Mount Hope Squeezes Out 55-52 Victory Over Beaver Beavers
Mount Hope edged Beaver 55-52 at Mount Hope as Jack Hinte scored a late set shot and a banked pair to flip a 52-51 deficit. Bruce led Beaver with 20 points while Hinte and Stone added 14 each as Beavers fought to 18th game, then travel to Beckley to face Woodrow Wilson.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. VA
Mount Hope
Beaver Daibiteers
Beaver
Jack Hinte
Beavers
Hinte
Bob Hunter
Harry Ireson
Ken Honaker
George Bruce
Little Honaker
Jimmy Stewart
Bruce
Stone
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson
Bunter
Clark
Hintes
Keecee
Bruces
P’t'rson
Cans
Dickson
Bekert
Wilson
Kiser
Stewart Ec
Logan 66 Welch 49 in Armory showdown win
Logan beat Welch 66 to 49 on outside shooting as Wallawack led with 28 points. Welch 49 remained hampered by an injury to Jimmy Rich in the fourth as Logan maintained a late surge from Maroon Wave resistance. Referees Wiley and D Antone oversaw the packed armory game.
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Welch
Logan
Maroon Wave
Jimmy Rich
Seri
Armory
Wallawack
Bull
Bora
Roch
Shawe
Gilers
Peery
The Fabulous Horse and the Gelte Head in Maine River
A playful comparison links a famed mythical horse to a Maine river with an unusual head feature, noting a Gelte at the head rather than the mouth in local lore and naming.
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Maine
Graham Meets Richlands In County Cage Finals Tonite
Graham earned the right to play in the Tazewell County basketball finals tonight against Richlands by a 53 to 42 win over the Tazewell Bulldogs. Bob Shawver led Graham with 17 points and strong rebounding as the G-Men built a 16-10 first-quarter lead and held a 26-22 halftime edge. The finals tonight pair Graham against Richlands Tornado with Tazewell girls facing Pocahontas Indian Maidens at 7:15.
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Tazewell Bulldogs
Big Bob Shawver
Ana
Tarawall Sama
Shawver
Bell
G-Men
Graham Gymnasium
Bulldogs
Graham Boys
Richlands Tornado
Tazewell Girls
Pocahontas
Big Creek Owls Cruise to 68 37 Victory Over Pineville
Big Creek improves to 18 straight wins by defeating Pineville 68 37 at Tilanel l Fiievile. Hal Edwards scores 23 for Big Creek, with Jack Scanlon adding 14 and Brown 11 as Pineville struggles after a 17 13 start. Pineville’s Martin leads visitors with nine points. Big Creek has two games left.
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Owls
Pineville
Tilaneil
Fiievile
Hal Edwards
Hal
Edwards
Jack Scanlon
Brown
Martin
Northfork
Beaver
Bluefield
Neville
Secanion
Baker
Adams
Bledsoe
Street
Gunter
E’w'ds
Stevens
Goode and
Age groups drive accident rates differ markedly
Report notes drivers aged 16 to 20 are involved in five times as many accidents as those aged 45 to 50. The data highlights how younger drivers face greater risk on the road.
Film studios avoid full wedding scenes to prevent real marriages
The writer recalls a long standing tradition in cinema to omit total wedding ceremonies from movies for fear they might legally bind actors. They suggest contemporary productions still omit or edit such sequences to avoid unintended unions.
Middlecoff Leads In Houston Open
Cary Middlecoff shot 66 after a 77 in 36 holes to lead the Houston Open by two strokes over Ed Furgol at Braeburn Country Club. Leland Gibson Rod Munday and Pete Cooper were tied for third at 140, with Ky Laffoon and Harry Todd at 141. Final rounds proceed tomorrow and Sunday with 62 pros and 12 amateurs in the field. Low amateurs were Bobby Riegel and Edge of Houston.
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Houston
Cary Middlecoff
Ed Furgol
Royal Oak
Mich
Furgol
Braeburn Country Club
Middlecoff
Ormond Beach
Fla
Leland Gibson
Kansas City
Rod Munday
York
Pete Cooper
Pontevedra Beach
Ky Laffoon
St. Andrews
Ill
Harry Todd
Dallas
Bobby Riegel
Edge
Authors Edge Sophia Hi 35 33 In Tight Battle
Mark Twain authors overcame Stoco Indians 35 to 33 at Stotesbury in a late thriller. Lester and Baught each hit decisive four foul rounds in the final 20 seconds to seal the win after trailing 14 10 at halftime. Ray led the Authors with 12 points while Sophia Hi’s top scorer had 12.
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Hunter
Lester
Mark Twain
Stoco Indians
Stotesbury
Indians
Vaught
Ray
Twain Stoco
R’b'nson
Williams
Sorrels
Baught
Harper
Turner
Reve
Oxley
Mpb
Lewis
Phillipsf
H'm'd'l
Parkcag
Blake
Princeton, Fairview Meet For County Title
Princeton upsets Athens Trojans 30 23 in Beaver gym to reach county final against Fairview. Hunnicutt scored 13 points as Princeton led 6 4 after the first quarter and 13 10 at halftime before pulling away. Fairview beat Montcalm 30 26 in the co feature, setting up the title clash tonight at 8 o clock.
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Beaver
Trojans
Athens
Tiger Cub
Hunnicutt
Tiger Cubs
Fairview
Fairview Falcons
Montcalm
Beaver Gymnasium
Fox
Farleys
Ratcliff
Sigmon
Cooke
Blevins
Carter
Surfaceg
Musser
Howell
Williams
Stevensf
Miller
Fiam
Shrader
Tapleton
Mererete
Tealdweil
Bramwell Beats Glen Rogers 62 57 to Close Season
Bramwell finishes regular basketball with a 62 to 57 win over Glen Rogers on the latter’s floor. Murphy led Bramwell with 19 points as the Millionaires end the season at 15 wins and five losses.
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Glen Rogers
Millionaires
Murphy
Glen Roger
Pizzino
Johnson
M'r'tta
Birleson
Reed
Duncan
Hensley
Wilson
Martin
Mosley
Bowen
Hill
Sunface
OjLaffertyg
50 Years Before Europe Can Repay Marshall Plan Loans
Washington reports headline data show ECA chief Paul G Hoffman predicting it will take half a century for Europe to repay dollar loans to the United States. Hoffman testifies to House Foreign Affairs on Western Europe aid and rejects a payback heavy Marshall Plan proposal, saying bad paper is not an asset.
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Washington
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
Europe
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hoffman
Rep
Vorys
R-Ohia
English archaeologist plans dig to fill historic gap in Pakistan
R. E. Mortimer Wheeler intends to excavate Mohenjo Daro in Sindh to illuminate 1000-year blank from 1500 B C to 500 B C after Aryan invasions. The aim is to uncover what happened in Pakistan before Persian influence absorbed western regions.
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London
Pakistan
R. E. Mortimer Wheeler
Mohenjo-Daro
Sindwe Hind
Iran
West Pakistan
High school basketball scores flash across regional meet
Scholastic Basketball Seth 71 Sharples 68 and E C Glass 57 Roanoke 55 highlight a night of varied district games. Other notable results include Stoco 31 Summersville 46 and Charleston Reds 84 Ansted 54 with many teams posting tight margins and rising player totals.
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Lewisburg
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Circleville
Regional high school score roundup final results
Regional finals and semifinals across eight regions show multiple tight games and big margins. Notable finales include Beckley over Shady Springs 55 to 21 and Mount Hope defeating Meadow Bridge 47 to 32 with Oak Hill topping Fayetteville 26 to 12 in semis.
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Pratt
Montgomery
Richwood
Lookout
Ronceverte
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Mount Hope
Meadow Bridge
Oceana
Herndon
Forreit
Pineville
Mullens
College Basketball Scores From Eastern Conference Action
A roundup of results shows Bethany 102 over Hiram 86 and Bowling Green 75 over Lawrence Tech 65. Other key scores include St Peters 45 over New York A C 58 and Duke 46 defeating North Carolina 64.
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Hampden-Sydney
Newport News
West Virginia Tech
Alderson-Broaddus
Potomac State
West Virginia Wesleyan
South Carolina
Maryland
North Carolina
Duke
Marietta
Witenberg
Dayton
John Carroll
Columbia
Dartmouth
Newberry
the Citadel
Bethany
Hiram
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Clarion
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Roanoke College
Maryland State
Kings College
Virginia
New York
North Dakota State
North Dakota
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Iowa
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Culver-Stockton
Virginia State
Virginia Union
Hampton Institute
St. Paul's
Edinboro
Alliance
Western Pennsylvania
Romney
W. Va
Pennsylvania School
White Plains
N. Y
Buffalo St. Mary’s
New York St. Joseph's
Guyandotte Man Holds Broken Bones Record
Huntington West Virginia February 24 A Guyandotte man named William E Jackson holds a remarkable record as a lifelong victim of a rare bone disease. He has endured 130 fractures including 12 in each leg and two in the back with only his pelvic bone remaining unbroken.
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Huntington
W. Va
Guyandotte
William E. Jackson
Jackson
Princeton Surges To Get Past Williamson 60-57
Princeton Tigers, ranked seventh in the area, erased an 11 point deficit to beat Williamson 60-57 at home. Johnny Ridenour scored ten points in the fourth quarter to spark the rally and seal the win as Quentin Barnette’s team overcame a 21-9 first quarter gap. The Tigers narrowed a 33-20 halftime margin with a late surge and held Williamson to ten points in the final period.
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Princeton
Williamson
Johnny Ridenour
Tigers
Mingo
Williamson Cagers
Quentin Barnette
Ridenour
Ridehour
Stallings
Brown
Brookman
Keatley
Princeton Williamson
M'rr
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Lusk
Br'km'n
Elaw
Cahill
Bentley
Johnston
Bckburn
Walte Leeper
Leftwich
Romans
Southern
Vas Pe Carters
Crotty An
Sad
Igie
Garden Dragons Win District V Basketball Title
Garden Green Dragons defeated Irvington 62 38 in the semi finals and Chincho 57 29 in the final to claim District V supremacy. Nick Nichols led Garden with 24 points against Irvington while the all district team featured Nichols McClanahan Hagg and MacMurray all from Garden. Garden improves to 19 1 on the year with two tourney wins and loses only to Pound High.
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Green Dragons
Irvington Cagers
Chincho
Nick Nichols
Clinchco
Wiist
Wmaninde Amapmanne
Will
Pulliss
Iwicuiananan
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Johnson
McClanahan
Hagg
Nichols
MacMurray
Sutherland
H. Wooldridge
Zencil
Owens
Mullins
Haysi
Pound High
Wise School
Buchanan County
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C’han
J'h’son
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M'M
H.w'd'et
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Alley
Edward
D'l'ger
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Garden Ee Teeee
Atwood and
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S'th'nd
M'M'ry
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Huff
Woods
C'steel
Taylor
Pl'ing
Garden One
Anderson Nd
Atwood
Mountaineers To Meet Pitt Tonight
Pittsburgh hosts West Virginia in a key season finale basketball game with WVU seeking revenge after last season’s 34 32 loss in Morgantown. Mountaineers sport an 11 10 record against Pitt at 13 none. Freshmen from both teams meet in the prelim.
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Pittsburgh
Panthers
University of Pittsburgh
West Virginia Mountaineers
West Virginia
Hoopsters
Morgantown
Doc Carlson
Cagers
Mountaineers
Mountaineer
Pitt
Cecconi
Beach
McCrossin
Sterling C—Dadosevich
Workman
G—yourko
Early pictorial journalism in English Broadside origins
The earliest pictorial journals in English appeared as broadside prints in the 16th century. They often depicted murders and tragedies, a pattern noted by Britannica.
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Britannica
Catholic Tournament Opens In Huntington With seven Teams
Seven teams led by Wheeling Central arrive in Huntington for the 15th West Virginia Catholic school basketball tourney opening tomorrow. Charleston Catholic joins eight entries with two days of games, semis Sunday and final Sunday night.
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Huntington
W. Va
Wheeling Central
West Virginia
Charleston Catholic
St. Joseph of Huntington
Maroons
Charleston
Fairmont St. Peter's
St. Joseph
St. Peter's
St. Augustine of Grafton
Morgantown
St. Mary's
Clarksburg
St. Patrick's
Weston
Mickey McDade
Flying Eagles Top Parkersburg 53-50 In Becktley WV
Jerome Van Meter led Woodrow Wilson High with 18 points as the Flying Eagles edged Parkersburg 53 to 50 in Beckley West Virginia. Davis added 18 and Caldwell 13 while Mohl scored 21 for high scoring honors. Referees were Moser and Goetz.
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Beckley
W. Va
Jerome van Meter
Flying Eagles
Woodrow Wilson High
Parkersburg
Davis
Caldwell
Mohl
Parley
Goebel F
Lowe
lArtmeanst
Mehle
Lockhart
Cesssees
Moser
Goetz
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