Wall for Peace or Propaganda in Berlin Debate
Dick West notes a Soviet press conference at the Soviet Embassy where nine Russian women argued the Berlin Wall protects East Berlin from Western provocation. He questions the logic and mocks the repeated use of peace rhetoric, suggesting a shift to disarmament instead of further walls.
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Chechtkina
Kislova
Korshunova
Kozlova
Prosvetova
Pushkareva
Sirotkina
Solovyova
Vavilina
McComb Druggist Voices Against Integration Riot
A McComb druggist, a Presbyterian deacon, says he will not sit next to a Negro and would quit his church if it integrated. The remarks come after a white mob beat five freedom riders two days earlier.
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Mccomb
Miss
Freedom Riders
Presbyterian Church
West Virginia Weather Outlook with Warmer Weekend
The state faces considerable cloudiness and rising temperatures today and tonight with highs 52 to 56 in the west and 46 to 52 in the east. Lows range from 28 to 38, warmer over the weekend then cooling Monday. Five day forecast calls for 6 to 8 degrees above normal, little precipitation, mainly Sunday or Monday, with warmer Tuesday or Wednesday. River gauges show Greenbrier clear, Lake Bluestone clear with 3.6 gates open, Hinton gauge 2.6 ft.
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Beckley
Lake Bluestone
Hinton
Justice Dept moves swiftly on U S Communist party
The Justice Department prepares swift action against the U S Communist party for failing to register as an arm of Russia under the 1950 Internal Security Act. Indictments against the party were expected as leaders reshuffled in New York while fines accrue at ten thousand dollars daily.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
U.S. Communist Party
Soviet Union
U. S
Russia
New York
Supreme Court
Slurry Proposal Grips Pa Landslide Fear in WV Pipeline
Harrisburg Pennsylvania Mines Secretary Lewis Evans warned that West Virginia may allow a pipeline firm to condemn land for a coal slurry line. The move stirs anxiety over potential cross state land takings and energy transport plans.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Lewis Evans
West Virginia
Railroads Battle State Pipeline Plan in West Virginia
West Virginia railroad leaders vow a fierce fight against Gov. Barron’s plan to grant eminent domain to a coal slurry pipeline carrying 70 percent coal and 30 percent water to New Jersey. The scheme risks rail jobs and faces opposition from the coal and railroad sectors while Pennsylvania officials weigh implications.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Railroad Association
W. W. Barron
Association
George Parrish
Parrish
Walter Touhy
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Barron
Leonard Timms
Texas Eastern Transmission Co
New Jersey
West Virginia
Shopping des ta Chrishnas
Christmas shopping page preview from an advertisement section noting gift ideas and seasonal offers. A playful headline style emphasizes shopping for gifts and holiday cheer in a local paper’s ad pages.
Castro Terror Put To Work First Victim Executed
Miami UPI reports Fidel Castro’s regime carried out its proclaimed 48 hour execution mandate. Reinaldo Sabatier Rodriguez, anti-Castro splinter group leader from Alacrane, was executed by firing squad in Matanzas for arson against local sugar cane fields. Eight others, including former Alacrane mayor Antonio M Ortega Cartaya, received prison terms of five to ten years.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Matanzas
Reinaldo Sabatier Rodriguez
Alacrane
Sabatier
Antonio M. Ortega Cartaya
Castro
China Debate Begins at United Nations in 1950s Era
The United Nations opens a two week General Assembly debate as the Communist bloc presses to replace Nationalist China with Red China aboard in New York. Key speakers include Zorin Stevenson and Tingfu F. Tsiang as Western nations aim to block the shift. Russia vetoes admission of Kugait to the UN and a political committee approves resolutions on nonproliferation and restricting nuclear arms know how to non nuclear nations.
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UPI
Communist World Today
China
United Nations
United States
General Assembly
Valerian A. Zorin
U.S
Adlai Stevenson
Tingfu F. Tsiang
Russia
Security Council
Kugait
Council
Assembly
Britain
France
Shortening The News From Wire Dispatches
Cincinnati police and firemen rescued 10 construction workers trapped an hour and 20 minutes by a sewer fire. Washington sources forecast a presidential decision in weeks on resuming above ground nuclear tests. U S motorists posted the best safety record in history through October with 5.1 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles and 30,800 deaths. McComb Mississippi police prepared to enforce integration orders if more freedom riders arrived after a white mob beat five Negroes. Julie London and Bobby Troup expect a child around April 30. An explosion killed 12 crew members aboard a burning Romanian freighter in the Mediterranean. Robert Briscoe of Dublin said he would not seek a third term as lord mayor at a Richmond dinner honoring Israel’s independence anniversary. U S travel curbs on Communist newsmen covering the United Nations were relaxed to a 25 mile radius from Columbus Circle. Dr Martin Luther King Jr spoke at the same event.
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Cincinnati
Washington
U. S
National Safety Council
McComb
Miss
C. H. Douglas
Julie London
Bobby Troup
Stork
Troup
Mediterranean
Robert Briscoe
Dublin
Ireland
Richmond
Israel
Briscoe
United States
United Nations
Five Mile
Columbus Circle
New York City
Martin Luther King Jr
Negro Integra
Clarksburg Manager Suit Tests Residency Rule
In Harrison County West Virginia a declaratory suit seeks to block appointing an out-of-state resident as Clarksburg city manager. E Chick Evans and Rose Linkia Evans challenge the charter provision allowing nonresidents to be hired with residency required only after appointment. The case highlights a long-standing dispute over hiring local versus out-of-state managers.
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Clarksburg
UPI
West Virginia
Harrison County
Chick) Evans
Rose Linki
Evans
Lewis B. Shallcross
Scott Plains
N. J
Orville F
Battle Creek
Mich
Shallcross
Sec
Balaguer warns opposition of dictatorship risk in Dominican crisis
President Balaguer warned that rejecting the army backed junta plan could bring disaster and a new dictatorship. The dispute centers on a seven man junta to govern until elections in May, with Rodriguez among the members. Opposition groups urged a general strike while some supporters called for a provisional government elected January 26.
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Santo Domingo
D.R
UPI
Joaquin Balaguer
Dominican Republic
Balaguer
Washington
Pédro Rodriguez
U.S
Army
Navy
Air Force
Rodriguez
Gunman Kills Two and Rapes Woman in Wichita Falls
Julian Price Webster, 38, killed his girlfriend Helen Best, 33, and shot Byrd Robertson, -- Robertson died after surgery. Webster raped Joyce Hedges, 33, and was captured after a police chase following the incident. He left a note claiming a death by own action pact and admitted the February morning killings.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Julian Price Webster
Helen Best
Robertson
William E. Best
Best
FBI
Texas
Soviets Hold Up Troop Convoy On Autobahn
Soviet border guards halted six U S Army vehicles for more than an hour at Babelsberg on the 110 mile Berlin to West Germany route. Officials waited at the checkpoint outside West Berlin as a documents error was corrected, allowing the convoy to proceed onto the Autobahn.
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Berlin
UPI
Babelsburg
West Germany
U.S
West Berlin
Nativity Scene True Spirit Of Christmas
The Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano said Nativity scenes express the true Christmas spirit and warned that growing Yuletide commercialization could turn Christ's birthday into a pagan bacchanal. It called Christmas trees fascinating but empty and criticized commercial Santa Clauses and Christmas trade wars.
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Vatican City
UPI
Vatican
Osservatore Romane
Protest at WCC assembly urges stronger disarmament stance
Delegates at the World Council of Churches third assembly in New Delhi criticized the service report for its brief treatment of disarmament. Americans led calls for a stronger position while urging action against military prep and nuclear testing. Notable critics included James M. Lawson Jr. and Samuel R. Levering, with others supporting a longer, tougher statement. Iron Curtain church reps did not attend the Peed section.
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New Delhi
UPS
World Council of Churches
Third Assembly Today
Council
James M. Lawson Jr
Nashville
Samuel R. Levering
Ararat
WCC
John
San Francisco
Howard Schomer
Chicago Theological Seminary
Edward K. Ziegler
Roanoke
Church of the Brethren
West Virginia tax deadline threats public works and Medicare
West Virginia faces jeopardy for its public works program and Medicare for the aged unless the Legislature retains the temporary 3 percent sales tax. Governor Barron indicated he would ask lawmakers to extend the increase beyond June 30, 1962, amid shifting revenue estimates and political opposition to renewed taxes.
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Charleston
Senate
House
Barron
GOP
Man kidnaperends with self inflicted death in Indiana
A 44 year old Michigan man Forrest Conrad of Highland Park shot himself after allegedly kidnapping Mrs Kay Smith 23 of Morgantown W Va near Indianapolis. Police say the pursuit began when she escaped in Greenfield and a passing motorist brought her to a police car. She had been staying with relatives on Indianapolis East Side. The victim and her husband had ties to Butler University and West Virginia University.
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Greenfield
Ind
UPI
Michigan
Indianapolis
Hancock County
Forrest Conrad
Highland Park
Mich
Kay Smith
Morgantown
W. Va
Conrad
Fountaintown
Seeing Ourselves Through Other Eyes This Week
London reports on American life with satirical notes on titles for everyday workers and public figures. Highlights include toy bars that mock consumer trends, a Texas price comparison, a gun incident in Kansas City, Harvard psychiatrists commenting on fatherhood, and brief notes on Wilma Rudolph, Robert Bolt, Blanche Thebom, a chimp, and Janet Leigh.
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Cambridge
Mass
America
Europe
U.S
Gerald Caplan
Harvard University
Necro
Wilma Rudolph Ther
Robert Bolt
Blanche Thebom
Metropolitan Opera
the Chimp
Janet Leigh
State Department
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