Costa Rica reports rebels in border clashes with junta
San Jose authorities led by Col. Jose Figueres say four rebels were killed and several captured in border skirmishes. The Costa Rican government blames the Caldern Guardia faction backed by Nicaragua for incursion, with rebels seizing La Cruz near the border and government planes targeting a barge off Puerto Sely.
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Costa Rica
Ender
Jose Figueres
Sam Jose
Isafael Calderom Guardia
Mlitary Jomta
Calderon Guardia
Mystery Veils Probing of House Hearings On Lie Tests
Congressional spy probes called for a major witness as the American Activities Committee considers lie detector tests amid a New York grand jury probe into Chambers and Hiss. Mundt said tests, if used, would be confidential and results released later, with experts in charge.
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T ‘E American Activities Committee
Federal Grand Jury
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Moscow
Rep
Nixon
Federal District
John F. XK. McGahey
Chambers
Alger
Hiss
State Department
Mundt
Compromise Set To Examine Stolen Papers By Grand Jury
Federal grand jury in New York and FBI in Washington will inspect the so called pumpkin papers after a late night compromise among the Justice Department and the House Un American Activities Committee. Rep Richard Nixon held the microfilms, which Whitaker Chambers surrendered, and refused to relinquish them to the grand jury or federal attorneys until released by the committee.
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Associated Press
New York
FBI
Washington
Department of Justice
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Richard M. Nixon
Calif
Congressional Committee
Grand Jury
Whitaker
Maryland
Justice Department
Nixon
John W. Clancy
Tax Office to Close for Audit in Raleigh County
The tax collection department of the Raleigh County sheriff's office will close for 30 days starting tomorrow to settle accounts before Sheriff elect Okey Mills takes office January 1. The office will remain open for other business during the period.
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Raleigh County
King George VI Birthday Observed Quietly in London
King George VI marks his 53rd birthday in London with a subdued family observance as his improving leg condition prompts cautious optimism. The queen dines at his bedside while Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret and Prince Philip visit. Queen Mary may drop in, with limited public note and minimal displays aside from flags. The empire awaits the official June celebration.
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Associated Press
London
George VI
Elizabeth
Margaret
Prince Philip
Queen Mary
Marlborough House
Demand for Smokeless Coal Expected to Persist in WV
West Virginia operators anticipate continued demand for Beckley area smokeless coal despite reports of large national stockpiles. Winding Gulf and New River mines run five days weekly, with prices stabilizing for lump, egg, and stove coal as domestic and foreign buyers seek smokeless coal amid cooler weather.
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Beckley
Winding Gulf
New River
Raleigh
Mmoheless
Pocahontas
West Virginia
Tennessee Driver Sued for $10,000
A civil action seeks ten thousand dollars from a Tennessee driver in a case involving a five year old named Clinton Jarrell and his father Clinton Okes. The dispute centers on a Cherry Creek area incident.
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Tennessee
Clinton Jarrell
Okes
Clinton Okes
Cherry Creek
Tragedy Ends in Double Shooting and Suicide
Patricia Styles, 25, a radio and film actress, was shot dead by her estranged suitor Nathan Sugarman, 43, who was wounded in the legs and head. Styles shot herself as Sugarman fled, after a quarrel over engagement news. Detective Lt. E W Smith notes Styles fired from a car in North Hollywood. Sugarman was hospitalized and survived.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Patricia Styles
Hal Styles
Nathan N. Sugarman
E. W. Smith
Saicee Styles
Sugarman
LT. Smith
Miss Styles
North Hollywood
Miss Stytes
Woman Dies Saving Brother From Fire in Chicago Home
A frail 63-year-old woman and her 80-year-old brother died in a two-story Chicago home fire after she attempted to carry him from the flames. Sister Jeannette Pratt survived. firemen found the bodies in the second-floor room. The cause was undetermined. The Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Calista Pratt
Richard
Bee
Jéanette Pratt
Miss Pratt
Daniel Lyons
Peiping Faces Collapse as Reds Advance
Peiping isolated under Communist pressure with air fields closed and rail traffic halted. Nationalist forces withdraw from key air bases while sporadic fighting continues around Nanjing and Kuchen as rumors swirl of a political bargain for Fu Tso-yi.
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Associated Press
Peiping
Chow Jih Jou
Fu Tso-¥i
Tsingtao
U. 3
China
Nanking
Feiping
12Th Army Group
Kuchen
Pengpu
Chinese Central
Chiang “Kai‘Shek
Chiang
Wale
Kuo
Sixth Army Group
Paosehiahi
Gen
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Action Against Canes Board Member Dropped
Fayette County Board of Education member Joseph T Cashion had another round of dismissal ordered by Judge R J Thrift Jr. The second petition by Gauley Bridge residents accused Cashion of official misconduct and profiting from school board contracts. They alleged payments of 146.30 and 213.12 to his company for services rendered to the board.
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Register
Fayetteville
Ougter
Joseph * T Cashion
Fayette County
Gauley Bridge
Raymond Ly Roop
R. E. Roop
C.tinsley
Otio Fugett
C. A. Biges
W. BE. Harless
J. A. Wood
D. B. Rosen
Cashion
Board of Education
Williamson Field Blast Kills One at Goody Ky Mine
A gas explosion in the Pond Creek Collieries Co. mine at Goody, Kentucky killed one worker and injured four others in a drift mine about three miles back. The official described it as a small explosion in a gas pocket. The mine employs about 700 and runs 3,040 tons daily, with 75 miners in the tunnel at the time. five were injured, others escaped.
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Associated Press
Williamson
Goody
Pond Creek Colleries Co
Pike County
Hamilton
Rape Slaying on Guam Shocks Nation
Ruth Farnsworth, former WAC and Guam Navy civilian worker, died from injuries after being kidnapped and raped by a maniac. Paratroop boots with possible bloodstains and an owner’s name are being examined by the FBI, as investigators question several men and offer rewards. Farnsworth, engaged to Marine Sgt. Sterling McGinnis, was found after a struggle in a jungle thicket near the curio shop she worked at night.
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Associated Press
Guam
Ruth Farnsworth
San Francisco
NAVAL
FBI
Washington
Navy
Govipentment
Miss Farnsworth
WAC
Navy Civil Service
Curio
Sterling McGinnis
Amended Claimin Suit Against Beckley Bank and City
James A. Campbell executor of Mrs. Hal Paine Campbell filed an amended declaration in a 10 000 damage suit in Raleigh County circuit court against the City of Beckley and Beckley National Bank. The amendment slightly changes expression but keeps the claim intact. Campbell says his mother died from a fall on Sept 17 1847 when she tripped over a sidewalk hole before the Vogue Store building at 22419 Main Street owned by the bank.
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James A. Campbell
Hal Paine Campbell
Raleigh County Circuit ‘Clerk’s Office
City of
Beckley
Beckley National Bank
Campbell
Vogue
Main Street
Bank
Wayne County Board of Education Members Sought Ouster
Charges of irregularities renewed in Circuit Court in a petition to oust three Wayne County Board of Education members. Three witnesses testified that a board purchase of property for 10 500 was not worth more than 6 000. This case follows prior allegations of impropriety.
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Associated Press
Wayne
Alvin Lilly Hurt in Truck Crash Near Raleigh Hill
Alvin Lilly, driver of a Raleigh Baking Truck, is being treated at Raleigh General Hospital for extensive but not critical injuries after losing control and crashing into guard posts at the foot of Raleigh Hill on U S 1921 near Glen Morgan. Sgt. Ezra Zirkle said Lilly has not yet been questioned about the 9 a.m incident. RELY IN JAIL Thomas Brown, 23, of Buckley, is held in Raleigh County Jail on charges of illegal pistol possession and property destruction after allegedly shooting at Beuce's Diner on 6 8 3 feet free ea
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Alvin Lilly
Raleigh General Hospital
Ezra Zirkle
Beckley Detachment
State Police
Lilly
Raleigh Hill
U. S
Glen Morgan
Thomas Brown
Buckley
Raleigh
Brown
Beuce
Overweight Truck Sinks Ferry At Aberdeen
A 21,000 pound overweight semitrailer coal truck sank the Aberdeen ferry near Morgantown Kentucky last night. The driver Weller Marshall of Tompkinsville was cited for driving overweight. no injuries were reported as Marshall and others on the barge jumped ashore. The ferry was to be refloated and back in service later today.
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eSan Spencer Conner
Inolia Avenue
Knoxville
Tenn
Associated Press
Albuquerque
N. M
Okes
R. F. Deacon
Cherry Creek
Frese
Morgantown
Aberdeen
Weller Marshall
Tompkinsville
Hagan Landrum
Kinsville
Marshall
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