Script Writer Blames Supervisor For Trouble
New York May 27 Rene Borgia a discharged NBC script writer said during a telephone interview he was told to write the controversial Voice of America scripts and did not believe their content He identified Alberto Gandero as the man who instructed him and said Gandero was head of NBCs Spanish language section in the short wave department Gandero was relieved of duties and then resigned NBC said
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Rene Borgia
NBC
Voice of America
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Alberto Gandero Fis
Gandero
Oy Sige
U. S. Senate
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Alberto Gandero
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Washington
United States
New England
Texas
Albert Gandero
Cuba
Futh the Internations
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Senate Finance Committee OKs Oleo Tax Repeal Bill
The Senate Finance Committee approved a bill to repeal the 8 cent per pound tax on colored margarine and abolish license fees for manufacturers and distributors. A provision would require public rating places serving colored margarine to post notices, with the vote on the amendment 10 to 2.
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Senate Finance Committee
House
Millikin
R-Cole
Bald
Taft
Ohio
Deate
Senate
Sen
158 Seniors In County To Receive Diplomas Soon
One hundred fifty eight Taylor county seniors near graduation with exercises planned next week at Grafton high Flemington high and St Augustine. Grafton hosts 124 graduates Monday at 8 p m with Dr Howard C Scharfe delivering the address. Flemington honors 26 graduates Tuesday at 8 p m with Dr William Scarborough speaking. St Augustine has eight seniors Sunday night with Rev Walter Charles Carroll giving the commencement address.
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Taylor County
Grafton High
Ten High
St. Augustine
West Virginia ‘Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
At &T. Augustine
Walter Charles Carroll
Bridgeport
West Virginia University to confer record at May 31 commencement
Morgantown May 27 Approximately 1 200 degrees will be conferred by West Virginia University at its eighty first commencement May 31 at 10 a m in the University Field House. President Karl Taylor Compton of MIT will deliver the address. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Dr W Sproule Boyd of Pittsburgh Pa at 11 a m Sunday. At 3 p m Sunday, President and Mrs Irvin Stewart will host a reception at the President's Home for graduates and their families.
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Morgantown
West
Virginia University
B.C
University
Karl Taylor Comp~ton
Massachusetts Institute ‘of Technology
W. Sproule" Boyd
Pittsburgh
Senate votes to invite MacArthur to testify on Far East
The senate appropriations committee voted 17 to 2 to request Gen Douglas MacArthur return to the United States to testify on the Far East situation. Chairman Bridges noted the session was closed door with McArthur HQ in Tokyo as Supreme Commander.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Far Eastern
Bridges
Tokyo
Wherry
Congress Probes Voice of America Libel Claims
U S lawmakers call for dual investigations into Voice of America broadcasts accusing the United States of misrepresentation. Senators Ferguson and Vandenberg head the Senate panel, while Rep Chenoweth leads the House inquiry. Officials behind the program are scheduled for early testimony amid sharp rebukes from multiple lawmakers. The scripts cited include claims that New England was founded by hypocrisy and Texas by sin, prompting demands to review $27 million in annual funding for the broadcasts.
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America
United States
Ferguson
R.-Mich
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Chenoweth
R.cola
House
New England
Texas
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R.mieh
Aiken
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Voice of America
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Hatch
D.-N.m
R.mich
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Department
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A L Montgomery To Be Reinterred In National Cemetery
The remains of T-4 Robert L Montgmy Montgomery will arrive in Grafton for reburial at 10 a.m. next Wednesday at the state's only National Cemetery. An army chaplain will officiate with American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts providing military honors. The former Grafton man, who died in India four years ago at age 23, had lived with his brother James R Montgomery since age eight. He was the son of the late James M and Leona Kerns Montgomery and had worked for Carr China prior to service.
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James R. Montgomery
Parkview
Grafton
National
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
India
James M
Leona Kerns Montgomery
Carr China Company
James R
Montgomer
Arab troops still attack Jerusalem in renewed fighting
Cairo dispatch reports Arab Legion and Egyptian forces pressing the battle around Jerusalem, with clashes in the old and new city areas and near Bethlehem. King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan visits Jerusalem as hostilities continue and UN efforts for a truce fail. Egypt claims 30 Egyptians killed near Beit Hanoun while Israeli forces say they destroyed three heavy guns.
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Max Boyd
Cairo
Gaza
Israel
Jeruslem
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Jerusalem
Haganah
Beit Hanoun
Beleagered
United Nations
Abdel
One Year Extension of Reciprocal Trade Program
Washington dispatch notes Senator Vandenberg and administration hopes amid a heated debate over a one year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. The House approved bill would curb presidential tariff powers with a veto provision, while Vandenberg favors a brief extension and opposes broad House restraints. The act expires June 12 and the Senate faces a tough fight for a longer extension or a single year with limited checks.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Senate
House
Marshall
Pearl Harbor
Alf M. Landon
City Receives More Name Removal Requests
City Hall reported three additional residents asked to have their names removed from petitions opposing two ordinances. City Manager Decker said the total includes requests since last Saturday and up to yesterday. A council spokesman noted a large number of inquiries received amid the public hearing Friday night.
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City Hall
Decker
Water Wetter Aids Huntington Firefighters
Firemen in Huntington battle a stubborn dump-yard blaze that has burned for days. Carbide and Carbon Chemicals introduces a new unmarketed water wetter product named UNOX, brought by company officials to aid suppression.
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Huntington
South Charleston
Carbide and
Carbon
Construction at West Virginia Industrial School Held Up
A large development program at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys in Pruntytown, funded with over 250 000, is stalled pending steel delivery. Ground has been broken for three dormitories for 40 boys each, with Baker and Combs Construction of Morgantown completing grading and a storage building. work halted for six weeks awaiting steel, resumption depends on supply.
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West Virginia
Industrial School
Fair Association To Meet Friday Night
Taylor County Fair Association holds a meeting Friday night May 28 at 8 p.m. in County Agent Lloyd Reid s offices in the Post office building. The meeting is described as very important with fall plans as a featured topic. All committee members urged to attend.
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Taylor County Fair Association
Lloyd Reid
Reid
Revercomb Seeks Lower Social Security Age
Sen Revercomb of West Virginia urges reducing the eligibility age for Social Security from 65 to 60 for both men and women. He argues many men are worn after a lifetime of toil and notes President Truman asked for a 60 age for women only, urging equal treatment.
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Washington
Revercomb
R. W. Va
Senate
Harry S. ‘Truman
Isacson and Wiley clash over Mundt Nixon bill in hearing
In Washington on May 27 Rep Isacson denounced the Mundt Nixon Communist control bill as a menace to democracy while American Legion figure Paul Griffith urged swift Senate approval. Wiley presided as Isacson denied Communist aims and Wallace prepared to testify, framing free speech and assembly as at stake in the controversy. Griffith warned of a vast fifth column and a war chest aiding the bill amid heated exchange and procedural limits.
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Isacson
Alp-Ny
American Legion
Henry Wallace
Senate Judicary Committee
Wiley
R-Wis
Paul Griffith
Senate
Griffith
Communist Party
Dupe
Optimistic outlook as Chrysler strike talks resume
Detroit May 27 Optimism grew for a quick settlement as Chrysler and the United Auto Workers resume intensified wage talks after a night of bargaining. Both sides plan to meet again with no official comment on progress. The union has reduced its wage demand from 30 to 21 cents, while the company has not confirmed any increase to its six cent offer.
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Chrysler
Corporation
CLO
United Auto Workers
County Students Taking End of Term Examinations
Taylor County school children including Grafton Junior High and Grafton Senior High spent this week finishing final examinations in preparation for term end. All students face exams with graduates exempt. County schools discontinued prior exemptions a few years ago. overall most schools require exams for all remaining students.
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Taylor County
Grafton
Grafton Senior
Urges Strengthening of State Health Depts
Dr. Roscoe R. Kandle of New York urged that strengthening state health departments is vital for good health services. As field director of the American Public Health Association, he spoke at the opening session of a two day meeting sponsored by the State Health Officers conference and the State Public Health Association in Huntington.
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Huntington
Roscoe R. Kandle
New York
Kandle
American Public Health Association
State Health Officers Conference
State Public Health Association
U S Rejects Soviet Protest Over Interfering Planes
Washington May 27 The United States rejected Soviet protests that American planes interfered with Soviet shipping near Japan. The State Department said the U S reply to Soviet notes was delivered in Moscow and found no evidence of interference. It cited Gen Douglas MacArthur in Japan and said offshore patrols are necessary for recognition and safety, serving Soviet interests.
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Washington
United States
Japan
State Department
U.S
Moscow
Department
Douglas Macr Arthur
Russia
D. S
O'Brien Named Officially Over Chilton in State Nomination
Charleston May 21 The official count after 65 counties reported shows D Pitt O'Brien leading Sam B Chilton by 380 votes for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state. O'Brien's final official total is 68 124 to Chilton's 57 744 with an unofficial count of 1 661 to 1 171.
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D. Pitt O'Brien
Sam B. Chilton
O'Brien
Chilston
Chilton
Venezuelan Born Writer Refutes NBC Script Allegations
Rene Borgia, a Venezuelan born writer, claims he was given material to write Voice of America scripts by supervisor Albert Gandero and did not sign them. NBC confirms Gandero was removed from his post as head of the Spanish language unit amid a double barreled probe into the broadcasts.
Diplomas Tonight as Wilkinson Helps Graduates
Mrs Wilkinson will present diplomas at a graduation ceremony while six Barbour County men are indicted by the county grand jury for alleged mine strike disturbances. Prosectuing Attorney William George says the men face Red Man Act charges and form part of a broader case tied to injuries to truck driver George Fisher and other property damages during the recent strike.
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Willi
Bill
George Fisher
Pickat
Byrour
Florence Wilkinson
Haymond
Fel- Alex Soke Ant Ionsville “High
West Virginian Shot Near Dividing Line in Korea
In Seoul on May 21 Kar Smith, 45, of Huntington West Virginia, was wounded four times by rifle fire while near the dividing line between Russian and American zones. He and three others had exited a jeep when shots were fired.
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Seoul
Korea
Smith
Huntington
W. Va
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