Ambridge Electrical Workers Strike In 50-Year First
In Ambridge Pa workers from R L Birtley and Co and AMBRIDGE area electricians walked out today demanding higher wages. The action marks the first strike in five decades at National Electric Products Corp and reflects wage pressure across the industry. In other notes, BECKLEY and CHARLESTON items reference local obituaries and property sale rulings affecting school board ownership and potential refunds.
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National Electric Products Corp
Grafton City Manager defends plan for growth
J Frank Wiseman, Grafton City Manager, states he must be free to act on his conscience and judgment with council and people’s support. He urges council approval of long range plans to boost the economy, expand industries, fix water facilities, and annex surrounding areas for fire, police, and sewer services.
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Grafton
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Charleston
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West Virginia Education Assn Meets in Buckhannon
About 200 county and local school officials gather for a two day leaders college under the West Virginia Education Association in Buckhannon as state education issues take center stage. The conference aims to address ongoing school problems and plan improvements across districts.
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Leaders College
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Taylor County Fair Opens Gates At Noon Tuesday
The Twelfth annual Taylor County Fair opens Tuesday at noon and runs through Saturday with judging for all exhibits except livestock and flowers starting at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Tuesday features sulky races, pony races, free acts, a Calico Queen coronation, a high school band, an old fiddler contest, and nightly free movies.
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Vision Of God And Human Need Key Requisites For Christ's Ministry
The Rev Ralph Burnette preacher of First Church of Christ began a five part series on The Minister of the New Testament Church He urged a twofold vision for entrants to the ministry God and human need He outlined four beliefs essential to ministry God Jesus Christ the Holy Spirit and the Church He described the minister as both God's man and a helper to individuals, preaching, guiding, and bearing hardships.
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Mercury Edging Up as Rain Looms In South
Weather forecast notes scattered thundershowers today tonight and Tuesday for the southern area. Highs range from 88 to 94 today with tonight's low 62 to 68. Tuesday will be cooler. Yesterday's high reached 91 and the low 60. At 11 am the temperature was 82. Rain totals are mentioned but details are unclear.
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Esterday
French Troops Destroy Nine Villages in Algiers Uprising
French forces struck nine Arab villages in the Algiers area as centers of violent nationalist unrest. Weekend clashes and massacres produced a death toll of at least 834, with villagers evacuated, including women and children.
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George J. Jones Named President of State Elks
Charleston West Virginia Elks Assn. elected George J. Jones of Wheeling as president at its 47th annual convention. The group planned the 1956 convention in Parkersburg. Vice president for the north was Bill Cramer of Parkersburg, central W H Crase of Morgantown, and south W D Morris of Huntington. Other officers included Frapke P. Tautar of Moundsville and Garnett Shipley of Martinsburg as secretary.
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LSU Cites Partial Air Conditioning Funds As Dead Issue
Louisiana State University students hovered over a heated issue as Acting Chairman C. F. Barham declared a $750,000 legislative appropriation for classroom air conditioning “a dead issue,” signaling no movement on the grant.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
C. F. Barham
Stroudsburg Struck by Flood Describes Aftermath
WVPO news director Bryden Taylor recounts the Stroudsburg East Stroudsburg disaster. Water, no power, no gas, and no drinking water devastated the town. Bodies lie at Clearview School awaiting identification as rescue crews assess a shattered area.
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United Press
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Grafton Fire Department Sets 7:30 PM Meeting
The Grafton Fire Department announced an important meeting for all members at 7:30 p.m. today. The gathering will be held at the Fire Station and AD members were urged to attend.
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Grafton Fire Department
President Eisenhower Plans East Trip Over Flood Crisis
President Eisenhower outlines a personal disaster survey and East Coast flood response. He cites a Red Cross telegraph from E Roland Herriman pledging aid and a 2 million allotment, urging support for flood relief and federal assistance directed to human needs.
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How 'Wrong' Can Army Be? mimeograph miscue noted
Pfc. Robert Steres of the Georgia Military District submitted a note in a suggestion box asking to correct the word mimeograph on a sign above the mimeograph room. A reply notifying him of a pass for his suggestion misspelled the word merneograph.
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Robert Steres
Georgia Military District
Three Die In State Traffic Wrecks
At least three people died in West Virginia over the weekend in traffic accidents. Elmore Helmick, 40, of West Milford perished when a car plunged from a 60 foot embankment in Monongahela National Forest. Charles L. Alderson, 56, of Richwood died when his car backed over a 60 foot embankment near Holcomb. William E. Tucker, 26, of Columbus, Ohio, was killed when his motorcycle skidded on gravel on a curve in Pt Pleasant.
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Richwood
Elmore Helmick
West Milford
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National Forest
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Holcomb
Alderson
William E. Tucker
Columbus
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