West Germans offered more independence in exchange for troops
The Associated Press reports West Germany weighed a horse trading deal to join Western defense forces with German troops serving alongside Americans and West Europeans. After Christmas talks with the Allied high commissioners, Bonn hinted at endorsing a treaty replacing occupation controls and moving toward near independence, with full armed forces participation pending months of negotiations and a prior accord with Russia.
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Bonn
Germany
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Europe
Moscow
International Army
12 Atlantic Pact
Brussels
Russia
Federal Republic
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Hedrick pushes civilian fitness program for youth
Representative E H Hedrick proposed a House resolution urging the President to create a nationwide civilian physical fitness program. He cited a 35 percent rejection rate by the Armed Forces and suggested simple, classroom or neighborhood gym activities two to three times weekly under existing agencies such as the Veterans Administration or Public Health Service.
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Public Health Service
Murder death by own action probe set today
An autopsy was ordered today after a shooting in Belington Barbour County where police chief Junior Hamilton fatally wounded Marjorie Maxine Hutzler Thorn and then killed himself. Witnesses say John Byrd Moore entered the rear living quarters, shot Thorn, then died from a self-inflicted wound. Thorn's husband died recently in Canton, Ohio.
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Belington
Junior
Barbour County
William Cunningham
Marjorie Maxine Hutzler Thorn
Canton
John Byrd Moore
Michael Stump
Cunningham
Alfred Crossowner
Moore
Thorn
Cross
Logan men fined for mislabeling net weight on food
State Labor Commissioner Charles J. F. Sattler announced two Logan men were fined $20 and costs each for failing to mark the net weight of contents on food packages. Millard Clay of Clay Brothers Store and Arnold Carter were cited by Magistrate D. K. Cooke at Logan.
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Associated Press
Charleston
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Logan
Sattler
Millard Clay
Clay Brothers Store
Arnold Carter
D. K. Cooke
Five Day West Virginia Forecast December 23 27
Mostly cloudy in Virginia with mild temperatures in upper 20s to low 30s tonight. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions in the west. Rain or snow expected Saturday night and Sunday and again Tuesday with total precipitation around one half to three quarters of an inch. Temperatures near normal, around 31 in the north and 34 in the south, with colder air late Sunday into Monday and warmer by midweek. Oak Hill reports a high yesterday and low last night with 7 a.m. readings.
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Acheson to Explain European Troop Commitments
Secretary of State Acheson faces questions on American troop commitments in Europe and UN reinforcements for Korea. He appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to report Brussels Conference accords on Atlantic Pact defenses. Truman says pact soldiers will begin joint training within weeks for the defense of the free world.
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Brussels
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Helen Man Killed Instantly In Highway Crash Near Ury
Alfred J Flanagan 25 died when his 1947 car left the road between Helen and Ury at 2 45 am. He struck a boulder rolled 100 feet along the bank before stopping. An engineer at the Helen mine, Flanagan was born May 7 1925 in Hemphill and attended Mullens High School. Survived by four brothers and three sisters, funeral at Helen Community Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. The Sophia Odd Fellows and American Legion will conduct services. Active pallbearers named.
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Peggy Flanagan
Betty Joan Flanagan
Washington, D. C
Helen Community Church
Glenn W. Webb
Dewey Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Sophia Odd Fellows Lodge
CBS Wins Federal Nod on Color Video
A three judge federal court ruling in Chicago favored CBS color television but postponed color telecasts until April 1. The decision, two to one, dismissed RCA’s challenge to FCC approval of CBS mechanical color telecasting method, delaying CBS from starting color programs beyond the FCC timetable set last November.
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Chicago
Federal Court Today
CBS Color Television
Radio Corporation of America
Federal Communications Commission
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FCC
Union Carbide raises pay for seven thousand workers
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals division of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation announced a seven cent per hour pay increase for about 7,700 employees at five plants. The raise includes adjustments to hourly rates and corresponding salary adjustments.
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Associated Press
South Charleston
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals
Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
Mrs I M Cohen Dies in Charleston at 77
Mrs I M Cohen, 77, mother of the Cohen Drug Store chain owners in West Virginia, died today after an extended illness in Charleston. The death closes a long life tied to family business and local pharmacy roots.
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I. M. Cohen
Associated Press
Charleston
Cohen Drug
West Virginia
Western powers back four power meeting proposal
Paris reports that Western powers agreed to a big four meeting proposed by Russia if the Kremlin broadens the agenda to include outstanding world problems beyond Germany. Foreign office sources said notes delivered to Moscow suggest U N delegates determine agenda time and place.
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Paris
Russia
Kremlin
Germany
Foreign Office
Moscow
U. N
Arson Suspected In Kanawha Fire
A Kanawha community fire destroyed a General Stores building and adjacent post office and grill in about 45 minutes. Loot sacks recovered contained jewelry pens cosmetics rifles ammunition and cigarettes. State officials labeled the blaze suspicious as investigators probe whether arson aimed to cover theft or an accidental outbreak during the robbery.
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C. A. Raper
Charleston
Williams
Kentuckian Protests Big Sandy River Project Rejection
Rep. Perkins asks Army Engineers to reconsider their decision on the Big Sandy River development linking Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia. He urges a new feasibility survey for a potential defense program, sending copies to President Truman the Budget Bureau and Senate Public Works Committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Perkins
D-Ky
Army Engineers
Big Sandy River
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Lewis A. Pick
Truman
Budget Bureau
Senate Public Works Committee
No-Strike Wage Pact May Return Rails to Owners
Washington reports a three year no strike wage agreement between the railroads and the big four unions. The pact raises retroactive wages for engineers firemen conductors and trainmen and ties future adjustments to living costs. A railroad official estimates the yearly cost at 131 million dollars. The deal covers the Locomotive Firemen and Engineers Locomotive Engineers Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors with staged raises for yardmen and road service workers. Union locals began signing yesterday and ratification is expected.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Truman
Army
John R. Steelman
Navy Increases Pay for State Workers
Norfolk area report shows wage boosts for blue collar staff at Point Pleasant West Virginia and South Charleston Plant matching a five percent average rise. At Louisville Kentucky Naval Ordnance Plant, pay hikes total about 8 cents per hour, roughly 5 1/2 percent, with laborers gaining 6 cents and skilled workers 9 cents at Point Pleasant.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Naval Ordnance Plant
Solons Warned of Red Atomic Energy Effort
Washington congress considered a $20 billion emergency defense bill amid warnings of a Soviet push in atomic energy. Senate testimony by Gordon Dean cited six new sites including a Paducah gaseous diffusion plant and a Savannah site. The package grew by $240 million, totaling $1.08 billion for AEC funding.
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Solons
Washington
Russia
Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dean
Senate
House
Senate House
AEC
Paducah
Savannah
General and Pentagon Clash Over Korea Casualty Reports
General and Pentagon differ on casualty disclosures for the Korea war. Tokyo headquarters provides division by division two week figures, while Washington issues only total counts with older dates. The discrepancy stems from verification delays and a policy to withhold some frostbite and non combat deaths, plus rationale tied to enemy intelligence.
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Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Washington
Defense Department
Department
Pentagon
Korea
Army
Air Force
Beckley Reserve Training Plannned for August 12 26 Kentucky
Plans announced for 1951 summer training of Company K Beckley Army Reserve at Fort Campbell Kentucky from August 12 through 26. WV Military District will require 15 day camps for all units with compulsory attendance and mass troop movement drills. Reservists must travel by unit convoy or train, not personal cars, to designated camps including Fort Campbell Fort Eustis Fort Story Fort Belvoir and Camp Lee.
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Army Reserve
Beckley
Ft. Campbell
West Virginia
West Virginia Military
A. R. Reeves
Reeves
Fort Campbell
Fort Eustis
Fort Story
Fort Belvoir
Camp Lee
Governor Grants Yule Pardon to Composer Frank Grandstaff
Nashville Tennessee Governor Gordon Browning pardons composer Frank M Grandstaff after decades in prison for habitual criminal offenses. Grandstaff praised by supporters for a post release future including a planned marriage to Mildred McConkey and a prayer visit at the Cathedral of the Incarnation. He composed a 70 page cantata while imprisoned and impressed audiences at a Big Spring Texas centennial event.
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Gordon Browning
Grandstaff
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Texas
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Browning
Cathedral of the Incarnation
Mildred McConkey
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Ind
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