Byrd Prepares Senate Bid With Two WV Aiding Bills
Rep elect Robert C Byrd plans to offer or co sponsor two key bills in the new term to aid distressed areas and expand coal use research. He cites past support for such measures and notes that one measure aimed at distressed areas passed both chambers but was vetoed by President Eisenhower. Byrd hopes for committee slots on Appropriations or Armed Services later, but as a freshman expects limited immediate access.
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Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Douglas
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Byrd
West Virginia
Chapman Revercomb
R-Wva
Appropriations
Armed Services Committee
United States
Congress
Alaska
Territory
Richard M. Nixon
Fred M. Seaton
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
E. L
Bob) Bartlett
R. E. Robertson
Keith Capper
Mike Stepovich
Ernest Gruening
Ralph Rivers
Henry Benson
William Egan
John Butrovich Jr
Court order halts pilots strike at American Airlines
An 11th hour court order blocked the pilots walkout at American Airlines avoiding a Thanksgiving air travel crisis. Eastern Air Lines shut down as flight engineers and mechanics walked out. Trans World Airlines faced a machinists strike. Judge Frederick V. P. Bryan ordered the pilots to show cause by Friday why the restraining order should not continue, while negotiations on pay and work rules proceed. Capital Airlines aims to return to normal operations today as other carriers expand schedules to handle holiday crowds.
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Miami
Fla
American Airlines
Air Line
Assny
American
Frederick V. P. Bryan
Eastern Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Eastern
Bryan
Pilots Association
Alaska voters brave snow to cast first state election
In Juneau and across Alaska voters faced near zero temperatures and fresh snow as about 40,000 to 60,000 residents, including 19 and 20 year olds, were expected to brave the weather to participate in the first state election. The rough turnout estimates reflected broad interest despite harsh conditions.
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Juneau
Alaska
Governor Denies Plan To Fire All Democrats
Charleston AP reports Governor Underwood rejected a blanket order to dismiss Democrats from Republican-run state departments. He stressed dissension and disloyalty must be curbed, not partisanly purged. Public Institutions Commissioner Harold Neely had suggested replacing many Democrats with Republicans at state institutions under his control.
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Charleston
Underwood
Harold E. Neely
Petition Circulates to Abolish Raleigh County Criminal Court
Attorneys circulate a petition to abolish the county Criminal Court and create a domestic relations court transferring criminal jurisdiction to the Circuit Court. The move aims to save money by reducing juries, while opponents warn longer juries and changes in handling juvenile and divorces. The petition may be presented to the Raleigh County Bar this week.
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Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
McCreerys
Germany
Armed Services
Criminal Court
Circuit Court
Raleigh County Criminal Court
T J. McGinnis
Mary McGinnis Bailey
S. Oakwood Avenue
Beckley
Nine Forest Fires Listed In Raleigh Fayette
Nine forest fires were reported Monday in Raleigh and Fayette Counties by the District 4 office of the West Virginia Conservation Commission Beckley. Raleigh County blazes were located at Rock Creek Lanark Stretchers Neck Boyd Branch Surveyor Abney and Rock House Creek. Fires in Fayette County were located at Thurmond and Falls View. A total of 23 fires were reported in Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming Counties Saturday and Sunday.
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Raleigh
Fayette
District 4
West Virginia Conservation Commission
Beckley
Raleigh County
Rock Creek
Lanark
Stretchers Neck
Boyd Branch
Surveyor
Abney
Rock House Creek
Fayette County
Thurmond
Falls View
Wyoming
Dorothy Man's Sister Dies in Kentucky
Dr. B L Pettry of Dorothy received word his sister Mrs Dora Pettry Hickman of Ashland Kentucky died early today in an Ashland hospital after a heart attack Saturday Funeral arrangements are incomplete
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Dorothy
B. L. Pettry
Dora Pettry Hickman
Ashland
Prisoner Ill at Raleigh Jail Taken to VA Hospital
Billy Fink of Shady Spring was removed from Raleigh County Jail to Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital late Monday night after illness. He is listed in satisfactory condition today at the hospital while serving a sentence for drunkenness.
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Billy Fink
Shady Spring
Raleigh
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Fink
Turkey at Raleigh County Jail Thanksgiving Dinner
One hundred twelve pounds of turkey with all the trimmings will be served to inmates at the Raleigh County Jail for Thanksgiving. About 100 inmates are expected to be fed, according to jail cook Mike Johnson.
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Raleigh
Mike Johnson
Nixon vows West will stay in Berlin during British visit
Vice President Nixon began a four day trip to Britain with a pledge that the West will remain in Berlin and oppose appeasement in Berlin or the Formosa Strait. He spoke at a Pilgrims Society luncheon after arriving from Washington as fog delayed London arrivals.
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London
Nixon
Britain
Berlin
Formosa Strait
Pilgrims’ Society
Allies Wary as Ulbricht Says Open to Berlin Talks
East German Communist boss Walter Ulbricht announced readiness to negotiate with the Allies over access to West Berlin. He asserted no legal basis for foreign occupation, warned against a blockade, and suggested negotiations could frame East German control as Soviet agents.
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Agandize
Ulbricht
Berlin
West Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
Beckley Native To Be Honored For Justice Department Work
Beckley native Enoch Edward Ellison a long time resident and chief attorney at the Justice Department Washington will receive a meritorious service award under the federal incentive program The Japanese American Citizens League recommends Ellison for a Court of Claims post citing his lead role in the Evacuation Claims program and Civil Division work Senator Chapman Revercomb is reviewing his nomination prospects Supports include prior service as chief of the Court of Claims Section and supervision of the Japanese Claims Division
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Enoch Edward Ellison
Beckley
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
Ellison
E. L. Ellison
Beckley Ave
Citizens League
Salt Lake City
Utah
Court of Claims
Citi
Zens League
West Coast
United States
Rogers
League
Chapman Revercomb
Tams Mountain Man Jailed After Mental Hygiene Hearing
A Tams Mountain resident was jailed today in Huntington by sheriff deputies after a hearing before the Mental Hygiene Board. He was held as a mental patient and caused a two day disturbance while in the jail.
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Tams Mountain
Raleigh
Huntington
Sheriff's
Mental Hygiene Board
West Virginia Weather Update From Beckley to Oak Hill
Cloudy tonight with a low in the 30s and rain likely Wednesday. Temperature readings show Beckley highs near 62 yesterday and lower tonight, while Oak Hill reports similar patterns. River conditions indicate Greenbrier clear at night and Bluestone Reservoir at normal to clear with 1.4 gates open.
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Beckley High
aelRende
Osessas Sadee
Sloak Hill
Black Tom Explosion Site Sells At Public Auction
In Jersey City on July 30, 1916 the Black Tom explosion killed four and injured about a hundred, with 45 million dollars in property damage. The site, a 27 acre peninsula, sold Monday for 27 thousand dollars to a New York syndicate. Bidders were unnamed and use of the land was undisclosed.
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Jersey City
N. J
Britain
France
Russia
New York
Boy Hospitalized After Eye Injury At Pine Knob
Juddy Dickens eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Corbett Dickens of Pine Knob is reported in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital. He was admitted Monday after running with a stick and the stick struck his eye according to a hospital spokesman.
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Juddy Dickens
Corbett Dickens
Pine Knob
Raleigh General Hospital
Campbell in Critical Condition After Heart Attack
John Beckley Campbell remains listed in critical condition at Beckley Hospital after being admitted late Saturday following a heart attack. The hospital reported his condition as serious and ongoing, with family by his side.
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John Beckley Campbell
Beckley Hospital
Campbell
Rites incomplete for Mrs Sylvia Berger dies in Beckley
Mrs Sylvia Berger 68 of Amigo died at 8 p m Monday in a Beckley hospital after a lengthy illness. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor for arrangement.
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Sylvia Berger
Amigo
Beckley Hospital
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
C&O Piedmont to Offer Extra Holiday Service
Huntington reports that Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and Piedmont Airlines will run extra service during the Thanksgiving period to ease anticipated travel strains caused by strikes at two other carriers. The C&O will deploy existing equipment as needed, while Piedmont plans to add a turboprop flight from Cincinnati to Huntington, then to Winston-Salem with arrivals slated for 9 p.m.
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Huntington
Chesapeake and Ohio Bwy
Piedmount
C&o
Piedmont
Cincinnati
Huntington Tri-State
Stock Market Tumble Worries Wall Street
New York AP report notes the worst stock market drop in three years as $6.7 billion vanishes from NYSE values. AP average falls to $200.70, the steepest decline since 1955, following an eight month rise and a fresh peak of $207.70 last Thursday.
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Wall Street
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Eisenhower
U N Command accuses North Korea of piracy
At Panmunjom the U N Command charged North Korea with piracy and hostile acts and demanded the return of seized persons and property. Admiral Nunn listed 12 fishermen and two boats, a South Korean airliner with crew and passengers, and a police officer abducted after five spies were captured as key items. North Korea denied the crimes and claimed fishermen chose to stay. airliner and abduction charges were dismissed as fabrication.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.N
U.S
Ira H. Nunn
Koean Military Armistice Commission
Kang Sang Ho
South Korea
Nunn
Inchon
North Korea
Supreme Court Upheld Drowning Case Verdict
The West Virginia Supreme Court affirmed a Raleigh County Park Board damages ruling in a drowning on a lake. John W. Crawford died when a boat sank during a trip with his brother James and two women. The court held the second trial fair with no prejudice from prior evidence about drinking.
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Charleston
Raleigh County Park Board
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Raleigh
Chauncey Browning
John W. Crawford
James
John Crawford
John C. Ward
Raleigh County
Park Board
Browning
James Crawford
Cost of Living Level Unchanged in October
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index held at 123.7 percent of the 1947-49 average for October, unchanged from August and September. The peak was 123.9 in July, with slight item increases offset by declines in others, according to price chief Hersey E. Riley.
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Washington
Labor Department
Hersey E. Riley
Beckley City Council Meets Tonight at City Hall
The Beckley City Council holds a regular meeting at 7 30 p m today in City Hall to discuss routine business matters and related items.
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Beckley City
City Hall
Demurrer Filed as Ouster Action Begins in Raleigh Co.
Robert J. Ashworth filed a demurrer for A P Leeber in Raleigh County Circuit Court seeking removal from the Board of Education. The petition by six residents accuses Leeber and H Dale Covey of improper actions including hiring wives as teachers. Covey resigned. The demurrer argues charges fall outside Leeber's current term and against statutes of limitations. it also asserts voting to employ his wife involved no discretionary act and no single decisive vote by Leeber. Monday set for argument as docket actions proceed.
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Robert J. Ashworth
A. P. Leeber
Leeber
Raleigh County Board of Education
Circuit
Raleigh
H. Dale Covey
Covey
Circuit Court
Road Accident Victim Slightly Improved
Chester Reed, victim of a two car and truck collision on Pluto Road Friday night, is reported slightly improved today by Beckley Memorial Hospital. Two others hospitalized in the same crash, David Bennett Abraham and James Eugene Lilly Sprague, have been discharged.
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Chester Reed
Pluto Road
Beckley Memorial Hospital
David Bennett
Abraham
James Eugene Lilly
Sprague
Judge jails anti tax minister in Cincinnati court
In Cincinnati a full U.S. District Court crowd watched Rev. Maurice F. Mc Crackin, a pacifist pastor, be jailed indefinitely for contempt after refusing to answer questions or enter a plea in a tax summons case. He was carried to court in a wheelchair and jailed with no set release, heeding the judge's threats of continued confinement.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U.S. District Court
Maurice F. McCrackin
John H. Druffel
Mr. McCrackin
McCrackin
Druffel
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