British Soviet treaty threatened if Paris rearm pact ratified
Moscow warned British that the 1942 British Soviet Mutual Assistance Treaty could be scrapped if the Paris agreements to rearm West Germany are ratified. Andrei Gromyko delivered the note to Sir William Hayter, with officials stating a full text would be released after a Moscow briefing.
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Paris
Moscow
Russia
West Germany
Sir William Hayter
Andrei Gromyko
Foreign Ministry
France
Kremlin
Mendes-France outlines U S aid for Viet Nam
Premier Mendes-France told the French National Assembly that the United States will contribute about 400 million dollars in 1955 for South Viet Nam's economic and military buildup. He said U S cooperation will be coordinated and that Southeast Asia Defense Treaty provides security while France withdraws expeditionary forces to rebuild European defenses.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
French National Assembly
United States
Viet Nam
Indochina
U.S
Dulles
Far
Mendes-France
West Germany
France
Manila
South Viet Nam
Snow Covers State Highways in West Virginia
Snow piles up to thirteen inches in Tucker County as traffic snarls spread across West Virginia. Meteorologist Leroy Stone notes snow across the state with eastern flurries and western light fall. Measured depths include Branchland eight, Flat Top five, Rowlesburg four, Huntington and Morgantown three, Renick two, Charleston Clarkeburg and Kermit one, and Parkersburg trace.
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Tucker County
West Virginia
Leroy Stone
Huntington Weather Bureau
Branchland
Rowlesburg
Preston County
Huntington
Morgantown
Renick
Charleston
Clarkeburg
Kermit
Parkersburg
West Virginia Weather Report with Snow and River Levels
West Virginia weather shows mostly cloudy and cold with snow flurries tonight and Tuesday. Cities Beckley and Oak Hill report high and low temperatures, and river readings at Greenbrier and Bluestone show above normal water with muddy conditions.
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Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Jury Deliberations Drag In Sheppard Murder Trial
CLEVELAND jurors in the Samuel Sheppard murder case enter a fourth day of conference with no verdict in sight. If still deadlocked, Judge Edward Blythin may ask the foreman for the jurors stand and could discharge them, prompting another costly retrial for Sheppard.
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Cleveland
Sheppard
Edward Blythin
Samuel Sheppard
Blythin
Brothers Die Same Day In Huntington Tragedy
Two elderly brothers and retired railroad workers died yesterday within ten hours of each other in Huntington. James Gallie Perdue aged 85 was a former engineer for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. His 83 year old brother C B Perdue was a one time Norfolk and Western Railway inspector.
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Huntington
James Gallie Perdue
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C. B
Norfolk and Western Railway
State Board Probes Adoption of Budget Plan
Charleston reports the State Board of Public Works debated adopting a budget for the 1955 legislative session. The discussion focused on whether to present an unbalanced budget with notes on required additional revenue and whether to cut about 10 percent to balance. The board faced a deficit in the next fiscal year and noted 113 million in requests from agencies.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
Edgar B. Sims
Sims
Nitro Man Murdered: Police Seek Son
West Virginia police issued a three state alert for 18 year old William Hallman after his father Albert Francis Hallman 43 was found shot to death in their Nitro cottage. Mrs Helen Scudder said Hallman killed his father and shot her as she fled. she survived and identified the suspect as William Hallman who had recently moved from Baltimore with her and Hallman’s father. Authorities in Maryland and Pennsylvania were alerted as Hallman may head toward Baltimore or Norristown. Neighbors described the youth as about 5 8 150 pounds with dark hair and a slight cross eye. a blue suit and gray overcoat were noted. A service station reported a youth matching the description asking directions to Baltimore.
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Albert Francis Hallman
William
Helen Fekety Scudder
Nitro Police
L. V. Minnick
Hallman
South Charleston
American Viscose Corp
Scudder
Baltimore
Marion Hallman
Norristown
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Minnick
Billy
Charleston
Painter
Foundations Hit in House Report Sparks GOP backlash
A House committee report accuses major foundations of promoting a socialist influence seen as greater threat at home than communism. GOP signees criticize the study as biased and flimsy while Dems dismiss it as prejudged and fear driven, naming Ford, Rockefeller, Carnegie groups and linked outlets.
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Washington
House
Ford Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
Carnegie
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Carnegie Corp. of
New York
GOP
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
Washington Post
Times Herald
New Housing Study Proposed by Solon
Senator Sparkman of Alabama proposed a continuing and objective study of government housing programs while opposing any probe that would drag out dead carcasses. He commented after release of a 140 page Senate Banking Committee report accusing the construction industry of misrepresenting wrongdoing in postwar rental housing. The report blamed greedy builders and some dishonest FHA officials for multi million dollar windfall profits at the expense of the American people. It summarized an eight month probe of Federal Housing Administration programs.
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Sparkman
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
Hunger Sex Causes for Murder in Arkansas
A 19 year old Alabama youth, Billy Ray Willingham, who admitted swinging a four foot firewood club that crushed Mrs. Milton Fuller’s skull, awaits first degree murder charges in an undisclosed Arkansas jail. Prosecutor J B Reed said he would file the information today, saying hunger and a sexual impulse drove the attack on the dying December 12 victim.
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Brinkley
Ark
Alabama
Milton Fuller
Arkansas
J. B. Reed
Billy Ray
Willingham
Fuller
Street Scene Unlocks Garage Door Sign Prompts Action
A street scene report describes a driver reacting to a sign promising that blowing a horn would open a door. After repeatedly tooting the horn, the driver charged on foot into a garage through a small door, triggering the large door to open.
Novelist James Hilton in Very Poor Condition
LONG BEACH Calif The condition of 54 year old novelist James Hilton was described as very poor today at Seaside Memorial Hospital Hilton author of Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr Chips entered the hospital Nov 21 His physician declined to disclose the illness beyond an infection and said the patient is progressively worse as of yesterday
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Long Beach
Calif
James Hilton
Seaside Memorial Hospital
Hilton
Chips
Red Planes Draw Fire of Nationalist Forces
In Formosa the Defense Ministry said Nationalist anti aircraft opened fire on two Red Mig aircraft over Yikiang shan Island eight miles northwest of Formosa. No damage reported. Ground fire from Toumen Island fired 33 shells at Yikiang shan post but all shells fell into the sea.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Defense Ministry
Tradition of the Sea Captainperishes in Scottish sinking
Ivan Dahn a 57 year old Swedish ship captain went down with his damaged freighter after his crew of 20 took to lifeboats all crewmen survived without he
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Tobermory
Scotland
Ivan Dahn
Two Men Die Five Injured In Plant Explosion
In Stickney southwest of Chicago a steam turbine blast at Commonwealth Edison killed two workers and seriously injured five others. Damages to the 600000 volt plant were estimated at 10 million dollars. Power service remained intact overnight, but about 100 large industrial customers were asked to curb usage today. The explosion tore a 12 by 12 foot hole in the ceiling. the dead were Clarence T. Jorgenson, 36, shift engineer, decapitated, and George A. Thorsen, 34, turbine operator.
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Chicago
Commonwealth Edison Co
Stickney
Clarence T. Jorgenson
George A. Thorsen
Five Sailors Die in Ben Nevis Climb
Five Royal Navy climbers including three petty officers a midshipman and a Wrens member fell to their deaths on Mr Ben Nevis a 900 foot icy precipice. Other climbers found the bodies but could not recover them from a deep rocky gully as a rescue squad prepared to search today. Ben Nevis at 4406 feet is the highest peak in the British Isles.
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Fort William
Scotland
Ben Nevis
The
Wrens
British Isles
Beckley Scout to Attend 1955 World Jamboree
Fourteen year old Charles Randolph Light, a Beckley Eagle Scout, becomes the first Appalachian Council scout to announce plans for the 1955 World Jamboree in Niagara on the Lake Canada. He raised $160 from newspaper routes to cover trip costs and will travel with Region Four contingents from Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.
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Beckley
Charles Randolph Light
Appalachian Council
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Gus F. Walker
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Canada
California
United States
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Randy
First Baptist Church
Ray Light
Queen St
Camp Manatee
Peninsula
Detroit
Michigan City
Toronto
Farmer Re-Elected President of Court
H. G. Farmer of Bolt was re-elected president of the Raleigh County Court for 1955 after being sworn in for another six-year term as commissioner. This marks his third consecutive year as president and third consecutive term on the court, elected by fellow members E. Van Dorsey and Andy J. Lilly.
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Farmer
H. G. Farmer
Bolt
Raleigh
E. van Dorsey
Beckley
Andy J. Lilly
Beaver
NLRB Counsel Bott Ends Four Year Term
Washington reports that George C. Bott, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, completes a four year term and leaves office. With no immediate successor named, the NLRB faces a temporary gap in prosecuting Taft Hartley law violations until a president designated replacement.
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Washington
George C. Bott
National Labor Relations Board
Bott
NLRB
Eisenhower
Seal sales reach $6,041 in Raleigh TB drive
Randey Webb, chairman, announced the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association has raised $6,041.84 toward a $10,000 goal from Christmas seal sales. He called the progress gratifying and urged continued support, noting the sale is the TB group's sole income.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Randey Webb
Webb
TB Association
Four Day Yule Holiday Slated at Courthouse
A four day Christmas holiday is set for most Raleigh County offices. Thursday includes a county Christmas party in the courthouse. County and circuit clerks sheriff assessor health department and prosecuting attorney offices close Friday Saturday and Monday. Other closings not announced.
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Raleigh
1008 County Vets Get Loans
Raleigh County veterans have obtained a total of 1008 G1 loans since the loan program began in 1944, per the Veterans Administration Regional Office Huntington and Roy I. Smith deputy director Beckley office of State Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Raleigh County
Veterans Administration Regional Office
Huntington
Roy I. Smith
Beckley Office
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Ninety Four Pruntytown Boys Get Holiday Leave
Ninety four boys at the West Virginia Industrial School in Pruntytown are granted a week long Christmas vacation. Eleven youths lack home placement or funds for travel, so a special bus will run at 7 a.m. Thursday from Pruntytown to Charleston, arriving around noon. The leave runs from Thursday to December 30 for those with good behavior.
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Charleston
West Virginia Industrial School
Pruntytown
State Board of Control
Jesse E. Riley
Riley
Segregation Vote Set Tuesday in Mississippi
Mississippi facing a key vote on a proposed constitutional amendment to preserve public school segregation. The measure would grant the Legislature standby power to abolish schools if needed to maintain segregation, aiming to bypass Supreme Court rulings.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Legal Educational Advisory Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Pope Pius XII to deliver annual Christmas message
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII will address the world via Vatican radio at noon on Christmas Eve. Though ill, he will open the message and let another speaker finish it, then appear beside his window on Christmas Day to bless the crowd in St. Peter's Square.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican Radio
St. Peter's Square
Relatives Seek Renewed Search for Missing Freighter
Relatives of two sailors aboard the missing freighter Southern Districts urged President Eisenhower to revive the search. The vessel with 24 men aboard vanished after a Port Sulphur Louisiana to Buckport Maine voyage, last in radio contact December 4. Coastguard search ended Friday and messages from Mrs. Allie Bargeran and Mrs. J. B. Downing pleaded for every chance at rescue.
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Savannah
Eisenhower
Port Sulphur
Buckport
Maine
Allie Bargeran
James B. Sellers
J. B. Downing
Virginia Beach
Mendes-France wins confidence vote on Indochina policy
The French National Assembly approved Premier Pierre Mendes-France by 310 to 172, clearing the way for a four day debate on Germany and rearmament.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Pierre Mendes - France
Indochina
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