Education Board Seeks State AG Defense and Sabbatical Policy
The West Virginia Education Board votes to ask the 1953 Legislature to require the Attorney General to defend actions against its members and the WVU board of governors, funds sabbatical leaves for faculty, and seeks joint support from the University board. Dr George R Hunt is named dean of Fairmont State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Lewis Charleston
State Board of Education
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Board of Education
Thelma Loudin
University Board of Governors
George R. Hunt
Fairmont State
Hunt
John W. Pence
Council of College Presidents
Banks Wilburn
Marshall College’ Education Department
Board of Public Works
Hearing resumes on segregation in US schools
The Supreme Court reopened hearings on whether states may constitutionally maintain separate white and Negro schools. NAACP argued to strike down Kansas and South Carolina laws while state advocates defended the 14th Amendment stance. Oral arguments may take weeks to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South
Supreme Court
Kansas
South Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
District of Columbia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
High Court
Aostate
John W. Davis
Davis
Weather forecast notes showers and storms this afternoon
The report lists showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon with a colder tonight. Temperatures range from mid 30s to mid 40s in Beckley Oak Hill and surrounding areas. Rainfall totals and river readings are noted across multiple locations with generally normal or clear conditions in Bluestone Reservoir and New River areas.
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Beckley High
Tam
Shhigny
Oak Hill High
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Dawn of Manchuria Raid Amid Korean War Naval Blitz
Navy war planes smashed four Communist rail and supply targets on the doorstep of Manchuria in the Korean War’s largest seaborne raid. Carrier jets from Oriskany Bon Homme Richard and Essex targeted Honyang Musan Najin and Hyesanjin, destroying round houses locomotives and stockpiles.
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Sam Summerlin
Seoul
Manchuria
Soviet Siberia
Vladivostok
Honyang
Musan
Najin
Hyesanjin
Oriskany
Bon Homme Richard
Essex
Honyung
Korea
Far East
Suiho
Yalu River
Beckley Singers to Present United Fund Christmas Concert
The Stratton Singers will host a United Fund Benefit Concert of Christmas music at the Memorial Building on Wednesday December 17 at 8 pm. The 112 voice choir with 78 women and 34 men traces roots to 1924 under Dandridge and Evans, now directed by Mrs Dorothy White Evans and Mrs Thomas Henry. Proceeds go to the United Fund.
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Stratton Singers
United Fund
Raleigh Register and
Beckley Post Herald
Memorial Building
Hubert Dandridge
Dorothy White Evans
Thomas E. Henry
Stratton
Henry
Bluefield State Teachers College
West Virginia University
Chris Hansen
Lake Forest
Iil
Julliard School of Music
New York City
Stratton High
William “Adams
Donald Sheppard
Ernest Hull
Eugene Hannah
Robert Warsham
Dortha Kelly
The
UN Votes Today on Tunis Motion
The United Nations General Assembly plans a vote in its Political Committee on inviting the Bey of Tunis to send a representative to participate in debate on the French Tunisian question. Pakistan's Itaat Husain led the motion with 12 Asian and Arab nations backing self rule for Tunisia. Western delegates oppose, noting France boycotts the debate and claims U N lacks authority over a domestic matter.
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United Nations
U. N
Tunis
Pakistan
Itaat
Husain
Tunisia
France
U.N
Piney View Man Charged With Theft of Jewels
John Flannery of Piney View faces grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing a jewelry chest valued at $200. He was held to the grand jury by Magistrate T N Thurman after arrest by Constable J S George and is jailed in Raleigh County on a $500 bond.
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Piney View
T.N. Thurman
John Flannery
Evelyn Clendenning
J. S. George
Raleigh
Stock Market Mixed as Small Fractions Move Shares
Narrowly mixed prices ruled in New York trading with small fraction changes leading. New York Central held at 225-8 after 2500 shares. Packard opened unchanged on 5000 shares. Willys Overland rose 1-8 to 122-8 on 3000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Central
Packard
Willys Overland
Times Square Gun Battle Leaves Several Wounded
A 37 year old gunman Clarence O Sims opened fire in Times Square wounding six others and several patrolmen. Sims a Cleveland murder suspect faced officers as three bystanders were hit and police recovered multiple firearms including a .45 automatic and a .38 pistol.
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New York
Times Square
Clarence O. Sims
Cleveland
Sims
Protestant leaders urge active lay role in churches
In Denver the Second General Assembly of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U S urged integrating lay members into council activities and grass roots campaigns. Senator Lodge and Archbishop Michael were slated to speak as a new denomination joined the council. Rev Carl McIntire denounced the revised standard Bible as the work of Satan and liberal modernists, rallying 1200 followers against the edition. McIntire also attacked the council and the Bible revision as radical and pro Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
General Assembly
National Council of Churches of Christ of the
U. S
Apt
Council
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
R-Mass
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Michael
Carl McIntire
Collingswood
N. J
Christ
National Council of the Churches of Christ
Bible Project
McIntire
International Council of Christian Churches
American Council of Christian Churches
Dr. Gabriel Hauge Named White House Economic Assistant
President-elect Eisenhower selects Dr. Gabriel Hauge of New York as administrative assistant focusing on foreign and domestic economic issues. The appointment signals priority on economic policy as the new administration forms its team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Eisenhower
Gabriel Hauge
New York
Hauge
Armored Shorts Ordered for U S Troops in Korea
The Army announced plans to issue armored shorts for troops in Korea alongside armored vests. The shorts resemble fighters trunks and weigh four pounds, while the vest weighs eight pounds. Both protect hips abdomen and groin with 12 layers of laminated nylon and water resistance. The vest has demonstrated deflecting about 65 percent of missiles and reducing chest and upper abdominal wounds by about 60 percent.
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Washington
Korea
Holt Gains Vote In Precinct Recount
Holt, Republican candidate for governor, gained one vote in a precinct recount. A challenged ballot in Precinct 2 raised his tally to 18 versus 129 for Democrat William C. Marland. Miss Lucille Todd urged counting certain precincts first and sought court permission to recount remaining precincts if the tabulation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ross D. Holt
Election Board
Holt
William C. Marland
Lucille Todd
Huntington
Concrete Favored For Turnpike by Ohio Commission
The Ohio Turnpike Commission will accept bids January 3 for concrete construction on sections of the 241 mile Northern Ohio toll road despite a court action aimed at forcing asphalt bids. The panel stands by concrete paving with a 10-inch reinforced layer on a six-inch sub-base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Commission
Columbus
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Ohio
Tne Commission
Richard Shafer
The
Ohio Road Improvement Co
Commission
Shafer
Court of Appeals
John Lansdale
Cleveland
J. E. Greiner Co
Baltimore
Lansdale
Ten Felons Sent To Penitentiary
Ten prisoners were moved today from Raleigh County Jail to the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville head jailer H H Hutchinan announced. A specially built station wagon from Moundsville transported the inmates. Herman Price a parole violator was among those returned. The group includes Leroy Gregory Ed Jones Bobby Rogers Theodore McKinney Raleigh Beavers Carless MacMillan Lilly Robert Hughes Harry Wyrick and Bryant Shrewsbury with Shrewsbury slated for the longest term of twenty years for incest and statutory rape arising from abuse of his daughters.
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Raleigh County
West Va
Moundsville
H. H Hutchinan
Herman Price
Leroy Gregory
Ed Jones
Bobby Rogers
Theodore McKinney
Raleigh Beavers
Carless MacMillan Lilly
Robert Hughes
Harry Wyrick
Bryant Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Post Office Promises Efficient Yule Service
The Post Office Department aims to uphold Christmas mail standards despite deficits. About 375 000 temporary extras will join the regular 590 000 staff to ensure timely deliveries. Donaldson orders suspending the one a day delivery policy for the season, with multiple deliveries starting around December 15 to keep mail moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Donaldson
Property Condemnation Suits Resumed Today
A Circuit Court jury resumed testimony in a road widening condemnation case from Beckley to Shady Spring. Owners Charles Jett and spouses hold property at the Route 19-2 intersection with Route 3 as the State Road Commission proceeds to acquire needed land.
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Beckley
Shady
Spring
Charles Jett
Joe Jett
Douglas Jett
State Road Commission
Production Lines Ready If Needed On Mass Basis
Washington reports some arms plants may close in coming months as defense production levels off. Production lines exist, so end items are less needed and cutbacks have begun. others may be announced in days. Also steel use restrictions for schools and public works may ease by May 1 with a five ton per project allowance possible this week.
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Pentagon
Andrew Berding
Defense Department Information Office
Defense
Washington
National Production Authority
Tragic shooting in Clarksburg claims 14 year old life
In Clarksburg a 14 year old, Billy Joe Gray, died after a .22 rifle discharged accidentally at his home. His 19 year old brother Charles had just returned from a hunting trip. Coroner Kenna Jackson ruled the death accidental with no inquest planned.
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Clarksburg
Rockford
Billy Joe Gray
Charles
Harrison County
Kenna Jackson
Billy Gray
Rubber Check Spree Ends In Charleston
A former Huntington resident, Clifford A. Blake, 25, told police he spent six months traveling the nation writing bad checks totaling over 15 000. He admitted buying at least seven cars with bounced payments in cities including Huntington Denver Chicago Indianapolis and Beverly Hills. Blake waived extradition and was to be returned to Washington, D C, pending pickup by two Washington detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaleston
Huntington
Charlies Honaker
Clifford A. Blake
Washington, D. C
Washington
John J. Fitzpatrick
Benjamin D. Clark
Blake
Charleston
Denver
Chicago
Idianapolis
Beverly Hills
Calif
Philadelphia
Boycott of WSB Sways Putnam Drive for Board Members
Washington reports the Truman administration rushes to reactivate wage price controls while economist Roger L. Putnam seeks to fill vacancies on the Wage Stabilization Board. Laurence F. Lee of the U S Chamber of Commerce calls for a boycott of Putnam efforts and urges businessmen to refuse posts. Rumor says the National Association of Manufacturers weighs a similar stance.
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Washington
Truman
Roger L. Putnam
Wage Stabilization Board
Laurence F. Lee
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Putnam
National Association of Manufacturers
WSB
Med Center Groundbreaking Marks WVU Expansion
Gov. Patton leads ceremony in Morgantown as West Virginia University breaks ground for a four-year medical and dental center. The project, valued at 835040 dollars, aims to expand from a two-year program and will include a mechanical plant. Marland and board members attend, pledging ongoing support. Southeastern Construction Co. of Charleston received the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Oxford University
England
Arthur B. Koontz
John W Ray
Torners
Morgantown
F Pattteson
West Virginia University Medical Center
Patteson
William C. Marland
Southeastern Construction Co
Charles E. Hodges
K. Douglas Bowers
Beckley
Deer Hunter Charged in Closed Season Illicit Hunt
A Richmond District resident was charged with hunting deer in a closed season and will face the grand jury. Magistrate J E Mays noted today. Joe Bragg was arrested by game wardens Tuesday and posted a $500 bond for appearance, then released from Raleigh County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
J. E. Mays
Joe Bragg
Raleigh
Beckleyan Succumbs Mare L. Front Dies at Maplewood Lane
Mare L. Front, who had been ill for several weeks, died at his home on 108 Maplewood Lane shortly after noon today.
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Mare L. Front
Maplewood Lane
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George McAuliffe
Mcauliffe
Robert Knox
Knox
James Kane
Kane
Kathe
Cornelius O'Shea
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J. Everett Long
W. A. Wykle
Herman A. Frazier
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