Marines Break 50 Mile Walk Record By Charleston Duo
Haught, 23, and Copy Boy Donald McClurg, 19, beat the Huntington Charleston course in 18 hours 10 minutes. They were clocked by Marine reservists and aimed to restore Marine prestige after previous finishers failed to complete the event.
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Lillian McClurg
Gazette
Donald McClurg
Huntington
James A Haught
U. S. Rt
Coal Mt
Charleston-to-Huntington
The
Navy
Miarainon
Haught
Donald AieClurg
U. S. Marine Corps
Staught
Juhanna Sebastian Bach
McClurg
Pvt
William Goodnite
William Brooks
South Charleston Reserve Station
Robert A. Corral
Corral
Corps
Charleston
Marshall College
Young McClurg
Aged Couple Kills 3 Cops In Gun Battle
Aged couple in Ocala Florida suspected of harboring an arsenal opened fire on deputies and the Ocala Police assistant chief, killing two sheriff's deputies and Asst. Chief M C Tuck after a lengthy gun battle. The couple, both over 70, were captured following tear gas and hundreds of shots. No charges filed yet.
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Ocala
Fla
Don McLeod
B. E. Lindley
Bob Wooten
Curtis Youngblood
Lindley
M. C. Tuck
Man Fined For Unlawful Ivy Destroying A River Creature
In Hounslow England May 28 Gerald Pocock faced a magistrate for destroying a wild animal on the River Crane. Pocock claimed the bird was in his line of fire as he shouted at a river rat. Magistrate B H Rockovan imposed a fine of about 8.14.
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Hounslow
Englind
Gerald Pocock
B. H. Rockovan
Pocock
Woman Calls Fire Department 51 Times in One Day
Mrs. George Kuyendall, 66, appeared in Municipal Court on disorderly conduct charges after calling Charleston Fire Department 51 times in a day. Judge Duffy Horan placed the matter on an open docket and noted her frail condition. Fire captain Devlin Rogers testified that Station 2 had to remove its telephone due to nonstop calls, some claiming house fires or mere conversation.
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George Kuyendall
Charleston
Horan
Virginia St. E
Rains and Winds Hit State Causing Wide Local Damage
A storm line moving from Ohio brought 50 mph winds and heavy rains across the Kanawha Valley. Power outages occurred in Miven County, a five minute storm caused flood damage in Cameron Marshall County, and Wheeling faced four foot walls of water flooding basements. The Kanawha Airport recorded 90 degrees as the line stretched toward Charleston with forecasts of further storms along its path.
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Charleston
Ohio
Kanawha Valley
Pt. Pleasant
Miven County
Cameron
Marshall County
Joseph Neubauer
Wheeling
Majorsville
Ares
Joseph Schwanenberger
Bank Hold Up Nets $12000 Key to East Liverpool Bank
Two masked men robbed the Goodard Bakery in Chester West Virginia stealing $12000 and a key to the First National Bank of East Liverpool Ohio. They escaped as East Liverpool police watched for suspects in a tri state pursuit. Teller J K Allison and manager Clarence Shenton were assaulted during the robbery.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Goodard
Chester
W. Va
First National Bank of
Clarence Shenton
J. K. Allison
Allison
Shenton
Reds Injure 21 In Berlin Riot
Thousands of chanting Communists clashed with West German police in Berlin injuring 17 officers and four civilians as they disrupted a meeting of former German Army officers. Police arrested 441 demonstrators as tear gas and water cannon suppressed the protest.
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Berlin
INS
West Gerlin
JOO
Panzerbaeren
Iside
Paris
Neues Deischland
Not Practicing Just Preaching Officials Ban Newsmen
A Washington public information director told government information officials at a luncheon that his title was Mum's not the word in government public relations. Newsmen were barred from the meeting.
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Washington
Leman
Commerce Department
Red Defeat Seen In Wooing Slavs
Belgrade May 28 An American ambassador clashed with Nikita Khrushchev at a Tito hosted reception signaling a potential Soviet diplomatic setback. James Riddleberger retorted to Khrushchev about positions of strength citing the Berlin blockade, while Khrushchev pressed for reconciliation with Tito.
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Belgrade
Russia
Communist Party
James Riddleberger
Nikita Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz Tito
Rietishchev
Aanenie
Ers
Khrushchev
Joseph McCarthy
Com
America
Mat
Beria
Lavrenti P. Beria
Washington
Tito
Kremlin
U. S
Khrushchev Started Heckling Riddleperger
United States
Riddleberger
Berlin
Stalin
Nikolai Bulganin
Anastas Mikoyan
Khrush‘chev
Bus Walkout Adding Little Air Rail Use
The Atlantic Greyhound strike has left Charleston travelers with few options as bus service remains stalled for two months. Airlines show little traffic gains from Kanawha Airport, while C&O Railway and Consolidated Bus Lines report modest shifts and regional boosts to Washington Huntington Roanoke and Bristol routes.
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Atlantic Greyhound Corp
Greyhound
Kanawha
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Charleston
Consolidated Bus Lines
Atlantic
Consolidated
Washington
Huntington
Roanoke
Bristol
Chesapeake and Ohio
Wiliam E. Weaver
Inside Today and Page Listings in The Gazetteer
A fragmented index page summarizing sections of The Gazetteer with page numbers for Inside Today Astrology Editors Column Obituaries Home Build Women’s Activities Community News The Gazetteer What’s Doing in W Va State Magazine Index and Want Ads Pages.
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Colum
the Gazetteer
W, Va
Gazette
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