Wages Hikes Supporters Rally in Rail Strike Push
Hughes said the faction's 25,000 members will press wage demands with per day increases. A Tokyo earthquake triggered damage across northern Japan on a 100 mile front. Bermuda-US rescue teams aided the freighter Witchwood after running aground near rocks offshore. Jamaica buried by a western Colombia landslide. In Saigon Indochina explosions shook the capital with no immediate casualties. Charleston state beer sales controls deemed illegal. Lloyd G Wheeler of Huntington died after his car plunged 75 feet off a embankment near Kenova. In Detroit the CIO United Auto Workers rejected a Chrysler contract offer similar to Ford and General Motors settlements.
City targets taxes on locals and out-of-town retailers
City officials announced a tax enforcement drive focusing on professional tax and city licenses for out-of-town retailers and drivers licenses. Starting Monday Aug. 15, checks will be issued, with warnings for first offenses and prosecutions for repeated offenses.
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Passage From Hurricane Connie Hits Atlantic Coast
Hurricane Connie battered North Carolina and New York City causing widespread flooding. Evacuations occurred along the Pamlico and Neuse rivers while Morehead City reported lines down and rail slowed. Diane, the season’s fourth storm, threatened to strengthen to hurricane force near Bermuda.
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Calico Queen Contest At Tyler County Fair Names New Entries
The Tyler County Fair announces three new entrants for the Calico Queen title. A total of 17 county girls compete for the 1955 queen, with voting closing Friday August 19. Candidates Evelyn Knotts Sue Gabbert and Annette Kunst gain support from local clubs and churches as tickets sold at 100 votes each determine the winner and potential extra tickets.
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West Virginia fishing, politics, crimes and tremor brief
A patchwork of brief reports includes West Virginia fishing conditions worsened by recent rains, a shortage of officials in high school sports due to criticism, a Santa Fe tremor with no injuries, and the death of ambassador Peurifoy in a road accident near Huahin. Other notes cover Dr McCoy’s disappearance, Chicago stockyards aroma, Adenauer’s Moscow visit, the Ohio explosion toll, and Jefferson County harness raceway opinion petitions.
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Scholastic Athletics Board of Appeals
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Ares
Charles Town
Jefferson County
Polio Epidemic Grows Across Massachusetts
The Massachusetts polio outbreak expanded into outlying communities as 68 new cases were reported on Thursday, bringing total cases to 1,123. Boston hospitals were crowded with victims and officials urged more nurses to manage the epidemic nationwide impact and urgency.
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State Chamber Urges Overhaul of Archaic County Governments
West Virginia lawmakers were urged by the state Chamber of Commerce to overhaul county government as archaic and costly. A survey cited a 60 percent rise in county costs over the past fiscal year against a 14 percent rise in the cost of living, with costs doubling over the past decade. The report notes high levies, reduced requirements for public safety and administration, and a $1,250,000 increase to $13,981,000 in fiscal 1955, highlighting Mason and Pleasants counties with almost 300 percent rises.
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State Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Mason and Pleasants
Connie May Passes Bringing Rain and Cooler Weather
As Connie moves toward the New England States, the Tri County area faces cooler temperatures and scattered showers. Yesterday’s high reached 81 with a low of 68, and today’s forecast calls for 76 to 85 with evening lows in the 60s.
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Miss Anita Shahan Leads North-South Festival Parade
Tonight in Charleston Miss Anita Jean Shahan of Miss Grafton Sentinel heads the second event of the 22nd North-South football classic festivities. The parade features 22 newspaper-hosted young women, 27 floats, and 15 bands, followed by prep for Saturday's Laidley Field game as teams fine tune in warmups.
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Mist Grafton Sentinel
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Freed Yankees Return To U S Head For Home
At Travis Air Force Base California two B 29 crew members from a 24 year Red Chinese prison sentence return to U S soil. Col Arnold led the group with other airmen and officers arriving from Hawaii to reunite with families. Arnold plans immediate Alabama trip for a reunion while Schmidt avoids discussing his case with his wife.
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West Virginia Weather Outlook From United Press
United Press reports a five day forecast for West Virginia with temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above normal. Expect a warm weekend, cooler Monday, and warmer again Wednesday. Showers Monday and Wednesday total a third inch or less.
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Red China Observer Admitted to UN Atomic Sessions
Tu Shang Wang a Peiping metallurgist entered the United Nations atoms for peace conference in Geneva as an observer using credentials from the World Federation of Scientific Workers a Communist front He arrived from Peiping via Moscow and was admitted to highly technical sessions marking the first Red Chinese participation at a U N meeting in Geneva
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Plane Disaster Kills 66 in Edelweiler Collision
U S Army searchlights and flares recovered the bodies of 66 servicemen after two C119 Flying Boxcar aircraft collided in bright sunshine near Edelweiler Germany. Airmen and 55 soldiers were identified only after relatives in the United States were notified. Parachutes were on all men but none deployed.
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Socarras Offers Talks With Batista To Seek Cuba Peace
Havana Cuba former president Carlos Pino Socarras said on his return from exile he is willing to meet with Fulgencio Batista to pursue peace in Cuba. Socarras arrived in Isami Florida after more than three years in exile, deposed March 10 1952 by an army coup headed by Batista who later became president.
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President Signs Bills Into Law After Long Session
In Washington President Eisenhower planned to sign 55 remaining bills before leaving the White House desk as Congress concluded. He had signed 56 bills Thursday Morgantown reports AFL Plumbers at West Virginia University Medical Center returned to work ending a week long strike over foreman count at the site.
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West Virginia University Medical Center
New York Hit By Heavy Rains And Storm Floods
A massive storm front pounding Metropolitan New York with the year's heaviest rains flooded homes and highways and washed out rail lines. At least four deaths were reported as gale winds up to 50 miles per hour were forecast for Long Island tonight by the weather bureau.
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Strike Ends Dayton Newspaper Lockout After New Contract
A brief strike in Dayton Ohio halted publication of the Journal Herald and the Daily News. The stoppage ended today with Local 15 International Stereotypers and Electro Typers of America securing a new contract.
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