Weather forecast summary for river valley region
Increasing cloudiness and milder temperatures with highs in the 50s west and 40s east. Rain mixed with snow in higher elevations. Tuesday turning to snow and colder. 24 hour readings show Sunday high 37 and low 24 with night low 14. today 11 am 43. Tygart Dam today high 43 low 22 and 11 am 38.
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Tygart Dam
Grafton
Old Sol
Blueville
Mercury
Ocal
Weather Bureau
Weather and politics roll through tense region
Report notes Ben-Gurion delaying a parliamentary statement as Atba Edan, Israel's ambassador in Washington, consults. In Charleston a radio address by Underwood airs tonight, while frost lingers across Graton with a 14 degree low. Weather predicts a cold week with rain or snow midweek and possible warmer spells today.
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Ben-Gurion
Israel
Atba Edan
Washington
Coldest town in nation hits 10 below in Minnesota
International Falls Minnesota recorded 10 degrees below zero as the coldest community in the nation this morning, while the warmest spot Sunday reached 81 in Miami Florida at the airport.
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New York
International Falls
Minn
U.S. Weather Bureau
Miami, Fla
Five Day West Virginia Forecast With Rain Likely Tonight
Weather brief reports cloudy conditions across West Virginia with rain tonight and a mild drop in temperatures to around 408. Tuesday brings further cloudiness and cooler air with rain in the south and possible rain mixed with snow in the north. In New York a deadly Brooklyn fire claimed three lives including two men and a woman. a young mother and her child escaped with another tenant.
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West Virginia
TRIO
New York
Brooklyn
City Council to hear fire levy and fines plan
Grafton City Council meets Tuesday at 3 PM to discuss a fire protection levy and an ordinance draft increasing city arrest fines and costs to align with magistrate court charges. Also on the agenda is the Hospital board dispute with a potential WV Supreme Court appeal and the injunction on removing directors. City Attorney J. Guy Allender is expected to present the draft and members may weigh funding and legal actions.
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Grafton
J. Guy Allender
Justices of the Peace
West Virginia
Pairmont
Clarksburg
Grafton City Hospital
Cicuit
W. Merle Watkins
Council
Watkins
West Virginia Supreme Court
Rel Mable
Cause Of Fire Unknown At Warren County Home
At least 11 missing and believed dead after a fire and explosion at the Katie Jane Memorial Home in Warrenton Missouri. The three story brick building housed 226 people including guests and visitors during visiting hours. Fire officials suspect a gas leak may have fed flames as explosions followed the blaze.
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Warrenton
Katie Jane
F. H. Knigge
Warren Coun
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Knigge
O'Sullivan
Warren County
St. Louis
St. Bouts
Warren Stewart
Stewart
Legislature Adopts Minimum Pay Bill for College Teachers
West Virginia House of Delegates receives a bill from the State Education Association to set starting annual salaries for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral holders at four thousand five, six thousand plus, with automatic increases to nine thousand four hundred ninety five for doctorates. Separate measures include tobacco tax proposals, PSC funding, and liens on unpaid taxes. Nine bills entered the hopper. four duplicates from the Senate.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia Education Assn
House of Delegates
Dels. Nic~ola
Richard Young
Upshur
WVEA
West Virginia University
Senate
Ralph J Bean
House
T. E. Myles
Public Service Commission
Special Revenue Fund
Clarrence Martin
Berkley
Del
D. R. Frazer
Nicholas
Legion Speech Contest Set for statewide oratorical series
The American Legion announces the annus statewide oratorical contest for high school seniors. District contests begin February 27 with 11 districts, followed by four sections in March. State finals occur in Fairmont on March 15, with contests in Clarksburg Huntington Parkersburg Newburg Northfork Hinton Elkins Moorefield Beaver Paymont and Charleston and regional events in Moundsville Keyser Logan and Lewisburg.
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American Legion
Chester Phillips
Maren
Fairman
Clarksburg
Huntington
Parkersburg
Newburg
Northfork
Hinton Elkins
Moorefield
Beaver
Paymont
Moundsville
Keyser
Holy Spirit Sermon Highlights Unity of God and Spirit
The Rev. Ralph Burnette preached on What We Believe About the Holy Spirit at First Church of Christ in Grafton. He described the Spirit as the living presence of God with titles from the New Testament and urged belief in its accessibility to all.
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Ralph Burnette
First Church of
Christian Grafton
Christ
God
Jesus
Father
Holy
Crash Kills Two In Beech Bottom On Rt 6
Two Wheeling men died when their automobile left Route 6 near Beech Bottom Brooke County officials opened an immediate coroner's inquest to determine causes amid the accident's freakish features. Earl Me, 42, and Glenn Crawford, 27, were killed. Stephen Carr, 32, also of Wheeling, was uninjured.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Wheeling
Rt. 6
Beech Bottom
Brooke County
Earl Me
Glenn Crawford
Stephen Carr
Queen And Duke Have A Perfect Day In Lisbon
Queen Elizabeth II began a three day state visit to Portugal with cannon salutes and a crowd of about a million watching as the Britannia docked. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived on an ancient barge rowed by 40 oarsmen, and fireworks lit the harbor as ships and boats greeted them amid perfect weather after storms. They reportedly planned to visit the United States next September.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Elizabeth II
Tagus
Duke of Edinburgh
United States
Britannia
Underwood Praises WV Air Warning Test Success
Charleston: General Cecil H. Underwood hailed the West Virginia aircraft detection test as highly successful. About 5,000 volunteer plane spotters participated in exercises with 124 posts reporting data to the Air Defense Filter Center. The second joint test in a month by the Air Guard and Ground Observer Corps drew praise from state officials including Edgar M. Biles and Senator Raymond J. Vassef Weston.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Cecil H. Underood
West Virginia Air National Guard
Airy
Air Guard
Ground Observer Corps
Underwood
Civil Defense
Edgar M. Biles
Raymond J. Vassef Weston
Vacation Of Ike May Be Cut Short
President Eisenhower may cut short his vacation due to the Middle East crisis. He spoke by telephone with Secretary of State Dulles and set aside hunting and golf to monitor international developments. Officials declined to confirm any return date or UN appearance, while reports of a potential royal visit were acknowledged but not confirmed.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Middle East
John Foster Dulles
United Press
Washington
Janes C. Hagerty
Hanevsty
Lvell
Hagerty
Dulles
Eisen~hower
Abba Eban
United States
United Nations General Assembly
U.N
London
Elizabeth
Great Britain
Duke of Edinburgh
Darlingts Held on Grand Larceny Count in Police Office
Charles Town police arrested Oscar Darlingts Jr after he allegedly stole a rat gun from the police headquarters back room. He is ordered held for Jefferson County grand jury action on a grand larceny charge. Darlingts reportedly planned to use the weapon against Trooper J E Durst of the State Police, tying his motive to his brother George's 1954 death in a gaia battle with police.
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Charles Town
Oscar Darlingts Jr
Jefferson County
Darlington
J E. Durst
Joval Tite
Durst
George
Fire breaches nursing home in Braintree
A blaze at Braintree Manor Nursing Home caused firefighters to confine flames to the first floor. About 44 patients were moved to other rooms with no injuries reported. Officials said the cause of the fire was not yet determined.
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Braintree
Mass
Braintree Manor Nursing Home
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