U S Defense Chief Sees Possible Viet Nam Victory
Secretary of Defense Wilson said a military outcome in Indochina might be possible and probable, signaling confidence in the war’s progress. He opposed higher aid levels and ruled out using atomic weapons, while noting Red China's entry could alter the scenario. In Luang Prabang, Vietminh forces closed to within eight miles of the royal capital, signaling likely combat despite prior withdrawals.
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Washington
Wilson
Ua Wae
Indochina
Red China
Saigon
Luang Prabang
Vietminh
Mekong River
Laos
Sisavang Vong
Clark Murder Reward Increased to $15,000
Charleston Daily Mail raises the reward for information leading to the killer of Juliet Staunton Clark to 15000. The newspaper owner was bludgeoned to death at her Loudon Heights home on August 21 as authorities pursue tips with little progress. No valuables were missing and a grandson slept nearby.
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Charleston
Charleston Daily Mail
Juliet Staunton Clark
Clark
Loudon Heights
Fred M. Staunton
Charleston Mail Assn
Armed Men Rob Wayne Innkeeper of $800 Cash
Wayne West Virginia three men armed with pistols robbed Laurel Inn owner I V Perry of about 800 dollars in cash just before midnight. Perry was alone in the restaurant when the robbers entered. State Police trooper R D Trumbo said no identifications were found and no one was masked. Corp Russell J Hogg investigated at the scene.
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Wayne
W. Va
I. V. Perry
Laurel Inn
Here
R. D. Trumbo
Perry
Corp
Russell J. Hogg
Wayne State Police
Vincinia Weather Report Sees Cloudiness and Snow Likely
The forecast calls for cloudiness tonight with a low around 16 to 24, Wednesday mainly cloudy with light snow possible in the north at night, and little temperature change. Through Sunday West Virginia temperatures average slightly below normal, with cold spells through Friday and a milder weekend. light snow in the north Wednesday and mixed precip late week totaling about a quarter inch, plus normal river stages at Bluestone and Greenbrier reservoirs.
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West Virginia
Gleason Star In Real Life Triangle At Hospital
New York Daily Mirror reports TV comedian Jackie Gleason involved in a real life triangle with wife Genevieve and dancer Marilyn Taylor at Doctors Hospital where he was recovering from a broken leg. Spat led to talk of divorce, later cooled as Gleason cited religious reasons. he has separated from his wife for about 18 months and their two daughters live with Genevieve.
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New York
Jackie Gleason
New York Daily Mirror
Gleason
Doctors Hospital
Jackie
Marilyn Taylor
The
Mirror
Genevieve
the Mirror
Mrs. Gleason
Marilyn
Gleasons
Geraldine
Linda
Pal
Park Sheraton Hotel
Hat Heist Turns Into Covered Theft Standoff
A Buffalo man, David Taylor, chased his hat blown from him by a Lake Erie gust and found three guards with drawn pistols guarding an armored car in front of a bank. The guards warned him to back off and quipped about having the hat well covered.
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Buffalo
N. Y.P
Lake Erie
David Taylor
Taylor
Man Charged For Carrying Pistol While Studying FBI Tactics
Houston man Ledell Hampton, 34, arrested December 30 with a tin special police badge and a pistol in his pocket was fined $125 for carrying the weapon. He told prosecutors he was taking a correspondence course to become an FBI agent and arrived at County Court armed with books on how to make arrests.
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Houston
Ledell Hampton
Special Police
Hampton
FBI
Western Big Four at Berlin Era Ends in Stark Talks
Western officials say Molotov rejected a five power forum with Communist China and pressed for a big power conference and disarmament talks outside the United Nations. Dulles Eden and Bidault refused the plan, as German reunification dominated the four party talks with little progress expected before the Austrian independence treaty is addressed. The secret session offered no clear break in the deadlock over Panmunjom and Indochina peace prospects.
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V. M. Molotov
China
Germany
Molotov
Eee Kanes Molotov
United Nations
Dulles
Britain
Anthony Eden
France
Georges Bidault
United States
Red China
Panmunjom
Bidault
Indochina
Congress Highlights Faces Off In Capitol Rumble
Washington report notes House Republicans and Democrats warming for the November election. Senate clash over a postal contract in New York City and a coffee price spike fuels debate. A meat of CCC price support costs and farm subsidies stands in both chambers as AFL CIO opposes farmwork recruitment proposals for Mexicans.
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Capitol
House
Rayburn
Texas
White House
Sherman Adams
Humphrey
D - Minn
Dirksen
R-N
Ility
New York City
New York Coffee Exchange
Banking
Senate
Sen. Aiken
RVT
Agriculture Committee
CCC
Commodity Credit Corp
AFL
CIO
House Agriculture Committee
Mexico
State Says Health Of Young Witness Factor In Case
Prosecuting Attorney Anthony J. Sparacino said the indecent exposure charge against Earl Hurt was dropped from the Criminal Court docket because a 16 year old prosecuting witness refused to testify The girl became hysterical at the prospect of appearing in court Sparacino noted the case caused shock and embarrassment but that trial health of a youthful witness matters He said the case may be remanded to Beckley Police Court despite objections from arresting officers Sgt Oscar Bowers and Sgt Ross Cottle who claimed they were not told to testify The state stated Bowers was not advised as a material witness and the written investigation report would show if he was.
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Seoul
South Korea
ROK
Pyun Yung Tai
Pyun
U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
Inchon
Asturias
Muzaffari
Anthony J. Sparacino
Earl Hurt
Sparacino
Oscar Bowers
Hart
Bowers
Ross Cottle
Cranberry Youth Held On Weapons Charge
A 14-year-old Cranberry youth is held in Raleigh County Jail after being arrested for brandishing a homemade throwing knife at school. State Police say he threatened his girlfriend and other students as classes opened. He faces a Saturday hearing before Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery.
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Raleigh
Harry L. Me
Rites for Editor Herman Gieske Set Wednesday
Funeral services for 62 year old Herman Everett Gieske editor of the Parkersburg News will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at Klingel Carpenter Mortuary with burial in Woodmere Cemetery. A Kenova native whose career spanned many papers in several cities he later served as editor of the Wheeling News Register and Wheeling Intelligencer before returning to the Parkersburg News. He wrote a North Pole expedition report aboard a submarine and a 11 hour Akron airship flight, and authored the novel Utopia Inc. He was a Republican and served as secretary to Senator Henry D Hatfield. He died after a period of coma in Huntington.
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Huntington
Herman Everett Gieske
North Pole
Gieske
Parkersburg
Klingel- Carpenter
Woodmere
Kenova
Marietta College
University of Pennsylvania
Advertiser
Herald-Dispatch
New Orleans Item
Philadelphia Bulletin
New York American
New York World-Telegram
Pittsburgh Sun
Charleston Gazette
Ogden
Parkersburg News
Murderer Hunt for Bodenheim Slaying Heats Up
Old friend Ben Hecht offered to pay funeral expenses for Maxwell Bodenheim the slain poet novelist of the 1920s. His first wife Minna arranged burial in Cedar Park Cemetery New Jersey. Police pursue the killer Harold Weinbers as cities from New York to Miami are asked to watch for him.
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New York
Maxwell Bodenheim
Ben Hecht
Bodenheim
Minna
Cedar Park Cemetery
Oradell
Bodenhuim
Ruth Fagan
Miami
Fla
Harold Weinbers
State Court Affirms Vehicle Code Ruling
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a Harrison County ruling on axle load limits in a three-axle truck case. Judge Chauncey Browning ruled that the statute limits the restriction to the two rear axles, rejecting the defendant’s broader interpretation as absurd given shared wheel-base concepts.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Harrison County
West Virginia
Paul R. Chittester
Chittester
Criminal Court
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Chauncey Browning
City Council Set to Decide On Water Fluoridation Tonight
Mayor Elmer Davis expects a Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce delegation to urge reconsideration of a written request for a public meeting on fluoridating the water. The session opens with a prayer by Rev. L. D. Roe of The Methodist Temple.
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Elmer Davis
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
L. D. Roe
Methodist Temple
Governor's March of Dimes Banquet Flight Plans Set
Raleigh Wyoming counties committee outlines travel by plane for entertainer Fran Warren to Charleston and Beckley for the Governor's March of Dimes banquet on February 27. Capital Airlines to transport Warren from New York to Charleston. Piedmont Airlines asked to fly the governor and Warren to Memorial Airport. Tickets selling well with notable reservations including ex Gov Patteson and Gov Marland. Dagmar efforts failed.
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Charleston
Marland
Beckley
Raleigh- Wyoming
C. C.odessa
Capital Airlines
Fran Warren
New York
Warren
Abbot and Costello
Lewis
Piedmont Airlines
Miss Warren
Memorial Airport
State Capitol
Patteson
Joe Burdette
State Board of Control
Rogsalind Funk
Judge Denies Probation In WV Armed Robbery Case
Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery upheld a strict stance denying probation to Virgil Alton Thompson 21 of Princewick who pleaded guilty as an accessory before the fact in an armed robbery at Kaye Service Station Mac Arthur. Thompson faces 10 years at the state penitentiary. Thompson’s partners Philip Sheridan Smith alias Mack Philip Sheridan and Paul Eugene Parker were each sentenced to 10 years. Thompson cited injuries from mining accidents and being a family man as context for his plea. Samuel Stone Mullens pleaded guilty to possession of numbers slips and received 12 months Raleigh County Jail plus a $200 fine and costs. Beckley and Spencer received jail terms and probation motions were taken under advisement. George Hill Beckley District related case, and additional probation motions were noted as taken under advisement.
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Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
George L. Ballard
Virgil Alton Thompson
Princewick
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Ballard
Thompson
Kaye
MacArthur
Philip Sheridan Smith
Mack Philip Sheridan
Paul Eugene Parker
Samuel Stone
Mullens
Raleigh
Ray Toler
Alexander Spencer
Beckley
Kermit Locke
Unnamed Woman Held In Tavern Shooting
State Police question a 19 year old suspect after a Naoma tavern shooting at Jack's Place. Operator Jack Kyle in fair condition at Raleigh Hospital with gunshot wound to the abdomen. Kyle admitted 245 AM and underwent surgery later today.
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Naoma
Raleigh
Whitesville
Jack Kyle
Jack
Kyle
Alcoholics Anonymous Beckley Branch to Hold Special Meeting
A Beckley branch AA will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Memorial Building with speaker Albert K. of Charleston. Tomorrow night’s program is for members only.
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Beckley Branch of
Alcoholics Anonymous
P.m
Memorial Building
Albert K
Charleston
Widow To Gain Under Court Ruling In Coal Miner Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that Fayette County coal miner Agnes Webb’s widow should receive the higher compensation set by law at the time of his death rather than at his disability. The 3-2 decision returned the matter to the compensation commissioner to award $50 monthly, up from $30.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Fayette County
Agnes Louise Webb
Workmen's Compensation Commission Appeal Board
Webb
Frank C. Haymond
Chauncey Browning
Appeal Board
Workmen’s Compensation Fund
Commission
Police Chief Plans Dinner After Clean Traffic Record
Beckley Police Chief Evan Hall announced that his department will hold a dinner at 5 30 p m Wednesday in the Moose Club ballroom to honor the department for a death free traffic record in 1953. The announcement follows his pledge that a clean year would be celebrated with a departmental gathering.
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Beckley
Evan Hall
Moose Club
Beckleyans to Attend Interview in Capital
Mrs. C. C. Lewis of Daniels, permanent secretary of the governor's special committee on state finances, will attend Saturday's meeting in the State Capitol. She and other officers, including Joe L. Smith Jr. of Beckley, permanent treasurer, will interview invited experts. The committee plans a study of the state's taxation system and may employ a taxation specialist from a university to conduct the study.
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C. C. "Lewis
Daniels
State Capitol
Joe L. Smith Jr
Beckley
March of Dimes Total Raised by Beckley Firms
Otis Lyons, chairman of the Raleigh County polio drive, reports the March of Dimes total rose to $1,048.12 with test tubes contributing $656.72. Boxes remain to be collected from Beckley counters as several firms and their employees turned in 100 percenter scrolls.
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Raleigh County
Otis Lyons
Beckley
Crusade for Freedom promotes Radio Free Europe truth dollars
An ad proclaims Radio Free Europe as the voice of Freedom exposing Red bosses and crimes. It urges readers to send Truth-Dollars to Crusade for Freedom via the local postmaster, noting cooperation with The Advertising Council as a public service.
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Sevier
Radio Free Europe
Voice of Freedom
Crusade For Freedom
The
Advertising Council
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