Harriman Wins New York Governor Nomination on First Ballot
Averell Harriman, a 62 year old former Republican and longtime Roosevelt ally, is nominated by the Democratic party for governor on the first ballot after a fierce convention battle. He defeats Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and gains 541 votes to 217 with Onondaga County’s 22 votes sealing the victory. Roosevelt concedes and pledges to campaign for Harriman alongside Tammany leaders amid calls for unity after a polarized, lively convention.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Roosevelt
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Thea Namnindan
Tha Tinkat
Harriman
U.S
Irving M. Ives
John A. Alinsky
Buffalo
Congress
Onondaga County
165Th Regiment Armory
Eleanor Roosevelt
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
Fdr Jr
Tammany
Carmine G. DeSapio
Upstate
James J. McGuiness
Albany
Leo Quinn
Daniel P. O’connell
McGuiness
Fitzpatrick
Insurance Plan For State Could Insure Itself If Adopted
A Charleston report says a legislative committee probing the State Road Commission launched a plan to curb political influence in state insurance purchases. It would centralize buying under a new insurance board and fund, aiming for self insuring once the pool reaches about 2 million dollars. The plan cites liquor control losses as a example of current inefficiency.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Stanley E. Dadisman
Clarence E. Koontz
Koontz
Liquor Control Commission
Italy's Sex Dope Scandal Revived With 2 Arrested
Rome police arrested Piero Piccioni son of a former foreign minister, and Marquis Ugo Montagna in the Wilma Montesi case. Piccioni faces aggravated manslaughter charges linked to Montesi's death found on an Ostia beach. Montagna is charged with aiding and abetting. Both were jailed in Regina Coeli as probes widen.
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Rome
Wilma Montesi
Piero Piccioni
Italy
Ugo Montagna
Mario Scelba
Piero
Attilio Piccioni
Piccioni
Ostia
Montagna
Regina Coeli
Queen of Heaven
Wilma
ANSA
Saverio Polito
Polito
Raffaelé Sepe
Court of Appeals
Instrument of State claims Jews persecuted by Reds
Irving M. Engel of the American Jewish Committee testified before a House committee on Communist aggression. He said Soviet dominated states revived anti Semitism as an instrument of state, erasing Jews from economic life and persecuting survivors of Nazi terror under a new guise of democracy and socialism. He noted few synagogues remain and religious practice is penalized.
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New York
Irving M. Engel
American Jewish Committee
Soviet Russia
House Committee On
Engel
West Virginia Weather Update For West Virginia
West Virginia weather reports show fair cool conditions with scattered frost possible north tonight, lows 36 to 44 degrees and as low as 32 in the mountains. Thursday looks fair and warmer in the afternoon. Beckley reports yesterday high and 45 low. Oak Hill 43. Rivers near Bellepoint show Greenbrier slightly above normal and muddy, Bluestone Reservoir normal and clear.
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Beckley High
Seaaspoaghes
Oak Hill High
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Head On Crash Kills Three Men Near Charles Town
Three men died in a head on crash near Kearneysville on State Route 9. J A Lambert 19 Middleburg VA and Andrew Embrey 20 Upperville VA sailors died at the scene, Bobby Johnson 25 Rawson police died en route or at hospital. Johnson had visited his father at Baker VA Hospital Martinsburg.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Kearneysville
Keysville
Kear
Andrew Embrey
Upperville
J. A. Lambert
Middleburg
Bobby Johnson
Rawson
Lambert
Johnson
Embry
Charles Town General Hospital
Baker Veterans Administration Hospital
Martinsburg
One Killed in Air Force Cargo Plane Crash
In San Bernardino mountains a disabled Air Force C82 cargo plane crashed and burned. One serviceman was killed and eight others parachuted to safety. A sheriff's deputy reported finding a charred, unidentified body among the wreckage.
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San Bernardino
Calif
K. R. Halstead
Negroes Challenge Segregation in Hillsboro Ohio Schools
In Hillsboro Highland County Ohio Negroes push to sue for immediate access to Webster and Washington Schools after a rezoning, saying it keeps them in segregated districts. Officials deny racial intent, citing space limits, while several Negro children are reported as truants after being barred from white schools.
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Cincinnati
Hillsboro
Ohio
Supreme Court
Russell L. Carter
U.S. District Court
Dayton
Carter
Webster
Washington
Paul Upp
Lincoln
Sion
Webster School
Highland County
Washington and Webster
Darnell Jailed Over Alleged Incidents Involving Daughter
State Police arrested 34 year old James Darnell of a Tams residence on a warrant filed by his wife Leola Darnell. A magistrate set a preliminary hearing. Darnell admitted immoral acts with the 13 year old daughter and others in a panel truck on Sept 4 and again Tuesday night, with the girl kept at Beckley Hospital.
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Tams
James Darnell
Gulf Smokeless Coal Co
Leola Darnell
Beckley Hospital
Burdiss
Darnell
Senate May Meet Late This Month
Washington indicates the Senate may convene soon to consider McCarthy censure charges. Senate leadership with Knowland and Johnson plan a prompt call, with Sept 29 cited as a possible target date by the Washington Evening Star. Secretary Mark Trice is contacting senators to locate them for a potential session.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
Mark Trice
Trice
Knowland
Calif
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Washington Evening Star
Attlee Urges Removal of Chiang Kai-shek Troops
London reports quote Clement Attlee calling for the expulsion of Chiang Kai-shek and his Formosa forces as the major Orientant obstacle. He cited Formosa as the island stronghold of the Chinese Nationalists and noted a possible easing of East Asia tension after the Geneva Indochina truce.
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London
Clement Attlee
Chiang Kai-shek
Orient
Formosa
Chiang
Attlee
Geneva
U.N. General Assembly
China
Labor Party
Moscow
Peiping
Higher Minimum Pay Urged in Resolution
The CIO United Steelworkers of America urged Congress to raise the federal hourly minimum wage from 75 cents to 1.25. A biennial convention resolution called the present rate inadequate for subsistence and said low wages damage U S credibility in the cold war. Delegates criticized the Republican administration for inaction on most of the union's program.
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Atlantic City
N.J
CIO
United Steelworkers of America Today
Congress
Jet crash at Mass air base kills two pilots in storm
In foul weather at an air force base in Massachusetts three F94C Starfire jets tried to land. A flat tire and torrential rain caused zero visibility and erratic radio contact. Two pilots died and three others escaped injury as the third jet crashed into a stalled plane.
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Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
Frederick J. Luddy
Altoona
Luddy
Anthony Cunningham
Roanoke
Ala
Joseph Gallagher
Philadelphia
GM Gets Contract For M42 Self Propelled Guns
WASHINGTON The Army awarded a 35 million dollar contract to General Motors Cadillac division to build M42 self propelled guns.
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Washington
Army Today
Cadillac Division
General Motors
Stengel Signs 2-Year Yankees Manager Deal Through 1956
Casey Stengel agreed to a two year extension to manage the New York Yankees through 1956. The 64 year old skipper has led the club for six seasons with five pennants and three World Series titles. Terms were not disclosed but previous contracts put total compensation around 95 thousand dollars per season including pension and gifts.
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NEW York
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Stengel
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Sherman High strike over Negro admissions eases in Seth
In Madison West Virginia 21 white students protested the admission of three Negroes to Sherman High School in Seth. Principal C P Smith said most students returned to class with few taken home. Boone County education officials maintained the status quo allowing Negro students to attend white schools for classes not offered at Carver High School.
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Greenbrier County
Boone County
West Virginia
Clarence Tamplin
Boone County Board of Education
Negro Carver High School
Governor Urges Sober Reflection on School Integration
West Virginia Governor Marland called reports of strikes and protests over racial integration in the state school system particularly disturbing. He urged sober reflection and cooperative action, stressing compliance with desegregation and mutual understanding. NAACP leaders in Charleston supported the stance, noting the statement could aid dialogue though not fully satisfy all parties.
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Charleston
Marland
West Virginia
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
T. G. Nutter
West
Boone
Greenbrier
Court Sets 10 Hour Period for Arguments on School Racial Integration
The Supreme Court announced it will hear further arguments starting December 6 on enforcement of its May antisegregation ruling. A 10 hour allotment will be used for South Carolina Virginia Kansas Delaware and the District of Columbia along with replies. one hour for the Justice Department. and briefs from seven additional states as friends of the court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Virginia
Kansas
Delaware
District of Columbia
Justice Department
North Carolina
Arkansas
Texas
Florida
Maryland
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Harold Willey
Willey
Air Flight Loss Will Slow Mail In Beckley Area
Air mail service for 48 Beckley post offices will be sharply cut after the loss of the Piedmont late flight from Charleston to Beckley. Postmaster A Fray Lilly said 75 percent of air mail is on the two late flights. He urged Piedmont Airlines to reconsider cutting the late flights.
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Beckley
Piedmont
Charleston
A. Fray Lilly
Piedmont Flight 34
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Louisville
Lilly
Chesapeake and Ohio
R. D. Hager
Piedmont Airlines
Winston-Salem
N. C
Hager
Memorial Airport
Car Truck Wreck Causes 250 Damages On By Pass Junction
About 250 damages resulted from a collision between a car and a truck on the By Pass at Worley Road junction. The truck owned by Julius Flynn garbage collector was struck as it pulled onto the highway. The car was driven by Robert Worsham Stamford. Richard Whiteside S Fayette St was the truck driver. Police said no charges had been preferred.
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Worley Road
Julius Flynn
Robert Worsham
Stamford
Richard Whiteside
S. Fayette St
Explosion in Commons disrupts House activity
A small explosion occurred in the basement of the House of Commons in London today. The blast, likely from escaping gas, lightly injured two men and two women who were building employees. No damage was reported and Parliament adjourned into recess.
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London
House of Commons
7th Fleet Leader Visits Formosa
Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride, commander of the U S 7th Fleet, arrived in Formosa as Communist planes pounded the coast nearby. His flagship St Paul docked at Keelung after he visited Taipei for a likely three to four day stay. The Amoy Quemoy area faced continued Nationalist air attacks.
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Taipeh
Formosa
U.S
Red China
Alfred M. Pride
Pride
Quemoy
China
Keelun
St. Paul
Keelung
Taipei
Amoy
Defense Ministry
Hundley Plans Pro Sign as WVU Star Withdraws
West Virginia University star Rod Hundley, a high scoring guard, allegedly will sign with a professional team after reports he plans to leave WVU. Athletic Director Red Brown indicated Hundley has withdrawn from the university amid interest from Abe Saperstein and the Harlem Globetrotters. Hundley previously scored 1,219 career points in high school and averaged 34 points per game for the Mountaineer freshmen.
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Charleston
Rod Hundley
West Virginia University
Ick Hudson
Charleston Daily Mail
Hundley
Morgantown
Robert N
Abe Saperstein
Harlem Globetrotters
Hudson
WVU
Red) Brown
Charleston High School
Mountaineer
Beckley man in fairly good condition at Raleigh General Hospital
Tom Lewis of 106 Ford Street Beckley is listed in fairly good condition at Raleigh General Hospital today. He has been receiving treatment since September 18.
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Tom Lewis
Ford St
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Rock Club Kill Pair HAMLIN W V murder case
HAMLIN W Va a 17 year old man from Spurlockville Lincoln County faces a murder charge in his uncle s death over a 35 cent poker dispute A preliminary hearing was set to be held today with a murder warrant issued yesterday and the case slated for Circuit Court where the youth will be tried as an adult Herbert Woodrum 46 also of Spurlockville died Monday The action followed a rock throwing during the argument over the bet in the same family matter
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Hamlin
W. Va
Harrison Woodrum
Spurlockville
Lincoln County
Herbert Woodrum
John Sowards
Circuit Court
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