Protests over wage hike delays spark streetcar strike fears
The article reports 13 people killed and 20 missing as protests flare over delayed wage increases for Dus and streetcar conductors. A separate note describes a deadly boating incident where a young sailor from Charleroi Pa. died after swimming in the Elk River near Whittaker Pills, with his body returned for burial. A rescue effort saved 39 others after six days of hardship amid volcanic eruptions near Nilahue.
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Rob- Es
Elk River
Whittaker Pills
Charleroi
State releases polio vaccine plan for 9 198 doses
Charleston health officials report 9 198 doses of Salk polio vaccine available to West Virginia. About 79 629 children in the 6 through 9 age group are eligible. 80 percent to private physicians for commercial use, remainder to public agencies for indigent children. Vaccination coordinated with NFIP and the Health Department. Public funds may be needed for indigent access. Some clinics delayed in Taylor County. private doctors volunteering to vaccinate free for the indigent if funded publicly.
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Charleston
N. H. Dyer
West Fomata
Dyer
Spont Fret By
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Washington
U.S. Health, Educa- Hon’ Ghd
Welfare Department
Pri Xs Speen
West Virginia
NFIP
Taylor County Court Sets Budget Levy For 1955 Fiscal Year
The Taylor County Court conducted its regular monthly session this morning and adjourned to resume at 9 am tomorrow to set the tentative budget and lay a tentative tax levy for the 1955 fiscal year.
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Taylor County Court
Christianity Is Christ Declared By Rev E E Suite At St John s
The Rev E E Suite preached at St John s Methodist church on the theme The Jesus of Experience citing Luke 9 56 that the Son of Man came to save not destroy. He affirmed Christianity is Christ and salvation for every man through Jesus birth death and resurrection.
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Jesus
H. E. Suite
St. John's Methodist Church
Jesus Christ
God
Congress Hopes To Close Today
Washington reports the Congress aimed to adjourn on the current session’s last day but persistent log jams and many bills still pending on mandatory lists continued to block swift adjournment.
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Congress
Washington
States To Decide Who Gets Serum Under New Plan
Washington reports 846000 doses of Salk polio vaccine will be released to states under a voluntary distribution plan. States may assign vaccine to public health bodies or private physicians with no federal strings. Priority per National Advisory Council favors ages five to nine. Congress debates funding for free vaccine without income limits. adjournment threatens action.
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Washington
Health, Education and Welfare Department
National Advisory Council
Congress
Senate
August Arrives Hurriedly With Heat and Humidity
The month began with typical August heat as highs reach 88 to 95 degrees and lows in the mid 60s to low 70s. Yesterday’s high was 90 with a 63 degree low. July was humid with a hottest day of 96 on July 22 and 3.71 inches of rain for the month, most on July 24.
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Mont
U S And Red China Open Talks In Geneva
Ambassadors from the United States and Red China meet in Geneva under secrecy to discuss Far East issues including the release of 40 American civilians and 11 airmen held on spy charges. The talks aim at Sino American negotiations while background tensions in Formosa and Red China’s quest for recognized status loom over proceedings.
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United States
Red China
India
V. K Acrishna
Menon
U.S
Formosa
China
America
Chiang Kai-Shek
Frank
John Foster Dulles
Red
Chou En-lai
Jourcey
Peiping
Washington
Jenkins Named Temporary City Patrolman in Grafton
Earnest C. Jenkins of Grafton is appointed temporary City Patrolman to cover A G Swisher's two week Army Reserve training at Fort Knox Kentucky. Jenkins, among four top Civil Service police exam applicants, may receive priority for permanent police work per Police Chief Joseph Mask.
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Earnest C. Jenkins
Grafton
A. G. Swisher
Fort Knox
Jenkins
Swisher
Joseph Mask
Mask
Tropical Storm Bangs Gulf Area
Two persons reported missing as tropical storm bang storms into gulf coastal areas with winds near 60 mph. The storm was forecast to hit eastern Louisiana near Pearl River and move northwest at about eight mph for the next 12 hours, with gales extending 50 to 100 miles east of the center.
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New Orleans
Gulf Coastal
Pearl River
Louisania
Mississippi
Social Leader Anna Belle Knight Cantees dies at 49
Mrs Anna Belle Knight Cantees a Wil lamson social and cultural leader for years died Sunday in a hospital after several months illness. Her husband William H Cantees is president of Williamson Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Red China free 11 U.S. airmen before Geneva talks
Red China announced the release of 11 United States airmen from jail as direct talks with the United States and Taiwan begin in Geneva. The men, crew of a B29 shot down late in the Korean War, are expected to reach Hong Kong by Aug. 4 after a court decision to grant leniency. The move was timed to influence the Geneva talks and may indicate swift repatriation. The 11 are listed with ranks and hometowns, including Maj. William H. Baumer of Lewistown Pennsylvania and Capt. Eugene J. Vandi of Clayton North Carolina.
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Red China
United States
Geneva
Wang Ping Nan
Hong Kong
Supreme People's Court of China
China
Peiping
London
United 81
Red
Free World
William H. Baumer
Lewisburg
Almman le
Steve R. Kiba
Aktor
Ohio
Ze John W. Thompson
Orange
Eugene J. Vandi
Clayton
John K. Arnold, Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Wallace L. Brown
John W. Buck
Armathwaite Tenn
Harry M. Benjamin, Jr
Worthington
Minn
Howard W. Brown
St. Paul
Elmer F. Llewellyn
Missoula
Mont
Daniel C. Schmidt
Boise
Idaho
Supreme People’s Court
Edwin L. Heller
Wynnewood
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Neb
Lyle W. Cameron
Lincoln
Harold E. Fischer
Swea City
Towa
President and leaders hail released U S airmen news
President Eisenhower and top aides welcomed the release of 11 U.S. airmen held in Communist China or involved in the long Geneva talks. Senators including Bourke Hick and Wayne Morse praised the move as a step toward broader goodwill and broader American prisoners’ release.
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U. S
Bourke B. Hick
Iowa
Wayne Morse
DéOre
Foreign Relations ‘Committee
Geneva
John W. Bricker
Ohio
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