More Jobs, High Living Standards Linked to Levies
U S Treasury Undersecretary Humphrey told Congress the core aim of 6 1 4 billion dollars in tax cuts this year is to create more and better jobs and higher standards of living. He defended the Eisenhower plan as aiding a transition to cheaper military preparedness without derailing growth.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Congress
Senate
House Economic Committee
Eisenhower
Young Mayor Glen Daniel Sets Lester Improvement Plan
Lester's 25 year old mayor Glen P. Daniel, serving his third town council meeting tonight, outlines long range aims for Lester. He honors past moves including a second hand fire truck purchase funded by subscriptions, credited with helping protect Lester Negro Elementary School, and plans reorganization of the sanitary commission and water commissioner selection with citizen cooperation. Daniel, a teacher of math science and physical education, is married to Betty Riffe and has two daughters. He resumed office after residence completion on Jan 1 following a college absence.
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Raleigh County
Lester
Glen P. Daniel
Daniel
Oscar Wingate
Marshall College
Beckley, Concord
Marshall Colleges
West Virginia University
Mount View Junior High
Acord
Shiloh
Lester Junior High School
Betty Riffe
Susanne
Mary
Sidney P. Daniel
Surveyor
Trap Hill High School
Lester Negro
Sanitary Commission
Jaycees Demand Council Hearing on Fluoridation Plan
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce urged Beckley City Council to hold a public hearing on the proposed fluoridation of the city water supply. Jaycee leader Sam Carman reported his request for a meeting was tabled at El Chico after a council vote. A PSC secretary urged the issue be addressed by the City Council, while congressional action on a related bill looms.
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Beckley
Carman
Jaycees
M. F. Wright Jr
Public Service Commission
Tom Collins Chosen By Order of Police
Capt. M. E. Tyree retired president of the Fraternal Order of Police installed new officers at last night’s meeting. New officers are Thomas Collins Beckley patrolman president Capt. C. H. Shirey Hinton City Police vice president Ted Starr Beckley patrolman secretary Tom Twaddle Mount Hope chief of police trustee Wetzel Brammer Shady Spring District constable conductor.
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M. E. Tyree
Fraternal Order of Police
Thomas Collins
Beckley
C. H. Shirey
Hinton
Ted Starr
Tom Twaddle
Mount Hope
Wetzel Brammer
Shady Spring
Weather Outlook Fair and Mild With Colder Weekend
Fair and mild Wednesday with temperatures in West Virginia about 4 to 8 degrees above normal through Sunday. Little change until colder Friday or Saturday. Rain likely Friday or Saturday totaling around one tenth to three tenths inch. Low temperatures mostly around freezing with a potential 30s tonight and a low near 11 last night in spots. River levels at Bluestone Reservoir and Greenbrier near normal. Bellepoint readings noted.
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West Virginia
Dulles Warns Molotov on Soviet One Man Rule Threat
Secretary of State Dulles attacked Molotov at the foreign ministers conference, saying the Soviet bloc one man rule is the real danger to world peace. He rebutted Molotov’s charge that Western powers push war over a unified Germany, arguing Molotov admitted past errors and warning of the vast military establishment under Moscow. Dulles cited East Germany’s coercive control, 18 million under Communist rule, 250000 armed in the East versus one police per 330 in the West, to illustrate unequal order.
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Berlin
Dulles
Molotov
Germany
Poland
Moscow
Hitler
Russia
West Germany
Beckley Charter Election Set With County Primary
Beckley plans a special city charter election to decide a charter change in tandem with the Aug 3 Raleigh County primary. Mayor Elmer Davis and former city attorney Ben Tissue asked the Raleigh County Court today to proceed. The city will pay printing for ballots across 17 precincts and use the same election officials as the county. Tissue continues as special attorney on charter matters. The court will also send a letter to the Public Service Commission urging taxi permits from Memorial Airport if approved, with a $10 per month per vehicle rent. White Star and Yellow Cab seek PSC permits. A sheriff and assessor office equipment purchase decision was delayed and bids will be opened for 1954 tax tickets.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Elmer Davis
Ben Tissue
Raleigh County Court
Tissue
Public Service Commission
Memorial Airport
PSC
White Star
Yellow Cab
18 Comic Books Listed As Unfit for Juveniles
Wheeling council to act tonight on a list of 18 comic books deemed unfit for juveniles by the Wheeling censorship board. If the council does not rescind, a dealer selling any listed publication faces arrest. Titles include High School Romances Pictorial Romances Romantic Love Strange Mysteries Two-Fisted Tales Weird Mysteries and Black Magic.
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Wheeling
Wheeling Comic Book and Magazine Censorship Board
Break-In Investigated at Frank Gans Residence
City police investigate a break-in at the Frank Gans residence at 200 First Ave. Reported today by a caregiver staying at the home while Mr and Mrs Gans are away. No items confirmed missing at this time.
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Frank Gans
First Ave
Gans
Cup of Coffee Cost $200
Tulsa police report J A Montague prepared a bank deposit slip counted $200 then left for a cup of coffee. On returning the money had vanished from his desk.
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Tulsa
Okla
J. A. Montague
Stock Market Quietly Dips as P Stocks Edge Lower
New York traders saw overall lower prices in a quiet session as most P stocks fell, with a few small gainers sprinkled through the list.
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New York
Eccles Company Store Robbed in Break-In Detail
State Police report a break in at the Eccles company store owned by Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. A glass pane was broken to gain entry and a varied loot including canned goods meat apparel an electric drill and a flashlight was stolen.
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Eccles Company
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Beckley Chamber names committee chairmen for key departments
The Beckley Area Chamber of Commerce announces chairmen for its Community State and National Affairs Department led by George Warren Hodel. Appointed chairs include Dr Julian Lewin in professional affairs Paul B Barwood in civic matters and T R Wilson Jr in legislative duties.
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Beckley Area
Official Declares Telephone Income Short of Estimate
In Charleston a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co official testified the last two months of 1953 earned about 7000 dollars below earlier projections. Bruce Keifer, PSC accounting supervisor, said 1954 plant investment rose by two million dollars since December. Protests came from Huntington and Charleston officials, with Stempie and Tempos among others present.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Potomac Télephone Co
Bruce Keifer
Public Service Commission
C. and P
West Virginia
Keifer
PSC
Huntington
West Virginia Farm Bureau
Dayton R. Stempie
Philippi
Weirton
William Tempos
W. H. Johnson
Homer Hanna Jr
Wills of Sanders Ballard Probated in Raleigh County
Wives of two Raleigh County men win real estate under wills filed for probate in the county clerk's office. Mrs. Thelma B. Sanders Beckley receives all property of her late husband attorney C. C. Sanders and qualified as executrix with a $2,500 bond. Appraisers French Lucas Berkley C. Lilly and Harry Moran, aided by county accounts commissioner F. M. Sayre, handle settlement. Mrs. Lottie Light Ballard receives all her husband C. C. Ballard's real estate while heirs George Ballard and son-in-law Fenmore Dunn gain personal effects and office equipment respectively. John Fred Byser named executor could not serve. J. B. Hatcher appointed with a $7,500 bond, appraisers T. F. Garrett H. A. Sloan and R. F. Kessler, with Sayre handling settlement. Wills dated 1950 and 1951.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh
Thelma B. Sanders
Beckley
C. C. Sanders
French Lucas
Berkley C. Lilly
Harry Moran
F. M. Sayre
Lottie Light Ballard
C. C. Ballard
Raleigh County Board of Education
George Ballard
Fenmore Dunn
John Fred Byser
J. B. Hatcher
American Surety Co
New York
T. F. Garrett
H. A. Sloan
R. F. Kessler
Sayre
Sanders
Ballard
Sour Note for Crooner Haymes
New York deputies waited outside singer Dick Haymes and wife Rita Hayworth's Madison Avenue hotel suite as a civil arrest order, stemming from ex-wife Joanne Dru's claim of concealed assets and unpaid debts. Lawyers and reporters observed the ongoing scene as the case moves toward a potential California court order and financial disputes involving earnings and asset disclosures.
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New York
Dick Haymes
Rita Hayworth
Haymes
Joanne Dru
Miss Dru
Madison
Supreme Court
James McNally
California
Europe Battles Deep Freeze as Warming Rooms Open
The severe winter across Europe from the Urals to the Mediterranean caused widespread misery among the homeless, halted trains, iced rivers, and power failures. Cities opened warming rooms in Frankfurt and Paris while snowbound towns faced frozen pipes and outages. Death toll tops 45 with Morocco and parts of North Africa seeing rare snowfall.
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London
Europe
Urals
Mediterranean
North Africa
Morocco
Meknes
Algiers
Trieste
Frankfurt
Germany
Paris
Rhine
North Sea
Switzerland
Lorelei
McCarthy proposes court martial over promoted officer
Senator McCarthy urged a court martial for an Army major who refused to answer questions about communism and was promoted. He asked for an Army inquiry to name officers who knew of the major’s Communist activities and for an investigation into orders canceling his Japan deployment after his wife and daughter reportedly visited a psychiatrist.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Robert T. Stevens
New York
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Senate Investigations
MacCarthy
Communist Party
Army
Japan
Probe of Coffee Weight Shortage Reaches Final Stage
State Labor Commissioner Charles Sattler said inspectors completed a shipment check of 1,200 cases of Martha White Coffee at Tug River Grocery in Williamson. Early findings indicate most cans are between three quarters and one ounce under the listed one pound. Final report pending after talks with Martha White officials.
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Charleston
Charles Sattler
Williamson
Sattler
Tug River Grocery Co
Martha White Coffee
Martha White Coffee Co., Inc
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Tank Runs Amok on Lakewood Boulevard in Los Angeles
A 27 ton Army tank went out of control on Lakewood Boulevard crashing into a parking lot and five cars, snapping a power pole and signs, then flattening a mailbox and hitting a house trailer. No injuries but Altadena resident W O Robert B Duke, 25, was shaken. He said the tank swerved to miss another car.
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Los Angeles
Lakewood Boulevard
W. O
Robert B. Duke
Altadena
Sheriff's Deputies
Manko to Meet Attorney General in Charleston
Logan County inspector Joe Manko said he planned to meet Attorney General John G. Fox in Charleston Thursday regarding an investigation into alleged padding of Mines Department expense accounts. He offered full support in writing last Friday after being dismissed January 31.
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Charleston
Joe Manko
State Mines Department
Logan County
Atty
John G. Fox
Manko
Fox
Mines Department
Rail rate hike approved for West Virginia intrastate coal
The Public Service Commission authorized a 6 percent increase in intrastate coal and coke shipment rates in West Virginia effective today. The move will raise annual rail revenue by about 92000 dollars and excludes the Kanawha district. Carriers affected include Baltimore and Ohio New York Central Chesapeake and Ohio Norfolk and Western Pennsylvania Virginian and Western Maryland.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Kanawha District
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania
Virginian
Maryland
Court Dismisses Stop Work Order On U S 60 Center Island
West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously dissolves a Cabell County injunction blocking center island construction on U S 60. The ruling upholds Road Commission authority to build and maintain state roads, barring arbitrary or fraudulent action by officials.
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Charleston
Center Island
U. S. 60
Cabell County
State Supreme Court
Paul Brady
L. L. Smith
J. N. Wallace
Road Commission
Brady
Supreme Court
Smith
Sad Sack Shyer Opens Coffee Sale at Jewelry Store
Nashville column reports Harold L. Shyer offered 90 cent coffee at 49 cents a pound to lure customers into his jewelry shop. Many bought coffee totaling 1,600 pounds, creating a net loss of $656. none purchased jewelry.
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Nashville, Tenn
Harold L. Shyer
Shyer
City Directory Canvass To Begin Mid-March
R L Polk and Co preparing the 1954 city directory informs Beckley Area Chamber of Commerce it will need until February 15 to complete its advertising quota. The residential canvass is planned for March 15 to April 1 with a local office to hire canvassers.
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R. L. Polk & Co
Beckley Area
Mascot Attacks Yanks With 83rd Division Korea
Four thirty eight American soldiers received antirabies treatment after a mascot dog went berserk and attacked them on Sunday. The dog was killed and an autopsy disclosed rabies.
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Korea
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