Convict Bus Guard Slain as Prison Breakout Fails
Five shots rang out as Gibson, an inmate, grabbed guard Metz s gun on a bus transporting 27 prisoners from Raleigh Mercer Kanawha and Wood counties. Ketchum wounded, Metz hurt, three other prisoners subdued Gibson by strangulation and forcefully seized the gun. State police took charge at Charleston with suspects recaptured earlier. Gibson had prior sentences and faces habitual criminal charges. Ketchum, a Marshall college junior, hoped for Army draft but did not enroll.
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Raleigh
Mercer
Kanawha
Wood
Metz
Moundsville
Glendale
Ketchum
Gibson
A. C. Bailey
W. E. Oldham
New Martinsville
Charles Fowler
Kanawha County
Claude Ingenegro
Raleigh County
Howard Williams
Sissonville
Charleston
John W. Bosworth
Marshall College
Army
Plan Program for Elks Rites at Grafton Lodge
The Grafton lodge No 308 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will hold its annual memorial services for deceased members with W Merle Watkins as master of ceremonies and Arthur R Caver as orator. The program lists opening, vocal and piano solos, roll call, responsive service, address, and benediction and invites the public and families of deceased members. Eight lodge members have died since the last ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
W. Merle Watkins
Lodge of Sorrow Committee
Arthur R. Carver
Monongah Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Anne Mason
Elizabeth
Local Mail Goes to Jail For Assault Battery
Albert Wilson of Front Street pled guilty to assault and battery on Mrs Emma Krepps of Knottsville Road. He was fined $50 and costs by Justice George L. Jolliffe and committed to county jail for inability to pay. A related destruction of property charge was dropped. Wilson claimed intoxication and no memory of the events.
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Albert Wilson
Front Street
Emma Krepps
Knottsville Road
Justice of the
George L. Jolliffe
Wilson
Krepps
Cousel
John K. Burdett
Reyps
Native of Africa to Speak at U B Church
Solomon Caulker of Sierra Leone Africa will preach at First United Brethren Church on Dewey Avenue in both the 3 and evening services. Rev. Lois Luzader announced. Caulker came to this country after high school, graduated from Lebanon Valley College last spring, and is now a student in Bonebrake Theological Seminary United Brethren school in Dayton.
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Solomon “Caulker
Sierra Leone
Africa
First United Brethren Church
Dewey'avenue
Lois Luzader
Caulker
Lebanon Valley College
Bonebrake Theological Seminary
United Brethren School
Henderson on MBS Network
National attention on rising prices as Price Administrator Leon Henderson visits MBS program Keep Em Rolling hosted by Clifton Fadiman. Rise Stevens will attend. two football games broadcast this Saturday Rice-SMU at 2:45 and SC UCLA at 5:30. schedule details follow with various programs on NBC CBS and MBS.
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Price
New York
Wide World
MBS
Leon Henderson
Clifton Fadiman
Rise Stevens
Metropolitan Opera
CBS
Nbc-Red
NBC
Lucille Manners
Lanny Ross
al Pearce
NBC Blue
Ted Steele
Charles Laughton
Milton Berle
Shirley Ross
Bennett Couple Stand Trial Over Theft Charge
Leslie Bennett and June Bennett Arnold face a theft case arising from a loss of 180 dollars. The proceedings focus on alleged involvement in a theft reported on page one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie and
June Bennett Arnold
State brief denies funds to Malcolm R. Arnold case
There is no contention or any intimation on the part of the state that the defendant Malcolm R. Arnold received money or benefited from any of the checks involved in the case.
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D. L. Salisbury
Malcolm R. Arnold
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D Logan
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Mills
Phillips
Monark
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Chuck
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West Virginia
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