Protest to Babcock Mining Plan Sparks Park Debate
Telegrams letters and calls show Southern West Virginia residents alarmed by a State Conservation Commission proposal to lease 188 acres in Babock State Park for strip mining. Director Jack Shipman said the plan, discussed with the Staples Construction Company and State Senator Arnold Vickers, is not a sudden decision.
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Robbers Escape With 114000 In Bank Holdup
Four masked armed men robbed the midtown New Orleans Hibernia Bank branch at 8 40 am seizing about 114000 from vaults and tellers cages. They slugged a Negro janitor and pistol whipped a porter as they forced manager to open the vault and fled in a waiting car. Police took charge of the investigation with witnesses and staff questioned.
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Gunmen Collect $50,000 in Holdup
Two armed men robbed a Harvard Cooperative Society department store in Cambridge Massachusetts, escaping with between 30 000 and 50 000 as smoke bombs masked the crime. Police say the robbery occurred as cash was delivered from a bank by an armored car prompting panic among about 200 shoppers near Harvard Square. A third man operated the getaway car.
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U N Commission Calls Britain Jews Arabs For Palestine Confab
The five nation United Nations Palestine partition commission urged immediate talks with Britain the Jewish agency and the Arab higher committee on the Holy Land crisis. It aims to implement the plan to divide Palestine into Jewish and Arab states by October and notes Arab infiltrations near the border. Secretary General Trygve Lie urged Security Council backing to ensure partition proceeds on schedule.
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Street Scenes: Truck Protests and Vandalism in Local Gutter
Report describes a truck laden with unsold Christmas trees stopping near Stillore stores to collect unused stock. two Black individuals intervene near a storefront gutter, attempting to dodge slush kicked up by passing cars as they break apart near the building.
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New Roller Skate Rink to Be Opened Saturday
A new roller skating rink will open Saturday at 10 a.m. at 1038 South Fayette Street in the former Beckley Arena. Ed win Chunky Cook, floor manager and skating instructor, announced the schedule. The rink is owned by Ross McConnell of Charlestown. Saturday and Sunday mornings will host children up to 14, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the 2 p.m. session will serve ages 14 to 18, and evening hours 6 to 11 p.m. are for adults. Classes for beginners and advanced skaters as well as dance skating are planned.
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U S To Transfer Subs To Turkey In Aid Debate
Ambassador Lewis Douglas urged Congress to fund Europe recovery with a 6.8 billion dollar plan over 15 months. He warned that failure to aid could leave the U S an armed, isolated camp, while debate over administration control vs a separate government corporation continued before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Bank Strike In Italy Threatens National Crisis And Rome Tensions
A nine day old bank workers strike in Italy involving about 60 000 employees threatens to widen into a general strike led by Communist aligned unions. Milan and Rome labor chambers back action, while police guard key cities. Protests spread from Parma Padua Bologna and Arezzo with factory seizures and tax and graft grievances fueling unrest as De Gasperi faces subversive agitation claims.
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Youth Questioned on Theft of Auto
A youth about 19 was lodged in Raleigh County Jail last night by state police for investigation in connection with the theft of an automobile near Cool Ridge. Trooper Walter H. Hampton and Cpl Co. A Thompsey made the arrest. the youth is believed to have stolen the vehicle of a resident. No charges have been filed yet.
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Professor Parhon Named Interim Romanian Republic Chief
The Associated Press reports 84 year old Prof Constantin Parhon was named president of the five man presidium of the new Romanian republic today, becoming interim chief of state amid political transition in Bucharest.
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50 Tons of TNT Seized in Jersey Farm Raid
New Jersey police and U S Marine guards secure more than 50 tons of surplus Army explosives found in a truck near Asbury Park. Nine men held by state police and Monmouth County detectives. An eight state alert out for two more trucks believed headed from Romulus North Carolina to Jersey shipments. Authorities link earlier discovered explosives at Wall township farm and a Jersey City pier seizure.
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Stassen Claims insiders profited $4 million in commodities
Former Minnesota governor Harold E. Stassen testified before a Senate subcommittee that government insiders used official information to reap about $4 million in postwar commodity trading and urged new legislation to bar government personnel from food markets. He named I Ferwin W. Pauley and Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham as profiting, noting Pauley liquidated holdings after last September 3 and faced losses. Graham disputed a recent public statement.
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British Forces Clash With Arab Volunteers in Upper Galilee
Jewish sources report British troops clashed for two hours with around 300 volunteers from an Arab force that crossed from Syria to attack the Kfar Szold collective settlement and Dan. Two settlers were injured, with Arabs allegedly led by Fawzi al Qawuqji. The violence raises the regional toll to 643 deaths since partition was announced.
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Syria
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Farm raid raises bail after truck seizure in Wall Township
State troopers from Howell and Hightstown and prosecutor detectives raided a farm on a county road in Wall township after an anonymous tip that trucks were unloading in the area. Bail was increased to 1st s, 000 following the seizure in Asbury Park, Carton stated.
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President Cites USO War Record in Discharge
President Truman awarded an honorable discharge today to the United Service Organizations for seven years of wartime entertainment and support for U S armed forces and allies. The USO fulfilled its duty with distinction and reported $236,721,295 in contributions from February 1941 through last month.
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Navy to supply four submarines to Turkey amid anti Soviet moves
The Navy announced transfers of four fleet-type submarines to Turkey as part of a broader effort to bolster Greece and Turkey against Soviet expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean. Six sub Marines will also go to Greece with other vessels, while a separate Greek Aid transfer provides six motor gunboats to Greece and findings on mine sweepers to both Greece and Turkey. The plan aligns withState Department disclosures and U.S. protection of key regional interests.
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Turkey
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Taft Denounces Truman Program in Radio Address
Senator Taft of Ohio attacked President Truman's domestic program calling it a national bankruptcy and a totalitarian state. He pledged GOP controls would pursue a different path with tax cuts and reduced government expenses. He argued the plan mirrors the New Deal and promises something for nothing while criticizing inflation and social welfare expansion.
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Germans Strike for More Food Fans Krupp Plant Closures
Thousands of Essen workers streamed from bomb scarred Krupp plant and other factories at noon in a general strike demanding more food. About five hundred coal miners joined in.
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