Democrats Plan Varied Investigations In Congress
Washington reports Democrats plan an active year of probes on communists in government and security programs. Russell signals revival of the preparedness subcommittee to review armed forces purchases and the 493,000 manpower cut. Sparkman criticizes past probes as digging up corpses, while Jenner and McClellan push fair play codes and abolition of one man hearings. Johnston vows to probe security firings and numbers in risk lists.
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Russell
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Sparkman
Als
Senate Rules Committee
Jenner
R-Ind
House
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Olin D. Johnston
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Johnston
Rayburn Repeats As Speaker At Age 73 In House
Texas congressman Sam Rayburn becomes Speaker of the House for a third time at 73. He signals willingness for bipartisan foreign and defense policy, questions whether the president's budget will suffice, and notes ongoing Democratic and Republican differences on domestic issues. Rayburn emphasizes zest for life and long service yet ahead.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Eisenhower
Rayburn
House
Congress
Rep. Martin
Rmass
GOP
Toto
Petersen Gets Term in Prison
ALEXANDRIA Virginia Joseph S Petersen Jr is starting a seven year prison term after pleading guilty to unlawfully storing government secrets. U S District Judge Albert V Bryan called the act a deliberate violation of trust. Petersen, 40, a New Orleans native, worked 13 years for NSA and predecessor agencies before his arrest three months ago.
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Alexandria
Joseph S Petersen Jr
Hush-Hush National Security Agency
U.S
Narcotics Anonymous Club Formed by 15 Addicts in Cleveland
Cleveland officials announce formation of a Narcotics Anonymous club with 15 mild addicts as members to test if junkies and alcoholics share personality problems. Angelo J. Gagliardo, chief probation officer, says a 25 year old industrial chemist will be provisional chairman. staff aid to be provided only on request.
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Cleveland
Narcotics Anonymous
Angelo J. Gagliardo
Cuyahoga County
Gagliardo
Alcoholics Anonymous As
Probation Department
Female jurist urges jail terms for drunk driving
Pittsburgh judge Anne X. Alpern advocates mandatory jail sentences for intoxicated drivers. She argues fines fail to curb the risk and spoke after sentencing a disabled veteran to 60 days for ramming a parked car while under the influence.
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Pittsburgh
Anne X. Alpern
Bush proposes a presidential security board in Pasadena
Dr. Van Nevar Bush, president of the Carnegie Institution, urged creation of a presidential security board of private citizens and legal experts, appointed by the President. He argued such a body would be calm, judicial, and reduce hysteria in postwar investigations while guarding against misuse of security measures.
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Pasadena
Calif
Vannevar Bush
Presidential Security Board
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Bush
Carnegie Institution
Washington
National Security Resources Board
Barkley Returns to Senate After 1927 Start in 1930s Era
Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky takes the oath as a Democratic senator for the fifth time, returning to the Senate after a long career that included roles as vice president and Democratic floor leader. He emphasized he would know more in a month or two and was greeted by former colleagues as he rejoined the Democratic caucus.
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Kentucky
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Truman
Eisenhower
John Sherman Cooper
Coffee Prices Probe Might Continue Under Subcommittee
Senator Fulbright said he would not object to the Banking Subcommittee's continued oversight of coffee prices if the full committee agrees. He will chair the Banking group in the new Senate as Capehart retires, with a special subcommittee already created after a Brazil freeze to examine soaring prices. The panel decided against recommending regulation of coffee futures by the Commodity Exchange Authority.
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Velde
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Kunzig
Nixon
Dixon-Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Washington
Fulbright
D-Ark
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Congress
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Brazil
Commodity Exchange Authority
Future Study of State Schools to be Decided
Kellogg Foundation sponsored study of West Virginia public schools and colleges will be reviewed at a Thursday meeting in the State Department offices. State School Superintendent W. W. Trent will assess three years of Kellogg involvement and progress. C. H. Archer, former Mercer County superintendent now with the foundation, is slated to attend.
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Kellogg Foundation
West Virginia
State Department
W. W. Trent
Foundation
C. H. Archer
Mercer County
Has All Qualifications of a Good Sergeant
A humorous wartime note from Omaha Neb reports Maj Robert F Glock reacting to Molland whose heart sits on the right side and left reversed. The medical officer notes dextrocardia and that Molland, 19, could make a fine sergeant. He migrated from England three years ago and worked on a farm near Randolph Iowa.
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Neb
Peter Molland
Robert F. Glock
Armed Forces
Molland
England
Randolph
Iowa
Government Ups Needed Cash Requirement for Buying Stock
The Federal Reserve Board raised the cash down payment to 60 percent for stocks bought now and onward, up from 50 percent, as a restrained step to curb speculation. NYSE President Keith Funston protested the move as hindering market function. The measure comes amid a long stock boom with the Associated Press index near multi year highs and a small broker loan share versus total market value.
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Federal Reserve Board
New York Stock Exchange
Keith Funston
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Wall Street
Reserve Board
New York
Lack of Leadership Cited for Low Morale
Senator Wiley cites lack of vigorous leadership at the State Department as a factor in foreign service low morale. Based on 244 questionnaires from U.S. diplomatic missions in Europe, he notes reductions in force and the pending integration program as contributors.
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Wiley
R-Wis
State Department
Foreign Service
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Europe
Gram
Follansbee Plans To Celebrate Friday
More than 1,200 residents are expected to attend a Friday night dinner in Follansbee to celebrate keeping the steel mill, the town's economic backbone. The Citizens' Committee of Follansbee sponsors the event, led by Mayor Frank Basil, to prevent sale and dismantling of the Follansbee Steel Corp. mill, which employs 740 of the town's 4,500 residents. Cleveland industrialist Cyrus Eaton will speak, after purchasing the mill from financier Frederick W. Richmond following Richmond's nine million dollar acquisition.
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W. Va
Citizens’ Committee of
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Follansbee Steel Corp
Panhandle
Cleveland
Cyrus Eaton
New York
Frederick W. Richmond
Richmond
Hawk Photographer Encounters Falconer In West Virginia Lane
In the West Virginia mountains, ace lensman Charles Gratton treks a sunlit lane to a deserted old brick house. He meets Cricket, a blind elder, and a young woman, Metcalf’s sister, with a peregrine falcon on a leather-strap block as they discuss the bird and the quiet, tense setting.
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West Virginia
Charles Gratton
Anson Matcalf
Cricket
Middle
Europe
Simlight
Brother
Ladejinsky Named FOA Post in Indochina Mission
Wolf Ladejinsky, ousted as agricultural attache on security grounds, is reportedly set for a FOA posting to oversee land reform style efforts in Southern Indochina. FOA officials say he will handle related tasks despite Agriculture Dept objections based on security and technical criteria.
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Washington
Foreign Operations Administration
Wolf Ladejinsky
FOA
Ladejinsky
Japan
Indochina
Benson
Ladejinky
FDA
Harold E. Stassen
State Department
Typhoid Strikes Seven Nuns in Ohio School
Seven nuns at St. Wenceslas Catholic School in Maple Heights near Cleveland were hospitalized with typhoid fever. Health Commissioner Dr. Arthur J. Pearse said the source of bacteria was under investigation and a contaminated food item or a human carrier was suspected. Classes continued with health authority permission.
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Cleveland
St. Wenceslas Catholic School
Maple Heights
Arthur J. Pearse
Twin kidney transplant from identical brothers succeeds
Boston doctors at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital report a kidney transplanted from Ronald Herrick to his 23-year-old twin Richard is functioning satisfactorily. The kidney is healing well and emptying into the bladder as tubes have been removed.
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Boston
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Ronald Herrick
Richard
Actor's Wife Seeks Divorce Over $10,000 Loan
Marie Keith Randell 38, Australian-born heiress sues actor Ronald R. Randell 36 in Los Angeles for divorce claiming failure to support and desertion on November 22, 1953. She says she lent him $10,000 in 1953, a year after marriage, amid alleged mistreatment.
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Los Angeles
Ronald R
Ron) Randell
Marie Keith Randell
Randel
Ike and Truman May Appear Together at June Meet
UNITED NATIONS sources say the United Nations plans to invite both President Eisenhower and former President Truman to address the ten year assembly in San Francisco next June.
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Truman
United Nations
N.Y
Eisenhower
International Organization
San Francisco
Marriage Called Off Between DeDonald and Karl
Hollywood actress Marie DeDonald says she will not remarry shoe magnate Harry Karl after their Las Vegas divorce last November. The 30 year old and the 40 year old, who had agreed to a 350000 settlement, had traveled in Europe and sought marriage licenses in several capitals but were refused. Karl was DeDonald’s third husband.
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Hollywood
Marie McDonald
Harry Karl
Karl
Las Vegas
Europe
Miss DeDonald
Muscovites Favor Keeping Russians Out of Town
In Moscow Michigan residents react to a government decision closing frontiers to Russians as a retaliatory measure. Local Muscovites in Hillsdale County weigh travel restrictions while noting Michigan's 37 county inclusion and similar moves in Idaho and Ohio. Residents Harold Horton and Wynn Richards express tentative support, tying policy to national leadership.
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Mich
Michigan
State Department
Russia
Idaho
Ohio
Hillsdale County
Eagh
Arold Horton
Wynn Richards
Ike Eisenhower
Fire damages clothing of TV performers in Palm Springs
Sparks from a fireplace caused a fire that damaged clothing and belongings of Dean Martin, Anne Jeffreys, and Robert Sterling in a Palm Springs hotel bungalow Saturday. Mrs. Martin estimated smoke and water damage at 10,000 dollars. Martin discovered the blaze upon returning for an aspirin. The group, vacationing, star in Topper as a pair of ghosts.
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Calif
Dean Martins
Anne Jeffreys
Robert Sterling
Miss Jeffreys
Sterling
Notice of Car Sale at Mountain Motors Beckley WV
On January 14 1955 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at public auction for cash at Mountain Motors Inc Beckley West Virginia one 1949 Oldsmobile Club Sedan Motor No 6A7317H Serial No 6M3S51 This notice is dated January 3 00 General Motors Acceptance Corporation By E N Dotson 1-5-W-1-R.R.
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Mountain Motors, Inc
Beckley
West Virginia
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
E. N. Dotson
R.R
Divorce suits and annual meeting listed in Be cl ey notices
In Raleigh County a divorce suit against Lara V Bowers and a separate notice for Shelby Vanderpool shows non resident defendants. Beckley Federal Savings and Loan Association announces its annual meeting January 19 1955 at 2 00 pm at 214 Main Street Beckley WV with H E McMillan secretary treasurer signing the notice.
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Beckley Federal Savings and Loan Association
Main Street
Becklevye
West Virginia
H. E. McMillan
Sec'y—Treas
R.R
Funeral Notices for Agee, Lilly, Foster from East Flat Top
Mary Agee aged six and Irene Agee aged eight were found dead near their Egeria home around 12:30 a.m. January 4. Funeral at Missionary Baptist Church Odd January 6 at 1 p.m. Rev Stella Parsons of Hatcher to officiate. Burial Fairview Cemetery Flat Top. Daniel Edward Lilly aged 81 of Crow died January 5 at home. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Tommy Foster of Sprague died January 3. Graveside service January 8 at Sunset Memorial Park at 10 a.m. Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Home and by Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home.
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Mary
Irene Agee
Egeria
Caffee Funeral Home
Missionary Baptist Church
Odd
Stella Parsons
Hatcher
Fairview
Flat Top
Lilly
Daniel Edward
Crow
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
Foster Foster
Tommy Foster
Sprague
Calfee Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Obituaries and funeral notices from Mount Hope and Keyser
Irma Marie Ashby 13 of Mount Hope died in hospital at 6 30 p m Tuesday January 4 funeral at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel January 6 burial Angle Cemetery Mount Hope James Lafayette Wood 68 of 407 Vapce Drive died at home January 4 services January 6 Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church burial Beaver Cemetery pallbearers listed Honorary pallbearers named Funeral home arrangements etc F Paul Mannix 32 of 111 Mason Street died January 3 funeral January 5 First Christian Church burial Crow Cemetery state at church one hour prior Cards of Thanks from Covington Virginia for flowers sent after death of Mrs W O Fitzpatrick Layland
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Irma Marie
Oscar Ashby
Rt. 1
Mount Hope
Calfee Funeral Home
Bob Dean
Angle
Woop Wood
James Lafayette
Vapce Drive
Quesenberry
Jack Wood
Mason Wood
Lloyd Wood
Kermit Wood
Oliver Basham
Homer Harvey
Oliver Farley
Luther Clark
Bailey Mills
Harwood James
J. M. Laing
Luther McKinney
Oscar Bowers
Ray Sims
C. M. Doss
Claude Bailey
Merrill Lilly
Marsh Christian
Martin Lester
Kenna Lilly
Darrell Meadows
B. F. Beard
Phil Wilson
Worth Harper
Dominick Azzara
Irvin Smith
Mannix Mannix
F. Paul
Mason Street
Keyser Funeral Home
First Christian Church
A. H. Wilson
Allen Natts
Crow
Frank Halstead
O. B. Harris
Paul Loflin
Lee Burleson
Sam Cohn
Roy Graybear
Ray Farrow
Lowell Lilly
Friendship
Raleigh General Hospital Nurses
R. G. Broaddus
L. M. Halloran
Richard Starr
William Fred Richmond
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