Gunfire in Capitol as Puerto Rican militants open fire
Rep. Alvin M. Bentley was critically wounded in a House chamber shooting by Puerto Rican Nationalists who also attacked other lawmakers. Four suspects faced assault with intent to kill charges with possible murder penalties if deaths occur. Bentley showed signs of improvement after surgery, while peers and guards contained a chaotic scene as gunmen proclaimed independence for Puerto Rico.
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Washington
Alvin M. Bentley
R-Mich
Capitol
Lolita Lebron
Country
Rafael Concel Miranda
Andres F. Cordeo
Irving Flores
Bentley
Kenneth A. Roberts
Ala
Ben. F. Jensen
Iowa
Clifford Davis
D-Tenn
George H. Fallon
Roberts
House of Representatives
Rep
van Zandt
R-Pa
French Ship Rescues Lone Woman at Sea
Fourteen minutes of rescue details appear as two helicopter crashes claim six sailors from Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron No 1 near Key West Florida. The crew were three per craft pilots co pilots and crew men. In a separate incident a French training vessel Maurier Christmas rescued Vera Olive Rideout from a leaking sailboat off Guadalupe Island after she sailed alone for five days seeking to circumnavigate the globe. She reported pumping for about 120 hours and fighting a dislocated spinal disc after the mizzen boom strike. She was hospitalized after transfer to a Coast Guard cutter.
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Key West
Navy
Fleming Key
Coral Key
Sikorsky
San Diego
Caiif
Vera Olive Rideout
San Pedro
Coast Guard
Guadalupe Island
Here
Democrats Join Committee In 22 to 2 Vote
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 22 to 2 vote to extend the present 52 percent corporate income tax for one year and block a scheduled April 1 cut to 47 percent, moving the rate into a broad 800 page tax overhaul bill and signaling a major shift in excise tax considerations.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Arkansas
Gregory
Kentucky
Eisenhower
Daniel A. Reed
R-Ny
Ways and Means
Senate
Runway Scraped at Memorial Airport by State Road Crew
At Memorial Airport the runway was scraped at noon by State Road Commission equipment and normal operations were expected to resume this afternoon by Piedmont Airlines.
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Memorial Airport
State Road Commission
Piedmont Airlines
Weather forces Beckley board to postpone meeting
Weather conditions caused the Beckley Recreation Board to postpone its Monday night session until March 8 at City Hall.
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Beckley
Beclky Weather Outlook And Break-In Arraignment
Increasing cloudiness tonight with lows 26 to 32. Wednesday brings rain or snow, then snow flurries and colder later. West Virginia temperatures through Sunday will run 3 to 5 degrees below normals. Two men Earl Long and Bill Turner to be arraigned on 10 charges of breaking into the Beck-16 Loan Co. office on Fayette Street. Long on probation from Raleigh County Criminal Court for a prior break-in.
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West Virginia
Beck- 16
Loan Co
S. Fayette St
U Kfed
Earl Long
East Beckley
Bill
Turner
East Park
Long
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Pope Improves on Anniversary Amid Illness Recovery
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XII shows slight daily improvement in his long illness as the 78th birthday and 15th anniversary of his pontificate are celebrated. Messages pour in from around the world while thousands attend a high mass at St Mary Major Basilica in Rome for his recovery.
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Vatican
Pius XII
Rome
St. Mary Major Basilica
Clemente Cardinal Micara
Melton Files Candidacy For Raleigh County School Board
Henry E. Melton Jr of Mabscott files his candidacy for Raleigh County Board of Education. A Beckley native and World War II Army veteran, he owns Melton Mortuary on Harper Road and is active in civic groups and the First Baptist Church of Beckley. He is married with three children.
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Henry E. Melton Jr
Mabscott
Raleigh
First Baptist Church of
Beckley
Eisenhower calls world day of prayer for peace observance
Presstime Bulletins report Phillip Young says 383 government workers separated for disloyalty are not necessarily Communists. Eisenhower urges all men of good will to join a world day of prayer for peace. Leonard Hall rejects McCarthy's attacks on those fighting communism. Puerto Rico legislature condemns shooting of five U S congressmen by nationalists on the House floor.
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Washington
Phillip Young
Civil Service Commission
Eisenhower
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
San Juan
Puerto Rico
U. S
House of Representatives
Prisoner Sobs and Gets Six Year Sentence
Howard Jarrell of Pine Knob a former Lester police chief was sentenced to six years for unarmed robbery after a 12 jurors verdict. He claimed innocence before Judge Harry L. McCreery who granted a 60 day stay for appeal. Bond to be set later. Corbett and Billie Jarrell brothers face March term trial on related charges arising from the same Dec 31 robbery on Charles W. Stewart.
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McCreery
J. Q. Hutchinson
Jarrell
Billie
Corbett Jarrell
Charles W. Stewart
Mabscott Hill
Harrisville Man Guilty in Germany
Charles E. Wilson of Harrisville West Virginia was convicted in a U S district court in Nuremberg Germany of conspiracy to defraud He was sentenced to six months in prison fined 5000 dollars and faces another six months if the fine is not paid Wilson 32 former food chief of the U S Army European Exchange System was found innocent on 26 other charges in a kickback case The prosecution said Wilson and EES employees took 235000 in kickbacks from firms doing business with the Army The service runs the Army post exchanges Defense attorney said he would appeal and seek to keep Wilson free pending the appeal The court did not decide the request immediately
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Mernberg
Germany
Charles E. Wilson
Harrisville
W. Va
U. S
Wilson
U. S. Army
European Exchange System
Atty
Peter Flanagan
Amityville
Long Island
New York
Carl Turmo
Stoughton
Wis
Liberty
EES
Army
College Loan Approved for Morris Harvey College Dormitory
Washington reports the Housing and Home Finance Agency approved a 300000 loan to Morris Harvey College in Charleston West Virginia to fund a dormitory for 115 male students.
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Washington
The
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
W. Va
State Shows Gain In Petroleum, Gas Production
The State Chamber of Commerce reports January gains in West Virginia crude petroleum output, electrical energy, and natural gas production while noting declines in construction contract awards and municipal building permits. Also: drops in ordinary life insurance sales, coal and lumber output, and salaries. Unemployment benefits rose 71.8 percent, but total benefits remain below 1949 levels. January wages still topped all Januaries except 1952 and 1953.
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Charleston
State Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Chamber
Business Review
Construction Planned At Flat Top Lake Association
Residential construction valued at about $250 000 will start the spring season at Flat Top Lake Association. Directors met at the courthouse and authorized 10 building permits for new homes at the summer resort. Road repairs and four new members approval were also granted, with Leo Vecellie presiding.
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Flat Top Lake Association
Leo Vecellie
Association
Attorney General Appeals Brewster Dispute In Supreme Court
The West Virginia attorney general appeals a Kanawha County ruling that no board vacancy occurred June 30, 1952 and that Huntington editor Raymond Brewster has a lawful right to the State Board of Education seat. The case centers on whether Patteson’s letter constituted a nomination and the proper three-step process. Brewster has attended meetings amid the dispute.
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Raymond Brewster
State Board of Education
Supreme Court
Attorney General’s
Kanawha County
Huntington
Brewster
Okey L. Patteson
Marland
Homer Gebhardt
Fourth Congressional District Board
State Senate
Gebhardt
Brew
Senate
Puerto Ricans Planned Shooting At New York Meeting
Four Puerto Ricans, three men and a woman, are jailed in Washington on charges tied to the February 22 shooting on Capitol grounds. Lolita Lebron and Rafael Cancel Miranda defended their actions as political demonstration for Puerto Rico’s freedom, saying they would not apologize even as they face punishment. The group planned the act in New York on George Washington’s Birthday to spotlight Puerto Rico’s status.
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New York
Washington
Lolita Lebron
Rafael Cancel Miranda
George Washington
New York City
Venezuela
Puerto Rico
United States
Miranda
Police Guard Puerto Rican Section in NYC
Heavy detective reinforcements guard Puerto Rican sections of New York City after yesterday's shooting in Congress. Police deter disorder and aid FBI in the case. No disturbances were reported amid arrests of four New York residents linked to the plot.
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New York
New York City
Congress
FBI
Washington
Visiting Students Witnessing Democracy In Action
A sixth grade class from Lutherville Elementary visited Washington to see democracy in action but encountered a hail of bullets as four Puerto Rican Nationalists opened fire in the House. Students described the chaos, with one girl recounting people ducking under seats and a woman shouting Kill em.
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Lutherville
Washington
Democracy
House of Representatives
Carol Lynn Blaker
Carol
Gay Clark
Eric Pindell
Parade Set April 26 As Clean-Up Kickoff
City officials and Beckley Jaycees map a two week clean up drive starting April 26 with a parade. County participation possible with similar events. Sid Reese chairs the campaign planning committee and notes bands fire equipment sweeper sanitation trucks and merchant floats will appear. Additional days include Safety and Fire Prevention Day April 27 and others focused on yard work repair landscaping health and progress checks through May 8. Mayor Davis pledged full city cooperation.
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Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sid Reese
Jaycee Committee
Beckley
Jaycee
Beckley Group
Traffic Control Commission
Raleigh County Garden Council
Raleigh County Ministerial Association
Jaycees
6000 Chicks Die In Lester Plant Fire
Six thousand three day old chicks were burned to death when a fire destroyed a broiler plant at Lester Monday. The building was recently erected and owned by Basil Whitewick. The fire started after noontime and caused a total loss of the flock. Insurance status on the chicks was uncertain.
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Lester Monday
Basil Whitewick
Lester
Beckley Ice and Feed Co
Whiteneck
Congress Highlights and Statehood Debates Across Capitol
Congress deals with a shooting incident in the House leaving Rep Bent ley and four others wounded while a Puerto Rican faction is blamed. The chamber resumes debate on immigrant farm workers and Hawaii statehood moves toward a test vote as Alaska statehood ties loom. The Ways and Means Committee considers a $2 billion corporate tax cut cue. Civil Service scrutiny rises over subversive information in personnel separations. McCarthy calls for a State Department authorization explanation regarding McLeod.
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Bentley
R-Mich
Chamber
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Hawaii
Young
Civil Service Commission
Senate Post Office
Civil Service Committee
Democrats
McLeod
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Secretary of State
Dulles
R. W. Scott McLeod
State Department
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