Jenner to Call Watkins for One Man Hearing Probe
Senate Rules Committee Chairman Jenner intends to question Sen. Watkins about a one man hearing tied to McCarthy censure. The move stems from Watkins conduct in earlier inquiries and Williams cross examination requests during the par liamentarian’s legal status debate.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
Jenner
R-Ind
Senate Rules Committee
Watkins
Utah
Senate
Charles L. Watkins
Special Committee
Sen. Watkins
Edward Bennett Williams
Williams
Adoption Set Aside Returns Child To Natural Mother
In Greenbrier County West Virginia Judge H Nickell Kramer set aside the adoption of Myrtle Lee Osborne by Theodore and Mrs. Osborne and returned the 11 year old to her natural mother Mrs. John Hayes of Endwell New York. The custody dispute arose after Myrtle Lee vanished from Quinwood last December and Mrs. Hayes later moved the girl to Endwell. The New York State Supreme Court previously awarded custody to the Osbornes while WV courts were to determine the adoption legality the hearing was private and no contest was made of the ruling.
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Lewisburg
W.va
Myrtle Lee Osborne
John Hayes
Endwell
N.Y
H. Nickell Kramer
Myrtle Lee
Theodore Osborne
Quinwood
Greenbrier County
Hayes
Osborne
Kramer
New York State Supreme Court
Osbornes
West Virginia
East Gulf Boy Is Polio Suspect
A four year old East Gulf boy may become Raleigh County's sixth polio victim. Jerry Wayne Stanton, son of Delbert and family, was admitted to Beckley Hospital at 10 45 a.m. Tuesday with polio myelitis suspected and listed as fairly good. Dr A K Lampton at Marmet Hospital confirmed eleven year old Betty Dorton has contracted the disease, with her condition described as poor. Kathryn Dorton, six, sister to Betty, was also diagnosed as a polio sufferer at Marmet Hospital on Sept 18.
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East Gulf
Raleigh County
Jerry Wayne Stanton
Delbert Stanton
Beckley Hospital
A. K. Lampton
Marmet Hospital
Betty Dorton
Raymond Dorton
Kathryn Dorton
Betty
Weather outlook for tonight and Thursday showers
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers starting late this afternoon or tonight. Lows near 62 to 70. Thursday brings showers and thunderstorms with little temperature change.
Trial of Geordie Hor mel set for Oct 8 in LA
Musician Geordie Hor mel, heir to a meat packing empire, faces charges of marijuana possession. The trial date is set for October 8 in Los Angeles, International.
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Geordie Hormel
Los Angeles
International
Police expect arrests in Maxwell Hill burglary case
State Police said arrests were expected this afternoon in a residence burglary between Maxwell Hill and Harper Road Tuesday night. Two guns and canned goods were recovered from the raid on the home of H. T. Christian.
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Maxwell Hill
Harper Road
H. T. Christian
Fayette Countian Held on Larceny and License Charges
Luther H. Winston of Scarbro Route 1 is jailed in Raleigh County on Fayette County charges after state troopers from the Turnpike division apprehended him for petit larceny and driving with expired license plates.
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Luther H. Winston
Scarbro, Rt. 1
Raleigh
Fayette County
Turnpike Division
Car Tampering Charged in Raleigh County Case
Paul McVey Bennett Oswald and Bobby Lee Miller of Stanaford were booked early today at Raleigh County Jail on counts of tampering with an automobile and petit larceny, according to county officers.
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Paul McVey Bennett
Oswald
Bobby Lee Miller
Stanaford
Raleigh
French Claim Arms Agreement Reached at Nine-Power Talks
French informants say Mendes France won acceptance of a seven nation European pact plan to control troops and armaments, with Bonn admitted to the alliance. Allied sources offered a mixed view, noting a compromise under NATO and a Gruenther lead, while Brussels pact revisions loom.
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London
Ninepower Conference On European Defense
Pierre Mendes- France
Mendes-France
Konrad Adenauer
France
NATO
Europe
Alfred M. Gruenther
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Germany
Mendes
Bonn
Italy
Permanent Council
Handicap Access Favored in UMWA Hospital Jobs Plan
The United Mine Workers of America hospitals in West Virginia Virginia and Kentucky plan to favor handicapped applicants if qualifications are equal. J P Bland rehabilitation adviser cited an coordinated effort to screen and train eligible workers. Attendees included W G Winchell and E M Ashworth among representatives from Virginia Kentucky and West Virginia offices. Hospitals are planned for Beckley Williamson Man McDowell Pikeville Hazard Whitesburg Harland Middlesboro and Wise Virginia.
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United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
J. P. Bland
UMWA
Bland
W. G. Winchell
Beckley Office of
Pikeville
McDowell
Hazard
Whitesburg
Harland and
Middlesboro
Wise
AEC Asked to Delay Signing Dixon Yates Power Pact
Washington The Senate Judiciary Monopoly subcommittee voted to urge the Atomic Energy Commission to delay final action on the Dixon Yates private power contract beyond the ongoing investigation. Only two of five members attended chaired by Langer and Kefauver. The panel previously urged further delay pending a full review amid concerns the bidding was not open and competitive. President Eisenhower had directed AEC to proceed.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Monopoly
Atomic Energy Commission
Dixon-Yates
Langer
R-Nd
Kefauver
D-Tenn
AEC
Tennessee Valley Authority
Subcommittee
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Judge Rules Marilyn In Nude Not Lewd
A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that Marilyn in the nude is not necessarily obscene and granted a temporary injunction restoring mail privileges for Star of Fire Gem Co. The decision said postal censors failed to consider current community standards of decency and noted the matter will be settled at trial.
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Los Angeles
Marilyn
Miss Monroe
William M. Byrne
Star of Fire Gem Co
Washington, D.C
Electronic Monster Causes TV Mix Up
A malfunctioning relay at the main switching point near San Francisco caused NBC-TV to show Life With Father from CBS-TV while the Truth or Consequences audio aired on NBC. The incident lasted one minute seven seconds and NBC urged viewers it was a network issue, not their sets. Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Co. fixed the relay by flipping switches.
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San Francisco
Nbc-Tv
Cbs-Tv
NBC
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Fall Kills Worker at Power Plant in Cheshire Ohio
Point Pleasant man James Melvin O Connor, 39, died when he fell while working on a pipe in the boiler room of the Kgger Creek power plant across the Ohio River. Gallia County coroner Donald Warehime ruled skull fracture and internal injuries as the cause of death.
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Point Pleasant
W.va
Kgger Creek
Ohio River
Cheshire
Ohio
James Melvin O'Conner
Gallia County
Donald R. Warehime
Van Fleet asserts Red China war goal aided by Allies
General James A. Van Fleet testified in a closed Senate session that Red China entered the Korean War with assurances from Allied officials that the U S would not wage all out war. He said the U S could have and should have won the war and suggested breaking with Russia and relying on regional anti Communist groups instead of the United Nations.
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Washington
James A. van Fleet
Red China
United States
8Th Army
Korea
Senate
Internal Security
Jenner
R-Ind
van Fleet
Pentagon
Russia
United Nations
van Fiecet
Milford Integration Boycott Expands to Three More Schools
In southeastern Delaware a boycott against integration spreads to Millsboro Gumboro and Ellendale as attendance drops at Milford's schools. Four of 113 pupils at Gumboro stop attending, 19 of 128 at Millsboro, and three of an unknown number at Ellendale, while Lincoln closes for lack of students. A cross burned near Milford Lakeview Avenue School, with a red cloth and a shell fired into the ground. A 15 car pro segregation motorcade paraded Milford prompting police to intervene.
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Milford
Derm
Delaware
Georgetown
Millsboro
Gumboro
Ellendale
Lincoln
Lakeview Avenue
George R. Miller
Public Instruc
Tion
Pike Condemnation Case Set Thursday
A jury of freeholders was selected today to hear testimony in the condemnation proceeding by the West Virginia Turnpike Commission against John W. Shumate and others. Judge Norman Knapp ordered jurors back at 9 15 a m Thursday to view the Harper Road site. Earlier a $19 313 verdict set on land taken from A R Cook and others after a two day trial. Another Turnpike condemnation against O W Millis and others was continued pending a demurrer ruling on an amended petition.
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Freeholders
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
John W. Shumate
Norman Knapp
Harper Road
A. R. Cook
Turnpike Commission
O. W. Millis
Knapp
Coal Tonnage Rises in Winding Gulf Field Week
A WGCA report shows a net tonnage gain of 2060 for the week ending Sept 25 across 19 mines, with 98686 net tons produced versus 96626 the prior week. The WGCA district total since January 1 stands at 3915703 tons. Pocahontas field totals through Sept 18 reach 15740464 tons.
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Winding Gulf
Winding Gulf Operators Association
WGCA
Pocahontas
Police Target Illicit Use Of Auto Temporary Plates
Charleston Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joseph P. Condry ordered State Police to check vehicles displaying temporary white cardboard plates after receiving numerous complaints of misuse. He said the state loses revenue through the practice and instructed troopers to inspect whenever possible.
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Charleston
Joseph P. Condry
Condry
R. W. Boyles
Pat McCarran dies after rally in Hawthorne Nevada
Veteran Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada died after a rally in Hawthorne at 78. He collapsed from a coronary occlusion and died 20 minutes later. The longtime Democrat had clashed with national administrations and faced a weakening state machine as he eyed a 1956 run. Nevada followed a political shift with Morse independents and a Republican governor may name a successor.
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Hawthorne
Nev
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Washington
Senate
McCarran
Civic Center
Roosevelt
Truman
Watkins Committee
Sen
McCarthy
Sen Johnson
D-Cole
Wisconsin
Kefauver to Speak for Burnside in Wood County Rally
Senator Estes Kefauver will campaign for Huntington Democrat M. G. Burnside in the Fourth District. He will speak at a Huntington Young Democrats rally at 12 30 p.m. and in Pt Pleasant at 3 30 p.m. A dinner meeting and Torchlight parade in Parkersburg conclude the day.
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Parkersburg
Estes Kefauver
Town
M. G. Burnside
Huntington
Wood County Democratic Committee
Kefauver
Pt. Pleasant
Author James Street Suffers Fatal Attack
Chapel Hill North Carolina author James Street collapsed at a meeting and died soon after. Street 52 would have on October 15, author of The Gauntlet Tap Roots Goodbye My Lady and other best sellers, suffered a heart attack after presenting awards at a meeting of the North Carolina Associated Press broadcasters. He lived in Chapel Hill since 1946, had worked as a Baptist minister, reporter, circus hand, hobo, publicity campaigner for Theodore Bilbo, AP staffer and Hearst feature writer.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
James Street
Street
North Carolina Associated Press Broadcasters
University of North Carolina
Laurel
Theodore Bilbo
Associated Press
Hearst
Wage Talks Recessed at Chesapeake and Potomac
Contract talks between Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co and the CIO Communication Workers of America were recessed indefinitely after a meeting with federal conciliator Joseph Wright. The union’s contract expired September 12, affecting about 4,200 C and P employees in major urban areas across the state.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
CIO Communication Workers of America
Joseph Wright
Threat to Fill Jail Until Feet Stick Out Window
Annabelle School in Four State resumes classes after court injunction against picketing in a segregation dispute. Principal Lloyd Securro and five teachers faced a two day picket by parents protesting 13 Negro student admissions. Judge Meredith ordered 53 parents barred from interfering with entry or exit and from threats to pupils or staff.
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Fairmont
Annabelle
Four State
Lloyd H. Securro
J. J. Straight
Straight
Marion County Board of Education
J. Harper Meredith
Harrison B. Conaway
L. C. Yeager
Virginia Senator To Address AA Meeting Tonight
A Virginia state senator with both personal and official experience with alcoholism will speak at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Building on the second floor. The one hour public meeting is open to all interested in AA. The senator, an attorney and former associate of coach Earle Neale at the University of Virginia, also played football at Virginia Tech and is known in Virginia legal circles for narcotics control and anti-fix legislation.
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Virginia
Memorial Building
Alcoholic Anonymous
Earle
Greasy) Neale
Neale
Univerity of Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia House of Delegates
State Senate
Stock market opening slips amid quiet New York trading
In early trading in New York, stocks edged lower with Chrysler up 2 percent on 5,000 shares before retreating slightly. General Motors rose 2 percent on 3,500 shares but gave back some gains. Losers included Douglas Aircraft, Radio Corp, American Telephone, Kennecott Copper, American Cyanamid, New York Central, Royal Dutch Petroleum, Eastern Air Lines, and Loew's, while gains came from Studebaker, Spiegel, United Aircraft, Sinclair Oil, and Remington Rand.
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New York
Chrysler
General Motors
Douglas Aircraft
Radio Corp
American Telephone
Kennecott Copper
American Cyanamid
New York Central
Royal Dutch Petroleum
Eastern Air Lines
Loew's
Studebaker, Spiegel
United Aircraft
Sinclair Oil
Remington Rand
Mrs. Mary J. West Dies at 72 in Raleigh
Mary June West, 72, of Mabscott, died soon after noon at Raleigh General Hospital after a heart condition. She had been hospitalized since September 11. Her body was moved to Caffee Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Mary June West
Mabscott
Raleigh General Hospital
Caffee
Polio cases rise in West Virginia last week
West Virginia health records show polio cases jumped to 36 in the latest week from 21 the prior week and 16 a year ago. Year to date through September 25 totals 234, compared with 394 by the same date in 1993.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Health Department
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