Higher Court Action Planned In Taylor County Race Dispute
Attorney Francis L. Warder for J. Gus Lambert says a petition for a writ of mandamus will be filed with the State Supreme Court of Appeals this Thursday or Friday. He seeks a order to force the County Court to recount Lambert ballots and to strike ballots counted for Carder, after Carder was declared winner by two votes in Taylor County's commissioner race following an official recount and contested ballots. Lambert previously trailed by 12 votes in unofficial results.
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Francis L. Warder
J. Gus Lambert
Taylor County
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Warder
H. Lee Carder
Charleston
Lambert
Carder
John Barton Currey
Grafton
Currey Ridge
State Road Commission
Nathan Currey
Susan FP. Provancy
Currey
Ecoaed
W. C. Currey
Gordon
Arkansas
Sidney Currey
Diora Currey
Myrtle M. Klepfel
Hammond
Bartlett Funeral
Harmony Grove Baptist Church
Excavations at Nathum uncover fossils and artifacts
A mound at Nathum in Marshall County yields four fragile skeletons under Pittsburgh Plate Glass plans to reject a building. Ralph S. Solecki of the Smithsonian supervises, finds include copper beads and arrowheads. Findings will be shared between the Marshall County Historical Society and the Smithsonian.
Pruntytown News: John B. Currey Dies Yesterday
John B. Currey dies yesterday. The MYF of Pruntytown Methodist church hosted a December 26 program featuring carols, recitations, poems, and a play led by local youths. Attendees included Mrs. Ernest Knight and visiting relatives from Fort Knox and Huntington.
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Pruntytown News
John B. Currey
Pruntytown
Ray ‘Gray
Shirley Curry
Sheila Curry
Katherine Bolyard
Dale Laullis
Cara
MYF
Set
Ernest Knight
Fort Knox, Ky
Mrs
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Auto Fire No Damage Reported At Walnut Street Site
Firefighters responded to a blaze in a Walnut Street location owned by Lewis Poret near 8:35 p m extinguishing the flames before the fire truck arrived No injuries or damages were reported and operations were completed without incident The incident interrupted local activity briefly with no further detail provided
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Justin Jones
Baltimore
Oratory
Columbia
Bartlett
Paign
William McKinley
Grafton
William J. Bryan
Walnut Coed
Mark Hanna
William L. Street
Wilson
Hun Ter
Grover Ve Fasdan
Lewis Poret Cleveland
W. A. Jones
Nicholas County
Local church services and holiday notices in Clarksburg
Mrs Effie Brown visited her relatives the Lamperts on Christmas Day. Rev W J Richardson preached at Beulah Baptist Church Sunday night while Rev Gene Garlow of Fairmont spoke at the morning service. Mr and Mrs Robert Barrett of Cincinnati are visiting Mrs Barrett’s parents the Fleshers. News tips welcome at 937 W 3. County recount concludes with former Sheriff Reynolds winning by 44 votes. Republican Bumgardner plans appeal.
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W. J. Richardson
Beulah Baptist Church
Gene Garlow
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Harrison County
Mother beat infant in crib in three room Rio s home
In a Dec 25 incident Mrs. Rios allegedly struck her infant in a humble three room home, later telling police she did not intend to kill but did not care if the child died. her husband Albert found the injured baby and rushed to the hospital as authorities were alerted.
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Rios
Albert
McClear
Health official urges immunization before age one
Charleston reports a slight rise in diphtheria cases for the year. Health Commissioner N H Dyer notes 203 cases to date versus 170 in all of 1947 and urges parents to immunize children before they reach one year old. He cites a long decline since 1933, with 1,649 cases in 1947.
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Charleston
N. H. Dyer
United States
Hope Wanes In Effort To Contact Stranded Plane
A missing aircraft investigation continues as responders search for the plane and attempt radio contact after calls failed. The alert spurred efforts across stations to reach the air crew, with no definitive response yet.
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tIrmaauie
Dutch Delegate Pleads for Time on Israel Info
Dutch Delegate Jan Herman van Royen asked for more time to obtain information and instructions from his government as it awaited new reports from the East Indies, continuing discussion from page one about Israel policy and diplomatic steps.
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Israel
Jan Hermann van Royen
East Indies
Union shop and closed shop explained in Taft-Hartley context
The text contrasts closed shop and union shop contracts. A closed shop blocks hiring nonmembers. a union shop allows hiring any worker who must join the union or be fired. If a worker quits, the employer must fire them. The U S Chamber argues radical changes are likely to erase Taft Hartley provisions including the closed shop ban and the majority employee assent rule for a union shop.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Business Action
Atomic power tale hints at broader nonweapon use
A Washington Atomic Energy Commission official says ship propulsion will not be the first non weapon atomic power project. The page also mentions stymie the money winning horse now at stud in Middleburg Virginia and a civil war nurse who bore 13 pairs of twins and six triplets in 33 years of marriage.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Stymie
Middleburg
Snow and Colder Is Forecast for This Area
Weather outlook hints at wintry blasts with snow flurries and squalls. Temperatures today reach near 48 after a night low around 29 with .20 inches rainfall recorded yesterday.
THREE MEN Questionnaires Aim To Correct Draft Classifications
The article explains how revised questionnaires guide draft boards in classifying registrants. It notes potential misinformation on registration cards and urges reporting of changes in occupation marriage or address. Dependents papers and affidavits must accompany questionnaires to aid accurate classification and help the government census manpower.
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Congress
Draft Board
New Hampshire Coast Rescue Ends Stranded Men Ordeal
Seven men stranded since December 9 were rescued after Col Beaudry guided a C 47 to land on a carbon shortly after 9 30 a m EST. The ski equipped craft then lifted off within 38 minutes with jet assistance, returning to base 270 miles away. A Navy helicopter team aboard the USS Saipan then headed toward Argentia Newfoundland. Balchen had not yet flown.
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New Hampshire
Col. Beaudry
U.S.S. Saipan
Norfolk
Navy
Saipan
Argentia
Newfoundland
Air Force
Col
Bernt Balchen
Balchen
Soldiers Must Quit Playing Around in Yokohama
US troops in Yokohama are banned from operating or "gunning" the town trolley cars after a provost marshal order. Soldiers' reckless rides scare Japanese passengers who disembark at the next stop, prompting the crackdown on the rickety line.
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Yokohama
U. S
Marshall
Only Few Liquor Brands Exhausted At Stores
Charleston dispatch reports Christmas business at state liquor stores rose about ten percent from last year. A spot check of ten of eleven key stores over the two days before Christmas found fast selling brands exhausted, with gains up to fourteen percent versus 1947 dates. one store ran about the same as last year.
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Charleston
C. H. Newton
Liquor Control Commission
Begin Investigation Of Mine Explosion
A board led by State Mines Chief Arch J. Alexander and three others began an inquiry into the December 6 explosion at a Statesbury mine of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. The incident killed a Black miner and injured three other workers. preliminary findings point to a spark from a cutting machine as the likely cause.
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Beckley
State Mines
Arch J. Alexander
Statesbury
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Alexander
Monty Willis Sentenced for Wife's First Degree Murder
Monty Willis, 32, of Spring Hill, was given a life term in the state penitentiary for the first degree murder of his wife on May 24. He pleaded guilty to the charge. Willis previously flew a glider-equipped C-54 from Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska, to Greenland for the alleged task.
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Charleston
Monty Willis
Spring Hill
State
Willis
Monty
Ladd Field
Fairbanks
Alaska
Greenland
Four Die In Fire At Campbell Hotel Twisp Wash
Fire in early morning razed the Campbell Hotel in Twisp Washington killing at least four people. Firemen and police reported seeing four bodies among the wreckage but recovery was halted by intense heat. Local publisher Claude Watkins noted the incident and suggested the figure may rise.
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TWISP
Wash
Campbell Hotel
Claude Watkins
Mehow Valley
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