Weather summary forecast and temperatures
The forecast calls for sunny and pleasant conditions with highs from 75 to 80 in the east and around 80 in the west. Fair tonight then Friday features mostly sunny skies with some cloudiness and warmer temperatures. Temperatures for the 24 hours ending 5 pm include Wednesday high around 80 and low 55, with recent readings from 48 last night to 74 at 11 am today, and Tygart Dam values showing 81 high and 58 low yesterday while 7 am today was 58 and 11 am today 70.
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Las Vegas
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Preston County to Host Bids for Four Highway Projects
The State Road Commission announced bids on July 23 in Charleston for 35 highway improvements statewide, with four Preston County projects totaling about 1.6 million dollars. Taylor County will receive 11.15 miles of surfacing for 43,367 dollars and Barbour County 10.47 miles for 34,293 dollars. Road Commissioner Pat C. Graney outlined the work includes surface and face treatments on several routes, including Mason Town to Bull Run and Tunnelton to Jessup, as part of statewide let-out plans.
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State Road Commission
Charleston
Preston County
Yestoday
Taylor County
Barbour County
Pat C. Graney
Preston
Masontown
Bull Run
Tunnelton
Jessup
Centenary
Cuzzart
Wooden Mill Road
Supreme Court clears way to hand Girard to Japan for trial
The Supreme Court ruled there is no constitutional or statutory barrier to delivering GT William Girard to Japan for trial on a lightest manslaughter charge. The unsigned five page opinion by the bench said the executive and legislative branches should determine such arrangements. An appendix affidavit by Robert Dechert was filed in the defense case.
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Supreme Court
U.S
GT William
Girard
Japan
United States
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U.S. District Court
Joseph C. McGallaghy
Earl Warren
Dayton M. Harrington
J. Lee Rankin
Calico Queen Contest Votes Tighten With Three Days Left
With the first period nearing end on August 27 to 31 the Calico Queen votes tighten as 17 contestants vie for queen and a $100 bond. One year subscriptions earn 10 000 to 8 000 votes while renewals bring 3 000 to 2 000. three months 500 to 400. The Sentinel offers 3 for each new year and 2 for each renewal, funding the Fair Association. Contenders include Carolyn Fowler Marie Hyson Gaye Nell Cathell Karen Withers Patti Anna McDougal Shirley Ann Frum Patti Kittle Norma Vandergrift Sandra Jacobs Iris Davis Dortha Wiseman Connie Stemple Norma Jean Hamilton Noel Wilson Nancy Currey La Donna Hall Nancy McDaniel.
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the Sentinel
Fair Association
Sentinel
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Carolyn Fowler
Marie Hyson
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Karen Withers
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Shirley Ann Frum
Patti Kittle
Norma Vandergrift
Sandra Jacobs
Iris Davis
Dortha Wiseman
Connie Stemple
Norma Jean Hamilton
Noel Wilson
Nancy Currey
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Nancy McDaniel
Global News Digest Highlights 1956 World Events
The digest reports a locust plague threatening North Africa and the Middle East, North China air drops of Dulles speech, Egypt allocating 22.4 million for Suez Canal improvements, Egyptian minesweepers clearing Gulf of Suez, a Ferguson FBI document in a school integration case, Aga Khan’s death at 79, Kaiser Aluminum plant near Ravenwood operating and Virginia’s treasury shortfall, AEC's Diablo test rescheduled, and Iran Shah and Empress Soraya returning home after an earthquake.
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Suez Canal
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Uncle Sam Is In Arrears In Jacksonville
The city billed the U S attorney's office for more than $600 in city taxes dating from 1888 to 1930 on land where the post office stands. A government spokesman said the statements would likely be sent to the attorney general in Washington for instructions.
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Jacksonville
Fla. Wd
U. S. Attorney's Office
Washington
Jobs Beach Record Peak Jobs Beach Record Peak
The government reported June employment at a monthly peak of 66,500,000, up 1,300,000 from May after a surge of school-age youths into summer jobs. Unemployment rose to 3,300,000, reflecting temporary layoff and student job seekers.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Cool regime returns as nation enjoys relief from heat
The country largely cooled as humid air pushed north from the Great Lakes region. Thunderstorms occurred over the upper Great Lakes, northern Gulf coast, and Rockies to rains states, while flash floods in Topeka drove 300 from homes and cut water in nearby Kichland. about six inches of rain flooded roughly 150 city blocks before subsiding.
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Gulf Coast
Rockies
Topeka
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Kichland
Mail Box Does Some Talking in English Pillar Box
In Scunthorpe a pillar box speaks when Joyce Fisher posts a card. The card returns, a voice scolds her for no stamp, and after she adds one the voice says that's better. A workman cleaning inside then appears from the mailbox rear door.
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Scunthorpe
England
Joyce Fisher
Joyce
Valley Forge Hosts 50,000 Scouts for National Jamboree
Valley Forge Park welcomes 50,000 Boy Scouts for the fourth national jamboree on a 1,500 acre site. Arrivals by boat, train, plane, bus and auto begin as the event runs July 18 with a roll call, flag raisings, and a grand opening in the main arena. Scouts form 38 camps and engage in hiking and exhibits while a 5,000 scout delegation heads to Philadelphia for a Phillies Cubs doubleheader tonight.
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Valley Forge Park
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Philadelphia
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Chicago Cubs
Japanese Judge Reacts To Court Decision In Girard Trial
Tokyo presiding judge Yuzo Kawachi welcomed the U S Supreme Court ruling as timely and beneficial for Japan United States relations. Maj Stanley F Levin said Girard’s army legal adviser expected no disappointment from the decision.
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Yuzo Kawachi
Maebanhi District Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Kawachi
U. S. Court
Supreme Court
Japan
United States
Stanley F. Levin
Girard
U. S
Itsuro Hayasi
Oy Girard
Weather report logs coldest and warmest spots
The nation's coldest spot was Mount Washington New Hampshire at 33 degrees, while the warmest location on Wednesday was Yuma with notably higher readings. The Weather Bureau noted Mount Washington as the coldest spot in the country for that day.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Yuma
Aziz
Exiled Malenkov sent to remote Kazakh power station
Moscow Radio announced former Premier Georgi Malenkov was banished to a remote Siberia near Ust Kamenogorsk in Kazakh republic, 2000 miles from Moscow, as punishment for his anti Khrushchev stance. Other Molotov group members reportedly reassigned, but details unclear. The exile echoes Stalin era dispersals and Trotsky’s fate, while Western reports claim a Kremlin domestic news blackout.
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Georg Malenkov
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Moscow Radio
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Kazhabstan
Siberia
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Dmitri Shepslov
Central Asia
Josef Stalin
Kazakhstan
Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
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Nikita
Khrushchev
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United Press
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Scouts From Two Councils To Visit Grafton On July 19
About 300 Boy Scouts and leaders will arrive at 4 p.m. EST in Grafton to tour the city and use Tygart Lake State Park facilities during a stop on their return from the National Boy Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge.
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Tygart Lake State Park
Kiwanis Club
Ralph Woodyard
Valley Forge
Pocatello
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Woodyard
Tygart Lake
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Ben N. Graham
Border Clash Raises Tensions at Israeli Syrian Frontier
Report from Jerusalem states Syrian machine gun and rifle posts fired for 15 minutes toward border villages as Israeli and Syrian troops traded artillery for ten hours. No casualties were reported. Prime Minister Ben-Gurion blamed Russia and Egypt in cables to UN Secretary General Hammarskjold as observers prepare to report. An official note cited one laborer killed and seven policemen wounded in the clash on Tuesday.
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Israel
Gonen
Sea of Galilee
David Ben-Gurion
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Dag Hammarskjold
Russia
Egypt
Syria
United Press
Joe Morris
Hammarskjold
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Applications Received For GHS Principal Post
Taylor County Superintendent Paul C. Bartlett announced three or four applications filed for the Grafton High School principal position left vacant by Roy W. Walter. Applicants are all from out of country residents, with local eligibles content to stay. The school board will act at the July 18 meeting. new teacher placements and hires across the county will be decided in August.
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Taylor County
Paul C. Bartlett
Grafton High School
Roy W. Walter
Bartlett
Ike Remains Firm On Rights Amid School Integration Fears
President Eisenhower will amend his civil rights bill to reassure that troops will not be used to force school integration in the South, according to Republican sources. He will not concede further to Southern opponents or accept a jury-trial amendment as demanded by Dixie senators, sources said.
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Washington
Eisenhower
South
United Press
Dixie
Vaccine Ordered To Combat Oriental Flu
Washington officials said vaccine production will begin immediately after a crash program by government and industry. The Public Health Service announced successful testing in human volunteers and directed manufacturers to start batches for the fall flu season. The vaccine is not 100 percent effective but deemed enough to begin production.
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Washington
Trial Of Hoffa Will Proceed
Washington judge declares mistrial for Fischbach in bribery case but orders James Hoffa trial to proceed. Fischbach’s attorney hospitalized with heart condition. investigation involved John Due Cheasty allied with the Senate Rackets Committee and access to Teamster Union inquiry materials.
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Washington
Burnita
Matthews
Hyman I. Fischach
Miami
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Becaus
Senate
Ommitter
Teamster Union
PSC Appoints Five Inspectors In Carrier Division
The Public Service Commission announced appointments of five field inspectors to the motor carrier division. The new appointees include Hyde Sawyer, Anawalt, McDowell, Howard B Carr, Huntington, Fos P King, Charleston, Cote, Danese, and Ward P Rice of Elkins, Fayette County.
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Public Service Commission
Hyde Sawyer
Anawalt
McDowell County
Howard B Carr
Huntington
Fos P
King
Charleston
Cote
Danese
Fayette County
Ward P. Rice
Elkins
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