Barging polio vaccine and state moves prompt firings
A string of terse notices from West Virginia and surrounding areas includes the firing of Curtis Wilson as financial secretary of Barboursville State Hospital and a related custody case. Other items note state board changes, hospital leadership shifts, and local weather impacts from a Grafton storm that damaged a barn, with firefighters saving much of the property and tools.
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Tee Est Pene
State Board of Control
Curtis 8. Wilson
Barboursville State Hospital
Today’s Drive Em Away Used Car Bargains
Local dealers advertise a wide selection of used cars with drastically cut prices and low down payments. Sample listings include a 1953 DeSoto Firedome 8 4 door sedan and a 1950 Oldsmobile 88 2 door, inviting readers to the classified section on page five for details and a larger inventory.
County Clerk's June Receipts Rise Slightly in 1955
June 1955 receipts and disbursements for Taylor County Clerk of County Court show a total of 940.20, up from 735.15 in June 1954. County receipts include recording fees 382.75 copies 64.25 wills 28 executor 10 administrator 12.50 guardian 1.50 marriage licenses 23.70 and other license fees 205.50. State receipts list Conservation Commission 408 and marriage licenses 14, with totals 2,793 for state compared to 2,712 last June. Fees to Sheriff last June were 742.20 versus 735.15 in 1954, with totals 4,157.20 for June 1955 against 3,905.15 in June 1954.
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Taylor County Clerk of County Court
Roxie Fowler
Conservation Commission
Fire erupts at Kaupp's Auto Body Shop in Custer
Vernon Kaupp rushed from his auto body shop to watch fire trucks on a call when an explosion rang out. He flagged down two passing engines as flames swept the business, starting a dramatic rescue scene in Custer South Dakota.
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Custer, S. D
Vern Kaupp
Public Council Session Cancelled and Private Parley Reported
RIDGEFIELD PARK NJ A store owner uses a penny filled basket in the window to attract customers. A city council meeting was postponed from 8 p m to 8 p m Monday July 11 for an organizational meeting amid rumors of new council members and a potential City Manager appointment with related salary talks and hospital administration duties.
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Public Council
Parley
Ridgefield Park
N. J
Morris Bain
Grafton
R. D. Stout
Stout
Willam Gatrell
A. T. Moscar
Frank Wiseman
Clarksburg
Wiseman
Nude Eve says hunting Adam in Sioux Falls traffic
In Sioux Falls an early 30s blonde halted traffic and, when arrested, told officers Eve was looking for Adam. The incident centers on a nude intruder claiming to seek a man named Adam.
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Adam
Eve
Sioux Falls
Rainfall Briefly Dims Heat Wave After Shower
A quarter inch rainfall late yesterday brought cooler breeze but temperatures stayed hot with a high of 87 and a 66 low. Rain clouds linger with humid conditions. noon reading 78 and highs 85 to 90 expected. Tonight's low 65 to 70 as light showers continue.
Truman Honors Officer Who Escorts Visitors
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Thomas J. Gibbons received a signed photo from former President Truman. The image honors Gibbons for his courteous security escorts during Truman visits to the city while he was in office and after leaving office.
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Truman
Philadelphia
Thomas J. Gibbons
Tom Gibbons
Gibbons
Hubby’s Demands Trigger Short Marriage End
Arlene filed for an annulment from Melvin Fudge after five days of marriage. She alleged he was overly controlling, insisted she support him, and demanded she undergo plastic surgery, denture replacement, and enrollment in corrective posture school.
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Igeles
Arlene Ees
Melvin Fudge
Youth 17 Held In Sex Slaying In Manchester
Authorities charged Walter Bourque Jr a 17 year old with the sex slaying of 4 year old Ann Johnson in Manchester New Hampshire and prepared to prosecute him as an adult He admitted fatally striking her with an ax after she resisted his advances and reenacted the crime in a cellar cubicle he helped search for the body.
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Manchester
N. H
Walter Bourque, Jr
Ann Johnson
Barefoot Driver Not Law Breaker
An unidentified woman from Searcy Arkansas asked examiner Tony Scaramucci about a no shoes rule during a driver's license test in Oklahoma City. No Oklahoma law requires footwear while driving.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tony Scaramucci
Searcy
Ark
SOS Hoax Admitted By Youth Costs $50,000 To U S
A youth admitted to causing a radio distress hoax about the fishing ship Blue Star off the New Jersey coast. Police say the hoax led to a Coast Guard search costing taxpayers at least $50,000. Co defendants Maldona and Teen, 17, face burglary charges after breaking into the St Joseph and fabricating the distress signals to teach Teen how to operate a ship.
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Mineola
New Jersey
Thomas Maldona
East Rockaway
U. S. Coast Guard
Maldona
George Teen
Oceanside
Bret
Bt. Joseph
Teen
St. Joseph
Nassau County
Arthur Batchelor
New York
Murder Mystery Back In Dark
In Tucson Arizona a 44 year old former Charleston West Virginia woman was found dead on a highway to the Mexican border last December 19. Her husband Frank Hautem was acquitted by directed verdict after evidence failed to prove he killed his wife. The victim was the granddaughter of former Charleston fire chief W W Graham. Her daughter Jo Ann Hautem Frazier testified about poor relations between her parents.
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Tucson
Ariz.p
Charleston
W. Va
Frank Hautem
Robert S. Tullar
Josephine Graham Hautem
Hautem
W. W. Graham
Jo Ann Hautem Frazier
State To Share In Flood Funds
Washington reports about 10.775 million dollars in flood control projects for West Virginia approved in a Senate public works bill. The list includes Button Reservoir 1.3 million New Cumberland lock and dam 7 million Hildebrand lock and dam 1 million Cumberland Md Ridgeley W Va dam on Potomac 1.4 million and 75 thousand for Summersville Reservoir planning near Gauley River.
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Washington
West Virginia
Senate
House
Harley M. Kilgore
Wva
Conference Committee
Button Reservoir
New Cumberland
Ohio River
Hildebrand
Cumberland
Ridgeley
W.vadam
Potomac River
Summersville
Gauley River
Detroit Mayor Offices See Thermostats Trigger Turmoil
In Detroit Mayor Albert Cabo’s offices the air conditioning activated radiators unexpectedly. Thermostats set to 50 cooled air but caused the room to heat to 90 degrees before the radiators were shut off.
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Detroit
Albert Cabo
Firemen Legation Employees Held In Spy Arrests
Four Hungarian employees of the U S legation were arrested on espionage suspicions. Marton and wife were named in a communique. Nyilas and her husband, reported missing, were among those detained. The group, tied to alleged American secret information, faces ongoing investigation as radios broadcast details.
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ISR
United Preshana
Legation
Honya Nyilas
Red Radio
U. S. Legation
Hungerian
News Beri
al Balag
É Ieee
Ieee
Marton
Correaes
Ial Repos
Bride Jailed After Refusing to Renounce American Groom
Rita Adams, 18, said Berlin police jailed her six weeks in a Communist prison for marrying an American. She visited the Soviet sector to see her sister’s baby, denying it was a crime to wed an American. Her husband Earl Adams of Harrison, Ohio, wed on January 29, a day before he left the Army.
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Berlin
Rita
Adams
Ast Bertlin
Earl Adams
Harrison
Ohio
United States
Turncoat Trip Gets British OK For Hong Kong Entry
Reportedly three men, once allied with American forces, were slated to arrive in Hong Kong. British authorities indicated release would hinge on transit visas not issued by Hong Kong officials, amid tensions with Red China and Communist labels.
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Hong Kong
Petphigenette
Amteriéati
China
Burglary at Sunniland Furniture Safe Batterer Mocked
A burglary report from Houston describes a thief who broke into Sunniland Furniture Company Thursday night, forced open a stock safe, and left a foolish impression, with the incident prompting a swift police response and suspicions of more to come.
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Houston
Sunniland
Furniture Company
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