Western Leaders See Russia Under Hard Dictator
Western diplomats see Khrushchev as pulling Kremlin strings after Malenkov’s resignation signals a shift in power. Bulganin becomes premier while Khrushchev heads a strengthened communist leadership, affecting Western plans on NATO, German rearmament, and East West talks amid a Soviet heavy industry push.
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Russia
London
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgi Malenkov
Stalin
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Communist Party
Nikolai Bulganin
Malenkov
Churchill
Eisenhower
Mario Sceloa
Rome
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
V. M. Molotov
Munich
Radio Free Europe
Europe
Moscow
West Germany
NATO
West
Germany
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Supreme Soviet
Marshal Bulganin
Bulganin The Kremlin’s Military Politburo Chief
Marshal Nikolai Bulganin emerges as Stalin and his heirs trusted to run the vast Soviet war machine. Born 1895 at Nizhni Novgorod he rose from Bolshevik to defense minister and prominent Kremlin spokesman while balancing army discipline with veteran officer interests.
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Nikolai Bulganin
Stalin
van Dyke
Margshal
Bulganin
Communist Party
Kremlin
Nizhni Novgorod
Gorky
Volga River
Russia
Bulgaria
Bolsheviks
GPU
MVD
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Cheka
Young Bulganin
Georgi Malenkov
L. P. Beria
Red Square
Senate considers Pike extension to West Virginia border
Harrisburg report notes a bipartisan measure seeks to extend the Pennsylvania Turnpike to the West Virginia border. The bill aims to expand toll road access and improve interstate travel connections.
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Harrisburg
West Virginia
Senate
WV extended forecast shows near normal temps with mixed precipitation
The West Virginia forecast calls for temperatures near or slightly below normal for five days with warmer conditions Wednesday and a cold spell Friday through Sunday. Rain or snow is expected Wednesday night and again late Friday or Saturday, with total precipitation around one third of an inch. Readings in Beckley and Oak Hill show highs near 82 and 34 respectively, while river levels remain muddy and above normal in several locations including Bluestone Reservoir.
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W. VA
West Virginia
Beckley
Css
Djatieede
Togby Ss
Uvates
Oak Hill
Cscsesseers
Eisenhower proposes seven billion emergency school program
President Eisenhower seeks a seven billion dollar emergency school construction plan over three years with one hundred eleven million to fund bonds, nine hundred million in loans, two hundred million in grants, and five million for first year planning. Meanwhile on Formosa evacuees from North Tachen Island completed evacuation under U.S. protection as Navy and air forces guard the operation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Taipei
Formosa
U. S
Alfred M. Pride
7Th Fleet
North Tachen Island
South Tachen Island
Jim Becker
Estes
Yikiangshan
Tachens
U.S
Trial opens in Fayette over $154000 suit
In Fayette County Circuit Court the Bank of Mount Hope sues Beckley Savings and Loan Co. for 154000 including 70000 damages and 84000 cross bills. Defendants include Dr A A Tieche and W D Lawton. Judges Garvin and Knapp preside as arguments unfold and motions to jury trial are debated. A 1917.05 discovery check from White Oak Motor Sales is noted.
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Fayetteville
Bank of Mount Hope
Beckley Savings and Loan Co
Fayette County
A. A. Tieche
W. D. Lawton
Virginia Jasper Lawton
Barbara J. Lawton
Carroll Hutchison
W G. Thompson
Lawtons
Charles E. Mahan
Robert J. Ashworth
Eugene Larrick
Ashworth
Hutchison
Larrick
Floyd Sayre
Beckley Industrial Savings and Loan Co
White Oak Motor Sales
Scarbro
Lawton-Jasper Motors
Oak Hill
Sayre
Circuit
Heavy cruisers and destroyers join Seventh Fleet in Formosan waters
The heavy cruisers Los Angeles Baltimore and Rochester sail today with eight destroyers to join the 7th Fleet in Formosan waters. They are manned by 6,500 men.
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Los Angeles
Baltimore
Rochester
7Th Fleet
Soviet backs China in Formosa move on Moscow radio
London report says a Moscow radio broadcast voiced full support for the Chinese Communist drive to occupy Formosa. The Soviet Information Bureau quoted as saying the Soviet Union fully supports the PRC in its struggle for reunification of its territory.
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London
Moscow Radio
Formosa
Soviet Union
Soviet Information Bureau
Soviet radio airs call to end U.S. Taiwan aid
A Moscow broadcast urged withdrawal of American troops from Taiwan Formosa and the Penghu Islands, and a stop to U.S. aid to the Chiang Kai-shek regime. The message followed Soviet leader speeches aired by Moscow radio.
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Nese People's Republic
Taiwan
Formosa
Penghu
Pescadores
Taiwan Straits
Moscow Radio
Molotov Says U S Has Hydrogen Bomb Lead Over USSR
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov warned of hydrogen bombs and said the United States could seem weaker by comparison. He spoke to the Soviet Parliament denouncing U.S. actions in China and the Paris pacts, while urging a peaceful use of atomic energy and proposing a joint military command with eight Moscow conference participants. Voroshilov and Liu Hsiao reaffirmed full unity of views on international questions.
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Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
The
Communist Party
Moscow
Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
Bulgaria
Molotov
Klementy Voroshilov
United States
Nnew
Gram
Marshal Bulganin
Supreme Soviet
Britain
Sir Winston Churchill
Stalin
China
United Nations
U.N
Formosa
Klementi Voroshilov
Red China
Russia
Liu Hsiao
Marland Examines State Income Levy to Open Revenue Sources
Governor Marland urged WV legislators to consider six revenue options in a joint assembly address. He proposed a 3 percent state income levy on federal taxes to help fund an eight million dollar teachers pay raise backed by the West Virginia Education Association. He framed items as suggestions, not firm recommendations, with five other ideas including increases within the existing gross sales tax structure totaling about eleven million dollars.
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Charleston
Marland
West Virginia Education Assn
Senate
House Education Com
Axle Mile Track Tax Proposed
Charleston reports Gov. Marland backs a highway revenue plan to raise 21.5 million dollars annually via an axle mile tax on trucks, plus higher gasoline diesel taxes and driver license fees. The bill, identical in House and Senate, would require a 2 dollar highway use permit for commercial vehicles over 16,000 pounds and impose per mile charges from ½ to 2 cents based on axle count and use of tractor combinations.
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Charleston
West Virginia
House
Flannery
Senate
Bean
Legislature Today: House and Senate Proceedings at 2 p.m.
The Legislature Today notes both chambers meet at 2 p.m. Governor Marland will address a joint session after convening. Senate and Road Commission reorganization bills are at amendment stage. House votes on 17 bills including injunctions in labor cases. A referendum on repealing the constitutional ban on public liquor sales is at amendment stage.
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Marland
Senate — Road Commission
House
Willis Branch Man Found Dead in Auto
Theody of Jesse Settle, 40, Willis Branch, was found in his parked car between Glen Jean and Scarbro at 10 a.m. a woman notified Fayette sheriff's office. Deputy Frank Gautier said Settle died apparently of natural causes. A doctor, Dr. J. B. Thompson, will examine the body this afternoon with possible inquest, as the Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill holds the body pending funeral plans.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Jesse Settle
Willis Branch
Glen Jean
Scarbro
Fayette
Frank Gautier
Settle
Howard W. Carson
J. B. Thompson
Plane lands on playground near Huntington
Army warrant officer Wilbur Isenberg and two soldiers were forced to emergency land a four place Stinson on a baseball diamond at a Huntington playground after engine trouble. The plane and crew were uninjured and attached to Fort Riley Kansas.
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Huntington
Fort Riley
Kan
Washington, D.C
Wilbur Isenberg
Arthur J. Davis
Pfc
John McGrail
Stinson
93Rd Helicoper Co
Hatfield Murder Trial in Pineville Captivates Hills Readers
In a mountain history chapter, the Hatfield trial unfolds in Pineville with Hatfield living in Willis Branch and Raleigh involvement. Attorneys Williams of Beckley and prominent lawyers from Mercer and Summers counties appear as the case links Wyoming County shooting to a broader feud saga. The tale ties to the DevIl Anse Hatfield legend and echoes the Sheppard murder trial in Cleveland.
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Hills
Sheppard
Cleveland
Thornhill
William Hatfield
Anse’ Hatfield
Pineville
Fayette
Hatfield
Willis Branch
Raleigh
George Williams
Beckley
Wyoming County
Mercer County
Summers County
Ben Keller
Dorothy Hesse
Raleigh Register
Truth Dollars Fight Communism Public service ad appeal
A public service notice urges readers to support Truth Dollars to aid Radio Free Europe broadcasts. It describes exposing Communist lies and aiding 70 million captive people in Eastern Europe. The appeal asks contributions via Crusade for Freedom and local postmasters, in cooperation with The Advertising Council.
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Red
Radio Free Europe
Crusade For Freedom
The
Advertising Council
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Virginia Weather
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Keelung
Red Chita
U.S. 7Th Fleet
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Lower Tachen
Nationalist Central
Hong Kong
Quemoy
Peiping Radio
Official
Peoples Daily
Adm
Helena
Tachen
Nanchishan
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Charles L. Garvin Jr
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Seventh Fleet
America
Board of Public Works
Associated Press
Tyree
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