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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1950
Page
10
Police in a central Michigan town launched a search for Clifford Pulver after a Year old girl died at a home where Pulver and a foster parent lived. Investigators noted the man wore false teeth and left the area soon after the incident. The case prompted a statewide manhunt and dental-related details surfaced in early reports.
In North Carolina, Willis Smith wins the Democratic runoff, replacing Sen. Frank P. Graham as Truman loses a strong southern ally. Smith leads 277,672 to 257,156 with most votes counted, campaign focusing on opposition to Fair Deal programs and civil rights measures.
At Ansted near Lover's Leap a 50 year old Nelson Woods was arrested after a fight left James Clovis a 30 year old Marine veteran with multiple throat and back wounds. Clovis was treated and released. Woods fled tossing the knife but was later held on a $1000 bond awaiting a justice court appearance.
Chicago police report three men wounded in a neighborhood feud with two in critical condition. Victims identified as Juan Munez 36 Peter Cortez 35 and Sam Milla 27 were found after street fighting between rival groups. A passerby located the injured men.
Dorothy Kilgallen recalls eccentric sartorial stories from history and entertainment. Napoleon ordered ermine gloves. Disraeli carried two canes. George M. Cohan kept five white handkerchiefs. Chopin wore whiskers on one side. Billy Eckstine owned a pure white tuxedo. and more.
Glenville invites the public to a Thursday recital at Glenville State College auditorium featuring Dr. Patrick W. Gainer, assistant professor of English at West Virginia University and folk song collector, with the college summer chorus conducted by Prof. Harold Orendorff.
State police at Spencer seek the identity of a man in his fifties who died of a heart attack on a physician's examining table. Trooper Fred Patton said the man, said to have come from Tennessee and en route to New York, died before giving his name.
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