Eisenhower backs Dulles attack on McCarthy
President Eisenhower echoed Secretary Dulles in backing criticism of McCarthy and affirmed unity among free nations as the country’s only hope for survival. Dulles blamed attacks on U S foreign policy and the President said he is in full accord with Dulles while warning that communists in government must be kept out. The President noted no need for new remarks and prepared a written statement to be his only words on the matter. Dulles’ comments marked the administration’s first firm public grip on McCarthy.
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Dulles
Eisenhower
Ference
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
United States
Administration
Justice Department
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Denver
U. S
Charles Vigil
Willis W. Ritter
FBI
Vigil
Weeks
Congress of American Industry
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Three Powers Prepare for Likely Bermuda Answer to Russia
Washington notes the United States Britain and France are expected to issue a brief favorable reply to Molotov's proposal for a Big Four meeting. Western aims center on reducing Soviet control in Eastern Europe while Russia seeks to secure a place for Red China in great power councils. No compromise seen, with Berlin likely venue and talks focused on Germany and Austria.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Bermuda
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
West
Dulles
Molotov
Kremlin
Germany
Austria
China
Red China
Strange Pollution of Ohio River Probed in Wheeling
Wheeling city officials reported a strange white bubbly substance lining the Ohio River from shore to shore at the filtration point. Samples have been sent to the State Health Department and the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, with tests sought from the U S Public Health Service and Army Engineers in Pittsburgh to identify the pollution source. A jar sample turned black after warming, prompting calls for river flushing and further investigation by local and state agencies.
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Wheeling
Ohio River
Robert L. Plummer
Weirton
Steubenville
Ohio
A. R. Todd
State Health Department
Charleston
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Cincinnati
Plummer
Health Department
U. S. Public Health Service
U. S. Army Engineers
Pittsburgh
State Water Commission
Harry J. Dailer
West Virginia Weather Update and Regional Readings
Increasing cloudiness tonight with low temperatures between 25 and 35 degrees. Thursday will be cloudy and milder with showers likely. Reported highs and lows across stations include Oak Hill and Glade Creek, with river stages in Bluestone Reservoir and Greenbrier showing low, clear conditions.
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Bellepoint
Bluestone Reservoir
New
Greenbrier
Weeks Attacks Critics Of Government Aid To Business
Secretary of Commerce Weeks denounced critics who oppose honorable businessmen serving the country, claiming the administration supports national welfare in normal and emergency times. He cited a record production forecast near 370 billion dollars for 1954 and predicted another strong year. Meanwhile Senator Potter opened hearings on Korea atrocities, saying a Chinese nurse cut off a GI’s toes with garden shears and wrapped wounds in newspapers, aiming to expose alleged Soviet lies by Vishinsky.
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New York
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Commerce Secretary
Washington
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Korea
G. I
Potter
U. S
Senate
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
United Nations Assembly
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
Tass
Michigan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
United Nations General Assembly
Henry Cabot Lodge
Election Calendar Ready for Mailing
Charleston reports the Secretary of State announces the 1954 Election Calendar with key dates for circuit clerks and county offices. Dates run Jan 10 to Dec 2, including filing periods and deadlines for campaign finance. The primary is Aug 3 and the general election is Nov 2 with WV electing a U.S. Senator, six Congress members, 16 state senators, 100 House of Delegates members, and other posts.
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Charleston
Secretary of State
D. Pitt O'Brien
West Virginia
U. S
Congress
House of Delegates
Huntington Structure Sold To New Yorker
The 15 story West Virginia Building in Huntington was sold to J Jerome Riker of New York for 700000 by a Huntington corporation that bought it in 1943 for about 325000. A spokesman said Riker plans to spend about 300000 to modernize the structure, Huntington's tallest.
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Huntington
West Virginia
J. Jerome Riker
New York
Huntington Corporation
Truman curtails stroll to visit AP News HQ
Former president Harry Truman cut short his morning stroll to visit the Associated Press headquarters in Rockefeller Center. He joined staff briefly at the photo desk, checked teletypes for news, tipped a shoeshine man, and asked for extra copies to read later in the hotel.
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New York
Harry Truman
Associated Press
Truman
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Richard Feehan
Waldorf-Astoria
Feehan
William Hillman
Crosstown
Hillman
General News Desk
Door to Communism Dominates Prisoner Interviews
In Panmunjom the opening round of Allied efforts to win 351 missing South Korean, British and American prisoners ended with 30 returning to communism. Observers note the Communist camp likely stacked with Reds as 27 South Koreans and 3 women chose the door to darkness. Negotiations for a Korean peace conference continue amid warnings of a neutral Russian role and a possible Christmas holiday for the 22 Americans who may refuse repatriation.
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South Korea
ROK
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Russia
Dean
North Korea
North
Red China
Peiping
Fathers Join Children's Fight Ends in Fatal Stabbing
LANHAM West Virginia. Herschel Lyone Kelley, 33, was arrested after a fight on the porch of Benjamin Withrow, 43, left Withrow dead from stab wounds to abdomen, shoulder, and heart. Kelley and Withrow both have seven children. Kelley claimed he did not know he had killed Withrow and said he hated it. State Trooper Lawrence Craft said Kelley would be arraigned in Bancroft.
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Lanham
W. Va
Herschel Lyone Kelley
Benjamin Withrow
Putnam County
Lawrence Craft
Kelley
Bancroft
Craft
Withrow
Crown Point
Global strike waves hit US and UK labor fronts
The CIO United Steelworkers struck two top can makers while New York and New Jersey longshoremen returned to work after a one day work stoppage. A separate major dispute among photo engravers blocked six New York City newspapers, as a federal Taft Hartley inquiry began. In Britain, over a million engineers and shipyard workers walked out for a 24 hour pay rise, halting auto and aircraft factories from London to Belfast.
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CIO United Steelworkers Union
New York
New Jersey
New York City
CIO
United Steelworkers
American Can Co
Continental Can Co
Canada
New York-New Jersey Waterfront Commission
Herald Tribune
North American Aviation
United Auto
Los Angeles
Fresno
Calif
Columbus
Ohio
London
Britain
Glasgow
Belfast
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions
Kinsey Book Purchase Sparks Negative Note in Charleston
Charleston auditor Edgar B. Sims approved aState Health Department request for a reference book titled Sexual Behavior in the Human Female by Dr. Alfred Kinsey. He penned What on earth will they buy next Bah on the face of the purchase order, signaling disbelief at the $8 cost.
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Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
State Health Department
Alfred Kinsey
Santa and the Flying Pup Christmas Serial Scrapbook Idea
The Register begins a tomorrow Christmas serial story titled Santa and the Flying Pup. The piece promotes clipping daily installments into a cardboard-covered scrapbook notebook. It notes Lucrece Hudgins Beales Christmas stories boost classroom reading and classroom hours for thousands of pupils nationwide.
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Santa and the
Flying Pup
Register
Lucrece Hudgins
Churchill heads to Big Three parley for world peace aim
Churchill flies to Tucker's Town Bermuda for the Big Three meeting. Premier Laniel expected soon, Eisenhower to join Friday. An authoritative source says the US hopes France will ratify the European army pact with a pledge to maintain Europe’s current combat strength if France approves the plan.
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Tucker
Bermuda
Britain
Churchill
Atlantic
Laniel
Eisenhower
France
America
Europe
London
Gander
Nild
Body Found While Deer Hunting Near Elkins
Edmund L. Cline found an unidentified male body on Kelly Mountain east of Elkins while hunting deer late yesterday. The man appeared to have been dead about three months and no identification or articles were found with the body, according to State Police Sgt. V. C. Ware.
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Elkins
Edmund L. Cline
Kelly Mountain
U. S. 33
V. C. Ware
Draft Manpower Pool Drags On Despite Low Birth Rates
Des Moines Asst. Secretary of Defense John Hannah urged ongoing draft and deferred Universal Military Training. He warned the pool will bottom out in 2 to 3 years if inducements and enlistments stay flat, urging career soldiers to shore up national security. He blamed lagging military pay and reduced benefits for eroding the draft’s appeal.
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Des Moines
John Hannah
Pentagon
Hannah
Claims Low Rent Program Doomed
Washington Rep Eberharter says the Eisenhower administration will halt the low rent public housing program and sell owned buildings. He argues liquidation follows pressure from the National Association of Real Estate Boards and warned tenants would be driven into slums. No government officials commented.
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Washington
Eberharter
D-Pa
Fisenhower
National Assn. of Real Estate Boards
Col Guy Ash Resigns From West Virginia Guard
Charleston report notes the retirement of Col. F. Guy Ash from the West Virginia National Guard. Ash began service in Morgantown in 1915, rose to brigadier general, and previously served as adjutant general while holding a civilian post as state director of the Federal Housing Administration.
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Charleston
F. Guy Ash
West Virginia National Guard
Morgantown
Ash
Federal Housing Administration
West Virginia
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