Weather summary from a cloudy weekend forecast
Cloudy with occasional rain and a high in the 60s. Tonight mostly cloudy with rain chances and a low around 50. Tuesday rain shifts to showers and warmer. Temperatures: yesterday high 73, low 48. today 68 at 11 am, reaching 82 later. Tygart Dam reported yesterday high 73, low 48.
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Grafton Taxi Strike Enters Third Day in City
Taxi drivers in Grafton, organized by a union, continue a third day shutdown over wage demands. Pickets march in front of Ellers taxi office with placards while negotiations remain unresolved. Residents face no local bus service and rely on walking as the strike persists.
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Ellers
East Main Street
Emery Ellers
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Celebration marks 18th anniversary of eight hour day
West Virginia coal miners paused work to honor Lewis Day marking the signing of a 1898 contract that established an eight hour day in the northern West Virginia fields and several other states. United Mine Workers President John Lewis is referenced in connection with the historic milestone.
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Officials warn motorists to remove illegal mufflers
State Trooper J N Liller City Police Chief Clyde DeBurr and Sheriff William Flanagan urge drivers to remove unauthorized mufflers in a Sentinel warning. Norman Fuhee 22 Clarksburg Virginia Brannon 21 Weston were arrested Sunday on Route 50 for excessive speeding. Terry McCue 20 Grafton was arrested Saturday on the same charge before Justice Ona C Jeffreys.
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Taylor County
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Big" Flanagan
Sentinel
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Clarksburg
Virginia M. Brannon
Weston
Liller
Terry McCue
Grafton
Ona C. Jeffreys
Major Gift Of Volumes Coming To Grafton Library
The Grafton Public Library in the city hall will receive $1,800 in basic reference books under the Federal Library Service Act. Mrs. Bertha Hodges and Miss Nettie Watkins selected titles from a 500-volume list, including Britannica sets, atlases, dictionaries, and science volumes, to be delivered next September. The library was chosen for its strong community services and nonprofit status.
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Grafton Municipal Building
West Virginia
Federal Library Service Act
Congress
Bertha Hodges
Grafton Mbraman
Hodges
Nettie Watkins
West Virginia Library Commission
Grafton
Encyclopedia Britannica
Lincoln Library of Essential Information
Post
Cassell
What Think Ye of Christ Sermon by Dr Frye
Dr John W Frye preached at the First Church of Christ on Sunday using What Think Ye of Christ from Matthew 22 42 as the theme He warned that thought guides success or failure and urged humility and obedience to Christ The sermon recalls Pilate and the Centurion affirming Jesus as Christ and ends with a note that it continued on Page Eight
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Jeremiah
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Christ
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Pilate
GOP Leaders Urge Patience On Patronage In West Virginia
West Virginia GOP leaders urged patience on patronage changes while aiming to replace Democratic officeholders with Republicans. Governor Underwood said legislative duties are over and progress will quicken in Charleston, with Hallanan and Bias noting salary limits and staffing goals for the Liquor Commission amid party shifts.
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Cecil H. Underwood
Republican Party
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State Liquor Commission
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Hallanan
Bias
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Liquor Commission
New Naval Chief Sworn In Today
Thomas S. Gates Jr. was sworn in as secretary of the Navy in a White House ceremony witnessed by President Eisenhower and Defense Department officials. Gates, formerly undersecretary, succeeds Charles Thomas who resigned.
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Thomas S. Gates Jr
Secretary of the Navy
White House
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Gates
Charles Thomas
Byrd Reports January Payroll Cost Reaches All-Time High
Senator Harry F Byrd of Virginia says the cost of meeting Uncle Sam payroll rose to an all time record in January as government outlays hit new highs.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
L-Va
Uncle Sam
Knights to Build $7 Million Bell Tower at Shrine
WATERBURY Conn Knights of Columbus plan a one million delay bell tower at the Immaculate Conception national shrine in Washington D C. Luke E Hart supreme knight announced Sunday night during ceremonies dedicating a bronze statue of Rev Michael J McGivney founder of the order. The tower and statue mark the Knights 75th anniversary. Father McGivney, a Waterbury native, founded the society in New Haven in 1882.
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National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Washington, D.C
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Fraternal Society
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Father McGivney
New Haven
Showdown on Suez test nears as Israel faces Nasser
United Press reports Israel plans to join a convoy to test free passage of the Suez Canal. Dutch delegation quotes high officials saying an Israeli flagged ship will sail soon, seize and crew arrest risk, seen as potentially warlike. Cairo signals Gulf tolls in dollars or pounds, with Egypt’s terms likely central to talks.
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Jerusalem
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
Nasser
State Department
Egypt
Cairo
Suez Canal Authority
Aig
U.S
Britain
Mahmoud Fawzi
U. S
Raymond Hare
United States
Weather record reports 11 and 90 degree highs
The US Weather Bureau noted a low of 11 degrees at Mt. Washington New Hampshire. A Sunday high reached 90 degrees at Blythe and El Centro California.
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Weather Bureau
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Blytheland el Centro
Calif
Angry teen killer massacres four family members in Missouri
In St Joseph Missouri a 15 year old Daniel Woolridge confessed to fatally shooting his father Ossie 57 his mother Nellie 45 brother Paul 6 and sister Dolores 11 with a 22 caliber rifle after his mother threw away his hunting knife. Doris 12 was critically wounded. He later went to a movie before surrendering.
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Man Caught In Own Trap In Grinnell
Sibley Iowa police chief Lester L Scott was fined six dollars in Grinnell after being caught by an electronic speed detector. He openly sells speed detectors on the side, highlighting an ironic double embarrassment.
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Iowa
Lester L. Scott
Grinnell
Scott
Senator Hints At Proceeding Against Beck Over Union Funds
Washington i Teamster President Dave Beck may face criminal prosecution after Senate Rackets Investigating Committee disclosures. McClellan urged reforms to protect union funds and ensure democratic procedures, citing alleged loans and misused funds totaling about 322000. He noted possible charges include use of the mails to defraud.
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James Carey
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Meet the Press
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Kidnapped U S Woman Found Slain In Iran
A chaotic report details the kidnapping and murder of Anita Carroll of Issaquah Washington. Bandits led by Dad Shah killed two Point Four officials and two Iranian assistants as pursuit continues near the Iran Pakistan border. The Iranian Shah honors the victim while search efforts press on amid heavy rains and rugged terrain.
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Leser Genes
Abani
Anita Carroll
Point Four
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U. S
Tran
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Baluchistan
Dad Shah
Carroll
Issaquah
Wash
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Shah
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Brewster
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