Mysterious murders at estate near Elizabeth probe widens
Prosecutors pursue clues after a gangland style killings at a country home 33 miles southeast of New York. A physician Dr Francis Clarke his wife and two servants were found bound and shot. cab driver Morris Mid sheet died at the scene. A mysterious passenger fled in a taxi abandoned hours later. Investigators seek leads as rain falls in West Virginia and weather slows reporting.
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Newark
Elizabeth
Edith Clarke
Francis Clarke
Cora Thaddies
Dorothy Moore
Warren R. Wilentz
Dr. Clarke
St. Peter's Hospital
New Brunswick
Clarke
Wilentz
Hall - Mills
Chapin
Seldin Chapin
U. S
Netherlands
Carrie
Daniel Ploranski
De Gaulle Seeks Dictatorial Powers Amid Algerian Crisis
Paris reports say Charles de Gaulle faces growing deadlock as Algeria crisis threatens France. Rumors claim he may invoke constitutional provisions to seize dictatorial powers if France's integrity is at stake. Debre denies resignation amid 26 dead and 150 injured after clashes.
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France
Michael Debre
Debre
de Gaulle
Uniform Time Bill Proposed By Staggers
Washington AP Rep Harley O Staggers WV proposes a uniform standard time across all time zones to end DST confusion. A House Interstate Committee hearing is promised after eight prior attempts, with daylight time allowed seasonally if Congress so decides.
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Washington
Harley O. Staggers
D-Wva
Staggers
Congress
House Interstate Committee
Navy hunts for gondola dropped by giant balloon
Reports recount the Navy searching near Caribbean seas for a scientifically imported gondola shed by a massive balloon in project Skyhook. The launch occurred Tuesday though the gondola was quickly abandoned as the balloon headed toward Venezuela’s jungles.
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Caribbean
Project Skyhook
Venezuela
Andre Porumbeanu
New York
Paris
Gamble Benedict
Rhineland-Palatinate
German Reich Party
Cologne
Reporter Lawyer Beats Traffic Rap in Huntington
Reporter Bob Elkins of the Advertiser acted as his own counsel in municipal court and had a traffic ticket for parking on a YMCA Officials Only space dismissed. Judge Richard Tyson ruled the area lacked meters and that city police cannot delegate law making to the police and that parking restrictions must serve public safety.
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Huntington
Bob Elkins
The
Advertiser
Richard E. Tyson
Elkins
YMCA
Police Department
Tyson
Great Game Of Politics Slows Legislature In Election Year
In West Virginia the legislature debates unemployment policy as Democrats split from Gov. Underwood over how to address joblessness. Senate President Ralph Bean accuses the governor of playing politics, while House Republicans criticize the Democrats’ modest relief plan and omission of Underwood’s sales tax reform. Cruikshank defends the party’s shift from public works to smaller relief, saying they won’t let Republicans use the issue to attack them.
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Charleston
Underwood
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
D Hardy
West Virginia
Bean
George H. Seibert Jr
Rohio
Seibert
Rangers Mourn Drowning After Gulf Beach Exercise
At Elgin Air Force Base Florida a surf and a broken cable caused 30 Army Rangers to fall into the Gulf of Mexico during a survival training exercise near Santa Rosa Island. Two officers drowned and a Ranger is missing presumed dead after landing-craft capsized 16 foot rafts. 23 Rangers fell into the water and swam to shore. Two bodies washed up later in life vests.
Plot Against Eisenhower On SA Tour
Reports from U S government security agencies say anti American Cuban agitators plan demonstrations against President Eisenhower during his goodwill tour of Brazil Argentina Chile and Uruguay. Secret Service and local authorities will implement close security watch. Some supporters of Fidel Castro allegedly traveled from Havana to assist demonstrations.
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Cuba
Eisenhower
South America
U. S
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Secret Service
Fidel Castro
Havana
Mrs Lilly York Dies of Pneumonia in Huntington
Mrs Lilly York, 74, who was thought to have been suffocated, died of pneumonia in Huntington. Coroner Robert S Barrett ruled after firemen found her semi conscious at home and she was taken to hospital. Firemen initially believed she had fallen and fanned a gas heater.
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Huntington (Ap
Lilly York
Robert S. Barrett
North Korea names Li Chong Ok as vice premier
North Korea announces Li Chong Ok, vice chairman of the Workers' Party, as a new vice premier. The Pyongyang radio report confirms the leadership change amid ongoing political shifts.
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Tokyo
Pyongyang
Radio Today
Li Chong Ok
North Korean
Communist Party
Communist North Korea
Demmycratic legislative masheen critic cited
Sherwood Glutz claims the Charleston Democratic machine runs rough and loud like a country sawmill. He alleges Ralph Bean leads a faction of weak Democrats who follow him.
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Charleston
Speshial
Ralph Bean
Senate
On Scene Report Demos Scuttling Govs Program
Charleston West Virginia Legislature made little headway on Tuesday with only 16 days left in the 30 day session The House saw long sessions and floor fights over a new judicial circuit and a job for a Putnam Mason counties judge The Boys State program drew praise from youth speakers Sam Feazell and Bill Teano both named to the Boys State supreme court The severance tax bill and sales tax increase were effectively killed in caucus as Governor Underwood’s program was scuttled by party leaders
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Bruce C. Barwise
Bovey
Minn
Lake Erie
Christian A. Herter
U.S
Herter
Charleston
West Virginia
House
American Legion
Sam Feazell
Carmen Feazell
Beckley
Bill Teano
Oak Hill
Ben Teano
Supreme Court
Boys State
Feazell
Woodrow Wilson High School
Teano
Collins High
Oak
Senate
Putnam
Mason Counties
Rome
State Park Road Bill Introduced
Charleston AP reports a Senate resolution would direct the State Road Commissioner to provide all weather blacktopped roads into and within existing state parks and forests and maintain them in excellent condition. The measure, led by Majority Leader Clarence E. Martin, cites poor current road conditions and aims to improve park access. The same day Martin also proposed funds for a Berkeley health center, while Minority Leader Carrigan presented an Underwood bill to speed WVU and state college construction using revenue bonds and a new registration fee.
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Charleston
Senate
Clarence E. Martin
Berkeley
Martin
M. Lane
John E. Carrigan
R-Marshall
Underwood
West Virginia University
GOP Kickoffs 1960 Campaign With 80 Dinners Across Nation
President Eisenhower opens a coast to coast GOP campaign with more than 80 fundraising dinners led by top leaders including Nixon Rockefeller Morton. The telecast will link eight dinners for 30 to 40 minutes starting at 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Eisenhower will fly from Andrews Air Force Base to Los Angeles with a Denver stop. Mrs. Eisenhower stays with her mother in Denver.
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Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Andrews Air Force Base
Denver
Republican National Committee
Ike
Richard M. Nixon
Chicago
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Air Force
California
Congress
Thomas H. Kuchel
House
White House
GOP National Committee
John
Doud
Belief Grows Bloody Uprising Might Succeed
In Algiers the uprising to claim Algeria as part of France gains momentum. Insurgents man barricades in the university area while thousands rally, aided by some army officers and pro French Muslims. Censors note insurgents won the first round as demonstrations spread to Oran and Constantine.
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Bone
Constantine
Oran
Algiers
Algeria
France
Echo d'Alger
Joseph Ortiz
Paul Delouvrier
Mostaganem
Stampede at Seoul Station Kills 31 Koreans
At Seoul railway station a deadly stampede killed 31 holiday travelers and injured 50 as hundreds rushed to crowd the last train to Mokpo. Officials blamed station authorities. Transportation Minister Kim Il Hwan and the station master were dismissed. President Rhee ordered an inquiry. Many victims were women and children en route to Mokpo for the lunar New Year.
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Seoul
South Korea
Mokpo
Kim Il Hwan
Sta
Tion
Syngman Rhee
Korea
U S Engineers Seek Bids for Grave Moving Near Sutton
U S Engineers issue bids for moving bodies from 15 small Braxton County cemeteries near Sutton Reservoir. Project estimated at 25000 dollars covers opening 240 graves, re interment, re erecting 98 stones, furnishing 12 bronze plaques, transplanting trees and shrubs, and snaring nearly two acres of grasses. Bids to be opened around March 2 and work to finish within five months of award.
Gas leak in Tokyo kills two and affects nearly a hundred
Gas fumes seeping from a leaky main into a tightly populated Tokyo area killed two people and overpowered nearly a hundred others in the early hours, authorities said. Emergency crews evacuated residents as investigators worked to locate the leak and determine its cause.
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Tokyo
Pinson Files For Congress In 4th District Race
CHARLESTON AP Clyde Pinson of Huntington became the second Republican to file for nomination for Congress in the 4th District. Incumbent Rev. Ken Hechler of Huntington has not yet filed. Other filings include Mrs. Clyde A. Wellman and Jay V. Groves as Democratic delegates, M. Eddie Hersman and Dr. C. O. Eakle on party committees, and several Republican delegates to the national convention.
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Charleston
Clyde Pinson
Huntington
E. Wyatt Payne
Ken Hechler
Dwva
Clyde A. Wellman
Jay V. Groves
Buckhannon
M. Eddie Hersman
Spencer
Frederick P. Becker
Fairmont
C. 0. Eakle
Sutton
Glida Meyers
Beckley
Flu and chicken pox strain Raleigh County schools
Raleigh County schools report a flu like outbreak with chicken pox absences. Principals Tucker and Rumberg cite 30 and 7 chicken pox cases, while many teachers are missing. Attendance director Walker lists facility totals and notes epidemic levels with 13,095 new influenza cases for the week and a grand total of 21,860, higher than 1959. Cabell County records add 2,009 new flu cases last week.
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A. R. Tucker
Institute
Guy Rumberg
Shady Spring
Shady
Raleigh County
Verlin H. Walker
Walker
Glen Leigh
Beaver
Stamford
Crescent
Mount Tabor
Piney Oakes
Woodrow Wilson High School
Crab Orchard
Central
Stratton
N. H
Dyer
West Virginia
Health Department
Cabell County
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