Addition at Hopemont Sanitarium to Proceed Despite Steel Shortage
Joseph Burdette, president of the State Board of Control, announced that steel shortages will not delay the Hopemont Tubercular Sanitarium addition near Terra Alta. The project, costing about 1.5 million dollars, will proceed with 1.35 million for construction and the rest for miscellaneous and contingencies. Plans call for brick wings adding 125 to 180 rooms with modern equipment, elevators, and updated hospital facilities, and bids are set to be awarded after competitive bidding.
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Hopemont Tubercular Sanitarium
Joueph Burdette
State Board of Control
Charleston
Hopemont Sanitarium
Terra Alta
Mr. Burdette
Bi Board
Many To Attend B. and O. Picnic at Terra Alta
A large crowd is expected at Terra Alta on Saturday August 12 for the Baltimore and Ohio Veterans annual picnic at Community Park. Special trains will run for the occasion and the Maintenance of Way Contest will start at 2 00 p m featuring tasks such as adding trackmen cross tie men and spike driving with prizes for the youngest and oldest attendees.
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Terra Alta
Baltimore and Ohio
Square dance with Laffey calling and church dinner
A square dance will feature Mike Laffey calling the figures and a hillbilly orchestra. Ladies from the U B church will serve a dinner to attendees.
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Mike Laffey
Ladies of the
U. B. Church
Rosco starts street repair with new maintenance unit
City manager Harry Carr says a Rosco maintenance unit will repair streets next week using bituminous patches. The machine was bought from Rosco Co of Minneapolis for about 1700 dollars. A second-hand concrete mixer from Harman Brothers of Blueville will join the effort next week for use with the new unit.
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Rosco
Harry Carr
Rosco Company
Minneapolis
Curry
Harman Brothers
Blueville
Errol Flynn Learns Where Kansas Is During Visit
Kansas City report says actor Errol Flynn and actress Patricia Wymore visited relatives and toured sites near a new oil well. Flynn quipped that oil ruined the corn and confessed he previously had no idea where Kansas was. The pair departed with tickets later found in Salina.
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Kansas City
Errol Flynn
Kansas
Flynn
Patricia Wymore
AL Wyfield
Etaoia
Kangas
Salina
War forecast by Burmese astrologer predicts Allied victory
Burmese astrologer Saya Ohn Thin predicts America and Britain will wage war on Russia by mid September, with an eleven month conflict ending in Anglo American victory. He says Communist progress continues until January 21, 1961, after which gains may shift. Cincinnati coach Gius Mancuso holds a World Series catching record set in 1936.
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Rangoon
Saya Ohn Thin
America
Britain
Russia
Ohn Thin
Cincinnati
Gius Mancuso
Gus
Personal Income Taxes To Rise Three Billion Dollars
Washington reports both parties back a Senate Finance Committee plan to raise personal income taxes by three billion dollars. The proposal would lift withholding on wages from 15 to 18 percent starting October 1, affecting about one quarter of this year’s income and yielding roughly 700 million this year plus three billion annually from 1951 onward. Exemptions of six hundred dollars per person and married couple splitting rules remain unchanged.
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Washington
Sam
Senate Finance Committee
Voost
Walter George
Eugene Millikin
Truman
Treasury
You Have Seen Him We Will Tell You Who He Is
A Clarksburg man D G Dragoo age 23 from Clarksburg recently moved to Grafton to work for Welfare Finance Corpora. He plans to live within 10 miles of Grafton city limits. Dragoo, a Fairmont State College music student and former trombone player, is married to Betty White and has a daughter Donna Gene. He enjoys fishing and civic activities and is a member of the Clarksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Moose. He is employed in Grafton and previously worked in Clarksburg. He owns a car and comments on his daughter’s early words.
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Washington Irving
Clarksburg
Fairmont State [College
Grafton
Betty White
U Town
Pennsylvania
Donna Gene
Dragoo
D. G. Dragoo
Welfare Finance Corpora
Gafton
Mr. Drago
Thea
Eagles
Moose
Anti-Red Bill With Teeth Gains Bipartisan Support
Senators Mundt Ferguson and Pat McCarran line up with a Democratic colleague to sponsor a broad internal security bill. It requires registration of Communists, bans Red party members from government jobs, and denies them passports. Administration leaders plan their own measure, arguing McCarran’s bill diverges from the president’s wishes.
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Washington
Karl Mundt
Homer Ferguson
Pat McCarran
Nevada
McCarran
Truman
Congress
Mundt
Ferguson
Contempt Citations Ordered as House Probes Links to Communism
The House votes contempt citations against witnesses who defied the committee. Julius Finspak and Steve Nelson were cited first, with Philip Bart of The Daily Worker to be called. Penalties include up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine.
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House
Congress
Tel House Un-Americiin’ Activities Committee
Communist Party
Julius Finspak
Steve Nelson
Lst
Philip Bart
The
Daily’ Worker
Early frost risk haunts livestock product prospects
Washington reports that current feed grain production looks favorable for livestock but warns an early frost could significantly alter the outlook for meats dairy and poultry prices and supplies. Jack Frost may yet influence next year's market conditions and costs.
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Washington
Jack Frost
Agriculture Department
Department
Israel Cow Stav It Sets Milk Output Record
In Tel Aviv a 17 year old Israeli cow named Stav It is credited by the ministry of agriculture with a new milk output record, surpassing 100,000 quarts. The former lifetime record was 50,000 quarts. Stav It traces lineage to a Damascus cow and a Dutch bull.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Middle E
Minis Agriculture
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