Security of Congress Studied Indictments Sought Against Four
Washington officials moved toward indicting four Puerto Rican Nationalists who shot five congressmen in a Capitol Hill attack. Four suspects faced assault with intent to kill charges as U.S. District Attorney Leo Rover planned grand jury action. The wounded included Rep. Alvin Bentley and Reps. Clifford Davis Ben Jensen George Fallon and Kenneth Roberts.
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Capitol Hill
House
Alvin M. Bentley
George Crile
Cleveland
Bentley
Casualty Hospital
Clifford Davis
D-Tenn
Ben. F. Tensen
Iowa
George Fallon
Kenneth Roberts
Ala
U.S
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Rover
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Truman
Collazo
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Eisenhower
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Congress
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Mich
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Tenn
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Lowa
Congress Highlights Security and Tax Debates in Washington
A federal grand jury announces assault with intent to kill charges against four Puerto Ricans who fired into the House chamber. Congress weighs guard measures while acknowledging no air tight protection is possible. Senate Democrats seek fuller security risk testimony from Civil Service Chair Philip Young and agency officers. President Eisenhower faces McCarthy Stevens tensions as Republicans split. House panel backs extending tax cuts by canceling corporate cuts and cutting excise taxes, while NLRB overhaul looms after a breakfast with Eisenhower and a closed session.
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Eisenhower
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Ralph Zwicker
Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Robert T. Stevens
Department of the Army
Maj
Irving Peress
New York
Peress
Stevens
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Congress
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House of Representatives
Senate Civil Service Committee
Philip Young
Civil Service Commission
Young
Windy and Cold With Snow Flurries This Afternoon
Weather bulletin notes windy and colder conditions with snow flurries this afternoon and tonight, with a low of 16 to 22 degrees. Thursday will be cloudy and colder with mountains seeing snow flurries. Reports from Beckley and Oak Hill show record highs and lows, while rivers near Belpoint and Bluestone Reservoir indicate above normal stages and muddiness.
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Beckley High
C-Seerereces
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Bluestone
New
Greenbrier
Health Officer Seeks Funds Extension for Clinic
Dr. C A Smith county health officer will ask the State Health Department to extend funds for Ra leigh County Health Department general disease clinic through July 1. After that date expenses of the clinic must be assumed by the Raleigh County Court. Dr. B B Richmond serves as clinician for the VD clinic held Thursdays at the health department offices.
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C. A. Smith
State Health Department
Raleigh County Health Department
Raleigh County Court
B. B. Richmond
Health Department
Food Prices Reach New 3 Year Record
NEW YORK Wholesale food prices measured by Dun and Bradstreet rose to a new three year high this week. The index stood at 7.21, up from 7.20 the prior week and 6.28 a year earlier, a 14.8 percent year over year gain. The index covers the wholesale cost of one pound of 31 common foods. Higher values appeared for flour, wheat, corn, rye, oats, lard, coffee, cottonseed oil, eggs, hogs and lambs, while barley butter sugar milk cocoa peanuts and steers trended lower.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Brad Street
Probe of Young Allies Sought in Central Fight
The New York Central Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to probe Robert R. Young and his allies over activities tied to his bid to seize control of the railroad. Alleghany Corp announced the first seven names on the opposition slate for the May 26 Albany stockholders meeting, including Allan P. Kirby, Clinton W. Murchison, and Sidney W. Richardson. Young and his associates recently bought 800,000 shares of Central stock from Chesapeake & Ohio Railway as part of his proxy campaign.
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Washington
New York Central Railroad Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert R. Young
Young
Alleghany Corp
Annal Stockholders’ Meeting
Albany
Allan P. Kirby
Clinton W. Murchison
Dallas
Sidney W. Richardson
Fort Worth
Texas
Central
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
New York Central
Road
Whisky Arrested Man Held on Drunkenness and Moonshine
Charles Holbert Smith Lester was booked at Raleigh County Jail on drunkenness and possession of moonshine whisky. He was arrested Tuesday night by City Police.
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Charles Holbert Smith
Lester
Raleigh County
Woodrow Wilson seniors vote in Beckley primary election
The senior class of Woodrow Wilson High School is holding a primary election this week to elect city officials for Beckley. Voting is ongoing today with the general election date unset. The Student Council and social science classes sponsor the project, using an automatic voting machine arranged by Miss Topsy O' Dell of the Beckley League of Women Voters. Junior class members have applied for fireman and policeman posts and will undergo the same tests as regular city employees.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Topsy O' Dell
Beckley League of Women Voters
Rhodell Town Council Meeting Postponed to March 16
Lack of a quorum halted Tuesday's Rhodell council session. Recorder Leon Saunders announced the next meeting will be held March 16.
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Rhodell
Leon Saunders
Three in Whitesville Family Injured in Arnett Collision
Three members of the Hill family were treated at Charleston Hospital after a head on crash between two cars at Arnett. Ross Hill age 45 his wife Ida 49 and their five year old daughter Suzanne were not believed to be seriously hurt. Hill is held for observation for possible chest injuries.
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Whitesville
Charleston
Arnett
Ross Hill
Ida
Suzanne
Hill
More Funds For Fox Bounties Authorized
The Raleigh County Court, which has exceeded a $200 limit on fox bounties, authorized additional funds. It originally paid up to $200 or $1 for each fox killed from January to May, and bills have risen daily. The court will continue to pay $1 for each $3 paid by the state through May.
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Raleigh
France and Germany to discuss Saar plans
Paris reports French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault will meet West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer next Tuesday to resolve the Saar dispute. They will review the Europeanization plan by Holland's Marinus van der Goes van Naters, which shifts Saar defense and foreign affairs to a European high commissioner while preserving the French Saar economic union pending broader European integration.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Konrad Adenauer
Saar
Adenauer
West Germany
Greece
Turkey
Bidault
Marinus van der Goes van Naters
Holland
van der Goes
France
Council of Europe
Twelve County Parley Plans March Meeting in Beckley
Twelve Southern West Virginia counties will be represented at a March 12 meeting in Beckley of tuberculosis and health association executive secretaries. A luncheon will precede a discussion of the April state convention agenda in Jacksons Mill. Raleigh County secretary Mrs. C. C. Sanders announced invited counties including Fayette Kanawha Nicholas Greenbrier Mercer Mingo Monroe McDowell Logan Wyoming Summers and Raleigh. Fayette secretary Mrs. Myrtle Clineball will preside at 12:30 p.m. Counties in northern WV convene March 9 in Wheeling.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Tuberculosis and Health Associations
Jackson's Mill
C. C. Sanders
Raleigh County
Wheeling
New Maxwell Hill School to Open March 15
Maxwell Hill Elementary will move into a new three classroom building on March 15 uniting six grades under one roof for the first time. About 75 students are enrolled. The three rooms plus a basement classroom for future expansion were built by the Raleigh County Board of Education maintenance crew with a brick front.
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Maxwell Hill
Glenna H. Legg
Teel
Cranberry
Earl Halsey
Willia Peters Elkins
Halsey
Maxwell Hill School
Raleigh County Board of Education
Raleigh County School Board Names New Office Staffer
Virginia Prince has joined the Raleigh County Board of Education as secretary to Superintendent D. W. Bryson and as assistant payroll clerk. She began work on March 1.
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Virginia Prince
Raleigh County
Red Cross Fund Pulls In Early Raleigh Drive Totals
The first two days of Raleigh County annual Red Cross drive raised 962.75 dollars. Mrs. T C Moorefield executive director said more contributions were expected in today’s mail.
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American Red Cross
Raleigh
T. C. Moorefield
Miners Certificate Exams Set Across County in March
Clarence A. Traynham announces a schedule of miners certificate examinations for March across multiple towns including Welch Oak Hill Beckley Mullens East Rainelle Pineville Matoaka Mount Hope Charleston and Beckley courthouse venues. First three days of the month held at Pineville Matoaka and Mount Hope.
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Clarence A. Traynham
Welch
W. Va
Oak Hill
Beckley
Courthouse
Mullens
City Hall
East Rainelle
United
Mine Workers Office
Pineville
Matoaka
Ted J. Godfrey
Justice of the Peace
Mount Hope
Price Chevrolet Company
UMWA
Ansted
Charleston
Miners’ Examining Board
Killarney Investigation Continues With Health Chief
The typhoid inquiry in Killarney was led again by O R Lyons head of the State Health Department sanitation division. He interviewed residents after nurses vaccinated students while Dr C A Smith Raleigh County health director reported cases down to four, with several doubtful. Water in Killarney is now chlorinated after Lillybrook Coal Co mine equipment upgrade.
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Killarney
O. R. Lyons
State Health Department
Lyons
Raleigh County Health Department
C. A. Smith
Raleigh County
Lillybrook Coal Co
House panel curbs NLRB unfair labor practice power
The House labor Committee voted 14 13 to strip the National Labor Relations Board of authority to try unfair labor practice cases. Rep Holt R Calif said the vote signals a reversal for President Eisenhower as party lines crossed. Washington The Ways and Means Committee appropriated excise tax cuts but left parts of Chairman Reed NYs bill undecided at recess.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
NLRB
McConnell
Rpa
House Labor Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Rep
Holt
Calif
Ways and Means
Daniel A. Reed
Virginians Support Turnpike Proposal in Senate Panel
The Virginia Senate Roads Committee unanimously approved a proposed 75 mile toll superhighway across Southwest Virginia after a hearing. Opponents warned the project would harm tourist businesses and tax revenue, linking with a West Virginia turnpike and a proposed North Carolina route. Bills for a state authority to oversee construction were introduced by Sen. W. C. Caudill and Del. Nat Pendleton.
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Richmond
Senate Roads Committee
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
W. C. Caudill
Pearisburg
Del
Nat Pendleton
Wytheville
Pendleton
Caudill
West Virginia Turnpike Committee Sets Bond Sale
Charleston officials report final authorization for selling an extra 387 million dollars in bonds by the West Virginia Turnpike Commission. The session continues the Feb 25 meeting as officials say proceeds from the 96 million debt would not cover finishing the toll highway between Charleston and Princeton.
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Charleston
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Princeton
Polio Vaccine Test Targets West Virginia Counties
West Virginia five counties Kanawha Cabell McDowell Putnam Wayne show high polio incidence from 1948 to 1953 in a statewide study. Dr N H Dyer says about 0 870 second grade pupils in these counties will be eligible for the vaccine program, with parents signing consent forms. First shots given a week apart, booster after four weeks. Health records of about 25 000 unvaccinated first and third graders form a control group.
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Charleston
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Kanawha
Cabell
McDowell
Putnam
Wayne
Dyer
Ash Wednesday Opens 40 Day Lenten Period
New York Lent began today marking the 40 day period until Easter. The first week features the World Day of Prayer on Friday when Protestant and orthodox faiths unite in common prayer for peace and abundant living worldwide.
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New York
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