Emergency bucket brigade assists Newton as tank runs dry
In Newton New Jersey area a heat wave drained a 1,000 gallon storage tank prompting an emergency bucket brigade to supply water for 14 hours. The event follows resignation of Harold E Talbott as secretary on Monday. The report notes broader Soviet and German talks and visits involving Paris, Moscow and Washington, with no shortages reported in New York.
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Newton
Rocky Mountain New
Dan
Harold E. ‘Talbott
Taylor County Reschedules Second Salk Shots for 685 Children
Taylor County health officials announced five Salk polio vaccine clinics for 685 children who had first shots last spring. Two clinics on Aug 9 and three on Aug 11 will be held at East End, Thornton Blueville Knottsville Mt. Airy, Pruntytown, West Side, Flemington, Grafton, and Rosemont with transportation arranged by the county.
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Taylor County
Charles Cather
Medical Society
K. H. Trippett
N. H. Dyer
Cather
Dyer
State Department
East End
James F
Haymond
Thornton
Blueville
Knottsville
Robert’ Alford
Mt. Airy
Weston
Hospital
Pruntytown School
Henry
Hepzibah
Rock- J McKinley
Guobéster
Onion
Garrison
Lucrentia
First Ward
Ronald Knotts
China charges Beijing meddling aimed at U S recognition
Washington accuses Red China of using Chinese students in the United States to sway U S recognition, calling the effort sinister and an attempt to influence diplomacy.
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Washington
China
Red China
U.S
Heat No Bar To Wanderer Heat No Bar To Wanderer
Hot weather drives a 55 year old woman and four dogs from Miami through Gore to Thornton then toward Tapenton. Officers found the group in a Thornton yard with a dead dog beside pups in a heat riven scene. The woman, carrying $24, said she would leave the county today and had promised to move on. County observers tracked her route as truckers recalled sightings along the highway.
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Florida
Ohio
Thornton
Tapenton
Church Yard
Thornton School
Miami
Gore
NFIP Has Say-So On Use Of Serum
State Health Director N H Dyer said he discussed the situation with Dr Trippett and the program should be resumed. He urged NFIP to consider a brief delay in returning unused vaccine from Taylor County due to surrounding confusion, noting Taylor was the only county with delayed second shots and that unused vaccine must be returned to Charleston by August 5 for redistribution. Parents, not any single group, should decide whether children receive shots.
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Charleston
United Press
State Health
N. H. Dyer
Trippett
Dyer
NFIP
Taylor County
National Foundation For
West Virginia streams run low and clear for weekend anglers
Weekend anglers will find streams low and clear throughout almost all West Virginia, according to state weather observers. The notice cautions river levels may affect fishing success but promises favorable conditions for early morning catches.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Happy homecoming turns sour for freed airman Schmidt
Tachikawa Japan The bottom drops out of Airman 2 C Schmidt homecoming after word his wife, now Mrs Una Fine of Cisco Grove California, has married another man while he was captive in Red China. Air Force and Red Cross handled news before his arrival and he rushes to call his wife as others undergo medical checks.
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Schmidt
Tachikawa
Japan
Daniel C. Schmidt
U.S
Red
China
Air Force
Dea
Plage
Clark
Grafton Faces Water Shortage as Demand Rises
Grafton warns of a worsening water shortage amid extreme heat with the 100 million gallon reservoir dropping about 10 inches daily. Raymond Shingleton urges conservation, noting the level is nine feet and could become dangerous below seven feet. The pumping station runs 24 hours and untreated supply is available at the outlet for public use.
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Grafton
Raymond Shingleton
Shingleton
GOC Gets Alert For Skytrain Test In West Virginia
Ground Observer Corps posts in West Virginia will join non alert Sunday with other parts of the East in testing their efficiency in locating and reporting planes. State GOC coordinator Maj. Warrent Lenhart said Air Force bombers are scheduled to simulate an enemy attack as part of Operation Skytrain No. 6. The monthly exercise also tests radar stations.
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Charleston
West Virginia
GOC
Maj
Warrent T. Lenhart
This Gal Moves House With Car
In Rockland Maine a car driven by Mrs Blanche Merriam of Rockport ran a red light, sideswiped two cars, and rammed a house, moving it two inches off its foundation. She said she stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake at the bend.
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Rockland
Blanche Merriam
Rockport
Jobs and Cool New York Opportunities Abroad
State employment service notes open positions for construction engineers in Iceland Greenland and Labrador. Readings show temperatures 45 to 50 degrees on Thursday as part of the job listing outreach.
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New York
State
Iceland
Greenand
Labrador
Clarksburg Wins Region 2 Title in Babe Ruth Playoffs
Clarksburg West Virginia cruised past Fredrick Maryland 12 to 1 to capture the Region 2 championship and advance toward the national Babe Ruth League baseball finals in Texas. The victory signals a strong bid as Clarksburg eyes the national tournament.
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Fredrick
Clarksburg
W.va
Texas
Paula Klepfel First To Enter For Calico Queen
Paula June Klepfel, 16, was named the Calico Queen candidate for the 1955 Taylor County Fair. She was selected by Pruntytown Homemaker's Club at a meeting led by Mrs Beulah Whitescarver. The committee also plans a Linn Chapel picnic on August 12 and named Virginia Larue chair of the Calico Queen Committee.
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Paula June Klepfel
Walter Jordan
Pruntytown Homemaker's Club
Ats Club
Beulah Whitescarver
Methodist Church
Linn Chapel
Virginia Larue
Edna Cooper
Anne Whitescarver
Klepfel
Paul D. Klepfel
Grafton-Fairmont Road
Grafton
4-H
Order of the Rainbow For Girls
Boots and Saddle Club
Harmony Grove Baptist Church
Grafton High School
Taylor County Fair Association
Bulganin signals openness to Ike plan at Geneva session
In a two day session Bulganin said the Soviet Union would examine President Eisenhower's proposal on mutual military information and aerial reconnaissance with seriousness though he called it unworkable. He denied reports of a flat refusal and invited all heads of diplomatic missions to Se menovka for a country day, a first for Soviet leaders.
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Nikolai Bulganin
Supreme Soviet
Eisenhower
Russi
Can
Bulganin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Geneva
Semenovka
E!sennower
Medal of Free Com
Robert B. Anderson
White House
Anderson
Ofense
West Virginia 5-Day Forecast from United Press
Temperatures will run near normal in the north and 3 to 6 degrees above normal in the south. Cooler Sunday, warmer Monday and Tuesday. Scattered thunder showers likely statewide Saturday and Wednesday. Total precipitation expected between one quarter and one half inch.
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West Virginia
North Portion
South Portion
Flaming airliner crash leaves 30 dead near homes
A Convair airliner crashed during emergency landing at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri killing 30 people. The plane lost a wing and fell into a ravine near Army housing after flying from Springfield to Tulsa then to New York. Civil Aeronautics Authority investigators and airline officials sifted the wreckage as bodies were recovered.
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Fort Leonard Wood
Civil Aeronautics Authority
R. D. Sinex
Army Public Information Officer
Hugh C. Barron
Macon
Barron
Sinex
Ex Jurist Dies Fayetteville
Former Fayette County Circuit Judge J. W. Bary, 80, died at his home here Thursday from complications after a fall suffered months earlier.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
J. W. Bary
Tropical Storm Gains Intensity Near Antigua
A tropical storm in the Atlantic strengthened toward hurricane force with winds near 125 mph. The Miami Weather Bureau placed it on a west-northwest track about 325 miles northeast of Antigua, while warnings were issued for the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico for possible hurricane advisories later today.
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Miami
Atlantic
Miami Weather Bureau
Antigua
Atlantic Seaboard
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Censors Block EM El Tiempo Closure Reports in Colombia
The government censored outgoing press cables today over the shut down of the liberal opposition newspaper El Tiempo in Bogota. Officials restricted coverage and halted transmissions detailing the closure and its implications for media freedom in Colombia.
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Bogota
Colombia
EL Tiempo
Ike Offers United Disarmament Plan to Soviet Union
President Eisenhower disclosed a proposal to merge American and Soviet disarmament plans. He signaled readiness to accept any fair system for inspections and blueprints exchange to prevent surprises, seeking a two-nation combined approach with Bulganin. Harold Stassen indicated a first-step approach toward a broader inspection framework.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
U. S
Soviet Union
Nikola Bulganin
Dent
Sians
Bulganin
Blanhower
Geneva
His
Uiite
Harold E. Stassen
Monticello man buys firehouse from market blaze
Morantz bid 48 000 on the 62 year old firehouse Tuesday as a small meat market fire across the street prompted quick action by Monticello firemen. The building sold for 51 000 after the alarm.
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Morantz
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