Dulles and Franco Meet in Madrid on Aid Talks
U S secretary of state John Foster Dulles conferred about an hour and a half with Generalissimo Franco in Madrid. The meeting followed by a luncheon and preceded further talks planned with Alberto Martin Artajo. Spanish aid requests and Morocco policy were anticipated topics.
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Dulles
Generalissimo
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Geneva
Foreign Ministry
Alberto Martin Artajo
Ameri
State Department
Morocco
Antoine Pinay
U. N
Ike's In No Hurry To Decide Candidacy
Eisenhower shows signs of delaying a 1956 decision as top strategists urge patience. A medical bulletin notes progress and sleep, with no politics discussed. Summerfield, former GOP chairman, says no early decision. Montgomery to visit. Labor Secretary Mitchell to visit.
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Eisenhower
Arthur Summerfield
Summerfield
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
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Labor
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Marshal Montgomery
Raleigh Verdict Set Aside for New Trial
Charleston news reports that a $703 Raleigh County jury verdict against Mullens Smokeless Coal Co. was set aside by the State Supreme Court which awarded the firm a new trial. The suit by Rees Electric Co. concerned a mine near Nariva Wyoming County leased from Mullens Smokeless Coal Co to Harmco Smokeless Coal Co stockholders. The court's 4 0 decision noted Judge James B. Riley was absent.
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Supreme Court
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Postal Rate Hike Seen Uncertain
An administration source on Capitol Hill said prospects for postal rate increases next year are unclear. Postmaster General Summerfield notified in Denver of renewed rate debates as Congress returns in January, facing long resistance from Speaker Rayburn and other opposition to higher postal revenues.
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Summerfield
Dillon Anderson
Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Campe
President's Work Load May be Eased
Washington Senator H Alexander Smith says the White House is studying changes in laws to lighten the president's duties. He notes routine military commissions and similar duties could be trimmed. Sherman Adams is reportedly considering recommendations, with discussions held with Republican leaders but no decisions yet.
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West Virginia Weather Forecast Update
West Virginia extends a mixed forecast with cloud cover and warmth tonight United with a low near 50 in the west and low 4s in the east. Wednesday looks partly cloudy and warmer with scattered showers in the afternoon. The Beckley extended forecast notes temperatures will run slightly below normal through Sunday, turning cooler midweek then warming again later in the week with showers Wednesday through Thursday and rain Sunday. Precipitation totals around half an inch. Normal highs around 47 to 49 degrees regionally. Monitoring river levels at Bellepoint shows Bluestone and Greenbrier rivers below normal, Bluestone Reservoir at normal, with clear conditions.
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Dackeay
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Greenbrier
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Bluestone Reservoir
Noise prompts questioning in Woodward homicide case
Mrs Ann Woodward says a noise instead of a sight prompted her to fire the shotgun that killed her husband William Woodward Jr. She describes the moment in hospital as investigators press the prowler theory, while a man named Paul Wirths is questioned and a shotgun is found in his car. The widow remains the central figure as authorities weighories of the fatal Long Island estate shooting.
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William Woodward Jr
Nassau County
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Paul W. Wirths
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Oyster Bay
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Pinnell
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Kans
Nashua
City Firemen Start 60 Hour Week Across Huntington
Huntington city firefighters began a 60 hour work week last midnight, reducing on duty staffing at each station. City Council earlier approved a tighter budget and revoked a prior action that paid 40 dollars per man for 72 hour weeks, cutting compensation for extended hours.
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Huntington
Molotov Talks Open Door to Middle East Power Move
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov told Israeli Premier Sharett that arms sales to Egypt would continue as a normal commercial deal, while acknowledging Israel’s fears. Talks on military and regional security were to continue, likely in Moscow, with Israel seeking defensive weapons and Western assurances to act as regional police.
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Trick or Treat Road Block Sends Youth to Hospital
A Raleigh County Halloween night brought injuries and property damage as youths collided with a roadblock and a mailbox fire. Two Beckley teens, Robert Young and Judy Taylor, were treated for head and facial injuries after a roadblock along Grandview Road. Police reported wider disorder including a mailbox fire, a stolen billboard sign, and rocks and fires across the county. About 3,500 to 4,000 children attended Beckley Moose Lodge Halloween events, though a disturbance at the Recreation Building disrupted the party.
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Raleigh County
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Arthur Taylor
Pike St
U.S
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A. Fray Lilly
Donald Highlander
Mabscott
Harper Heights
Flynn Canady
Glen Rogers
Fairdale
Charles Surratt
Canady
Lester
Killarney
Crab Orchard
Beckley Moose Lodge
Arnett Juveniles To Face Judge
Three Arnett area youths aged 12 and 16 face Raleigh County Juvenile Court after State Police allege they broke into Shiloh Elementary School Saxon and damaged mail boxes near the area. The school was entered last Saturday night with toys and a basketball reported stolen. The boys were arrested Monday and released to their parents pendingSaturday proceedings.
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Arnett
Raleigh County
Shiloh
Saxon
Robot Warship To Join Fleet In Navy Commissioning
The Navy readied its first robot weapons warship, the heavy cruiser Boston, at Philadelphia’s Nav Yard for an commissioning ceremony. Captain Charles B. Martell told reporters of Terrier missiles with 20 mile range that can track enemy aircraft and perform much of the destruction.
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Charles B. Martell
Driver Arrests in Mount Hope Strike DWI Charge
William C. Cousins of Box 41 Mount Hope was jailed at Raleigh County Jail at 1 a.m. today on a driving while drunk charge. City Police arrested him on the DWI count.
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William C. Cousins
Mount Hope
Raleigh
Holden Murder Still Unsolved
Morgantown authorities press for leads in the two week old Holden murder case. Susan Montgomery Holden, 52, WVU English instructor, was found stabbed at her Suncrest Addition home on Oct 18. Sheriff Johnson notes ongoing inquiry with a questioned 23 year old handyman, Martin Wilson, amid inconclusive polygraph results. criminologist Dr LeMoyne Snyder assists from Lansing. Also tied to a separate unsolved Laughlin murder in Clarksburg.
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Susan Montgomery Holden
West Virginia University
Suncrest
Martin Wilson
Johnson
Wilson
LeMoyne Snyder
Lansing
Mich
Snyder
West Virginia
Frances Laughlin
Joan Bland
Laughlin
Clarksburg
Greeks Press for End to Rule in Cyprus in City Riots
In Patras Greek police clashed with stone-throwing demonstrators injuring dozens as crowds urged an end to British rule in Cyprus. Archbishop Makarios met Greek Premier Karemanlis in Athens and said the government would press the Cyprus issue until Cypriots’ national demand is met.
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Greece
Patras
British Institute
Makarios
Union With Greece
Constantine Karamantis
Peloponnesus
Karemanlis
Mediterranean
August Court Term Will Close Saturday
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp announced the August term would close Saturday. He will be in Nicholas County the first three days next week presiding because Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. has dis qualified himself in the case. On Monday he presided at the docket setting for the November term, which starts November 14.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Knapp
Nicholas County
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Circuit Court
Worship Together For Daily Faith And Family Security
Within Gods House worries seen outside shrink as faith grows. Worship weekly with family provides security money cannot buy. Faith to hope grow and live by. Come worship together this week in a public service notice with The Advertising Council.
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