U N Hopeful Armistice Talks Can Resume
Tokyo reports a glimmer of hope as new messages from North Korea's Kim Sung and Peng Huai are studied. U N command officials in Tokyo say a resumption of armistice talks may occur if a just agreement is reached, while warning that a large Communist assault could shift the negotiations.
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U.N
Nate Polowetzky
Ln Aviaites
Tokyo
Xorean
United Nations
Kim
Sung
James A. Wan
Fleet
Peng Teh Huai
Korea
Ing
Peng
Ridgway
U. N
Mway
Prom
Alli Way i
Seorld
Aemost
Paris
Reds
Reds demand a peace treaty for Japan at San Francisco
Berlin reports Russian controlled press claims the Soviet delegation goes to San Francisco to press for a truly peaceful Japan treaty and oppose U.S. efforts to use Japan as a base for aggression against China and the Soviet Union. The National Zeitung carried a sharp anti U.S. piece asserting such a scheme, though no source in the Russian press confirms this.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Soviet Union
San’ Francisco
Japan
China
San Francisco
National Zeitung
Ghina
America
Pacific
the Zeitung
West Germany
West Virginia Briefs from Charleston and Spencer
CHARLESTON state police extend the aid law beyond October to ease trucker equipment shortages. Spencer police seek eight cattle rustlers targeting Roane County farms with five cattle from N D Westfax and three from Oma Atkinson, some later recovered at auctions. White Sulphur Springs hosts the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers convention with speakers from Tulsa and Washington.
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Charleston
Ww& Burchett
Road Commission
Spencer
Roane County
Fred Patton
N. D. Westfax
Curtis District
Oma Atkinson
Reedy
Spencer and
Parkersburg
The
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Kirby Lumber Gets Record Overload Fine Under New Law
The Kirby Lumber Company faced a fine of 746.80 for overloads totaling 11 840 pounds on one count and 1 780 pounds on another. W M Shrewsbury of Ghent was fined 43.40 for 8 840 pounds over the limit, Oak Hill Smokeless Coal Company 58.40 for 3 340 pounds, and Victor D Giammine to no, 36.70 for 1 170 pounds over. All arrests were by State Police on State Route 3 near Glen Daniel with weigh crews on Route 19 31 at Shady Spring today.
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T. N. Thurman
Kirby Lumber Company
W. M. Shrewsbury
Ghent
Oak Hill Smokeless Coal Company
Gold Found Hidden in Estate of Parkersburg Jeweler
$21,000 in gold coins were unearthed from a fruit jar and a milk crock on the suburban estate of the late jeweler Henry Sheff. The coins, part of a $250,000 estate, were turned over to the government at face value. bullion value today would be about $30,000. The recovery was conducted by Sheff’s son William H. Sheff and his sister Mrs G K Taylor of Parkersburg, the surviving heirs.
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Associated Press
Henry Sheff
Wheeling Jeweler
Parkersburg National Bank
Sheffs
William H. Sheff
G. K. Taylor
Parkersburg
Bellevue hospital worker arraigned in narcotics ring
A Bellevue Hospital maintenance engineer Benjamin Provenzano aged 43 was arraigned on narcotics charges as an alleged accomplice in a $500,000 a year heroin racket run from the city owned hospital. He admits taking in September to ditch heroin valued about $100,000 retail and to using the main waiting room to contact clients while concealing heroin in hospital nooks. Fifty Raleigh County men were called for pre-inductions as part of the case against ringleader Mariano Rubino, 42, with police saying they seized heroin and detained clients during the investigation.
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Benjamin Provenzano
Mariano Rubino
Raleigh County
Provenzano
Alma E. Smith
Offworth
Draft Board No
East River
Rubing
Rubino
Bellevue
U S Servicemen Die in Metz Train Wreck
The Basel Calais Express collided with a Frankfurt Paris train near Metz France killing ten people including two American soldiers Alphonse MacLaughlin of Durham NC and Everey Whalen of Norwich CT. About 40 were injured including seventeen French soldiers remaining Americans were treated at the 8th General Hospital in Munich. The Basel Calais Express rammed the rear of the Paris bound train after passing Sanry sur Nied.
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Associated Press
Metz
France
U.S
Alphonse MacLaughlin
Durham
N. C
Everey
Whalen
Norwich
Conn
Amy Headquarters
8Th General Hospital
Munich
Germany
Frankfurt
Sanry-Sur-Nied
Basel
Switzerland
Mismanagement Charged in Laurel Mine Tragedy
United Mine Workers of America District 29 released a report blaming mismanagement and faulty inspection for four deaths at Laurel Creek Coal Company mine. It accuses the company of aware risk near an abandoned water-filled shaft and criticizes federal inspectors for not detecting the water danger.
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Laurel Creek Coal Company
United Mines Workers of America
Charles Flint
James Flint
Woodrow Redden
Robert Vandall
UMWA
District 29
Bodies of Five Area Men En Route to U S
The Defense Department announced that five steam men are being returned to the United States aboard the Provo Victory. The ship is slated to arrive at the San Francisco Port of Embarkation today with 502 bodies aboard. Names include Pfe. William E. Grose, Pvt. William A Lester, Pvt. David L. Morgan, Col. Clyde E. Richmond, Pvt. Vernon Whorley, with their listed parents and home towns.
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United States
Defense Department
San Francisco
Pfe
William E. Grose
Sylvia J. Grose
William A Lester
Port Lester
Secartro
David L. Morgan
Carl F. Morgan
Preater
Clyde Efhmond
Harry E. Richmond
Prince
Vernon 1
Whorley
I Lewis
Princeton
Moscow Aims at Yugoslav Revolt Not Immediate War
Vienna officials say Moscow seeks internal Yugoslav revolt against Premier Tito rather than immediate action by Soviet allies. Western intelligence cites Voroshilov Bucharest declaration that the Tito regime cannot last and the Yugoslav people will liberate themselves, echoing Molotov remarks in Warsaw.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Balkan
Klementi Y. Voroshilov
Bucharest
Romania
Korean Conflict Air Power Control War Game Debate
In Fort Bragg a long dispute between Army and Air Force over tactical air power control surfaces in the largest postwar war games. Officers say the core clash is at senior levels, not frontline units, with Marines’ close support cited as a benchmark. A corps level control preference is debated, warning of “penny packets” if control is too dispersed, while calls persist for tighter air-ground coordination to keep pressure on enemy forces.
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Don Whiteread
Fort Bragg
N. C
Army
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
W. R. Wolfinbarger
Ninth Tactical Air Force
Sam
Tactical Air Force
Korea
Marine
Navy
Battaion
Graund
Old Houses Sell At Lower Prices
The Federal Reserve Board reports in its August Bulletin that old houses sold this summer at somewhat below asking prices, with few price cuts on new houses. Farm real estate rose rapidly in spring and early summer. The easing in housing prices stems from tighter credit and a shortage of mortgage funds.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Sludge Transforming into Vitamin Source for Farm Animals
Three Pennsylvania scientists report sludge from municipal sewage plants can provide a new large source of Vitamin B-12 to supplement farm animal diets. Researchers Hoover Jasewien and Nan of the U S Department of Agriculture Eastern Regional Laboratory Philadelphia publish the finding in Science, noting sludge was previously valued mainly as fertilizer.
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Ashington
Pennsylvania
Sam RK
Hoover
Lenore B. Jasewien
Nan
Eastern Regiona Laboratory
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia
Technical Journal “Science
Shady Spring Citizen Charged With Speeding
Thomas Griffith a 28 year old resident of Shady Spring was ordered to appear in City Police court tonight on a speeding charge. He was arrested yesterday at 8 Kanawha Street by City Police.
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Thomas Griffith
Shady Spring
Kanawha Street
City Polis
Western Airlines Plane Explodes Near Coast City
United Airlines Flight 615 from Boston to Oakland crashes in low hills near Coast City killing 48. The four engine airliner exploded on impact, debris scattered across two acres and in a 200 foot ravine. Crew listed include Pilot Marion W. Heddin and First Officer George A. Jewett. Weather and control chatter details noted.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
Here
United Airlines
Boston
Chicago
Roland Bendel
Decato
Oakland-San Jose
Bendel
CAA
San _Francisco
Bureau
Marion W. Heddin
Los Altos
George A. Jewett
Redwood City
Mario A. Durante
Sausalito
A. Kessler
Marilyn Murphy
San, Mateo
Lan .Verne Sholes
Pato Alto
Pair Arrested After Patrol Car Accident
Two men were jailed after their car rammed a City Police Patrol car on Orchard Avenue. Bob Reed, 40, of Beckley, faced charges of driving while intoxicated and allowing an intoxicated person to drive. Julius Cook, 29, was charged with driving while drunk. Damage to the patrol car was limited to the left rear fender.
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Bob Reed
Beckley
Julius Cook
Orchard Avenue
Communist Build-Up Observed Across Korean Front
Allied observers noted increased numbers of Communist troops along the eastern front in Korea with large concentrations north of Yanggu and above Kumhwa. Reports say air strikes and artillery hit about 1,000 Reds and 200 trucks moving from the north, as 1,000 Chinese with pack animals moved toward Kumhwa. General Van Fleet asserted the U.S. Eighth Army is ready to counter any offensive, while Fifth Air Force jets destroyed Reds ferrying supplies near Pyongyang and northwest Korea.
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Associated Press
U. S
Korea
Yanggu
Kumhwa
James A. van Fleet
Eighth
U. XN
van Fleet
Fifth Air’Force
Pyongryang
Shooting Star
Fifty Believed Dead In Mexican Flood Disaster
Mexico City reports fifty people feared dead after a dam at Cardenas burst during heavy rains from a hurricane. The 60 foot structure released about 60,000 gallons, wiping out a village below and prompting ongoing search efforts as 23 more were listed missing. Jamaica reported 150 dead from the same storm system, while Tampico logged a fatality as the hurricane moved into the Gulf of Mexico and struck Mexican mountains. The government railway agency confirmed 27 bodies recovered from the town area near the dam.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Cardenas
Here
Jamaica
Gulf of Mexico
Tampico
Government cost index up sparingly, auto workers gain
Washington government index shows a 2 fraction increase, granting nearly 1,000,000 auto workers a one cent per hour pay raise. The announcement underscores modest inflation relief though long term wage impacts remain uncertain.
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Associated Press
Washington
Filmland Glamour Girl Returns to Britain for Work
Sharman Douglas, famed Hollywood publicity agent and daughter of former Ambassador Lewis Douglas, leaves Monday to join Alexander Korda Productions in London. The 22 year old begins work September 1 in England, after six years at RKO where she earned praise for getting stars to sit for photos. Douglas worked with Victor Mature, Groucho Marx, Robert Mitchum, Marie Wilson, and Jane Russell, and cites a desire to return to the country as her motive.
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RKO Studios
Alexander Kerda Productions
London
Bionde
Holisood
RKO
Karda
Victor Mature
Groucho Marx
Robert Mitchum
Marie Wilson
Jane Russell
Mature
Korda
U. S
Lewis Douglas
Arizona
Weather outlook fair and cool with scattered showers
The forecast shows fair, cool conditions tonight with lows around 30 to 45 degrees and cooler in the mountains near 40. Saturday warms modestly with continued fair skies. extended forecast hints at 34 to 29 in early August. Temperatures near normal by small margins, showers Tuesday and Wednesday averaging about a quarter inch. Local stations report high yesterday and low last night with clear conditions at Greenbrier and Bluestone Reservoir at normal stages.
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Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
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