Allies offer Korea peace plan rejected by Communists
U S delegate Arthur Dean announced a new peace conference plan at Panmunjom, but Communist leaders dismissed it as absurd. South Korea refused to attend and 30 more POWs were questioned, with 138 remaining Koreans to finish interviews this week. The proposal allowed neutrals like India and Sweden to attend, while Panmunjom was not favored as a site. Dean expected to meet Syngman Rhee again soon.
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U.S
South Korea
Arthur H. Dean
Dean
Lanea
Hey
Iveek
Brison
U. S
Russia
Korea
India
Sweden
Switzerland
Pakistan
Chile
Commu Jnist
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Geneva
End” Dear
Panmunjom
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
WVA
West Virginia
Oak Sea
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Bluestone Reservoir
New
Greenbrier
Eleven Projects Outlined In Soil Conservation Plan
The Southern Soil Conservation District released a 1954 program of work outlining eleven projects in six counties to boost soil and water conservation efforts. Key goals include adding 300 new districts, promoting conservation across media, coordinating agencies, and advancing reforestation and watershed management with county foresters and technicians.
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Southern Soil Conservation District
ori _ating
Sudduth
Society Board of Supervisor
Lors
Raleigh
Kilgore Sees Change In Wilson Air Force Plans
Senator Kilgore lauds a shift in policy as Wilson proposes funding to build toward 127 wings by mid-1956 and cites a stronger Air Force. Wilson says including naval aviation, the Air Force is the world’s most powerful. Welker and Potter back the plan amid Eisenhower cut criticism.
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Kilgore
Wilson
Delers
Department
Congress
Naval Aviation
Polter
R-Mich
Welker
Idaho
Air Force Udds
Potter
Secretary of Defense
Indianapolis
Senate Appropriations Committee
Defense
Air Force
Harrold ‘Talbott
United States
Japan
New Orleans
Talbott
U.S
Rails Will Appeal To ICC If Coal Rate Hike Refused
Charleston report shows a Public Service Commission hearing over a proposed 6 percent rate increase for coal and coke despite intrastate hikes. If denied, railroads may appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission to avoid interstate discrimination. Estimated annual district revenue from higher coal rates would total about $91,900 for railroads in West Virginia, with listed carriers and sums.
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Rails
ICC
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
PSC
West Virginia
B. M."talbott
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania
Virginian
Western
Maryland
There's No Business Like Snow Business, Beckley
Clarence Bibb of Beckley Hardware and Supply Co. told Beckley City Council that snow boosts Christmas business. He cited the Saturday after Thanksgiving as peak shopping day and said four to five inches of packed snow would lift spirits and sales.
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Bibb
Diesels For Virginian Railway Being Built
CHICAGGM-Fairbanks Morse & Co. will build 25 diesel electric locomotives for the Virginian Railway Co. of Norfolk, Virginia. The project costs about five million dollars, with delivery from Beloit, Wisconsin. Six switch engines of 1,600 horsepower and 19 engines of 2,400 horsepower are ordered for dieselization of the West End Division.
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Chicaggm
Fairbanks Morse _s& Co
Virginian Railway Co
Norfolk, Va
Robert H. Morse Jr
Beloit
Wis
West End
Fire Rips Through Olcott Homes Damaging Black Band Coal Plant
A blaze destroyed the company offices and dormitories of Black Band Coal Co. at Olcott, Charleston area, with thousands of dollars in damage. No one was injured though two houses were occupied. Residents formed a makeshift fire brigade using wells and a nearby creek, but efforts failed. Cause suspected as overheated stove or wiring. The Olcott mine has been closed for almost a year.
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Charleston
Black Band Coal Co
Olcott
A. F. Nettles
Dean Parson
Black Band
Oleoit
Settlement Reached After Jury Impaneled in Lumber Suit
In Fayette County Circuit Court a case against Bylls Mankin Lumber Co of Beckley ended in a settlement after a jury had been impaneled. Plaintiff Carl Walker claimed wrongful payroll deductions to cover an account owed by another walker. Terms were not disclosed.
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Carl
Walker
Fayette County
Bylls- Mankin Lumber Co
Beckley
Loot at Betty's Cash Market report to police
State Police filed a report on Betty's Cash Market in MacArthur after a burglary last night. Entry was made but the thief or thieves left without stealing any items.
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Betty
MacaArthur
Deserving Raleigh Family Receives Aid After Desertion
In Raleigh Mus Juanita Davis and her five children faced hardship after their husband and father left last March. A steady stream of charitable help followed media coverage, including shoes milk furniture clothing and cash. Neighbors and donors delivered items while one family friend brought a new jeep and toys. The five children including a months old infant benefited as the household gained warm clothing food and support.
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Davis
Raleigh
Mus
Juanita
Nother
East Raleigh
Missing POWs May Be Alive and Working Behind Curtain
Washington officials entertain the possibility that Americans captured in Korea remain alive and are forced to work for the Communists behind the Iron Curtain. Defense officials cannot confirm all returns or account for missing service members, with about 7,500 listed as missing in Korea and only scattered information available. The Army previously believed around 600 captives existed, while a returned POW hinted at such a scenario.
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Washington
Pentagon
Korea
Avery
Defense Department
Moscow
Siberian
Weirton Union Protest Over Taft Hartley Change
Weirton Union leaders oppose proposed repeal of the Taft Hartley law. Independent Steel Workers Union head ROB Buchanan sent a telegram to Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell urging consideration of independent members in any changes. He expressed full support for Mitchell’s stance against repeal and stressed labor responsibilities and privileges.
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Weirton
Independent Steel, Workers Union
Weirton Steel Corp
Buchanan
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Mabscatt man posted bond after hit and run arrest
Dean Dale of Mabscatt posted $100 bond with City Police on a hit-and-run charge. He was arrested at 12:35 a.m. today.
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Dean Dale
Mabscatt
Optimism Arises Over End of New York Newspaper Strike
Federal mediator Walter Maggiolo voices a proposal to end the six New York newspaper strike with a joint line formula. Denis Burke and Willan Anpel confer after midnight as talks hinge on a fact finding board. if union approval follows, the strike could end within an hour.
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New York
Minjoy
Walter A. Magpiolo
APL
Characers
Mageolo
Wis
Denis’ M. Burke
Willan Anpel
Publishers Assn
New York City
Martial
Burke
Mapel
Reademan
Barke
Gickels
Ines
Othe Pers
Plemies
Eisenhower to address U.N. on peace and arms deadlock
United Nations delegates await President Eisenhower as he prepares a dramatic U.N. speech aimed at breaking the East West deadlock over atomic energy control. Observers expect a direct message to Russia and steps toward high level talks to reduce world tensions. The address follows U.N. calls for Disarmament talks and may challenge the Baruch plan.
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Novy
Eisenhower
Bermuda
Britain
Churchill
France
Georges Bidault
Secre
Shec
Voices of America
Europe
Latin América
Assembly
Disarmament Commission
International Atomic Energy Control
Churchill Opposes Eisenhower Speech Say Bermuda Dispatch
The Daily Express cites Churchill opposing Eisenhower's draft address to the United Nations Assembly as a potential shock to world opinion. Bermuda dispatch by Rene MacColl notes Churchill warned the wording could be seen as a threat given atomic artillery in use in Europe.
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Beaverspro
Dawbrook
Daily Express
Churchill
Eisenhower
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Expresalihe World
Bermuda
Spondent
Rene MacColl
IATO
Europe
MacColl
The
Express
U.N. Assembly
U.S
James Hagerty
Armed masked robbers fleece Keystone Truck Stop
Witnesses recount a daylight robbery at the Keystone Truck Stop on Route 39 216. Three armed bandits forced entry into the restaurant, pistol whipped two teenagers, and grabbed a bag and cash register while a child hid. Police tracked by a parked car and a shotgun was reported used during the hold up. Local proprietor Mrs Sudderth described the scene and said one assailant demanded the telephone before fleeing into a waiting vehicle.
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Cherry Creek
Lucindas
Jack Smith
Smith
Daniels
Wathin
Jaw
Keystone
L ‘Bery
Girl Receives 140000 for Blasting Injuries
A 15 year old girl from Chelyan will receive 140000 in damages for injuries from a blasting accident near the West Virginia Turnpike right of way. Morrison Knudsen Co and Ralph Bil Mills Co settled in court yesterday. Glenna H Douglas and James Russell Silman were injured when a heavy tree stump blasted into an open convertible they rode in as back-seat passengers.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Morrison- Knudsen Co
Int
Ralph, Bi, Mills Co
Glenna H Douglas
Chelyan
Miss Douglas
James Russell
Silman
Passenger Flight Record Smashed By Eight Hours
Pamela Martin, a 28 year old advertising copywriter, completed a world circumnavigation in just over 59 hours aboard United Air Lines and Braniff routes. She touched down at Chicago Midway after starting noon Friday, earning headlines for the record trip and praising the crew.
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Cincago
Chicago
Commercial Air Lines
Pamela Martin
United Air Lines
Mitway
Chase Cities
Denver
Wye. Witle
Lowas
Pamela
J. Stuart Rochford
Rochford Happiness ‘Tours
Miss Martin
Marin
Maj
Horace Boren
Braniff Airlines
Ballard Resigns as Sophia Post Leader Sparacino Named
Ballard resigns effective immediately from the Sophia post with Raleigh County prosecutor Sparacino appointed as successor. At a council meeting, Withrow reported on a Public Service Commission inquiry into Sophia Water Works rates and a recommended petition to PSC to approve or modify rates. Lawson for the Sophia Lions Club announced support for a flouridation program sponsored by Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce. Fire Chief Lovell urged more fire hose. council approved 2000 feet of 1.5 inch hose costing about 300 dollars. Withrow noted no letter from Sophia Chamber of Commerce on annexing Soak Creek area. Chamber had urged action to corporate outlying territory.
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George
Ballard
Lorhey
Sophia
Anthony
Sparacino
Raleigh County
W. W. Withrow
Public’ Service
Commission
Sophia Water Works
Iyas
Psc
4Erne Lawson
Sophia Lions Club
Cotin
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commercce
Lovell
Dig
Withrow
Sophia Chamber of Commerce
Decapitated Girl Found Near Pee Dee River
In Pampleco South Carolina the decapitated body of Betty Clair Cain a 15 year old high school sophomore was found in a shallow grave near the Pee Dee River links to a missing companion Harvey Allen 22. A bloody undershirt and missing clothing hint at a dragging crime with evidence found in a tobacco barn and near a fish pond two miles from the grave. Authorities suspect a heavy club used in the slaying and continue the search for the head and possible body parts.
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5.C
Betty Clair Cain
Pee Dee
Roy Williams
South Carolina
beHey
Harvey Allen
Waley
Wacay Fred
Pam
Williams
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