Mutiny sentences trimmed for six soldiers
Across Fort Bragg North Carolina the Army said six soldiers convicted last month of mutiny still face review with two having reduced sentences. In other items, stocks rose on high volume and a Wheeling fire killed four children in a Booth apartment caused by a kitchen range. Harvey Matusow testifies on perjury in federal court. A House committee advances a Workmen's Compensation bill. The day includes Korean air incident losses, Soviet troop withdrawal talks, and a conflict over tax and hospital governance in Grafton.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Wheeling
W. Va
Booth Wheeling
Drive ’em away Used Car Bargains
Today’s drive’em away used car bargains offer a large choice of vehicles with slashed prices and easy terms. Highlights include a green 1954 Buick Special 2 door with Dynaflow at 2295 dollars, a 1953 Ford V8 1/2 ton pickup, and a 1951 Kaiser fully equipped. Details on page five classified ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deaser's
Buick
R&h
Kaiser
Arctic Cold Waves Sweep U S From Canada to Texas
Winter brings an Arctic front across the nation from Canada to Texas with 4 degree drops locally. The Weather Bureau warns of a broad swath of freezing temperatures and subzero readings in parts of the Midwest and Plains while the East sees swings from subzero to near 40s. Warmth briefly appears in the South and Ohio Valley. Pacific Northwest faces freezing conditions with coastal fog in California.
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United Press
Canada
Texas
Southwest
U.S
Werther Bureau
New England
Acro
Rapid City
5.D
Minot
Nld
Dickson
N.D
Pierre
Burlington
Evansville
Ind
Pacific Northwest
Los Angeles
Six Grafton Stores Join Dollar Days Sale Event
A Dollar Days sale runs Friday and Saturday in Grafton with six retailers participating. A&G Hardware Evans Hardware National Auto Penney's Roberts Hardware Style Shop feature special bargains in the ad sections of this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
A&g
Evans Hardware
National Auto
Penney’s
Roberts Hardware
Style Shop
Gross Sales Tax Credit Repeal Aimed To Meet Budget Gap
CHARLESTON UP Administration bills in the Legislature seek to raise about 4.45 million dollars yearly by repealing the 10 percent personal credit for business and occupation taxpayers. The package also doubles wholesaler rates to 0.3 percent and extends the 30 percent tax to retailers water utilities contractors and services. The rev enue would partly cover a deficit of 1 0 700 000 in the 91 million state budget. A companion bill raises truck license fees by 1.5 million annually as part of a 21 million highway user tax increase.
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Charleston
House
Senate
William C. Marland
Board of Public Works
Marland
Patricia Knight Improves Amid Fire Victim Fund Lags
Patricia Knight, 13, burn victim, showed signs of improvement at Grafton City Hospital after 18 days. She spent the night alone, and glucose treatment was discontinued as she may need months of care. The fund to cover her hospital costs rose to 1205.78 with deposits and two new contributions from Landsbury and Circle No.5 Woman's Missionary Society sustaining the drive.
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Grafton City
Patricia Knight
Inis
Pital
Patricia
Patricia's Hospital
Ine Hospital
Marion Hicks
Marvin Preed
John Proctor
A. Curry
Hamric
Artur Yates
Landsbury
Circle No
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Teenage hostage and gunman die in NJ crash
Leonard Pasco and Constance Cobb died as their car crashed and burned while fleeing police across New Jersey. Pasco, 27, seized a patrolman's pistol in Milltown, abducted Cobb, forced her to drive, and the vehicle collided with a police cruiser at a roadblock in Jersey City, both occupants dying in the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sasey City
New Jersey
Leonard Pasco
Bound Brook NJ
Constance Cobb
Milltown
Pasco
Hylan Perry
Petry
Lovers Lane
New Brunswick
Constance
Elizabeth
Paseo
Jersey City
Constaner
Humes
Unwelcome Weather Change Hits Tri County Area
Forecast warns rain and snow tomorrow as a cold front moves eastward across the state. After a mild two days, temperatures plunge from yesterday’s high around 56 to near 23 last night, with highs near 58 to 65 expected and a tonight low between 38 and 46.
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Tri County
WVU Editor Named Morgantown
Ann Troy of Parkersburg will edit the Daily Athenaeum, West Virginia University's student newspaper, again this semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Ann Troy
Parkersburg
Daily
Athenaeum
West Virginia University
Ratification Of German Arms Pact Prelude To Any Meet
London. Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons ratification of German arms pacts must precede any four power talks with Russia. He said Britain would join a four power conference only when real results seem likely, amid shifts in Soviet leadership after Malenkov and Bulganin. Churchill met with his cabinet to discuss implications of Russia’s power changes.
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London
Winston Churchill
The
of Commons
Russia
Nikolai Bulganin
Georgit Malenkov
Red Ho
Bulgapin
Churchill
Pflimlin Named Premier Designate in French Cabinet Crisis
Paris reports President Rene Coty designated Pierre Pflimlin of the Popular Republican Party as premier designate in a bid to end France’s postwar government stalemate. Antoine Pinay failed to assemble sufficient support to form a government, with Pflimlin potentially facing a long, uncertain path.
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Paris
Rene Coty
Pierre Pflimlin
Popular Republican Party
MRP
France
Antoine Pinay
Coty
Pillnlin
Feeelinh
Warant
Pierre Mendes-France
Pfumlin
Coly
Pinay
MSP
Meritus-France
Pflimiin
Western European Union
Merger Signing Expected Today
AFL President George Meany to convene the Executive Council to ratify a historic merger with the CIO. Walter Reuther would step down and back Meany to head a new labor force of over five million. Ratification rests with AFL CIO units and joint conventions later this year. CIO board meets Feb 24 to ratify.
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Miami Beachup
AFL
George Meany
CIO
Meany
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Labor
AFL Executive Council
United Labor Movement
Coffee Price War Spreads Among Big Distributors
Chicago, UP report notes a coffee price war among major distributors Albert Ehlers Inc and Standard Brand Inc joining cuts of 8 and 10 cents per pound. The price reductions follow nationwide supermarket price cuts. Coffee, which peaked at 1.50 a pound last summer, is down to around 0.70 a pound.
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Chicago
Albert Ehlers, Inc
Standard Brand, Inc
Tachen Defenders Safe In Formosa, Red Guns Silent
Nationalist Chinese forces began evacuation from the Tachens in Formosa with troops moving toward Quemoy Matsu and Nanchi. U S transports and Chinese L T s arrived at Keelung as plans for redeploying forces to the mainland were announced.
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Formosa
Taipei
Tachen Islands
Ess
Chiang Kai - Shek
U. S
L&t
Keelung
U.S
Tachens
Quemoy
Matsu
Nanchi
Kilgore Pays Respect To Late Sen Holt
Former U S Senator Rush D Holt died at a research hospital near Washington and was honored in the Senate by former political rival Senator Harley Kilgore of West Virginia. Kilgore paid tribute to Holt who had served with distinction in the Senate and had recently passed away. The ceremony reflected bipartisan respect for Holt's public service and his impact on national policy.
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Kilgore
Sen
Holt
Washington
U. S
Rush D. Holt
Here
Senate
Harley M. Kilgore
Wva
Meter thieves busy Charleston
Charleston officials report 60 parking meters broken into this month, bringing the yearly total to 178 meters robbed since January.
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Charleston
Legislature tackles road reform and liquor by the drink
In Charleston Illinois the House failed to repeal the liquor by the drink ban by a 5046 margin just short of a two thirds needed. The Senate passed a seven member Road Commission plan placing control under a state road director. House favored one man on a four year term. Lawmakers noted district representation and addressed sheriff term limits as well. Delegates from Harrison, Marion, Monongalia and other areas backed the seven member plan while several others voted against or abstained. The House planned to recess for Rep. Holt's funeral as the Bond Commission bill awaited floor action.
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Grafton
Taylor County Tireuit Court
Hospital Board
C. W. T. Lockard
City of Grafton
Lockard
Grafton Hospital
Lince
John Burdett
L. J. Loar, Jr
Charleston
State ‘Road Commission
House of Delegates Werthesiday
Dels J. E. Watson
Dels J. E. Watson (D-Marlon) and , George Pumich Jr (D-Monongatia
Senate
Road Commission
Plac
House Roads Committee
House
U. S
Rush D. Holt
Weston
Ment
Monany
John E. Amos
Kelster
Harrison
Moyd
Monongalia
Maxwell
Morrison
Seanex
Smith
Senate Approves Defense Treaty by Wide Margin
The Senate gave overwhelming approval to a defense treaty, voting 64 to 6 after a heated debate. The pact limits authority compared with prior wartime powers and must still clear House approval before taking full effect under President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Senate
Ahok
Mosa
Toll Houses of Congress
Eisenhower
Fire Claims Four Children in Wheeling House Blaze
Four Stewart children aged three months to five years perished in a South Wheeling fire despite their mother’s efforts to save them. The mother suffered severe facial and arm burns and was hospitalized. The blaze also destroyed an adjoining multiple dwelling leaving families homeless. father James Stewart, 35, was at work driving a taxicab and could not enter the home.
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Wheeling
W. Va
South Wheeling
James Stewart
Ohio Valley Hospital
James
Thhe
Lawmakers Weigh New Verse for North Dakota State Song
Pierre lawmakers considered a proposed new verse for the state song. The verse quips about the state of great esteem where one party reigns supreme and jokes about higher taxes, reflecting political satire in the discussion.
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Pierre
State tax receipts fall for soft drinks and cigarettes
CHARLESTON (UP) State Tax Commissioner Milton J. Ferguson reported that the first seven months of the current fiscal year yielded 51,780,251 from the soft drinks tax, down 7.87 percent from the same period last year. Cigarette tax for July through January brought in 3,663,853 versus 3,832,974 during the same period in 1953.
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Charleston
Milton J. Ferguson
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Ines
New York
Harvey M. Matusow
FBI
House Judiciary Committee
Korea
Commi
Berlin
Soviet Union
Poland
Germany
the Paughters
West Virginia
Labrador
Jet Tinter
Mear
Isme
Porce Base
Canner Memorial
Youngstown, Ohio
Ohio and McDonald Works
United States Steel Corp
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
West Virginna
Beirut
Lebanon
Kremlin
Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Malenkov
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Bulganin
Arctic
Danville, Va
Matilda Gammon
Patricia. Knight
WVU
Pflimlin
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