Eisenhower asks Congress for broader tariff powers
President Eisenhower pressed Congress to broaden tariff powers as part of a four-point international strategy to expand trade and curb foreign aid. He urged trimming aid abroad, easing Buy American rules, and boosting peaceful trade with West and Iron Curtain nations while seeking a three-year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
H Eisenhower
Special Commission On Foreign Economic Policy
Senate
House
Daniel A. Reed
RNY
Ways
Means Committee
Richard M. Simpson
R-Pa
Eugene D. Millikin
Rcolo
Senate Finance Committee
Dulles Urges United Action to Save Indochina
Secretary of State Dulles urged united action by free nations to prevent Communist domination of Indochina and Southeast Asia. He said the risk of inaction would be greater in years ahead and noted Eisenhower approved the call for allied steps, though specific measures were not outlined. The address before the Overseas Press Club at the Waldorf Astoria drew 1,000 attendees and was broadcast nationwide and abroad.
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New York
State Dulles
Eisenhower
United Action
The
Free Nations
Indochina
Southeast Asia
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United States
Far East
Overseas Press Club
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Washington
White House
State Department
U. S
Voice of America
Japanese Beetle Control Project Under Way in Beckley
West Virginia Department of Agriculture and U S Department of Agriculture operate a Japanese beetle control effort in Beckley. Stanley Moore oversees a 200 pound per acre five per cent chlordane dust application around Saguth Kanawha Street South Fayette Street and Scott Avenue. The program, ongoing since 1949, covers treated areas with care for flower beds and pets.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Moore
Beckleyan Posts Bond on Multiple Charges
Mitchell Dibbs of Beckley posted a $100 cash bond with the City Police on charges of driving while drunk running a red light and driving without an operator s license and without a registration card He was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Thursday night J B Brown of Beckley remained in jail awaiting a hearing on an assault charge after arrest by City Police.
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Mitchell Dibbs
Beckley
J. B. Brown
Weather outlook turning colder with scattered snow flurries
The area will see mostly cloudy skies with colder nights and lows around 20 to 28 degrees. Wednesday remains cold with gradual warming by Friday then colder again on Saturday. West Virginia temperatures through Sunday average 3 to 6 degrees below normal, with precipitation from Thursday into Sunday totaling about half to three quarters of an inch as snow or rain.
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West Virginia
Beckley
VA Transfers Swan to Martinsburg as Gibbs to Beckley
Earl Swan of the Beckley VA office will transfer to Martinsburg on April 1. Everett F. Gibbs of Keyser, a VA training officer, will fill the vacancy and assume Beckley duties on the same date.
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Earl Swan
Beckley
Veterans Administration
Martinsburg
Everett F. Gibbs
Keyser
Swan
Gibbs
Beckley VA
Dairy Price Support Plan Aims to Soften Cuts
Senators Aiken and Anderson unveiled a new dairy price support proposal to counter Benson's cut from 90 to 75 percent of parity. The plan would directly support fluid milk, tie milk to feed prices, vary supports by product, require pass through to producers, and empower the secretary to dispose of surpluses via gifts or low-cost sales.
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Washington
Benson
Aiken
Anderson
D-Nm
Senate Agriculture Committee
Administration
Senate
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Excise Tax Slash Ready To Boost Economy
Congress prepared a compromise bill to cut over 20 excise taxes totaling about 999 million dollars annually, with many consumer items like appliances, cinema fares and cosmetics seeing price drops effective Thursday. Eisenhower opposed the broad cuts but could not veto without triggering loss of extended rates, while economists expect a stimulus as prices fall. The measure also extends current rates on cigarettes autos gasoline and liquor through April 1 1955, with House and Senate conferees predicting swift floor passage.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate House
GOP
Senate
House
Family Without Food Prisoner's Release Sought
Everett Akers of Rhodell seeks bond reduction in Raleigh County Criminal Court so he can support his wife and five children after the maiming charge. Court-appointed attorney Paul Fourney argued the $10,000 bond keeps him jailed and unable to provide food or shelter. Rhodell Mayor Lacy Meadows and Police Chief Difford Roberts filed the maiming charge. Judge Harry L. McCreery planned to hear the motion in chambers if time allowed.
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Everett Akers
Rhodell
Raleigh County
Paul Fourney
Harry L. McCreery
Akers
Fourney
Lacy Meadows
Difford Roberts
McCreery
Chambers
Safes Battered in Two Stanaford Break-Ins
Robbers attempted to crack a post office safe and a safe at New River Co. Store in Stanaford last night. Manager Dillard Walker said it would be 8 p.m. to know if the intruders succeeded. A Charleston safe company representative will open the safes. Contents unlikely to exceed 500 dollars. Police noted safes in adjacent rooms of the building. entry gained via a back door. The store closed at 4 15 p.m. Monday and the break-in was found by a worker arriving about 8 a.m. today.
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New River Co
Stanaford
Dillard Walker
Charleston
Walker
Fired Man Sues Firm And Boss
Robert E. Wright, a 36 year Standard Ultramarine purchasing agent, sues former boss Henry J Dourif for 100000 dollars and the company for 38000 dollars. He claims slander and breach of implied employment contract related to a pension plan for long‑term employees. Wright seeks 100000 for slander plus 38000 for contract breach and 38000 of pension equity plus 10000 more.
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Huntington
Robert E. Wright
Standard Ultramarine Co
Wright
Henry J Dourif
Hollywood plans Moundsville shoots for Night of the Hunter
Producer Paul Gregory travels to Moundsville seeking film locations for a movie based on Davis Grubb’s novel The Night of the Hunter. The story centers on a bank robbery and its impact on the thief and his family with Robert Mitchum slated to star.
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Moundsville
Hollywood
Paul Gregory
New York
Davis Grubb
Robert Mitchum
Investigation of Plane Crash Starts Two Dead
Logan State Aeronautics Director Hubert H Stark and State Police launch an investigation into a plane crash near here that killed coal executive William H Cooke 55 general manager Jewel Ridge Coal Co Peach Creek and his sister-in-law Anna Marie Cooke of Jackson Tennessee The two-seat single engine aircraft crashed during a landing at McDonald Airport yesterday.
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Logan
Hubert H. Stark
Here
McDonald Airport
William H. Cooke
Jewel Ridge Coal Co
Peach Creek
Anna Marie Cooke
Jackson
East Forest St
Tenn
Semi Finalists Chosen In Oratorical Contests
High school boys from Pittsburgh and West Huntingdon Tennessee advanced to the semi finals of the American Legion oratorical contest after regional wins. Howard P. Bleichner, 17, St Basil's Pittsburgh, won the Mid Atlantic finals in Harrisburg. Ellis McKinney of West Huntingdon Tennessee was judged best at a regional in Shepherdstown West Virginia. Bleichner heads to Connecticut next week and McKinney to Richmond Virginia for sectional contests. Sectional winners advance to the national finals in Los Angeles the last week in April.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
West Huntingdon
Tenn
American Legion
Howard P. Bleichner
St. Basil’s High School
Harrisburg
Ellis McKinney
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Bleichner
Connecticut
Kkinney
Richmond
Los Angeles
Gold laws attacked mint as middleman reform urged
In Washington, Rep Engle and Sen McCarran push a free market gold bill to allow producers to sell directly to users at any price, arguing the mint’s role as middleman should end. Treasury warns direct sales cause price instability or force currency back to gold standard, undesirable now.
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Congress
Rep
Engle Dcalifh
Senate Banking
Engle
House Interior Committee
Muint
Ft. Knox
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
The
Treasury
W. Randolph Burgess
Secretary of the Treasury
Second Hydrogen Bomb Triggered By U.S. Friday
The United States conducted a second hydrogen blast, announced by the Atomic Energy Commission, amid ongoing debate in Congress about the March 1 test. The Marshall Islands detonation reportedly dwarfed Hiroshima in impact, with officials hinting at a powerful thermonuclear device and promising more tests in late April. Representative Van Zandt said briefings would be provided to the Senate and House atomic committees.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
mid-Pacific
Marshall Islands
Hiroshima
Marshalls
van Zandt
R-Pa
Cairo Students Vow Armed Struggle Against Military Rule
Thousands of Cairo University students demonstrated against the Revolutionary Council. A speaker urged armed struggle to destroy military dictatorship and restore parliamentary life. Demonstrators dispersed without violence, many skipping classes as the political crisis shifts away from yesterday’s pro civilian government protests.
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Cairo
Egypt
Cairo University
Revolutionary Council
Mohamed Naguib
Plane crashes into Ft. Bragg mess hall killing and injuring
A C119 Flying Boxcar carrying nine men crashed into a Ft. Bragg mess hall, setting it ablaze. Two killed with more feared dead. Victims were from the 42nd Division Parachute Maintenance Company. Witness Lt. Col. Bernard A. Katz said there will be few survivors.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Public Information Office
Pope Air Force Base
42Nd Division Parachute Maintenance Company
Bernard A. Katz
Johnston to Attend U.S. Chambers Meeting in D C
Beckley Area Chamber of Commerce managing director O L Johnston will attend the 42nd Annual Meeting of Chambers of Commerce of the United States in Washington D C from April 25 to 28.
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O. L. Johnston
Beckley Area
Beckley to Host Pilot Automobile Safety Program
Beckley will host an automobile safety check in May with final plans set at the Raleigh County Tire Dealers and Raleigh County Automobile Dealers Associations April 6 meeting in Beckley. J E Sharp attended a Charleston highway safety committee meeting for the tire dealers. A 10 member steering committee was named to plan a state highway safety program including J Lucas Beckley F Earl Cobb Oak Hill J W Compton H H Stuckman Bluefield Henry Heinzer Roy Graves and Edward Tutwiler Charleston A W Couch Parkersburg James A Miller M E Thackston Huntington The Beckley program follows outlines from Phil Robinson of the National Association of Independent Tire Dealers Inc with local dealers meeting April 6 at Raleigh Motor Sales to finalize plans Col R W Broyles WV Accident Prevention Bureau and Walter Duncan Traffic Control Commission for Beckley both expressed willingness to help.
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Raleigh County Tire Dealers
Raleigh County Automobile Dealers Associations
J. E. Sharp
Tire Dealers Highway Safety Committee
Charleston
J. Lucas
F. Earl Cobb
Oak Hill
J. W. Compton
H. H. Stuckman
Bluefield
Henry Heinzer
Roy Graves
Edward Tutwiler
A. W. Couch
Parkersburg
James A. Miller
M. £. Thackston
Huntington
Cobb
Phil Robinson
Washington, D. C
National Association of Independent Tire Dealers Inc
Raleigh Motor Sales
Sharp
Col
R. W. Broyles
West Virginia
Sheriff Witness Details Buying Liquor At Canteen
In Raleigh County Court the state’s star witness says he acted as a buyer for Sheriff John C Ward at The Canteen in Shady Spring. He described purchasing a pint of tax paid whisky for an acquaintance, then hiding the cup from a state trooper. Deputy Sheriff Arthur Burks drove him to two buys on June 26.
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Raleigh County
John C. Ward
Hazel Roark
Shady Spring
Shirley Spencer
Odd
Spencer
Sheriffs Office
Joseph Luchini
Harry L. McCreery
Mason Farley
Arthur Burks
C. M. England
Mabscott Man Sef Faces April 9 Sentencing
James Arthur Mabscott of Mabscott was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter on a no contest plea before Judge Harry L. McCreery in Raleigh County. Sentencing set for April 9. The case stems from a highway crash last April on Route 21 near Beckley Mount Hope Airport that killed Mrs. Burgess Daniels and her young son Freddie.
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James Arthur
Mabscott
Harry L. McCreery
Raleigh County
McCreery
Fred Burgess
Daniels
Freddie
Beckley-Mount Hope
Winter storm brings heavy snow across northern states
A fast moving spring snowstorm spread from the Rockies to New England bringing 3 to 8 inches in the Midwest and up to 16 inches in Rochester New York and 13 inches in Washington New Hampshire. The region reported at least 16 deaths tied to the storm as cold air moved eastward across the country. Freezing rain sleet and more snow were noted in the Ohio River Valley Great Lakes and New England with Buffalo tallying 13 inches and Chicago around eight inches.
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New England
Midwest
St. Lawrence Valley
Rochester
N. Y
Washington
N. H
New York State
Toledo
Ohio
Iowa
Texas
Plateau
Mid-Continent
Ohio River Valley
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Jackson
Battle Creek
Mich
Chicago
Puerto Rico Terrorists Seek Trial Delay
Court appointed lawyers for four Puerto Rican terrorists asked an indefinite continuance of their trial for the March 1 shooting at the House of Representatives in which five lawmakers were wounded. They claim prejudice against defendants and seek a bill of particulars detailing which pistol fired each shot. They also petition that the government cover expenses for investigating past associations in Puerto Rico and New York to aid defense.
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Washington
House of Representatives
U.S. District Court
Puerto Rico
New York
Forest Fires Out In District Four
The Beckley office of the Confere ration Commission reports no fires in District Four since Saturday only Monroe County remains fire free. Four other counties had one fire each. Raleigh burned 15 acres woodland and 75 acres grassland. Wyoming one acre grassland. Greenbrier three acres woodland. Summers 15 acres woodland and 40 acres grassland. Mercer two fires, 1.5 acres forest. McDowell three fires, 53 woodland acres. Fayette County four fires, 148 acres burned.
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West Virginia
McDowell
Fayette County
Red Cross fund drive totals reach new high
The Red Cross campaign totals $6,010.83 as of today per chapter officials. An added Christmas TB Seal Sale brings the overall sum to $8,726.08 in updated fundraising figures.
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Red Cross
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