Weather forecast segment shows cooling and mixed precipitation
The forecast calls for cloudy and colder conditions with rain changing to snow this afternoon. Friday will bring more clouds and snow flurries in the east. Low temperatures dip into the 20s to near 30s with north and east portions cooler. Temperatures today range from mid 30s to low 50s, with specific readings at 7 am and 11 am, and Tygarts Dam noting yesterday’s high and today’s morning low. Rainfall total noted as 0.19 inch.
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Tygarts Dam
Dirty Weather Hits Area With Cold Front Approaching
The region faced persistent rain described as dirty weather, with forecasts showing a drop in temperatures this afternoon and possible snow in northern sections. Tonight will be much colder, with a low around 15 to 22 degrees and Friday expectant of continued cloudiness and snow flurries.
Three Troopers Quit Their Jobs
Charleston police reports show three more troopers resign, bringing total resignations since January 1 to 19. Clayton K. Butler of Sutton, Lawrence Griffith of the Turnpike detachment, and Ralph M. Roberts of Princeton notified resignations and have taken new employment. Butler departs Friday, Griffith and Roberts stay through December 31. Butler from Braxton County with 5.5 years service, Griffith from Clarksburg with 4.4 years, Roberts from Wellsburg with 1.5 years.
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Charleston
R. W. Boyles
Boyles
Clayton K. Butler
Sutton
Lawrence Griffith
Turnpike Detachment
Ralph M. Roberts
Princeton
Butler
Roberts
Griffith
Braxton County
Clarksburg
Wellsbures
Post Office Sets Saturday Hours for Xmas Rush
Purhineser Jen A Hoffman announced the Grafton post office will stay open longer on Saturday to speed Christmas mail. Saturday hours match weekday times as peak Yule mail rush nears, likely early next week. Police note Lynn: reserve officer swapped badge for industrial work before first patrol shift, questioning policeman pay.
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Lynn
Mass
Ertram Michaud
Mrs Betty Held Passes At Elkins After Nursing Career
Mrs Betty Sharpe Held of Graf ton Rt 1 Millersville died December 12 at 11 35 p m in Davis Memorial Hospital Elkins after a month of illness She was born in Marlington WV and was a longtime registered nurse serving as night supervisor at Grafton City Hospital and as a public nurse in Grafton She studied at Davis Memorial Hospital 1910 and earned state board licenses in NY PA and WV Surviving are husband William and siblings John Allen Mrs Clarence Moore Mrs Eva Kincaid Mrs Lucy Kelley Mrs Ruth Phares and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be held Saturday at Bartlett Funeral Home at 2 pm with burial in Woodsdale Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call after 10 am Friday.
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Grafton
Rt. 1
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Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins
Marlington
W.va
Isaac and
Georgie Moore Sharpe
William Held
John Sharpe
Youngstown
Ohio
Allen Sharpe
Clarence Moore
Marlngton
Eva Kincaid
Lucy Kelley
Grayson, Ky
Ruth Phares
Grafton City Hospital
New York
Pennsylvania
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Pittsburg
First
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Susan B. Cook
West
Bartlett Funeral Home
Ernest L. Roberton
First Presbyterian Church of
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Woodsdale
Memorial Park Cemetery
Young Democrats Plan Annual Christmas Party Tonight
The Young Democrats of Taylor County will hold their second annual Christmas party at the Moose Home at 8 o clock with admission a child’s toy priced from 25 cents. Toys collected will be given to needy children of Gratten. President Cockrell stated hopes for a larger event than last year. Refreshments will be served.
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Taylor County
Moose Home
83 Cockrell
Gratten
Cockrell
Eisenhower Ends Work-Play Vacation Amid Hungarian Relief Drive
President Eisenhower wraps a 2 1/2 week work and play vacation at Anglia National Golf Club. He flies to Washington to meet Indian Prime Minister Nehru and to launch a new Hungarian relief phase. Nixon to visit Austria December 18 to 23 to coordinate refugee aid with Austrian and international officials. A White House committee chaired by Lewis W. Douglas will direct American aid efforts.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
White House
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Austria
Nehru
Columbine If
London
Nixon
Lewis W. Douglas
England
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NATO Ministers Wrangle Over Dulles Go It Alone Policy
Betty Lee Brown of Greenbrier County West Virginia an International Farm Youth Exchangee to Germany in 1956 is a 4 H home economics graduate of West Virginia University after eight years in 4 H programs She has farm upbringing and carries homemaking and agricultural 4 H projects active in church and school and helped with Greenbrier County Younger 4 H Camp and belongs to the Greenbrier County 4 H Pin Weavers group.
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Betty Lee Brown
Greenbrier County
West Virginia
Germany
Miss Brown
West Virginia University
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
John Foster Dulles
Briti&s
France
Aybt
United States
Dulles
NATO
Atlantic
Allance
China
Formosa
U.S
NATO Council
Selwyn Lloyd
Refugees Celebrate Peace At Camp Mercy In Hungary A Joyful Night
Army workers brighten refugee lives at Camp Mercy New Jersey by sharing Red Cross parties and plans for a 40 foot evergreen In a moving moment refugees wed Kudiah Okros and Istvan Weingruber in the camp chapel after surviving perilous flights from war torn Hungary The scene marks a rare beacon of normal life amid displacement and hardship.
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Amp Kiumer
N. J
the Apes Todry
Hungaria
Kudiah Okros
Istvan Weingruber
Hungary
Exchangee To Give Talks Across West Virginia Schools
Betty Lee Brown a Greenbrier county 4-H member arrived today on Grafton for a five talk series about her 1956 Germany trip. She spoke at Haymond school at 12 30 and at Thornton school at 7. She will address Graf ton Junior high at 9 30 Friday, Flemington High at 2 35, and Taylor County 4 H officers training at 11 Saturday morning open to the public.
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Betty Lee Brown
Greenbrier County
4-H
West Virginia
International Farm Youth Exchange
Germany
Grafton
Haymond Chool
Thornton School
Grafton Junior High
Flemington High School
Taylor County
Officers and Leaders Training School
Circuit Court Chancery Meet Session Readied
Circuit Judge W Merle Watkins announced a Taylor County Circuit Court chancery session for tomorrow at 10 a m Only routine matters are on the docket and a few orders may be entered at the request of attorneys to settle cases before year end The session aims to wrap up pending matters as the year closes.
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W. Merle Watkins
Taylor County
Medical Group To Get Charter In Huntington
FAIRMONT W V A local component of the West Virginia chapter of the American Academy of General Practice will be chartered in Huntington Sunday Secretary S W Parks announced The national group is the second largest medical organization in the world WV chapter has about 250 members and won second place in national competition last year as a fast growing state organization
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Fairmont
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West Virginia
American Academy of General Practice
Huntington
S. W. Parks
Stiff Sentences by Woman Judge in Martinsburg Court
In Martinsburg city Police Court, Mary Lou Wright acting as judge in Mayor Peery's absence issued fines totaling 223 dollars. Three intoxication convictions accompanied penalties for traffic signal duties and illegal parking on a right-of-way, along with other minor traffic violations.
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Mary Lou Wright
City Recorder
William H. Peery
Federal Action Is In Offing In Railroad Dispute
The National Mediation Board may seek presidential intervention to avert a possible strike after the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen rejected a three year wage offer from 140 carriers. Union leaders say no strike vote has been taken yet while seeking shorter hours for dining car stewards and more paid holidays. President Eisenhower could declare an emergency and appoint a fact finding board under the Railway Labor Act, delaying action for 60 days or more.
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National Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Railroad
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Eisenhower
Vernon W. Satterwhite
BRT
William P. Kennedy
Bishop Wicke Keeps Big Job In Methodist Education
SASH ran, Sem.-Bishop Lloyd Wicke of Pittsburgh was re-elected chairman of the Methodist Curriculum Committee. The 117-member panel plans lessons and educational materials for about 6,750,000 students in 3,000 church schools. Francis Cardinal Spellman warned the world could erupt in flames of war after returning from a Far Eastern trip.
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Sash Ran
Lloyd, Wicke
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
New York
W— Francis Cardinal Spellman
Imre Horvath May Return to Oust Kadar, Sources Say
European sources report Hungarian Foreign Minister Imre Horvath, who walked out of the U N General Assembly debate on Hungary, may return to Budapest to replace Janos Kadar as premier. They note Russia could back a switch, while Horvath’s delegation says he has no immediate plans to depart New York. The assembly condemned the Soviet Union for depriving Hungary of liberty in a 59 to 8 vote with 14 abstentions.
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Bruce W. Mann
United Press
United Nations
N.Y
Imre Horvath
U.N
Budapest
Janos Kadar
Hungary
Kadar
Horvath
New York
Middle East
Pet
General Assembly
Assembly
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Finland
India
United States
Patriots To Face More Red Terror
Vienna dispatch reports fresh Soviet actions in Hungary as tanks ring factories and secret police round up strike leaders. The UN condemned intervention as Russia reportedly sent up to three divisions to bolster 12 to 15 already in country. Violence surged with grenades and executions feared. two men linked to the Budapest strike were condemned without trial as conspirators against the government.
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Charles W. Ridley
United Press
Vienna
Hungary
United Nations
Odges
U.N. General Assembly
Russia
Budapest Radio
Communist
Janos Kadar-Sandor Radt
Sandor Bari
Budapest
Exodus Nearing Suez Invaders
In Egypt's Port Said UNEF commander Maj. Gen. Burns said evacuation of Anglo-French troops may finish by Saturday. He added UNEF would depart once civilians, governor and Egyptian police assume control. A British officer was kidnapped Tuesday. one patrol attack reported with no casualties.
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United Press
London
United Nations
Egypt
Port Said
el Ballah
E. J. M. Burns
U.N. Emergency Force
UNEF
Burns
U.N
Suez
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