Senate ConcurS in Aldhizer Amendments on District Redistricting
The Virginia Senate voted 24 to 13 to concur in House amendments to the Moss Fenwick redistricting bill sending the measure to the Governor. Aldhizer changes shift King and Queen to the First District and move Lan caster Northumberland Westmoreland Richmond Madison among districts. The bill faces possible court challenges and lacks an emergency clause.
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Richmond
Senate Today
House
Senate
Washington
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
Aldhizer
King and Queen
Lancaster
Northumberland
Westmoreland
Northern Neck
Madison
Fenwick
Major M. Hillard
Portsmouth
Edward L. Breeden, Jr
Robert Baldwin
Norfolk
Hampton Roads Area
General Assembly
Ted Dalton
Radford
Norfolk Area
Murdered Bakery Routeman Found Near Lee County Jail
Hagen Roop a 20 year old routeman for Hicks Bakery Corp was found dead on a back road near the Lee County jail after being shot twice stabbed several times and throat slit Robbery is suspected as the motive since he carried the days receipts His empty pocketbook was in his truck parked near a Jonesville church Police questioned a suspect and residents reported hearing four shots near the State Highway Department garage along Route 58.
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Ponesville
Hagen Roop
Hicks Bakery Corp
Lee County
W. P. Bays
Roop
Jonesville
Town
State Highway Department
Route 58
Edg
Winchester
Senators Plan Loyalty Security Program Probe
Senators McCarran and Ferguson planned a full scale inquiry into the State Department loyalty security program. They expect Secretary Acheson to testify under oath, with debate over whether the Internal Security or Appropriations Subcommittee will conduct the probe. The action follows Acheson reversing the Loyalty Security Board on Oliver Edmund Clubb and possible pension implications. An unidentified Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service member is also under loyalty board review.
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Washington
State Department
McCarran
DeNev
Ferguson
R-Mich
Acheson
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Appropriations Subcommittee
Department
Loyalty Security Board
Oliver Edmund Clubb
Clubb
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
House Appropriations Committee
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Loyalty Board
Ant Paste Most Popular Poison With Children
Dr Paul H Osiek of Pasadena Emergency Hospital reports ant paste the leading child poison in 1960s Pasadena. He says stomach pumps were used for substances including paint thinner moth balls tobacco lighter fluid aspirin and other pills. He warns accidental pediatric poisonings are a rising national public health issue with about 319000 stomach pumps last year.
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Paul H. Osiek
Pasadena Emergency Hospital
College of Medical Evangelists’ Convention
Osiek
Truce Talks Stall As Top Level Action Urged
In Munsan Korea deadlock widens as Communist demands allow neutral teams including Russians to inspect secret equipment. Negotiations last over an hour with no progress on old issues. U N chief negotiator Joy in Tokyo as Washington Moscow and Peiping reportedly study options. Col Darrow calls inspection demand a potential needle device.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Washington
Moscow
Peiping
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Tokyo
Matthew Ridgway
Col
Don O. Darrow
One MIG Destroyed and Another Damaged in 10 Minute Battle
American Sabre jets destroyed a Communist MIG and damaged another in a ten minute dogfight that stretched toward Pyongyang, 70 miles north of the 38th parallel. Allied planes cut rail lines in 92 places and damaged 50 box cars while Marine Corsair pilots reported two Communist tanks destroyed northeast of Pyongeang. Ground fighting west of Mundung Valley left 40 Reds killed and 30 wounded in four firefights. U N artillery and infantry held a Chinese assault near the Iron Triangle after a midnights attack on the Kumhwa Kumsong road. Reds pressed the Kumhwa front though repulsed after a 75 minute fight. The road to Kumsong remains a focal point in the area.
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Seoul
Korea
Pyongyang
Parellel
Fifth Air Force
Marine Corsair
Pyongeang
Mundung
U. N
Iron Triangle
Kumhwa-Kumsong
Kumsong
Taft Enters New Hampshire For Last Minute Campaign
Taft and Eisenhower appear as Republican contenders while Kefauver leads a quiet Democratic bid in New Hampshire's first primary of the year. Delegates remain nonbinding though the contest carries psychological weight. Hoffman touts Eisenhower as best to win independents. MacArthur exits Pennsylvania race as Warren Eyes Oregon campaign.
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Taft
New Hampshire
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Truman
Rep
Bryson
D-Sc
Sen
Brewster
R-Me
Democratic National Committee
Kefauver
J. Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation
Durham
N. H
Eisenhower
Manchester
New Jersey
Earl Warren
California
Oregon
Douglas MacArthur
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
Deny GI Sought Haven In Poland
The State Department refutes Communist Czech claims that Cpl. Alexander B. Czarnecki a 22 year old Polish born soldier sought asylum in Poland after reportedly sympathizing with Communism. His mother Sophie Czarnecki and daughter in law Patricia say violence prompted his leaving the Army. State Dept says he was held incommunicado after vanishing from his unit on Dec 15 1950.
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U. S. State Department
Cpl
Alexander 8. Czarnecki
Poland
Ozone Park
N. Y
Sophie Czarnecki
Patricia
Washington
State Department
Cpl. Czarnecki
Germany
Farm Bureau Urged To Self-Reliance and Growth in Virginia
H. G. Blalock, president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, urged more than 100 Frederick County members to keep the bureau independent and support a pay as we go government. He outlined the federation’s Richmond staff services and the national bureau’s work in Washington, spoke at a Round Hill supper, and was introduced by L. H. Messall. Committees and team captains for the county membership drive were named, with Messall heading the effort and several district leaders listed. Music and community participation followed, completing Farm Bureau Week observances.
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Farm Bureau
H. G. Blalock
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Frederick County
Blalock
Round Hill
Richmond
American Farm Bureau
Washington
L. H. Messall
Virginia
Messall
James A. Swing
Garland Snapp
Roy Campbell
Brumback
F. L. Derflinger
Jack Derfflinger
Luther Tederick
D. N. Gruver
Nancy Bray
Reliance
Carl Martin
Landon Whitacre
Tederick
Free-Piano Needing Immediate Move
Notice calls for rapid relocation of a usable piano. Contact number 3416 provided. Also printed is a fire company notice listing uniforms to be reported and a reminder for the Sarah Zane Fire Co regular meeting on Friday March 7 at 8 p.m.
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Drum & Bugle Corps
South End Fire Co
Uniform Committee
Harry Albert Nelson
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Handley Council
Uc.t
Elks No
The
Rouss Fire Company
Robert C. Legge
Pinay Confirmed Premier of France After Narrow Victory
Antoine Pinay was confirmed as premier by a dramatic National Assembly vote. He secured 324 votes, nine above the minimum, with 206 against. More than twenty votes in favor came from followers of Gen. Charles de Gaulle.
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Pinay
France
Paris
Antoine Pinay
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
House Probers Demand Explanation From McGrath
The House investigation into Justice Department records heated up as Rep Chelf demanded an on the spot explanation from Attorney General McGrath. Duggan argued the committee exceeded its powers and that the Executive Branch is independent and equal to Congress.
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Washington
House
McGrath
Justice Department c
Truman
Congress
Rep
Chelf
D-Ky
Special Judiciary
Joseph C. Duggan
Duggan
Jet Ace Completes 100 Missions Over Korea
Lt. Col. Richard D Creighton of Baton Rouge Louisiana rounds out his 100th mission in Korea after becoming an ace on November 27 with his fifth MiG-15. Four other jet pilots also reached 100 missions and earned tickets home, leaving Maj. William T Whisner Jr of Shreveport as the remaining Korea ace.
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Fifth Air Force
Korea
Richard D Creighton
Baton Rouge
Creighton
William T. Whisner, Jr
Shreveport
Rainsberger Names Firemen Parade Fireworks Leaders
Bernard Grove and Elwood Mason named as assistant directors of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Firemen's Parade and Fireworks for 1952 to be held May 1 and 2. Harry Rainsberger Jr the festival department director said this today with John Hawse and John Boyd named as advisors.
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Bernard Grove
Elwood Mason
Department of Firemen
Shenandoah
Harry Rainsberger
John Hawse
John Boyd
Rainsberger
Olin Ritter
Lester McKee
Cochairman
Sam
R J. Connelly
Marion Anderson
Eston Tevalt
Frank Loy
Lee Hollar
John Leatherman
Wanted Dairy Farm Worker With House And Good Wages
I Fred Stine advertises a dairy farm position offering housing and good wages. Contact phone numbers 5475 or 8721 for details and application.
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Fred Stine
Morris Confers With HST Says He Will Keep Job
Government corruption investigator Newbold Morris met with President Truman for fifteen minutes in the White House and said he would remain in his post despite being told he was sacked. He hinted at discussions over an income questionnaire for 25,000 higher bracket federal workers and suggested Attorney General McGrath would receive questionnaire number one.
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Washington
Newbold Morris
Truman
White House
Morris
New York
Tammany Hall
McGrath
Truman urges Congress to pass 7.9 billion foreign aid package
President Truman asked Congress to vote every penny of 7.9 billion for a global foreign aid program to confront the Soviet threat. He warned against withdrawal to the Western Hemisphere and argued the program is essential for mutual security and long term U.S. interests.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
Defense Program To Cutbacks In U S Buying
President Truman told Congress the defense program will curb some civilian purchases but overall Americans will be better off than in World War II. He urged mutual security approval and said 1953 civilian consumption and investment should rise at least 50 percent from wartime levels despite auto and housing dips.
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America
Europe
Middle
Far East
Africa
Sia
Truman
Congress
United States
Washington
Mother Takes Own Life After Hanging Her Three Children
On Long Island in Roslyn Heights a mother hanged her three children with cow belts in the downstairs bedroom then used another belt to end her own life upstairs. Victims are Mary G. Kiem 30 and children Frank Jr. 6 Richard 4 and Margaret 13 months. Father Frank J. Klem, working in NYC, said she had been anxious and planned to see a psychiatrist next week. notes to husband and parents were not released.
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Roslyn Heights
N. Y
Long Island
Mary G. Kiem
Frank Jr
Richard
Margaret
Frank J. Klem
New York City
Klem
Klein
Truman Nominates Vandenberg for New Air Force Term
President Truman formally nominates Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg for a 14 month term as chief of the Air Force.
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Washington
Truman
Gen. Hoyt
Vandenberg
Air Force
Army believes Soviet agent photographed general diary in Berlin
Army says an individual believed to be a Soviet agent photographed Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow's diary in his Berlin quarters last summer while he was absent. The diary praised total war and called for an early attack on enemy weaknesses.
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Washington
Berlin
Russia
Robert W. Grow
Moscow
Pentagon
anti-American Book Which Attempted “To ‘Prove’ Gen Grow and the U.S. Army
Wall Street
Warmongers
Gen. Grow
Grow
Germany
Richard Squires
Squires
London
Collins
Army
Harry J. Collins
8Th Infantry
Fort Jackson
2Nd Army
Fort George D. Meade
Frank Dorn
Government Eases Building Controls in Housing and Roads
The government, via the National Production Authority, eases construction limits across housing, commercial, highway, and school projects. A single housing order raises allowable steel tonnage for homes by 500 pounds and integrates remaining controls into one document, with many rules liberalized as steel and aluminum shortages ease.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPR
Steve
Delicatessen
S. Braddock St
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