New Moves In Cold War May Save Britain
Britain faces a dollar crisis as the International Monetary Fund urges currency devaluation if needed to boost dollar earnings. The move follows a U S Canadian conference that offered relief without pound revaluation. IMF officials imply Britain should adjust exchange restrictions to protect well being.
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Sterlin F. Green
John M. Hightower
Washington
Fund Today
Britain
Beamon
World Banx
Snancal Jeade
Truman
U. S
Ita
United States
Canada
Two Dead After Divorce Suit Ends In Tragedy At Lawrenceburg
In Lawrenceburg Kentucky a 68 year old Frankfort distillery worker Jake Cutshaw killed Park Blackwell 60 then shot his wife twice and fatally wounded himself. Blackwell had employed Cutshaw’s wife as housekeeper and filed a divorce suit August 9 accusing cruelty. Cutshaw hid in a cornfield and fired through Blackwell’s car windows. Blackwell’s daughter Dela heard the shot and heard Cutshaw threaten to kill his wife. Mrs Cutshaw survived with minor wounds as Cutshaw died en route to Frankfort.
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Lawrenceburg
J. W. Burge
Jake Cutshaw
Frankfort
Park Blackwell
Cutshaw
Mra Blackwell
Blackwell
Mra
Justina Cutshaw
Sherif Burge
Sheif
Blackwel
Dela
Ali
Della
Mia
Injunction Halts FCC Ban On Give Away Programs
Federal Judge Michael L Speer halted the FCC from banning give away programs on air. The stay keeps the ban from taking effect while a federal suit filed by CBS ABC and NBC against the bill proceeds in New York court.
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Chicago
FCC
Michael L. Spee
Federal Communications Commission
New York
CBS
ABC
NBC
Adenauer Emerges Strong Man In West German Vote
West Germany's Adenauer consolidates power after Heuss's election as president. The 73 year old CDU leader heads a right wing three party coalition, securing a parliamentary majority and planning the new government. Heuss won presidency on the second ballot, backing Adenauer's coalition against Schumacher's Socialists.
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James Devlin
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
I. Theodore Heuss
Adenauer
Hellas
Ipethapa
Christian Democratic Union
Christian Democratic Vote
Heuss
Free Democrats
Adenater-Heuss
Kurt Schumacher
Adenauern
Conventionas
VA Will Release Dividend Formula for World War II Insurance
The Veterans Administration plans to publish the formula for 16 million veterans to receive dividends from National Service Life Insurance policies totaling 2.8 billion dollars. The payments will start next January, with many refunds covering more than two thirds of premiums. About 9 million veterans have already filed dividend applications, and all veterans must apply to share.
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Washington
Veterans
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Harlan officers' trial awaits three jurors selection
Three jurors remained to be named today before testimony in the second murder trial of Isachar Combs and Lewis Deaton. Nine jurors, two women, were accepted yesterday from a 30 man panel. 15 more Evarts men were called for today. Combs, then police chief, and Deaton faced murder charges in the Dec 17 slaying of Bryan Middleton, an Evarts restaurant owner.
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Hazard
Isachar Combs
Lewis Deaton
Clicuit
Sam Ward
Green Holiday
Ford
Fury
Contha
Denton
Harlan County
Bryan Middleton
Evarts
Combs
Deaton
Middleton
Combe
Harlan
Fivarte
Middleon
FE. J. Baumgardner
Kingsport Times celebrates twenty fifth anniversary milestone
The Kingsport Times will mark the twenty fifth anniversary of its first daily publication. The piece notes historical context from the Times issue 25 years prior and mentions construction of housing for workers at the Borden Mill plant.
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Thiatal
Kingsport Times- News
Kingsport
Kingsport Times
Borden Mille
Senator Warns Defense Dept On Inquiries
Washington senator Russell warns Senate may launch a probe if Defense Secretary Johnson acts to abolish naval aviation or the Marine Corps. Crommelin’s broad charge of Navy offense prompts calls for possible investigations. Adm. Halsey backs Crommelin as courageous. Further remarks attributed to Forrestal cited.
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Washington
Rusael
Senate
Johnson
Russell
Senates
Armed Services Committee
John G. Crommelin
Chommelin
Navy
Pentagon
Department of Defense
Crommelin
House Armd Services Committee
Naval Aviation
Marine Corps
omMcera
Wiliam F
Bull
Secretary of Defense
James V. Forrestal
Steelworkers back Truman peace plan in steel wage talks
The CIO United Steelworkers and six major producers extended the strike truce to 25 and agreed to study pensions and social insurance under the President’s board. President Truman expressed gratification as Republic Steel and Jones and Laughlin sign on to the plan as a basis for bargaining beginning March 1.
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Pittsburgh
Presidential Board
America
Truman
CIO United Steelworkers
White House
Republic Steel Corporation of
Cleveland
Presidential
Negro Released In Cabbie Case With Accessories Held
W R Ray a Black man held in the cab driver Hammonds murder was released for lack of proof. Police Chief J Charles Still said two women Bess Penley and Nellie Lane are being held for further investigation as accessories. Penley identified Ray as Hammonds’s companion to an apartment to receive cab fare after which Hammonds returned bleeding from a head wound.
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W. R. Ray
Mmitt Hammonds
J. Charles
Stil
Bess Penley
Nellie Lane
Ray
Mirs Penley
Hammonda
Hammonds
Searchers Find Arkansas Child In Rainy Field
More than 200 men searched seven hours through rain swept fields in Trumann Arkansas before locating two year old Alvin Martin crying and shivering in a cornfield near his parents Mr and Mrs Virgil Martin He wandered from his cotton picking parents about 5 30 p m his four year old sister with him He appeared unharmed aside from scrapes and rain Officials said the search used telephone calls and a large citizen and police effort and a tight knit party found him about 1 am near where he became lost
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Trumann
Ark
Here
Alvin Douglas Martin
Paul Thompson
Virgil Martin
Thompson
Schoolboy Kills Sleeping Mother With A Shotgun
A 14 year old Kentucky youth confessed to shooting his mother as she slept in Sharonda, Kentucky. He then took her purse and drove toward Huntington, West Virginia, surrendering to state police after running out of gas. He is held in Cadell County jail awaiting extradition papers from Pike County authorities. The mother died from a shotgun wound to the neck. A separate item reports 16 year old Dejores Hugnes of Elizabethton in fair condition after third degree burns from accidentally pouring gasoline on a fire at a station.
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Huntington
W. Va
Kentucky
Schemboy
Sharondatr
Beryle Langford
James Pearlie Edmiston
Pearly Fidmie
West Virginia
Cadell County
Pike County
Alex Bladsburn
Elizabethton
Dejores J Hugnes
Elizabethton High School
St. Elizabeth Hospital
May shed light on New Jersey massacre notebook diary
A notebook diary found in Howard B. Unruh's room is being examined by New Jersey authorities to shed light on the River Road massacre. Unruh, held for examination at the state hospital in Trenton, will undergo surgery to remove a bullet in his thigh. Detectives say the diary entries reference social contacts with men, some named, others referred to as a man. A separate case involves an 18-year-old Camden boy with an urge to kill, ordered to undergo psychiatric observation.
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Camden
Howard B. Unruh
New Jersey
River Road
Unruh
New Jersey State Hospital For
Trenton
John R. di Mona
di Mano
Walter Zakrewski
Kakrzewaki
Mona
Camden County Hospital
Lakewood
Widow And Son Face Possible Death Penalty Trial
In Delaware, Mrs. Inex Brennan, 45, and her son Robert are on trial for a murder linked to the death of Wade N. Wooldridge, 67, with prosecutors seeking the potential for a death sentence. The case involves allegations that Mrs. Brennan ordered the killing for money, while her son is accused of shooting Wooldridge in Virginia. The jury, seated under old English procedure, could recommend death or life imprisonment, with clemency possible. George Brennan Jr. and Raymond Brennan are also involved as accessories, with George re-arrested after the judge ordered his bail.
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Delaware
Inex Brennan
Prunette
Robert
Geath Wade N. Wooldridge
Stone's Mountain
Wamer
Gree
Brennan Boy
Brennan
Hugo Schulz
Concord
N. H
Wooldridge
Schulz
Lump
Dover
Termi J
Virir
Ginia
Suthori Lea
George
William Storey
Charles
Rishards
Raymond
Special Court Meet Wednesday Over County Road Plan
Sullivan County Court will meet Wednesday at 9 am to review the Chancery Court decision or jurisdiction on county road improvements. County Judge T. R. Bandy called the special session after Chancellor Joe Worley ruled the county court lacks power to delegate administrative authority to the road program committee.
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Blountville
Spl
Sullvan
Chancery Court
T. R. Bandy
Joe Worley
Sullivan County Court
Blacktop
Solunar Tables From The Safe Pedestrian Report
John Alden Knights presents solunar perhcas in a safety office schedule listing major and minor periods for Sunday through Saturday. Entries name times for each day and note observations at Cherokee and Douglas Reservoirs with water levels. The document reads as a periodical table of fish and hunt favorable times and dam measurements.
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John Alden
Solunar Perhcas
Office of Safety
John
Martin
Maggie
Galyon
Robert E. Lee
Ona Grills
Berry St
Jesse J. Bear
Robinson Street
Eantern
Smyrna to receive Air Force unit from Greeneville
The Air Force announced the 316th Troop Carrier Wing will move from Greeneville, D. C. to Smyrna, Tenn. The transfer involves about 650 men and is part of a broader reorganization from economy cutbacks. Greeneville base to go on standby with a caretaker cadre.
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Washington
Air Force
Greeneville
D. C
Smyrns, Tenn
Greenville
Welch Granted Commutation to Free Life Term in Tennessee
Life-terms convict Carl Welch, serving two rape sentences from Shelby County nine years ago, is granted clemency by Gov Gordon Browning. The release follows cousins of Welch’s wife recanting testimony and a psychiatrist deeming no danger. Browning lowered the charge to age of consent violation and reduced the sentence from three to ten years.
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Nashville
Tenn
Carl Welch
Shelby County
Gordon Browning
Priso
Welch
Board of Pardons
Parciex
Browning
Tennessee
Henry & Brackin
Street Scenes in Five Points and Commerce Districts
Four young dandies lounge outside a Five Points pool room making remarks to two self conscious young ladies. A man steps toward Home Land Furniture Store in early morning, expecting the electric age to unlock the door, but the door remains closed and he nearly collides with it. A Times reporter lingers on the last day of a long vacation, unsure how else to fill the time.
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Homeland Furniture Store
Times
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