Wilson wins 77 to 6 in Senate confirmation for defense post
President Eisenhower gains a full Cabinet with Charles Wilson confirmed as secretary of defense by 77 to 6 after a 10 day dispute. Roger Kyes was named deputy secretary with others like Stevens and Talbott tangled by stock holdings and divestment plans. Morse and several Democrats opposed Wilson over GM stock taxes and conflicts with proposed aides.
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Jack Bell Washington
Charles F. Wilson
Senate
Defense
Eisenhower
Wilson
Sen
Morse
Ind-ore
Johnston
South Carolina
Kilgore and Neely
West Virginia
Lehman
New York
Willis Smith
North Carolina
General Motors
Washington
Roger M. Kyes
Michigan
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors Corp
G. M
Defense Department
Robert T. B. Stevens
Army
Harold E. Talbott
Air
Stevens
Talbott
Senate Armed Services
U.S. Army
Harold Talbott
U.S. Air Force
Owens-Corning Fibre Glass Corporation
Chrysler
Auto-Lite. International
Armed‘ “Services Committee
G. M. Holdings
Wilso
Westport slaying of mother shocks town
Police seek 29 year old Black handyman William Davis as the reported killer of Penny Evans, 30, found dead in a Westport home. Evans had lived there two weeks with her husband Montgomery, a writer. Their child, a two and a half year old boy, was found crying nearby. Police report sexual assault and a brutal scene with the clock strangulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Conn
Louis Marchese
William Davis
Marchese
Davis
Wfe
Penny Evans
Stamford
Stamford Authorities Reported That Mrs. Davis
Davises
Evans
Harry Phillins
Huntington Juveniles Held in County Jail
Two 13 year old Huntington boys were held in Raleigh County Jail on auto theft charges. Police said they were arrested at 3:13 a.m. today on Mahscatt Hill while driving a truck believed stolen in Huntington. One father was in Beckley after notification. by noon it appeared juvenile authorities would take jurisdiction and return them to Huntington.
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Huntington
Raleigh County
Mahscatt Hill
Beckley
West Virginia Weather Forecast Dense with Temperatures and Rain
Cloudy tonight with a low around 35, mild and showery on Wednesday. Rivers and Bluestone Reservoir readings show normal stages. Temperatures through Sunday run 2 to 3 degrees below normals, with a mixed precipitation pattern including 1 to 2 inches of rain and snow flurries midweek and again Friday.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Belleprint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
W. VA
West Virginia
Tax Experts Urge Beauty Cost Deductions for Working Women
San Francisco report notes two tax consultants Glenn Graves and Hugh McMahon propose allowing deductions for beauty costs for working women alongside glamour performers. They ask adaptions include commuting fares and allowances for domestic help and child care to reflect dual earners and rising living costs.
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San Francisco
Glenn Graves
Hugh McMahon
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sen
Knowland
Rcalif
Explosion destroys Jones Electrical Co store in Aiken
Aiken South Carolina reports a powerful blast at the Jones Electrical Co store center of town. At least six people were inside during the explosion and fire. The blast damaged or destroyed multiple nearby shops and prompted help from the Atomic Energy Commission project fire units. Early damage estimates reached up to half a million dollars.
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Aiken
S. C
Jones Electrical Co
O'Dell Weeks
Fiken
Augusta Ga
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy Project
Augusta
Vernon Williams
Colcord Maiming Case Under Way
William Leoda Jarrell and his daughter from Colcord face trial in Raleigh County for the July 1982 maiming of Billy Compton outside a Colcord tavern. They allegedly attacked Compton, fled to Florida, and later waived extradition.
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William Leoda Jarrell
Colcord
Raleigh
Wilson Jarrell
Billy Compton
Compton
Jarrell
Bluefield Jurist Concludes Death by Own Action
Magistrate A. Douglas Bailey returns a verdict of death by own action in the death of Mrs. J. B. Belcher, wife of a Bluefield lumberman. Police Chief C. N. Wilson reports the woman died last night from a personal safety related bullet wound. Body found by daughter Mrs. Walter Woolwine.
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Bluefield
Douglas Bailey
J. B. Belcher
C. N. Wilson
Walter Woolwine
Driving Charge Filed After Arrest in Beckley
Gilbert Feazelle and E. Beckley were arrested by city police at 1 am today on a driving while drunk charge. Feazelle was set for arraignment in magistrate's court later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Feazelle
E. Beckley
Feazelle
Air Force pilot credited with MIG destruction in West Virginia
The Fifth Air Force upgraded a MIG damage claim to probable destruction credited to 2nd Lt. Robert D Carter of Bluefield West Virginia. Carter fired on a MIG on January 3 earning credit for one probable destroyed and one damaged.
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Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Robert D Carter
College Ave
Bluefield
W. Va
Carter
Controversial severance tax measures introduced in legislature
In Charleston today Gov Marland backed a severance tax on coal oil and gas with rates set at 10 cents per ton 25 cents per barrel and 1 cent per thousand cubic feet. Revenues would fund road needs a new medical school at West Virginia University and public schools while different resource taxes apply to limestone sand salt timber and pulpwood. The proposal faces opposition from coal industry management but is supported by United Mine Workers AFL and labor leaders. The bill also earmarks funds for roads and education amid broader pollution control measures by the Water Commission.
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Charleston U
Guy
Marland
Senate
Bean Hardy
Flannery D-Logan
Bean
Flannery
Water Commission
Elwy
Jenpth
West Virginia University
Hill
General Revenue Fund
Gov. Marland
United Mine Workers
CHO
A. Willer
E. A. Carter
State Federation of Labor
AFL
Commission
D-Cabelli
Remington Convicted On Perjury Charges
A federal jury convicted Remington 35 of perjury for denying he gave secret data to a Soviet spy ring and for denying knowledge of a Dartmouth unit he joined in the 1930s. The verdict could lead to sentencing up to ten years and fines up to $4,000 on the two counts, with other counts undecided.
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Remington
War Production Board
Vincent L. Liebell
John McKim Minton Jr
Inn
A Stann
New York
William W
Beth Bentley
Russia
Secone
Young Communist League
Dartmouth College
Department of Commerce
Communist Party
Nashville
Tenn
Tenpassee Valley Authority
Miss Bentley
Gregory F. Neonas
Cormmmunist Party
Reming Ton
Protests Few Over Gas Rate Hike amid Oil Probe Delay
Washington delayed a grand jury oil monopoly probe for 90 days to let new attorney general Brownell study the case. In Beckley, city officials noted few protests against Amereco Gas Company’s proposed rate hike as residents show minimal action beyond complaints and inquiries. Mayor Chambers illness postponed a council vote until February 2.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Herbert Brownell, Jr
U. S
James R. Kirkland
Leonard J. Emmerglick
Kirkland
Brownell
Beckley
Amere Gas Company
Thomas E. Bayzarre Jy
City Recorder
Bazzarre
Citizens Group
George B.i¢ Chambers
Ren Tissue
Charleston
Chambers
Tissue
Vaccine promises polio protection from three virus types
Alton Bleaksl AP Science Reporter reports that scientists have a promising polio vaccine, using killed viruses to trigger antibodies against Brunhilde, Lansing, and Leon strains. Tests on children will determine safety and duration, and mass availability may be years away. the vaccine is deemed safe with no nerve damage risk.
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Alton L. Bleakeslap
New York
Harry M . Weaver
National Foundation For
March of Dimes
Lansing
Leon
Ex Red Kingpins Ordered To Jail By Federal Judge
Six former Maryland Communist Party leaders, convicted of conspiring to overthrow the U S government by force, were ordered to prison by U S District Judge W Calvin Chesnut after exhausting appeals to the Supreme Court. Sentences range from three to five years with $1000 fines. The six are Philip Frankfeld Regina Frankfeld George Meyers Dorothy Berg Leroy Wood and Maurice Braverman.
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Baltimore
Communist Party
Maryland
U. S
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S
Bernard T. Flynn
W. Calvin Chesnut
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Washington
Harold Buchman
Chesnut
Philip Frankfeld
Regina
George A. Meyers
Dorothy Rose Berg
Leroy HR. Wood
Maurice L. Braverman
District Court of Appeals
Richmond
Supreme Court
Taft Proposals Might Win Support in Labor Law Reform
Washington senator Taft urged changes to the Taft Hartley act, claiming unions and industry could back them. Reports indicate potential bipartisan agreement with proposals to expand the NLRB to seven members, separate the general counsel from the board, and require non-Communist affidavits from both employers and unions to participate in NLRB proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker
Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Alexander Mith
Senate Labor Committee
GOP
Senate
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Health Department Seeks Flu Spread Reports
Raleigh County Health Department urges doctors to report influenza activity to map the outbreak. Superintendent D W Bryson says up to one in four students miss school due to colds and flu as substitute teachers are sought by the Board of Education to handle emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
D. W. Bryson
Board of Education
Pilot reports saucer pass near jet over Japan in 1952
Lt. David C. Brigham of Rockford Illinois said a small metallic disc eight inches wide made a controlled pass at his F84 Thunderjet over northern Japan on March 29 1952. He described it as very bright and agile hovering near him at 30 to 50 feet for about 10 seconds before it sped away.
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U.S
Tonigh
Japan
David C. Brigham
Rockford
Ill
Brigham
Air Force
Russianiberia
West Virginia House debates filmed by TV crew
The House rules committee granted WSAZ-TV Huntington permission to film chamber proceedings for later telecast with a caveat that filming could be halted if it caused disruption or drew strong objections from delegates.
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Charles
West Virginia
House of Delegates
House
Wsaz—Tv
Huntington
Cabell Judge Named to Cabell County Court Seat
Gov Marland appoints Huntington lawyer John W Daniel to the Cabell County common pleas court seat succeeding the late H Clay Worth. Daniel fills the term until the next general election, after Ira P Bayer had been named to serve the remainder of Worths eight year term.
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Charlestoy W
Huntington
Marland
Cabell County
Holland Stops US Aid Request in Dutch Budget Plan
The Netherlands announced it would withdraw a tentative request for 15 million dollars under the U S Mutual Security program for the coming year while keeping the option to seek aid if needed. It cited a favorable dollar balance from bilateral Indonesian accounts as a factor and urged U S cooperation to reduce foreign economic dependence. The country has received about 96.6 million dollars in U S aid previously, mostly as gifts with some loans.
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The
Hague
W&m
U. S
Holland
Indonesia
Netherlands
United States
Left Judge’s Four Kinds of Women Spark Local Talk
In Penzance Cornwall Judge J Scobell Armstrong veteran of divorce court warned men about four types of women. He described catty Saintly funmaker and stupid women, claiming to have separated 1500 couples. His blunt remarks drew attention at a Church of England event.
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Penzance
Cornwall
Eng
J. Scobell Armstrong
Church of Eng
Land Men's Society
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