Nehru Warns US Aid May Break Kashmir Pact
In New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru warned that accepting US military aid to Pakistan could wreck the August Kashmir agreement with India. He addressed parliament amid security concerns as crowds gathered outside and Congress officials criticized any US arms pact with Pakistan.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Pakistan
Kashmir
Mohammed Ali
Ali
United States
U.S
Congress Party
22 Americans Stay With Communists In Korean Prison Camp
Midnight expired on the 90 day period for explaining to 22 American war prisoners who chose to remain with the Communists at Panmunjom. The Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission ruled explanations ended. 12 broadcasts were heard as prisoners danced and chanted, with 17 Americans counted inside the compound. Several leaders of the non Korean prisoners were identified by correspondents.
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Panmunjom
North
U.N
South
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Red News
Richard Corden
East Providence
R. L
Corden
Andrew Condron
Claude Batchelor
Kermit
Tex
Richard Yenneson
Alden
Min
Feed Dealer Bids Sought In Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee seeks bids from local feed dealers for drought emergency livestock grain handling. Bids due by Dec. 28 at 1 p.m. must be signed by an official and submitted to the ASC Office Box 1150 or in person at the old PMA office. A bid opening will occur at 1 p.m. Dec. 28 with dealers present. Consideration will include cost of handling by the ton in railroad car lots, plus car storage and rail sidings.
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Raleigh County Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Committee
Kelly Farmer
Bolt
Raleigh County
ASC
PMA
New Persecution Of Jews Apparent
Vienna reports indicate a new wave of Jewish persecutions in the Soviet bloc aimed at crushing opposition to communism. The Union of Communities in Austria protested to Hungary over a secret Budapest trial of three Hungarian Jewish leaders, with reports of further trials in Romania and Czechoslovakia and additional arrests pending.
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Vienna
Austria
Soviet Union
Union of Communities In Austria
UJCA
Hungary
Budapest
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Lenard Szein
Red Hungarian
Condition Of Victim Delays Assault Hearing For Akers
A preliminary hearing for Ever Ett Akers 35 of Amigo Hollow on a felonious wounding charge was delayed due to the victim's condition. Akers is accused of burning a woman with a red hot poker at Wyoming General Hospital where attendants identified the woman as Aie Norman 28. She received second and third degree burns. Akers remains in Raleigh County Jail.
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Everett Akers
Amigo Hollow
Akers
Wyoming General Hospital
Aie
Norman
Raleigh
Beckley Brothers Plead Guilty To Tampering With Cars
Two Beckley brothers Donald French and Ralph French pleaded guilty in Magistrate J P Meadows court to tampering with cars. Each received 30 days in Raleigh County Jail and fines and costs totaling 27 10. They were arrested Tuesday night by city police for tampering with cars on the Duncan Catron used car lot on Valley Drive.
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Beckley Brothers
Donald French
Ralph French
J. P. Meadows
Raleigh County
Duncan-Catron
Valley Drive
Vincinia Weather With Snow Flurries East Thursday
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Thursday with a few snow flurries tonight and possibly occasional snow east Thursday. Colder tonight with a low around 12 to 20. Temperatures statewide show varying highs and lows, with readings around 27 in several towns and clear conditions in streams and reservoirs.
Beckley Denied Intervention in Airline Route Fight
City of Beckley Raleigh County and the Beckley Area Chamber of Commerce were denied the right to intervene on Piedmont Airlines behalf in a proposed Charleston to Columbus route dispute. The Civil Aeronautics Board ruled intervention unnecessary and granted rights to other cities and groups. Beckley plans to press on, with Johnston intending to attend the January 6 hearing in Columbus.
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Beckley
Piedmont Airlines
Charleston
Columbus
Civil Aeronautics Board
Raleigh
Beckley Area
CAB
Parkersburg
Toledo
Ohio
Marietta
Wood County
Allegheny
Delta-C
Lake Central
Trans World
O. L. Johnston
24th Annual Toy Fund Party Held in Raleigh County
About 1,800 underprivileged children attended the Raleigh County Memorial Building for the Mac's Memorial Toy Fund party. A comedy film entertained guests while toys were distributed on stage. The Beckley Post-Herald notes this is the 24th annual Christmas effort aiding needy families. The fund still needs 127 to cover gifts.
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Raleigh County Memorial
Mac’s Memorial Toy Fund
Beckley Post-Herald
Eugene Scott
The
Post- Herald
Ted McDowell
Last of 13 Escapees Captured in Indiana
Richmond police overpowered two convicts in a hotel room early today ending the escape from the Southern Michigan Prison last Saturday. John Rizio said Roman Usiondek, 37, a psychopathic killer, and Robert Dowling, 33, a burglar, admitted their identities. Detectives cornered them after spotting their escape automobile on a Richmond street and they were taken to the city jail for questioning.
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Richmond
Ind
Southern Michigan
John Rizio
Roman Usiondek
Robert Dowling
Rizio
Richmond Street
Richmond City
Five Teeth Lost After Beckley Collision
Santa Wesley Scott of Beckley, 21, lost five front teeth and suffered a cut in a Tuesday night crash with Ronald Croner, 27, of Beckley, as City Police investigate the collision.
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Wesley Scott
Beckley
Ronald Croner
Mercy Killer Acquitted in Phoenix Trial
Herman H. Nagle, 54, a former Brooklyn policeman, was cleared by an eight-woman, four-man jury after a 50 minute deliberation. He admitted shooting his daughter Betty Virginia Nagle, 28, a cerebral palsy patient, last September 5. The jury cited temporary insanity as the defense.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Herman H. Nagle
Mercy
Brooklyn
Betty Virginia Nagle
Nagle
Doggie In The Well One Puppy Rescued Public Helped
Carlsbad New Mexico public reacts to a two month old puppy trapped 38 feet down a dry well in a yard. Teresa Curtis 5 and cousins Dan and Poe Hardin attempted rescue. Boy Scouts and readers offered many plans from lowering a basket to filling with corks and lifting with nets or ropes.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Ira Stockwell
Teresa Curtis
Dan Hardin
Poe Hardin
Hardin
New Mexico
Wireservice
Living Cost May Drop First Time In Eight Months
Washington reports November living costs declined three tenths of one percent from the 1947-49 base, reversing eight months of advances. The fall, driven by lower food and clothing prices, could affect railroad wage boosts tied to the index and signals possible inflation relief for the Eisenhower era.
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Washington
Amecan
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eisenhower
Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Clague
Explosion kills six as Coast Guard probes cause
A Coast Guard board of inquiry met in Pt. Pleasant to determine what sparked an explosion on an empty Marietta Manufacturing Co tank barge that ripped deckplates away and killed six men. The victims ranged in age from 26 to 56, bodies were recovered over the day, and union barge lines operated the vessel. Production officials suggested gasoline may have been present. workers wore masks and were not smoking.
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Pleasant
Coast Guard Board of
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Raymond Beller
Leon
Sherman Cecil Randolph
Harry Bonecutter
William Fletcher
Henderson
John Wheeler
West Columbia
Chester Elliott
Pt. Pleasant
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Fletcher
Elliott
Randolph
Wheeler
Bonecutter
Washington
Merlin O'Neill
Coast Guard
W. E. Schweizer
St. Louis
Marine Inspection
2Nd Coast Guard District
B. W. Clark
Huntington
2Nd District
Merton Hatfield
Pittsburgh
Union Barge Lines of
Mgr
G. W. Kenty
Walter Mills Windsor
Kenny
Helen Mine to Close by Dec 31 in Pittsburgh
Helen No 9 mine of East ern Gas and Fuel Associates will cease operations December 31 due to poor coal markets. The plant employs about 200 workers and produces 1200 tons daily from the Pocahontas No 3 seam. Officials in Pittsburgh said reserves remain and the closure extent hinges on market conditions.
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Helen No. 9
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
EGFEA
Pittsburgh
Eccles
Helen
Pocahontas No. 3
EGFA
Coal Division
Mrs Santa Claus Wife of North Pole Legend Shuns Wealth
Louisville story reveals Mrs Agnes Leverett known to children as Mrs Santa Claus. A heavyset, charitable woman who intercepts letters to Santa, collects toys and food for crippled children, and begs for donations. Despite a tough year, she and Santa live modestly, funding meals and charities rather than personal treats.
Look to Christ Not to Santa Clash Among Catholic Clergymen
In Baltimore St Alphonsus School held a Christmas party without Santa Claus. Archbishop Mendelis told 240 children that Santa is a benign fairy tale and Jesus is the real gift giver. Some Catholic leaders in Indiana disputed the stance, fearing young children may cling to Santa.
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Baltimore
St. Alphonsus School
Santa Claus
Louis J. Mendelis
Mendelis
Christ
St. Nicholas
Jesus
God
Jailed for Fine Nonpayment in Drunk Driving Case
Hubert Meadows of Odd was jailed in Raleigh County Jail for failing to pay a $50 fine and costs on a driving while drunk charge. His license will be revoked for six months. Deputy Mason Farley arrested him, and Magistrate T N Thurman arraigned him.
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Hubert Meadows
Odd
Raleigh
Meadows
Mason Farley
T. N. Thurman
Christmas Eve State Liquor Stores Closed Until Monday
The State Liquor Commission today announced state liquor stores will close from 6 p m tomorrow Christmas Eve until 10 am Monday. The holiday was declared by Governor Marland, who proclaimed Saturday December 26 a holiday for all state employees.
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Charleston
State Liquor Commission
Marland
Father Of Nixon In Critical Condition In Phoenix
Frank A Nixon, 75 year old father of Vice President Richard Nixon, lay critically ill at St. Joseph's Hospital Phoenix after a gastric hemorrhage on an American Airlines flight from Birmingham to Los Angeles. Doctors reported deep sleep possibly coma, blood transfusions given, while Mrs Nixon notified Nixon in Washington.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Frank A Nixon
Richard Nixon
St. Joseph's Hospital
Birmingham
Ala
Los Angeles
American Airlines
Nixon
Washington, D. C
Dulles presses French on European defense plan
Secretary of State Dulles speeds a drive to win French approval for a six nation European Defense Community by appealing directly to the French people. He warned of a possible agonizing reassessment of U.S. policy if Germany does not share the burden and withdraw its forces. He spoke at a Paris news conference and again at the National Press Club.
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Dulles
Europe
United States
European Defense Community
EDC
Paris
National Press Club
Germany
France
Iran and Soviet Union Agree On Fresh Talks Agenda
Tehran Iran and Moscow reach agreement on an agenda for new discussions to settle financial and border disputes between the two states.
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Tehran
Iran
Soviet Union
Post Office Box Rent Reminder Card Emerges in Beckley
A Christmas greeting shifts to a payment reminder as Beckley box holders find a note in their mailboxes. It warns that box rent for the quarter is due, with payment required on or before the month’s end.
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Beckleyans
Flight Added in Yale Rush Memorial Airport
Memorial Airport adds an extra section for Dee. 27 as holiday reservations surge. Piedmont Airlines officials report reservations stacking up with the 2:48 p.m. flight continuing to Charleston Huntington and Cincinnati, reflecting heavy travel demand.
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Rush
Memorial Airport
Piedmont Airlines
Charleston
Huntington
Cincinnati
Male World Shattered at Raleigh County Jail
Jailer H H Hutchinson reported at 11 a.m. that Sgt. Oscar Bowers brought in woman prisoner Katherine Gore of 305 Short Broadway St East Park. Gore was arrested on a peace warrant obtained by Annie Childress of East Park, ending a five year run of a male only jail.
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H. H. Hutchinson
Raleigh County
Oscar Bowers
Beckley City
Hutchinson
Katherine Gore
Short Broadway St
East Park
Annie Childress
Fast Park
POWs Mother Coming Home as Yanks Stay Red
Mrs Portia Howe of Alden Minnesota prepares for a long homeward journey after failing to see her POW son Pfc Richard Tenneson in Korea She believes he has been brainwashed and hopes he will return home one day Despite the Panmunjom decision she remains hopeful and plans to spend Christmas with family and bring gifts from Japan for her other children
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Tokyom
Portia Howe
Alden, Minn
Japan
Pfc
Richard Tenneson
Korea
Tenneson
Panmunjom
Howe
Richard
Picked Wrong Baby Sitter
Three women claim a Las Vegas man is their husband. Clifford F E Burton, 28, is charged with bigamy after a second wife learned of the others when he used her to babysit another couple’s child. Police seek Burton. two wives are pregnant. Wives identified him from photos: Ellen King Brown 19 of North Ridge, Hel en Geraldine Burton of Venice, and Claire G Lawrence 17 of Van Nuys.
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Los Angeles
Clifford FE. Burton
Las Vegas
Nev
Burton
Ellen King Brown
Northridge
Burbank
Helen Geraldine Burton
Venice
Claire G. Lawrence
van Nuys
East Gulf man arraigned on moonshine charge in Rhodell
Porter Banks of East Gulf paid a $100 fine and costs Tuesday after arraignment before Magistrate J. K. Cole of Rhodell on a possession of moonshine liquor charge. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Mason Farley Monty McCary and Rhodell Police Chief Clifford W. Roberts.
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Porter Banks
East Gulf
J. K. Cole
Rhodell
Sherriff Mason Farley
Monty McCary
Amigo
Clifford W. Roberts
Yale Holidays Optional Some Firms to Close 3 Days
A long Christmas weekend prompts many Beckley and county firms to close Friday and reopen Monday while others stay open Saturday. The Beckley Business Bureau says closures are at individual stores discretion. Government offices and banks plan long holiday periods. some grocers close 26 December while large chains stay open. District 29 United Mine Workers notes Christmas Day is a legal holiday and Saturday remains an off day at the mines.
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Beckley
Kisher
Beckley Business Bureau
Armed Forces Center
Internal Revenue Department
Macrine Recruiting Office
Veterans Administration
McCreery St
County Board of Education
Retail Jewelers Association of
J. Fisher
Beckleys Banks
United Mine Workers of America
George J. Titler
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