Yugoslav Riot Attacks USIS Chief in Belgrade
Belgrade witnesses violent protests over Trieste handover to Italy as USIS chief William B. Kings is beaten, and British official Keith Welbourne-Kerr reports a mob seizing the British Daily Bulletin. Western diplomats seek a Trieste conference amid troop withdrawals and uncertain Italian administration.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U.S Information Service
Trieste
Italy
USIS
William B. Kings
Associated Press
King
Keith Welberg-Kerr
United States
Britain
United Nations
Pioneer publisher Hugh Ike Shott dies at 87 in Bluefield
Hugh Ike Shott, pioneer Bluefield publisher and former U.S. Senator and congressman, died at 87 after a long illness. He became blind in 1945 yet edited The Bluefield Telegraph daily, dictating Republican editorials. He led two major papers, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and Bluefield Sunset News, and the family firm owned WHIS radio. His sons Jim and H. I. Shott manage the enterprises.
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Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield
U. S
House of Representatives
Shott
Bluefield Telegraph
Staunton
West Virginia
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Weather pleasant with cooler trend into Tuesday
Fair and slightly cooler tonight and Tuesday with low temperatures, 38 to 45. Reports from Beckley and nearby towns list cool conditions, clear skies, and low river stages at Bluestone Reservoir and Greenbrier as signs of improving weather.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Bluestone Reservoir
New
Greenbrier
Churchill World Peace Call Stirs U. S. Opposition
Washington senators Hickenlooper and Kefauver opposed Winston Churchill's proposal for a Big Four informal discussion of world problems. They urged advance agreement on topics before any meeting and echoed White House and State Department opposition to a free for all conference.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Kefauver
D-Tonn
Winston
Churchill
United States
White House
State Department
England
Britain
France
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Recorder Office Closed for Columbus Day Observance
The city recorder's office was the only city office closed today in observance of Columbus Day. Recorder T. E. Bazzarre Jr. was expected to spend the day fishing on New River. Mayor George B. Chambers was not in town.
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City Recorder
T. E. Bazzarre Jr
New River
George B. Chambers
Atlanta area sign outside Ft McPherson desk hints at political stance
A vacant civilian desk at Ft McPherson displays a sign reading Out to lunch indefinitely a loyal Democrat. The sighting by nearby FBI staff follows a firing incident and raises questions about political expression in military spaces.
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Atlanta
Ft. McPherson
West Virginia Forest Fires Reach Second Worst Day
West Virginia faces 59 forest fires by 8 am with 30 new blazes. District 4 Beckley reports 27 fires, all under control, while others burn unchecked. Crews battle blazes in McDowell, Fayette, Raleigh and Leigh counties as weather offers little relief.
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West Virginia
The
Conservation Commission
Beckley
District 4
Weather Bureau
Commission
Uder Control
Braxton
Clay
Lewis
Nicholas
Randolph
Webster
Lewis County
Monongalia
Preston
Wood
Grant
Fayette
Greenbrier
McDowell
Mercer
Raleigh
Wyoming
Boone
Cabell
Kanawha
Lincoln
Mingo
Shooting Charge Dropped by Wife
A charge of shooting with intent to kill against James Shepherd of Mabscott was withdrawn today by his wife. Shepherd faces new charges of brandishing a weapon and disturbing public worship, with warrants issued by Alither Marks and Charlotte Smith. He was arrested Sunday by Mabscott Police Chief Fred Ford. a hearing before Magistrate J. E. Mays was dropped this morning. The new warrants are held by Magistrate T. N. Thurman.
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James Shepherd
Mabscott
Shepherd
Alither Marks
Charlotte Smith
Fred Ford
J. E. Mays
T. N. Thurman
Missing Woman Sought by Police
Police issued alerts for 35 year old nurse aide Mrs. Geraldine Welch Anderson of Parkersburg after she disappeared from Pinecrest Sanitarium. Her husband indicated he planned to take her home by car but could not locate her, and he asked for help in the search. She is 5 feet 2 inches and 112 pounds.
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Geraldine Welch Anderson
Parkersburg
Pinecrest
French Farmers Block Roads In Wide Price Gap Protest
About 200 farmers led by Pierre Rousseau blocked national highway 11 seven miles west of Lusignan as they rallied against the price gap between farm produce and consumer prices. They towed carts and a broken thresher blocking routes across central and southwest France while government forces moved in. The action aimed at tax relief and middleman profits, with no violence reported and access limited to essential aid.
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Trieste
John McGowan
Tito
Tieste
Yugoslavia
London
Washington
Zone A
Italy
Rome
Giuseppe Pella
Britain
America
U. S
Russia
Moscow
United States
France
Kremlin
Big Three
Italan
Lusignan
Pierre Rousseau
Red Cross
Report on Road Probe Progress Slated Today
Charleston legislators review progress of the State Road Commission probe by the Highway Research Committee established in 1953 with a $159,000 budget to study the commission's finances purchasing and related practices.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
British Guiana crisis sparks general strike and exile of PPP leaders
In Georgetown British Guiana 600 Royal Welsh Fusiliers arrived after Britain ousted Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan and five PPP ministers accusing them of seeking a Red plot. The Privy Council suspended the colony constitution, granting governor emergency powers. Jagan said the move invades democracy, while Bustamante offered Jamaica support if self-rule aims failed.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Britain
Cheddi Jagan
People’s Progressive Party
PPP
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Jamaica
Jagan
Russia
Privy Council
London
Sir Alfred Savage
U. S
William Alexander Bustamante
Bustamante
Indies
Kingston
Guiana
Janet Rosenberg
Japan
Killing Planned Before Kidnapping Took Place
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced Carl Austin Hall confessed to killing Bobby Greenlease. Federal charges were filed against Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady for kidnapping. Hoover said both suspects signed confessions admitting Hall killed the boy in Kansas after the abduction in Kansas City Missouri and that the grave was dug behind Mrs Heady's home in St Joseph Missouri.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Carl Austin Hall
Bobby Greenlease
Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Hoover
Heady
Greenlease
Mrs. Heady
St. Joseph
Bobby
Brownell
Missouri
Kansas
Route 69
Kansas City
St. Louis
Tom Marsh
Marsh
Mines Secretary Dies in Unforeseen Funeral Here
Richard Maize aged 77 former Pennsylvania Secretary of Mines died unexpectedly at home Saturday night. He headed the mines department from 1940 to January last and served 44 years in the agency. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow.
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Uniontown
Richard Maize
Pennsylvania Secretary of Mines
Maize
Mines Department
Nude man linked to Parker slaying in jittery Dallas
Dallas police report a nude man arrested after a string of sex offenses and a Sept. 30 rape slaying of Mrs H. C. Parker, a white dime-store clerk. Capt. Fritz said the suspect, jailed Sept. 29 on unrelated charges, claimed innocence and was released hours after questioning. Neighborhood patrols surged as fear spread.
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Will Fritz
H. C. Parker
Parker
Dallas
Fritz
Rabid County Dog Bites Ten In Bluefield Va
Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office investigates a dog that bit ten people in Bluefield Virginia. The dog wore Raleigh County license tags showing 6249 1953 and 2637 195? The Conservation Commission said the dog’s head was analyzed at the State Hygienic Laboratory and diagnosed as rabid.
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Raleigh County
Bluefield
Joan C. Ward
Raleigh
State Conservation Commission
Terry Man Fails to Pay Fine Returns to Jail
George Clifford of Terry was sent back to the County Jail after failing to pay a 50 dollar fine and costs from Magistrate J. E. Mays for driving while drunk. His license was revoked for six months. Thomas P. Wray of Beckley paid 50 dollars fine on a reckless driving charge. Both were arrested by State Police over the weekend.
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George Clifford
Terry
J. E. Mays
Thomas P. Wray
Beckley
Baby Saved By Grid Star from Fire in West Liberty
West Liberty State College football end Paul Reger rescued 2 year old Eugene Custer from a burning two story home in Wheeling. The child was in very critical condition with burns covering about 50 to 60 percent of his body at Wheeling Hospital. Reger climbed the outside stairs, entered the fire scene, pulled the crib to safety and administered artificial respiration until the boy breathed on his own. The father, Alfred Custer, confirmed Reger’s efforts after two prior failed rescue attempts.
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Wheeling
West Liberty State
Eugene Custer
Alfred Custer
Paul Reger
West Liberty
Reger
Custer
Roger
Fred Burdiss to Join Beckley Police Thursday
Fred Burdiss will join the Beckley Police Department Thursday as the fifth officer. He previously served as a first lieutenant in the U S Army and was on leave from police work during his 30 months of Army service. After discharge on Sept 18 he and Mrs Burdiss vacationed in Florida.
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Fred Burdiss
Beckley Police Department
U. S. Army
Burdiss
Florida
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Greece
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
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Washington, D. C
John Kee
U. S. Senate
GOP
M. M. Neely
Neely
Senate
Joseph Rosier
Fairmont
Hinton
Huntington
Norfolk and Western Railway
Daily Telegraph
C. C. Bowsfield
W. W. Aulick
Telegraph
Pax
West Virginia Turnpike
West Va
Wilmore
Snipe Branch
McDowell County
Shade Creek Road
Fayette County
Garden Ground
Jody
Metalton
Shady Spring
Jaeger
Carl Lucas
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Guy
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Terry Man
Grid Star
Police Force
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