Czechoslovak Leader Sees Food and Coal Shortages Spark Rebellion
Premier Antonin Zapotocky acknowledged discontent in Czechoslovakia amid shortages of food and coal. He blamed a growing rebellion on failing supplies and warned it can only be ended by fulfilling industrial plans. The remarks, published in Rude Pravo, echoed Western reports of Soviet demands straining the satellite state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Rude Pravoa
Antonin Zapotocky
Zapotocky
Adivision
Kladno
Health Commission Proposes Plan To Help Poor Pay Bills
The Truman health commission backs a 1% billion annual federal state funding to expand voluntary prepaid plans for hospital and medical care. It aims to cover all with insufficient means, to be administered mainly by states with dollar-for-dollar federal matches. The report warns doctor shortages could reach 22 000 to 43 000 by 1960 without more training and hospital expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Commission
Washington
Truman
Fruman
American Medical Association
Commission
AMA
Court Asked to Advance Diesel Motor Hearing
National Mine Service Co. and Pond Creek Pocahontas Co. asked the Supreme Court to move the appeal of a Kanawha Circuit Court ruling up from April to January. The ruling upheld a state Mines Department position that West Virginia law bans Diesel locomotives in mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
National Mine Service Co
Mabscott
Pond Creek Pocahontas Co
Kanawha
State Mines Department
West Virginia
Lawton Man Fined on Reckless Driving and Licenses
Lawton resident John Egnor was fined 25 dollars plus costs for reckless driving and 10 dollars plus costs for driving without an operator's license. Magistrate J E Mays imposed the penalties after State Police arrested Egnor last night and he was jailed in Raleigh County until morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Egnor
Lawton
J. E. Mays
Egnor
Raleigh
Stratton Singers Aid UM Fund Drive Christmas Concert
The Stratton Singers present an 8 p.m. Christmas concert at the Memorial Building auditorium. Proceeds from the 112 voice ensemble go to the Raleigh County United Fund, with sponsorship by The Raleigh Register and Beckley Post-Herald.
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Stratton Singers
Memorial Building
Raleigh County United Fund
Raleigh Register
Beckley Post-Herald
United Fund
Weather outlook and temperature notes across towns
Fair tonight with low 25 to 30 east and 30 to 36 west. Thursday brings some cloudiness. highs 50 to 60. Beckley reports 40/5 yesterday, Ladalee 23, Fam. 29 today. Oak Hill yesterday 24/16, Glade Creek 37/14, Rivers at Bellepoint and Greenbrier show slightly above normal but discolored water. Byestone Reservoir and New Normal stages clear.
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Beckley High
Ladalee
E.eees
Ivae
OAK Hill High
Nba
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Byestone
Marland appoints Rosalind Funk as third term secretary
Governor William C. Marland announces Rosalind Funk of Beckley as executive secretary and Burl A. Sawyers of Charleston as administrative assistant for his coming term. Funk will serve as secretary to the third successive governor. She previously held the position during the prior term.
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Sov
Wiliam C. Marland
Beckley
Rosalind Funk
Marland
Funk
Burl A. Sawyers
Charleston
Marland Wins West Virginia Governor Race by 454 898 to 427 629
Final official figures show Democrat William C. Marland elected governor by 27 269 votes. His statewide margin over Republican Rush D Holt stands 454 898 to 427 629 after Raleigh County recount confirms results.
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William C. Marland
Rush D. Holt
Weston
Raleigh
Marland
Holt
Funk to assume duties with new administration in January
Mrs Funk, longtime executive secretary to Clarence Meadows and later governor Meadows, will take office with Gov Marl on January 19. She began her career in Beckley as Meadows’ secretary and has served continuously since 1945. Sawyers, defeatedKanawha sheriff candidate, becomes assistant to the district engineer of the State Road Commission and is seen as Homer Hanna protege.
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Patteson
Funk
Beckley
Clarence Meadows
Raleigh County
Meadows
Marl
Bessie Carrol
Sawyers
Kanawha County
State Road Commission
Homer Hanna
Marland
Sawyes
Separated Siamese Twins Do Well After Surgery
Two baby girls born as Siamese twins were separated three hours after birth and were "getting along just fine" at Mt. Sinai Hospital. They arrived about a month early and remain in separate incubators. A short band of flesh joining them in front was severed during the operation. The mother's condition is excellent.
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Cleveland PF
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Jais
Service On Mail Scheduled Dec 26
The Post Office Department announced a partial mail service on Friday December 26 designated as a Christmas holiday for government workers. Some postal workers will be released from duty while window service meets public needs and normal deliveries occur. rural delivery is halted. Temporary staff will perform much of the work and extra trips will be made to move parcels and prevent congestion. Regular workers on the 26th will receive compensating time off later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postoffice Department
Truman
Market News Mixed as Alleghany Holds Steady in Narrow Session
The stock market opened with a cautious tone and stayed in a tight range. Alleghany traded unchanged after a 2,000 share block, while leaders New York Central Southern Railway American Smelting Chrysler Willys Overland Goodrich and Admiral rose. decliners included Santa Fe Gulf Southern California Edison Dow Chemical Du Pont Westinghouse Unteaircraft and National Distillers.
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UW York
Alleghany Corp
New York Central
Southern Railway
American Smelting
Chrysler
Willys- Overland
Goodrich
Admiral Corp
Santa Fe
Gulf
Southern California Edison
Dow Chemical
du Pont
Westinghouse
Wectre
Unteaircraft
National Distillers
Indictment Links Lattimore to Communism Allegations
A federal grand jury indicted Owen Lattimore on seven counts accusing him of false swearing about Communist sympathies and six other points from testimony before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. Lattimore, a Johns Hopkins professor, called the charges pure moonshine as he awaits arraignment.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington F
Owen Lattimore
State Department
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Tam
Lattimore
Frithen
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Water Hines Page School of International Relations
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Detlev Bronk
Institute of Pacific Relations Ipr
State Sends Pay To Fire Fighters
The state mailed checks to about 13 500 volunteers who helped battle forest fires. Volunteers are paid 25 cents an hour and crew leaders 40 cents, with mileage allowances of 10 cents per mile for private trucks and seven cents for private autos. Officials said thousands more checks will be distributed, aided by about 4 000 local volunteer firefighters with trained crews ready to respond.
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Charleston
Commission
Logan surgeon Dr Gates presumed drowned after party
Coroner Dr R B Harris and State Police agree Dr Wright A Gates drowned after tumbling down a steep hill into the Guyan River. Autopsy by Dr F C Hodges pending verdict. no robbery or homicide found. Gates left hospital party around midnight with a gift. wallet intact and package missing.
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Logan
R. B. Harris
Wright A. Gates
Guyan
GT. Davis
Harris
F. C. Hodges
Huntington
Gates
Logan General Hospital
Hodges
W. £. Brewer
DiSalle Returns To Federal Duty As Economic Stabilizer
Michael V. DiSalle is named economic stabilizer in the anti-inflation program and plans to resign after the new president-elect takes office. He succeeds Roger L. Putnam, who returns to private business in Springfield, Massachusetts, as Eisenhower prepares to take over the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Taft
Eisenhower
Aft
GOP
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Washington U
Michael V. DiSalle
Truman
DiSalle
Controls
Office of Price Stabilization
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
Springfield
Mass
Sunny South Freezes As Warmth Promised By Forecasters
Freezing weather hit the sunny South for the third day with near freezing readings in Florida. Smudge fires burned in citrus groves and vegetable farms while cattle areas in Alabama Georgia and Mississippi saw temperatures in the 20s. Tampa 37 Jacksonville 35 and Miami 41 yesterday marked a record slow date.
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Associate Press
Southland
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Tampa
Jacksonville
Miami
Approval Sought On Three Road Bids
The State Road Commission urged the federal Bureau of Public Roads to approve three road contracts totaling over 250000. Low bids for two other federal aid projects were held for review. Pocahontas Construction Co. Lewistown bid 99858 on the Winifrede Junction underpass steel beam span. Harry Hatfield and Co. Barboursville bid 85547 on grading and base course for 2.7 miles of routes 7 and 22 Philippi Nero road. Asphalt Products Co. Martinsburg bid 177837 on asphalt bottom and wearing courses for 2.6 miles of US 340 Bolivar Virginia line road and approaches to the Bolivar bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Road Commission
Federa Bureau of Public Roads
Kanawha County
Winifrede Junction
Pocahontas Construction Co
Lewisburg
Barbour
Philippi-Nero
Harry Hatfield and Co
Barboursville
Jefferson
Boliva
Virginia State Line
Bolivar Bridge
Asphalt Products Co
Martinsburg
Solons Debate Foreign Aid and Waterfront Corruption
The piece combines United States foreign aid sentiment with a New Jersey waterfront corruption hearing. New York state crime records portray Jersey City Mayor John V Kenny as linked to racketeers, while Kenny disputes the charge and defends his stance from New Jersey. Congress shows broad appetite for cutting foreign aid, with 90 percent favoring reductions, varied views among senators and representatives, and frequent calls for a fresh study and a shift in aid strategy.
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New York
Jersey City
John V. Kenny
State Crime Commission
Kenny
New Jersey
New York State Crime Commission
America
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
House
Europe
Middle
Far East
United States liner damaged by gale near Southampton
The American liner United States, just leaving Southampton for New York, was damaged by winds over 100 mph. The gale drove her back to the quay and imperiled other shipping in the British Isles today.
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London
United States
British Isles
Southampton
New York
President Orders Closer Screening Of U.N. Workers
In New York President Truman ordered three government branches to devise a plan to ensure maximum security for U.N. personnel in the United States. Atty. Gen. McGranery announced the directive, backed by Sen. Wiley, with details pending as to plan content. Twenty-nine Americans were dismissed from the U.N. amid Communist investigations.
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New York
Truman
U. S
United Nations
James P. McGranery
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Wiley
U. N
Dwight Eisenhower
McGranery
Myles J Lane
State and Justice Dpartments
Civil Service Commission
McGravery
Fairmont Pool Room Operator Faces Tax Evasion Trial
In Fairmont, James H Mose Boyer stands trial on charges of evading about $31,000 in income taxes. The defense finished testimony, Judge Watkins rejected a motion for acquittal, and arguments of counsel plus court instructions were set for today.
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Fairmont
James H (Mose) Boyer
Fairmor
Harry E. Watkins
State inspectors test devices in West Virginia month report
Charleston inspectors tested 3,349 weighing and measuring devices in November and condemned 38 and confiscated 10 as unrepairable. The Labor Commissioner report also shows weights on 793,832 packages inspected with 98,772 condemned as underweight.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Charl . Sattler
Tito Threatens Britain Visit Over Persecution Charges
Belgrade has broken diplomatic relations with the Vatican after Yugoslav Premier Tito criticized Pope Pius XII and Archbishop Stepinac. Tito warned he would not allow Stepinac to serve as archbishop and accused foreign church leaders of meddling.
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Carlson
Taft
Senate
Bridges
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Britain
Tito
Vatican
Alonzijo Stepinac
College of Cardinals
Ales Bebler
Msgr
Silvio di Oddi
di Oddi
Joseph P. Hurley
Pius XII
Adizije Stepinac
Stepinac
Yugoslavia
British leaders face Yugoslav leaders during visit
Dr Geoffrey Fisner says Eden will not press easing of religious persecution. he cites Vatican influence and vows no concessions. Patriarch Vikemije Prodanov warns Belgrade letters against foreign interference, insisting Yugoslavs worship freely and friends abroad should stay out.
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Geoffrey Fisner
Britain
Canterbury
Anthony Eden
Tilo
Vatican
England
Vikemije Prodanov
Belgrade
Borba
Politika
Father of 13 is 93 in Des Moines
Luis A. Carrizales, 93, became a father for the 13th time when his wife Mart3, 28, gave birth to a daughter Monday. The couple has five other children since their marriage in 185. Carrizales, half Cherokee and half Spanish, has seven children from two earlier marriages and still works regularly as a farm equipment firm. Each birth brings surprise at the publicity.
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Des Moines
Luis A. Carrizales
Mart3
Carrizales
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