Demos Reject Blank Check for President
United Nations action is urged to handle Indochina crisis amid debate over a possible American troop deployment. Senate and House leaders stress consultation with Congress, with some senators advocating prior approval before any combat commitment.
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Calif
America
United Nations
Indochina
Nixon
Kuchel
Sen
Knowland
California
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Congress
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Judd
R-Minn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Huntsville
Ala
Sparkman
D-Ala
Sen. Gore
White House
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rhee Says Korea Will Attend Geneva Peace Talks
Seoul reports President Syngman Rhee announced Korea will attend the Geneva conference opening next week and warned it is a final time consuming effort to unite Korea by peaceful means. He implied consequences if talks fail and cited U S assurances to bolster Korea’s position.
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Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Geneva
Korea
Eisenhower
Rhee
U. S
Ellis
Briggs
Augusta
James C. Hagerty
Pyun Yung Tai
ROK
Hollyday Faces Senate Probers In Housing Deal
Washington. Guy T O Hollyday the former FHA commissioner faced Senate Banking Committee questioning on possible abuses in the postwar apartment program and windfall profits to builders with large insured loans. CHHFA head Albert M Cole said one housing official faces serious charges of taking money in irregularities linked to the housing program. FBI and agency investigations continue.
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Guy T. O. Hollyday
Federal Housing Administration
Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
R-Ind
Hollyday
Banking Committee
Indiana
Albert M. Cole
Housing and Home Finance
Agency
CHHFA
FHA
Eisenhower
Cole
FBI
Newcomers File In County Race
Ezra M. Ashworth filed for Raleigh County Board of Education becoming the eleventh candidate for the nonpartisan post. W. M. Baugues, from Metalron, joined the race for Raleigh County commissioner as the third Democrat. three Republicans have already filed. Baugues has long worked in Raleigh County mining.
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Raleigh County
Ezra M. Ashworth
Hedrick Sr
Raleigh County Board of Education
Ashworth
Prince St
W. M. Baugues
Metalron
Baugues
Report on Age Race Of Infant Set Tuesday
Pathologist findings expected Tuesday may reveal the infant's age and race after body parts were found near an Affinity slate dump Saturday. State Police say an improvised grave was located about 50 yards from where Burless Minnick, an Affinity resident, found the head and arms of the child.
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Affinity Slate Dump
Burless Minnick
Affinity
Forest Fire Expands Near Charleston Boundary
A forest blaze near Charleston's southern edge burned over 200 acres and remained out of control at two points shortly before noon. A nine-man Conservation Department crew under Kanawha County forest protector Osbra Eye fought the flames, with Eye predicting quick containment and no immediate threat to homes or property.
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Charleston
Conservation Department
Osbra Eye
Kanawha County
Eye
Iceberg Reported Far Off Florida Coast
The SS Trinity sighted a small iceberg about 300 miles off Cape Canaveral weighing around 18 tons. Ships in the Atlantic coast were warned to watch for icebergs as weather officials could not explain how it drifted so far south.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Florida
Trinity
Cape Canaveral
Weather Bureau
International Incident Averts Petrov Wife Flight From Australia
In Sydney a mob protested as Soviet couriers escorted Mrs Evdokia Petrov onto a London bound BOAC plane amid accusations of kidnap. Australian officials denied forced removal and noted Petrov could stay if she wished, after her diplomat husband Vladimir Petrov defected and turned documents over.
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Sydney
Australia
Evdokia Petrov
Europe
Gould Succeeds Genteel as C P Post Manager
Raymond C. Gould of Charleston is named commercial manager at Beckley for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia. He succeeds R J Genteel, now commercial engineer in Charleston, and plans to move his family to Beckley after housing is secured.
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Raymond C. Gould
Charleston
Beckley
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
E. T. Stromp
Gould
R. J. Genteel
Ithaca
N. Y
New York State
Huntington High School
Navy
Washington, D.C
Huntington
Marshall College
General Commercial
Kathryn Ann Fischer
Sandra Rae
Deborah Kay
Baptist Temple Church
Navy Plane Missing With Nine Men Aboard
U S planes search the icebound Greenland coast for a Privateer missing since Friday. The aircraft based at Argentia Newfoundland vanished on an ice patrol between Thule Greenland and Albert Weather Station with nine aboard. The crew included eight Navy men and civilian Hydrographic Service expert Henry Kaminski of Grand Rapids Michigan. The plane carried arctic survival gear.
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ST. Johns
Nfld
U. S
Greenland
Argentia
Thule
Albert
Canada
Ellesmere Island
Navy Department
Washington
Hydrographic Service
Henry Kaminski
Grand Rapids, Mich
Air Force
Home at Ghent Saved By Turnpike Workers
A Ghent home was saved from destruction by fire about 10 a.m. today thanks to workers hired by Ballenger Paving Co. James R. Chandler Jr., the firm’s project manager, dispatched men and equipment immediately after the blaze was spotted. No further details were available at presstime.
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Ghent
Ballenger Paving Co
James R. Chandler Jr
West Virginia Weather Brief With Cloudy Skies
Cloudiness continues tonight and Tuesday with cooler air in central and northern areas. Temperatures range from the mid to upper 40s at night, with daytime highs near 70 in some spots and rivers showing above normal levels in Greenbrier County.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill High
Bellepoint Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Ban On Atomics Favored by Pope
Pope Pius XII urged an international ban on atomic and hydrogen bombs except for self defense in his Easter message from the Vatican. He warned that new weapons plus germ and chemical warfare threaten global peace and vowed rulers should channel atomic energy to peaceful purposes. The 79 year old pope, convalescing from a stomach ailment, spoke from his Vatican apartment, then appeared on St. Peter's Balcony as 300000 pilgrims cheered below.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica
Coal City Firm Under Investigation For Break In
The sheriff reports an investigation into a breaking and entering at Sanders Grocery in Coal City. Authorities say the store was entered earlier today and a motive or suspect has not yet been identified. Local investigators are gathering evidence and reviewing footage from nearby establishments.
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Sheriff's Office
Sanders
Coal City
Miracle Easter comeback for Patricia Payne nine
Parents Floyd and Mrs. Payne of Duncan Oklahoma credit a miracle for their daughter Patricia Joy Payne who awoke from a four day coma after a swing incident and a brain blood clot. Doctors operated and she resumed life on Easter morning amid the family’s celebration.
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Oklahoma City
Patricia Joy Payne
Floyd Payne
Duncan
Okla
Patricia
Payne
Coal Pipeline Certain After Successful Test
Cleveland report says Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal expects to begin construction soon on the first coal pipeline in the United States. A 110 mile line from Cadiz, Ohio to Cleveland reached final planning, with a test line at Cadiz moving 7000 tons daily of a coal water slurry.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Cadiz
Joseph Pursglove Jr
Love
J Fred Muggs Bites Two TV Actresses
J Fred Muggs the chimpanzee bit two women during a weekend of TV work in New York. Martha Raye was bitten on the elbow during rehearsal, and Vicki Carlson was struck above the eye, leaving Carlson with two inch long tooth marks and possible permanent scarring per a National Broadcasting Co. doctor. Carlson’s manager cited a likely unintended reaction amid a chaotic scene with many people nearby.
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New York
J. Fred Muggs
Martha Raye
Vicki Carlson
Miss Ray
Miss Carlson
Nick Condos
Quick Arrest Of Grady Quicksey Sought By Court Capias
A capias was issued for the immediate arrest of Grady Quicksey, 40, who is overdue in Raleigh County Criminal Court on a charge of transporting moonshine whisky. Judge Harry L. McCreery said the capias was prepared this morning and is with a deputy sheriff. Quicksey had his case delayed due to hospital treatment, was arrested in Charleston on another moonshine charge, and was reportedly released by Kanawha County authorities this morning. Bondsman Rufus Garland, a Charleston night club operator, was named.
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Grady Quicksey
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Quicksey
Charleston
MccCreery
Kanawha
Rufus Garland
Renick Plans Congressional Run in Third District
Fayetteville attorney Myron R. Renick announced he would file within a week for the Republican nomination in West Virginia s Third District. He faces Joseph Lightburn in the race while incumbent Cleveland Bailey seeks a fifth term. Renick, a WVU law graduate and World War II Navy veteran, argues for a Republican delegation in Washington.
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Fayetteville
W.va
Myron R
Rusty) Renick
Congress
Renick
American Legion
Cleveland M. Bailey
Clarksburg
Joseph B. Lightburn
Jane Lew
Lightburn
Charleston
West Virginia University
West
Supreme Court denies Rorrer county case compensation
The Supreme Court refused to review Ruby Rorrer’s petition for $3,300 for improvements on 30 acres near Horse Creek Raleigh County. She claimed sole title from a 1919 deed not recorded until 1944, amid a forged-title finding by the Raleigh County Circuit Court. The court ruled she shared equal title with four siblings and that the deed was forged.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Ruby Rorrer
Horse Creek
Raleigh County
Nebraska cowgirl named to fill Griswold Senate term
Eva Bowring, 62, a Merriman cattle rancher and longtime Republican, was appointed to fill part of the late Dwight Griswold's unexpired Senate term. She bids to bring Western color to Washington while pledging to support Eisenhower, with Nebraska voters deciding a short and a full term in November. Bowring is one of two women in the Senate, and the only Nebraska woman to serve in Congress. Her interim tenure lasts until the November election results are certified.
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Neb
Nebraska
United States Senate
Eva Bowring
Sandhills
Bowring
Dwight P. Griswold
Ned
Congress
Republican Party
Robert Crosby
Senate
Washington
Eisenhower
Ed Death
Crosby
David Martin
Kearny
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Val Peterson
Rebels Widen Defense at Dien Bien Phu Air Strip
French forces fought to hold back Vietminh assault troops pressing toward Dien Bien Phu center from the northwest. The Vietminh gained a second outpost and infiltrated trenches near the air strip while French artillery, tanks, and infantry tried to dislodge them. Front lines stretch to within about 1,000 yards of the main barricades as trench and foxhole networks expand.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Sition
Judge Baker Retirement Approved by President
President Eisenhower approved the retirement of 81 year old Federal Judge William E. Baker of the Northern District of West Virginia. Baker requested retirement after 33 years on the federal bench, per the President's vacation headquarters in Augusta Georgia.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
William E. Baker
West Virginia
Baker
Forest Fires Reported in District 4 and Wyoming County
At noon today three forest fires were being checked by the State Conservation Commission in District 4. One fire was near Maxwell Hill from the Beckley office. In McDowell County flames were checked on Trap Fork and a fire was reported on Turkey Fork near Pineville in Wyoming County.
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State Conservation Commission
Beckley
Maxwell Hill
McDowell County
Trap Fork
Turkey Fork
Pineville
Wyoming County
Best In History Coverage By AP
The Associated Press says it produced its most ambitious year of enterprise stories in AP history as it expands to meet an ever wider audience. The board, noting a record 6791 newspapers radio and TV members and subscribers, described an effort to go where the news is and beyond for clarity balance and understanding.
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New York
Associated Press
Meadows Gels Clearance Contract Awarded for Market Site
A. J. Bowling withdrew his bid for the land clearance at the farmer's market. The contract went to V R Meadows, already clearing at Memorial Airport. County Clerk Harry E Anderson said Bowling could not meet compensation requirements. The contract price is 109.50 per acre for a four acre tract. Bowling had bid 308 per acre. Earl Pete Meadows heads the V R Meadows unit.
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A. J. Bowling
V R. Meadows
Memorial Airport
Harry E. Anderson
Bowling
R. Meadows
Earl
Pete” Meadows
V. R. Meadows
Detonators Stolen From New River Co Mine Magazine
State police report an undetermined number of detonators stolen from the magazine at New River Company mine in Stanaford over the weekend.
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New River Co
Stanaford
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