Burmesed Premiers Talks May Open U.S. Airmen Talks
Burmese Premier U Nu said Communist China’s Chou En Lai would receive an unofficial U.S. mission to discuss imprisoned American airmen and U.S. Peiping tensions. Dulles was in Rangoon for a 36 hour stop en route to Manila and Laos. U.N. efforts led by Dag Hammarskjold sought release of 13 Americans sentenced on spy charges, including 11 airmen from a downed B29 and two Army civilians.
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Rangoon
Burma
U Nu
Chou En-Lai
U.S
United States
Peiping
Chou
Dulles
Bangkok
Laos
Saigon
Manila
Colombo
U.N. General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Reds
China
State Department
Freed Americans Admit Red Spy Charges Brainwashing Claims
In Hong Kong two former Fulbright scholars Malcolm Bersohn and Adele Austin Rickett claimed they spied for the United States and faced brainwashing while in China. Bersohn, 29, from New York, and Mrs Rickett, 35, formerly of Seattle, returned from Peiping after 30 years detained. They praised their captors and said Walter A. Rickett remains imprisoned in Peiping. The U.S. government had no immediate comment.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Malcolm Bersohn
New York City
Adele Austin Rickett
Seattle
Wash
Peiping
U.S
United States
Walter A. Rickett
China
Bersohn
Harvard University
University of Chicago
Peiping Union Medical College
Washington
America
YWCA
Rickett
State Income Tax Bill Aims at Teacher Pay Rise in House
Charleston WV administration seeks to reimpose a 3 percent state income tax tied to federal liability to fund an teachers pay raise. The measure targets eight million dollars annually and includes an earmark for public schools.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Marland
82 Men Report For Jury Duty
Eighty-two jurors reported today for petit jury duty in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Judge Norman Knapp split the group into two, one serving now and the other to return March 15. A jury heard testimony in the $20,000 Nelson v Thomas matter, arising from a 1953 Christmas Day car accident that injured five year old Roger Lee Nelson.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Roger Lee Nelson
Charlie Nelson Jr
Eccles
Nelson
John Thomas
Dallas Harlan Thomas
Whitesville
Beckley-Surveyor Road
Robbery at Glen White Stole $1,000 in Merchandise
State Police report a Sunday night theft at the General Store in Glen White. A rear window was smashed and a doorway segment forced to access the store, with four shotguns and various goods taken. Henry Bennett manages the store.
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Glen White
Henry Bennett
School Safety Patrol Trip to the Nation's Capital
Patrolman Lonnie Price will lead Beck ley delegation during a 7 p.m. Mount Hope Elementary meeting to discuss the project and show last year’s film. Mount Hope sponsors a fundraising drive to send students to Washington. Parental permission is required for each child.
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Lonnie Price
Beckley
Mount Hope
American Automobile Association
Price
Beckley Parking Meters Gross $893.06 For Week
Beckley municipal parking lot meters brought in $281.43 while on street meters collected $611.63 making a weekly total of $893.06 for the period ending Friday.
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Beckley
Beckley Municipal
Inflation Fear Grips Tax Cut Plan Observed by Humphrey
Washington Treasury Secretary Humphrey warned that the $20 tax cut approved by the House could spark inflation and raise prices, harming small taxpayers. In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee he opposed a compromise plan pushing the cut to July 1, 1956 and extending current tax rates. He said five million taxpayers would drop off the rolls and the revenue loss would exceed $2.3 billion over a year. He criticized how the House move was rushed and argued for deficits reduction and spending cuts before further tax relief.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Democrats
Finance Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Ways and Means
Three Divorces Granted Today in Raleigh County Court
Final orders in Raleigh County Circuit Court grant three divorces. Custody awarded to Jennings W. Bostic for their child Susie. Susie Bester wins custody of her child from Jesse Bester. Geraldine Saunders, under 21, sues by mother Artelia Johnson against Lawrence Calvin Saunders, plaintiff’s maiden name restored.
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Raleigh County
Jennings W. Bostic
Jane Love Bostic
Susie Bester
Jesse Bester
Geraldine Saunders
Artelia Johnson
Lawrence Calvin Saunders
Prisoner to Be Returned in Local Break-In Case
Sheriff John C. Ward and a State Police trooper return today from Akron Ohio with Boyd Irwin the prisoner to face charges of breaking and entering here.
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John C. Ward
Akron
Ohio
Boyd Irwin
Elizabeth Taylor's Second Son Born in California
Film actress Elizabeth Taylor welcomed a second son by Caesarean section in Santa Monica. The dark-haired star, who turned 23 yesterday, and the baby named Christopher Edward are reported doing well. Taylor and her husband Michael Wilding wed February 21, 1952 in England. their first son Michael was born January 6, 1953.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Elizabeth Taylor
Christopher Edward
Miss Taylor
Michael Wilding
England
Michael
Fire Season Opens Tonight
The spring statutory fire season begins at midnight today though 19 forest watch towers in District 4 will not be manned. District forester Carl Lucas says observers will be posted only when fire conditions warrant, noting recent rain reduces immediate need. He adds the season runs March 1 to May 31 and trash fires are restricted to 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Raleigh County and eight counties in District 4.
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District 4
The
Conservation Commission
Carl Lucas
Lucas
Raleigh
New City Commission To Organize Tuesday
Beckley announces an 11 member City Beautiful Commission with two new appointees Mrs. M. G. Jarrell and Mrs. Vona Belle Dempsey. Mayor Elmer Davis calls an organizational meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the City Hall Council chamber to elect officers and set a regular meeting date.
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Beckley City Beautiful Commission
Elmer Davis
M. G. Jarrell
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
Vona Belle Dempsey
Davis
Council Chamber
City Hall
Tax Deposit Taxation Bill Aims to Reform Bank Deposits Tax
Charleston bill from the Finance Committee seeks to tax bank deposits by halving the current 50 cents per 100 dollars of assessed deposits as of January 1. It would set assessment dates, require banks to report deposits, and have county assessors levy the tax with banks charging accounts. The measure returns to committee for study amid concerns about avoidance and timing.
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Finance Committee
Charleston
State Board of Public Works
House Finance Committee
State Board of Health
House
Underwood
R-Tyler
Senate
Mr. Hope Driver Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving
Calvin Williams of Mount Hope pleaded guilty to a reduced reckless driving charge at arraignment before Magistrate J P Meadows. He paid a $50 fine and costs, after police booked him at Raleigh County Jail on hit and run and drunken driving charges. Damages were paid to the other vehicle involved in the accident on S Oakwood Ave.
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Calvin Williams
Mount Hope
J. P. Meadows
Raleigh County
Williams
S. Oakwood Ave
Army Signal Corps Chief Nominated to Major General
President Eisenhower nominates Maj. Gen. James D. O Connell for chief of the Army Signal Corps and permanent rank of major general. O Connell would replace Maj. Gen. George S. Buck whose term ends April 30. Also named for full general in retirement are Gen. John E. Hull and Gen. Charles L. Bolte, both stepping down April 30 from high posts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James D. O'Connell
Army Signal Corps
Senate
O'Connell
George S. Buck
Signal Corps
John E. Hull
U.S
Far East
Charles L. Bolte
Army
Airport Beacon To Return Tuesday At Memorial Airport
The rotating beacon at Memorial Airport, out since Sunday due to a burned out motor, is expected back in service Tuesday according to airport manager C Harold Hanks.
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Memorial Airport
C. Harold Hanks
Breeze Catches Skirt Sparks Hospital Fight
A gust lifted an 18 year old girl's skirt in Solana prompting a clash that left five men hospitalized. The Philippine News Service identifies the girl as Desena and notes her relatives joined the brawl after taunts and a nose poke escalated the confrontation.
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Manilama
Solana
Philippine News Service
Desena
Public hearing on proposed sales tax hike in Charleston
Tonight a public hearing at 7:30 addresses a bill to raise the state sales levy from 2 to 3 percent. The Senate has approved extra revenue for a university medical school and teacher raises, while the House pursues an income tax plan and a right-to-work bill amid low passage expectations.
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Charleston
House Finance Committee
Senate
West Virginia University
Flooding Hits Southern West Virginia Roads and Rivers
Heavy weekend rains flooded streams across Mercer McDowell and Wyom ing counties in Southern West Virginia. Roads were washed out or blocked with minor damage reported while Welch endured only a traffic jam. Rivers rose as high as 43 feet crest forecast at Huntington with no major statewide damage.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Welch
Raleigh
Road Commission
W.va
Hinton
Summers County
New
Greenbrier
Princeton
SRC
Carl Long
U.S. 1921
Spanishburg
Mullens
Wyoming County
Slab Fork Creek
Guyandotte
Charles Ritchie Jr
Herndon High School
C. A. Berkley
U.S. 52
Oceana
Elmore
Athens
Weather Bureau
Huntington
Legislature Today Faces Key Tax and Liquor Bills
Both houses convene at 2 p.m. with a House-Passage vote on bills to impose a state income tax and raise the tax on race track betting. The Senate moves forward on a measure to license liquor agents among several bills up for passage.
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Associated Press
House
Senate
Tono White Charged With Reckless Driving in Mabscott
Mabscott Police Chief H. B. McGhee booked Tono White into Raleigh County Jail at 12:40 a.m. The charge is reckless driving.
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Tono White
East Park
Raleigh County
Mabscott
H. B. McGhee
Three Australian Towns May be Washed Away
Australia faces its worst flood disaster in years with at least 45 dead and thousands homeless. Three towns Nyngan Warren and Walgett northwest of Sydney are cut off as floodwaters up to six feet swirl through streets. About 6,000 people are trapped while 50,000 have fled their homes in five days. An unprecedented 24. billion tons of rain drenched 5,000 square miles of river systems, prompting a national disaster declaration and relief by army navy and air force.
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Sydney
Australia
Nyngan
Warren
Walgett
Central West District
New South Wales
Army
Navy
Air Force
Weather Bureau
Great Dividing Range
Weather Picture Statu in Nation
Fog blanketed the eastern half of the country with drizzle. The northern Great Plains suffered subzero temperatures while the Sierra Nevada and Far West faced heavy snow. Visibility fell to zero in the eastern Great Lakes and air traffic halted in Buffalo. Temperatures ranged from the 50s to the 30s. drizzle froze in Iowa Nebraska and northern Missouri. Subzero weather hit Montana North Dakota and northern Minnesota. Four feet of wet snow and strong winds blocked U S Highways 40 and 50 across Donner Pass and Echo Summit. Ski meets were canceled at Reno and Yosemite. 300 to 400 skiers were stranded at Alta and Brighton in Utah due to avalanches. Elsewhere skies were clear with temperatures in the 60s in the South.
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Great Lakes Region
Buffalo
N. Y
Iowa
Nebraska
Nothern
Missouri
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
U. S
Donner Pass
Echo Summit
Reno
Yosemite Park
Alta
Brighton
Utah
West Virginia Weather Outlook With Showers Possible
Partly cloudy and mild tonight through Tuesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. Lows 48 to 55 degrees, Beaufort Beckley 58 yesterday with 44 low, Oak Hill 60 high and 45 low, precipitation totals around 2.70 inches, rivers rising and multiple dams showing flood-stage readings. Greenbrier seven feet above normal, Bluestone Reservoir five feet above normal with all flood gates open.
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Beckley
S.ck
Reakerekeene
Mogay Chiissasger
Seeteea Aes
Oak Hill High
Bellepoint
Grenbrier
Bluestone
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Orange Va
John Thomas Downey
New Britain
Conn
Richard George Fecteau
Lawrence, Mass
Lyle W. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Roland Parks
Omaha
Edwin L. Heller
Wynnewood, Pa
Harold E. Fischer
Swea City
House Conference Committee
Organized Labor
House Finance
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Hoover Commission
Congress
Robert C. Byrd
Register
Byrd
Mrs
Eileen Holliday
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
St. Cecelia Guild
Robert H. Holliday
Ewart Ave
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Blackrod
Christ
Jesus Christ
New City Commission
Mr. Hope
Breeze
House Labor and Industry Committee
del. Lile
R-Greenbrier
West Va
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