Red forces prep reinforcements as Formosa tensions rise
A Nationalist Chinese agency said Reds prepare for reinforcements at Foochow to be used against the Matsu Islands, with requisitioned buildings and a popular welcome. Amoy shelling reported as Nationalists intercept ships. Dulles warned Americans of a potential showdown with Communist China and urged resolve and greater force to defend free Asia.
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Taipei
Formosa
Foochow
Fukien Province
Matsu Islands
Taiao
Interior Ministry
Red
Communist Youth Corps
Tatan
Amoy
Washington
Dulles
Far East
United States
China
U.S
Free
Asia
Road Conditions Improve Route 60 To Cabell Opened
Charleston reports travel conditions easing after floods though U S 60 remains blocked to heavy traffic between Charleston and Huntington. A detour allows passenger cars but a five ton limit bridge near Russell Creek halts trucks. trailer trucks queued near Milton. Officials expect Route 60 and Routes 35 and 17 in Mason County to reopen later today as water recedes.
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Charleston
Road Commission
Highway Information Bureau
U.S. 60
Huntington
Barboursville
Russell Creek
Bureau
Milton
Commission
Mason County
Seek Crash Victims Near Puerto Vallarta in CMA DC3 Disaster
Rescue crews battled a raging forest fire to reach the bodies of 26 victims in Mexico's worst airliner crash. The DC3 of Compania Mexicana de Aviacion went down yesterday after departing Puerto Vallarta, bursting into flames and triggering the fire. Four of the dead were Californians.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Compania Mexicana de Aviacion
CMA
Puerto Vallarta
Pacific
Millsop Applauds Non Candidacy for Weirton Mayor
Thomas E. Millsop president of National Steel Corp and Weirton mayor for eight years said he will not seek a third term. He has led the city since incorporation and announced his decision today.
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Weirton
Thomas E. Millsop
National Steel Corp
Weather in Beckley and Oak Hill Predicts Warmth
Fair mild nights with lows in the 40s. Thursday expects warmer weather. Beckley yesterday high with 7 a.m. to noon readings around 38 to 47. Rivers show Normal winter levels at Bellepoint, New River low flow, and Bluestone Dam at 67 feet above normal, water muddy as levels rise.
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Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New River
Blues
Gov Marland Signs Measures Into Law
Charleston reports Gov Marland signed multiple bills into law. Increases driver instruction permit fee to $2 with $1 to road fund and $1 to state police for license examination costs. Other actions authorize courthouse improvements, raise a county judge salary, allow surplus road funding, adjust court term dates, fund county buildings, permit regulated non game bow and arrow hunting outside May June, require two thirds stockholder vote for certain charter amendments, broaden attorney reciprocity, finance tax free municipal water works projects, allow city salary raises and home rule gross sales taxes, and authorize $1000 payment to W B Jordan for 1945 injuries in Wyoming County.
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Charleston
Marland
Greenbrier
McDowell County
Mason County Court
Lincoln County Circuit Court
Kanawha County Court
W.B. Jordan
Road Commission
Wyoming County
Legislature Today Senate and House Actions On Tax and Budget
Both houses meet at 3 p.m. Senate vote to abolish the State School for Colored Deaf and Blind. Budget bill at amendment stage. House passes a 12 100 000 tax program with an 11 100 000 gross sales tax increase. House also passes bills limiting Liquor Control Commission and Department of Purchases funds and inventories.
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Associated Press
Senate
School For
Colored Deaf and Blind
House
Liquor Control Commission
Department of Purchases
Liquor Commission
Board of Public Works
General Revenue Fund
Senate Finance Committee
House Finance
Department of Public Assistance
Loop
D-Kanawha
House Finance Committee
Senate Committee
House Committee
Army Engineers Begin Survey of Raleigh County Airport
Two eight man Army Corps teams arrive from Huntington to survey Raleigh County Memorial Airport for potential Air National Guard facilities. Plan includes a new 8000 by 150 foot runway, jet operations, hangar, maintenance shops, storage buildings, roads, utilities, and fuel storage, with the 167th Fighter Bomber Squadron to be moved from Charleston.
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Raleigh, County Memorial Airport
Army Engineers
Air National Guard
E. C. Poehlein
Beckley
Huntington
Corps of Engineers
National Guard Bureau
Chief of Engineers
Department of the Army
Sible
Robert L. Davis Co. Beckley
167Th
Charleston
Armen
Motor Service
Tax Bills Face House Vote in Tight West Virginia Session
Charleston reports a 12.1 million tax package up for House passage amid a split chamber. The plan would expand the gross sales tax and transportation privilege tax, raise rates, and apply taxes to new sectors to balance the budget and fund teacher pay. Senate doubt and a looming adjournment add urgency to final action.
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House
Flannery
Senate
West Virginia University Medical and Dental School
Lover Shoots Wrong Girl on School Bus
A rejected lover shot at a Cameron High School bus aiming for his former girlfriend Edna Gilbert. The shot struck 14 year old Martha Mason in one leg and then the other, leaving her critically injured. Harold Lemons, 22, was jailed on an open charge as authorities noted he confessed a six mile journey to the bus.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Martha Mason
Cameron High School
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Wheeling
Marshall County
Steven Narick
Narick
Harold Lemons
Mason
Pleasant Ridge
Cameron
Edna Gilbert
Lemons
Edna
Gilbert
Tom Logston
Water problems sideline Beckley city engineer
Beckley city council faced multiple water problems Tuesday night while Dennis M. Leary Jr., the city engineer, was absent. City attorney W. H. File Jr. explained Leary’s absence noting he and his wife were bailing water from their home.
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Dennis M. Leary Jr
Beckley
W. H. File Jr
Leary
Council
Marland Won’t Sign Liquor Accounts Bill
Gov Marland confirmed he would let the liquor accounts bill become law without his signature. The measure takes effect July 1 and will affect accounts including that of John W Marland, the governor’s father, who loses one lucrative contract. Marland offered no comment beyond saying it’s a dead horse. The bill automatically becomes law tomorrow if not signed earlier.
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Charleston
Marland
John W. Marland
Senate Judiciary Committee approves Harlan for Supreme Court
Washington—The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the nomination of Judge John Marshall Harlan for the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Wall Street broker says market remains solid after three billion drop
Winthrop H. Smith of Merrill Lynch told the Senate Banking Committee that the 18 month stock boom rests on public confidence in America's future. He said there is a greater feeling of confidence than in a long time, despite yesterday's NYSE selloff. He attributed the rise to investor reawakening and downplayed brokers' influence.
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Washngton
Wall Street
Winthrop H. Smith
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
America
Senate Banking Committee
Smith
New York Stock Exchange
Harvard
John K. Galbraith
Galbraith
Fulbright
D-Ark
Banking Committee
Decline in Stock Market Continues
New York in early trading saw the stock market slide further as the Associated Press average of 66 shares fell $3.10 to close at 158.60 after yesterday’s sharp decline. Boeing rose while Bethlehem Steel and most steel shares fell. Gains posted by Royal Dutch Petroleum Caterpillar General Motors Southern Pacific. Other notable losses included Bendix Aviation United Aircraft General Dynamics Schenley Zenith American Telephone Republic Steel Westinghouse Baltimore & Ohio and several rail and airline stocks.
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New York
Associated Press
Curtis-Wright
Boeing
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Royal Dutch Petroleum
Caterpillar Tractor
General Motors
Southern Pacific
Bendix Aviation
United Aircraft
General Dynamics
Schenley Industries
Zenith Radio
American Telephone
Republic Steel
Allied Chemical
Westinghouse Electric
Baltimore & Ohio
Atlantic Coast Line
Patrolman Admits Striking Prisoner in City Trial
Defense rests as Patrolman Ted Starr testifies he struck Jack Maynor three times when Maynor allegedly lunged at his partner Howard Thompson during a peace warrant arrest at Burgess Street. Maynor, suing for injuries from the November arrest, contends excessive force and visible bruises. Jury to hear jury instructions and closing arguments before deliberations.
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Ted Starr
Jack Maynor
Burgess St
Starr
Maynor
Howard C. Thompson
Burgess Street
Thompson
Cation Wich
Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
D. D Ashworth
W. A. Thornhill
W. A. Thornhill III
Burnsville Fire Kills Person and Funeral Planned
Sheriff receives message about a house blaze in Burnsville North Carolina. Charity Griffith’s house burned last night with one person burned to death. Charity and her brother Emmit are mentioned. a funeral is scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Burnsville.
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John Ward
Theodore Roosevelt Hazzard
Burnsville
N. C
Robert S. Wicker
Charity Griffith
Emmit
Charity
Livestock Commission Sets First Meeting
The Rural Development Council Livestock Commission will hold its first meeting on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Building room 10. Chair J. E. Beaty will lead as members E. D. Armstrong E. R. Cline E. Van Dorsey Dr. S. A. Ford Dr. R. H. Frilen Lacy Griffith R. E. Kicks Howard Scott and L. P. Sorenson discuss plans for the Beckley Farmers Market livestock auction project boosting sheep population and solving a local dog problem.
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Livestock Commission of the Rural Development Council
Beckley Farmers Market
J. E. Beaty
Commission
E. D. Armstrong
E. R. Cline
E. van Dorsey
S. A. Ford
R. H. Frilen
Lacy Griffith
R. E. Kicks
Howard Scott
L. P. Sorenson
Coal Spokesman Denounces Voluntary Oil Controls Plan
Washington A representative of the bituminous coal industry told the Senate Finance Committee that voluntary limits on oil imports cannot work while foreign ownership controls the companies. Daniel Buckley urged an amendment to H. R. 1 to cap oil imports at 10 percent of domestic demand, citing three major importers under one foreign ownership and a surge in residual oil from 52 million barrels in 1948 to over 181 million in 1954.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Group
Daniel T. Buckley
Arlington
Mass
National Coal Association
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
American Coal Sales Association
American Retail Coal Association
Foreign Oil Policy Committee
American Mining Congress
Asiatic Petroleum Corp
Shell Oil Co
Shell Caribbean
U. S
Buckley
U.S
Cabinet Committee On Energy Supplies and Resources Policy
Demo Governors Conference Set
New York Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler plans a spring conference of all Democratic governors to boost their role in the party. He did not name a date, promising a Washington announcement Friday. The gathering aims to discuss issues with congressional leaders and build a close alliance with the national committee to aid the 1956 ticket.
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New York
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Washington
National Committee
First Forest Fire In District Four Reported
Three acres were damaged in a forest fire on Big Jenny Branch, McDowell County, at 3 58 p m Tuesday, marking the first spring statutory fire season blaze in the district. Two acres of woodlands and one acre of non forest land were destroyed. Edwin Hall, county forest protector, helped bring it under control.
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Big Jenny Branch
McDowell County
Beckley
District 4
Conservation Commission
Edwin Hall
Kilgore to Address West Virginia High School Journalists
Senator Harley M Kilgore will address the 21st annual congress of the United High School Press of West Virginia during a two day meeting in Huntington. The dinner meeting closing April 30 will be hosted by Huntington Publishing Co Col J H Long and will feature Raymond Brewster toastmaster. The UHS Yearbook Assn and the Journalism Teachers Assn will meet jointly with student journalists.
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Huntington
Harley M. Kilgore
D-Wva
United High School Press of West Virginia
W. Page Pitt
Marshall College Department of Journalism
Kilgore
Huntington Publishing Co
Col
J. H. Long
Raymond Brewster
The
Herald-Dispatch
State Board of Education
UHS Yearbook Assn
Journalism Teachers Assn
West Virginia
Explosion injures four in Knoxville paint store blast
Four Knoxville firemen were hurt when a fire-generated explosion blew out the front of a downtown building housing a paint store and restaurant equipment firm. Damage was estimated at $200,000.
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Knoxville
Tenn
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