Dixon-Yates Sues Government for 3.09 Million in TVA Plant Loss
The Dixon-Yates power group files a claim with the U S Court of Claims seeking 3 534 778 from the government for expenses tied to the cancelled West Memphis Arkansas TVA area plant project Mississippi Valley Generating Co filed the suit E H Dixon president notes litigation aims to recover costs while AEC cites a conflicted adviser in the negotiation of the contract.
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Washington
Dixon- Yates Power Group
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mississippi Valley Generating Co
U. S. Court of Claims
E. H. Dixon
Mississippi Valley Generating
Dixon
Middle South Utilities Inc
The
Southern Co
West Memphis
Ark
TVA Eystem
Atomic Energy Commission
Mississippi Valley
AEC
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Surrenders to Security Police Otto John Returns to West Germany
Otto John former West German security chief who defected to East Germany 16 months ago gave himself up to Bonn security police and is in interrogation by the prosecutor of the German Supreme Court. He fled after a 1954 bomb plot role and later claimed Adenauerism revived Nazism. He had lived in Potsdam and was seen in Leipzig.
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Bonn
Germany
Otto John
West Germany
FBI
East Germany
John
Supreme Court
Berlin
Hitler
Russia
East Berlin
Washington
Allen Dulles
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
Secret Service
Office For Protection of Constitution
Bonn Republic
West German Republic
Konrad Adenauer
East
Potsdam
Hesse
Bavaria
West Berlin
Leipzig
Walter Ulbricht
Ger
Otto Grotewohl
Potsdamer Tageszeitung
Soviet Zone
John's Return Regarded Humorous by Adenauer
In Bonn Chancellor Konrad Adenauer presiding over a parliamentary coalition meeting interrupted proceedings to announce Dr Otto John's return. He said the report would be humorous and read a brief notice of John's westward flight, which provoked a roar of laughter from the assembly.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Otto John
John
Eden Alerts House of Commons to Danger
U N probes attack on Syrian posts after a heavy clash by Sea of Galilee. Disputed casualty figures from both sides, with U N observers reporting 41 Syrians dead provisional and Israeli losses undetermined. British Prime Minister Eden warned of mounting danger and pledged joint action if needed.
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Eden
House of Commons
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Syria
Damascus Radio
U. N
Truce Supervisory Organization
E. L. M. Burns
Middle East
Bethsaida
Gergesa
Ein Gev
Road projects to get personal study from state road chief
State Road Commissioner Bur! A. Sawyers will personally study two Raleigh County proposals. Mabscott Underpass revision and a Bolt to Three Forks Road would be examined after discussions with Senator Jack A. Nuckols in Charleston. If Chesapeake and Ohio Railway participates, Mabscott may proceed. The Bolt to Three Forks route aims to ease traffic toward Boone and Logan counties. Nuckols plans another update in about two weeks.
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Jack A. Nuckols
Bur! A. Sawyers
Raleigh County
Mabscott
Three Forks
Nuckols
Charleston
Sawyers
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Bolt
Kopperston
Wharton
Boone
Logan
Loveless Trial Set Monday in Charleston Slaying Case
Loveless, former Charleston hotel owner, had efforts to avoid a third trial in the robbery slaying of Mrs. Sarah Reed denied. Circuit Judge C C Chambers upheld a new indictment with Dec 19 set for trial, urging readiness amid heavy prosecuting costs. Loveless previously faced two death sentences that were overturned.
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Logan P
Melvin Loveless
Sarah Reed
C. C. Chambers
Charleston
Loveless
Supreme Court
West Virginia Weather Forecast and Temperatures
Weather bulletin for West Virginia notes increasing cloudiness tonight with a low of 18 to 25, Wednesday mostly cloudy and warmer with a chance of rain, mixed with snow in the northwest. Extended outlook shows average temperatures around 48 below normal through Sunday, with milder midweek, colder Wednesday night and Thursday, and some snow anticipated Saturday. total precipitation about half an inch. Beckley and Oak Hill temps listed. rivers below normal and Bluestone Reservoir levels reported as clear.
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W. VA
West Virginia
Beckley
Wade
Oak Hill
Seth Iba
Rivers
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Otage
Natural Causes Listed in Death
Dr S A Ford Raleigh County health officer listed the cause of death for Howard Lawrence Peters 46 of Harper as natural causes due to a coronary condition amid exposure to cold. He had heart trouble and the home was not heated. Peters was found dead in bed Monday by his wife. Funeral at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Harper Methodist Church Rev James Godbey officiating. Burial Snuffer Cemetery Harper. Body moved from Caffee Funeral Home to residence at 5 p m today. Born December 14 1908 Mabscott son of David and Dora Peters. Survived by wife Katie Hicks Peters seven daughters and one brother Paris Peters.
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S. A. Ford
Raleigh
Howard Lawrence Peters
Harper
Ford
Peters
Harper Methodist Church
James Godbey
Snuffer
Caffee
Mabscott
David and
Dora Haley Peters
Raleigh County
Katie Hicks Peters
Margie Atha
Tanner Daniels
Beckley
Marie Bailey
Rock Creek
Piney Farley
Mary McMillian
Lester
Dora Dean Wiseman
Norfolk
Florence Stover
Paris
Beckley Area Airmen Killed in N Y Wreck
Three Beckley area airmen died in a traffic crash near Keeseville New York. Airman 3.C. Robert L. Askew 17 of Beckley West Virginia Airman 3.C. William L. Crider 20 of Box 28 Stamford West Virginia and Airman 3.C. Nathaniel Hitqow of Atlanta Georgia died. Airman 3.C. James H. Edwards Jr. 20 of Kansas City Missouri was seriously injured. The base ordered a safety inspection drive with film viewing and wreck inspection. Memorial services were planned at the base chapel for the dead.
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Air Force
Robert L. Askew
Beckley
W. Va
William L. Crider
Box
Stamford
C. Nathaniel Hit QW
Atlanta
Edward R. Kandel
Keeseville
Here
James H. Edwards Jr
Kansas City
Kendel
Askew
Calvin Askew Jr
Sylvia St
East Beckley
Sampson Air Force Base
N. Y
Crider
James Crider
Stanaford
Lackland Air Force Base
Ten Year Test Proves Fluoridation Works
New York health commissioner Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe announced a decade study in Newburgh and Kingston showing fluoridating drinking water reduces tooth decay in children without harming health. The Brantford Canada test echoed safety and benefit with no adverse effects on growth, bones, or senses.
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New York
Herman E. Hilleboe
New York State
Newburgh
Kingston
N.Y
Brantford
Canada
New York Institute of Clinical Oral Pathology
Hilleboe
United States
Bailey Predicts School Aid Bill Will be Approved
Rep. Bailey of West Virginia forecasts Congress will approve a federal school construction aid bill next session. The plan would grant 400 million dollars annually for four years, matched 50-50 by states and locals, totaling 3.2 billion. It aims to reduce a 200000-classroom shortage with minimal federal control.
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Washington
Congress
Rep
Bailey
DWV
House
Eisenhower
Senate
House Rules Committee
Soil Bank Plan Seen as Part of Farm Program
CHICAGO The head of the nation's largest farm organization urged a soil bank inside a flexible farm price support program. Charles B. Shuman of the American Farm Bureau Federation warned that simply pumping money into the agricultural plant would not shrink overproduction. He said any soil bank must be part of a broader price support shift from price fixing to price supporting mechanisms.
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Chicago
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau’ Federation
Federation
Shuman
Ice and Snow Ruts Cause City Car Crash
Deep ruts in ice and snow were blamed for a two car accident in front of Montgomery Ward and Co. Store at about 11 15 a.m. Police identified drivers as Leslie Ball Skelton and Lorena Smith Stamford. No damage estimate was available.
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Montgomery Ward and Co
Leslie Ball
Skelton
Lorena Smith
Stamford
Third sex growing, says physician in report
Dr William H Masters of Washington University reports a rising number of people he labels the neutral gender or third sex. He notes they are typically past reproductive age and show diminished sex traits. Hormone therapy with testosterone and estrogen improved about 75 percent in a treated group, though lapsed treatment often returns senile symptoms.
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Masters
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Washington University School of Medicine
American Academy of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lanark Man Jailed for AWOL From Military Service
Lanark resident William Brady Hanks was placed in Raleigh County Jail at 9 30 a m today by State Police on charges of being absent from his military station without leave.
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William Brady Hanks
Lanark
Raleigh
Ford Foundation grants total 500 million to colleges and hospitals
New York Ford Foundation announced the largest philanthropic gift in its history. It will fund 615 private colleges and universities with 210 million dollars to raise faculty salaries, 3,500 privately supported hospitals with 200 million to expand services, and medical schools with 90 million. Harvard, Yale, and NYU receive multi‑million grants while many hospitals in West Virginia and across 48 states plus Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico gain funds.
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New York
Ford Foundation
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
New York University
Harvard
University of Ohio
Yale
Nathan Pusey
America
Chicago
American Medical Assn
American Hospital Assn
Henry Ford
Ford
West Virginia
Elizabeth Coplin Leonard
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Montgomery
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