UN command says Communists use double talk in armistice talks
The United Nations command accuses Communist negotiators at Panmunjom of double talk in armistice talks. A VOA broadcast says the Reds aim to withdraw foreign troops and use ports of entry to bypass real inspection. The UN spox notes they still do not understand what the Communists mean by ports of entry and identify neutrals.
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Associated Press
Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
United Na Otions Command
Switzerland
Denmark
Sweden
Red
THF Radio
U. N
Col
Howard Levi
U.N. Command
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Coal Tonnage and Deaths Rise in October
West Virginia coal output reached 15 play 536,959 tons in October, up nearly 3 million from September, with 14,431,098 tons from commercial mines and 1,072,761 from stripping. Fatal mine accidents totaled 35 in October, 22 from gas and dust explosions, pushing ten month fatalities to 3,174. Non fatal accidents for the year through October numbered 9,154.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
State Mines Department
Oil Tanks Explode at Socony Refinery Fire Rages in Trenton
Detroit dispatch reports a series of oil tank explosions at the Socony Vacuum refinery in Trenton igniting a massive fire. Firemen and state police battled the blaze for about two and a half hours, with flames reaching an estimated 1600 feet. No casualties or immediate damage estimates were released.
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Ygine Associated
Detroit
Socony Vacuum Oil Company
Trenton
13 County School Discussion Held In Beckley
Public school superintendents from 13 southern area counties met in Beckley to discuss common administrative problems. Otway Gunnoe presented an agenda and was named temporary chairman. The group debated the States Aid Formula and considered urging study by the Legislative Interim Committee or reactivating the State Board of School Finance study. Notable attendees included W. W. Trent and C E. Johnson.
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Beckley
Otway Gunnoe
Fayette
Schadls
Legislative Interim Committee
Amity
R. L. Johns
Florida
W. W. Trent
C E. Johnson
Keystone
Trent
D. W. Bryson
Raleigh
Glenn Dowdy
Monroe
John F. Mont. Somery
Greenbrier
Paul Winter
jLogan
Virgil L. Flynn
Kanawha
C H. Archer
Mercer
J. L. Perry Summers
George W. Bryson
McDowell
Troy Floyd
Mingo
Body of Sprague Man Found In Suicide
A 48 year old Sprague man Luther Douglas Fuller was found dead by his wife at 11 30 in a weed covered lot behind the Fuller home. Police say he shot himself in the chest with a .32 caliber pistol and left a note stating he would kill himself. Fuller had returned to Sprague after work in Detroit and had 25 years in a Sprague wagon mine. Surviving are his wife and three daughters Betty Ann Collison Jo Ellen Kountz Ruth Fuller all of Sprague.
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Sprague
Luther Douglas Fuller
Jean Fuller
Sprague Lunch
Fuller
Dodge Motor Company
Detroit
Aan Sia
Betty Ann Collison
Jo Ellen Kountz
Ruth Fuller
Teen-Agers Held In County Jail
A 11-year-old youth from Dorothy and an Edwight Negro were jailed Tuesday on breaking and entering charges. Police said the Dorothy youth broke into the Beckley Smokeless Coat Company office at Dorothy and took articles from a dwelling at Leevale, then was arrested at his home. The other youth was accused of breaking into the George Castley home Monday night and taking a watch, a wedding ring, and pennies from a piggy bank. Whitesville State Police made the arrests.
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Dorothy
Edwight
Link
Fate
Beckley Smokeless Coat Company
Leevale
George Castley
Whitesville
Weather outlook shows mild night with rain later
Mostly cloudy and mild tonight with a low near 45 degrees. Occasional rain is expected late tonight and into Thursday, bringing unsettled conditions and damp weather.
Christmas For Donny By The Associated Press
Burbank California today is Christmas for seven year old Donny Chafin as he battles leukemia. His parents Mr and Mrs Leo Chafin hope today will be one of his good days with many presents under the tree including a guitar and a toy tractor he may never use.
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Associated Press
Burbank
Calif
Donny Chafin
Donny
Leo Chafin
Yanks Bay 5 Migs 10 Day Total 32
U S Fifth Air Force says five Red Mig jets shot down and five damaged in ten straight days of Korean War air combat. Total counts reach 64 32 shot down and 31 damaged with Allied losses six jets. Ground fighting on Central sector minor. Coastal raids and rail line strikes reported behind Red lines near Songjin.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
North Korea
Sinanju
Songjin
Tingey
Chini
South Korea
Horace A. Bass
Quake Death Toll In S Philippines May Reach 2000
Gov Paciencio Ysamin of Eastern Misamis Province estimated two thousand deaths from Hibok Hibok eruption on Camiguin Island. Known toll was 157. second blast and widespread destruction followed as evacuees fled by sea to Mindanao.
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S. Philippines
Associated Press
Manila
Camiguin Island
Philippines
Paciencio Ysalina
Misamis Province
Mindanao
Red Cross
Patricia Monzon
Camiguin
Philippines News Service
Hibok Hibok
Release of Yugoslav Archbishop Stepinac from Tito prison
Two U S Air Force planes carried aid and blood plasma to Belgrade as Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac, 53, was conditionally released from Lepoglava Prison. The official Tanjug agency said he would live in a parish house near Zagreb and resume duties as Roman Catholic primate of Yugoslavia after five years of confinement.
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U.S
Associated Press
Sangley Point
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Manila
Philip
Alojzije Stepinac
Yurgoslavia
Tanjug
Kresic
Zagreb
Marshal Ti‘to
Croatia
Lepoglava
Catholic Church
Britain’s Worst Road Accident Kills 23 Youths
CHATHAM England grief-stricken as police identify 23 boys killed last night when a bus struck their marching formation. The driver John George Samson 57, a 40-year veteran of Chatham and District Traction Company, faced shock and relief after the tragedy.
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Associated Press
Chatham
Eng
John George Samson
Samson
F Corps
Naval Barracks
Bis
Chatham and District Traction Company
Byrd backs Solid South against Truman in 1952
Senator Byrd accused President Truman of politicizing civil rights orders and said Southern lawmakers would oppose the administration. In Charleston D C organizers formed a group to rally the South into a Solid Front against Truman’s re election, led by Stanley Morse of the Charlest on County Citizens League. Gener al Eisenhower talks with Stassen in Europe could influence 1952 roles.
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Associated Press
Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Los Angeles
Congress
Charleston
D. C
South
Stanley F. Morse
Charleston County
Nesota
Sterday
Europe
America
Stassen
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Greenbrier Fire Destroys School Equipment Building
A morning blaze at the Greenbrier County Board of Education supply and equipment building in Lewisburg caused several thousand dollars in damage. Superintendent Dr. John F. Montgomery said tools and other equipment were stored in the one story frame structure and that the origin of the fire, found around 5 a.m. by a Black employee of Greenbrier Military School en route to work, could not be determined immediately. Ronceverte firefighters faced heavy fog during the four mile run. The loss is likely covered by insurance, and fire crews saved about three quarters of each wing.
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Associated Press
Lewisburg
Greenbrier County
Tornado Damages Over $1 Million In New Orleans
A freakish tornado struck the uptown industrial section of New Orleans early today causing damage estimated at more than 1 million dollars. No injuries were reported. The tornado, about 400 to 600 feet wide and 1200 feet long, lasted five minutes between 2:32 and 2:37 a.m. CST. Winds in the path may have reached 200 to 300 mph. George L. Canady of the U S Weather Bureau provided the estimate.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
George L. Canady
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Canady
Car Stolen in Beckley Seen in Whitesville
Police search for a 1956 black sedan stolen from the Beckley Army and Air Force Recruiting Station. Lt. James Ferguson, the owner, reports the car seen in Whitesville after a fuel stop by two youths who fled without paying for gasoline. The incident prompts a statewide lookout.
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Beckley
Four Deaths Reported In Northwest Storms
Gales of 70 to 75 miles an hour battered Oregon and Washington, causing four deaths and heavy property damage. The storm extended north to British Columbia and south to California, while rain fell in other regions and December's mild weather continued.
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Northwest
Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
California
Condry Named New Director of Public Service Commission
Charleston announces Joseph P. Condry a 34-year-old Clarksburg attorney is the new director of the Public Service Commission motor vehicle division. He succeeds Luther H. Carson who left six months ago to head the division of properties and enforcement for the State Liquor Control Commission. In Huntington the body of a bald eagle shot near Pt. Pleasant is turned over to Marshall College. Dr. R. M. Edeburn notes eagles are federally protected and the bird had a wingspan of six feet seven inches.
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Charleston
Joseph P. Condry
Clarksburg
Public Service Commission
Condry
Luther H. Carson
State Liquor Control Commission
Huntingson
Marshall College
R. M. Edeburn
Marshall Zoology Department
Pt. Pleasant
Deer Hunter Hunted In Tucker County
A 24 year old Charleston deer hunter Bruce Weatherford was lost in Tucker County woods near Davis. Fire Chief Earl Corcoran said Weatherford camped with three men and separated at 1 p.m. yesterday. A night search using guns and searchlights was followed by a new hunt at dawn.
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Associated Press
Davis
Charleston
Tucker County
Parsons
Earl Corcoral
Bruce Weatherford
Belle
Corcoran
Weatherford
Backbone Mountain
Little Progress In Disarmament Talks At Paris Session
UN Assembly President Luis Padilla Nervo said Russia and Western powers clarified positions in secret disarmament talks as the fifth session of the big four conference ended with no clear signs of agreement. Participants included Andrei Vishinsky, Philip Jessup, Selwyn Lloyd, and Jules Moch. The meeting focused on point three of the French British American resolution and Soviet amendments, directing an armaments draft treaty for regulation and reduction of armed forces.
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Associated Press
Paris
United Nations Assembly
Luis Padilla Nervo
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Philip Jessup
Selwyn Lloyd
Jules Moch
Point Three
Soviet All Weather Interceptor Production Right of Way
Soviet planners move toward integrating all weather interceptor aircraft into defense. Jane's All the World’s Aircraft notes a 1949 1950 era jet fighter possibly by Lavochkin with radar nose housing a second crew member. It also cites the TUCO TU-4 TU-10 bombers and Soviet satellite air force limits in Eastern Europe.
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Elton C. Fayap
Washington
Lavochkin
Semyon A. Lavochkin
Jane’s
Pubcation
Andrei Tupelev
Jane's
Germany
Russia
Letter Helps Judge Settle Custody Case
A letter by Maj. George H. Walsh, written before his 1948 disappearance, influenced a Los Angeles judge to grant guardian ship of six year old Michael Walsh to maternal grandmother Edith Jaeger. The note praised racial and religious tolerance, stating death recognizes no race or creed, and the judge cited Walsh’s views in awarding custody.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Maj
George’ H. Walsh
GuPena Ijungles
Ehies
Bertha Walsh
Michael Welsh
Walsh
Edith Jaeger
Pacific
America
Iwo Jima
Goldblatts
Bacialupes
Unions Donate to Christmas Seal Drive
Two unions contribute to the Christmas Seal Sale fund raising a total of 300 dollars. Local 6109 East Gulf donates 200 dollars and Local 5876 Affinity adds 100 dollars. Presidents are John L. Lopez for East Gulf and L. L. Blevins for Affinity.
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East Gulf
Affinity
Tohn L. Lopez
East Gulf Union
L. L. Blevins
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