Sand Gravel Royalty Plan May Cause Court Battle
West Virginia weighs a state plan to collect royalties and franchise fees on sand gravel and coal dredged from navigable streams. A Dec 15 meeting in Charleston will discuss legal issues with Atty. Gen. Fox and Agriculture Commissioner McLaughlin. Officials cite state ownership of river beds and potential court tests amid industry concerns over royalty rates and impact on operations.
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Charleston
Ohio
John G. Fox
Fox
Agriculture
J. B. McLaughlin
Public Land Corp
Marland
McLaughlin
Harry A. Wallace Jr
Pfaff & Smith Builders Supply Co
West Virginia
The
Land Corporation
U. S. Corps of Engineers
State Tax Department
World at a Glance: Global Briefs and Local Oddities
A collection of brief reports from London to Vienna covers a Scottish accented babysitter tale, visa rules changes within Europe, Malaya’s rice import liberalization, Oberhausen rail service restoration, Australia’s nuclear site searches, Montreal’s traffic plan shift away from subways, India’s historic divorce rights for Hindu women, and Czechoslovak promises to cancel 1953 crop deficits if 1954 goals are met.
TV characters rush to welcome real babies on air
Wayne Oliver reports on how real pregnancies among TV stars reshaped storylines from Mr. Peepers to I Love Lucy. Pat Benoit and Parton Swift Jr expect a late spring baby prompting quicker script changes, while Ruthie Gilbert and Emanuel Fineberg faced cast adjustments over a pending birth announcement.
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Mr. Peepers
Milton Berle
Mrs. Robinson Peepers
Pat Benoit
Mrs. Peepers
Parton Swift Jr
Miss Benoit
Swifts
Nancy Remington
Wally Cox
Cox
Toni Gennaro
Stage
Mr. Stork
Ruthie Gilbert
Emanuel Fineberg
Dorothy Collins
Hit Parade
Raymond Scott
Polly Bergen
Miss Collins
Dorothy
Ricky Ricardo
I Love Lucy
Reuther Credits New Deal Legacy in Stabilizing Economy
Walter Reuther told CIO convention that Roosevelt and Truman era reforms shielded the nation from a deeper economic decline under Eisenhower. He urged higher wages, housing and public works spending, tax relief for the poor, and bigger unemployment benefits to boost consumer purchasing power and spark growth.
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Los Angeles
CIO
Walter Reuther
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Truman
Last Wish Granted
Seven year old Joe White wished for a Christmas cap pistol set on a leather belt during a shopping trip with his mother Mrs Andrew Wooden. Hours later the second grader was struck by a hit and run driver while crossing a street and died. The tragedy left Mrs Wooden in tears as she recalled the boy’s final wish.
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Nashville
Tenn
Joe White
Joe
Andrew Wooden
Baby Born to Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
A baby was born to television stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the couple celebrated the arrival as part of their busy family year. The report notes the newborn joins their household amid ongoing show business commitments and public attention.
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Desi IV
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Witches and a Flying Saucer Tale with Tom
Tom meets Handsome the elf and a troop of haystack witches who reveal flying saucers threaten their magic. Granny the witch agrees to show Tom a saucer ride, warning Halloween livelihoods hang in balance as fear shifts from witches to alien craft. Tomorrow promises a broom ride.
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Handsome
Tom
Santa Claus
Santa
Santa Land
Granny
West Virginia gains prisoner of war as assistant adviser
M-Sgt. Dennis C. Lanier Jr. of South Charleston, a POW in Korea for 34 months, is reassigned to Parkersburg as assistant adviser in the U S Army Reserve. Col. W E Grubbs announces he will assume duties December 12, with 13 years in the Army. The piece notes national safe driving day December 15 being observed by West Virginia truck drivers per the state Motor Truck Association.
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Dennis C. Lanier Jr
South Charleston
Korea
West Virginia
W. E. Grubbs
8Th Cavalry
Wamsley to attend New York farm bureau convention
Greenbrier County farm agent Benjamin Wamsley Jr. will represent West Virginia at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention in New York December 12 to 16. A WVU graduate and former teacher, he earned the bureau’s top county agent award for advancing farmers’ access to agricultural research results.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Benjamin W. Wamsley Jr
Greenbrier County
West Virginia Farm Bureau
New York
American Farm Bureau Federation
Wamsley
West Virginia University
Farm Bureau
Frank Fisher Jr
Morgantown
Frank
Fisher
Youre Neither Too Old Nor Too Young for U S
Newark Ohio Kath erine D Olson aged 97, though records show 95, took the oath of allegiance in Licking County Common Pleas Court before Judge Charles B Hobsberry. Born in Germany, she has lived in the United States 53 years and believed she would gain citizenship when her husband was naturalized in 1939. Her son Dr Henry Olson, a biology professor in Washington DC, attended the ceremony.
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Newark
Ohio
Katherine D. Olson
United States
Grandma” Olson
Licking County Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
Charles B. Hobsberry
Germany
John
Henry Olson
Washington, D.C
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By Wayne Oliver
Richmond Cleaners
Cash & Carry
Reuther
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the Witches’ Field
Elf
Old Mother Hubbard
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Associated Press
Scenicruiser
By Sydy
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Main Street
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S. Fayette Street
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N. Fayette
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