Eisenhower tour brings message of hope to Rio de Janeiro
President Eisenhower arrived in Rio de Janeiro on a four nation South American tour with a call to divert arms spending to global campaigns against disease ignorance and poverty. He spoke of peace with justice and collaboration while welcoming ceremonies praised by Juscelino Kubitschek.
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Rio
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Eisenhower
Eisen
South America
Brasilia
United States
Juscelino Kubitschek
West Virginia Railroads Seek Two Million Dollar Tax Refunds
A pair of declaratory judgment suits filed in Kanawha County challenge how the state taxes eight interstate railroads. Railroads seek about 2 million dollars in refunds claiming net income from transportation only should be used, while the tax department argues all net income including non operating earnings must be taxed. The cases could affect state income tax for years ahead.
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West Virginia
Donald C. Carman
Kanawha
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
Tax Department
Baltimore and Ohio
Bailey Leads Override Bid On Eisenhower Pollution Veto
West Virginia Congressman Cleveland Bailey takes the lead in building support to override President Eisenhower's veto of a 900 million dollar water pollution control bill. Bailey argues the plan would boost West Virginia's tourist industry by cleaning streams, aiding fish and recreation, and cites five cities likely to be affected: Summersville Pennsboro Rainelle Clarksburg and Buckhannon.
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Eisenhower
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Pennsboro
Rainelle
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Buckhannon
Early Is New Banking Boss
Carl B. Early of Charleston will become West Virginia banking commissioner on March 1, replacing Donald L. Taylor who resigned to take an executive role at Wood County Bank in Parkersburg. Early, 69, leads an investment securities firm and has held posts including vice president of the National Bank of Commerce in Williamson and Capital City Bank in Charleston.
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Early
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Williamson
Capital City Bank
Mingo County Court
Blue Boy Rescued From Refrigerator After Play Incident
In Houston Texas Ronnie Allgayer nearly turned blue after spending two hours inside a refrigerator while a girl playmate waited outside. The girl shut the door and Ronnie later escaped with help from his mother. Doctors treated him with a hot bath and he suffered no lasting harm.
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Houston
Tex
Jeanie
Ronnie
Weather outlook for West Virginia shows cool, snowy periods
Mostly cloudy today with a high near 38. Tonight there is a chance of light snow mainly in the north, low around 29. Thursday remains cloudy with light flurries. Extended forecast through Monday averages near 41, colder than normal, with frequent snow flurries and a half inch or more of precipitation likely.
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W. Va
Beckley
OAK Hill High
Effort To Revive Meningitis Patient Fails
NEW YORK AP Patrolman Thomas Reilly Jr attempted mouth to mouth resuscitation on a gasping woman Concetta Loris 39 who died of meningitis five days earlier. Reilly 33 was isolated at home and given antibiotics while he reports feeling fine but anxious to return to work. Doctors note meningitis symptoms appear four to eight days after exposure. He lives with his wife and two children.
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New York
Thomas Reilly Jr
Reilly
Concetta Loris
Governor Underwood blasts Lilly foes over failed mental health appointment
Charleston AP Gov Underwood accuses senators who ousted Richard J Lilly of failing to visit state mental health facilities or consult hospital superintendents and managers. He vows to seek a successor though the search confronts one-year residency rules and pay objections. He may call a special session as interim payroll power is restored.
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Underwood
Richard J. Lilly
Senate
Lilly
Hubert A. Kelly
Edgar B. Sims
Sims
Kelly
Margaret T. Ross
Earl's Pearls: Trends in Loading, Liquor, and Marriage
A humorous aggregation notes railroad car loadings down while liquor sales rise as more people get loaded than freight cars. A statistician claims marriages are occurring younger today than 50 years ago, though H. C. Diefenbach questions the certainty and adds marriages may be happening more often.
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H. C. Diefenbach
Earl Wilson Column Teases Page Four Laughs
A brief nod directs readers to Earl Wilson's humor column on Page Four for additional laughs and light commentary.
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Earl Wilson
Marine Rescued From Cliff Perch in Hawaii
In western Oahu Waianae Mountains a young Marine spent two days in a 600 foot cliff cleft without food or water. Pfc Roy W. Kocurek 18 from La Grange Texas was lowered 200 feet to the valley floor and airlifted to Tripler Army Hospital. Pfc Burr C. Osbonlighter 20 from Albany New York aided the rescue after their rope belay failed. ammunition retrieval led to the perilous descent and a difficult extraction by Army rescue.
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Assured Of Home Support Smith Begins Statewide Campaign
Governor hopeful Hulett C. Smith leaves Beckley for a West Virginia campaign tour amid promises of broad support. He pledges a hard hitting drive visiting major counties and centers, plans a March 7 Smith for Governor rally, and outlines aims to attract new industry using his business experience. Smith meets supporters at Raleigh County Courthouse and coordinates with Ned Ragland’s Citizens For Smith committees. He will visit Kanawha County and northern regions, then southern counties, with ad agency work in Washington next week.
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Raleigh
Ned H. Ragland
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Kanawha
Washington
Deer crashes into Santa Barbara dress shop
A playful doe leaped through a window into Margaret Logan's dress shop in Santa Barbara, knocked her down, scampered among dresses, and left hoof prints on carpet before slipping back out the door to the hills.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Margaret Logan
Miss Logan
Brother Of Beckleyan Succumbs In Virginia
Mr and Mrs R B Armen trout of 210 Fairview Ave were notified of the death in Wytheville Virginia of W S Armentrout 68 who died at his home after a heart attack.
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Virginia
R. B. Armentrout
Fairview Ave
Wytheville
W. S. Armentrout
Widow cries out after indictment in Detroit tycoon murder
Nelle Lassiter 38 facing first degree murder and conspiracy charges in the bludgeon and shooting of her husband Parvin Lassiter. She was arrested in court as a prosecution witness, while three men and five others are named in the broader conspiracy case. Watson held without bond. extradition waived from Los Angeles.
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Bill
Royal Oak
Michigan
Lassiter
Joseph Rashid
Watson
Los Angeles
Roy C. Hicks
Richard W. Jones
Hicks
Jones
Charles W. Nash
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nixon Says Nonmilitary War With Communism Outweighs Threats
Vice President Richard Nixon told Notre Dame students that the nonmilitary struggle against world communism is a bigger U S threat than armed attack. He warned swift annihilation for any aggressor and supported equality of opportunity while opposing federal subsidies to raise teachers salaries.
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South Bend, Ind
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Soviet Union
World observance opens Chopin anniversary at UN hall
The 150th birthday celebration for Frederic Chopin opened with a concert in the United Nations Assembly Hall, marking 150 years since his birth near Warsaw Poland. The UN observance runs through October the month of his death.
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Frederic Chopin
United Nations Assembly Hall
Warsaw
Poland
Billings
Mont
Judie Anderson
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Prisoner Makes Second Escape From Raleigh County Jail
Henry Shrewsbury, 47, of Johnstown Road, fled from Deputy Sheriff Frank Lem while at the Raleigh County DPA office to arrange his family’s monthly relief check. This marks his second escape in about three months. he remained at large at noon. He earlier split from a city officer December 20, 1959, and, after a prior sentence for drunk readings, faced additional jail time.
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Department of Public Assistance
Henry Shrewsbury
Johnstown Road
Frank Lemon
Shrewsbury
Fayette County
DPA
Fayette
Ife
View
Lemon
Mayor's tax plan stalls as council blocks fee removal
Sherwood Glutz criticizes a new tax as unpopular while comparing it to rough tasks. Mayor Miller aims to fulfill a campaign pledge to end city driver or vehicle fees, but the council blocks the move at every turn.
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