Two Day Park Blitz Plans Set For Huge Elk River Park
Kanawha Valley gears up for a dawn start on a two day blitz transforming 825 acres of woodlands near Karawha Airport into a public park. The project includes two artificial lakes roads a ball diamond a dance pavilion picnic areas and playgrounds. Operation Coonskin coordinates donations and sponsorships from The Gazette West Virginia Inc and local business groups with support from utilities and contractors. Spectators planned to arrive by special trains buses and with public transport provided. parking discouraged in park grounds.
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Neil P. Boggs
the Gazette
Kanawha Valley
Charleston
Elk River
Karnawha
Coonskin
The
Gazette
of West Virginia, Inc
Ee County
Virginia Contractors Assoc
Charleston Building Contractors Assoc
Greystone
Richeon Tractor Co
Allis- Chalmers Corp
Gar Wood Snands
Kanawa
Kanawha Airport
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Charleston Transit Co
Capitol Transit Co
Ceenekin” Planning Committee
Gelder Will Head 1950 Chest Drive
John T Gelder Jr was named executive committee head and Red Feather campaign chairman for 1950s Community Chest in Charleston area. He urged a sped up campaign with many trained volunteers to boost support for services aiding children families health and youth, noting benefits to all in the community and planning a short, tightly organized drive.
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John T. Gelder, Jr
Community Chest
Red Feather
G. H Sears
Gelder
Charleston
Inside Today 7 Hearn op 13 Eden Payoff
Fragmented OCR text records a mix of page notation and sports segments. It notes names Hearn Eden Parsons and Dorothy Dix alongside a “Payoff” and a sports section titled Béiorias & Fix In Your 3, but lacks coherent events or outcomes.
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Hearn
Parsons
Radin Ve
Society
Dorothy Dix
Flood Death Toll Rises in West Virginia Disaster
West Union region reports 29 dead and three missing as flash floods crest across six counties. State police confirm 25 bodies recovered with fears the toll may reach 32. Weston suffers severe inundation, millions in damage, and widespread evacuations. Airy response by Red Cross and Truman administration pledges aid.
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West Union
West Virginia
Fam
E. E. Stout
Hitory
Weston
Lewis County
West Fork
Husband Helpless as Wife and Children Are Washed Away
In Smithburg a flash flood swept Samuel Jat McKinney's wife and four children to their deaths as he watched from high ground. He described urging them to seek safety with relatives on higher ground while helping others evacuate. He and his father-in-law, R. W. Rothwell, sought safety with a friend on elevated ground as water rose rapidly.
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Samuel Jat McKinney
Columbian Carbon Co. Empiore
Smithburg
Samuel D. McKinney Smithburg
Highground
R. W. Rothwell
Rothwell House
Korean Reds Repulsed In Seoul After Invasion
President Truman took charge of Far East aid to Korea and condemned the Red invasion as a lawless act. Acheson told Congress the situation is gravest today, while a Korean spokesman reported a Communist spearhead thrust near Seoul and that U S backed forces held. The war evacuation plan and refugee capital near Suva were noted as U S advisory Muccio planned to move South Korean government operations.
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Washington
Truman
U. S
Far East
South Korea
Acheson
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Jim
Korea
Senate
Wherry
R-Neb
Defense
Jonson
J Soon
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ling
Asia
Tokyo
Seoul
Sou Korea
U.S
Smal
Market Reels as Korea Ties Stocks to War News
Trading surged amid Korea developments as prices swung widely. The Dow Jones industrial index fell sharply, rail averages slumped, and total shares traded set a new daily record driven by wartime fears.
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AW York
Korea
Ket
United States May Be Asked To Enforce War End
Lake Success June 25 The United States expected to push for strong UN sanctions on North Korea defying the Security Council. Americans prepared for tomorrow’s council meeting with Warren R Austin delegating Ernest Grass to State Department talks. The UN was updated on Korean advances signaling a potential rapid deterioration of the crisis.
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Lake Success
i/Pi
United States
North Korea
Washington
U. N
U. WN
LU. N
Security Council
Warren R. Austin
Ernest A .Grass
State Department
Horra
Storm blackouts hit Nitro and St. Albans in Kanawha Valley
A severe thunderstorm knocked out power to Nitro and nearby St. Albans, plunging towns into darkness for hours. A lightning strike damaged a chimney at West Virginia State College in Institute. Power service in Nitro was restored after about three hours and St. Albans by midnight.
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Asult
Habbing
Nitro
St. Albans
Kanawha
West Virginia Stale College
Institute
Appalachian Electric Power Ca
John W. Davis
WestVirginia State
Reds Attack U S Mission in Korea Under Fire
Defense officials report attacks on the U S military mission southwest of Seoul and on Kimpo airport as North Korean forces press the invasion. They warn that if northward and sea assaults join, about 6 000 South Korean troops could be isolated, with MacArthur directing American aid.
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Washington
INS
Defense Department
U.S
Seoul
Korea
Kimpo
Usman
Seo
U. S
Assam City
Tea
South
Far North Radio Project Dropped in Ottawa
Ottawa reports Defense Minister Brooke Claxton announced the abandonment of peaktime operation of the Loran chain in the Arctic. The project begun after World War II proved radar conditions weak, reducing the system’s value and cost estimates cited at about 50 million dollars.
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Ottawa
Lapadar
United States
Defense
Brooke Claxton
House of Commons
Arctic
Claxton
H. W. Herridze Sreinbich
Noves
U S Plans Immediate Air Aid to Korea
In Tokyo General MacArthur announced the immediate shipment of fighter planes and allied war equipment from Japan to Korea. Washington previewed large scale air support as the battle against Communist forces intensifies with South Korean troops and supplies readied for the front.
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Tokyo
HMSH
Japan
MacArthur
Korea
Washington
Charleston Skies alt Fam Noon Bom Tuesday
The fragmentary clipping mentions a Tuesday event with references to moon, temper and a page note. Named specifics are unreadable, but it indicates a society or weather related brief from Charleston. Unable to identify concrete people or organizations due to garbled OCR.
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