McCarthy Attacks Yet Predicts Censure Verdict Likely
Sen. Watkins opened a formal Senate debate on McCarthy censure, saying the six member committee acted without prosecutorial bias while noting the panel grouped about 40 charges into five categories and recommended censure on two. McCarthy counterattacked calling the panel an unwitting handmaid of the Communists, claiming the nation’s fate is tied to him.
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Washington
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Senate
McCarthy
Watkins Committee
Communist Party
Ralph W. Zwicker
Zwicker
Sens
Flanders
R-Vi
Fulbright
D-Ark
Morse
Hendrickson
R-Nj
Subcommittee
Edwin Johnson
D-Cole
Ervin
D-Nc
Iranian Firing Squad Executes Ex-Envoy
Tehran reports former Foreign Minister Hossein Fatemi, a Mossadegh ally, executed by firing squad at dawn for his role in the 1953 plot to unseat the Shah. He walked to the stake blindfolded, amid earlier claims the execution would be delayed due to illness. Fatemi had been captured March 13 after being stabbed during arrest. Mossadegh's ally awaits three years solitary for his own conviction.
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Tehran
Iran
Hossein Fatemi
Mohammed Mossadegh
Fatemi
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Ghasr
Teimour Bakhtiar
Mossadegh
Fazollah Zahedi
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Atomic Workers Accept Contract at Oak Ridge
Atomic-hydrogen weapons production is steadied for a year after seven months of labor unrest. CIO and AFL unions representing 9,000 workers approve a package wage boost. The deal adds 6 cents retroactive to April 15, 1954, 4 cents from January 15, 1955, and a better holiday schedule.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
America
CIO
AFL
Paducah
Adlai Says Election Put Demos on Trial
Libertyville Illinois Adlai E Stevenson says winning control of Congress has put the Democratic party on trial The interview quotes Stevenson noting the 1956 elections will decide the outcome while he expresses faith in the party and declines to worry about the conduct of its representatives
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Libertyville
Ill
Democratic Party
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Rivers at Bellepoint and nearby areas clear
Weather roundup reports clear conditions across Rivers at Bellepoint Greenbrier and New Normal stages for Bluestone Reservoir with no precipitation noted. Temperatures ranged from highs around 60 to lows in the 20s or 30s with a 10 a.m. reading and noon readings recorded as shown.
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Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Wife of Newspaper Manager Succumbs
WELCH Mrs. W. R. Keyser wife of the general manager of the Welch Daily News died today in a Welch hospital after three years of illness and a stroke last December. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Welch with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs. David Tuckwiler of Lewisburg and Miss Emma Keyser of Welch and a son W. R. Keyser Jr. of Charlottesville, Va.
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Welch
W. R. Keyser
Welch Daily News
First Presbyterian Church of
Woodlawn
David Tuckwiler
Lewisburg
Emma Keyser
W. R. Keyser Jr
Charlottesville
Polio Cases Decline Across Kanawha Counties
Polio cases fell to five in the week, with one case in Kanawha Lincoln Wood Gilmer and Grant counties. The weekly total drops from 20 to 374 for the year, while measles rose with 112 new cases nationally including 100 in Wyoming County, lifting the year total to 9,000.
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Charleston
State Health Department
Kanawha
Lincoln
Wood
Gilmer
Grant
Health Departments
Wyoming County
Mixed Start in New York Stock Market
The New York market opened quietly with a few blocks on the tape. Southern Pacific rose 4 percent on 1600 shares to 48 4, General Motors started up on 1000 shares at 92, and Cacy's opened on 1000 shares at 26 42, with Boeing and other majors also higher.
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New York
Southern Pacific
General Motors
Cacy’s
Boeing
Consolidated Natural Gas
Dupont
American Wollen
Pennsylvania Railroad
President Sees Improved Red Attitude
President Eisenhower said Russia shows a more conciliatory attitude in the latest plane shooting incident off the Japanese Coast. He defended the American photo-mapping flight as within its rights and noted a notable shift in Russian protests, while reiterating support for the Dixon-Yates power contract to provide energy without raising TVA costs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Dixon-Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
Two Egeria Girls Still Missing as Search Expands
National Guard and local officers widened a weeklong search for Irene Agee eight and Mary Agee six after a pre dawn telephone line connected the isolated county. About 200 men divided into three patrols near the Steve Agee home Tommy's Ridge School and from Odd Post Office to the Guard bivouac while hunters were asked to avoid the area. Irene wore a red coat with a gray fur collar and a black lunch bucket while Mary carried an aluminum lunch box. no trace of either girl or belongings has been found.
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Egeria
Mary
Steve
Hilda Agee
Devil's Fork
Agee
Irene
National
Steve Agee
Willard Riffe
The
Register
Tommy's Ridge
John C. Ward
Conservation Commission
Ward
National Guard
Charles R. Fox
Appalachian Gets Purchase Permit for WV utilities
Appalachian Electric Power Co received permission from the Public Service Commission to buy four small distribution systems in Southern West Virginia. The Wyoming County system from Red Jacket Coal Co costs 4964 dollars, Robin Hood in Boone County from Princess Dorothy Coal Co 2258 dollars, Carswell in McDowell County from Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates 14103 dollars, and Tidewater in McDowell from EGFA 4065 dollars. Rates will stay the same in Wyoming Robin Hood and Tidewater. Carswell rate changes may raise or lower some bills but will be uniform with others.
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Charleston
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Wyoming County
Red Jacket Coal Corp
Robin Hood
Boone County
Princess Dorothy Coal Co
Carswell
McDowell County
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Tidewater
McDowell
EGFA
Wyoming
Contract Break Authorized But Not Immediate Prospect
Washington reports the Southern Coal Producers' Association gave President Joseph Moody and a four man committee discretionary power to break or modify contracts with John L. Lewis' miners on short notice. The move aims to ease labor costs amid industry strain, but Moody warned an immediate break is unlikely while negotiating terms with Northern operators and considering administration-backed proposals to bolster coal against fuel oil and natural gas.
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Washington
Southern Coal Producers
Assa
John L. Lewis
Joseph Moody
Moody
Lewis
Association of Lewis
United Mine Workers
Henry Warden
American Coal Co
Bluefield
W. Va
Police Activities Unsolved Murder Heads October Report
Beckley City Police October report lists two unsolved murders, the bludgeon killing of Charlie Jen Sing on October 6 and the Sept. 17 shooting of Cordelia Adams at a football game. The record shows seven felonies and 82 misdemeanors, with some arrests and many cases cleared, plus traffic tickets, arrests, miles traveled, and calls answered.
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Beckley City
Charlie Jen Sing
Cordelia Margaret Adams
Stratton High School
Beckley
Escapee Surrenders After Wetzel Jail Bailgap
William H. Grey, 46, of Wileyville Wetzel County, surrendered at Ohio County jail yesterday. Grey had been wanted in Wetzel County for a 1951 jailbreak and asked to be arrested, according to Jailer Gene Sorge.
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Wheeling
Wetzel County
Ohio County
Gene Sorge
William H. Grey
Wileyville
Demos Lose On Party Lines In AEC Vote
Washington The Senate House Atomic Energy Committee defeated a Democratic effort to block immediate signing of the Dixon-Yates contract. The 10-8 party line vote backed continuing hearings as President Eisenhower favored the proposal and committee chairman Rep. W Sterling Cole warned of varying future outcomes.
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Washington
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
Sen. Pastore
D-Ri
Pastore
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
AEC
W. Sterling Cole
Cole
Change of Tactics Marland Consults With Lawmakers
Gov Marland holds two round tables with Democratic leaders in Charleston as he seeks amiable ties with the 1955 Legislature. He urges lawmakers to study the state's finances and report back, amid past budget concerns and a severance tax proposal that stalled in the last session. The 1955 session begins January 12.
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Charleston
Marland
Democratic Party
Denzil L. Gainer
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
D-Hardy
House
W. E. Flannery
D-Logan
John Amos
Dkanawha
Martin Bowles
D-Kanawha
Joint
Committee On Government and Finance
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Continuing contracts remove teacher nomination requirement
An Attorney General opinion states that once a county board of education signs a continuing contract with a teacher, the county school superintendent no longer needs to nominate the teacher for employment. Asst. Atty. Gen. Virginia Mae Brown explained this in response to questions from State School Superintendent W. W. Trent. The teacher remains employed in the same relationship year to year under the contract after a three-year probationary period.
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Charleston
Eisenhower to Dedicate Kansas Memorial Museum
President Eisenhower travels to Abilene Kansas to dedicate the $325000 Eisenhower Memorial Museum at Veterans Day ceremonies. He will speak briefly as flight accompanies Mrs Eisenhower and Milton Eisenhower. The Eisenhower Foundation built and funds the museum.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Kansas
Milton S. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
Columbine
David
Barbara Anne
Susan
Maj
John Eisenhower
John
Ft. Leavenworth
Earl
la Grange
Ill
Eisenhower Foundation
Alderson News Building Burns in West Virginia
A fire destroyed a two story frame building housing the Alderson Times in Alderson West Virginia. Losses were about 5000 for the newspaper plant and 10500 for the building owned by First National Bank. A woman and two children on the second floor escaped unharmed. Fire officials traced the blaze to faulty wiring near a front switch box.
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Alderson
W.va
Alderson Times
John Jacobs
John Church
White Sulphur Springs
First National Bank
Mike Howdock
C. L. Lobban
Richard Ford
Red Antireligion Drive Renewed
Moscow reports a revived Soviet campaign to suppress religion during the 37th year of Communist rule. A Tallinn school trained over 100 propagandists in Marx Leninist anti religious works and science films under party and government sponsorship.
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Moscow
Tass
Tallin
Estonia
Communist Party
Estonian Ministry of Culture
Message To the Future Iwo Jima Statue Dedicated Today
General Lemuel Shepherd Jr dedicates a 75 foot bronze Iwo Jima flag raising statue on the Marines 179th anniversary. President Eisenhower attends with survivors and the sculptor Felix de Weldon notes the work spans nine years and honors six men. Joe Rosenthal attends as the photographer. three survivors and the mothers of the fallen are present.
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Washington
Lemuel Shepherd Jr
U.S. Marine Corps
Shepherd
Iwo Jima
Eisenhower
Mt. Suribachi
Felix de Weldon
Joe Rosenthal
Associated Press
Pacific
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Judiciary
William Langer
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