Bevan Offered Chance to Repent by Labour Executive
London reports a 14 to 13 Labor Executive vote to give Aneurin Bevan a path to repentance. Attlee proposes peace talks with Bevan to secure assurances on future conduct as a party member. An eight member subcommittee headed by Attlee will pursue a compromise amid looming general elections.
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Labor Party
Aneurin Bevan
Clement Attlee
Bevan
Edith Summerskill
Attlee
Dr. Summerskill
Percy Knight
Hugh Gaitskell
James Griffiths
Barbara Castle
Jack Cooper
James Haworth
House of Commons
Commons
Churchill
National Executive
South Koreans Move to Nullify Armistice
The National Assembly unanimously urged the administration to declare the Korean armistice nullified and to use self defense to expel Communist members of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission for spying. Lawmakers said Communist MIGs and artillery moved into North Korea upended the balance, freeing South Korea and its allies from truce obligations.
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Seoul
South Korean National Assembly
Neu
Tral Nations Supervisory Commission
Republic of Korea
North Korea
Korea
South Korea
Eisenhower eyes exploratory talks after Paris treaties
President Eisenhower said ratification of the Paris agreements could lead to exploratory talks among major powers, but warned against a high level summit for propaganda. He urged Russian deeds over words, noted no big difference with Sen George Ga., and cautioned against muddying waters before ratification. He stressed his duties as president limit summit attendance.
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Eisenhower
Sen
George
Germany
French Senate Opens Debate on Paris Treaties
The French Senate debated the Paris treaties amid West German rearmament, with observers predicting approval and a late Friday vote. If accepted, treaties would advance Bonn Republic's Western defense role as nine of 15 signatories have approved. A key amendment by Sen. Yvon Coude du Foreste seeks to delay ratification pending economic talks with Saar.
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Senate
U.S
France
Rene Coty
National Assembly
Council of the Republic
Bonn Republic
United States
Yvon Coude du Foreste
Industrial Production Committee
Saar
Fifteen Polio Vaccine Centers Planned in Raleigh County
Dr S A Ford and the Raleigh County Board of Education announced 15 centers for a polio vaccination program for first and second graders in Raleigh County. Consent letters will go to parents. three shots are required with specific intervals. if licensed and effective the program will proceed. Centers include Beckley area schools and local churches and high schools, with bus transport authorized by the Board of Education.
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S. A. Ford
Health Department
Board of Education
Recreation
Beckley
Lincoln
Central, Institute
Sylvia
East Park Negro
Sprague Negro
Mabscott
Morton-Reaves
Sprague
Mabscott Negro
Piney Oaks
Harper Heights
Mount Tabor
West Wickham
Beaver
Cranberry
Lewis Williams
Sand Branch
Maxwell Hill
Prosperity
Teel
Piney View
Terry
Royal
State's Losing Its Marbles Imports Affecting Other Industries
Roger W. Howdyshell of Marble King Inc testified before a Senate subcommittee on unemployment warning that foreign marble imports will close American factories within four months. He urged tariff protection, calling the marble industry in the United States finished and noting a Japanese monopoly. West Virginia hosts six of seven U.S. plants, with one in Ottawa, Illinois. Representative Byrd labeled the WV population’s reliance on surplus food as a serious policy indictment.
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Congress
Roger W. Howdyshell
St. Marys
W. Va
West Virginia
Howdyshell
Marble King Inc
Senate
Sen. Neely
King Tut
St. Mary's
Pennsboro
Cairo
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Ravenwood
Ottawa, Il
Byrd
D-Wva
Squirrels at White House Stir Senate Debate
Senator Neuberger appeals to wildlife supporters to save the White House squirrels after reports they were trapped for scratching President Eisenhower's putting green. Senator Barkley quips about the animals burying nuts in Washington while noting a biblical verse.
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Sen
Neuberger
D-Ore
White House
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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D-Ky
Barkley
Verdict Set For Polio Vaccine Trials
NEW YORK April 12 is the date and Ann Arbor Michigan the place for a jury of scientists to render its verdict on the value of the Salk polio vaccine. A news conference will announce results of trials involving nearly two million children. Officials said no verdict on protection level was given, but optimism ran high that vaccinations could end paralytic polio.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Thomas F. Francis Jr
Michigan
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Harlan Hatcher
University of Michigan
O’connor
Hatcher
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jonas E. Salk
University of Pittsburgh
National Institutes of Health
Forest Fire Burns McDowell County Land Near Premier
High winds Tuesday dried timberland and sparked McDowell County's fourth forest fire of the spring season. A Conservation Commission spokesman in Beckley District 4 said about half an acre of forest near Premier was destroyed and the cause remains undetermined. So far 12 acres have burned in the county.
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McDowell County
Beckley
District 4
Conservation Commission
McDowell Couunty
Eisenhower Defends Yalta Papers Remarks on Nuclear Policy
President Eisenhower said there is nothing to gain by revisiting the Yalta period and that he never questions any man’s motives. He discussed cease-fire prospects in the Formosa Strait, foreign trade tariff easing, and his view that atomic weapons could be used only in police actions if restricted to military targets, distinguishing war from police action.
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George
Eisenhower
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Washington
Yalta
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Formosa Strait
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Senate
Truman
Tanker Aruba Turned Back From Red China Route
Helsinki Finland based Finnish tanker Aruba reported sailing back to Communist Romania with 13 000 tons jet fuel originally destined for Red China. A highly placed source confirms Aruba turned about in the Indian Ocean amid U S congressman protests it carried strategic goods in violation of UN embargo. Chinese Nationalists on Formosa threaten interception. The Aruba's Finnish crew refused to sail into dangerous waters.
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Finland
Aruba
Romania
China
Indian Ocean
U.S
Red China
United Nations
Formosa
Accountant and Former Employee Testify in Fayette Hearing
In Fayette hearing, accountant H Wayne Mason testified about earned surplus changes at White Oak Motor Sales and an $7,890.50 income tax refund for 1952. He noted $37,000 in life insurance premiums paid from the surplus and a shift from a $35,000 surplus in 1949 to a $83,811 deficit by June 30, 1953. Former employee E H Cook described Lawton era loans on cars not owned by the company and loans kept on books under Lawton Jasper, with White Oak accounts tied to the Bank of Mount Hope. Mason’s testimony interrupted for Cook’s hospital entry and resumed later.
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Fayetteville
ANS
W. D. Lawton
Bank of Mount Hope
Beckley Industrial Savings and Loan Company
H Wayne Mason
Beckley
Mason
White Oak
Lawton
Virginia Lawton
Barbara Jasper Lawton
Huntington
E. H. Cook
W. DP. Lawton
White Oak Motor Sales
Lawton Jasper
Scarbro
Beckley Industrial Savings and Loan Co
Cook
White Oak Motor Sales Agency
Oak Hill
Two Murder Cases on Raleigh County Docket
The Raleigh County Criminal Court set for March term will open Monday March 28 and run through Friday April 7 with Judge Harry L. McCreery and Prosecuting Attorney Anthony Sparacino. Two murder cases are on the docket, including Joe Voicehovich of Lanark retried for his brother in law Andrew Miramontez and George B. Edmonds charged in the death of Sam Muse. The complete docket lists numerous cases for each day from March 28 to April 8, spanning moonshine offenses, larcenies, break ins, drunken driving, and other charges with dozens of defendants listed.
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Raleigh County
Carl Daniels
Jack O. Daniels
Christine Franklin
James Hardy
Cornelia Walker
Otho Paul Minnix
Paris Peters
George W. Rosamond
Norman G. Roy
Gertrude Mae Webb
Buster Davis
C. E. Kirby
Theodore Lavender
Booker Smith
Thedford L. Rice
Norris Duff Collins
Dewey Lee Gibson
Lloyd Irvin
Boyd Irvin
William C. Legg
Corbett Jarrell
Billy Jarrell
Orlen Williams
Thomas Maloney
James Vaughn
Albert Webb Jr
Georgia Rock
Jacob Rock
Joe Balenski
Charles Givens
Ray Stover
Wheeler Waugh
Lawrence Clifford Garris
Carlos Arthur Wills
Roy Ferrell
Maxwell Allen
Hubert Meadows
James Claytor
Betty DeBerry
James C. Shilling
Roy Farrow
Clayburn Jonson
Buck Ross Seeks Ward 3 Council Seat in Beckley
A. A. Buck Ross, 51, of 107 Wilson St filed today for nomination as Democratic councilman from Ward 3 for the April 19 primary and levy election. Ross, assistant manager of Auto Parts Service Inc, a former co owner of Ward Evans Motor Co, was born in Gordonville Georgia and has lived in Beckley 30 years. He is married to Nena Sutphin and they have two children. A World War I Army veteran, Ross has never held public office and belongs to various Beckley civic and fraternal groups.
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A. A
Buck"’ Ross
Wilson St
Ross
Auto Parts Service, Inc
Ward-Evans Motor Co
Gordonville
Beckley
Nena Sutphin
Dew Drop Inn Slides Into Anchor Bay During Rainstorm
During a heavy rainstorm in Port Huron Michigan the Dew Drop Inn slid down an embankment into Anchor Bay. No injuries were reported and authorities secured the scene as shoreline onlookers watched. The incident prompted local rescue crews to assess fuel and debris risks along the water.
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Port Huron
Mich
Anchor Bay
Goens Sues Ewing Over 1954 Oak Hill Crash
Final arguments are set this afternoon in a $50 000 personal injury suit filed by Mary E Goens of Salem Virginia against Jack B Ewing of Lanark. The case stems from a February 1954 wreck on the Oak Hill Fayetteville road and opened Monday in Raleigh County Circuit Court.
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Mary E. Goens
Salem
Jack B. Ewing
Lanark
Oak Hill-Fayetteville Road
Raleigh County
Tuberculosis Health Meeting Set April 12 Raleigh County
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association schedules its annual membership meeting for April 12 in the Memorial Buildings. President Larkin S. Philpott says the session will review the past year’s activities and plan for the coming year and seeks a prominent medical speaker.
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Raleigh County Tuber Culosis and Health Association
Larkin S. Philpott
Philpott
Six to Be Inducted in Raleigh County
Six Raleigh County men are set for induction into the Army on April 16, per Beckley Selective Service Board 18. The quota rises above the two inducted earlier this month. Thirty men are slated for pre induction examinations March 29, and 16 will be examined for pre service clearance on April 22.
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Raleigh
Army
Beckley Selective Service Board
Beckieyvan Charged For Small Ownership
Bond set at 7500 dollars today for Claytorn Johnson of Beckley 304 Gregory Street by U S Commissioner W H Thornhill VI. Johnson held for Bluefield federal court in June after failing to post bond. He was jailed after moonshine still possession charges and prior arrests tied to recent moonshine activity.
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Claytorn Johnson
Gregory St
Beckley
U. S
W. H. Thornhill VI
Bluefield
Johnson
Raleigh
Morris B. Imboden
Federal Alcoholic Tax Unit
South Fayette St
ATU
Violent Spring Weather Kills 30 Across Regions
Violent early spring weather swept the eastern half of the nation causing at least 30 deaths and millions in property damage. Blizzards and wind storms disrupted travel and power while floods troubled the South. A tornado injured four in northern Ohio and a windstorm damaged a Princeton warehouse. A New York Central train avoided injuries after a shed roof was blown onto tracks.
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
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Nebraska
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Pennsylvania
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Wisconsin
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N.J
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N. Y
Coldest reading at Flat Top with 20 above zero
West Virginia mostly dodged a stiff freeze last night though high elevations saw deep cold. Flat Top on the Raleigh Mercer line dropped to 20 above zero, with other towns just below freezing or around freezing. Morganstown 27, Wheeling Elkins and Parkersburg 29, Charleston and Huntington 30, Martinsburg 32. Fair tonight not as cold west and south, low 35-40 west and 25-32 east. Thursday.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Flat Top
Raleigh-Mercer County
Morgantown
Wheeling, Elking
Parkersburg
Charleston
Three Dead Five Missing In Canadian Storm Area
Ottawa reports three dead and five missing after a storm spanning Windsor to Ottawa with winds near 87 mph. Damage described as extensive, with Windsor and London hardest hit. storm traced from Texas through the United States into Central Canada amid record rainfall and flooding warnings.
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Windsor
United States
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Ontario
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