FBI arrests in New York tied to Russian espionage case
The FBI detained three men and one woman in New York on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage and to act as Soviet agents. Names include Jack Soble, Myra Soble, and Jacob Albam, with authorities signaling possible further arrests of Soviet officials as evidence is presented to a New York grand jury.
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New York
FBI
Jack Soble
Lithuania
United States
Myra Soble
Jacob Albam
Lithauanian
Brooklyn Teal and Spice Company
Washington
J., Edgar Hoover
Arffesee
Hoover
Soble
Thel Wat
Julius and Ethel
Jed Rosenberg
Eral
Fox Applauded at Pay Inquiry in Charleston
Adj. Gen. Charles R. Fox won a vote of confidence from the West Virginia House after presenting a breakdown of his pay from state and federal sources. His figures showed 7000 from the state, 5490 from the federal Selective Service, and 2514 for drills and active duty, totaling 21004 a year according to Fox. The House later approved bills including a 2000 raise for Fox’s salary and other measures, while the Senate passed seven bills and saw the resignation of Sen. Brad Sayre of Spencer.
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Charleston
Adj
Charles R. Fox
House of Delegates
del England
Wyoming
Fox
England
Fox Today
Mail
Robert Mellace
Mellace
Del
R-Ritchie
Gov. Underwood
Senate
Vege
Circuit Court
Wyoming County
Kanawha County
County’ Board of Education
Conurt
Braxton County
Clay County
Gilmer County
Webster County
House
Public Assistance Department
Carey
Chenoweth
Hedrick
Marchand
Wylie
Civi Air Patrol
Stemple
Rbarbour
Brad Sayre
Spencer
Underwood
Sayre
Wingler Trial Opens Amid Defense Claim of Persecution
Opening statements in the Dwayne Thurmond Wingler case allege the officer persecuted and maliciously prosecutes the defendant. Defense attorney Ashworth argued the law is being weaponized, while the prosecutor objected to non factual content and asserted Wingler’s muffler violation and warnings are central. The state contends Wingler ignored muffler warnings from September 16 to his October arrest, showing defiance of authority.
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Dwayne
Thurmond Wingler
Beckley
Iftaleigh
Pegurt
D. D. Ashworth
A. J. Sparacing
Ashworth
Mae
Fucher
Sparacino
Ll Trupo
Wingler
Barrack
Barrack’s Wholesale Supply “Co
Court action delays murder trial and rebekels set
The murder trial of Howard Shrewsbury Jr. was reset for February 4 after defense counsel advised witnesses to return then. Several related cases, including voluntary manslaughter verdicts, conspiracy charges, embezzlement indictments, and other pending matters, continued or postponed to the next term in Raleigh County court.
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Howard Shrewsbury ,Jr
WW. A. Thornhill
Shrewsbury
Sam Walker
Bernard’ Thomas Fink Covel
State Penitentiary
Emory Ray Bodenheimer
Dolt
Wilford Preston Lusk
Cavel
Margaret Salmond
Calvin Ray Lilly
Cleveland
Capias
Maxwell
Allen
Beckley
Raleigh
Percy Ray Lilly
Lilly
Paul Coots
Ameagle
Wbo
Georgia Maynor
Sand Branch
Legislative Groups To Tour State Institutions
West Virginia lawmakers plan weekend inspections of state facilities. Delegations from the House and Senate will visit Spencer State Hospital Weston State Hospital Hopemont Sanitarium and Barboursville State Hospital among others. Leaders include Sen Holden Rep Shafer and Rep Schupbach with multiple committees coordinating tours.
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Charleston
Industrial School
Pruntytown
Moundsville
Shafer
Raleigh
Holden
Spencer State Hospital
Weston State Hospital
Senate
Mitchell Pour
D-Mcdowelll
Welch Emergency Hospital
Icra Reine Ae
Sen. Taylor
D-Mingo
Cheno
D-Randolph
D-Ohio
Lotmmilcee
Andrew
Rowan Memorial Home
Denmar Sanitarium
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Nuckols
Wylie
Wyoming
Parker
Monroe
Huntington State” Hospital
On Street Meters in Beckley Bring $541 Week Total
City Recorder Emery J. Smith reported Beckley on street meters collected $541 for the week ending today. Receipts from the Municipal Parking Lot remain uncounted due to meters freezing from cold weather Thursday morning.
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Beckley
Emery J. Smith
WV Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Meet Opens
The West Virginia Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary began a three day mid winter conference in Princeton.
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Princeton
W.va
West Virginia Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Beclky Skies Report Moon Rise Times and Capella Highlight
Beckley notes Saturday moonrise at 4 16 a m with new moon phase and Capella, the fifth brightest star, high in the north at 9 21 p m. The star’s light, traveling at a million miles per minute, is about 45 years reaching Earth.
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Capella
Earth
Funeral Sunday for Lego Man Miner
Funeral services for Jacob Miner Lego will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Bezoch by Rev. Nelson Staples. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Miner 31 died after an extended illness in a local hospital. Survived by three sons Aaron Toledo Earl in Japan and Franklin D Lego, two daughters Doris Cherry and Bula Jeah Miner, two brothers Gaston and Jack Miner, one sister Mrs Jennie Hearn and six grandchildren. Body to be removed from Durgan Funeral Home to Mrs J Ross Lego residence Saturday evening.
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Jacob Miner
Lego
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Bezoch
Nelson
Staples
Greenwood Memorial Park
Miner
Dee
Aaron Miner
Aaron
Toledo
Ohio
Earl
United States Army
Japan
Franklin D
Doris’ Cherry
Bula Jeah Miner
Gaston
Jack Miner
Laurel Creek
Jennie Héarn
Durgan Funeral Home
J Ross
Frigid Weather Grips Much of the United States
The Associated Press reports wet and cold weather across many regions with snow sleet and rain creating hazardous driving. Frigid air extends from northern Texas to the upper Great Lakes, bringing subzero readings in Montana and widespread cold in the West and Plains.
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Associated Press
Phazardous
Rockies
Plains
Montana
Sun River Valley
Great Falls
Texas
Great Lakes
Weather extension for West Virginia forecast update
Extended West Virginia outlook shows five day average temperatures 6 to 10 degrees below normal with colder weekend then moderating by Monday and turning colder again midweek. Precipitation expected 3 to 3 4 inch mostly late Monday into Tuesday. north temperatures near 32 and south near 36 with rivers showing higher or normal stages and muddy conditions at Greenbrier and Ney.
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W. VA
West Virginia
Beckley
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Ney
Bluestone Reservoir
U.N. Seeks Means to Avert Middle East Crisis
U N diplomats in New York discuss a plan to empower Dag Hammarskjold to deploy a U N emergency force between Israel and Egypt to prevent a new explosion in Gaza and the Gulf of Aqaba. The United States and Britain reportedly back limited force deployment while Egypt and its allies oppose any prolonged stationing. Egyptian President Nasser warns Western powers against internationalizing Gaza and the Gulf coast, signaling likely renewed tension.
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United Nations
N.Y. Oe
Dag Hammarskjold
Egypt
U.N
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Israel
Gaza
Aqaba
Gulf
United States
Gaza Strip
Sharm el Sheikh
USN
Nasser
Com
Newsome
Gulf of Aqaba
Reminder On Polio Shots Issued In Raleigh County
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis warns parents about polio prevention as Raleigh County reports 39 780 eligible children ages two weeks to 19. Only 7 819 received one injection 5 879 two shots and 1 328 the third shot leaving many at risk of an outbreak. Health nurses have visited all county sections twice and clinics run Saturdays 9 to 1 30 at the Courthouse Health Department basement.
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National Foundation For
Raleigh
NFIP
Don Jenkins
Jenkins
Rafeign
Il Health
Herter Nominated for State Department Post
President Eisenhower formally nominates Christian A. Herter former Republican governor of Massachusetts to be undersecretary of state in Washington. The nomination targets a senior role in U S foreign affairs with the Senate’s advice and consent.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Murder Probe Focuses On Young Dishwasher
Chicago police widen the murder inquiry into the Grimes sisters case focusing on Bennie Bedwill a 21 year old dishwasher linked by five witnesses to the teens on the night they disappeared December 28 The sisters bodies Barbara 15 and Patricia 13 were found in a ditch near Willow Springs Bedwill denied involvement and was subjected to lie detector tests while authorities press for more evidence from restaurant workers who saw him with two girls believed to be the Grimes sisters
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Joseph Grimes
Pollcn
Barbara Grimes
Patricia
Chicago
Grimes
Joseph Lohman
Bennie Bedwill
Willow Springs
Lohman
Bedwill
Dee
Grimes Sisters
Madison Street
Skid Row
Dees W
John Duros
Old Lohman
Britain May Overhaul Military To Seek U.S. Aid
Prime Minister Macmillan orders a new defense program led by Duncan Sandys to cut manpower and funding with a focus on nuclear weapons. Sandys travels to Washington to discuss policy with U.S. officials while Britain seeks American missiles and security-clearance exchanges. Canada reportedly plans parallel defense reforms including battalion disbandments and a third armored regiment.
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London
Macmillan
Britain
Duncan Sandys
U.S
Sandys
Washington
U.S. Defense
Wilson
Carry Ling
William Dickson
Adm
Lord Nelson
Winston Church
Diana
Sir Wiliam Penney
Canada
Ottawa
Armored ‘Regiment
Pastor William Hatcher Named New Mount Hope Pastor
The Rev. William W. Hatcher of Graham Presbyterian Church Virginia accepted a call to Mount Hope Presbyterian Church effective Feb 1. He succeeds Dr. W. W. Pharr who led since 1917. Hatcher, a former Mount Hope High School student, will be formally received Feb 3 at 11 am with a 3 to 5:30 pm reception. He and his wife Ruth Mary Rickie have three children. The family moves Jan 30 to the Mount Hope Manse in Forest Hills.
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Mount Hope
RNS
William W. Hatcher
Graham Presbyterian Church
Civefield
Mount Hope, Presbyterian Church
W. W. Pharr
Mount Hope Church
Mount Hope High School
Fayetteville High School
Hatcher
DB. G. Hatcher
Fayetteville
Bluestone Presbytery
Graham Presbyterian
Kings College
Bristol
Tenn
Columbia Theological Seminary
United States Navy
Ruth Mary Rickie
Cleveland
Ilkes Plan Faces Senate Attacks
Eisenhower's plan to forestall communism in the Middle East faced new Senate opposition after a House committee approved it with little change. Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees called Secretary of State Dulles for questioning as Sen. Humphrey predicted two weeks of public hearings to expose administration policy failures and questioned ambassadors in the region.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Middle East
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Duller
Humphrey
D-Minn
County March of Dimes Fund Totals Rise Near $2,137
The Raleigh County March of Dimes fund stood at $2,137.7 after morning receipts were tabulated. Donations included $25 from Beaver Elementary School PTA, $3 from Bukota Class First Baptist Church, and $367 from county schools.
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Raleigh County March of Dimes
Beaver Elementary School Parents Teacher Association
Bukota
First Baptist Church
Lana
Ipolio
Box
Beexlay
Plans for Mental Health Agency Also Offered Road Bill Goes to Legislature
Charleston W Va reports separate Democratic backed plans to create a Mental Health Department and to reorganize roads go to the Legislature. The road bill preserves the governor appointed road commissioner with Senate approval, adds an advisory commission and sets a $16,000 salary. Mental health measures would shift administration of institutions under a single director within a new agency.
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Charleston
Seibert
Senate
Underwood
Carrigan
R-Marshall
Ins
Marland
Board of Control
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