Curtain Time On Sentinel Contest At Manos Theatre
Tonight at 8:30 the Manos theatre hosts the Miss Grafton Sentinel 1950 contest with fourteen high school seniors competing for the titles Miss Grafton Sentinel and Miss Worth. The winner earned a trip to Charleston for North South Football Game festivities and social events, while the runner up attends West Virginia University homecoming as a Sentinel guest. The alternate may attend if either of the top two cannot go, with all contestants meeting at the Sentinel office at 7:30 for instructions and chaperoning to the venue.
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Taylor County
Manos Theatre
Charleston
Christon
Worth
West Virginia University
Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel
Manos
Tragedy Recurs On Anniversary Flight Disaster
A Westair twin-engine plane carrying 65 passengers departed San Juan Puerto Rico for Wilmington North Carolina and disappeared after takeoff. The incident mirrors a disaster one year earlier when 53 people died in the Atlantic near Miami. Recovery and rescue efforts unfold as authorities investigate potential causes.
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Washington
San Juan
Rico
Miami
Florida
Atlantic
Jay
EaBres
Puerto
Westair Company
Wilmington
North Carolina
Va. Governor Tests in Imports Case Before Senate
West Virginia Governor Okey Patteson testified to a Senate group led by Senator M. M. Neely that imports of foreign oil would hurt his state. He warned continued high imports could displace about 40 million tons of coal per year and stressed coal and railroads are the heaviest taxpayers in West Virginia, with the state's economy tied to coal output.
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Charleston
Okey Patteson
Senate
Washington
West Virginia
Patteson
M. M. Neely
Johnson urges restraint and strength to deter communism
Secretary of Defense Johnson told the Pennsylvania Military College graduating class in Chester that war can be avoided if the United States exploits its military, economic, political and psychological strengths. He urged Americans to resist aggression decisively in any form and said freedom is inherent to man.
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Washington (P
Johnson
Pennsylvania Military College
Chester
Extended Rent Controls Sought By Gov Patteson
Governor Okey L. Patteson urged West Virginia congressmen to back extending rent controls as the measure nears consideration. He warned that lifting controls could raise rents in Wheeling Charleston Huntington and Bluefield and provoke wage demands and industrial unrest, risking state revenue.
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Gov
Patteson
Charleston
Okey L. Patteson
West Virginia
Washington
Wheeling
Huntington
Bluefield
Hedrick and
Burnside
Grafton Man Receives M D Degree Today
A native Grafton man earns his Doctor of Medicine degree at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond after wartime delay. John William Hessen Jr., 38, will begin a Walter Reed internship July 1 in Washington DC for one year. He is the son of Emma Gasser Hessen of Grafton and the late John William Hessen Sr., with grandparents listed and Mrs. Homer Bell as an aunt.
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Grafton
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
John William Hessen, Jr
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D.C
Doctor Hessen
Mars
Emma Gasser Hessen
John William Hessen
Morgantown
Jacob Gasser
West Main Street
Homer Bell
Hedrick Aims to Save Jobs for Morgantown Ordnance Workers
Congressman Hedrick pledged to seek measures to prevent job losses at the South Charleston Naval Ordnance plant. He noted the Navy plans to lay off 102 workers by September 1 and 105 more by December 1 due to federal budget cuts and said he would press Secretary Johnson and Navy officials to reconsider.
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Hessen
Morgan Cyarleston (P
West
West Virginia voters flock to polls in 24 cities
Elections are held in 24 West Virginia cities including Welch where a Supreme Court ruling allowed Democrats on the ballot for the first time in a decade. Mayors and city offices are up in Morgantown Buckhannon Keyser Nitro Richwood Ronceverte Romney Shepherdstown among others, with turnout expected to rise from 1948.
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Charleston
West
Welch
Supreme Court
Edward Lockhart, Sr
Morgantown
Cliff Hough
Bayard
Bethany
Capon Bridge
Glendale
Marshal County
Grant Town
Hambleton
Thomas
Hamlin
Lost Creek
New Haven
Oceana
Parsons
Pineville
Smithers
Wardensville
Acting Chief is Ex Marine Steps In at City Police
Twenty six year old Lawrence Messenger, a Marine veteran who served at Iwo Jima alongside his younger brother, becomes acting city police chief while Chief Joe Mask takes indefinite sick leave for heart problems. Messenger says the role carries heavy responsibility though it is just another job. City Hall cannot say how long Mask will be off.
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Lawrence Messenger
Iwo Jima
Young Messenger
Joe Mask
Chief Mask
City Hall
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizen
Mr and Mrs Glenn Stevenson of Route 1 Tunnelton welcome a son born at 11 47 p m on June 5 The child weighed seven pounds fellow residents celebrate the new arrival in local life noting the family ties and hometown pride
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Glenn Stevenson
Route 1
Tunnelton
Roosevelt Name Shaping California Primary Contests
In California two major contests draw attention with Earl Warren facing James Roosevelt for governor and Roosevelt favored for the Democratic nomination. Helen Gahagan Douglas versus Manchester Boddy vies for the Democratic Senate nod while Nixon is seen as a strong Republican candidate. A Republican clash in South Dakota pits Chan Gurney against Francis Case. New Mexico features a four man race for the Democratic governor nomination, including David Chavez, brother of Senator Dennis Chavez.
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California
Earl
James Roosevelt
F-D-R
Warren
Roosevelt
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Los Angeles
Manchester Buddy
Senate
South Dakota
Chan Gurney
Francis Case
House
Case
Gurney
New Mexico
David Chavez
Dennis Chavez
Puerto Rico
U S and Japan May Discuss Peace Settlement Soon
Washington and Tokyo signals point to a near formal peace conference. Japan seeks a westward peace treaty as elections underscore public demand for a conference. Yoshida and the Liberal party pushed for a separate treaty while campaign tactics highlighted Western style politics.
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U.S
Japan
Washington
United States
Tokyo
Didate
Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal
Higher Rates Sought by Chesapeake and Potomac P S WV
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia filed with the Public Service Commission for additional rate relief to meet public obligations and to generate about 1.7 million dollars in after tax net income annually. Company VP J R B Crigler cited rising plant costs and reduced earnings, noting a new labor agreement with CIO union would raise wage costs and widen the gap between granted employee pay and company needs.
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Chesapeake’ and Potomac Telephone Company of
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
J. R. B. Crigler
Ex Con and Girlfriend Captured After Cross State Run
Ex convict Cat Hensley and his red haired wife led police across four southeastern states for five days. They fired on a Tennessee patrol, stole a car with a machine gun and 500 rounds. They were captured peacefully in a friend’s home near Cowpens, South Carolina with FBI confirmation.
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Cowpens
8. C
Hensley
FBI
Hensleys
South Carolina
Hetek
Chattanooga
North Georgia
Spartanburg
Esa
Fate of 20 Other Passengers Still Unknown At Noon
Miami bulletin reports 37 survivors rescued after a twin engine plane crashed into the Atlantic. The fate of 20 remaining passengers was unknown at noon. Pilot co-pilot and steward saved. Survivors picked up by destroyer USS Saufley about 275 miles northeast of Miami. Life jackets were not worn by any of the 37 when rescued from life rafts.
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Miami
Florida
Atlantic
Hershell Sanders
St. Petersburg
Treseue
U.S. 8
Saufley
Vestai Company
Survivors Plucked After Atlantic Plane Crash
A U S Navy destroyer and Coast Guard units recovered 37 survivors from five life rafts after a twin engine plane carrying 65 migratory workers from Puerto Rico crashed in the Atlantic 275 to 300 miles northeast of Miami. Up to 45 may have survived, with coast guard and commercial aircraft reporting additional rafts and numbers as searchers continue.
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Washington
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
United States
San Juan
Puerto, Rico
Wilmington
North Carolina
Miami
Florida
Coast Guard
PBY
U.S
Framework On City's Incinerator Rising Today
City Hall says the incinerator framework is going up today with the steel structure to be enclosed by tomorrow. Project remains on schedule for operation soon after July 1. the Bingman Steel Products built frame was purchased for the facility.
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City
Curtis D. Decker
Bingman Steel Products Company
West Point graduates warned on new tank warfare era
West Point graduation class received a warning about the world’s approach to tank warfare, signaling a shift in modern military tactics and the implications for future officers.
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West Point
N.y.orive
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