Baby Abduction Case Ends as Boy Found Safe in Dallas
An 18 month old kidnapped from Albuquerque on Monday was found abandoned in a Dallas drug store. FBI arrested a 17 year old girl who admitted kidnapping the child and acting as the babysitter. The Johnsons of Placitas were notified the boy is Mitchell Johnson and in good condition. The case closes a nationwide search tied to the sitter Betty Smithey and the New Mexico police account.
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Tex
Albuquerque
N. M
Mitchell Johnson
Paul Johnson
Placitas
FBI
Betty Smithey
New Mexico
Johnson
Edgewood
Smithey
Clovis
Vickie Wilson
Chandler
Ariz
Durant
Okla
Steel Firms Consider Mutual Aid Plan If Strike Comes
New York AP report says U S Steel chief negotiator R Conrad Cooper and industry leaders discuss a mutual assistance plan to share profits if a strike shuts down one or more firms while others stay active. Union president David J McDonald says no strike plans now. Eleven separate bargaining sessions underway as talks address wage-competition concerns.
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R. Conrad Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
Newsmen
Cooper
Concentrat
Ing
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Roosevelt
Iron Age
Khrushchev Says Berlin Won't Be Troubled
Berlin crisis looms as Khrushchev tells West German editors in Moscow that no trouble is anticipated in Berlin. He warned a separate peace treaty with East Germany could end Allied control of West Berlin and affect access routes. A German peace treaty remains top issue, with Soviet troops to withdraw if NATO exits their boundaries.
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Germany
Nikita Khrushchevy
Berlin
Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
Geneva
West Germany
NATO
Hungary
Poland
Condemnation Action Slated For Health Center Land
Prosecuting Attorney Anthony J. Sparacino announced a preliminary abstract will be prepared Monday to condemn George Willis property on Harper Road for a county public health center. The Raleigh County Court earlier authorized proceeding, finding the site preferable to others offered. Condemnation would take two to three days after the abstract.
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George Willis
Harper Road
Raleigh
Sparacino
West Virginia Weather Forecast and River Conditions
Weather outlook shows cloudiness tonight with lows 58 to 65 in the west and in the 50s in the east. Thursday expected warmth and humidity with afternoon thundershowers. Buckley reports 84 high yesterday and 57 low last night. Oak Hill 85 high and 51 low. Bellepoint river readings indicate Greenbrier at normal stage and Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage with four gates open and clear water.
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Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor Set Las Vegas Wedding
Hollywood AP report that Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor plan to marry in Las Vegas next Tuesday with Michael Todd Jr. as best man. Two ceremonies will be private civil and Jewish rites officiated by Rabbi Max Nussaum, with no press coverage.
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Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Las Vegas
Nev
Michael Todd Jr
Fisher
Michael
Spain
Todd Jr
Husand
Howard Taylor
Miss Taylor
la Jolla
Calif
Max Nussaum
Harbin Trial Set For May 26 In Lottery Slips Case
In Charleston AP Harbin faces trial May 26 on possession of lottery slip notes. Authorities found 34000 dollars in checks and notes bearing ex state police Sgt Webb and Crowder signatures after a high speed chase. Crowder’s misdemeanor case for false swearing continues to June 9. Webb resigned, saying he did not receive the money. no indictments against him yet.
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Webb
Florida
Harbin
Astaire Favored In TV Awards Show Tonight
Hollywood AP Fred Astaire is the likely Emmy man of the year with three nominations for his program. A stopwatch rival figures to perform amid a crowded 42 categories and 197 nominees. No host is planned, as TV’s big night moves from Moulin Rouge with brief New York cut-ins.
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Fred Astaire
Astaire
Vine Street
Television Academy
Showtime
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Shirley Tom
Danny Thomas
Milton Berle
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
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Private Eyes
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Arness
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Will Travel
Boone
Maverick
Garner
Raymond
Burr
Craig
Peter Gunn
Stevens
Efrem
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Zimbalist Jr
Johnson Seen Trying For Presidency
Washington Democrats see Lyndon B. Johnson edging toward a 1950 presidential bid while sensing Sens. Kennedy Symington Stevenson and Humphrey among potential rivals. Texas lawmakers move May June primary timing to aid Johnson, who touts Democratic responsibility and a middle of the road civil rights approach.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Johnson
Price Daniel
Band Leader Hal MclIntyre Dies at 44 in Fire
Los Angeles AP reports band leader Hal MclIntyre died at 44 from burns from a Sunday apartment fire. He led his own bands from age 16 and played saxophone and clarinet with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the 1940s and later led the group after Miller's death.
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Los Angeles
Hal MclIntyre
Glenn Miller
Miller
Space Group Hears Lodge Satellite Progress Predicted
United States envoy Henry Cabot Lodge told the U N committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space that worldwide cooperation could yield major satellite advances soon. He outlined four benefits including weather data, radio relay, mapping, and navigation, noting future manned missions may orbit Earth. The meeting, lacking several Soviet allies, will draft reports for the General Assembly next fall.
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N. Y. AP
United States
U. N
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. N. Committee
Lodge
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Poland
India
United Arab Republic
Earth
General Assembly
Churchill visits gravely ill friends in Washington
Sir Winston Churchill paid a visit to two seriously ill friends in Washington on Tuesday afternoon at Reed Army Hospital. John Foster Dulles and Gen. George C. Marshall, both frail from illness, greeted the former prime minister as President Eisenhower and aides observed a moment of emotion. The visit, described as deeply meaningful, ended with Churchill touring an Agriculture Department display and a White House stag dinner in his honor.
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Senhonate
Britain
Reed Army Hospital
John Foster Dulles
George C. Marshall
Marshall
U. S. Army
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Dulles
England
Urchill
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White House
Hagerty
Eisenhower
State Department
Winston
Washington
Churchil
Agriculture Department
Church
Richard M. Nixon
James P. Mitchell
Mitton S. Eisenhower
Harold Caccia
U. S
Oak Hill council backs by pass route change request
Oak Hill City Council adopted a resolution urging the State Road Commission to reconsider the Oak Hill By-Pass route to avoid dividing the town. The Chamber of Commerce supported the measure and urged routing on the town’s east or west side. Council also approved election officials for two parties and renewed Appalachian Power Co franchise, and authorized Painter Street paving.
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Oak Hill By-Pass
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Hill
Pat R. Hamilton
C of Co
Better Government
Citizens Parties
Better Government Party
Joe Anderson
Dorothy Perkins
Robert Prowse
J. A. Martin
F. C. Shuck
Citizens Party
Macel Nuckels
John Scott
Ed Hall
Fred Jasper
Appalachian Power Co
Council
Painter St
Highland Avenue
Jones Avenue
Paul Taylor Asphalt Paving Co
Fayetteville
Remains Critical Of Man Injured In Daniels Crash
Arlen Cole, 36, of Daniels, remains in critical condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after an early morning automobile accident in Daniels on Tuesday. Police investigated the Wheel at Daniels incident.
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Daniels
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Cole
Daniels Tues
Police Continue Robbery Probe
Huntington police pursue a downtown liquor store robbery case involving about $4,000. Store manager F. M. Mollett said a single gunman entered at noon, shot him in the leg, and fled with $700 from the drawer plus $3,200 in weekend receipts. Mollett, hospitalized, blamed his own lapse for the missing deposits. A suspect, Indiana man William Courtney, 24, of Brazil, Ind., was questioned after a Columbus, Ohio train stop and held there. he had only one dollar.
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F. M. Mollett
Mollett
Columbus
Ohio
Indiana
William Courtney
Brazil
Ind
Russell
Courtney
River Watch Continues Search For Drowned Fisherman
Raleigh County sheriff and deputy monitor the New River banks for the body of George Cook Saxon presumed to have drowned after a fishing party disappeared Friday night. The search enters its fifth day after the brothers Donald Cook and Buddy Acord alerted state police Saturday afternoon.
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Raleigh
Okey Mills
Kenneth Larabee
New River
George Cook
Saxon
Cook
Donald Cook
Buddy Acord
Noted Physicist Praises Strauss
Dr. Edward Teller, famed father of the hydrogen bomb, testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee praising Lewis L. Strauss as a long standing supporter of science. Teller says Strauss has great respect for science and friendship for scientists while urging his continued service as secretary of commerce nominee.
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Washington
Edward Teller
Lewis L. Strauss
Teller
University of California
Radiation Laboratory
Strauss
Senate Commerce Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
Eisenhower
County School Chief On Group Re-Evaluating Special Education
Sherman C. Trail of Raleigh County heads one of 21 members on the committee re evaluating West Virginia special education policies. The panel will meet in Charleston Thursday and possibly Friday to revise procedures and propose steps for immediate and long term program development under State Superintendent R Virgil Rohrbough. Roger P. Elser, state supervisor of special education, also serves on the committee with other state educators and mental health workers.
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West Virginia
Sherman C. Trail
Raleigh County
Charleston
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Rohrbough
Roger P. Elser
Sulphuran molasses not cure a man in happy spring day
Sherwood Glutz remarks that molasses from Sulphuran won't cure a man who isn't content on a bright spring day. He says Feller faces trouble if he cannot endure life outdoors on the plateau country and give thanks to the Creator for simply being able to exist.
Marshall County Approves Excess School Levy Vote
Marshall County voters approved an excess school levy under the Better Schools Amendment. Unofficial results show 4,164 for and 2,212 against, about 5 percent over the minimum, raising about $518,740 yearly for five years for salaries, safety, buildings, and buses.
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Marshall County
Okehs
Moundsville
West Virginia
Marshall
Beckley Demos Rally Tonight Planned by City Democrats
Beckley Democratic leaders announce a 7 30 pm rally in the Circuit Court room of the courthouse. Warren Thornhill III chair of the Beckley Democratic Executive committee says all candidates and committee members are expected to attend. The May 26 city election strategy and platform adoption will be discussed. Thornhill expresses optimism about the party's chances.
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Warren Thornhill III
Beckley Democratic Executive Committee
Thornhill
Bakery Union May Merge With Teamsters
New York AP report says the Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union may merge with the Teamsters Union led by James R. Hoffa. The potential merger would consolidate two major labor organizations and could reshape bargaining power in bakery and confectionery industries.
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Bakery Union
Teamsters
New York
Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
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