Taft Keeps Up Fight for Delegates in 1952 Campaign
From Baltimore to Denver, Taft presses for Maryland and Illinois delegates while Eisenhower campaigns in Denver and confronts Taft on a Texas delegation claim. Eisenhower stresses peace through strong goals, citing tax relief and inflation control, as Taft seeks 9 to 12 Maryland votes and up to 60 Illinois delegates in a crowded GOP race.
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Fase
Robert A. Taft
Girio
Maryland
Baltimore
Theodore McKeldin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Washington
Texas
Eisenhower
Dallas
Howard C. Petersen
Phitadelphia
Denver
America
Pennsylv
Mamias
Illinois
Springfield
Mllnois
GOP
Associated Press
Eats
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Mutual Security
Averell Harrisman
Kefauver
Indiana
Hoosier
Chicago
Adi2i Stevenson
Silinsis
City Baseball Fans Jubilant Over Transfer
City baseball fans on Quarrier Street buzz over a new team. Police and local boosters express optimism about the team’s future and crowd support, hoping for strong attendance to keep the club in Charleston through the season and beyond.
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Steven
Toledo
The
Gazette
John W. Chappell
Charleston
Ted Lively
G. T. Porterfield
Tan
Joan Company
Teve
Charleston Bicycle Parade to Disband After Gala
The Charleston Bicycle Parade, led by the Charleston Little League Band and Majorette Corps, plans a gala event with police protection along the route. Montgomery Ward store will close entries tomorrow, offering prizes including a Hawthorne bicycle and various sporting goods. Judges include local business and safety figures.
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Charleston Little League
Redford
Charleston Police Department
Montgomery Ward and Co
West Virginia Safety Council
U.S
Henry ¥ V. Diefenbach
Charlerton
West Virginia Safety Counc
Wilson Pritt
Pritt Graphic Arts Studio
Charleston
R. 5. Collins
Nitro
Edward Volz
Monsanto Chemical Co
Virginia Courtney
West Virginia
Delegates said 70000 prisoners sought handover to Communists
The United Nations Command reports that only about 70,000 prisoners from the total want to be handed over to the Communists. A new screening will limit to part of those 70,000, starting with 45,000 prisoners on whom hardline leaders spoke in last April's screening.
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Rcontparca Brom Lage
Reds
U. N. Command
Malik Blocks a Mid East Debate on Communist Germ Warfare
Delegates, led by Malik, refused to vote on a plan to probe Communist germ warfare. Observers saw Malik pressing a U S backed investigation via a neutral Red Cross team, potentially delaying action until the Far EastCommunists receive an invitation.
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Malik
Gross
jMalik
U. S
Red Cross
Brock
Worners
Indiana Widow Seeks Wife for Young Man in Proposal
Mrs Crosbie, a widow with two children, explains her decision to marry 49 year old Garrett after he posted in an Indiana newspaper seeking a wife aged 35 to 45. The children see it as fun and trust their mother's judgment. neighbors find the match surprising given her serious reputation.
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Tom Paget
Garrett
Mpre
Happy Time farce delights South Hills Players in Charleston
A smiling review of The Happy Time by Samuel Taylor, drawn from Rob ert Fontaine sketches, presented by South Hills Players at St Matthew's Parish House Charleston. Otto Ottawa setting in the 1920s features the Bonnard family as lively misfits led by Bibis coming of age. Eddie Seckman shines as Avi l with strong supporting turns from Si Lee Jackie Quillan and William Feaster. The show blends moving scenes with broad gags though the Gaulish Bonnards need stronger emphasis to fully land.
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Sidyaot
F. Ennis
Samuel Taylor
Robert Fontaine
South Hills
Charles
Ton
Bernard
St. Matthew's
Ottawa
Mema]Bonnard
Famiily
Perendiloes
Papa Bonnard
Uncle Louis
Uncle Desmonde
Grandfather
Bibi
Bonnard
Eddie Seckman
Aivi
Re Portraysei
Bratin
Si Lee
Jackie Quillan
Mignanette
William Feaster
Tom Murphe
Mary Eleanor Kahle
Bib
Sue Griffith
Taylor
Bonnards
Onshore winds bring clearing and scattered rain mid Atlantic
Unsettled weather dominates the Mid Atlantic with decreasing rain Tuesday as onshore winds ease. Forecasters expect fog and scattered showers elsewhere, while the remainder of the nation faces only isolated afternoon or evening thunder showers. A dark line on the map marks a low pressure boundary between hot humid air from the south and cooler air to the north.
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Middle Atlantic
Weather Across Nation Report Notes Mixed Conditions
A weather brief surveys conditions nationwide with patches of rain and sun. Forecasters predict warm spells in some regions while cooler air lingers elsewhere. Local temps vary, with notable rain in coastal areas and dry spells in the interior.
Mrs Waller E Connell Dies After Long Illness in Ohio
Mrs Waller E Connell widow of Waller E Connell Sr and mother of Ellison S Connell of Charleston died yesterday at her daughter’s home in Columbus Ohio after a long illness. Born in Ironton she was daughter of Charles and Katherine Shelton and a charter member of the Charleston Women’s Club. Surviving are her daughter Mrs George W Bloom of Columbus her son Ellison S Connell a sister a granddaughter and three grandsons. The body is at Simpson mortuary with service at 3 pm tomorrow in the Baptist Temple Bible Class conducted by Dr Eugene Austin burial in Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Waller E. Connell
Charleston
George W. Bloom
Columbus
Ohio City
Land
Kanawha Drug Co
W. E. (and) Connell, Jr
The
Gazette
Ironton
Connell
Charles
Katherine Bellamy Shelton
J.charleston Women's Club
Baptist Temple
Ellison S. Connell
Matilda Shelton
Trenton
Mire Johns. Blagg
South Charterton
San Francisco
Walter Connell Bloom
Robert E. Connell
Ft. Jackson
D. C
Simpson Mortuary
Fred O. Blut
Eugene Austin
Spring Hill Cemetery
Longtime Charleston Notables Remembered in Obituaries
Fragmented memorial notices list survivors and service plans for several Charleston area residents. Included are Garnette Burton and LeRoy Carter of Cleveland, and Okey Homet, with details on burial venues, local churches, and funeral directors.
Logan man waives hearing in cabinet murder case
A 30 year old Logan County man Everett Frey waived preliminary hearing before Justice Floyd Murphy on June 16. Frey is held for grand jury action after the killings of three people at Peck's Mill. He reportedly had been involved with one victim, Vieie White, and the two others, Erviit Schoolcraft and Melvin Baisden, were living with Mrs White.
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Logan
Logan County
Justice of the Peace
Floyd Murphy
G. ‘I. Davis
Everett Frey
Big Creek
Frey
Vieie Lucinda White
Erviit Schaoleratt
Melvin Baisden
Charleston Pastor Dies in Florida
Rev. M. W. Castle former pastor of Central Methodist Church Charleston died in Sanford Florida Sunday. He retired about eight years ago due to ill health and had lived in Florida since. Survivors include wife two daughters and a son. Service and funeral will be Wednesday in Sanford.
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Sanford
Fla
Spe
Wlak
MW. Castle
Central Methodist Church
Charleston
Castle
Florida
State Senator Seeks 1500 Dollar Damage Award
State Senator Henry J. McKinley of Alkins seeks 1500 from the state for damage to his automobile after hitting a tree on U S Route 44 in Randolph County near Bowden last April. He filed a petition with the State Court of Claims detailing the incident and the claimed loss.
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Henry J. McKinley
Alkins
Randolph County
State Court of Claims
McKinley
Bowden
Bids Opened For Federal Aid Road Projects Across Several Counties
The notice lists bids for multiple federal aid road projects including widening and resurfacing on U S Route 21 between New Era and McGraw's Run Bridge in Jackson County, W Va Route 92 in Monongalia County, and W Va Route 2 between Belmont and St Marys. Also reported are planned curve changes near a theater and a long gradual northbound approach. Projects span Cabell, Doddridge, Grant, Greenbrier, Jefferson, Kanawha, Mason, Mingo, Roane, and Upshur counties with various surface treatments and road-mix surfaces. Federal Bureau of Public Roads approval required before final contract.
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U. S. 21
New Erq
McGraw's Run Bridge
Jackson County
W. Va
Monongalia County
Belmont
St. Marys
Parkersburg
Monongalia
Star City
Cabell County
Fudge Creek
Doddridge
Grant
W Va
Macadan
Greenbrier
MecRoss Bridge
U. S. 60
Jefferson
Bloomery-Old Furnace
Kanawha
Cabin Creek
Mason
Mingo
Buffalo Creek
Roane
U. S
Ripley
Spencer
Upshur
Buckhanson
Rock Cave
Ohioan Demands Firepower in Korea War Effort
An Army official stated that Korea has seen a higher rate of fire than World War I and II due to old stock ammo. Production lags since 17 months to mobilize and Congress failed to appropriate funds. Beginning January 1951, new production will sustain violent combat if needed, with reserves to be restored if fighting eases.
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Korea
Congress
Army
U. S
U N Offensive Costly Says Joy
Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy, chief U N truce negotiator in Korea, warned in San Diego that any real United Nations offensive in Korea would cost a tremendous number of lives. He declined to comment on today’s U N air strike against Communist hydro electric plants beyond noting such action likely occurred absent a truce.
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U. N
Joy
San Diego
Calif
United Nations
Korea
Ada
Charles Turner Joy
St Albans City Council approves Elin St repaving plan
The St Albans City Council, in a special session, approved resurfacing Elin Street from Highland Drive to the northern terminus in Weimer Addition Block D despite protests from property owners led by Barney Bricker and G A Pride. They warned of a court injunction against the ordinance, with the first reading set for July 7.
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St. Albans
Elin St
Highland Dr
Jor
Weimer Addition
Barney Bricker
G. A. Pride
B. E. Cummings
Thomas A. Barker
Cleve Meador
Ele St. Holdings
Gillespie Dies in Hospital After Long Illness
Frank Clark Gillespie of Poca died today at Mountain State Hospital Charleston after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and a Davis Chapel Baptist Church member. Survived by wife Rosie and ten children, plus 98 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Baptist Temple St Albans. burial Richardson Cemetery Tyler Mountain. Body moved from Gatens mortuary to son Wilbur’s Dunbar home. Flowerbearers granddaughters. pallbearers listed.
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F. C. Gillespie
Poca
Frank Clark Gillespie
RFD J
Mountain State Hospital
Charleston
Davis Chapel Bapti Church
Gillespie
Rosie Gillespie
Cephus
Emmett
Wilbur
Dunbar
Samuel
North Charleston
Howard Woodell
Brady
Russell Gillespie
Helsey Gillespie
Haskel Gillespie
Oxenr Gillespie
Samuel Lyons
Carlyle’ Cernes
Patteson Welcomes National Convention of Education Group
Gov. Patteson welcomed leaders from the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers from 18 states and D C to West Virginia State College Institute. He praised their goals and progress and lauded the theme For every child total growth, calling children our most valuable wealth.
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Okey L. Patteson
National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers
District of Columbia
West Virginia
West Virginia State College
Institute
Patteson
Congress
Marmet Fire Department Names Burke Chief at Election
E C Burke was named chief of the Marmet Volunteer Fire Department and Marmet Community Fire Department at last night’s elections held at the Marina fire station. Other volunteers chose W B Pendleton as station chief and E Spurrock captain. Community firemen elected R W Masker and R B Noe as vice presidents with E Durham as chief. Board of directors includes Pendleton Atking Spurrock Burke Masker Noe Williamson Small Samms Halstead for four-year terms. Both departments share the same station and split zones of coverage.
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E.C. Burke
Marmet Volunteer Fire Department
Marmet Community Fire Department
Marina
W. Bs. Pendleton
E. Spurlock
J. W. Sammie
A. R .Toney
C. A. Savall
D. C. Peal
R. W. Masker
R. B. Noe
E .H. Durham
Pendleton
Atking
E. E. Spurrock
Burke
Masker
Noe
E. J. Williamson
G. A. Small
Samms
W. V. Halstead
Marmet
Senate Rejects Executive Power Authority Debate
The Senate rejects any broad executive power to seize private property without congressional act. McCarran defends the move to remove doubt about Truman's steel mill seizure powers, clashing with Majority Leader McFarland over tactics as the chamber meets under a loose agreement to avoid controversial items.
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United States
Liquor Industry Whitewash Claims Stir Testimony
Ex US aide Branham testifies about alleged industry pressure and threats linked to postwar liquor trade. He cites conflicts with Bergson over dealer complaints and warns of publicity as he discusses campaign contributions and antitrust probes. Chalmers Hammill contradicts a department claim of no postwar complaints.
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Branham
Hodges
Waisky
Ohancve
Bergson
Democratic
Republic
Chalmers Hammill
Btanham
Hammill
Planes Smash Power Plants on Yalu River
U S Fifth Air Force reports waves of bomber raids hitting hydro electric plants along the Yalu and nearby rivers in Northeastern Korea. Suiho and Susha targets disrupted power supply, with heavy anti-aircraft fire but no sustained enemy interception.
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China
Subo
Japan
United Nations
Suiha
Changejin
Songchon River
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Seid
North Koreas
Pyongyang
Mukden
Manchuria
Susha
Ansung
Antony Sun
Glenn G. Bareas
Pifth
Reid
Suiho
Leo
Girl 19 Drowns Near St Albans in Coal River
A 19 year old Clendenin resident Juanita Canterbury died while swimming with relatives on a swift section of the Coal River near Ferrell's Service Station about five miles from St Albans. Police say she could not swim and was swept under. Her body was recovered two hours later by a Bartlett mortuary boat. The river depth reported between eight and fifteen feet. Her body rested at Bartlett mortuary in St Albans prior to burial.
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Clendenin
Coal River
Ferrell
St. Albans
Lester Groves
Juanita Canterbury
John C. Canterbury
Charles, Ton
Groves
Bartlett Mortuary
St. Albana
Simms Denies Governors Nomination Involved Talk With Lindberg
Simms admitted he spoke with Lindberg on election eve but denied any coercion. He claimed the visit to Copenhaver and the theater manager aimed to ensure the Ninth Ward precinct in Charleston ran squarely. Lindberg quoted Simms arranging a meeting with Copenhaver, with Simms insisting no threats were made and that he sought to clarify election conditions amid polling place tensions.
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Sims
Lindberg
Bucks
Copenhaver
Chicago
Simms
Charleston
Ninth Ward
Chris Hetzel
John
Toughy) Gashorn
Jindberg
Walter 5
Hellanan
Ksnawha Valley Bank
Bidg
Hallanan
Mrs. Clara Shultz Dies at Age of 46
Mrs. Clara Bell Shultz, 46, owner of the Drive-In Beauty Shop on Davis Creek, died yesterday of a heart ailment at St Francis Hospital. A lifelong Kenawha County resident, she previously owned Riverside Beauty Shop on Bee Street and several others. Survived by husband S. J. Shultz and children and stepchildren in various cities, the body lies at Degnan-Xittinger mortuary in South Charleston.
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Clara Bell Shultz
Davis Creek
St Francis Hospital
Rive’s
Bee St
Charleston
S. J. Shultz
Ste. Harry Rice
Germany
U. S Army
Rodney Hic
Washington, D. C
Co. R. Measell
Washington
Stanley Hall
South Charleston
James Turner
Wirs
Robert Fisher
M-Set
Paul
Shultz
Austria
Army
S. J. Shultz Jr
Detroit
Miah
Walter Riddle
E. E. Romine
Pomeroy
W. Hayes
Middleport O
C. BE. Myers
Degnan-Xittinger Mortuary
Confessions Blur Clendenin Shooting Mystery
Wherley Campbell, a 47 year old Greyhound Bus Station employee, was shot in a Clendenin residence with a 22 caliber rifle and is listed in serious condition at Charleston General Hospital. Georgia Messick, 48, of Clendenin, confessed to shooting and was jailed on felonious shooting charges after the incident sparked during an argument at Messick’s home.
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Wherley Campbell
Charleston General Hospital
Campbell
Greyhound
al ‘Clendenin
Clendenin
Georgia Messick
E. C. Guthrie
South’ Charleston
Guthrie
Messick, l
Recount Challenges All Ballots in Two Precincts
James E. Maroney resumed the recount of the Democratic primary in Charleston's Fifth Ward. He questioned Precinct 87 and 33 over alleged forgery and noted similar handwriting in Precinct 88 tickets. The ballots showed few irregularities, and the recount altered only one vote in the prosecutor race, with several candidates affected or withdrawn from the process.
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Charleston
Fifth Ward
James EB. Maroney
Maroney
House of Delegatee
Vailey Plumbing Shop
Washington St. W
Ridley Av. School
Precinet
Bigley Av
Ederard W. Hiserman
J. Blackburn Watts
Hiserman
J. H
Poss) Abbot
Agesessor
John M. Slack Jr
John 3
Long
Jefferson
Raleigh Man Convicted For Altering Ballots
C E Stroud of Mt Tabor was convicted by a Raleigh County Criminal Court jury of altering three ballots in the May 13 primary. The 38-year-old telephone worker served on the Mt Tabor counting board and aimed to favor Democrat nominee T M Thurman for town district justice of the peace. Deliberations lasted 43 minutes, with Judge Harry T McCreery to rule on a motion to set aside the verdict scheduled for July 10.
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Raleigh
Beckley
C. E. Stroud
Mt. Tavor
Stroud
Tt. M. Thurman
Mt. Tabor
Harry TL. McCreerms
Ulbrich 62 Dies at Jeffrey After Illness
John Herbert Ulbrich 62 longtime Boone County resident died at home after an extended illness. He was a member of Jeffrey Methodist Church with services planned at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Rev. C.F. Cooper and Rev. James Brady officiating. Burial in Akers Cemetery. Survived by widow Linxie Rich, son Carl of Malden, three daughters Sylvie Kelly Jeffrey and Ruby White Clothier and Juanita Jeffrey Malden, sister Mrs Tittie Lark Cedar Grave, brother Homer Ulbrich Danville, two half brothers Otto Ulbrich Ottawa and Hugo Ulbrich Pova, one half sister Mrs Mary Adkins Buffalo, and nine grandchildren.
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Teefrey
John Herbert Ulbrich
Boone County
Jan
Jeffrey
C.F. Cooper
James Brady
Akers
Albrigh
Palenrers
Linxie Rich
Carl
Malden
Sylvie Kelly
Ruby White
Clothier
Mre
Juanita Jeffrey
Mra
Tittie Lark
Cedar Grave
Homer Ulbrich
Danville
Otto Ulbrich
Ottawa
Hugo Ulbrith
Pova
Mary Adkins
Buffalo
Swiss Man Injured In Truck Smash-Up
A pick up truck smashed into an overhanging cliff on a secondary road at Cabin Creek tonlight injuring the driver Herbert Langdon Simms 59 of Swiss Nicholas County An attendant at Charleston Memorial Hospital said Simms an employee of the Carbon Fuel Coal Co was admitted there for treatment of a broken collarbone and severe cuts Simms said he was approaching Cabin Creek junction when his car went out of control and left the road.
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Cabin Creek Tonlight
Herbert Langdon Simms
Nicholas County
Charleston Memmorial Hospital
Simms
The
Carbon Fuel Coal Co
Cabin Creek Junction
Winter Sampson Wintersed From Page and Davin and Elkins
Gus Winter played multiple sports at D and E under Coach Cam Henderson and gained national recognition. He coached at Linsly Institute Wheeling Ripley High School and Tiltonsville, promoted recreation in Ripley, and led prisoners’ baseball at the penitentiary before resigning May 14 1856 to coach La Follarsbee. He ranked as top national small college football scorer in 1832 and served as Army captain in the South Pacific. Survived by wife Pauline Erzingzer and children Jimmy and Martha. body to Elkins for burial.
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Page
Davin
Elkins
D and E
Cam Henderson
Marshall College
Linsly Institute
Wheeling
Ripley High School
Winter
la Follarsbee
Winster
South Pacific
Wibley Sway
Tom
E. A. Winter
St Albans
Kanawha
Pauline Erzingzer
Jimmy
Martha
Elking
Magazine Editor Dies in Appleton at 90
Appleton Wisconsin June 23 George W Benton former editor in chief of the American Magazine died suddenly today in Appleton his daughter Mrs Elmer Jennings named as survivor Burial planned in Freehold NS with details to be announced
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Appleton
Wis
George W. Benton
American Magazine
Elmer Jennings
Freehold
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Crean
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Renee
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Sin
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Richmond
Mroven
Garnette
Servdom
Preston Imoritary
Spring Hall
Mire, Brown
Donnally St
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Dalher, Spencer &, Burton
Gladys Birton
Wiliam
Mich
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Bridgeport
Spencer B
Eni
Howard Cale, Jr
Enye
PsMiatea Booth
Selva
Rey
J. C. Antho
Burin
Montgomery
Torta Park
London
3. C. Hooper Moartusly
Laird Memardol Hospital
Emsma Taylor
Belya
Ange Mys
Howard Ale
Ganley Bridge
Carter
LeRoy Moss
Claveland
G. Hod
Lakeside Hospital
Cleveland
Dorothy Carter
Elizabeth Bowling
West Virginia Room and Elks Clg
Miller Bowling
Cunningham Mortuary
Graveland
Ghn
Hoyard
Drayton Platt
Aon
Aly Rohn
Aprih Charterton
Raymond
Indiviapolis
Tnd
Tiamy
Jerry
Bath At Home
Okey
Munity Church of
Dorothy Wilson
Smaithers
Nancy Pat
Barricks
Ann
Margaret
Smithers
A. B. Wilson
Garten
Af Montgomery
Mary Wilson
Fayetteville
Wison
Lodge No. 157
Elteville
Ohioan
Council
National Convention of Education
Grou
Varmet
Senate
Asil
Subcommittee
Justice Départrment
Yalu River
Baveus
North Korea
Foramunis
Clara Shultz
Confessions Becloud
J.H. Ulbrich
Gus Winter
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