Repatriation talks stall over use of force in Korea
At Panmunjom the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission failed to report progress on coaxing anti Red Korean prisoners to attend Communist explanations. Indian chairman Lt Gen Thimayya said force questions and possible consequences remain unresolved. He noted Indian troops could push prisoners if needed but cautioned about jeopardizing negotiations. Three Chinese and three North Korean captives were turned over to the Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Neutral Nations
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Sweden
India
K. S. Thimayya
Thimayya
Mother’s taped message greets POW son Edward Dickenson
In Big Stone Gap Virginia a hospital in Tokyo receives a recording from Mrs Bessie C Dickenson to her son Cpl Edward S Dickenson a 23 year old farmer turned POW who refused repatriation but has chosen to return The message aired as he nears home and family members share hopes plans and updates including marriage talk and a pending deer hunt while neighbors and a DJ add their input
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Stone Gap
Virginia
Tokyo
Edward S. Dickenson
Dickenson
Korea
Bessie C. Dickenson
Keith Myers
Mountain
van Buren Dickenson
Country Jim True
Katie Laney
French alarm over U S troop cuts in Europe
Washington report says Paris is unsettled by talks of reducing U S ground forces in Europe as France seeks early EDC ratification. Officials cite possible U S armored division withdrawal and Wilson remarks on future weapons lowering manpower needs, fueling debate on NATO strategy.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
European Defense Community
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Paris
United States
Wilson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Department
Banned Bishop Attacks Would-Be Culture Bosses
Washington based Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam denounces efforts to bar his Los Angeles speech at Philharmonic Auditorium after the ACLU arranged the Dec 11 event with Temple Baptist church. Church officials canceled the hall booking, calling Oxnam too controversial and citing McCarthy era pressures. Oxnam accuses the action of Nazi and Communist influence, pledging that Californians will reject the suppression of free speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Methodist
G. Bromley Oxnam
California
Philharmonic Auditorium
Los Angeles
American Civil Liberties Union
Temple Baptist Church
Oxnam
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
House un-American Activities Committee
House
Eason Monroe
ACLU
Temple Church
Germany
Russia
Weather update for Virginia and nearby regions
Fair tonight with lows from 38 to 44. Saturday should be partly cloudy and mild. Extended forecast for West Virginia shows cooler temperatures near normal with mostly fair skies and a chance of light rain early next week. Highs and lows referenced for Beckley Oak Hill and Glade indicate mild conditions.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Six New Fires In District 4 Reported
District four fire update shows six new blazes across ten counties. Beckley headquarters logged fires in McDowell near Bartley Fayette near Elk Ridge between Red Star and Harvey Hill Greenbrier near Williamsburg Wyoming near Itmann and Mercer on Black Oak Mountain.
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State Conservation Commission
Beckley
District 4
McDowell
Bartley
Fayette County
Elk Ridge
Red Star
Harvey Hill
Greenbrier
Williamsburg
Wyoming
Itmann
Mercer
Black Oak Mountain
Singin' In The Rain Hits West Texas Drought Areas
Lubbock reports the heaviest rainfall in three years across most of west Texas with more showers forecast after dawn and into tonight. Farmers find relief as drought conditions ease over wheat fields cattle ranges and irrigated land alike amid heavy downpours.
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Lubbock
Tex
West Texas
Juveniles Face Police and Judge on Main Street
Two Beckley juveniles aged 10 and 11 were lectured by Police Chief Evan Hall after a second story Staples shooting on Main Street. An 11-year-old boy admitted rubber band staples shooting and was sent to Judge Harry L. McCreery on truancy. the judge released him, with his father deemed responsible and ordered school attendance. The three youths were held at the Raleigh County Bank Building before police intervened around 11 a.m.
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Main St
Beckley
Harry L. Mce Creery
Evan Hall
Staples
McCreery
Raleigh County Bank
Raleigh Men Jailed In Shooting And Larceny Case
Two Raleigh men Lawrence Dalton and William Monroe Mc Dowell were jailed last Thursday night by State Police and Constable Cotton White. Dalton faces a shooting charge while Mc Dowell is held on a grand larceny warrant. McDowell had just been released from a hospital where he was treated for a gunshot wound to his leg.
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Raleigh
Lawrence Dalton
William Monroe McDowell
Cotton White
Dalton
McDowell
Telephone rate hike proposed by Chesapeake and Potomac West Virginia
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia seeks rate increases across its exchanges. The plan raises private business lines by 1.25 to 2 dollars monthly and private residential lines by 65 to 85 cents, targeting Beckley and other towns including Glen Daniel Besoco Pax. Hinton Mullens Mt Hope Pineville Oceana Peterstown and more would see similar shifts. The company cites financial strengthening and a statewide service-improvement program, with average increases about two cents per day per telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Beckley Telephone
Glen Daniel
Besoco
Pax
Hinton
Mullens
Mt. Hope
Pineville
Oceana
Peterstown
Johnson
R. J. Genteel
Beckley
The
Telephone Company
Beckley Exchange
Logan Youth Killed In Wyoming Wreck
A 22 year old Logan County man, Carl Harris of Dehue, died after a wreck near Glen Rogers while en route to a doctor's office. The crash, reported shortly after 2:30 a.m., left Harris with a broken neck and jaw. passenger James R. Chambers of Volyn survived with minor injuries. The two had left Logan for Beckley around 11:30 p.m. in Harris's convertible, and they were moving in the car when it left the hard surface in a curve, struck a tree, and rolled. Harris died en route to Glen Rogers, and his body was taken to Evans Funeral Home in Oceana before possible transfer to a Logan County mortuary.
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Logan County
Wyoming County
Glen Rogers
Carl Harris
Dehue
K. J Neely
Beckley Detachment
Neely
G. G. Holman Jr
James R. Chambers
Volyn
Chambers
Harris
Logan
Beckley
Oceana
J. Isaldos
Evans Funeral
Byrd to Speak on Communism Threat at Rotary Meet
Representative Robert C. Byrd will address the Beckley Rotary Club at 6 15 p m today in the Beckley Hotel on Communism Its Rise and Present Threat with emphasis on current danger and policy responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Byrd
Beckley Hotel
Beckley Rotary Club
Local Man Pays Off Bad Check Arrest Cleared
Lowell E. Ransome of Cool Ridge, 31, released after paying off a bad check. He had been in custody after a City Police arrest.
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Lowell E. Ransome
Cool Ridge
Plane crash in Beirut blamed on Israeli fighters
Beir ut Sweden crash roade by 35 killed as Swedish consul accuses Israeli fighter planes of shooting down the Swedish tourist plane. The incident worsens regional tensions amid ongoing conflicts.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Good Neighbors Dishpan Brigade Douses Dry Hill Fire
A group of four neighborhood women fought a grass fire near the Coe home at Dry Hill using dishpans of water. They prevented spread to the Coe residence before the fire department could assist, and later used and borrowed a Coe dishpan during the effort.
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Dry Hill
Coe
Page
Beckley
BeCKley Youth Center seeks volunteers for Operation Clean-Up
Prisoner volunteers from Raleigh County Jail will help start Operation Clean-Up at Beckley's teenage recreation center. Mothers group leaders, with Sheriff Ward promising workers, plan to open with a vesper service on November 15. The project budget runs around 4000 dollars including a soda fountain and furnishings, with hours set for student days and evenings and two supervisory posts to fill.
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Raleigh County
Fred Hurt
Mothers
Raleigh County Court House
John Ward
Elks Club
American Leyion
Hurt
Homeseekers Land Co
Civic and Services Clubs
United Mine Workers
J. K. Edmundson
G. K Breck
C. H. Carson
Jurors Report Tuesday Defense Gets Delay In Numbers
Defense counsel’s out of town business trip led to a continuance of three numbers cases from Monday. Prosecutor Sparacino said Thornhill’s personal business in Huntington prompted the delay. Judge McCreery granted the postponement as the cases first appeared on docket. Defendants Sherman Washington Beckley Gus Foster and Percy Wright Raleigh were indicted by the October Grand Jury. Jurors report 9 a.m. Tuesday for further duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony J. Sparacino
W. A. Thornhill
Huntington
Harry L. MccCreery
Sherman Washington
Beckley
Gus Foster
Percy Wright
Raleigh
McCreery
Seven Men Freed After Illegal Prison Commitments
In Brockton Massachusetts seven men freed after serving 6 to 41 years in state custody. Superior Court Judge Felix Forte ruled the commitments illegal and without proper hearings. One man, Elmer Bridges, was wrongly imprisoned for 40 of 50 years due to mistaken identity and truancy charges.
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Brockton
Mass
Superior Court
Felix Forte
Forte
Elmer Bridges
Bridges
Tewksbury
Fire destroys garage of C. D. Oakes in Cool Ridge
A Cool Ridge garage owned by C. D. Oakes burned around 7 a.m. today. Beckley Fire Department was dispatched but cancelled the call as the structure was beyond saving and could not be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D Oakes
Cool Ridge
Beckley Fire Department
Bernard Martin
New River Coal Operators Association to Meet in October
Secretary Hal M. Scott said the New River Operators Association will hold its annual stockholders meeting on Wednesday October 28 at the White Oak Country Club with lunch. The group currently lacks a president after Austin Caperton’s resignation. vice president L C Campbell of Pittsburgh remains in post and Scott will preside.
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New River Coal Operator's Association
Hal M. Scott
The
Register
Scott
Winding Gulf
New River
White Oak Country Club
Austin Caperton
L. C. Campbell
Pittsburgh
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Cpl
Edward
Panmunjom
Seoul
International
Crackers Neck
Jim Dickenson
Eddie
Kate
By John M. Hightower
Virginia Weather
Perry Epler Gresham
Disciples of Christ
Bethany College
Ice
C. H. Johnson
Rotary
Rep. Byrd
Dishpan Brigade
By Peggy Kessinger
W. D. Nace
Court House
Gayle Mount
Nace
Ilegally
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