Turnpike Links With Other States Expand Plan
Turnpike officials pressed for extensions beyond the 88 mile expressway. A three state traffic survey plan approved by Virginia and North Carolina will go to the West Virginia commission. Banking interests back extensions to Pennsylvania and Ohio as surveys prove financial viability. An eastern Beckley to White Sulphur Springs link could accelerate widening Beckley Charleston.
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Charleston
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginian Commission
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Beckley
White Sulphur Springs
Patteson
West Virginia
Censure McCarthy Committee Faces Late Start in Washington
The six member special committee reconvened at 10 a.m. in the Watkins office to finalize the censure resolution against Senator Joseph McCarthy, but only four were present, raising doubt that the measure would reach the Senate today. Attending were Watkins Case Carlson and Stennis. Johnson expected later, Ervin absent due to Gov Umstead’s death. In New York Msgr Edward Martin claimed more than five million dollars has been raised to oust McCarthy for his Catholic ideals, while McCarthy dismissed money as part of a campaign to hinder his efforts. Roy Cohn predicted Senate passage of censure, calling it a grave injustice. Clarence Manion warned that voting to censure would be treasonous.
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Washington
Joseph McCarthy
Watkins
Utah
Senate
Sens, Case
R-Sd
Carlson
R-Kan
Stennis
Dmiss
Sen
Johnson
D-Cole
Sen. Ervin
D-Nc
William B. Umstead
New York
Edward R. Martin
1St Army
McCarthy
Joe
Msgr. Martin
Bronx
Roy M. Cohn
United States
Cohn
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Citizens For McCarthy Committee
Chicago
Clarence Manion
Mutual
Manion
University of Notre Dame Law School
Bricker
Tokyo
U. S
U.S
Japan
Hokkaido
Kurile Islands
Ilth
Anthony F. Feith
Feith
Albert Welsh
Welsh
Moscow
John E. Hull
U. S. Far East
Rioting Prison Break in Naha Fuels Large Escape
A massive riot at Naha Penitentiary in Okinawa saw fifty to sixty inmates escape as about 850 convicts clashed with guards. One prisoner shot, several officers injured, and 37 prisoners at large per U.S. officials, with Okinawa authorities placing the figure above 50. The breakout followed a three hour battle. police repelled most rioters, no U.S. troops used. A committee linked to Kamejiro Senga pressed for prison reforms amid claims of mistreatment.
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Naha
Okinawa
U.S
Paul Skuse
Naha Safety Bureau
Kamejiro Senga
Okinawa Peoples Party
U. S
Communist Front
Conrad Returns to U S by Ship After Transatlantic Flight
Paris reports Max Conrad completed his first nonstop Atlantic crossing in a two engine Piper Apache. He landed near Paris after 22 hours 23 minutes from Idlewild New York. The 49 year old flier plans to deliver the plane to a French buyer and spark youth interest in flying. He said the trip was uneventful aside from a belt of bad weather over the North Atlantic and some snow and ice. He will return by ship.
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Paris
San Francisco
Max Conrad
Atlantic
New York
Idlewild
Flier
Conrad
North Atlantic
United States
Mutual Compassion in Murder Case at NORWOOD Mass
In Norwood Massachusetts a tearful embrace between the mothers of Geraldine Annese and Peter Makarewicz underscored the case in which Geraldine, 15, was found dead and Peter, 15, faces murder charges. District Attorney Myron G. Lane reports Geraldine was strangled in a sex attack, with both families showing shared sorrow and praying for each other as Peter prepares for court.
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Norwood
Mass
Geraldine
Annese
Peter Makarewicz
Adrienne Makarewicz
Mary Annese
Myron G. Lane
Mrs. Makarewicz
Mrs. Annese
Makarewicz
Peter
Lane
Body Recovered In River Search
PARKERSBURG The sheriff s office reports the body of Ruth Ann Thomas 17 was recovered from the Little Kanawha River after a fishing trip with her father Emory Thomas 63 and grandfather James Miller 10. She was found about 200 yards below Lock 1. Paul Miller half-brother and Carmen Culver uncle aided by volunteers and floodlights continued to drag the river for the others.
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Parkersburg
Ruth Ann Thomas
Kanawha
South Parkersburg
Emory Thomas
Thomas
James Miller
Ruth Ann
Paul Miller
Carmen Culver
Fairmont
Dispersal Considered for Capital Command Posts
The military weighs dispersing headquarters outside the capital as hydrogen bomb risks prompt rethinking of centralizing the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Fort Belvoir Fort Meade and Norfolk eyed, while Ft. Ritchie faces blast and crater risks. Civilian agencies also plan moves, with AEC seeking a new HQ and Civil Defense shifting to Battle Creek Michigan.
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Washington
Maryland
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Ft. Belvoir
District of Columbia
Ft. Meade
Norfolk
Marshal Islands Proving Ground
Ft. Ritchie
Frederick County
Atomic Energy Commission
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Battle Creek
Mich
Eisenhower Says Prospects For Peace Bright
President Eisenhower urged that enduring peace is the goal of foreign policy and touted his atoms for peace plan while noting the 12th anniversary of the North Africa landing. He called for international understanding and compassionate outlook, avoiding mention of the Air Force incident in text.
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Boston
Eisenhower
U. S
Russia
National Council of Catholic Women
Veto of Air Attack on Red China Stirs Split Talks
Washington Post and Times-Herald report President Eisenhower vetoed a Joint Chiefs plan to bomb Red China amid Quemoy shelling. The National Security Council met in Denver on Sept 12 to discuss options as Radford Carney Twining backed bombing Chiang Kai-shek’s foes. Ridgway dissented, fearing need for ground troops and unready army.
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Washington
Washington Post and
Times-Herald
Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nationalist
Quemoy
Joint Chiefs
Dulles
Chalmers M. Roberts
National Security Council
Denver
Far East
Post
Time-Herald
Pentagon
Red China
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Robert B. Carney
Naval Operations
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
Ridgway
Four Observation Towers Closed As Forest Fire Front Shifts
Weather conditions unfavorable to fires forced withdrawal from duty of four Forest Service towers in District 4 of the State Conservation Commission. Observers at Winston Knob Round Knob Mann Mountain and Rich Knob were relieved on November 3 leaving eight towers in operation awaiting better weather to resume constant observation.
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District 4
State Conservation Commission
Beckley
Commission
Winston Knob
Round Knob
Mann Mountain
Rich Knob
Met Opens 70th Season Broadcast to 30 Theaters
The Metropolitan Opera debuts its 70th season tonight with a closed circuit broadcast to 30 or more theaters nationwide. The program features scenes from Pagliacci La Boheme The Barber of Seville and Aida.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Failed on Promises W V Republican Attacks President
Mrs Jessica Wyatt Payne, past president of Republican Women in Huntington, accuses President Eisenhower of being used by one world left wing advisors. She blasts omissions, predicts a 1954 GOP defeat and urges the President to prove his Republicanism or retire.
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Huntington
Jessica Wyatt Payne
Eisenhower
GOP
Payne
Chicago
National Guard Called to Help Search for Girls
Brig. Gen. Charles R. Fox ordered West Virginia National Guard units to join the search for two missing girls from their Egeria home. Company F and Headquarters of the 2nd Battalion 150th Infantry to assemble at 7 am Tuesday at the National Guard armory.
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Charles R. Fox
Adjutant General of
West Virginia
National Guard
Egeria
Co. F
2Nd Batallion
150Th Infantry
Blast Damages Mining Tipple at Sutton and Elk River Bridge
A dynamite blast damaged the Ideal Coal Corp tipple near Sutton, causing about 400 dollars in damage and a two to three day shutdown. Five men questioned in Randolph County after a bridge blast on a Slatyfork headwaters bridge. Mine manager Dale Garman notes ongoing United Mine Workers picketing since July.
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Sutton
W.va
Ideal Coal Corp
Dale Garman
Ideal
Here
Wolf Creek
Garman
B. D. Marple
Irish Ridge Coal Co
Marple
United Mine Workers
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