Roy Howard honored at lunch with President in Manila
Manila reports Roy W. Howard chairman of Beripps-Howard newspapers and wife honored at a formal lunch by President and Mrs. Ramon Magsaysay. Other United Press items note legal actions against Leroy Gore and the "Joe Must Go" Club, a fatal car crash in Clinton Connecticut, and Pennsylvanian Railroad president James M. Symes apologizing for 1954 earnings while promising 1955 growth.
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Manila
Roy W. Howard
Beripps - Howard Newspapers
Presiddent
Ramon Magsaysay
Philadelphia
James M.symes
Pennsylvania Railroad
Yalta Papers Stir Global Political Storm Over War
United Press reports a political and diplomatic storm surrounding the Yalta conference. Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill clash over wartime alliances and postwar plans. State Department releases papers amid confusion, revealing debates on Poland and German postwar carve up.
Mercury Stumps Colder Tonight Across Region
The temperature plummeted from 63 to 25 yesterday afternoon and sits around 43 today, with a forecast near 46. Sub-freezing lows are expected tonight with readings between 24 and 28. Clear noon skies will cloud up later, followed by milder weather tomorrow and occasional rain in the afternoon.
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Mercury
Woda
Bargains In Used Cars Offer Low Down Payments
Your hometown dealers present a selection of used cars with drastically reduced prices and easy terms. Highlights include a 1950 Oldsmobile Super 88 four door red with hydromatic at 795 dollars, a 1955 Chevrolet V8 210 four door with only 3100 actual miles, and a 1954 Plymouth Belvedere. For details and a larger selection, see the Classified Advertising Section on page five.
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Oldmobile
Career talk at Grafton High features Dr Mowrey speaker
Dr Corma A Mowrey of the West Virginia Education Association will be principal speaker at career day activities March 23 at Grafton High School. A former NEA leader and Salem College alumna, she will deliver the main address during the afternoon assembly amid a schedule featuring about 40 different careers and student-led groups. The day opens at 9 a.m. with orientation and sessions running until 4 p.m.
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Division of Professional Services
West Virginia Education Association
Charleston
Grafton High School
Mowrey
National Education Assection
NEA
Salem College
Duke University
West Vitahlucaion Association
Mayeeev
World Organization of Teaching Profession
Hom Oom
Chaffee Stughes
78000 Workers Idle As Rail And Phones Crippled
Rail unions strike halts all trains and cuts telephone service across several states. Reported cable slashings and arson attempts target Louis ville & Nashville Railroad and Southern Bell, with 5 trains canceled and over 1.29 million dollars in damage cited.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Pittsburgh
Indiana Chrysler Corp
APL
Clave
Guests to Celebrate Bridget Herwood's 79th Birthday
Bridget Herwood of County Cork turns 79 as her birthday dinner guest list includes the O Conors Keillys O Mohahans and the McCabes. In Memphis Lee Andrew Cane known as Sugar was jailed for taking part in a sugar theft involving 5 000 pounds.
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EL Paso, Tex
Harvey Matusow
Pittsburgh
Bridget Herwood
County Cork
O'Conors
the Keillys
O'Mohahans
McCabes
Memphis
Tenn
Lee Andrew
Marland to Discuss Barron Firing at Press Conference
Charleston report says Governor Marland will explain at 4 0 p m whether W W Barron was fired from the Liquor Commission and whether any further statehouse dismissals are planned Officials have declined to comment on Wednesday night’s unconfirmed report The press conference also may cover a teachers salary bill road commission reorganization and Legislature recall plans
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Willam
Marland
W. W. Barron
Liquor Commission
Statehouse
Barron
Ence
Board of Control
Joe Burdett
Keith Griffith
Irish 115000 Strong March In New York Parade
New York observes St Patrick’s Day with a massive parade along Fifth Avenue led by the 165th Infantry of the National Guard. About 1500 marchers, 56 battalions in 182 groups, pass notable stops as officials including Mayor Wagner and Gov. Harriman watch. The Police Band misses its traditional march after 50 years. In Long Beach, California, I W Harper is booked for drunkenness.
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Fifth Avenue
St. Barrie
Patrick Catherdral
Cardin Spellman
Fulton J. She
Robert P. Waener
Averell Harrin
Ctty
165Th Infantry
National Guard
Fighting 69Th
165Th
Police Department
Vikings may have carried Irish aboard Leif Erikson voyage
Prof John Steffensen of the University of Iceland says Iceland in the year 1000 may have been 30 percent Irish. Irish monks may have been early settlers and later Viking arrivals brought Irish slaves to Iceland during Ericson's Vineland voyage to North America.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Leif Ericson
America
Columbus
John Steffensen
University of Iceland
Ericson
Vineland
North America
Steffenson
Churchill criticizes Yalta pact text over serious errors
London reports quote Prime Minister Churchill denouncing the American published Yalta papers as containing serious mistakes and saying he would have preferred to be consulted before publication. He notes the Belts government opposed rapid release of detailed international discussions and will review the full text for possible corrections as the 500 page document is released. Morgantown WVU awards 67 high school papers for excellence in the state journalism contest.
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London
Winston Churchill
Lone Savvor
Yalta
Imson
Yale
Her Maesty
United States
U.S
Churchill
Morgantown
West Virginia University
West Virginia
WVU School of Journalism
Formosa Strait Military Lull Reported by Spokesman
In Taipei a military spokesman said there was an absolute military lull in the Formosa Strait today with no shots or incidents along the 159 mile island front. Communist artillery that had shelled Quemoy almost daily was silent.
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Taipei
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Long Island
Quemoy
GOP Demands Yalta Pact Details Revealed
Washington reports that the Yalta conference documents were released after Republican pressure. Dulles indicated publication might be delayed but the papers appeared within a day, fueling GOP charges that Roosevelt made concessions to Communism in China Poland and Eastern Europe at the 1945 summit with Churchill and Stalin.
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Washington
Yalta
John Foster Dulles
GOP
Roosevelt
China
Poland
Europe
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Tunsia
Maybe This Man Liked To Skate
In Mineola New York Mrs Janet Nieto testified at a separation hearing that her husband has been missing for two months and the only remark she heard from him was a friend delivering his roller skates. In Grand Rapids Michigan police investigated reports of a mysterious glow in a darkened corridor and found a 66 year old man in his car smoking a pipe. he explained his wife prohibited smoking the “smelly thing” at home.
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N.Y
Janet Nieto
Grand Rapids, Mich
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