Extra Passengers In Taxis to Pay Dime
Unanimous council session approves a new taxi regulation. Taxis must limit passengers to seating capacity and display seating limits. A 10 cent charge per additional passenger is now required, with misdemeanors carrying at least a $500 fine and possible vehicle withdrawal.
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Council
Saoke Ghaptek Keith
Conte Foe
Winchester
Owens
B. C. Whitlock
Diamond Cab Co
Josie Noonan
Northern Virginia Power Co
W. Gerrard Sr
Handley Blvd
Braddock
Stewart
J. Sloan Kuykendall
NYPC
Double Tollgate
Riverton
Italian heavyweight champion Bertola dies after ring injury
Enrico Bertola, Italy’s heavyweight boxing champion, died in Buffalo at 1:20 p m after suffering a brain injury from a losing decision to Lee Oma the previous night.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Enrico Bertola
Italy
Lee Oma
Veterans May Receive GI Insurance Dividends By Christmas
The Veterans Administration may begin paying a $2.8 billion GI insurance dividend before Christmas, at a rate of about one million checks weekly. A second dividend may follow. About 12 million veterans have applied since Aug 29, with payments made first come, first served. The maximum dividend is $528 for those aged 40 or younger with $10,000 policies in force for 96 months to the 1948 anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Carl
Red-led Germans Hurry to Form Eastern Regime
Berlin reports fear of anti-Soviet Titoism as German communists push to establish a Russian satellite republic in eastern Germany. A special session in Berlin is set to proclaim the republic with a pro Communist government possible next week and plans to curb Bonn by a national front against the west.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Marshal Tito
Bonn
National Front
Card Players Fined 19300 and Sentenced to One Year Jail
Two men in Williamson were convicted of cheating at cards and fined 19300 total, plus one year in jail each by Judge C W Ferguson. Junior Mullitt and Oliver Newsome were accused of cheating Khryl Georgeff out of 3860 in a May poker game. The WV code allows up to 12 months in jail and five times the amount won for card cheating.
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Williamson
W. Va
C. W. Ferguson
Mingo Circuit
Junior Mullitt
Oliver Newsome
Khryl Georgeff
West Virginia
Almond Opinion Approves Campbell Amendment Form
In Richmond on October 5 Attorney General J Lindsay Almond approved the form of Campbell amendments to the Virginia Constitution as they will appear on the November ballot. Nelson County Delegate Robert Whitehead claimed the wording misleads voters but Almond said the question and ballot squares should be printed. The Campbell amendments would end the $1 50 poll tax, create a $3 head tax for schools, require new voter registration, and establish a bipartisan registrations board with legislative control over qualifications.
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Richmond
Campbell
Virginia
Robert Whitehead
Nelson County
J. Lindsay Almond
Newport News
F. Lee Ford
Stuart Campbell
Ford
Almond
Whitehead
General Assembly
Doctor Suspects Baby Mix-up in Ohio Hospital Case
In Ravenna Ohio two newborns were swapped at Tobin Memorial Hospital prompting blood tests of both sets of parents. Akron pathologist conducts tests after Dr Edward Meacham noted differing birth injuries and an unidentified nurse was suspended amid investigation. Officials hope to resolve parentage by tomorrow.
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Ravenna
Tobinson Memorial Hospital
Akron
J. P. Shanley
Robert Strayer
Kent
Edward Meacham
Shanley
Meacham
Thomas Hunston
Hunston
Olds Rejected 10-2 by Full Committee Vote
Senate commerce committee rejects Leland Olds third term on Federal Power Commission by 10 to 2 vote. Subcommittee earlier voted unanimously to oppose Olds amid concerns over political and economic views. President Truman defends Olds, citing corporate opposition to regulation. Olds previously appointed by Roosevelt and Truman.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Truman
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Olds
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Senate
Johnson
Commission
FPC
Roosevelt
Barriers Lowered In Europe Trade Hoffman Reports
Paul G Hoffman said Britain France and Italy will drop import restrictions on up to 55 percent of their purchases from other Marshall Plan nations. He called it a historic step toward free intercourse in western Europe and higher living standards for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Paul G. Hoffman
Great Britain
France
Italy
Europe
Hefftman
Hoffman
Police Hold 14 For Interference With Coal Trucks
Fourteen men were arrested in St. Charles Virginia after a melee between about 50 union and non union coal miners. They were taken to Lee county jail and bonded. Some charged with carrying concealed weapons others with interfering with an officer. Hearings set for Friday morning before Trial Justice Olin Woodard. Captain McDermott and Sheriff Bays said the area is quiet now. One man was injured in the disturbance at a railroad crossing.
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ST. Charles
Lee County
Jonesville
E. J. McDermott
State Police
Wytheville
W P. Bays
Commonwealth
Glenn Williams
Olin Woodard
Bays
McDermott
Coal Talks Reach Crisis as Mediation Pressed
Washington reports mediation efforts under way to end a three week coal strike. Lewis and United Mine Workers negotiators meet with Western Virginia operators at Bluefield and White Sulphur Springs while Ching signals progress must be definite before any operator session is called. Talks with Northern and Southern producers proceed separately with captive mines and steel disputes not yet formalized.
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Washington
Government
Aeen
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Bluefield
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Ching
West Virginia
South
Truman
Harry M. Moses
Sulphur Springs
Moses
U. & Steel
Jordans to Build 5 Room Brick Home at Kernstown
Max P and Pauline Jordan of 417 Pairmont Ave hold a building permit for a five room brick semi bungalow at Kernstown. Construction is valued at about 5500 dollars.
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Max P
Pauline Jordan
Pairmont Ave
Kernstown
Virginia Electric Attacks REA Loan to Virginia Co-ops
Virginia Electric and Power Co. urged REA to reconsider its 14.32 million loan to Old Dominion Electric Co-op, saying conditions for the loan do not exist in Virginia. J. G. Holtzclaw proposed a three point plan including VEPCO supplying power at nine mills per kWh until Buggs Island power builds, with off peak delivery from steam plants at 7.5 mills per kWh, aiming for lower overall costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Electric and Er Co
Rural Electrification Administration
Old Dominion Electric Co-op
REA
J. G. Holtzclaw
Vepco
Claude R. Wickard
Virginia
Holtzclaw
Wickard
Lees
IAEA
Old Dominion
Scottsville
Buges Island
Secretary of the Interior
Federal Power Commission
Buggs Island
Steem
Henrich's Ninth In World Series Opener Wins For Yankees
In the opening game at Yankee Stadium Oct 6 New York trailed Brooklyn until Henrich hit a decisive home run in the ninth. Newcombe and Reynolds pitched strong duels with key strikeouts as the crowd of about 68 000 watched a tense fall classic.
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Henrich
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
New York
Don Newcombe
Husky Brooklyn
Allie Reynolds
Cal Hubbard
Beans Reardon
The
National
Art Passarella
American
Lou Jorda
George Barr
Ed Hurley
Crisis Convulses France as Premier Offers Resignation
Premier Queuille of France, leading the Radical Socialist coalition, faces a cabinet split over wage increases amid franc devaluation. Socialists demand higher wages to ease living costs, while conservatives resist lifting the wage freeze. Parliament likely to be recalled from vacation around Oct 18.
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Ignation
Vince Auriol
Queuille
Socialist Party
Radical Socialist
Alaska Construction Program Approved
A 164 611 000 military construction program for Alaska and Okinawa was approved by the House armed services committee. Most funds go to housing and radio radar installations, communications systems and underground gasoline storage.
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Washington
Alaska
Okinawa
House
Armed Services Committee
Market St. Church
Cork and
Cameron Sts
Call Pine Motor Co
ABC Partnership In Atomic Energy Being Considered
Washington report says United States Britain and Canada discuss a possible tripartite atomic energy partnership. Webb notes good progress in talks, adjourned last weekend, but any full partnership would need congressional approval as current law bars sharing secret atomic information.
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ABC
Atomic Energy
Washington
Webb
United States
Britain
Canada
Atomic Energy l
Opening World Series Duel Ends 0-0 After Eight Innings
Don Newcombe and Allie Reynolds lock in a classic pitchers duel at Yankee Stadium as Reynolds walks four but holds the Dodgers to two hits through eight. Heinrich's ninth inning homer provides the only score in a tense game with DiMaggio and Robinson among the standout moments.
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Yankee
New York
Don Newcombe
Brooklyn
New York Yankees
Allie Reynolds
Reynolds
Yanks
Dodger
Howard Ehmke
Newcombe
Dodgers
Newcomber
Johnny Lindell
Rizzuto
Johnson
Henrich
Reese
Jorgensen
Coleman
Johnson Denies Seek for More A-bomb Funds This Year
Senate House atomic committee split vote over how to report its probe into atomic energy management. Secretary Johnson says no new military appropriation this session despite Soviet progress, while Taft pushes for a 70 group air force and renewed calls to fund air defense in Europe. The committee hinted at approving more EC funds if results speed bomb production and defended the agency against alleged mismanagement.
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Washington
Senate
House Committee
Johnson
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Europe
Senate-House
Mittee
Atomic Energy Commission
McMahon
D-Conn
Rec Durham
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Secertary Johnson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Oeensek SS
Joint of Staff
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New
Bonn Republic
John H. Snyder
N. Kent St
McPhail Paint Co
American Legion Auxiliary
Pittsburgh
Jordans
Private Power Co
Virgina
Jack
Snider
Robinson
Hermanski
Furillo
Hodges
Omapanella
Tommy Henrich
Corrigan
C. M. Janney Clearbrook
Valley Ave
Sarah Zane
Nedoomahe
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