East Berliners Return To Jobs Under Martial Law
East Berliners resume work as martial rule tightens after Wednesday’s bloody revolt. Soviet troops seal the border with 200 tanks and 10,000 soldiers while West Berlin seeks Allied pressure for lifting the siege and free traffic between sectors. Reuter reports Allied leaders urge Moscow to end the siege and restore normal life for 1.1 million East Berliners.
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Full Dress Crisis Session On Truce Tonight
Communists say they have an important subject to discuss as truce negotiators meet in a full dress session at Panmunjom likely to decide armistice fate. Key issues include Rhee's release of about 26,000 anti red prisoners and ongoing prisoner repatriation plans.
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Rosenbergs Lose Execution Planned Tonight
The Supreme Court set aside Justice Douglas's stay on the Rosenbergs as the case nears execution. Chief Justice Vinson announced the decision after the court met, with President Eisenhower likely to decide clemency after the Justice Department sends a formal plea. Demonstrations surrounded the White House as Sing Sing allowed a last visit through a screen.
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Coal Resolution Offered by Bailey
Washington Rep Bailey proposes a House joint resolution to void any trade pact setting an import duty below 10 cents per barrel on residual oil. The measure targets a Venezuela agreement cutting duties to 5 14 cents a barrel, claiming about 26250 dollars daily in extra revenue if enacted, and would grant a limited breathing spell for the coal industry.
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West Virginia Weather Outlook for Weekend
West Virginia forecast calls for fair tonight with a low around 60. Saturday will be cloudy and warmer. Extended outlook shows temps 4 to 5 degrees above normal with scattered showers likely over the weekend and into early next week. Total rainfall expected 0.25 to 0.50 inch. Normals are 72 in the north and 73 in the south.
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West Virginia Briefs Highlight Counterfeit Pills and Moves
In Wheeling three counterfeit twenty dollar pills were identified by First National Bank after use in a pool room a dairy store and a state liquor store. Morgantown's West Virginia Library Commission will move its headquarters to Charleston this summer with new quarters near the capitol. Fairmont sees Robert Boggs 26 of Fairview sentenced to 18 months in a federal facility for failing to update his draft address. Dorsey Kelley, once postmaster at Nesterville, fined 600 dollars and placed on probation for three years for embezzling 135 in postal funds.
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Fairmont
Robert Edward Boggs
Fairview
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Watkins
Dorsey D. Kelley
Kelley
Nestorville
McCarthy Warns of Communist Assassination Plot
Senator Joe McCarthy said he has known for some time that Communists have him marked for assassination. A former FBI counter spy testified that a Pittsburgh communist boasted of a plot to kill McCarthy with others’ names on a list. The subcommittee questioned Lou Bortz after Mazzei testified.
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W Virginian earns Legion of Merit in UN honor guard
Lt Col Ruby G. Bradley of Spencer West Virginia chief nurse of the Eighth Army received the Legion of Merit during a United Nations honor guard review. She became the first and only woman saluted by the Army headquarters honor guard of combat veterans from 15 nations. Bradley, a former World War II prisoner, was named Woman of the Year by the Women's National Press Club in Washington on May 2 for her service with the Eighth Army.
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Turnpike Case Delayed in Kanawha County Court
Hearing of a State Turnpike Commission proposal to condemn a strip of land from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was postponed due to Judge Frank Taylor facing an exceptionally heavy docket in Kanawha County Circuit Court.
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Surge in Overseas Parcel Post Rates Set for August
Postmaster General Summerfield announced a sharp rise in surface parcel post rates to foreign destinations, effective August 1, adding about 17 million dollars a year. Air parcel post remains unchanged, with basic rate rising from 14 cents to 45 cents for the first pound and 22 cents for each additional pound.
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Parking meter receipts set May record in city history
City receipts from parking meters topped 3263.44 in May, the highest for a single month since meters began in 1944. The previous peak was 3109.43 in October 1952, noted City Recorder Thomas E. Bazzarre Jr. today.
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Liquor Traffic Trial Delayed By Discussion
Hazel Atlas Kiblinger of Flats faces an unlawful transportation of liquor charge. The trial paused as defense counsel challenged a warrantless car search. State Police details cited a March 21 stop at a Naoma restaurant and discovery of a gallon of liquor in the trunk. Prosecutor Sparacino urged enforcement of the one gallon limit.
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Secret Mediterranean Paradise Island Observed by Explorer
Reports from London describe a hidden Mediterranean island where a blond woman and her tall husband live as a modern Adam and Eve. Charles Violet, on a 5,000 mile cruise, landed near Corsica, witnessed the couple near a cave and observed their simple life, language, and plans to return to civilization.
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Swings From Both Sides Sen Knowland Takes Tafts Job
Senator Knowland of California temporarily replaces Taft as Senate GOP leader. Taft will call most policies from the bench, while Knowland acts as acting leader and Policy Committee chairman. Knowland has long pushed hardline foreign policy and China policy, and his rise signals strong Republican control during Taft’s recovery.
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Ohio
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F Howard Pleads To Petit Larceny in Lawton Case
Floyd Howard of Lawton pleaded guilty today to a reduced charge of petit larceny in Criminal Court. Judge Harry L. McCreery set July 1 for sentencing. Howard was indicted on breaking and entering in a case tied to the January 14 attempted robbery at Barracks Wholesale Supply Co. Jury deliberations previously failed to reach a verdict on the breaking and entering charge. Petit jurors were excused from further service until 9 30 a.m. Tuesday as scheduled dockets did not require attendance.
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Alcohol and Drug Study Planned by State Committee
Charleston legislators form a three member subcommittee led by Senator Wylie to study how other states handle alcoholism and drug addiction. The group may hire help and visit out of state institutions to gather data, aiming to address treatment shortcomings in West Virginia where current mental hospital confinement proved inadequate.
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Wyoming
Dels. Chilton
Kanawha
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West Virginia
West Virginia Official Wins Third In Road Contest
Claude A. Rothrock head of the planning division of the West Virginia State Road Commission earned third place in General Motors Better Highways Awards essay contest. He received a $5,000 award from GM President Harlow B. Curtice at a dinner. The top prize of $25,000 went to Robert Moses and the second prize of $10,000 to Brig. Gen. Lacey Y. Murrow. Rothrock, 64, has served with the commission since 1941, having come to West Virginia from Los Angeles in 1917. The GM contest aims to spur discussion on America s highway problems.
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Body of Flood Victim Found on River Bank
Sandra Brannon a 13 year old of South Charleston drowned in mid week flash floods and was found on Elk River bank about a mile upstream after a 50 person search party scoured Bitter Creek and the river. The flood also claimed Mrs Anna Summers 75 of Sand Fork when her home was swept away and the waters carried the body three miles along the creek and 10 miles downstream.
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