Johnson resigns as Grafton City Hospital administrator
Samuel T. Johnson quits effective January 18 to become administrator of the Community Osteopathic Hospital in Orrville Ohio. He cites advancement opportunities and will move from Grafton where he has served since December 16 1956. The hospital board notes strong finances with a $10 000 reserve for sinking fund bonds and a monthly $1 000 payment due.
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Johnson
Samuel T. Johnson
Grafton City Hospital
Hospital Board of
Regets
Orrville
Ohio
Akron
West
Washington Street
Fetterman School
Sinking Fund Commission
Charleston
Weather forecast and temperatures from regional readings
Mild windy day with showers and scattered storms then clearing tonight. Highs 55 to 60 east and 60 to 67 west. Lows 30 to 40. Saturday fair and cooler. Temperatures over 24 hours include high 64 and low 49, with 11 am readings around 58. Tygart Dam records show yesterday high 64 and low 54.
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Tygart Dam
West Virginia School Board Debates Feaster Report and Grants Plan
Tafs County Board of Education discussed the Feaster report on West Virginia education for most of the session. The state incentives plan to raise 15 million dollars annually for counties was reviewed but only routine actions were taken. Leave of absence granted for Knottsville principal Lloyd Sayres, and permission for staff to attend a legislative session and vocational meetings. A Future Teachers meeting in Fairmont and antenna installation for science instruction were approved. A regional lay conference was rescheduled to January 3 in Morgantown due to weather and road conditions.
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Grants
Feaster
West Virginia
Tafs County Board of Education
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Lloyd Sayres
Knottsville
Taylor County
Charles Cather
Nellie Cook
F. C. Waggoner
Ripley
Mildred Haddox
Grafton High School
Fairmont
Paul C. Bartlett
Morgantown
First non stop 6000 mile flight lands in Israel
Digest from multiple cities reports a Bristol Britannia airliner arriving in Jerusalem after a 14 hour 57 minute nonstop flight from New York. Israel's crew operated the trip ending at Lod Airport. Other items note a doe killed by a school bus in Mississippi, Butler warning over Ku Klux Klan letters in London, a Memphis memoir in prison, festive department store displays in New York, a Cairo building collapse verdict, a potential NYC transit shutdown on New Year Eve, holiday safety projections, a murder appeal in Charleston, and no troopers at Little Rock Central High for the first time in three months.
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Jerusalem
Israel
el ‘al Israel Airlines
New York
Lod
Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
Central High School
Two Missing Women Sought by Police in Grafton
State county and city police are searching for Mrs Mary Lou Collins 28 and her sister Miss Linda Jean Barnhart 14 missing from their Grafton home since 6 p m Thursday December 19. Collins described 5 7 about 145 150 lbs blue eyes brown hair wearing long yellow and brown checked coat brown loafers. Barnhart brown hair blue eyes similar size wore white plastic short coat brown loafers. Collins mother of six. They formerly lived in Gilmer County moving to Flemington then to Grafton recently.
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Grafton
Mary Lou Colllins
Farrel Collins
Fanny Street
Linda Jean Barnhart
Collins
Clarksburg Man Dies Of Wound After Home Shooting
Milton J. Cohen a 59 year old manager of a large women s wear store in Clarksburg died from wounds believed to be from a would be holdup at his home the night before He told police a man wearing a white cloth over his face claimed to be a tele graph boy and announced a stickup after ringing the doorbell A threatening call to Mrs Cohen was reported while she was at a hospital social function
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Clarksburg
Milton J. Cohen
Cohen
Trial Recesses Washington For Hoffa Election Case
The federal part trial to nullify James R. Hoffa’s election as Teamsters president recessed today until January 6. The proceeding resumes in Washington with the jury and court officials ready to reconvene.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Tornado Toll Rises as Midwest Struck by Severe Storms
United Press reports violent tornadoes across Arkansas Illinois and Missouri left more than 1 000 homeless and at least 14 dead with over 200 injured National Guard aided search efforts Red Cross declared a disaster area in a midwestern wave that hit Elkville Murphysboro Waldenville Mount Vernon Sunfield Farmington and surrounding communities as heavy rains hampered recovery efforts.
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Arkansas
Illinois
Missourh
Ilinois
Downstate
Missouri
Waldo
Ark
Red Cross
Elkville
Ill
Murphysboro
Walonville
Mount Vernon
National Guard
Sunfield
Farmington
Secret Report Warns U S That Soviet Military Might Is Threat
A White House secret Gaither report warns Russia's military strength risks catastrophe for the United States unless an all-out defense buildup proceeds. The Washington Post said the committee found the nation far weaker than the Soviet Union and urged swift, costly measures through 1970 to avert disaster. The report, shown to Eisenhower after Sputnik, suggests no tax relief and possible debt limits must be reconsidered.
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White House
Washington Post and Times. Herald
Gaither Committee
America
Soviet Union
the Post
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Police Shoot Fleeing Man on Fifth Avenue Chase
New York police fired eight shots at a knife wielding thief during a Christmastime chase through Madison Avenue and East 47th Street to Fifth Avenue. The unidentified man carried personal items from 15 alleged robbery victims. fingerprints not in New York files were sent to Washington for FBI comparison.
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Fifth Ave
Washington
FBI
Madison Ave
East 47Th St
Wives Defeat Officers in Rifle Range Match
In Kirchgoens Germany seven officers of the 3rd Armored Division were outshot by their wives in a rifle range match. Amy Brandt led the women with 318 points, 42 ahead of the top man, as Maj. Riggsby challenged a rematch and bowling showdown loomed next week.
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Kirchgoens
Germany
3Rd Armored Division
U.S
Frieda Rathkamp
Cincinnati
Ohio
Raymond M. Riggsby
Ironton
3Rd Armored
North Africa
Leo R. Brandt
Manitowoc
Wis
Amy
Brandt
Plans for 190 million expenditure for seven-state build
The American Gas and Electric System announced plans to spend 190 million dollars next year on new construction across seven states. The initiative covers expansion projects and infrastructure upgrades, signaling a major growth phase for the utility firm.
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NEW York 7
American Gas & Electric System
Returns From Parley Of NATO In Paris
President Eisenhower flew back from the NATO talks in Paris after a 21 hour 19 minute trip aboard the Columbine TI. Strong headwinds and a weather forecast caused an extra refueling stop at Harmon AFB Newfoundland delaying arrival by three hours. He, smiling and waving, was greeted by Vice President Nixon and a large official delegation.
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Eisenhower
NATO
Paris
Russia
Europe
Harmon Air Force Base
Newffoundland
William G. Draper
Columbine
Richard M. Nixon
Rails Seek Further Freight Rate Increases
The nation’s major railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to file new freight rate tariffs reporting an average 3 percent rise. They cited higher costs especially wages and payroll taxes. They plan commodity by commodity boosts rather than a broad rise.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ines
County courthouse to close for five day holiday
Employes of the Braxton County court house will receive a five day holiday vacation this year. Located at Sutton, it will be closed from Christmas Day through December 29. The Taylor County court house will close for the afternoon of December 24 and reopen for business as usual on the 26.
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Braxton County Court House
Sutton
Taylor County Court House
Eight Children Face Grim Christmas Season
Eight children become orphans after their parents died when a car stalled on a bridge approach in Long Beach. Susan 9 Mary 10 Gloria 12 and Gaustion Jr 18 months were sent to Juvenile Hall. Four others remain in St. Louis with grandmother Minnie Icke. Police say the accelerator stuck, the car plunged 30 feet, divers found the bodies two hours later.
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Los Angeles
Paustina Abella
Long Beach
St. Louis
Susan
Mary
Gloria
Abella
Sammy
Bobby
Charles
Claude Capps
Minnie Icke
West Virginia weighs income tax and higher levies for 1958
West Virginia lawmakers face a gloomy outlook of higher taxes in 1958 to fund schools and roads. A proposed limited state income tax may reappear, with discussions of raising $80 million through income, higher sales tax, and increased personal property and real estate taxes. Gasoline tax hints persist. Senate Press Ralph Bean floated a $30 million annual plan requiring voter approval, proposing property levies for $15 million yearly for roads and the same for schools.
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West
Counieer
Senate
Ralph Bean
Bean
State Board weighs deficit budget for 1958 59
Charleston The State Board of Public Works planned to decide if a deficit budget for the 1958-59 fiscal year should be submitted to the Legislature. A 4-3 party split faces choices to leave a school aid deficit or cut nearly 2 million from other agencies to keep the school fund near the recommended level.
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Charleston
State Board of Public Works
Virgil Rohrbough
Department of Finance and Administration
W. W. Barron
Coldest spot in nation hits three below zero at Big Piney
The mercury fell to three below zero today at Big Piney Wyoming making it the coldest place in the nation per the U S Weather Bureau. Thursday's high reached 82 at Brownsville and Laredo Texas.
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Big Piney
Wyo
U.S. Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Laredo
Tex
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