Records Show Few Fired as Disloyal Persons
Washington Treasury data to Congress shows 130 security dismissals in 1953 with four deemed disloyal under old Truman standards. Elbert Tuttle cited new rules that allow dismissals for disability or frailty and warned against lumping all security risks together, noting six Customs dismissals tied to Communist contact.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
House
Tuttle
Treasury Department Security
Rep
Gary
D-Va
United States
Neely undecided on future plans amid GOP feud in WV
Senator Matthew Mansfield Neely declines renomination plans and stays neutral in the Walter Hallanan Rush Holt feud within West Virginia Republicans. He has not decided on vote age 18 questions, stating he will follow majority sentiment if clear. He plans a forthcoming statement on renomination and notes Irvin Maddy’s candidacy in the Fifth District against Elizabeth Kee.
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U. S. Senate
Walter Hallanan
Rush Holt
Republican Party
West Virginia
Congress
Register
Hallanan-Holt
Job
Neely
Irvin Maddy
Hinton
House of Representatives
Elizabeth Kee
West Virginia Proclaims March 4 as President's Day
Gov. Mar land announces a March 4 President's Day in West Virginia urging prayer in places of worship homes and public gatherings for divine guidance of the chief executive and for the continuance of freedoms under the U S Constitution.
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Charleston
Marland
West Virginia
United States of America
Weather Report For Beckley And Surrounding Areas
Forecast calls for cloudy mild conditions with scattered showers and a thunder storm risk, then cooler tonight. Temperatures range from low to mid 60s in Beckley area with highs yesterday near mid 60s and mornings around the low 40s. Glade Creek and nearby rivers monitored with normal stage levels and clear conditions at Bluestone Reservoir and Greenbrier.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Oxen Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Bluestone Reservoir
Greenbrier
Amount of Dairy Loot Kept Secret
Blossom Dairy Co officials declined to disclose the stolen amount after their safe was forced open around 1 20 a m Sunday. Police traced the break in to the early hours, noting the building was well lighted and that the robbers used a chisel or hammer after a torch failed.
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Blossom Dairy Co
Beckley City
Driver Charged After License Revoked For Road Incident
Howard Coleman of Harper Road was arrested early today on a charge of driving after his operator's license had been revoked. Clifford Thomas of East Beckley has been ordered into Beckley Police Court tonight to answer to a speeding charge.
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Coleman
Harper Road
Clifford Thomas
East Beckley
Beckley
Defenders Defeat Advance Unit of Indochina Rebels
Berlin reports indicate American officials see Russia's firm stance in Europe as requiring prolonged large U S military forces on the continent. The Western powers press Molotov on Korea and Indochina while Luang Prabang defenses repel Vietminh attacks with French reinforcements and air power.
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Europe
United States
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U. S
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France
Saigon
Luang Prabang
Mekong River
Luang River
Bac River
Nga River
Muong Sai
Malenkov
Washington
Reduction Of Support Prices Set
Secretary of Agriculture Benson announced a government cut in butter support to about 66 cents a pound, effective April 1, with equivalent reductions in cheese and dried skim milk. Dairy price supports for the new marketing year will be 75 percent of parity, the minimum by law, down from 90 percent. Parity measures farm prices. The cut could lower retail butter prices, while surplus dairy stock exceeds 350 million dollars. Dairymen seek lower supports to boost demand.
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Washington
Benson
Video Bingo Jammed Milwaukee Police Phone Lines
Milwaukee police reported they could not make or receive calls from their downtown Safety Building between midnight and 1 a.m. as residents jammed lines during a local television bingo game. WCAN-TV data showed 100000 to 150000 players late Saturday night. the teleco noted many callers held the line despite busy signals. Dist Atty McCauley said the game is legal in Wisconsin and regretted the disruption but doubted he could act.
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Milwaukee
Kal Ross
Wcan-Tv
Dist
William McCauley
Wisconsin
Townsend Ends 24 Year UMW Affiliation
Charleston lawyer Townsend, longtime joint senior counsel for Southern West Virginia for the United Mine Workers, ends his 24 year union representation to pursue private practice and manage personal business. His father, Tom C Townsend, founded the local Townsend law firm and was UMW senior counsel for 30 years before dying in 1949.
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Charleston
Hillis Townsend
United Mine Workers
Townsend
Southern West Virginia
Mose E. Boiarsky
Tom C. Townsend
Teamsters Blast Humphrey in Midwinter Meeting
In Miami Beach the AFL Teamsters Union opened its midwinter Executive Board meeting with President Dave Beck warning of hard times and critiquing Secretary Humphrey's money policies. Beck links unemployment to the hard money approach, while the board weighs accepting or rejecting a proposed no raiding pact amid AFL-CIO tensions headed by Meany who left Miami Beach.
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Fla
AFL Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Beck
Teamsters Union
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Humphrey
International Executive Board
Afl-Cio
AFL
George Meany
Miami
Beach
Teamsters Board
Meany
More Agents More Cash Tax Plan Aims at 1955 Target
Washington revenue chief T Coleman Andrews unveils a plan to cut the 1955 tax return burden by requiring no filings for withholding only taxpayers and to double revenue agents by adding 1,000 annually. The plan seeks to tax under a single payroll withholdings report and billing system, saving paperwork though raising social security costs. He targets 1955 as the date to implement this shift, expects 1,500 new agents by mid 1955 without new funding, and warns of rising improper claims and refunds amid high error rates in returns across income brackets.
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Washington
T. Coleman Andrews
Andrews
House Appropriations
Tax Service
Social Security Administration
Woman Missing From Terry Home Delores French Cecil
Delores Elaine French Cecil, 22, remains missing from her Terry residence after her husband William Cecil told Sheriff John Ward he last saw her at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday February 9 at Beckley Bus Terminal before he went shopping and to a movie.
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Delores Elaine French Cecil
Terry
John C. Ward
William Cecil
Beckley
Opium seizures surge under U S Customs report
Deputy Customs Commissioner Ches ter A Emerick told the House Appropriations Committee that fiscal year ended June 30 saw 3857 ounces of raw opium seized as it entered the United States. He said marihuana seizures totaled 25370 ounces, mostly from Mexico, and noted heroin sources shifting from Italy to France and to the Orient. The overall narcotics situation was described as definitely improving.
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United States
Customs
David B. Strubinger
Washington
U. S. Customs Service
House Appropriations Committee
Chester A. Emerick
Mexico
Emerick
Europe
France
Italy
Orient
Plans for Five Day California Visit by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower will depart Wednesday afternoon for five days in Palm Springs California. He will stay at Smoke Tree Ranch near Paul Helms with Mrs Eisenhower and staff. A working office will be set up near the Helms home and a news conference is planned Wednesday afternoon before departure.
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Esenhower
Georgia
Palm Springs
Calif
White House
Eisenhower
Smoke Tree Ranch
Paull E. Helms
James C. Hagerty
Paul FE. Hoffman
European Cooperation Administration
Helms
Hagerty
California
Prisoner Baptized at Oak Grove Church in Pond Ceremony
Charles Edgar Massie, a convicted robber from Raleigh County Jail, was escorted by Deputy Sheriff Boyd Hutchinson to Oak Grove Church near Cleveland for baptism in a church pond built for the rite. Massie had just been sentenced to one to 10 years on a breaking and entering conviction for Valley Bell Dairy.
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Charles Edgar Massie
Raleigh
Oak Grove
Cleveland
Massie
Boyd Hutchinson
Valley Bell
Beckley Chamber Board to Meet Thursday Evening
Beckley area chamber of commerce board members will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the chamber office Memorial Building according to O L Johnston the director.
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Beckley Area
Tomorrow Deadline In Beckley Postmaster Filing
Beckley residents seek the postmaster job with applications due to the United States Civil Service Commission in Washington by tomorrow. Five candidates are known: acting postmaster A Fray Lilly, Mrs. Ted Kessinger of 109 Beckley Ave, Shankey Lilly of 207 French St, T E Bazzarre of Park Homes Addition, and Waymond Stanley of Harper Road.
Atomic Weapons Search Part of Customs Service
The customs service now includes searching travelers luggage for atomic weapons as part of port security. Deputy commissioner Chester Emerick said in Treasury hearings that the bureau has instructed examiners in unconventional weapons and that a year of lectures at major ports disseminated atomic weapon information. He noted customs will deploy squads to search vessels from Soviet ports or in Soviet satellite service.
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Washington
Customs Service
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury Department
Customs Bureau
Chester A. Emerick
Bureau of Customs
Bureau
Atomic Energy Commission
Canfield
R-Nj
Emerick
Philadelphia
United States
Limit On Trout Cut To 8 Daily
The Conservation Commission reduced the creel limit on trout fishing at a Charleston meeting. The daily limit for brook, brown and rainbow trout dropped from 10 to 8, while the special limit of six trout in impoundments fell to five. Open season remains April 25 through Labor Day. Harry Van Meter reported that 101 sportsmen groups largely favor current regulations and 78 percent are satisfied with the trout season as it stands.
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Charleston
Conservation Commission
Harry van Meter
van Meter
Circuit Court Opens February Term in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Circuit Court opened this morning for the February term with a motion hour, Judge Norman Knapp presiding over the session.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
Jjudge Norman Knapp
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