Knowland Says Figure Will Be Told Thursday
Senator Knowland says budget balancing and any tax cuts hinge on Eisenhower requests for defense funding. He expects Thursday figures on the defense outlay for the year starting July 1 as White House talks with Republicans begin. Defense leaders foresee a 137-wing Air Force by mid 1956 and a potential defense budget under 40 billion, with debates over Social Security tax and borrowing limits shaping fiscal policy.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
White House
Wilson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Joint Chiefs
Byrd
D-Va
Treasury
Beloit College chapel fire causes large damage
A Beloit Wisconsin chapel was destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin Saturday night. Fire Chief Glenn Davis said the blaze apparently began in wiring installed Saturday afternoon as students prepared decorations for the annual Christmas vesper program.
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Beloit
Wis
Beloit College
Glenn Davis
West Virginia Weather Eases East Snow Threat
Washington reports a last minute weather disturbance over West Virginia reduced the risk of a fierce winter storm for the Northeast. The Weather Bureau said the system should bring rain to Pennsylvania and wet snow to New York, with a colder front pushing east to turn rain to snow in the lower Great Lakes and Appalachians tonight.
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Washington
West Virginia
United States
U. Weather Bureau
W Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
New England
Canada
Midwest
Seaboard
Lower
Great Lakes
Appalachians
West Virginia Weather: Snow, Wind and Cold Move In
Windy and turning colder with 3 to 5 inches of snow tonight and occasional snow squalls Tuesday. Low tonight 24 to 28. Beckley records show high yesterday and 39 for low last night. Precipitation around 0.59 inches.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Bluestone Reservoir
POW Letter From Refusing Soldier Says He Loves Family
The text details Pfc. Richard R. Tenneson writing to his mother Portia Howe from a North Korea camp. He asserts love for peace and family, explains his refusal to repatriate, criticizes US authorities, and mentions life in captivity with routines and bleak conditions. He asks his mother to meet his friend Claude Bachelor’s wife and hints at loyalty oaths and political tensions.
Mother Reads Son's Panmunjom Letter in Public Plea
Mrs Portia Howe of Alden Minnesota pleaded publicly after learning her son Richard R Tenneson among 22 Americans in the pro Communist camp at Panmunjom wrote he would not return home. She demanded the letter be released, denouncing communism as a force that can destroy a home and nation while hoping he will return to faith and family.
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United States
GHQ
House of Unamerican
Drake
Japan
Claude Bachelor
Kiyoko Araki
Kitasenzoku- Cho
Tokyo
Portia Howe
Alden
Minn
Panmunjom
Pfe
Richard R. Tenneson
God
Richard
Correct Answers Promised Farm Bureau Opens Convention Today
President Allan B. Kline declares the American Farm Bureau Federation will reveal the preferred program for farmers at its convention in Chicago. He opposes rigid price floors after 1954 and backs flexible supports, aligning with broader calls for stronger world trade efforts and a shift away from surpluses.
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Chicago
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
House _ Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
Congressional Committee
Kline
House Committee
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
GOP
Walter Randolph
Convention Platform Committee
Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau
Circuit and Criminal Courtrooms In Use
Courtrooms were active this morning with trials in two civil suits. Judge Norman Knapp disqualified himself in Mande alone Coal Co v M E Curtis. Special judge Kenneth Hall presides over the mine equipment sale suit. Knapp then moved to the Criminal Courtroom for Ramie Workman v George Jarrell, a $600 collision damages claim.
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Norman Knapp
Mandealene Coal Company
M. E. Curtis
Beckley
Kenneth Hall
Boone County
Knapp
Ramie Workman
Clear Creek
George Jarrell
Packsville
Workman
Jarrell
Bierer Announces Resignation From Mines Department
Charleston report confirms chief of State Department of Mines Joseph Bierer will resign when his term ends December 31. He gave no further comment beyond following customary procedure and submitting a resignation letter. Milton S. Koslow also announced his resignation effective in January to enter private law practice. Governor Marland declined to comment on Bierer’s departure or potential successor.
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Charleston
Joseph Bierer
State Department of Mines
Charleston Daily Mail
Bierer
Milton S. Koslow
Gov. Marland
Arch J. Alexander
Alexander
Mines Department
Two Holdups Solved As Youths Confess
State Police report two county armed robberies solved with arrests of William Jones 22 and Jimmy Skiles 24 weekend. They admitted holding up Kaye Service Station Daniels December 6 and a Cherry Creek truck stop December 7, taken cash totals around 105 dollars. Victims identified the suspects at both crime scenes.
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William Jones
Beckley Rt. 2
Jimmy Skiles
Crab Orchard
Kaye
Daniels
Cherry Creek
Kayo Station
Keystone
Frank Baker
Beckley
Jack Sudderth
Area Soil Plan Retained for Region by SCS Official
The U S Soil Conservation Service in Raleigh Fayette Wyoming McDowell Summers and Mercer counties will not be changed. L L Lough state conservationist stated that F F Roth lisberger area conservationist Beckley and county personnel will remain under the new USDA organization plan. Lough noted the same technical services will be available to area farmers.
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U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Raleigh, Fayette
Wyoming
McDowell, Summers
Mercer Counties
L. L. Lough
SCS
F. F. Rothlisberger
Beckley
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Lough
Du Pont Victor In Federal Suit
U S District Court Judge Paul Leahy ruled that Du Pont Co cellophane operations were not a monopoly or conspiracy in restraint of trade. He dismissed the six year old anti trust complaint by the U S Justice Department, saying the company should not be punished for success.
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Wilmington
Del.m—U.s
Paul Leahy
du Pont Co
Leahy
U.S. Justice Department
E. J. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc
America
du Pont
Bible Societies Plan Programs For 1954
New York reports that about two dozen national Bible societies worldwide will start a 1954 program to rekindle interest in Bible reading and to supply scriptures. The American Bible Society said the groups aim to raise annual distribution from 20 million to 25 million in 1954 and to 50 million by 1960, marking the 150th anniversary of the first national Bible society and the 500th anniversary of Gutenberg Bible completion.
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New York
The
American Bible Society
United Bible Societies
First National Bible Group
Gutenberg Bible
Oldest in service E N Wriston retires from state post
E N Wriston known as Pop, Kingston resident, ends 36 years with the State Conservation Commission as a fulltime employee effective December 4. He retires Jan 19 from terminal leave and will work part time. He plans to continue map building and staffing the Kingston fire danger station, with daily meter checks at 9 am 2 pm and 5 pm.
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E. N
Pop” Wriston
Kingston
State Conservation Commission
Commission
Winston
Yanks Stall Korean War Explainations At Panmunjom
Indian Lt Gen K S Thimayya said 22 American POWs refusing to quit the Communists aim to stall allied repatriation. He noted time is short with explanations due by December 23 and that 21 of 22 signed a petition seeking clarifications. The POWs demand counter explanations while South Koreans withhold consent.
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Panmunjom
K. S. Thimayya
Thimayya
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Economist Says Unions Do Not Raise Workers Share
Washington The top economist for the U S Chamber of Commerce Dr Emerson P Schmidt said labor unions have little to do with workers share of national income He noted the labor share has changed hardly at all in the past two decades Schmidt cited 66 percent for 1936 and 66 3 percent for 1952 and argued market forces determine wages rather than unions
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Emerson P. Schmidt
Chamber
Schmidt
Department of Commerce
Miss Tess Neophotis Named Teen Town Director
Talladega Alabama notes Maude the elderly horse survived a three week cistern ordeal thanks to water and penicillin. In Beckley Teen Town opens Saturday with Miss Tess Neophotis as fulltime director, a former swimming instructor from The Greenbrier. Open house follows Sunday as the teen recreation center plans 1 to 5 p.m. hours. Mondays closed.
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Teen Town
Tess Neophotis
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Fred Hurt
Teen Town, Inc
Neophotis
Radford College
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Log Cabin Owner and Employee Charged by Police
The Log Cabin on New Raleigh Road faces charges after a police raid. Howard Keatley, owner, is charged with illegal possession of tax paid liquor, and employee Emma Parson is charged with unlawful sale of tax paid liquor. Both to appear in City Police Court tonight.
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Raleigh Road
Howard Keatley
Emma Parson
Keatley
Two Men Arrested in County Jail Booking
William Ray Adkins of True was booked early today on a charge of driving while drunk after arrest by State Police. Sam Berillo of Beckley was placed in county jail Sunday following his arrest on a peace warrant.
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William Ray Adkins
True
Sam Berillo
Beckley
Post Office Opens Four Windows for Christmas Rush
Beckley Post Office keeps traffic moving for Christmas mail. Four stamp windows opened today for the first time and will run through the season with Mrs. Leonard Sluss in the lobby accepting stamped cards under Acting Postmaster A Fray Lilly.
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Beckley
Leonard Sluss
A. Fray Lilly
Distribution of Fire Pay Arranged by District 4
District 4 of the State Conservation Commission speeds up fire payrolls with additional personnel. District Forester Carl Lucas says Shirley Pittman of Glen View will assist at Beckley to clear payrolls in 10 days. Since July 1, 592 forest fires have been reported in the district, with seven new fires in the week ending Dec. 11.
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District 4
State Conservation Commission
Carl Lucas
Shirley Pittman
Glen View
Beckley
Lucas
Kanawha Teacher Wins Trip to Washington Flight Program
A 31-year-old Kanawha County teacher, Juliette Shaheen, was chosen as West Virginia’s representative for the 50th anniversary observance of powered flight. The Grandview Elementary School sixth-grade instructor will join a nationwide contest of teachers for an expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., continuing through Thursday.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Washington
West Virginia
Juliette Shaheen
Grandview
Nothing To Fear He Knew Engineer
Knoxville sheriff deputies found a man asleep on railroad tracks with head on one rail and feet on the other. When asked if he knew a train could run over him he replied it was 4 o'clock and that the engineer who drives the train always stops for him.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Sherift
Jess Chamberlain
Six Killed When Train Hits Station Wagon in Rouse City
A diesel streamliner struck a station wagon in Rouse City Texas killing Victor Suufley 47 a Dallas real estate agent and ex SMU athlete his wife Harriett 39 their sons Bill 5 and twins John and Jim 2 and Irma Davis a Black maid. Five rear train cars derailed ten more damaged and about 30 injured. The train ran from Dallas to St Louis authorities investigated the fatal crash at the station scene.
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Rouse City
Tex.p
Dallas
St. Louis
Victor Suufley
Southern Methodist University
New York Giants
Harriett
Bill
John
Jim
Irma Davis
Firemen Help Treat Heart Attack Victim
A Beckley Fire Department first aid truck was sent to 112 Piney Ave Sunday at 10 30 p m after Mrs Helen Meadows suffered a heart attack Firemen administered oxygen and medical treatment was given by Dr W B Lilly
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Beckley Fire Department
Piney Ave
Helen Meadows
W. B. Lilly
Mink for Minor Males
In Tulsa Oklahoma a department store sold 18 mink bow ties at 18 dollars each as a fad among teens. Demand was high with many requests, prompting a large new shipment to be ordered to restock quickly.
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Tulsa
Okla
Third Suspect in Bank Robbery Faces Court
WINFIELD West Virginia Another of six men indicted in the $9 500 armed robbery of the Bank of Bare fils Went on trial here today Two of the six 20 year old James Shreve of New Martinsville and Joan Berry 27 of Charleston were sentenced to terms of 1 to 25 years Each in the state penitentiary last week Berry received an additional five year sentence resulting from an automobile theft in 1948 Scheduled today was the trial of Exekial Myers 21 of Charleston Three others pleaded guilty to armed robbery charges in the October holdup but have not yet been sentenced.
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Wriston
Economist
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