Grand County Jury Selections For September Term
Taylor County Circuit Court set to convene September 12 under Judge W Merle Watkins with 50 petit jurors drawn by commissioners. Names listed by districts include Paul W Lannon James A Knight Everett Scranage Samuel J Gerard Jr Troy Fitawater Brady Carroll Charles Dillon Arthur Ford Ilford Grafton Brown Hammond Jacobs Hubert Blake Mathew Henderson Arble Rogers Flemington Crouse Bailey Benda Spears Harmon Idoni Loury Saffel Crislip Proudfoot Howard Baugh Rutherford Westfall Hardman Turner Goff Wolfe Herman Robinson Knight Cline Nestor Cutright Breedlove and others. Grand juror names remain confidential until convening per local rule.
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Taylor County
W. Merle Watkins
Merle Bailey
Petft
Boothscreek
Paul W. Lannon
James A. Knight
Everett L. Scranage
Bridgeport
James L. Fletcher
Grafton
Lloyd D. Sayres
Court House
Samuel J. Gerard, Jr
Troy A. Fitawater
Simpson
Brady L. Carroll
Charles Dillion
Arthur Ford
Flemington
I Iford
Fast
Mal i Brown
Hammond
John Jacobs
Carl Hubert Blake
Milton Mathew
Independence
David C. Henderson
Robert Lee Arble
W. Boyd
Paul W. Rogers
Leonard Flemington
Jayhough E. Crouse
Rosemont
Milliard F. Bailey
Andrew Benda
Carl Spears
John K. Harmon
Nicholas E. Idoni
W. Main
John E. Loury
Walnut
Lloyd Saffel
W. Francis Epee Crislip
U.S. Rt
Chester Proudfoot
W. Wilford
Howard Richard Baugh
High
J. Carl Rutherford
Prospect St
James M. Westfall
Clyde E. Hardman
Love James T. Turner
Victor
Jesse E. Goff
Monroe
Guy V. Wolfe
Richard Herman Robinson
Global and U S news blur in mixed dispatches from 1950s era
A mosaic of brief items reports health figures in Boston, Chinese leaders summoned to Moscow, French wreck salvage, North Korean defectors, U S travel and industry news, maritime losses in Japan, Robeson passport denial, a Pennco strike, women’s employment records, Amos Alonzo Stagg’s 93rd birthday, and DC transit strikes.
Calico Queen Race Votes Burn Momentum At Taylor Fair
Taylor County fair voters tally 320000 votes for Calico Queen with 170 candidates entered. Funds from queen voting tickets raise 320 dollars at the County Agents office, each 10 cent ticket granting 100 votes. Queen will be chosen after Friday’s Pre Fair Horse Parade at 6730.
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Taylor County
Queen Committee
Walter Jordan
Queen
Jjordan
Davy Crockett Declared A Dude By City Library
CHICAGO The Chicago Public Library announced that Davy Crockett really was a dude. A display featured Crockett literature and a lithograph of him in Congress garb with a swallow tail coat. The print bore Crockett’s note claiming it the only correct likeness.
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Chicago
Chicago Public Library
Davy Crockett
Crockett
Davy
Congress
Army Push Toward Arctic Frontier To Build DEW Radar Net
Washington reports 3000 troops moving toward the Arctic coast to erect more than 50 radar stations and support sites for the DEW line. 117 ships carry supplies for Alaska Greenland bases as two task forces push along Canada’s northern coast, aiming to complete by late September before polar ice halts navigation.
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Washington
Arctic Frontier
High Arctic Coast
U.S
North America
Alaska
Greenland
Canada
Army
Point Barrow
Arctic
Baffin Island
Norfolk
Navy
Dew Line
Arctic Shorea
Sleepwalking Boy Caught Burglarizing Hamburger Stand
A 9 year old boy was caught by police burglarizing a hamburger stand in Oklahoma City. He claimed he was walking in his sleep and did not know his location until waking officers.
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Oklahoma City
Arlington Shrine to honor World War II Unknown Warrior
The Defense Department plans to bring home a World War II unidentified serviceman for burial at Arlington National Cemetery joining the Unknown Soldier of World War I. The choice will honor 16 million WWII service members and 360,000 dead, with selection from 8000 unidentified cases. Congress authorized the honoring in 1946.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Defense Department
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Adlington
Congress
Diane Heralded With Rain Guess
Dianne moves to East Coast today as West Virginia could see scattered showers tonight and on Wednesday. Cooling breezes at noon eased warming, with 11 am reading at 80 at the Blueville station. Downtown temps climbed. the high Monday reached 88 and the low last night 60.
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Dianne
West Virginia
Blueville
Train Lost In Subway Confuses NYC Passengers
New York City subway riders were jostled when a Transit Authority train accidentally switched to the wrong track on Monday and dropped passengers blocks from their intended stop, causing confusion for local residents and out-of-town travelers alike.
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New York
City Transit Authority
Manhattan
Oldest Sheriff Quits After 60 Years Service
Victoria Virginia reports Sheriff A B Shackleton aged 83 retires after six decades as Lunenburg County’s chief law officer making him the nation’s oldest serving sheriff.
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Victoria
A. B. Shackleton
Lunenberg County
Crosby son Philip Crosby Hurt in Auto Crash
Raymond Wash Bing Crosby’s 21 year old son 1 Pvt Philip Crosby reported improving from a fractured back after an auto accident Sunday. He is stationed at Ft Lewis Washington and is the son of a famous crooner.
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Raymond
Wash
Philip Crosby
Bing Crosby
Ft. Lewis
U S Firm First To Sell Reactor
Westinghouse Electric Corp has reportedly won the race to sell the world’s first free enterprise atomic reactor. Fiat of Italy has submitted a letter of intent to buy the reactor, with government approvals in Italy and the United States pending.
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Geneva
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Fiat Company
Italy
Westinghouse
U.S
U S to Seek New Atoms For Peace Conference
The United States, via Adm. Lewis L. Strauss, said President Eisenhower wants a second Atoms For Peace conference after the initial gathering. The aim is to continue international atomic cooperation, with a later convening date authorized. Separately, WHO urged a meeting of scientists and physicians to address risks of atomic radiation to future generations.
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Geneva
United States
Eisenhower
Ence
Adm
Lewis L. Strauss
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
American Club of Genera Dm
United Natins
U. N. World Health Organization
WHO
Atoms For Peace
Nova
Lewis FE. Straus
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Paul J. Ruegger
International
Red Cross
Frank
Bede Geenter
British Guard Warns IRA Stockpiling Arms
British police warned the outlawed Irish Republican Army was stockpiling arms for large scale future operations. Prime Minister Anthony Eden held a special cabinet session to discuss IRA strikes on army camps and a War Office statement ordered new special precautions. Army camps across Britain were placed on near war footing and security guards were posted at Parliament to guard against a reported plot.
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London
S Today
Ireland
Anthony Eden
IRA
War Office
Britain
Parliament
Sleep Talking Leads to Court Separation Bid
Adele Ferretti 32 filed for separation from Adelmo after years of sleeptalking. She heard him utter affection and another woman's name, then confronted him and took the case to court seeking separation for alleged faithfulness breach.
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Milan
Adele Ferretti
Adelmo
Enoch Arden Airman Seeks Custody After Divorce
Sacramento report says Airman Daniel C. Schmidt 24 will fight for custody of his two year old son Daniel. Una Schmidt 21 has remarried after Schmidt's Chinese prison period. Una's mother Mrs Walter Ferguson could testify for Schmidt’s side citing the child’s welfare and health.
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Sacramento
Daniel C. Schmidt
Howard P. Welch
Schmidt
Enoch Arden
Daniel
Una Schmidt
Walter Ferguson
Una
Dan
Welch
Goa Liberation Try Called Off
Police used tear gas and warning shots in Bombay as protests erupted after the deaths of 23 peaceful liberators attempting to march into Goa. The Goa frontier death toll rose to 29. Volunteers were told to return home as the liberation committee canceled the effort. A separate report notes a stolen Cobalt 60 radioactive source from the Atoms For Peace exhibit in Geneva, with police urging its return.
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Bombay
India
Portuguesse
Goa
Banda
Liberation Committee
Geneva
France
Hurricane Diane Forces Coastal Evacuations and Damage
The storm, 320 miles east-southeast of Charleston, drives 125 mile radius winds and four foot tides. Navy and Air Force craft retreat as hurricane warnings spread. North Carolina seawalls suffer damage while bases evacuate planes. forecaster Gordon Dunn says winds near hurricane force will extend 50 miles and linger as the storm weakens.
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Charleston
Diane
Adi Navy
Air Force
Navy
Bureau
Gornie i
Ives
Étron
Gunde
North Carolina
Gordon Dunn
Miami
Red China stalls on Yank release
Geneva reports indicate Red China continued to stall U S efforts to gain freedom for two Americans detained in Communist China. U S Ambassador Johnson said discussions involved linking the return of the Americans to China with broader issues of repatriation of Chinese students in the United States and recognition of Chinese responsibility for control over overseas students. The United States insisted on free return to mainland China any time they accept Communist rule.
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Geneva
Red China
United States
China
Wang Pin-nan
U.S
U. Alexis Johnson
Chingbé
Eight Ton Tractor Shovel Stolen in Jersey City
William Vic tor De Santis of Bayonne reports to police that his eight ton tractor shovel worth 7500 was stolen. Thieves allegedly loaded it onto a truck and hauled it away.
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Jersey City
Victor de Santis
Bayonne
W.J
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Stagg
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