Ike to Submit Nomination Of Charles Wilson
President Eisenhower plans to name Charles E. Wilson for secretary of defense though the nomination will not be sent to the Senate today. Press chief James Hagerty declined to discuss details of the early morning meeting with Herbert Browne Jr. and said there is no change in the decision to appoint the former GM president. Senate Armed Services Committee hearings on the Wilson case were postponed to Friday.
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Washington
Anne
White House
Eisenhower
Charles E. Wilson
Senate
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Wilson
General Motors
Laws
General Stators
Wile Son
Herbert Browne Jr
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rotating Cluster Vanished When Chased by Plane
U S Air Base Northern Japan reports mysterious flying objects described as rotating clusters of red white and green lights seen over northern Japan near Kurile Islands. Observations by Col Curtis R Low and Col Donald J M Blakeslee note radar tracking and rapid vanishing. Aims to intercept with lights on. objects disappeared within seconds on two approaches in late December.
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William C. Barnard
U. S. Air Base
Japan
Air Force
Kurile Islands
Sakhalin
Curtis R. Low
Japan Air Defense Force
U.S
Donald J. M. Blakeslee
Hokkaido
Blakeslee
Fairport Harbor
Kozy Korner Operator Faces Pinball Charge
Percy Maullens and wife Lorean were charged with permitting juveniles to play a pinball machine at Kozy Korner on Main and Kanawha. Police said the establishment was under surveillance due to teen activity and past gambling concerns tied to a revoked beer license. Maullens was ordered to appear in police court Thursday. Mrs Mullens was not arrested.
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Par- Korner
Main
Kanawha
Percy Maullens
Valens
Lorean
Mullens
Mullenses
Tom's Girll
Prince St
Theicense
Evan Hall
Parcel Post Rate Increase Sought
Washington A The Interstate Commerce Commission was told by the Post Office Department to raise parcel post rates by about 35 percent to cover a growing deficit. Jesse M Donaldson, the outgoing postmaster general, filed the petition as a last act, noting wage hikes and higher railway mail pay have pushed the service red.
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Washington
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Post Office Department
Jesse M. Donaldson
Donaldson
ICC
Congress
Pettus Fire Lays Waste To Store And Apartment
A Pettus Bottom blaze of undetermined origin destroyed an unoccupied combined store and apartment building. Owner Mrs. Pauline Miller of Whitesville estimated losses at about 17000. Discovered at 4 a.m. by neighbor George Carr, the fire fully engulfed the structure as Whitesville chief O E Stump said his crew fought two hours to save an adjacent store and a dwelling occupied by the Stump family.
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Pettus
Pettus Bottom
Pauline Miller
Whitesville
George Carr
O. E. Stump
Miller
Mayo Clay
Stump
Mercer Publisher Bernard Jarrett Dies in Bluefield
Bernard Jarrett 43 publisher of the Mountain Mirror weekly in Bluefield died at home after a five month illness. He ran Southern Office Supply and Southern Printing Co. Survived by his widow and a small son. Funeral services set for tomorrow.
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Bluefield
Bernard Jarrett
Jarrett
Southern Office Supply
Southern Printing Co
Mountain Mirror
West Virginia official resigns as purchases director
Acting Director W Q Flesher of the West Virginia Department of Purchases announced his resignation effective January 30. Flesher, 63, has served about four years as a buyer, with the department noting a decline in coal tax revenues and overall gains in 1952.
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Charleston
W. Q Flesher
State Department
Flesher
Etart
Mason County
Sost
Faulty Brakes Blamed For Runaway Train
A Pennsylvania Railroad official testified at a Senate inquiry that the runaway train into Union Station last Thursday had brake trouble en route to Kingston. During a Kingston stop the engineer fixed the brake by hand, prompting Sen. Tobey to question possible tampering with the air brakes before the train left Boston.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senate
Union Station
Kingston
Adlehurt Schroeder
Sen. Tobey
R-Nh
Federal Express
Boston
Schroeder
Crash Survivors Tell Their Story
Manila reporting Lt John Vakic and two Coast Guard crewmen survived seven and a half hours adrift after their MacMariner amphibian overturned in heavy seas near Swatow. They were plucked to safety by the destroyer Halsey Powell while Navy airmen perished or went missing. Survivors were flown to Manila and Formosa for treatment as others were rescued or accounted for.
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Don Huth
Manila
American Coast Guard
China
John Vakic
U. S
Halsey Powel
Vukic
Pittsburgh
Joseph Miller, Jr
Long Beach
Calif
Robert F. Hewitt
Cldss
San Diego
Coast Guard
Macr
Navy
Swatow
Vukie
Sangley Point
Hewitt
The
Mariner
Formosa
Coast
Oki Inawa
Rhodell Moves To Provide Local Fire Protection
Rhodell initiates a drive for funds to buy a fire truck and equipment after Beckley officials deem regional protection inadequate. Mayor Lacy Meadows says a town meeting will organize a volunteer department with payroll planning and donations from coal interests to support the effort.
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Harriet Allen
Rhodell
Raleigh Countiaes
Lacy Meadows
Bernard Martin
Beckley
West Virginia Inspection Bureau
Beckley Fire Department
Register
Inspection Bureau
Mayer Meadows
Meaggws
Martin
Jrown
Meadows
Fhe Town Council
Lega
Alex Hugbert
Mead
Gauley Bridge Teen Killed In Head-On Crash Near Smithers
Donald Cooper an 18 year old Gauley Bridge high school senior and football team member was killed instantly when a car carrying students collided head on with a car carrying Electro Metallurgical plant workers on US Route 60 near Smithers. Eight others injured including 16 year old Robert Jones of Boomer a Gauley Bridge sophomore who played fullback and guard on the basketball team.
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Gauley Bridge
W. Va
Donald Cooper
Boomer
Cooper
Gauley Bridge High School
R. K. Price
Montgomery
U. S. Rt 60
Smithers
Robert Jones
Ganley Bridge
Tiny Roger Lee Brodie Succumbs
Roger Lee Brodie, a 16 month old Siamese twin separated from Rodney Dee, died last night after 34 days of recovery from the head-to-head separation operation on December 17. Rodney Dee remains critically ill but has begun skin grafts and further surgeries as doctors warned recovery was unlikely for Roger.
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Tiny Roger Lee Brodie
Rodney Dee
Rodney
Roger
University of Chinois
Ihe
Boysiciams
Two-Term Speaker In Jail As Bedfast Leader Falls Ill
Clarence Davis, 18, was sentenced on charges including grand larceny and jailed in Raleigh County. Gordon J Preston Frieze withdrew a reckless driving appeal. Paul Samuel Dickens of Whitby was jailed up to 10 years for breaking and entering Cole's Grocery. House Speaker W F E Flannery remains bedfast with high fever as temporary Speaker Bowles handles committee duties.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Jefferson County
Jerry Melvin Burcher
William Howard Viands
Kearneysville
Jonarles Town
Martinsburg
Wy. Va
Clarence Davis
Mabscott
Lillybrooks
Raleigh County Jail Coal Company
Harry L. McCreery
Davis
Gordon J .Preston Frieze
Paul Samuel Dickens
Whitby
Jalse
Cole’s
Coal City
I McCreery
James H. Belden
Charleston
W. FE. Flannery
House
Flannery
del. Martin C. Bowles
D-Kanawha
Bowles
Judiciary Committee
Magistrate Fines Two Drivers In Tuesday Session
Mr Hope Man Hopeman was fined by Magistrate J P Meadows for two traffic violations. Andrew Lipto was fined 50 dollars and costs on a driving while intoxicated count and 25 dollars plus costs for driving without an operator's permit.
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Hopeman
J. P. Meadows
Andrew Lipto
Rebels resist surrender at Rockview Penitentiary
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania, about 323 inmates in a barricaded cell block refuse to release six guards as hostages, demanding their gripes be met. In New York, a federal court jury convicts all 13 Communist leaders of conspiracy.
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Bellefonte
Rockview State Penitentiary
New York
iState Police Arrest Two at Shady Spring
State police charged Grover Smith of Beckley with possessing moonshine liquor after a Tuesday arrest at Shady Spring. His companion Lacy Bob Lilly of Coot Ridge faces AWOL and drink charges. Both are held in Raleigh County jail awaiting arraignment.
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Grover Smith
Beckley
Shady Spring
Smith
Lacy Bob Lilly
Coot Ridge
Raleigh
Lilly
Mother Tosses Baby From Third-Story Window
New York police report Marilyn Meltzer, 26, told officers she threw her 3-week-old daughter Phyllis Ann from a third-floor window after taking the baby from a crib. The infant died hours later. Meltzer’s husband Marvin, a butter and egg jobber, said she had been nervous since the birth. she was not charged pending psychiatric tests.
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New York
Marilyn Meltzer
Irl
Phyllis Ann
Marvin Melzer
I Day in Capital Part Mardi Gras And Part Divine
Washington observers recall I Day as a fusion of ceremony and celebration. Eisenhower opened with a self composed prayer, then the inaugural parade featured bands, floats, cadets, and a grand confetti filled procession to the White House. Mamie Eisenhower enjoyed the scenes and joked with the crowd as Missouri’s Gateway float rolled by amid a festive mood and lingering political echoes.
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EL Creagh
Washington
Country Club
America
Mamie Eisenhower
West Point
Annapolis Midshipmen
Alaska
George Washington
Abe Lincoln
Pennsylvania Avenue
United States
Eisenhower
White House
Weather Outlook: Snow Flurries, Cold Tonight
Cold tonight with scattered snow flurries, then clearing and colder. Highs near 32 and lows in the teens to low 30s. Thursday brings fair, milder conditions. Readings from Bellepoint to Bluestone Reservoir show near normal river stages and muddy grounds in places.
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Jak Hill
Slade Creek
Tivers
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Truman Emotions Stirred by Capital Sendoff
Eisenhower escorted Truman toward Independence as crowds in Washington and along the route cheered the former president. Truman spoke of a long career and future influence, while supporters and officials noted the quiet end of his administration. The homebound journey featured reduced security and varied scenes from Martinsburg to Silver Spring.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Eisenhower
Ence
Truman
Harry S. Truman
United States
Columbia
F. Joseph Donahue
Missouri
Mr. Truman
Harry Truman
Washington
Dwight D
Martinsburg
W. Va
Baltimore
Ohio's National Limited
Union Station
Secret Service
Independence
So Jong
Come
Army
Navy
Air Force
Matthew J. Connolly
Kansas City
Evten
Federal Reserve Bank
Hel
Silvervate
Spring
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Salem
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