Weather Outlook Winds In Cold Change To Snow Flurries
Forecast calls for windy and colder conditions with rain turning to snow flurries today. Clearing tonight with a colder trend. Wednesday expected to be fair and rather cold. Temperatures over 24 hours ending 5 p.m. Monday show a high of 54 and a low of 31. At Tygarts Dam Tuesday, the daytime high reached 60 with 11 a.m. at 38 and a low of 38.
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Tygarts Dam
Great Lakes
Texas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
White Christmas Seems Distant Amid Winter Whipsaws
A broad weather dispatch notes unusually mild in places yet cold snaps loom. In West Virginia and neighboring regions commuters face mixed signals as temperatures swing from 60 to 28 degrees with a forecast of clearer, colder weather ahead. A broader regional cold front moves toward the Great Lakes and Southeast, bringing potential snow and rain across Atlantic coast states.
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Great Lakes
Atlantic
Pope Receives 51 New American Priests in Audience
Pope Pius XII today welcomed 51 newly ordained American priests in a special audience at the Consistory Hall. The ordinations were conducted Sunday at the Pontifical North American College by Bishop Martin J. O Connor of Scranton, who escorted the new clergy to the papal apartments.
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Pius XII
Pontifical North American College
Martin J. O'Connor
Scranton
North American College
Papal
Court Agrees Hubby Jealous in Denver Divorce
Virginia Juanita Williams testifies she was married nine months when her husband displayed jealous behavior. She alleges he fed her pets to a dog, accused her of flirting, slashed drapes, stole clothing and disconnected the telephone. The court granted the divorce.
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Virginia Juanita Williams
State Chiefs Pleased Over Talks Between Eisenhower and Nehru
President Eisenhower and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru ended private talks at Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm. They drove to Washington after a two hour discussion on many international issues. Nehru will address the nation tonight at 11 45 pm EST.
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India
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James C. Hagerty
New York
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B&O and rivals win permit to raise freight rates
Railroads including B&O receive authorization to increase general freight charges. Grafton post office reports intense mail activity with 33,000 pieces processed in a day, about 2,000 more than the prior Christmas peak, signaling a peak in mail flow reached. Postmaster Loren Hoffman notes the surge in outbound and inbound mail over the past weeks.
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Grafton
Loren A. Hoffman
Five Days Notice Is Required Five Days Notice Is Required
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and other lines won ICC approval to raise freight rates 5 to 7 percent on an emergency basis for five days. The move, opposed by Secretary Ezra Benson, targets eastern and western routes with ceilings on some commodities. Estimated annual carrier revenue gains reach 402 million dollars.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Eastern and Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ezra Benson
A. B. Cutright
Grafton
ICC
Western
Pontiff Sets Yule Message On Dec. 23
Vatican sources report Pope Luis XI will deliver his annual Christmas message at 11 am local time on December 23, moved to fit holiday newspaper schedules. Officials said the broadcast date was advanced to prevent late publication of papal remarks on Christmas Day.
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Vatican City
Luis XI
Vatican
Happy Tanya Settles Back To Await Yule
Detroit report details Tanya Chwastov’s long journey from Philadelphia to London and New York aboard a British vessel before custody battles. Tanya, 20, returns with her mother Elena Cieczok after British courts intervened to keep her from Russia.
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Yule
Detroit
Tanya
Elena Cieczok
London
Philadelphia
Alexis Chwastov
New York
Chwastow
England
Russia
Siamese Twins Survive After Separation
The National Institutes of Health announced a successful surgical separation of joined at the forehead Siamese twin girls Virginia Kate Bunton and Teresa Kay Burton. It was the first time both twins survived and the fifth such operation in medical history. The procedure occurred last Tuesday at NIH's clinical center in Bethesda.
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National Institutes of Health
Virginia Kate Bunton
Teresa Kay Burton
Raymond Bunton
Mountain City
Tenn
Road Fatalities Prompt WV Police Warning
West Virginia police warn that highway deaths are rising and urge motorists to drive with caution. Officials from the Accident Prevention Bureau say the department cannot be everywhere at once while noting the worst weekend of the year with eight fatalities from Friday evening to Sunday midnight. Three earlier weekends also saw seven deaths, on Feb 25-26, May 12-13, and Aug 11-12.
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West Virginia
Prevention Bureau
Warden Joins Phi Beta Kappa
CHICAGO The assistant warden at Cook County jail Hans W Mattie's earned a Phi Beta Kappa key from the Illinois chapter of the nation’s scholarly society. The ceremony marked a notable addition to his recognition in the field.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Chicago
Cook County
Hans W. Mattie
Mlinois
Sciolistic Society
Paint Shop Destroyed at Moundsville Penitentiary
A small paint shop at Moundsville Penitentiary burned Monday night causing an estimated loss of 25 000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze with reports indicating extensive damage to the facility and surrounding areas.
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Moundsville Penitentiary
Japan Elected to Membership in UN Circles
Japan was unanimously elected the sixth member of the United Nations. Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu pledged that the people of Japan desire peace for all time. The General Assembly approved by 77 to 0 with South Africa and Hungary absent. The Security Council had earlier unanimously recommended membership. The Soviet Union, which blocked entry for years, withdrew opposition after an end of war pact. Shigemitsu accepted the honor in New York after arriving Saturday.
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
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Mass Trials Expected After Budapest Rebellion Arrests
Budapest announces nearly 400 arrests in 24 hours as a prelude to mass trials. Talks between Janos Kadars government and new Communist leaders may begin before Christmas amid rumors of a cabinet reshuffle. Authorities say rebels and political prisoners released by fighters joined the struggle after the November 4 massacre and that martial law trials will soon begin.
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Pecs
Folding Door Puzzles Drunk in Outing Incident
KEOKUK IOWA July George Fortune 53 was jailed on a drunk charge after phone call to police claiming he was trapped in an outdoor telephone booth. Officers found Fortune struggling to push the door out rather than pull it in.
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Iowa
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Fortune
Man Spends 25 Days In Snow Bound Truck
Gregory Michigan resident Herman A Simonds 65 survived 25 days in a snow bound Alger County area truck cabin after entering the woods November 20 while hunting. He slept in the truck, dug out a path daily, survived on provisions and wood stove heat, and lost 25 pounds before returning home to wife Alma.
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Livingston County
Upper Peninsula
Herman A. Simonds
Simonds
Alger County
Lake Superior
Alma
Dulles Warns On Weakened Defense
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned from Washington after surgery that the United States and its free allies must not reduce defense power now. He suggested Russia’s satellite forces may not remain reliably loyal to Moscow and noted increased tensions since the Geneva summit. He blamed Moscow for stirring Middle East trouble and obstructing Suez settlement efforts.
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Tribunal restricts school land swaps in state ruling
The state attorney general's office issues an opinion limiting Marion County School actions. A board cannot transfer or trade mineral rights beneath one parcel for similar rights under another without public auction, per state law.
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W. W. Trent
Charles R. McElwee
Board of Education
Trent
Marion County
J. J. Straight
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