Should Children Be Given a Weekly Allowance
The piece reports mixed opinions on child allowances. A sample includes W E Bridgeforth supporting allowance as responsibility, Shirley Sibert praising money management for teens, and Jess Kiracofe arguing for a small weekly sum to teach budgeting while permitting early spending lessons.
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W. E. Bridgeforth
S. Washington St
Shirley Sibert
National Ave
Jess Kiracofe, Sr
Kent St
Sonnie Shiley
Amherst St
Pat Shank
Fairmont Ave
Sonnie
Pat
Lynn Cooper
Dickie eDona
Sherandoah
H. Versey
Sheridan Ave
Wreckage Found Of C124 On Icy Alaskan Slopes
The snow covered C124 Globemaster wreckage with 52 aboard was found high on Mt. Gannett in Alaska. Dr Terris Moore and a companion located the scene after a search by ski equipped planes. Authorities consider a snow slide possible after the crash en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base from Tacoma. supplies were dropped to the site as rescue teams weighed entering the area.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Tacoma
Wash
Great Circle
Korea
Montana
Official
Washington
Terris Moore
University of Alaska
Moore
Air Force
Elmendorf Air Force Base
McChord Air Force Base
Mt. Gannett
Proposal to Lift Wage Price Controls Rejected
Washington officials clash over a plan to end wage price controls within 90 days. Edward Phelps Jr urged decontrol by March 1 for most goods, with continued controls on defense items. Roger Putnam rejected the idea as premature while keeping future study of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward F. Phelps Jr
Office of Price Stabilization
Roger L. Putnam
Phelps
Putnam
Springfield
Mass
Gas Fumes in Store Hospitalize 26
In Wichita Kansas a crowd at the Fears Roebuck store fell ill as heating system fumes spread through the building. At least 26 were hospitalized with no serious injuries. Fire officials blamed a gate left open in exhaust pipes for the fumes. Ambulances ferried victims as shoppers fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Roebuck
Elgin Wood
South End Fire Co
Harry A. Nelson
Night B29 Raid Blasts Manchurian Border Airfields
United States Air Forces report Superforts based on Okinawa and Japan conducted a large night raid near Manchuria striking Sinuiju Uiju and Haeju in Northwestern Korea. Fifty B-29s attacked with support from B-26s, facing heavy AA fire and occasional night fighters.
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Seoul
Manchuria
Okinawa
Japan
Sinuiju
Uiju
Korea
Haeju
Hamhung
Yalu River
Far East
Murder Charges Sparked in Wise County Shooting Case
In Wise Virginia police officer Jack Banner faces a technical murder charge after he says he shot through a door in self defense killing Brack Hembree, while Edward Napier is charged with murder in the Bays deputy game warden case. Sheriff Harold Fleming details the sequence from Thanksgiving night.
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Wise
Jack Banner
Norton
Harold Fleming
Wise County
Brack Hembree
Cecil Bays
Fleming
Edward Napier
Hembree
Bays
Napier
Banner
Wise County Trial
Geo. L. Taylor
H. M. Hubbard
East Norton
Pound
Pope names 24 new cardinals including McIntyre Stepinac
Pope Pius XII announces 24 new cardinals from 12 countries. The American includes Archbishop James Frances McIntyre of Los Angeles, head of the archdiocese since 1948, aged 66. Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac of Zagreb, imprisoned in Yugoslavia, is among the new princes. Consistory set for January 12 to elevate 70 cardinals.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
James Frances McIntyre
Los Angeles
Msgr
Aloysius Stepinac
Zagreb
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
New York
McIntyre
Stepina
Stepinac
Sacred College
France
Italy
United States
Spain
Two Minor Fires In City At Midday
Fire crews answered two midday blazes. An arm chair in the Chapman Apartments at 321 Amherst Street burned briefly before firefighters extinguished it with a hand extinguisher. A second alarm from the White Palace Restaurant on North Loudoun Street reported a cigarette in the wash room igniting a plastic fixture.
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Chapman Apartments
Amherst St
White Palace
N. Loudoun St
Arson Feared as New Fires Break Out at Mental Hospital
State Fire Marshall C. A. Raper said the Thanksgiving Eve fire at Huntington State Hospital and a second blaze show arson indicators though no charges were made. Three more victims died from smoke inhalation and burns, bringing a high casualty toll as over 300 patients were evacuated from Ward Building No. 2.
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Huntington
W. Va
C. A. Raper
Huntington State Hospital
Cleon Mitchum
Bee Three Hollow
Ruth Barnette
General Assembly
Floyd L. Crouse
Assembly
Ward Building No. 2
Democrats to Name New Virginia State Chief Monday
The Democratic State Central Committee will meet in Richmond on Monday to select a new state chairman. State Sen. Thomas H. Blanton of Bowling Green is the leading candidate amid no announced opposition, with Parker to report campaign finances estimated at $20,000 and no loan needed.
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Thomas Blanton
Bowling Green
Richmond
Democratic State Central Committee
Thomas H. Blanton
Byrd
Blanton
Sidney S. Kellam
State Department of Conservation and Development
State Senate
T. Nelson Palker
William Tuck
Tuck
Sen
Parker
Central Committee
Doctor's Death Ruled Death by Own Action in Virginia Case
In Tazewell Virginia state medical examiner Dr. G T Mann ruled that Dr Grantland Miller 27 died by his own hand from a tremendous dose of chloral hydrate while in Richlands police custody following a reckless driving arrest. Autopsy found no clear cause. police and local letters to Governor Battle prompted a state investigation.
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Tazewell. Va
Grantland Miller
Richlands
Valdosta
G. T. Mann
Commonwealth
James Harman
Tazewell
Reven
Gov. Battle
Richmond
Miller
Dread Hog Disease Hits Fairfax Farm in Virginia
Virginia officials await federal VE diagnosis to confirm a fourth outbreak of vesicular exanthema on a Fairfax County farm owned by Raymond Zell. About 100 hogs on the RFD 1 Burke property may be affected, near a site where 4,600 hogs were culled two months earlier.
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Richmond
Virginia
Raymond Zell
RFD 1
Burke
Fairfax County
W. L. Bendix
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Bendix
Zell
Correction to All-State Motor Scooter price
In the November 26 act the price of the All-State Motor Scooter should read 309.95. Sears Roebuck and Co. issues a price correction notice. A separate notice urges Mrs. C C Rhodes of Stephens City to order fruit cake early, with a local phone contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck & CO
C. C. Rhodes
Stephens City
Special Session Reapportions Virginia Legislature Seats
Virginia lawmakers prepare to reconvene in Richmond for a special session called by Gov. Battle to redraw General Assembly districts. The session may run 10 to 14 days with seating of new members, a joint can vass for Lieutenant Governor, and potential emergency legislation.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Gov. Battle
Senate
House of Delegates
McCarthy Signals FCC Probe by Senate Investigators
Senator McCarthy indicated the Senate investigations subcommittee will examine the Federal Communications Commission in the new Congress. As a senior Republican, he may chair the investigations unit and its parent committee, and said preliminary checks into complaints could lead to a full probe into alleged incompetence wastefulness and license favoritism by the FCC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCar- Carthy
FCC
Sister Kenny Nears Death After 40 Year Polio Fight
In Sydney, Sister Elizabeth Kenny lies dying at 66 after a long battle with polio. Doctors say no hope for recovery as she is paralyzed on her right side and unable to speak, with cerebral thrombosis and pneumonia contributing to a failing heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Elizabeth Kenny
John Ogden
Kenny
Queensland
Eisenhower Names Lodge to Lead U N Mission
President elect Eisenhower will appoint U S Senator Henry Cabot Lodge to head the U N mission succeeding Warren Austin subject to Senate confirmation He described Lodge as a key advisor on foreign policy Lodge 50 was an early Eisenhower backer who failed to win reelection in Massachusetts Dulles announced the nomination and noted Lodge would help form and conduct policy in the new administration Austin has signaled retirement plans Eisenhower kept a busy weekend schedule including meetings with college presidents and a talk on government structure while Governor Sherman Adams prepared to assist next administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
Lodge
Senate
Warren Austin
U. N. Post
John Foster Dulles
Massachusetts
Dulles
Austin
Vermont
Milton Eisenhower
Citizens Committee
Hoover
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Adams
Portsmouth Hospital Damaged by Fire in Old Wing
A fire in the cupola of the old hospital wing at King's Daughters' Hospital in Portsmouth Va. forced 150 patients to be moved to safety. Fire crews from multiple departments arrived after the 9:33 a.m. alarm and the roof was damaged with water pouring through stairways. Estimated damage ranged from 50 000 to 75 000 dollars.
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Portsmouth
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Portsmouth Fire Department
Navy Yard
Western Branch
Cradock
Laura Williamson
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