Khrushchev Hints Separate German Treaty If Talks Fail
Soviet Premier Khrushchev warned at a Jakarta press conference that if May summit talks fail to yield a German peace settlement, the USSR will sign a separate treaty with East Germany granting control of West Berlin. He tied this threat to eliminating World War II vestiges and warned against a plebiscite in Germany. Khrushchev also announced Soviet aid for Indonesia, including a 250 million dollar credit, and a plan to build a hospital and nuclear reactors, while Sukarno pledged neutrality amid growing Westward ties. He invited Sukarno to visit the Soviet Union as his 12 day visit ends and travels continue to India and Afghanistan.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Bogor
Berlin
Germany
Ion
U. S
Christian A. Herter
U. N
Sukarno
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Subandrio
Calcutta
Nehru
Afghanistan
Moscow
Petitioned delay for Stoco Water rate hearing in Coal City
Coal City area residents backed by attorney Paul Fourney filed a petition with about 450 signatures to delay a Stoco Water rate rise hearing. At a Coal City Elementary School meeting, attendees from Coal City Princewick and Anney compared bills, protested low water pressure and late-night use, and argued a $2 raise amid unemployment is ill timed. Some cited charges up to 270 dollars for ditch work and a 10 dollar connection deposit. others noted inconsistent charges and a flat rate of 3.70 versus 3.0 for neighbors. Authorities discussed poor business practices and lack of metering while pushing for a rate hike from 3 to 5 as the season approached in spring 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City
RNS
Keeo
Stoco
Paul Fourney
Princewick
Abney
Weather summary for West Virginia with mixed snow and cold
Cloudy and cold today with snow flurries and highs in the 20s in the mountains and 30s elsewhere. Tonight partly cloudy and colder with lows 10 to 18. Tomorrow vary cloudiness with sunshine. Extended forecasts show near normal to four degrees below normal temperatures in the north and south, with rain or snow about Thursday totaling around half an inch. Beckley and Oak Hill reports note low and high readings, river and lake conditions near normal or cloudy, and Bald Knob skiing listed as good with no Monday night skiing.
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W. Va
Oak Hill
Bald Knob
Only One Local Demo Favored Johnson in Byrd Ballot
Democratic leaders in this section faced a Byrd poll showing strong support for Lyndon Johnson but widespread abstention. Ted Stacy of Beckley was the only confirmed Johnson backer, while others including Sheriff Okey Mills and numerous lawmakers reported no vote or opposition, reflecting a mixed, cautious stance among West Virginia Democrats.
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Register
Johnson
Ted Stacy
Beckley
House of Delegates
Stacy
Fred
Byrd
Okey Mills
Raleigh County Democratic Executive Committee
Theer
Hubert Humphrey
Adlai Stevenson
New York State
North
Nixon
Tom Myles
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Summers County
van Trail
Edward Ellison
Ward Wylie Mullens
Wyoming County
Jack A. Nuckols
Charleston
The
Raleigh
O. D. Hall
House
Paul Vennari
Roy Lee Harmon
Vennari
Harmon
Senator
Frozen family found dead in Illinois house during heavy snow
Thompson area authorities report Leroy C. Hensel 59 and wife Dora 53 along with their six children aged 7 to 17 were found dead of asphyxiation in their secluded Thomson home. Eddie Shuler, the employer, discovered the eight bodies after driving through deep snow to check on Hensel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson, Ill
Mississippi River
Leroy C. Hensel
Dora
Eddie Shuler
Hensel
L. B. Hussey
Carroll County
Shuler
Morrison
Ebner
Thomson
Illinois
Witch Doctors Picket Graham Crusade in Kisumu
African witch doctors march outside Billy Graham's Kisumu meeting in Weird costumes and muttering cantations. Rev. Joseph Blinco, in Kisumu 165 miles from Nairobi, notes three days of demonstrations with no incidents, ahead of Graham's Tuesday appearance.
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Nadrobi
Kenya
Billy Graham
Kisumu
Joseph Blinco
Nowin Kisumu
Nairobi
Graham
First Female Senate Race Faces Two Women in Maine
In Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith, a Republican, faces Lucia Cormier, Democrat and state House minority leader, in a historic bid. Cormier, 48, concedes ousting Smith, 62, who first joined Congress in 1940 after her husband’s death.
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U.S. Senate
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Lucia Cormier
State House of Representatives
Tensions Rise Over Civil Rights Lunch Counter Protests
The civil rights push for integrated service at Southern lunch counters continues as the Senate begins round the clock debate on pending civil rights legislation. Tensions mount in the South with sit ins and demonstrations while Fisk University voices support for student aims. A bomb threat evacuated a Fisk women’s dormitory with no explosives found.
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Associated Press
Senate
Washington
South
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Stephen J. Wright
Fisk University
Nashville
Tenn
Fisk
Ben West
Tennessee A&i
State intensifies probe into constable candidate slaying
Opal S Harmon a 40 year old parttime bus driver and constable candidate was found shot to death in his car near Williamson. State police and sheriff deputies questioned several people and prepared polygraph tests as they seek whether the killer fired from outside or sat beside him. The autopsy was to determine time of death while investigators noted a snow covered road and a blood smeared front seat with a newspaper nearby.
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Timothy
Horsepen Mountain
Charleston
Harmon
Varney
State Road Commission
Sheriff's Office
Mountain View
U. S. 52
U. S. 119
Mingo-Logan County
Fire truck burns with home in Richland Texas
A Richland volunteer fire department truck burned with a six room frame house after it bogged down in soft ground Saturday night. The truck, used to haul water due to the town lacking a central water system, could not be moved to safety after becoming stuck at the rear of the Raymond Livingston residence.
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Richland, Tex
Richland
Princess Margaret Betrothal Marks New Royal Chapter
Princess Margaret Rose of England becomes engaged to court photographer Antony Armstrong Jones after years of public scrutiny. The piece notes her playful image, past romance with Peter Townsend, and origins from Glamis Castle with a legend about marrying by age 21. It contrasts Elizabeth’s reserved temperament with Margaret’s public, vivacious life.
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Norma
Peter Townsend
Margaret Rose
Church of England
Townsend
Glamis Castle
Scotland
Duchess of York
Elizabeth
Lilibet
Edward VIII
Wallis Simpson
George VI
Queen Elizabeth I
You'll Be 28 Years Older When February Has 5 Mondays
Paraphrased from Hal Boyle column by A. R. Gwinn bookkeeper Raleigh County Board of Education offices notes. February will have five Mondays again in 28 years. Gwinn traces leap year pattern predicting February 1964 will have five Saturdays, 1968 five Thursdays, and 1972 five Tuesdays.
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Register
Hal Boyle
A. R. Gwinn
Raleigh County
Eisenhower Opens Chile Stop On Latin Tour
President Eisenhower arrived in Santiago for a two day stay the third of his four nation Latin American visit. He was greeted by Chilean President Jorge Alessandri and carried through a brief ceremony at Los Cerrillos Airport before driving through the capital in an open car.
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Santiago
Chile
Eisenhower
U. S
Argentina
Jorge Alessandri
Latin America
Los Cerrillos
Alameda
Bernardo O'Higgins
Andes
Brazil
O'Higgins
Leap Day birthdays mark rare delays and rules
Washington reports that 118,000 Americans celebrate on February 29 every four years while 11,000 births fall on the leap day. The piece explains why leap years exist, noting the extra 5 hours 18 minutes 45.51 seconds per solar year, Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory, and how centuries affect leap year rules up to 2000. Feb 2 babies choose Feb 28 or March 1 in non-leap years.
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Census Bureau
National Geographic Society
Julius Caesar
Gregory
Pupils Question State Officers at Government Day
West Virginia Education Association event drew over 400 high school juniors to the Capitol in Charleston. Gov Underwood, State Supt Rohrbough, Speaker Pauley, Senate President Bean, and Supreme Court Judge Browning joined a panel as WVU professors Frasure and Hayhurst adjusted speeches due to snow. Luncheon followed a Statehouse tour and open house at WVEA headquarters. This marked the 10th annual Know Your State Government Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia Education Association
House of Delegates
Capitol
Gov. Underwood
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Harry R. Pauley
Ralph J. Bean
State Senate
Chauncey T. Browning
Supreme Court
Bean
Carl Frasure
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Donald Hayhurst
WVU
Frasure
Hayhurst
Governor's Office
Underwood
WVEA
The
Education Association
World and Domestic Briefs Amid Diplomatic Talks And Conflicts
Indian Prime Minister Nehru and Chou En-lai plan an April New Delhi meeting to discuss their border dispute while Japan and the Soviet Union sign a 400 million dollar trade deal. Earthquakes shake Manila buildings as weather officials report intensity four. A U S patrol plane is said to have violated Chinese air space over Yunghsing and Tung islands. Kennedy urges Congress to boost missile air alerts and ground forces before Eisenhower summit. U Nu of Burma to Calcutta for talks with Khrushchev and Nehru on a regional leaders conference. In Los Angeles a surgeon’s trial proceeds as defense aims to argue the shooting of his wife was accidental. Senate studies a plan to simplify defense policy making and public understanding.
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Nehru
Chou En-lai
New Delhi
Japan
Soviet Union
Manila
Weather Bureau
China
U. S
Yunghsing
Tung Islands
Hsisha Islands
Kwangtung Province
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Congress
Eisenhower
U Nu
Burma
Calcutta
Nikita Khrushchev
Rangoon
Bernard Finch
Los Angeles
Walter Powers Jr
Opin
Boston
Open intellectual competition urged in high schools
Educator Dr Lee A DuBridge of the California Institute of Technology told the National Association of Secondary School Principals that Americans prize physical prowess over intellect and must foster open competition in academics. He outlined steps: broaden academic prep, limit extracurriculars, push able students beyond the classroom, align high school courses with advances, and instill a love of learning.
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Lee A. DuBridge
California Institute of Technology
National Assn. of
DuBridge
Sheriff Warns Against Easy Payments at County Fair
A county fair tale warns that phrases like easy payments mislead buyers. The speaker accuses a shell game operator of cheating a man who entered the fair grounds. He notes easy payments often mean a dollar or two down to a sheriff and constables, a weak defense.
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PSC
Stoco Water
Robert C. Byrd
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
United States
R. J. Thrift
Thrift
Negroes Press Campaign For Equal Service
Senot
Southern Regional Council
Atlanta
Williamson
Princess Margaret
Gay Life
Princess Margaret Rose of England
America
G. K. Hodenfield
Portland, Ore
Sherwood Glutz
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