Carnival Rides and Performers Slash into Taylor County Fair
The Taylor County Fair announces sensational acts from Hollywood style diving and acrobatics August 29 to September 2. A professional high diver will perform in a tiny tub amid spears, with the smallest tub ever used. A second troupe of five to six entertainers, costing about $1000, will present two daily shows featuring acrobatics and juggling. Loch talent and carnival rides will be added, with a focused effort by entertainment committee chair H. K. Debender to occupy every hour of the fair. County Agent Ralph Elke notes special 4-H and Vo-Ag awards for youth in judging wattle and sheep, and hopes for ongoing educational 4-H programs all week.
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Hollywood
H. K. Debender
Ralph Elke
Heep
GI Soldiers Reluctant to Fire on Civilians by Yongdong
Washington AP correspondent Don Whitehead reports North Korea uses civilians to shield tanks near Yongdong. An Army major says four tanks moved behind the civilians while American troops held fire, acknowledging the grim odds faced and questions about home knowledge of the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washiington
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Skater Arthur Lehman Delayed On 360 Mile Marathon
Eighteen year old Arthur Lehman of Dunbar near Charleston skates toward Richmond Virginia on a 360 mile Youl er marathon from Huntington. He runs behind schedule and faces rough mountain highways in Virginia and West Virginia. Planned 10 day trip, today the 10th since leaving Huntington, not yet halfway. Delays include three days in Marines and a guest visit at a roller rink in Ansted Saturday night.
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Arthur C. Lehmann, JR
Dunbar High School
Huntington
W. Va
Richmond
U.S
Lewisburg
Lehmann
Charleston
Arthur Lehman
Dunbar
Youler
Richman
Virgnna
Arthur
Covington
Virginia
West Virginia
Marines
Ansted
Three Tay lor County 4-H Members Chosen for Dairy Contest
Ed Lough from Country Club road Lonnie Lee Sharp of Knottsville and Martin Hustead of Simpson area were selected as Tay lor County 4-H members to participate in the regional dairy judging contest at Jackson's Mill on August 31, chosen for outstanding county dairy projects.
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Ed Lough
Country Club
Lonnie Lee Sharp
Knottsville
Martin Hustead
Simpson
Taylor County
4-H
Jackson's Mill
Grand Jury Studies Death at Barboursville Hospital
A special grand jury in Huntington will study the death of Pauline Cook at Humlington State Hospital. Common Pleas Judge I Clay Worth ordered the session for August 3 at the Prosecuting Attorney Edward H Green's request. Fourteen hospital employees were fired earlier after a Board of Control investigation led by Treasurer L Steele Trotter. Pathologists cited pneumonia as a factor, while charges claim treatment contributed to her death.
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Barboursville
Humlington
Common Pleas
I. Clay Worth
Huntington
Edward H. Green
di Vital
Board of Control
Tme
L. Steele Trotter
Two Arrests Made On Drunkenness Counts
Two men appeared in municipal police court this morning before Judge J. Guy Allender. Laniel McFarland of Boyd Street was arrested by Stemple and Hickman and fined $10 plus costs with time to pay. Denvis Cleveland of Morgantown was jailed for 10 days or until a $10 fine and costs are paid, arrested for intoxication by Hickman and Swisher yesterday.
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Municip
J. Guy Allender
Laniel McFarland
Boyd Street
Stemple
Hickman
Denvis Cleveland
Morgantown
Swisher
No Overnight Parking On West Main Street Enforced
Grafton city police will enforce a no overnight parking rule on West Main Street from Market to Keenr's Service near the Fetterman bridge. The measure aims to improve police and fire protection with midnight checks and tickets for violators. Exemptions exist for those who arrange with City Hall to remove cars before October 1, and enforcement begins tonight after a preliminary 22 violations were found. Violators face municipal court traffic charges.
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City Hall
Main Street
Lincoln Street
Baruch Urges Immediate Freeze on Prices Wages Rents
Bernard Baruch, veteran mobilization adviser, calls for a rapid nationwide freeze on prices wages and rents as part of broader economic mobilization. He testifies before the Senate committee urging powers beyond Truman's wartime authorities contending the nation must organize factories farms and materials for full preparedness.
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Baruch
Bernard Baruch
Senate
Truman
Mr. Truman
Hepzibah Community Fair Committee to Meet Tonight
Hepzibah community fair committee holds an 8 p.m. meeting at Hepzibah school to finalize plans. County Extension Agents Ralph E. Fike and Lenore Crouser will join to discuss assignments for committees that will take over fair planning.
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Hepzibah
Mepzibah School
Ralph E. Fike
Lenore Crouser
Polio Cases Rise Across West Virginia Statewide
Eleven new polio cases were reported last week, bringing the year total to 52, and surpassing last year’s pace of 63 for the same period. County counts include Kanawha Fayette McDowell Mercer Mingo Pocahontas Raleigh and Wayne with multiple regions adding to the statewide tally.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Health Department
Kanawha County
Fayette
McDowell
Mercer
Mingo
Pochontas
Raleigh
Wayne
Fashion shifts back to shapely feminine silhouettes in fall Paris shows
Paris designers abandon the sack look of the twenties and embrace lean yet rounded shapes with natural waistlines. Fathi discards the boyish line for romantic femininity while Dior hints at the return of fluted tight skirts and high dramatic collars. Eveningwear leans luscious, daytime favors English tweeds and fancy wool weaves.
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New York
Paris
Dior
Fathi
Johnson Strikes Back on Korea Defense Warning
Secretary of Defense Johnson rebutted claims of weakness in U S defenses during the Korean conflict saying overall fighting potential was higher at outbreak than after World War I. He testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on a ten and a half billion dollar request to bolster armed forces. He cited a 165 percent rise in the army mobile striking force strength in the continental United States from 1948 to 1950.
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Washington
Johnson
Tofay
Korea
Senate Appropriations
Truman
Continental
U. S
Truman Calls For Sacrifice Of Consumption
Britain plans to send ground troops to Korea and put its fleet on war footing asUN actions expand. Turkey Thailand Australia New Zealand offer forces while US First Cavalry fights near Yongdong and reports describe Communist concentrations and flanking moves toward Kumchon and nearby routes.
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Washington
Britain
Korea
Emanuel Shinwell
House of Commons
United Nations
Turkey
Thailand
Australis
New Zealand
Dean Acheson Ansure
U.S. First Cavalry Division
Yongdong
Toyko
Muju
Sanwon
Kumchon
Nsan
Philippi Electricity Rate Drops Under Local Commission
The Public Service Commission approved rate reductions for Philippi's electric service costing the town 67,600 annually. The city, which operates its own distribution system, secured a better wholesale contract from Monongahela Power. The new rate takes effect August 1 and aligns with Monongahela Power charges to individual customers in northern West Virginia. The commission also allowed Norfolk and Western Railway to discontinue agent freight and passenger stations in Naugatuck and Wilcoe, moving to non‑agency freight stations.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Philippi
Monongahela Power Company
Monongahela Power
West Virginia
Norfolk and Western Railway
Naugatuck
Mingo County
Wilcoe
McDowell County
New Bishop Named for Toledo Diocese
The Most Reverend J. Behring of Cincinnati has been named Roman Catholic Bishop of Toledo replacing the Most Reverend Karl J. Alter who was recently appointed archbishop of Cincinnati.
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J. Behring
Cincinnati
Toledo
Karl J. Alter
Thomas Sees Long Career End in Oklahoma Runoff
In Oklahoma, veteran Democratic Senator Elmer Thomas failed to win renomination, losing to Representative Mike Monroney in a runoff by about 24,000 votes. The result ends Thomas's long political career as national attention centers on the state primaries.
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Washington
South
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
Thomas
Mike Monroney
Monroney
Grafton Teen in WV Business College Spelling Contest
MISS JANET THAYER of Grafton joins three other West Virginia Business College students for the 24th annual spelling contest at the Clarksburg campus scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday. Contestants include rivals from Fairmont Bluefield and Uniontown Office Training School with Dusty Miller serving as chief justice.
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Janet Thayer
Grafton
West, Virginia
Business College
Clarksburg
Thayer
Grafton Senior High School
Ruby Thayer
Murray
Miss Grafton Sentinel
West Virginia Business Colleges
Fairmont
Bluefield
Office Training School
Uniontown
Dusty Miller
Ohio
Elinor Jo Bartlett
Philippi
Janet
Martha Sue Price
Fairview
Doris Samples
Salem
West Virginia Business College
T. L. Cain
Jury To Get Case Today In Clarksburg
In Clarksburg former patrolman Robert Lee Fawley faces a second trial for voluntary manslaughter in the death of fellow officer Chester Slack. Slack was mortally wounded during a patrol in downtown last August 15. Fawley says he fired in self defense after a night stick whizzed by his shoulder.
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Clarksburg
Robert Lee Fawley
Chester Slack
Fawley
Shack
Three youths arrested at Keystone still
Three youths aged 17, 17, and 15 were arrested Sunday near a 60 gallon still at Keystone and handed to McDowell County juvenile authorities. Alcohol tax agents say the teens were preparing to operate the still.
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Princeton
McDowell County
Keystone
Alcoholic Tax Control
Charleston waitress murdered by soldier sought for questioning
Charleston police hunt 18 year old Private First Class Carol Edwin Neal after Virginia Billy Frazier 29, a divorces and mother of one, was found shot in her home with a single bullet in the temple. Neal reportedly called a funeral home at 5 am saying a woman was shot at his house. He is missing.
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Charleston
Virginia
Billy) Frazier
Herbert W. Bryah
Carol
Edwin Neal
I Rzette Cuningham
Neal
Frazier
Tiend
West Virginia Reservists Called Up Toward Fort Knox Drill
Charleston reports reservists from the Continental Air Command based at Mitchel Air Force Base New York will be recalled starting Friday. A selected group from First Air Force including West Virginia and 15 other states will fill vacancies for one year. Meanwhile West Virginia National Guard infantry and engineers prepare for a major Fort Knox exercise with 20 companies bivouacking and practicing against a mythical enemy.
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Charleston
West ‘Virginia
Air Force
Continental Air Command
Mitchel Air Force Base
New York
First Air Force
West Virginia
West Virginia National Guard
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Bivquac
Parkersburg
Rotary District Governor To Visit Here
Sol omon N Steffan Williamson native and Rotary leader will visit Grafton Rotary Thursday night. He serves as governor of Rotary International district 273 and will deliver the featured address and lead a club assembly. The Moose hall at 6115 p m hosts the meeting with president John Jenkins in charge.
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Grafton Rotary Club
Solomon N. Steffan
Williamson
Rotary International
Steffan
Kiler
Syria
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
National Bank of Commerce of
O'Brien Lodge
A. F
A. M
Royal Arch
York Rite Masonic Lodge
Rotary
Moose Home
John Jenkins
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