West Virginia deer season nears midterm with 5000 plus bagged
Weather favoring hunters fueled a strong opening week as the West Virginia Conservation Commission counted over 5000 deer killed in six days. Four hunters died in two days from heart attacks or accidents. Benjamin Vickers, 51, of Moundsville, was found on Cheat Mountain after going missing Monday. William Ambrose, 75, of Berkeley Springs, died near Unger's Store in Berkeley County. Local counties reported notable kills including Hardy with 391 and Randolph with 273, while Taylor and surrounding districts saw multiple pivotal catches by local sportsmen.
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United Press
West Virginia
State Conservation Commission
Randolph
Berkeley
Elkins
Benjamin Vickers
Moundsville
Cheat Mountain
Vickers
Jake
Davis & Elkins College
Gal
Sneeker
Earnley
Willian Ambrosé
Berkeley Springs
Unger
Berkeley County
The
Conservation Commission
Commission
Hardy Court
Randolph County
Preston County
Romney
Buckhannon
Joe Powell
William Lawler
Valley Fells
Harold Gillespie
Barbour
Reed
Bridgeport
Gordon Kent
Grafton
Mineral County
Dana Lee Ringler
Pleasant Creek Church and area visits noted
Mr and Mrs James Riggleman and family visited the Kennedy home. Wilbern Mitch and family visited Rev and Mrs William States on Monday. Norma Jean McCauley visited Mrs Dell McVicker. Wilbern Mitchell and family with Wanetta Parks visited Millard Poling Saturday night. Other visitors in the Poling home included Paul Proudfoot Burt Proudfoot Adis Weaver Iva Jones Cora Proudfoot and Russel Poling. Visitors to William Mitchells on Sunday included Isaac Mitchell and family and Robert Howdyshell. Rita Mitchell and family visited F H Mitchell on Thursday. Earl D Robinson visited Samantha Robinson recently. Services are planned Thursday at 7 20 at Plant Creek Church. Helen Smith and James Stockett spent Sunday with Dar Smith. Those visiting B Kerns and James Kerns Sunday included Eldon Perks and family Dorain Kenneth Clara Ruth Mitchell and Ruth Mitchell stayed overnight with Herman Getz in Webster. B Kerns and children attended Terra Alta stock sale. Samantha Robinson visited Carl Smith. Visitors to Wilbern Mitchells included Gun"}
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James Riggleman
James Kennedy
Wilbern Mitch
William States
Norma Jean McCauley
Dell McVicker
Wilbern Mitchell
Wanetta Parks
Millard Poling
Poling
Paul Proudfoot
Burt Proudfoot
Adis Weaver
Iva Jones
Cora Proudfoot
Russel Poling
Earl D. Robinson
Samantha Robinson
Plant Creek
Helen Smith
James ‘Stockett
Dar Smith
B. Kerns
James Kerns
Terra Alta
Carl Smith
Women in Congress 1956 Election Results and Trends
Twenty seven women ran for Congress in 1956 and two new entrants joined the House. Florence Dwyer of New Jersey and Kathryn Granahan of Pennsylvania benefited from strong party ties and proximity to male predecessors. Michigan, New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania show notable nominations. paradoxes of gender roles and nicknames persist, with nine Democrats and seven Republicans among the 16 new members.
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Merry
Old England
Esther van Wagoner
Tufty
Central Press Association
Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Florence O. Dwyer
New Jersey
Kathryn Granahan
Pennsylvania
Dwyer
New York State
Massachusetts
Michigan
Ruth Thompson
Martha Griffiths
Edith Nourse Rogers
Frances Bolton
Cleveland
Minois
Helen Benson Leys
Marguerite Church
Idaho
Gracie Prost
Louise Shadduck
Henry C. Dworshak
Hell’s Canyon
House
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Wee
Army Pigeon Retired From U S Army Across Washington DC
The Army retires its peacetime messenger birds as electronic comms cut peacetime need. About 1,000 pigeons to be sold, with 18 honored in a Churchill Loft, and efforts to place them in zoos and institutions. Joe the pigeon credited with wartime rescues remains a celebrated hero.
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Fort Monmouth
Iit
Army
Great Pentagueyrie
Washington
Arem
Ira
Korea
Army Signal Corps Pigeon Center
The Grims Are Really Grim in SauvECTON Calif
Mr and Mrs Elian Grim returned home to find a stranger had rifled their residence and spirited valuable items including a television, washing machine, and lawn mower to neighbors, totaling 400 dollars in losses.
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Sauvecton
Calif
Elian Grim
Deer Hunters Wanted for Charleston Sleepy Creek Forest
Deer hunters are urged by game manager W Berard of the Charleston Sleepy Creek Forest to help reduce the large deer surplus in the Eastern Panhandle region. The forest on the Morgan Berkeley County line near Unger's Store faces an influx of bagged deer with few hunters present to take them. Lincoln Brassiere Co. plans a major expansion at Hamlin, increasing employment by 130 persons.
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Charleston
Sleepy Creek Forest
W. Berard
The
Conservation Commission
Berard
Morgan-Berkeley County
Panhandle
Unger
W.va
Lincoln Brassiere Co
Hamlin
Bizarre Rivalries and a Las Vegas Scoop
An old admiral and a bishop known for their enmity meet in an Oxford station where the bishop asks about a London train and the admiral lightheartedly questions her travel need. A rookie reporter on his first major beat eyes a Las Vegas sunset and asks a croupier if that is the west, seeking his big scoop.
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G.I Joe
Joe
London
Dickin
Eton
Royal Navy
Oxford
Aesree
Las Vegas
West
Johnstown
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Pleasant Creek
William Mitchell
Isaac Mitchell
Robert Howdyshell
F. H. Mitchell
Ohio
U.S. Army
Eldon Perks
Russell Poling
Gra Finley
Samantha Robinson Shirola
Otto Sturms
Wilbern Mitchel
Darian
Clarksburg
China
S Chee
W. L. Moore
High St
the Sentinel
W. D. Johnson
Oxer
Rennie
West Hill
Philippi Pike
Harey Haynes
Prentytown
Bath
Parkview
Washington Street
EAL Estate
Yoon
Blueville
Yixtant
Harrison County Court House
Public Service Commission of
Kanes Creek
Albright
Jennings Coal Company
Harold Junior Davis
Newburg Rt. 2
Colleg
Grampusd
Taj Mahal
Alasixa
Grafton Finance CO
Latrobe & Main St
Parrish Agency, Inc
Haislip
Market St
Brownlow Park
Clarksburg Road
Main Street
W. Va
W. Main St
Mer. M. V
Sprine
Tappan Range
Ieee
Ula
Ksnnett Oerfp
Bennett Cerf
King Fantures Syndicat
Baldwin-Acrogonic
Lester
Benny Ross
Fawley Music
Morgan Jantown
Robert's
Yeror
Ian
Tim
Santa Claus
Ciale
Petoa Echo and
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