Juin Slated To Head NATO European Army
PARIS The North Atlantic Council reprimanded France's Marshal Alphonse Juin for criticizing the proposed European Defense Community. Delegates debated relieving Juin as commander in chief of Allied forces in central Europe or forcing his resignation, with observers noting a French successor is likely.
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Paris
North Atlantic Council
France
Alphonse Juin
European Defense Community
NATO
Juin
Europe
Italy moves to ratify European Defense Community pact
In Rome Premier Mario Scelba presented a bill to the Chamber of Deputies for Italy to ratify the European Defense Community treaty. The plan envisions a six nation army including West German troops, with West Germany and the Netherlands already ratified and Belgium awaiting King Baudouin's signature. France Luxembourg and Italy have yet to act as the dispute over command persists amid French objections voiced by Juin. The North Atlantic Council condemned Juin's remarks on central Europe and the proposed army, while Juin remained slated to command the army before his dismissal from French government advisory posts.
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Rome
Mario Scelba
Chamber of Deputies
West Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Baudouin
Italy
France
Luxembourg
North Atlantic Council
Central Europe
NATO
Juin
EDC
Juin Hadeen
Joseph Laniel
Trash Truckers Invited to Parley
Beckley trash collectors are summoned to a meeting on April 20 by Mayor Elmer Davis and the Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce clean up committee. The mayor will press for special hauling rates during the April 26 to May 8 drive. Fire Chief Bernard Martin will inspect vacant lots. owners will be urged to clean debris. Boy Scouts may clean properties owners cannot. Sam Carman, co chair, said Jaycees will improve City Park by the By Pass and will meet with the Recreation Board Monday night.
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Beckley
Elmer Davis
City Park
Recreation Board
Voting After Eligibility Fuss in South Charleston
South Charleston votes for mayor recorder municipal judge and eight council members amid eligibility dispute. State Supreme Court refused to remove Democratic candidate Joseph W. Londeree from the ballot. Londeree, a utility company accountant, faces Republican attorney H. William Bowers Jr. as opponent for the four-year mayor term. Democrats led in registration 6,295 to 4,154.
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South Charleston
W.va
State Supreme Court
Joseph W. Londeree
Londeree
Utility Company
H. William Bowers Jr
Warm humid conditions bring showers and storms this afternoon
A weather summary from Virginia reports warm humid conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Lows in the 50s, clouds and warmth continue Wednesday. Observations show high temperatures in the 60s to 70s at Beckley Oak Hill and Glade Creek areas with normal river stages and muddy conditions at Bluestone Reservoir.
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Virginia
Beckley High
Seseees
Csevresseesss
Salate
Ceeseeserscaens
Oak Hill High
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Pierre du Pont Dies A Dowager of Du Pont Empire
Pierre Samuel du Pont 84 longtime dean of the Du Pont family and former president of E I du Pont de Nemours and General Motors died of an aortic aneurysm at Longwood estate near Kennett Square. He helped expand the firm from powder to nylon cellophane and 1000 products driving over a billion in annual sales. He left no children and funeral plans were not announced.
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Wilmington
Del
Pierre Samuel du Pont
Famed
Chemical Family
du Pont
Longwood
Kennett Square
Wilmington Memorial Hospital
Irenee
R. R. M. Carpenter
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
General Motors Corp
Pierre
America
France
Lammot du Pont
Repauno Chemical Co
Gibbstown
N. J
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pierre du Pont
Alice Belin
Scranton
Front Lines Safest Place in Atomic Age
London. Field Marshal Montgomery argues the safest spot in any future war is the front line with fighting troops. He says both sides would deploy atomic weapons, but those in the forward area would be less exposed as the enemy would also risk destroying its own soldiers. He spoke in a radio interview as NATO’s deputy supreme commander in Europe.
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London
Viscount Montgomery
el Alamein
NATO
Europe
Actress Talton Secures Parole for Brother After Four-Year Fight
Atlanta reports television actress Alix Talton won a four year battle with the Georgia Pardon and Parole Board. The board granted parole for Richard Harvey Talton, 29, who was convicted in 1950 of a DeKalb County robbery and sentenced to 9 to 20 years. Talton flew from Los Angeles to attend the hearing.
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Atlanta
Alix Talton
Tattnall State Prison
Georgia Pardon and Parole Board
Richard Harvey Talton
DeKalb County
Miss Talton
Los Angeles
Bailey Sees Defeat Of Seaway Legislation
Rep. Bailey of West Virginia predicted the House Rules Committee will not approve the Senate plan for the St Lawrence Seaway, arguing the project harms West Virginia coal and East West rail transport. He warned it would be part time, disrupt rail systems, not aid defense, costly, socialist in concept, shallow for ships, and hurt coal in a national emergency.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
St. Lawrence
Bailey
D-Wva
Rules Committee
Senate
West Virginia
United States
Stores to stay open on two Wednesdays before Easter
Beckley Business Bureau stores will open all day on the two Wednesdays before Easter, tomorrow April 7 and April 14. Wednesday afternoon closings resume April 21, per the Bureau announcement.
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Beckley Business Bureau
Union Chief Accuses Mitchell Demes Of Anti Roosevelt Plot
LOS ANGELES The head of the AFL Retail Clerks Union local resigns from the National Democrat ic Party Advisory Council citing a conspiracy to ruin Roose velt. The move follows Democratic Chairman Mitchell urging Roosevelt to quit the 26th District race in California. Roosevelt declines noting risk of political blackmail. Mitchell states Democrats won’t back Roosevelt or Rep. Robert Condon. Roosevelt faces a separate maintenance suit with Romelle, denied allegations of affairs. Condon was barred by the AEC from a Nevada test last May. He denies being a Communist and calls the ban state charges.
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Los Angeles
AFL Retail Clerks Union
National Democratic Party Advisory Council
Roosevelt
Joseph T. de Silva
Stephen Mitchell
James Roosevelt
California
Mitchell
Paul Ziffren
Democratic National
Rep
Robert Condon
Calif
Romelle
Condon
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Senate House Committee
AEC
Surveyor Man Posts Bond on Three Charges
John Barnett a surveyor posted an 18 cash bond for his City Police Court appearance Thursday night to answer drunkenness driving without an operator license and improper registration charges. Also in Raleigh County Jail awaiting hearings are Robert Lee Anderson Piney View charged with driving while intoxicated and Lawrence Jones Beckley charged with moonshine whisky possession.
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John Barnett
Raleigh
Robert Lee Anderson
Piney View
Lawrence Jones
Charleston WV Gross Sales Tax Receipts Rise Over March 1953
Gross sales tax receipts in Charleston West Virginia last month totaled 1 104 171 dollars, up from 854 174 in March 1953. The gain stems largely from manufacturing taxes rising to 420 832 from 75 828 year earlier, with other increases in gross and total production and retail sales. Coal industry taxes fell from 133 907 to 116 634.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Milton J. Ferguson
Congress Highlights and Key Political Measures
Washington notes summarize House Foreign Affairs concerns over Indochina intervention and Vietminh aid, the Senate Finance Committee advancing a 1.4 billion tax relief bill, Johnson's Senate plans and potential Colorado governorship bid, and a closed Senate investigation into Samuel P. Sears amid McCarthy era tensions.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Indochina
Melis
Red China
Senate Finance Committee
Armed Russians Seize Americans on German border
HEIDELBERG Germany four American soldiers patrolling the East West German border were seized by armed Soviet troops yesterday and not returned U S Army HQ said Bavarian border police who went to the scene were also seized and later released after four hours of questioning The Army noted four hours later that two Americans escaped capture and sole names withheld while about 20 Soviet soldiers plus one officer allegedly crossed into the Western zone about 200 yards.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U.S. Army
U.S
McCarthy Film to Air Tonight on See It Now
New York reports Senator Joseph R. McCarthy is set to present a film on the Edward R. Murrow program See It Now at 10 30 p m nationwide. The Wisconsin Republican, vacationing in Arizona, said the film is not complete and he could use more time to respond to charges alleging he confuses the public and oversteps his investigative role.
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New York
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
CBS
Edward R. Murrow
Arizona
Murrow
McCarthy
Phoenix
Sears quits as Senate McCarthy inquiry special counsel
Samuel P. Sears Boston lawyer resigns as special counsel for the Senate investigation into the McCarthy Army row. The Senate Investigations Subcommittee accepts his resignation by a unanimous 6 0 vote. Churchill says he would gladly visit London with Eisenhower for talks on the hydrogen bomb but doubts the President can leave the United States now. Rep Morano calls for U S nonparticipation in the April 26 Geneva conference on Asia until Red China's aggression in Indo China is clearly established.
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Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Senate
Colorado
Johnson
McCarthy - Army
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Samuel P. Sears
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Washinton
Boston
Sears
London
Churchill
Eisenhower
United States
House of Commons
Washington
Morano
R-Conn
W Va Woman Slain by Navy Petty Officer Admits Guilt
Leonardtown Md police say Storekeeper Second Class William Edward Rudd of Winslow Ark freely admitted beating Iona Josephine Davis to death with a hammer. He surrendered in Washington DC after leaving his base. Davis, 22, wife of Patuxent Navy seaman James Davis, was found dead in their bedroom. Funeral services planned in Roanoke West Virginia where she was born.
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Washington
D.C
Naval Air Station
Patuxent
Rudd
Iona Josephine Davis
James Davis
Davises
Akron
Ohio
Naval Station
Davis
Roanoke
W. Va
County Delegation Visit Va. Farm
A Raleigh County group of agriculturists and livestock producers left this morning for an information seeking tour in Virginia. The delegation will visit Virginia Tech in Blacksburg to study farm markets and will tour the agronomy farm and take part in animal husbandry program sessions at VPI. Members include H. B. Thomas C. T. Shackelford O. C. Hutchison Franklin Lilly Robert Dillon Blair Bennington Robert Dwight Harold Smith Clay Price H. Price Arnold Pack Richard Pack L. B. Phillips O. P. Griffith Estel Farrow and C. Gray.
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Virginia
Virginia Polytechnical Institute
Blacksburg
VPI
H. B. Thomas
C. T. Shackelford
Rural Development Council
O. C. Hutchison
RDC
Franklin Lilly
Robert Dillon
Blair Bennington
Robert Dwight
The
Raleigh Register
Harold Smith
Clay Price
H. Price
Arnold Pack
Richard Pack
L. B. Phillips
O. P. Griffith
Estel Farrow
E. Gray
Lindbergh Named to Academy Site Board
The Air Force appointed Charles A. Lindbergh to a five member board to select a site for the new Air Force Academy. Two other civilians, Virgil M. Hancher of the University of Town and Merrill C. Meigs of Hearst Corp, were named by Secretary Talbott. Chicago.
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U.S. Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
USAF
Talbott
International
Washington
Air Force Today
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Air Force Academy
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Town
Merrill C. Meigs
Hearst Corp
Chicago
Marland insists on exposing state wrongdoings
Governor Marland told a Charleston press conference that a special legislative committee investigating the State Road Commission should report any irregularities immediately so he can act. He criticized a newspaper characterization of graft as an indictment and noted committee evidence requires weighing before conclusions. He also discussed potential legislative ideas on aid for the aged and shared talks on surplus wheat distribution with federal and state officials to aid West Virginia’s unemployed.
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State Road Commission
Marland
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
D-Hardy
House
W. FE. Flannery
D-Logan
Department
Road Commission
Cecil H. Underwood
Washington
West Virginia
Congress
Court Divided over Heber Street Courthouse Parking Plan
Raleigh County Court debated a proposed extra parking lot on the Heber Street side. The court will study the idea until the first Tuesday of May, though no formal proposal has been presented. members H G Farmers E Van Dorsey Andy Lilly reflected split views. Sheriff Ward initiated the idea but was absent.
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Raleigh County Court
H. G. Farmers
Heber St
E. van Dorsey
Andy J. Lilly
Lilly
May
Dorsey
John C. Ward
Stock Market Mixed In Early New York Trading
New York stocks opened narrowly mixed with fractional moves. Reo Motors rose on a block of 6,000 shares to about 28 and held around that level while U. S. S. Steel United Aircraft American Telephone Allied Chemical Union Carbide Westinghouse Electric American Woolen and American Can advanced. Montgomery Ward Boeing Philco Phelps Dodge American Cyanamid General Electric and New York Central lagged.
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Reo Motors
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American Telephone
Allied Chemical
Union Carbide
Westinghouse Electric
American Woolen
American Can
Montgomery Ward
Boeing
Philco
Phelps Dodge
American Cyanamid
General Electric
New York Central
Forest Fires Burn in West Virginia District 4
High winds fanned three wildfires in District 4. Crews worked Massey Branch in Raleigh County Black Oak Mountain in Mercer County and Estep Ridge in McDowell County Wyoming and McDowell counties, with fires reported Monday.
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West Virginia Conservation Commission
Massey Branch
Raleigh County
Black Oak Mountain
Mercer County
Estep Ridge
McDowell County
Wyoming
McDowell
Voting Booth Proposal Tabled by Raleigh County Court
The Raleigh County Court tabled a request to provide voting booths for the August primary. Attorneys J. Q. Hutchinson and A. D. Preston appeared, and the court noted the county is studying buying voting machines, which could render booths a wasted expenditure.
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Raleigh County Court
J. Q. Hutchinson
A.D. Preston
50c a Pound Rattlesnake Hunt Promoted in Oklahoma
Thrill seekers in Okeene Oklahoma prepare for a rattler roundup billed as a new sport for the average man. Hunters will track wiggling snakes to claim 50 cents a pound meat, using only a forked stick or tongs. Rattlesnake steak will be served at a banquet Saturday night before the hunt.
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Okeene
Okla
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