Treasury Slides Back Into Oldtime Red Rut
AP reports the U S Treasury ended fiscal 1951 with a 3.51 billion dollar surplus after years of deficits, predicting possible deficits for 1952 unless new taxes pass. It notes tax hikes, debt reductions, and high military spending as drivers, with cash on hand near 7.36 billion dollars and total outlays rising to about 4.63 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Molony
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
House
Senate
Treasury
Whitehead reports farmers split over beef price controls
Associated Press special correspondent Don Whitehead surveys the Midwest farm belt on beef price controls. Farmers mostly oppose tighter government limits, arguing costs rise and profits stay modest, while cattle feeders may profit from cuts. The piece notes OPS forecasts and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation data as debate centers on inflation, policy scope, and who bears the burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Mid-West
Des Moines
Iowa
Texas
Corn Belt
Middle West
Animes
Korea
Itviooks
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
P. S
Department of Agriculture
OF5
Iowa Farm, Bureau Federation
Federation
UN agrees to armistice talks in Korea amid push to end war
Tokyo report says allied command set July 10 as the opening cease-fire date with the Reds and proposed Kaesong as a meeting site near the 38th Parallel. Ridgway pressed for speed, while South Korea's President Rhee rejected a cease-fire on the 38th Parallel as front lines report one of the war's longest artillery exchanges on the eastern front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Olin Clemen
Tokyo
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Iy2
Ridgway
Kaesong
38Th Parallel
U. N
Pieping Radio
38Th
Syngman’ Rhee
South Korea
America
Waesong
Associated Press
George Sweers
C. W. Huchner
Chicago
S-Land
Seth
Webb Promoted to State Police Sergeant
Four promotions were announced by state police headquarters. Cpl. W E Webb of Beckley was promoted to sergeant and was formerly stationed at Charleston. The troopers promoted to corporal were B D Barzie of Princeton C R Dawson of Rainelle and X D Givos of Fayetteville.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Cpl
We G E.webb
Beckley
Cheylan
Barzie
Princeton
C. R, Dawson
Rainelle
X. D. Givos
Fayetteville
Potpourri of the News Human Sidebars In Lighter Vein
In Baltimore an old white shepherd dog and a five year old bay horse formed a surprising pair. The humane society captured the horse and placed it in a truck, but the dog followed, leaping into the corral with the steed. The pair, once food scavengers on farms, now stay together with the horse possibly used for riding classes and the dog kept as a canine companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Humane Society
Two Way Traffic Across Tug River Sparks Tax Showdown
Pike County Kentucky residents long negated by a dry law cross into West Virginia to buy whisky and now meet neighbors on the road to soda pop. Williamson townspeople began river crossings Sunday to dodge West Virginia's new penny bottle soft drink tax.
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Williamson
Pike County
iTug River
West Virginia
Too Many Cats Convicted In Los Angeles Nuisance Case
Mrs. Violet Duran of North Hollywood was convicted for keeping 15 or more cats without a kennel permit. Neighbors complained for two years about the nuisance. Judge Leroy Dawson scheduled July 20 for probation and sentence.
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Los Angeles
Violet Duran
North
Hollywood
Duran
Leroy Dawson
Dewey visits Honolulu amid Korea trip crowds
Governor Thomas E. Dewey traveled through Honolulu on a warfront bound air tour. He spoke at a news conference, warning that Soviet moves signal a broader plan to world domination and noting fear whenever Stalin smiles as Korea nears a strategic shift. About 300 people greeted him with chants urging another run.
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Honolulu
Thomas E.dewey
New York
Korea
Soviet Union
Stalin
Dewey
Kaesong Quietly Moves Toward Place in History
Washington reports hesitation over any cease fire that would make the 38th parallel a formal border between Koreas. Ridgway proposed July 3 talks to quicken end to fighting while Rusk briefs on cautious progress. Kaesong, once Korea's prettiest city, remains largely intact amid abandonment beyond the parallel.
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Kaesong
Associated Press
Washington
Spark[man
Ala
United States
38Th Parallel
Koreas
Sparkman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Dean Rusk
Matthew B. Ridgway
Rusk
Foreign Relations Committee
Ridgway
County Faces Red in 1950 Budget Up 21 Items
Raleigh County posted a 1950 51 fiscal year red on 21 budget items totaling 34 658 57 with 16 others leaving a shortfall of 8 671 62. Expenditures peaked at Little Beaver Park 3 349 03 while jailer salaries court house expense and other red items exceed limits. Deputy Clerk Mrs Fred Hurt noted credits yet to be counted could reduce the deficit.
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Raleigh County
Fred Hurt
Little Beaver Park
Health Department
Memorial
Conservators of Peace
Register Takes Holiday On July Fourth Publication
The Raleigh Register will not be published tomorrow July 4 due to a holiday. To keep readers informed the Post-Herald will provide a copy of the news for the day.
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Raleigh Register
Register
Post-Herald
Tri County ABC Receives Cooperative Charter
Beckley area officials announce that the Two Beckley Artificial Breeders Cooperative Association has been granted a non profit farming cooperative charter by Secretary of State D. Pitt O’Brien. The unit expects to start services for dairy herds by July 16 and plans training and equipment setup to meet the deadline as Rural Development Council and Dairy Commission officials oversee the arrangement.
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Beckley
Rural Development Council
Dairy Commission
H. c. Avis
Frank Patton
Harpers Road
Patton
West Virginia University
ABC
Clarksburg
Terra Alta
ADC
Charles ‘T. Shackelford
Association
ABC Board of Directors
West Virginia highway deaths hold steady in 1951
Charleston reports the 1951 annual highway death toll matches 1950 at 159. The state police accident prevention bureau notes 24 traffic fatalities in June, up from 20 in June of the previous year.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
State Expects a 4 5 Million Surplus at Year End
LANSING Mich The end of the Korean conflict will not reduce Army manpower demand says National Draft Director Hershey during a routine inspection. Charleston reports the state hopes for a year end surplus of four to five million dollars due to higher than budget gross sales tax receipts and other taxes. Gross sales tax receipts for 1950 51 stood near 30 million with expected 40 1 60 000 in gross receipts and higher consumer sales and gasoline tax yields. Beer tax and liquor store profits are also discussed as contributing factors to the surplus.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Charleston
C. H. Koontz
Liquor Control Commission
Mayor Promises Continued War on Gambling In Beckley
Mayor W A Burke pledges ongoing effort to curb gambling while in office. Beckley ministers endorse an anti crime commission, urged by Thomas F Stafford editor, to study models elsewhere and empower local action against slot machines and related vice. Police praise ministerial cooperation, call for persistent citizen watchdogs without Kefauver era complacency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A.burke
Beckley
Burke
Thomas F. Stafford
Register
Ministerial Association
Anti-Crime Commission
Stafford
Senate Crime Investigating
Kefauver Committee
FBI
J. Edgar Hoovier
Citizen Crime Commission
Association
Alvin Cook
A. H. Wilson
L. D. Roe
Roy Jones
Millard E. Tyree
Roe
Police Department
Beckley Offices Close Tomorrow for Independence Day
Beckley will observe Independence Day with most city and county offices closed tomorrow and many banks stores and utilities following the holiday. Some county offices will close both Wednesday and Thursday including sheriff tax office health department circuit clerk county clerk assessor prosecuting attorney and criminal court judge while the Marine recruiting station will stay open citing patriotic celebrations.
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Sheriff's Tax Office
Health Department
U.S. Marine Corps
Beckley
Sentencing Delayed for Men Pleading Guilty in Grand Larceny
Judge Harry L. McCreery delayed sentencing for Wahler E. Terry McKinley E. Woodby and Ambrose E. Wingler who pleaded guilty to grand larceny counts in criminal court. They face multiple charges as the case moves to July 17 for final action.
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Harry L. McCreery
Wahler E. Terry
McKinley E. Woodby
Ambrose E. Wingler
Six Area Servicemen Wounded In Korean Fighting
Casualty List 342 compiled by the Department of Defense reports six area servicemen sustaining wounds in Korea. Named are Cpl Jack Dolin of Beards Fork Pfc Lomer E Elkins of Glen Rogers Cpl Carl E Evans of Peytonia Pfc Welmer B Medley of Winona Cal Bran son of Rupert and Pfc William R Pauley of Gilbert.
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Department of Defense
Jack Dolin
Nanie C. Clay
Beards Fork
Lomer E. Elkins
Everett QO. Elkins
Glen Rogers
Carl E. Evans
David McKinley Evans
Peytoria
Pfc
Welmer B. Medley
Alden Medley
Winona
Cal
Sylvan Kenneth Branson
Thelma G. Bran Son
Rupert
Pfe
William R. Pauley
James G. Pauley
Gilbert
Virgin WEATHER shows showers and storms through weekend
Weather forecast calls for showers and scattered thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday and again over the weekend totaling three quarters to one and a half inches. Temperatures remain near normal with no major changes expected. Normal highs 73 to 74 across regions. Local readings show mixed overnight lows and daylight highs, with river and reservoir levels near normal and mostly clear conditions at Bellepoint and Bluestone areas.
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Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
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