Tito waives claim to Trieste port in shift toward accord
Tito announced Yugoslavia would relinquish claims to Trieste port while insisting on control over rest of Zone A. Diplomats see potential five power talks among Italy, Yugoslavia, the United States, Britain and France to settle the Adriatic dispute as Pella faces a parliamentary vote on Trieste policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Tito
Italy
Trieste
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Ales Bebler
Zone A
Ofing
United States
Britain
France
Zone
Guiseppe Pella
Chamber of Deputies
Pella
Central Europe
Benson Convinced There's No Basis For Price Props
SALT LAKE CITY Secretary of Agriculture Benson flies back to Washington convinced there is no sentiment for direct cattle price supports after talks with hundreds of livestock farmers and officials across six Western states. He found drought conditions serious in New Mexico Nevada Wyoming and other areas and said a decision on relief appeals would come late this week. Several hundred thousand cattle and sheep face short rations without supplementary feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Benson
Washington
National Farmers Union
Quincy
Missouri
St. Louis
New Mexico
Nevada
Wyoming
Arizona
Utah
Marland to Speak at West Virginia Travel Banquet
Governor Marland is scheduled to address the West Virginia Night banquet of the National Association of Travel Organizations in White Sulphur Springs. The four day convention feature will be saluted on tonight’s broadcast of The Railroad Hour.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Marland
West Virginia
National Assn. of
National
Weather Summary From Beckley Glade Creek And Bluestone
Weather brief notes a fair night with a low around 28 to 34 and a mostly sunny warm Tuesday. Beckley records a high near 61 yesterday with regional readings 63 at Oak Hill and 60 at Glade Creek while morning readings show 52 near today and 29 at Bluestone Reservoir area.
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Beckley High
Boweast
Ccscceerres
Oak “Hill
Glade Creek
Ereeres
Bellepoint
Bluestone Reservoir
New
Greenbrier
West Rejects Soviet Plan On German Reunification
Washington and allied envoys delivered notes to Moscow denying Soviet demands for negotiations on German unification and Austrian independence. The Western powers called the Russian terms totally unacceptable, arguing they would place non European issues before urgent European concerns and leave Western Europe defenseless in any conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Moscow
Europe
Foreign Office
Amere Will Appeal State Decision To U S Supreme Court
Amere Gas Utilities Co plans to appeal PSC rate orders to the U S Supreme Court after the West Virginia Supreme Court refused to review. President John W. Partridge says Amere has operated at a loss, laying off workers as it seeks fair rates to cover expenses. The case centers on a $355,920 difference between gas costs from Atlantic Seaboard Corp and a state determined price, with federal and state rate controls in conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amere Gas Utilities Co
United States Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Amere
State Supreme Court
John W. Partridge
Charleston
Partridge
PSC
Supreme Court
Mullens
Princeton
Lewisburg
White Sulphur Springs
Atlantic Seaboard Corp
West Virginia Commission
Atlantic Seaboard
Federal Power Commission
Young Lad Observes Birthday In Hospital
Melvin Smith, Raleigh General Hospital’s oldest patient born in 1855, celebrated his 98th birthday in hospital after a leg ailment. He recalled simply lying in bed, while staff treated him kindly for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleign General Hospital
Melvin Smith
Wickham
Smith
Southern Conference to reconsider football ban parley
The Southern Conference met in Richmond with 10 members voting to hold talks behind closed doors. The session aimed to clear the way for West Virginia University's potential bowl bid if the league lifts its post season ban. A WVU official would not confirm acceptance pending an invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Southern Conference
D. R. McDanes
University of Richmond
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Tragedy in Framingham: Two Children Found Dead
In Framingham Massachusetts the bodies of eight year old Tommy Gilmore and seven year old Carol Anne Gilmore were recovered from a woodland pond after a widespread search. Police said they were believed to have fallen from a small boat while they wandered from a local playground last Sunday.
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Framingham
Mass
Tommy Gilmore
Carol Anne
Stabbers in Love Triangle Held on Assault Charges
Two Puerto Rican men aged 20 and 21 were arrested in New York last night on felonious assault charges after allegedly stabbing Yolande Rivera, 17, the object of their rivalry. Rivera was reported in satisfactory condition at a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yolande Rivera
Armando Rojas
Angel Carrera
Parley on Alcohol In Capital Today
In Charleston the 1953 West Virginia Legislature committee on alcoholism met to hear information and discuss methods to combat the problem. Sen. Ward Wylie led a three member subcommittee and planned to hear reports from members who visited other states, with L Stele Trotter among locals slated to speak. A potential state farm for alcoholics was discussed but no firm plan was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Ward Wylie
Wyoming
Wylie
L. Stele Trotter
State Board of Control
Jobs at Stake Judge Divides Petit Jurors
Out of 125 men summoned for petit jury duty at Circuit Court, 72 appeared. Judge Norman Knapp split the group into two to report later this month and on December 9, while 36 requested exemptions for job loss but were not excused. Docketed cases did not require jury service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Jury to decide fate of kidnap killers in Kansas City
In Kansas City, Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady arrive in handcuffs for a federal trial over the kidnapping and slaying of Bobby Greenlease. A panel of 13 will be chosen to sit as jurors. only the jury can recommend the death penalty under the Lindbergh law, which U.S. Attorney Edward Scheufler says he will seek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Moneymad
Bobby Greenlease
Carl Austin Hall
Playboy Wastrel
Bonnie Brown Heady
U. S
William Tatman
Hall
Heady
Jackson County
Federal
Federal Building
U. S. Dist
Albert L. Reeves
Crawford Estate Left To Widow Crawford Estate Left To Widow
The 21 year old will of C C D Crawford of 1500 Harper Road filed for probate in Raleigh County Court. He leaves his entire estate to his widow with token $1 bequests to sons C D Crawford Jr and Bernard Lee Crawford of Beckley. Mrs Crawford as executor bonds $50,000. Will witnessed December 1932 by Herbert Stansbury and G C Porter. Court appoints appraisers and refers settlement to Floyd M Sayre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. D. Crawford
Harper Road
Raleigh
Crawford
C. D. Crawford Jr
Bernard Lee Crawford
Beckley
Herbert Stansbury
G. C. Porter
George A Watkins
H. A. Sloan
Pugh
Floyd M. Sayre
FBI Roundup Seizes 14 Alleged Klansmen in Florida Case
FBI agents detained 14 alleged Ku Klux Klan members in North and South Carolina on charges of kidnapping and flogging a brother and sister on the night of November 16, 1951. Victims Christine Rogers and Ernest Barfield Rogers were taken from Lake View, South Carolina, crossed into Robeson County, North Carolina, and beaten before being released. The investigation ties the actions to Mullins and Dillon Klaverns with planned abduction details outlined by Hoover.
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Washington
FBI
Ku Klux Klan
North
South Carolina
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Christine Rogers
Ernest Barfield Rogers
Lake View
S. C
Robeson County
North Carolina
Rogers
Mullins
D.C
Klavern
Dillon
New Robin Hood Ballad Sparks Debate in Indiana
A Moscow broadcast announces a new Pravda poem titled A New Ballad On Robin Hood. Indiana official Mrs. White accuses the tale of promoting communism, while Nottingham Sheriff William Cox defends Robin Hood’s legend and says Communists cannot steal the hero. Cox reports many inquires from America and affirms no Communist ties in Hood’s legends.
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London
Moscow
Pravda
Sherwood Forest
Indianapolis
Ind
Robin Hood
Thomas White
Indiana
Nottingham
William Cox
Cox
N. Gribachev
Volga
America
Ballard Browning Dies Father of State Supreme Court Judge
Logan death of Ballard Browning at Chauncey home after a yearlong illness. Native of Logan county he would have turned 86 on November 25. Longtime resident of Chauncey he is survived by his wife and Chauncey Browning, the couple’s only child.
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Logan
Ballard Browning
Chauncey Browning
State Supreme Court
Browning
Logan County
Chauncey
Fire Losses a Running Disaster in West Virginia
West Virginia forest fires mounted as 12 hour losses hit 3515 acres while the state surpassed 125000 acres burned. Governor Hayes Helmick warned against public apathy urging vigilance amid dry conditions and heavy smoke in the fourth and fifth conservation districts. Civil Air Patrol units aided in Morgantown and large fires over 1000 and 400 acres were under control or out of control in Monongalia Mineral counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Hayes Helmick
Conservation Department
Helmick
Masontown
Monongalia County
Civil Air Patrol
Morgantown
Fire crews pressed in two forest blazes in Raleigh County
Tired firefighters in Clear Fork battled two fires Saturday. three new blazes sparked the next day amid reports of arson. Piney View blaze roared to 25 acres, Stonewall tipple in its path. Trout area blaze near Big Boy Creek challenged bulldozer lines. New fires reported near Premier Mountain Greenbrier Gap and Trace Fork. Ronald Meadows, 15, Piney View, treated for a fractured left hand after a rock rolled onto him.
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Clear Fork
Raleigh County
District 4
State Conservation Commission
Big Boy Creek
Greenbrier County
Premier Mountain
Greenbrier Gap
Trace Fork
McDowell County
Ronald T. Meadows
Piney View
Beckley Hospital
Supreme Court Refuses Review in Raleigh County Auto Franchise Case
The Supreme Court in Charleston today refused, 3-1, to review a Raleigh County certified case involving a dispute between two automobile agencies. In 1952, J. Fef Sharp and Mary J. Sharp bought Raleigh Motor Sales from the Mohlers and enforced a five year no-franchise clause. The Mohlers formed Fayette Motor Co and obtained International and Pontiac franchises, leading to an injunction request and a lower court ruling upheld for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Charleston
J. Fef
Sharp
Mary J. Sharp
Raleigh Motor Sales, Inc
Beckley
Edgar L. Mohler
Alicia T. Mohler
G. A. Mohler Jr
Raleigh County
Raleigh Motor Sales
Mohlers
Fayette Motor Co
Oak Hill
International
Pontiac
U S Envoy in Yugoslavia Presents Credentials
The new American ambassador to Yugoslavia, James W. Riddleberger, presented his credentials to Yugoslav President Tito today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yugoslavia
James W. Riddleberger
Tito
Truman claims Hoover attended White conference on spy case
Truman, in a televised radio address, asserts FBI Director Hoover sat in a conference where Harry Dexter White's fate was discussed. He defends keeping White in government service in 1946 amid charges he was a spy, saying his speech will answer questions and will be carried by NBC CBS and ABC at 11 p.m. EST.
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
Harry Dexter White
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
White
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Hoover
Truman
Fred Vinson
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
Truman and Associates
Three-State Turnpike Experts Convene in Meeting
Virginia North Carolina and West Virginia toll road officials meet at 1 p.m. to review a study by Coverdale and Colpitts on traffic and potential revenue. West Virginia advances an 80 mile Charleston to Princeton turnpike while preparatory paving begins on a five mile Ghent section.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia
Tri-State
Coverdale and Colpitts
New York
Charleston
Princeton
Turnpike Commission
Ghent
Palm
Fay, Spofford and
Thorndike
Gardner
Camp Creek
Body of Woman In Car 3 Days
Pascagoula Mississippi. Edward J. Berryman 19 told police he killed Mrs Pete Beasley 23 a Pascagoula mother and hid her body in a car trunk for three days. He was found slumped over the body and shot under the heart. He will be charged with murder. His father said the youth escaped from a Georgia prison camp months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascagoula
Edward Joseph Berryman
Pete Beasley
Rea
E. E. Blakeley
Columbus, Ga
Columbus
Berryman
Georgia
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