Nation Opens Hearts To Flood Victims
Washington reports the defense department loaned France eight helicopters for humanitarian use. In Charleston West Virginia, the state motor carrier department said it arrested 48 violators in July. Grafton High School appoints Roy W. Walter as principal, replacing Earl J. Culp who resigned to Florida, with staff changes and new hires in the county system. Walter, a Grantsville High School alum and veteran educator, will lead Gratton High School with 20 years of experience. resignations and transfers are noted across Flemington, Thornton, and Rock Union schools.
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Taylor County
Grafton High
Grafton
Earl J. Culp
Florida
Board of Education
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Rohrbough
Walter
Grantsville High School
Calhoun County
Maple Run
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Fair
West Virginia University
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Tunnelton High School
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Newburg
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Louis Robison
Flemington
Wolfe Summit
Harrison County
Gail- Luzader
Maryland
Pauline Little
Rock Union
Elizabeth H. Stemple
Thornton School
Esther Faulkner
Arnold W. Boyce
Flemington High School
Doris C. Stout
Haymond
Plemington
Arah Burner
Wilma Evans
Grafton High School
Funds Pour In To Bolster Relief Across States
Flood relief pours in as four Southern states deny exploiting the northeast disaster. Government, Red Cross, unions and individuals mobilize aid. deaths reach 293 across eight states with $3 billion in damages.
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Rededtl
Iigg
Rival Coal Group Reaffirms Leader For UMW Support
The Poca jutaé Operators Association, a major southern soft coal group, accepts John L. Lewis for United Mine Workers leadership. Governor's Day activities drew a large crowd with over 60,000 attending the fair’s third day. In other notes, the Live: League World Series advances toward semi finals with teams including Morrisville and Delaware Township. Mary Copelin, wife of a Philadelphia attorney, sought Eisenhower's permission to kiss him at Independence Hall. Foreign Minister Remorini resigns. Cavagna named ambassador to replace him. Stocks made progress on a steady trading day in New York. Senator Wanger urged importers to keep 1954 levels or face quotas. The Public Service Commission schedules Aug 29 for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway’s request to discontinue daily passenger trains on Coal River and Big Coal subdivisions.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Coal River
No Smoke Allowed Means Steak, Too
In Pasadena a judge found Monte Levin guilty of violating smog rules after Inspector James H. Gilbert reported Levin created smoke by broiling eight steaks on a barbecue grill.
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Pasadena
Calif
Monte Levin
James H. Gilbert
Levin
Firecrackers U. K. If For The Birds
In Tallahassee a state agriculture regulation requires farmers purchasing firecrackers to file a sworn statement with the county sheriff. The document must declare the explosives will be used solely to scare crows or other destructive birds.
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Tallahassee
Fla
State
Agriculture Department
Police Tackle Forgotten Parking Tags in Bus Stop Zone
In Knoxville Tennessee police ripped up parking tickets placed on two cars that had sat in a bus stop zone for two days while the owners attended a police convention as delegates.
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Knoxville
Tenn.is
Attendance soars at Taylor County Fair opening night
Attendance at the Taylor County Fair opening night topped 2,000 with 1,274 paid admissions reported. 4-H day events include an Angus cattle show at 4 pm, harness racing at 7 pm, and a horse show at 8 pm.
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Sie
Part 5N Association
Hid ‘Bayre
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Andaid
Sayres
Weather update shows 78 degrees at 11 AM today
A local forecast says it will be a bit warmer on Friday with fair skies. Today's high was forecast at 80, and at 11 AM the thermometer read 78. Last night’s low was 50, while yesterday’s high reached 77.
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Mercury
No Shoes Alibi Fails To Click
Detroit defendant Edward Alexander, 20, faced the court after missing his trial due to his brother wearing the only pair of shoes. The judge dismissed the alibi and urged him to obtain footwear or risk further legal trouble.
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Detroit
Edward Alexander
William DeWitt Mitchell Dies at 80 in New York Home
Syosset New York William DeWitt Mitchell attorney general in Hoover cabinet died Wednesday at his home He was 80 Mitchell a Democrat previously served as solicitor general under Coolidge indicating a long federal career and party service
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Syosset
N. Y
William DeWitt Mitchell
Hoover
Mitchell
Coolidge
Engraver of U S Coat of Arms Dies in California
Funeral services were held today for Cary Leslieton Charlton a former engraver with the U S Bureau of Engraving and Printing who designed the United States coat of arms seal on $1 bills He died Tuesday in an Altadena rest home after retiring in 1919 He also engraved for stamps Treasury seals Liberty Bonds and other U S government artwork.
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Los Angeles
Ry Leslieton
Bhp
Beart
United States
Charlton
Altadena Rest
U. S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury
U.S
Mystery Marks Bride's Death In Philadelphia
Doris Silver Ostereicher 22, a Philadelphia socialite who eloped with a Miami motorcycle policeman two months ago, died at relatives’ home Wednesday night. Dr Samuel Manstein called from across the street said the death appeared natural but the exact cause was a mystery to me.
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Phildelphia
Doris Silver Ostereicher
Miami
Fla
Samuel Manstein
Dance Censor Stages Strip Dance Censor Stages Strip
James L. Leahy a 54 year old censor faced Municipal Court on lewd and indecent dancing charges involving burlesque dancer Lyan York. In court he climbed a table and pantomimed Miss Yorks act ending with a nude push up claiming she performed fully nude.
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Newark
N. J
James L. Leahy
Lyan York
Miss York
Leahy
State To Bar Group Payment Of Sales Tax
The state enforces a new amendment requiring separate payment of sales tax on each article or group bought at the same time. Effective July 1 the regulation ends pooling purchases across departments for one tax payment. It targets stores with small items and many cash registers, including eateries and taverns.
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Ar Sais
Tax Department
Max Bunn
Consumers Sales Tax Division
Manikins Melt In Torrid Detroit Heat
Detriot heat reached 100 degrees and triggered firefighting sprinklers in a clothing store. The soggy displays appeared drenched with perspiration after the incident.
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Detroit
Industrial Commission shuns flood relief race
The state Industrial and Publicity Commission on Wednesday declined to adopt a push to attract industries hit by the Northeast floods, choosing not to imitate other states' relief efforts.
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Charleston
State Industrial and Publicity Commission
It Was Cop Not A Cabbie In Richland County Jail Case
Sheriff deputy A B Price delivered a drunk to Richland County Jail after the man staggered to a patrol car and told him to take him home, calling him cabbie. The incident centers on the misapplied escort by a deputy.
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Columbia
8. C
A. B. Price
Richland County
Brooklyn DA pursues thief in $11000 jewelry heist
New York District Attorney Edward Silver of Brooklyn led the search for a thief who fled with $11,000 in jewelry from a Brooklyn home. It was Silver's own home. In Massachusetts, 87 year old George Walker summited Mount Greylock, 3 505 feet, for the first time at that age.
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New York
Edward Silver
Brooklyn
Silver
Lanesboro
Mass
George Walker
Mt. Greylock
Local Red Cross Flood Aid Begins With Donations
Two $50 checks reach the local chapter as the first aid for the national flood relief effort. Ronald Knotts reports a national appropriation of about $8 million with Taylor County allotted $300. Miss Ruby Bonafield notes a rapid appeal for funds and details about 1007 shelters, 12 000 homeless cared for, 260 disaster workers, 400 nurses, and 150 physicians volunteering. An initial $2 million figure was cited, possibly rising to $5 million, with about 8 000 families expected to seek assistance.
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Red Cross
Ronald Knotts
Taylor County
Ruby C. Bonafield
Mildred Keefer
Ada C. Keefer
Miss Bonafield
Ked Cross
National Red
Noisy cuspidors go on sale after council broadcasts
In Knoxville Tennessee brass cuspidors from the City Council chambers were put up for sale by order of Mayor George Dempster. He said the cuspidors are noisy during broadcasts of council proceedings and will be sold to reduce disruption.
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Knoxville
Tenn
George Dempster
Council Chamber
Communist Air Power Outnumbers Allies in Pacific
General Laurence Kuter, commander of the U.S. Air Force in the Pacific, told reporters that Communist air power still outnumbers Allied forces in the region. He spoke at a press conference aboard a U.S. air command post in Honolulu to warn of the ongoing air strength imbalance.
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Honolulu
Laurence
Kuter
U.S
Wr East Air Force
Pacific
Edith Winds Whirl From Tropics Toward Puerto Rico
Miami reports Edith, a small hurricane with winds near 80 mph, roaming northwestward in the Atlantic and expected to grow in size and intensity over the next 24 hours. Center undetermined by reconnaissance, but ships place it about 550 miles northeast of San Juan, moving west northwest at 15 mph. Gales extend up to 150 miles north and east, 75 miles south and west. A Gulf of Mexico disturbance was under investigation.
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Miami
Fla
Edith
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Miami Weather Bureau
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Gulf of Mexico
Operation Kid Lift Reaches Phase Three In Pa
Stroudsburg Pennsylvania reports phase three of Operation Kid Lift as camps return children home by bus to ease worried families. Civilian defense officials say flood relief expands with rehabilitation efforts and restoration offices opened in Reading Boston Lehighton Trenton Port Jervis.
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State Civil Defense Council
Philadelphia District Army Engineers
Reading
Boston
Lehighton
Trenton
N. J
Port Jervis
N.Y
Fine disposed of Una's home: reconciliation headline
Airman Daniel C. Schmidt and his wife Una reunited in a Portland honeymoon hideaway. Una had married another man believing Schmidt died in Red China, and flew from California for reconciliation with the 23-year old airman. She said Mr. Fine is completely out of the picture and declined to discuss further details of how Fine was being disposed.
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Portland Ore
Daniel C. Schmidt
Una
Schmidt
Portand
California
Fine
Burglary Check Costs Man Time
Springfield police report details a five minute anti burglary check at a business when a thief stole a $100 time clock from a detective’s truck. Special Detective Thomas Frank is referenced in connection with the incident.
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Springfield
Thomas Franklin
Flood Evacuates All Residents From Andomink Town
Stroudsburg Pa February reports that the 200 residents of flood ravaged Andomink were evacuated to Camp William Penn about 20 miles away due to very bad conditions in the community.
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Stroudsburg
Andomink
William Penn
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