleston West Virginia his son Rexford B Robinson 8 also of Charleston a member of the Air Force George Co McKeehan 49 of Athens Tennessee Reece J Maddox 23 of Athens Tennessee and Wayne E Long 35 of Niota Tennessee.
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Cleveland, Tenn
Here
State Highway Patrol
James A. Moody
Moody
Carlisle A. Robinson
Charleston
W. Va
Rexford
Robinson
Air Force
George Co. McKeehan
Athens
Tenn
Reece J. Maddox
Wayne E. Long
Niota
Record Budget and Bond Sale Details In WV 1956
West Virginia state budget for 1956 57 tops 95 million dollars, a record. The state road commission sold three million dollars in bonds to First Boston Corp at 2.45843 percent, under a revolving amendment. Fourteen bidders competed. Ducé of Richmond led the second bid. The budget, prepared by the Board of Public Works, shows larger spending than current operations and hints at possible surplus by June 30.
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Road Commission
First Boston Corp
New York
Wilam
Bs W. Craigie & Co
Richmond
Abpel
Charleston
State Board of Public Works
Bradshaws Say Everything OK
Dr William A Bradshaw of Pittsburgh learned his brother and sister in law were safe after nearly five years behind the Bamboo Curtain. A Hong Kong telephone call by Dr Homer V Bradshaw to his brother marked the first direct contact since 1950 as the couple crossed from Communist China to Hong Kong.
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Pittsburgh
William A. Bradshaw
Hong Kong
Homer V. Bradshaw
Homer Bradshaw
Red Prison
China
Winter Weather Forecast and Yesterday’s High
The article notes yesterday's high of 24 degrees and last night's low of 10. It cites a 1:30 pm temperature of 29 with mostly sunny skies. The forecast predicts cloudier conditions tonight and on Thursday with milder cold than today.
35-Pound Candy Stick Gift Of Thankful Rider
Grocer Harry Lewis received a Christmas gift from lumber yard operator John Hall Lewis. Hall hired a candy maker after a long search and found a 36 inch long, 24 inch round, 35 pound peppermint candy stick for the gift to Lewis during Christmas season.
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Troy, N.C
Harry ‘Lews
John Hall
Lewis
Hall
Liles Found Guilty by Court Martial at Fort Lewis
Lt Col Paul V Liles a West Point graduate from Birmingham Alabama was found guilty by a 10 man court martial board at Fort Lewis Washington of bringing discredit on the military service while a prisoner of war in Korea. The panel ruled he aided the enemy by making recordings inimical to United States interests and retired to deliberate on sentence.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Paul V. Liles
Hts Actons
Korea
Liles
Birmingham
Als
West Point
United States
Taxis receive strange Pier 1 radio cue from San Diego
Huntsville taxi drivers heard on their radios a call to pick up a passenger at Pier 1. There are no piers near Huntsville. The Naval Air Base dispatcher in San Diego sent the message by radio, about 2,500 miles away. Freak atmospheric conditions caused the misdirected reception.
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Huntsville
Ala
Pier 1
Huntsvile
Naval Air Base
San Diego
Calif
Mayor Jesus Reyes Betan Ousted Amid Rustling Probe
In San Francisco del Rincon Mexico the city council removed Mayor Jesus Reyes Betan after investigators accused him of leading a cattle rustling gang. The firing came Tuesday as officials said the arrest or removal action follows the graft inquiry into local corruption.
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San Francisco del Rincon
Mexico
Jesus Reyes Betancourt
Adm
Neely Says He Is Alive After Death Rumor
Sen. Matthew M. Neely, 80, says he is alive and well and preparing to cut fireplace logs. He answered the telephone when a reporter reached him about a report that he had died.
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Fairmonth
Matthew M. Neely
Neely
Penitentiary Farm Profit Reported for 1955
West Virginia Penitentiary farm southeast of here operated at a profit of 57,496 during 1955, according to P-Supt. Haymer Webb in his annual report.
Eden reshuffles British cabinet to favor air power
Prime Minister Anthony Eden reorganizes the British cabinet to confront inflation and Soviet threats. The reshuffle cuts Army strength, elevates younger ministers, and shifts key posts including Selwyn Lloyd to foreign affairs and Walter Monckton to defense, with Ian MacLeod and R H Turton joining the cabinet.
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London i
Anthony Eden
Britain
Eden
Wnston Churchill
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
Harold Macmillan
Ee. Fo
Benet
Smindus
Selwyn Lloyd
Méecmillan
Russia
Walter Monckton
Ian MacLeod J
Menckton
R. H. Turton
Nigel Birch
Lord de Lissle
Dudley
Ford Co. Bares Financial Data
Ford Motor Co reports 1946 to Sept 30 profits of 1.537 billion dollars. A 139 page prospectus details Ford Foundation plans to offer 10.2 million shares in the first public offering. Current earnings pace is 5.95 dollars per share with cumulative 1946 earnings second only to General Motors.
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Washington
Ford Motor Co
Ford Foundation
Ford Securities
Hstory
Ford
Securities & Exchange Commission
General Motors
West Virginia 5 Day Forecast With Temperature Trend
Five day weather outlook shows temperatures averaging five to eight degrees below normal. Cool conditions gradually rise Wednesday afternoon through Friday then fall again over the weekend. Rain or snow expected Friday with possible precipitation starting Thursday in the west and south portions. Total precipitation around one quarter inch.
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West Virginia
Eden reshuffles to create deputy prime minister role
Newsakers Selwyn Loyd R A. (RAB) Butler promoted to Lord Privy Seal while Eden acts as deputy prime minister. Harold MacMillan moves to Butler's post, and Defense Secretary Selwyn Lloyd takes MacMillan's former duties in the Commons reshuffle.
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Selwyn Loyd R A
Rab
Fiery Miami to New York liner crash mourned in tragedy
A midair disaster near Miami claimed 29 lives with 3 missing as a Constellation aircraft from Miami to New York plunged, exploded, and burned. Authorities reported fog and 300 foot ceilings, with emergency crews scouring wreckage and a grim toll rising.
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Miami
New York
Cpal
Jacksonville
Hormel
CAA
Cis
Contiene
Sonvgbeet
Collins
Florida
Panama ‘City
Fla
Russia Demands Mongolia Link to Japan U.N. Admission
In the U.N. Security Council Russia sought to make Japan's admission to the United Nations conditional on Outer Mongolia's admission. Soviet Delegate Arkady Sobleyev moved an amendment to a British resolution opposing immediate Japanese entry and aiming to challenge Outer Mongolia. A separate list identified victims aboard the Eastern Airlines crash in Jacksonville, Florida, including Carlos Berguido of Haverford, Pennsylvania.
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United Nations
N.Y
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Japan
World Organization
Outer Mongolia
Arkady A. Sobolev
U.N
Tokyo
New York
Eastern Air Lines
Jacksonville
Fla
Carlos Berguido
Rose Lane
Haverford
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