New Year Slaughter Record Predicted By Experts
Chicago experts warn the three day New Year weekend could produce a national record in traffic fatalities with an estimated 420 deaths on streets and roads. The 1955 holiday period tolls are summarized, noting prior holiday records and the rise in overall accidental deaths.
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Chicago
Raftic
National Safety
Council
Nurracr
Ned H. Dearson
Council Pansident
Uie
Lal
Duyuchery
Crash Through Barricade Hits Highway Tunnel
A vehicle outran a runway barrier and crashed through a barricade and fence, tearing through a tunnel on the highway. Passengers were injured as the car skid onto the roadway structure amid chaotic scenes.
Defenses Must Be Maintained, Senators Warn
Senators Mansfield Dworshak Potter and other lawmakers warned against taking Moscow at its word on defense cuts. They urged maintaining U S defenses as Soviet plans allegedly cut military spending, while noting visible buildup in air forces and submarines contradicts a 10 percent cut claim.
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Washington
Mansfield
D-Mont
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Bworshak
R-Idaho
Eaid
National Guard May Help Patrol Illinois Roads
Gov William Stratton says he may mobilize National Guard troops to patrol highways over the New Years weekend after heavy traffic and fatalities in Illinois. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley studies plans for selling no road blocks and possible spot checks for drunken drivers during the holiday period.
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Chicago Wy
Ulinois
William G. Stratton
National Guard
Richard Daley
Chicago
Students Save Five From Drowned Car Crash Near Jackson
Two white high school students Frank Arnold Jr. and Phil Ray rescued five Negro passengers from a submerged car along a county road 18 miles northwest of Jackson. Parents of the children died. two other occupants, Eugene and Violet Clark, also perished.
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Jackson
Miss
Frank Arnold Jr
Phil Ray
Ray
Arnold
Eugene
Violet Clark
Fred
Dorothy Mae
Robert
Ton Stepney
Willis Allen
Allen
West Virginia Weather Report Noted Light Snow Likely
Weather notes show mild temperatures with cloudy skies across West Virginia. Forecasts mention variable wind in the east and west regions with occasional glazes and scattered showers through Thursday.
Britain claims transatlantic Comet II record flight
London authorities announce the Comet II jet liner crossed the Atlantic from Montreal to London in 6 hours 8 minutes, boosting speed over 640 miles per hour. The flight concludes a world proving trip by Captain Cunningham and a 10-man crew, with a government-backed demonstration of civil airliner capability.
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London
Brittain
Atlantic
Montreal
Jacksonville
Ark Gai
Heer Flere
St London
Tom Gulley
Joe King
John Cunningham
Hatfield
Wichita Falls
Tex
England
James R. King
Comet
Cairo
Bomoay
Singal
Littlepore
Danvin
Sydney
Melbourne
Rock Air Force Base
Perth
Auckland
Fiji
Honolulu
Charleston
W. Va
Vancouver
Toronto
King
Harold Walkin
Air Force
Miles Thonas
Here
British Overseas Air Galley
Ways Corp
Stoward Dishough
BOAC
Wooster
Ohio
James West
Mud Fork
Abe Jackson Green
Cure
Fire damages reported at Braxton Toler home
A small house fire at 107 Booker Street caused minor damage totaling about S10. Fire officials say wiring hung on a nail above the furnace short circuited and blew a fuse, starting the blaze at 11:55 a.m. today. Assistant Fire Chief Otis Lyons cited wiring as the source.
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Braxton Toler
Booker St
Otis Lyons
Mullens Post Office Moves to New Quarters
The Mullens post office will relocate about June 1 to the Early Building on Howard Ave. Owners are Mr. and Mrs. R. Lester Earls of St. Petersburg Florida. Remodeling will remove partitions, create parking, and provide a mobile post office with new furnishings.
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Hallie W. McNamara
Curtis Crotty
Barly
Crotty
Mullens
Crodly
Post Office Department
Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia highway deaths rise to 359 in 1933
The Christmas week toll climbs as three more fatalities reported bringing year total to 359 on West Virginia roads. Victims include Clarence Jemison 45 of Parkersburg and Freda Schmelzenbach 55 of Marietta. Revely 23 of Covington dies from rollover injuries.
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Associated Press
Virginia
West Virginia
Willow Island
Pleasants County
W. Va
Parkersburg
Marietta
Ohio
Riptey
William A. Burks
Clarence E. Jemison
Camden Clark Memorial Hospital
Jemison
Waverly Hill
Weemison
Sam’ Wahitaran
Freda Schmelzenbach
Mariella
US S. 21
Ravenswood Road
Ripley ‘Y
Creator of Joe Palooka is Dead
Ham Fisher, creator of the Joe Palooka comic strip, was found dead in Moe Lett’s studio in New York. Police noted notes suggesting death by his own action and cited failing eyesight and diabetes as factors. Fisher, 54, worked as a reporter and salesman before his strip appeared in about 800 papers.
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New York
Ham Fisher
Joe Palooka
Fisher
Hammond Edward’ Fisher
Moe Lett
Morris Weiss
Englewood
Marilyn
Wilkes-Barre
Record
Soldier Sentenced For Desertion In Germany
An American Army private Kenneth D. Miller 23 of San Francisco pleaded guilty to deserting to Communist East Germany with his German girlfriend in Frankfurt Germany. A seven member general court martial imposed the maximum two years at hard labor plus a dishonorable discharge and loss of pay and allowances. The sentence is subject to review by higher authorities.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Guilly
East Germany
Kenneth D. Miller
San Francisco
Soviet Parliament Approves 1956 Budget With Defense Cut
London Moscow radio says both houses of the Soviet Parliament approve the 1956 budget totaling 563 billion rubles with defense at 10215 billion, nearly 10 percent below 1935 levels, while 1956 revenue is seen at 592 billion rubles. Premier Khrushchev and Sulganin announce a forthcoming report on the South Asian tour, and Yevseenko notes oil output rose about 19 percent to 38 million tons, with new producing centers along the Urals and Volga.
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Sen. Potter
Rmich
U. S
London
Moscow Radio
Supreme Soviet
Sulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Qil
A. Yevseenko
Soviet Union
Yevseenko
Ural Mountains
Volga River
Beckley Youth Charged With Speeding
Four year old Martin McGriffin Toler of Beckley has been ordered to appear at Beckley Police Court on a speeding charge. He was arrested at 1:30 a.m. today by city police.
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Martin McGriffin Toler
Beckley
Court Upholds Union Picket of Royal Customers
A New York federal appeals court upheld a union’s right to picket Royal Typewriter Co customers supplying service work through independent firms. Judge Lumbard said the customers faced only possible public embarrassment, and the ruling narrows the Taft Hartley secondary boycott. The decision could be appealed to the Supreme Court by the NLRB.
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New York
Federal Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Royal Typewriter Co
NLRB
Royal
J. Edward Lumbard
Lumbard
Agustus Hand
Harold Medina
International Union of Electrical Workers
U. S. Supreme Court
Eisenhower Heads to Key West for Rest and Convalescence
President Eisenhower flies from Washington to Key West aboard Columbia 111 for about two weeks of sun and outdoor exercise prescribed by doctors after his Sept. 24 heart attack. Gen. Gruenther joins the party. Mrs. Eisenhower stays in Washington due to a new granddaughter and Mrs. John Eisenhower and infant in Walter Reed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Key West
Fla
Boca Chica
Key
Alfred M. Gruenther
Naval Base
Truman
Columbia University
Florida
White House
John S. Doud
Denver
John Sr. Eisenhower
Walter Reed General Hospital
Fly Culbertson Death Ends Bridge Master Game
Brattleboro Vermont reports the death of UK Ely Culbertson, 64, famed bridge authority who helped popularize the game with contracts, exhibitions, and books. He died in his sleep of heart failure likely due to oxygen deprivation after years of breathing difficulties. Culbertson's life included two marriages and children Loyce Nadya, Bruce Ely, Peter who drowned in 1950, and Alexander. His widow Dorothy Renia Baghne remains with their son on the Culbertson estate.
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Brattleboro
Ely Culbertson
Bridge Authority
World Federation
Culbertson
Josephine Murphy Dillon
Loyce Nadya
Bruce Ely
Reno
Culbertsons, Inc
Dorothy Renaia Baghne
New York
Vermont
Tyre
Peter
Alexander
Local man jailed in auto theft case at Raleigh jail
Boots Maloney of Winding Gulf was locked up in Raleigh County Jail at 10:15 a.m. on an auto larceny warrant issued by Magistrate Charles T. Burdiss. He was arrested by a conservator of the peace.
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Boots Maloney
Winding Gulf
Raleigh
Charles T. Burdiss
Conservator
Ambassador Named Bonn Nominee for Moscow Post
Bonn reports Wilhelm Haas, ambassador to Turkey, is nominated as West Germany's first ambassador to Moscow. The move signals a pivotal diplomatic posting as Konrad Adenauer's government confirms the assignment through informed sources.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Goverment
Wilhelm Haas
Turkey
West Germany
Moscow
E. E. Roles 56 Dies After Long Illness in Beckley
E. E. Roles of Beckley aged 56 died at 5 15 am today in the Beckley VA Hospital after a long illness. Born January 11 1901 in Greenville he was a purchasing agent for Lillybrook Coal Company for 32 years. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of Lillybrook Methodist Church Mountain Lodge 156 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Coal City. Surviving are his wife Lydia Prince Roles four sons Earl E Jr John Ginestra Opie Forrest and seven grandchildren. Funeral services 2 pm Friday at Beckley Methodist Church with Rev T E Painter and Rev C A Hillman officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. The body remains at Keyser Funeral Home until one hour prior to services.
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Roles
Beckley
Beckley Veteran's Administration
Greenville
Elbert
Virginia Thomas Roles
Lillybrook Coal Company
Lillybrook Methodist Church
Mountain Lodge
Air Coal City
T. E. Painter
C. A. Hillman
Sunset Memorial Park
Keyser Funeral Home
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Khrushchev
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Baghdad
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Soavne
Czechoslovakia
Congress
Potter
Fai Beckley
Britain
W. Virginian
Logan
Elmer Browning
Zida Browning
William Mosley
Browning
State Road Commission
Okehs
Budael
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton
West
Fly Culbertson
E. E. Roles
Beckley National Bank
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