Sisters See Young Wife Die in House Murder Suicide
In Derryhale Oak Hill a 24 year old man Willie Swope shot his 16 year old wife Marie in the head with a 16 gauge shotgun while she sat by the living room fire. He then shot himself in the chest upstairs as three sisters waited downstairs. Both bodies were taken to Collins Funeral Home in Glen Jean awaiting arrangements.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Derryhale
Willie Swope
Marie
Swope
Beatrice Payne
Hazel Johnson
Ada Johnson
W. RR. Seal
Ted Anderson
Collins Funeral Home
Glen Jean
Church Leader Urges Youth Drive for American Liberties
Dr. Oscar A. Benson of Minneapolis, president of the National Lutheran Council, urged Lutherans to inspire U S youth to defend freedoms. He called for campus gospel outreach and a new division for youth work, while noting the council’s widening programs and the need to sustain liberty through attitudes cultivated in youth.
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Atlantic
Benson
National Lutheran Council
Augustana Lutheran Church
Bureau of Scouting
Paul C. Empie
New York
Lutheran World Action
Council
Empie
LWA
Toll of Two Fires: 17 Children Dead in Virginia and New York Tenement Blaze
In CHUCKATUCK Virginia a family fire trapped six children aged 3 to 14 on the second floor. Father Robert L. Eley, 34, and mother Evalina Eley were away when flames cut off escape. Fire officials blamed a wood heater. In Amsterdam New York a separate tenement blaze killed eleven children and a father from a family of five. Five others injured as oil stove flames raged. several residents fled in nightclothes into subzero air. Police said flames shot from windows and a roof collapse hampered rescue. Most residents were believed Puerto Rican. victims included San Ribera and Motkyka children and others.
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Chuckatuck
Virginia
Robert L. Eley
Evalina Eley
Planters Nut and Chocolate Co
Suffolk
Lee Henry
Robert L. Jr
Willie Mae
Ruby
Aallan
Betty
Gene Eley
G. Richardson Joyner
Nansemond County
Eley
Amsterdam
N.Y
Anna Gagliardy
Celia Kosiba
Marvin Swart
Samuel Palumbo
San Ribera
John
Ilda
Domingo
Angel
Stanley Motkyka
Motyka
Ryamond Heaton
Donna
Marion
West Virginia Weather Update and Forecast
Cloudy with tonight rain and snow by Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures slip to 32 to 38 tonight with colder conditions midweek. Five day outlook shows near normal in parts, turning colder and milder, with rain and snow totals around a quarter to three quarters of an inch. Local station readings for Beckley Flat Top and Oak Hill note highs in the 30s and lows near freezing. Rivers at Bellepoint show normal flow. Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage and clear.
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W.va
Beckley
Ccsereess
Cerereeenres
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Huntington Infant Dies in West Huntington Fire
Edward Poff, 9 months old, died in a fire that destroyed a rear-addr shack in west Huntington. His mother Cleotaine Poff and two other children were in the dwelling at the time. The tragedy occurred today as flames engulfed the small one-room home.
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Huntington
Edward Poff
Cleotaine Poff
West Huntington
AFL Sees '55 to Hold Higher Pay Fewer Jobs
Miami Beach and AFL leaders report that 1955 will bring substantial wage boosts but higher unemployment. The AFL Executive Council reviews economists’ forecast predicting wage gains while jobless totals rise to about 4 million for the year, up from 3 million in 1954.
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AFL
Miami Beach
Fla
AFL Executive Council
Big Labor Organization
Kilgore Invites Harlan to Appear Before Panel
Senator Kilgore invites John Marshall Harlan to a closed Senate Judiciary hearing on February 23 to hear opposition to his Supreme Court nomination. Senator Watkins predicts tough questioning and notes Harlan, a federal judge in New York City, would decide to attend. The inquiry also probes Harlan’s ties to the Atlantic Union, a federation proposal for the Americas and Western Europe.
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Washington
Sen
Watkins
Utah
John Marshall Harlan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Kilgore
D-Wva
Harlan
New York City
Atlantic Union
Americas
Europe
Fields Intend to Stay In Red Ruled Hungary
Noel Field, former U.S. State Department employee, and his wife say they will remain in Communist ruled Hungary indefinitely after being granted political asylum by the Budapest government. The U.S. legation reported they assured Minister Rawndal that their asylum request was voluntary and they plan to stay.
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Budapest
Hungary
Noel Field
U.S. State Department
U.S
Civil Rights Bills Proposed by Senator Humphrey
Senator Humphrey and 11 sponsors plan to introduce 11 civil rights bills targeting lynching voting restrictions and discrimination. The package includes a broad equal opportunity in employment measure and proposals to curb interstate discrimination and strengthen anti peonage and involuntary servitude laws.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
84Th Congress
Capitol
Congress
Neely
D-Wva
Battlefront around Tachens intensifies sea air fighting
Hostilities surged around the Tachens as Nationalist and Communist forces exchanged bombs and guns aboard four Nationalist planes clashed with MiGs and two dive bombers hit Red targets on Yikiangshan and Toumen. Communists shelled Yushan and a lone Nationalist warship fought 76 minutes with Red ships, with no reported damage.
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Washington
Red
Tachen
Defense Ministry
Yushan Island
Turnpike Commission Firings Spur Bill To Repeal ’21 Statute
Charleston lawmakers push a Senate bill to repeal a 1921 statute that let governors dismiss Turnpike Commission members without cause. A Supreme Court ruling upheld Marland’s removal of Morton and Hutchinson, with replacements named. The measure mirrors other state removals under the statute.
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Turnpike Commission
Charleston
Senate
Marland
State Turnpike Commission
Stemple
R-Baros
Martin D-Berkeey
Supreme Court
D. Holmes Morton
Hugh F. Hutchinson
Lewisburg
House
United Nations Council Awaits Red China Reply
The U N Security Council debated a cease fire in the Formosa Strait and invited Peiping to join the debate. Dag Hammarskjold said Peiping would be asked to respond after council actions on New Zealand’s debate request and Soviet demands for U S withdrawal. Peiping’s radio urged New Zealand to withdraw and reiterated promises to liberate Formosa and sidelined foreign interference.
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N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Formosa Strait
Red China
Peiping
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
New Zealand
China
U.S
Formosa
Hammarskjold
The
Pei
Ping People’s Daily
Pescadors
New Armory Proposed for Beckley
County Court members plan luncheon at the Glass House with Brig. Gen. Charles R. Fox to discuss locating and constructing a Beckley armory. They may propose building on county property at Memorial Airport to aid military district plans, with expected costs around 200000 to 250000 dollars.
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Glass House
Charles R. Fox
West Virginia National Guard
Beckley
Elmer Davis
Memorial Airport
John C. Ward
Sprague
Harry E. Anderson
Department of Public Assistance
Willis Trent
Grades Cause Boy's Death by Own Action
A 15 year old Forest Park High School student Malcom Caplan died from burns in a despondent act over poor grades. He told a playground attendant I don t want to live any more and later said he poured lighter fluid on himself and set it afire. The youth was taken to Lutheran Hospital where he died. His father Harry Caplan said he had been doing poorly in school work.
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Baltimore
Forest Park High School
Malcom Caplan
Irvin Luckman
Luckman
Lutheran Hospital
Harry Caplan
Stanton Grace
Nobel Peace Laureate Dr John R Motts Dies in Florida
ORLANDO FL A 46 Nobel Prize winner Dr John R Mott died at his winter home in Orlando last night He was 89 a longtime evangelist and promoter of international understanding He served as general secretary of the National Council and International Committee of the YMCA and later was honorary life president of the World's Alliance of YMCA He received the US Distinguished Service Medal and many foreign decorations and authored 21 books on religious and social topics.
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Orlando
Fla
John R. Mott
National Council
Young Men's Christian Assn
Alliance of Ymca
United States
Princess Margaret Starts Caribbean Good Will Tour
Britain's Princess Margaret arrives in Port of Spain Trinidad for a month long Caribbean tour. The 24 year old sister of Queen Elizabeth flew from London yesterday aboard the Canopus with a refueling stop at Montreal before touching down at the Port of Spain airport.
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Trinidad
Britain
Princess Margaret
Caribbean
Canopus
Queen Elizabeth
London
Montreal
Police Probe Robbery At Mark Twain High School
State Police investigate a reported breaking and entering at Mark Twain High School. Authorities say the incident is under inquiry and no arrests have been reported at this time.
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Mark Twain High School
Churchill Hopes Reds Will Accept Formosa Cease-Fire Invite
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons he hopes the Chinese Communist regime will accept the UN Security Council invitation to discuss a Formosa cease-fire. He said the council’s action is a genuine step toward a peaceful solution.
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London
Churchill
U.N. Security Council
Formosa
House of Commons
Security Council
Commonwealth
Philip Noel-Baker
Anthony Eden
New York
Council
Noel Baker
Port Development Topic Of Discussion At Luncheon
Technical aspects on Memorial Airport development to meet Air National Guard standards were to be discussed at a luncheon led by Col. J. K. McLaughlin. The event followed the announcement that the 167th Fighter Bomber Squadron will relocate from Charleston to Beckley. Col. McLaughlin, Raleigh County officials, County Clerk Harry E. Anderson, and Airport Engineer Robert L. Davis attended the Elks Club meeting, with Sgt. Malcolm MacLeod accompanying McLaughlin from Charleston.
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Memorial Airport
Air National Guard
J. K. McLaughlin
West Virginia National Guard
167Th
Beckley
Charleston
McLaughlin
Raleigh
Harry E. Anderson
Robert L. Davis
Elks Club
Sgt
Malcolm MacLeod
Col. McLaughlin
Wyoming Delegate's Measure on Rabies Gains Local Support
Raleigh County residents and organizations back Del. J. Paul England's House Bill No. 192 proposing mandatory annual dog rabies vaccination with enforcement teeth. The plan requires vaccination after July 1 by a registered vet or designated person, issues vaccination certificates and a dog tag, and penalties of $10 to $100 per offense.
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Wyoming
Raleigh County
del. J. Paul England
The
Southern Soil Conservation District
Raleigh County Farm Bureau
Rural Development Council
RDC
Dairy Commission
New River Hereford Breeders Association
RDC Poultry Commission
Raleigh County Poultry Farmers
Beckley Woman's Club
John C. Ward
Raleigh
Jack Nuckols
England
State Commissioner of Agriculture
West Virginia gasoline tax hike under fire in panel hearing
In Charleston a House of Delegates hearing on Gov. Marland’s plan to raise gasoline from five to seven cents and diesel from five to eleven faced sharp debate. Opponents warned of losses to border-area dealers and diesel fleets while supporters argued tax proceeds fund highway improvements and should meet revenue needs, amid data-heavy testimony from Griffith and Lindeman.
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Charleston
Marland
House of Delegates
House
West Virginia
Border
H. Keith Griffith
Road Commission
A.G. Mathews
Grantsville
West Virginia Farm Bureau
Gov. Marland
Francis C. Farley
The
West Virginia Petroleum Assn
Ohio
Ohio River
Farley
Daniel B. Douglass
Parkersburg
Douglass
Emmett J Bush
West Virginia Motor Truck Assn
W. H. Hanks
Service, Inc
Griffith
B. H. Lindeman
Washington
Thhe
Legislature Today Senate and House Meet at 2 P.M.
The Senate considers one minor bill at passage stage while the House votes on about six bills. A measure tightens licensing requirements for chiropractors.
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Senate
House
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