Father Freed From Well After 105-Minute Rescue
Elkhart Indiana June 18 a 33 year old farmer Henry Milton Randall was trapped twelve feet down when an 18 foot deep well excavation collapsed. Vernon Sysinger aided by a wrench and hose supplied air as rescue crews from Elkhart Goshen fire departments and state police worked one hour forty five minutes to pull him from the sandy unstable shaft while his six children watched crying.
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Elkhart
Ind
Henry Milton Randall
Sunnyside
Nee Ewe
Eve
Vernon Sysinger
Randall
Lysinger
Judy
Goshen
John
Jiggs
Williams
Parkersburg Dedicates 6 Million Flood Wall Soon
Parkersburg plans a formal dedication of its $6,000,000 flood wall set for June 29. George H. Clinton, publicity chairman, said Governor Patteson and Senators Harley Kilgore and M. M. Neely were invited to speak. A planning committee will meet to finalize arrangements.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
George H. Clinton
Patteson
Harley M. Kilgore
M. M. Neely
Clinton
Neglect Cited In Most States In Mental Health Policy
White Sulphur Springs W Va June 18 The national governors conference heard that neglect of mental illness is widespread with overcrowding in state hospitals the top issue An investigating committee urged rapid building programs to meet master plans and modernize facilities sanitation and staff housing. The 386 page report prepared for the 1949 governors conference guides debate at the 1950 sessions. The panel called for fireproof structures separate patient facilities and adequate staff housing plus better sanitation and kitchen water and sewage standards. It also urged more research and services including outpatient clinics and preventive mental health programs.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Frank Knight Seeks House Renomination in Kanawha
Frank A. Knight, assistant to the Charleston Gazette publisher, announced his bid for Democratic nomination to the house of delegates from Kanawha county. Knight, a five year delegate, has been active in the county’s court house wing of the party.
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Charleston
W. Va
Frank A. Knight
Charleston Gazette
House of Delegates
Kanawha County
Knight
Court House
State to Get Vinylite Plant in West Virginia
New plant planned at South Charleston West Virginia to produce Vinylite dispersion resin designated Vinylite dispersion resin vynv .3. Operation expected by mid 1951. Resin used in dolls overshoes flooring upholstery fabric and electric wire insulation. Company notes this is a new production method not an expansion and signals confidence in this resin’s future.
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New York
South Charleston
West Virginia
James W. McClaughlin
Union Carbide & Carbon Corp
McLaughlin
Reds Claim Hong Kong Trawler Seizure In China
Pro Communist captains of three former UNRRA fishing trawlers allege Nationalists and foreign partners stole the vessels in outer Hong Kong harbor. They value the ships at 110000 and say a Nationalist tug seized them en route to Formosa. Harry W. Arnott, once on the BO TRA board, faces a pending larceny charge with bail set at 4000.
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Hong Kong
UNRRA
United States
Reds
Harry W. Arnott
Arnott
U. S
Board of Trustees For Rehabilitation Affairs
BOTRA
Formosa
Hens Doubling Output in U S Over 25 Years
The average U S hen laying output in 1949 rose sharply doubling the 1925 figure. American hens averaged 81 eggs in the cold quarters of 1949 versus 41 in 1925, reflecting a substantial gain in winter production.
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U. S
Hot 1950 Congressional Campaign Looms
Washington reports a likely high voter turnout in primaries across Florida Pennsylvania Ohio and Oregon signaling a crowded off year. President Truman plans broader campaigning including possible west coast and New England trips and may aid Democratic candidates in November. GOP Senator Robert Taft mobilizes get out the vote efforts in Ohio citing statewide committees and county by county organization.
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Florida
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Oregon
Truman
Midwest
West
West Coast
New England
White House
Galesburg
Lincoln
Neb
Roosevelt
GOP
Robert Taft
Taft
Cio-Pac
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