West Virginia and nearby events report tragic and crime updates
The week brought drownings in Cheat River at Point Marion and a decomposed Kanawha River body identified as Walter Morgan. An 18 year old from Beckley was arrested for robbery and near fatal beating in Pike County. Floyd Morris of Stinson was found guilty of first degree murder and given a life sentence. Government red ink deepened July federal deficit by 2.617 billion. Officers discuss higher education study in Morgantown Charleston meeting September 10. Helicopters planned to aid stranded passengers near Cresco after floods. Public Service Commission to hear Cumberland & Gas rate increase August 24 for 16 583 customers. Cutter Laboratories polio vaccine report verdict anticipated.
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Beckley
John Cook
Pike County
Grantsville
Floyd Morris
Stinson
Calhoun County
Charleston
Kanawha River
Walter Morgan
Chesapeake
Public Service Commission
Cumberland &Gas Co
Pittsburgh
West
Large Baltimore & Ohio Picnic Draws 500 Plus
One of the region’s largest picnics for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad C T P workers is set for Saturday, August 27, at Eldora Park near Fairmont. Grafton and Fairmont shop committees organize meals, games, dancing, and awards with tickets, prizes, and entertainment from 1 p m to 9 30 p m.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Grafton
Fairmont
Sabarey
Eldora
H. C
R.G. Dotson
Monongah
B&o
G. Ed Powell
Als
Grafton and
Ed Powell
Grafton- Fairmont
al Clayton
C. W. Thrash
Joe Garcia
W. F. Vanzandt
J. Belt
Ray Grinnan
C.F. Bonner
E. Behan
R. E. Bennett
K. P. Thompson
W. R Gerkin
R. D. Collier
C. B. Welch
Okey
R. M. Reese
L. T. Mayhaffey
A. Urban
L. F. Carroll
Dence
C. R. Fletcher
J. Duncan
R. H. Shahan
W. R. Gerkin
G. G Tansill
W. C. Smith
H. E. Gerkin
VFW Sends Sapp to Capitol for Memorial Fund
Glenn Sapp a Taylor County delegate heads to Charleston the week of August 29 to seek a $2 000 state appropriation for the 1956 Grafton National Cemetery observance Memorial City Post 3081 voted to send him and to mobilize a large delegation from local representatives to meet with the state budget committee Also aimed to raise the May 30 observance appropriation from 1 000 to 2 000 due to high costs and the existing limit More than 1 000 personnel in 16 bands helped with this year’s parade County Fair gates will be manned by post members during Fair week and items of war souvenirs will be displayed in the VFW booth A 15 donation to the Camp Towles fund was authorized and next Thursday’s meeting was canceled to aid Fair activities.
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Glenn Sapp
Taylor County
Charleston
Grafton National Cemetery
Memorial City Post
Sapp
Capitol
Taylor County American Legion
Taylor County Board of Trade
VFW
Camp Towles
Post
Mystery Marks Attempted Shooting Of Industrial School Employee
Two unidentified men fired three shots at Ofie Williams, an employee at a West Virginia Industrial School, but he escaped harm. Police searched the Finley Farm area near Webster and B&O railroad tunnel after the 4 p.m. incident while authorities pursued two escapees previously linked to the school. Local and state police, aided by Mercer and Monroe County officers, followed leads but haltingly. Investigations continue to confirm identities and motives behind the violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Ofie Williams
Btate
Finley
Webster
B&o
Williams
Dee
Princeton
Mercer
Woods
Gaid
Toronto
Canada
John
Bluefield
Weekend Humidity and Heat Forecast Across Regions
The forecast calls for hot and humid weekend weather with highs near 88 on the east and 84 to 90 in the west. Scattered afternoon thundershowers expected, with fair skies tonight and lows around 65 to 70. A hot day yesterday reached 83 with a 65 low. At 11 am today the temperature was 80.
Masuyama Barber Shop Brawl Sparks TV Switch Fight
Police rushed to restore order after a free-for-all at Masuyama Barber Shop on Wednesday night when the television was switched from a baseball game to a boxing bout, triggering chaos among patrons.
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Tokyo
Masuyama
Pension suit grows as Mask Woodford ruling looms
The Grafton pension dispute involving Chief Mask Patrolman Woodford and retired Clarice Silman faces renewed attention after an Attorney General ruling. The trio seeks about 230.23 each for underpaid pensions dating to 1953 1954 while retirement law limits their rehiring age. A Taylor County Circuit Court case, with attorney Francis Warder, may resume in September as city officials await guidance on the hiring ban and pension eligibility.
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Joseph Mask
Hugh Woodford
City of
Grafton
Mask
Woodford
Clarice Silman
Taylor County
Francis Warder
Nem
W ‘Merle Watkins
Jerby
tHie
Court
J. Frank Wiseman
Mask and Woodford
Taylor County to Bar Centennial Gift from County Funds
Taylor County Court cannot use county funds to aid Grafton centennial observances, per Attorney General opinion sought by Prosecuting Attorney Richard Bord. The advisory notes tax burden on noncity residents and favors no cross-subdivision financing. A prior city refusal followed city attorney Guy Allendar’s counsel.
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Taylor County
Grafton
Richard B. Bord
Bord Arnold A. Bangert, Jr
Centennial Committee
Attorney General's Office
Bord
Guy Allendar
Air transport plane crashes into 6000 foot peak killing four
Hawthorne bulletin reports a twin engined air force transport slammed into a 6000 foot mountain top burning fiercely killing at least four airmen. Police across three states seek a daring bank robber who held up Warren National Bank in Tidioute and fled with 10000 in an abandoned car.
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Hawthorne
Air Force
Warren
Tidioute
Warren National Bank
Strike Looms At Huntington Coca Cola Plant
About 500 CIO Coke and Chemical Workers Local members were to walk out at midnight in a strike against Standard Ultramarine and Color Co. in Huntington. Local union leaders say the action aims to press wage and working conditions demands as the plant negotiates with management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
CIO Coke and Chemical Workers Local
Standard
Ultramarine and Color Co
Communists Agree To Face To Face Talks On Shooting
Washington Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson ordered the Army Navy and Air Force to train immediately under the new Military Code of Conduct to gain broad public support and enlist help from government departments and civic groups. In Korea Communists agreed to an urgent face to face UN request to discuss the return of two American Air Force officers shot down last week with a Sunday meeting set as the earliest time they could arrange.
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Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Wilson
Industry
Labor and
Agriculture
Eisenhower
Munsan
Korea
United Nations Military Command
U. S. Air Force
Harlam C Parks
U. N
Reds
Snake Steals Chicken From French Farm
In Limoges France farmer Roberto Vincenzotto heard a commotion and rushed outside to see a 15 foot boa constrictor escape with a five pound chicken.
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Limoges
France
Roberto Vincenzotto
California Freeways Declared Safest Highways
Gov. Goodwin Knight asserts California freeways are the safest in the world citing a 1.92 fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles. He contrasts with a 2.43 rate on a New York Thruway section and notes three straight years of fatality reductions amid rising traffic. California freeways average 45,194 vehicles daily.
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Sacramento
Calif
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Knight
New York State
New York
Westinghouse to buy Elyria furnace firm
A formal contract was being prepared for the purchase of the C. A. Ol ser Mf. Co. of Elyria Ohio by Westinghouse Electric Corp. The Ohio company makes residential furnaces and is to be acquired in a negotiated deal. The news item notes the contract’s preparation stage and the involved firms.
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Pittsburgh
C. A. Olser Mf. Co
Elyria
Ohio
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Floods from Diane Hit Eastern Pennsylvnia Region
Heavy rains from the hurricane caused major flooding across eastern Pennsylvania and nearby areas. At least 14 deaths and three missing or drowned. two electrocuted by downed lines and four killed in traffic. Delaware and Lehigh Rivers reached record highs, with widespread power outages and river towns isolated. About 125 people evacuated. roads blocked but later opened as conditions eased.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Ate
Cahardtet
Potomac
Souxth
Burg
Moorefield
Romney
Here
Petersburg
Ridgeley
W. Va
Cumberland
Franklin
Martinsburg
U.S. Rt. 45
Weather Bureau
Diane
Gallagher Guilty of Murder in Korea Prison Camp
Sgt James C Gallagher 23 Brooklyn New York found guilty by an eight member court martial of killing three fellow American POWs in Korea in 1951 and informing captors he collaborated. He faces up to life imprisonment with possibility of parole after ten years. In Dayton Ohio Sheriff Kelter stopped Charles Daily 23 Middletown attempting to burn his way out of county jail with a lead pencil blow torch.
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New York
James C. Gallagher
Korea
Brooklyn
Dayton
Ohio
Bernard L. Kelter
Charles Daily
Middletown
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Point Marion
Virginia McLaughlin Biles
Marion
Cheat River
Well
Transit
Mellon Institute
Treasury
Morgantown
Citizens Advisory Committee
Fort Meade
Cresco
Chicago
Richard Carpenter
Cutter Laboratories
Davy Crocketts
Mystery Marks
Monroe County
Alexandria
International
Atty. General's
Bulletin
Inci
Ark
Frisco Railroad
Frisco
William Richards
Seap
Memphis
Tenn
Carolina
Carol
Hazel
Acksonville
Sayoustimt
Edna
Wilmington-Myrtle Beach
North Carolina
Atlantic
Connie
Dawn of Airmen
Snake
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Moscow
Soviet Union
Konrad Adenjauer
Easton, Pa
Donato Romano
Easton
Sgt. Gallagher
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