Local political chatter wraps Grafton district
In Wheeling and surrounding areas, campaign talk centers on Ramsay Pat Beacom and others, with Tove entering the Republican field locally and Robey remaining the lone state representative candidate. Kingwood neighbors plan suburb status, while City Manager Curry inherits a tight agenda including water, incinerator operations, police questions, liquor laws, and city ordinances amid a wary council.
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Grafton
Ramsay Pat Beacom
Wheeling
Tove
Congress
Robey
Whitescarver
Ergeant
Economist Quits To Prove He Never Was Communist
William Remington resigns from the commerce department to devote time to proving he has never been a Communist. He will appear in federal court in New York on an indictment for lying about Communist affiliations, after previously being cleared by the Top Loyalty Review Board in 1949.
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Commerce Department
William Remington
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Remington
Department
New York
Bank robbers flee into woods near Woodbury CT
One hundred Connecticut state police, with a helicopter and planes, hunted two armed bandits who robbed Woodbury Savings Bank and escaped with $8,500. A car abandoned near the woods and about $2,400 in scattered currency were found. Commissioner Edward Hickey led the manhunt with boats on two rivers.
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Southbury
Conn
Connecticut
Woodbury Savings Bank
Woodbury
Edward Hickey
Wage Earners Back A P In Trust Suit Poll
Wage Earner Forum reports 12 to 1 in favor of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company against an antitrust suit to break up the food chain. Everett R. Smith notes few wage earners fear big business and public awareness is high. About 1,500 wage earners nationwide formed the poll panel.
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New York
Wage Earner Forum
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Ie Forum
United States
Firemen Win Honors At Buckhannon
The Grafton Volunteer Fire department earned second place in Buckhannon's Strawberry Festival parade, receiving a bronze cup. Webster Springs won first, while eight sponsors and auxiliary members marched with the department, with fire chief John L. Proctor leading attendees and displays.
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Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
Buckhannon
Webster Springs
Theresa Beverlock
Maynelle Thayer
Marie Lazar
Juanita Johnson
Maxine McCartney
Lois Johnson
Mary Lou Custer
Shirley Isner
Walter Thayer
Vivian Jennings Walls
Mary DeBarr
Billie Bolyard
Williard Jennings
George Waggoner
Lewis Smith
Lester Clayton
John L. Proctor
Buckhannon Buckhannon Strawberry Festival Parade shines
Buckhannon West Virginia hosted a ninth straight year of festival parades with 65 units and large crowds. Residents, bands, and visitors from distant states celebrated along Main Street and at Wesleyan Stadium, highlighting the town’s community spirit and first-rate marching bands.
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Buckhannon
Upshur County
West Virginia
Wesleyan Stadium
Bill, Jr
Bobcat Stadium
Buck Fannon
Fordyce to Attend Army Reserve Indoctrination Course
Lt Hugh R Fordyce of Route 2 Grafton a West Virginia University ROTC graduate will begin a two week indoctrination course for army reserve officers June 15 in Pittsburgh Pa He is among WV graduates and others from six states to attend the Second Army area program announced by Brig Gen A R Reeves chief of the West Virginia Military District.
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South Charleston
Hugh R. Fordyce
Route 2
Grafton
West Virginia University
Pittsburgh
Gol. A.R. Reeves
West Virginia Military District
Thati
Fordyce
West Virginia
Hauk Begins Air Force Training at Lakeland Base
Pvt. Harry William Hauk aged 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hauk of Grafton, starts a thirteen week indoctrination course at Lakeland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas. The program includes military preparatory instruction and rotational testing with guidance to place him into suitable technical training.
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Harry William Hauk
C. W. Hauk
Walnut Street
Grafton
Ups
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force
San Antonio
Texas
Gateway
Miner Finds Fossil At Salt Wells Canyon
In Trona California a miner named Zirist Rizir uncovered fossils in a tunnel at Salt Wells Canyon that may be a prehistoric flying fish or lizard. The skeleton shows bat wings and rat claws with imprints suggesting scaly fishlike skin. The fossil was sent to the University of Southern California for study.
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Trona
Calif
Loss over Cincinnatian trip forces B&O to seek discontinuation
Charleston hearing reveals Baltimore and Ohio officials asked the West Virginia Public Service Commission to discontinue the Cincinnatian daylight streamliner trains 75 and 76 between Baltimore Washington Cincinnati after reporting a $355,000 out of pocket loss in 1949 and about $40,000 in April this year. They noted parallel service by four other daily trains along the same route. The Metropolitan Special trains 11 and 12 provide nearly similar schedules.
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Charleston
Baltimore and Ohio Raiload
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Cincinnatan
Cincinnatian
Baltimore
Washington
Cincinnati
E. M. Talbott
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Talbott
R. H. Holter
West Virginia
Weston’s new book spotlights point and lobos photography
Edward Weston’s My Camera on Point Lobos, published by Houghton Mifflin, reproduces thirty Weston photographs and includes excerpts from his journal. The notes reveal his view that a photographer reveals the world, seeks composition in nature, and often changes angles rather than elements. He favors glossy printing to preserve stark lens beauty without distortion.
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Edward Weston
Point Lobos
Houghton Mifflin Company
Weston
Westont
Gas Firm Sells 1000 Homes to Employees in West Virginia
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates plans to sell about one thousand houses to its Fayette and Kanawha County employees. Coalfield Land Company will handle the sales of homes along Armstrong and Paint creeks in Powellton and surrounding mining communities. Sales expected to begin around July 1.
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Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Fayette
Kanawaa
Hemes
Oak Hill
Coalfield Land Company
Easter Gas and Fuel
Armstrong and
Paint Creeks
Powellton
McDunp
Columbia
Kimberly
Gallagher
Whittaker
Standard, Pratt
Coalfield Land
Truman's Speech Targets Russia in St. Louis Address
In St. Louis Captain Harry Truman, now president, breakfasted with his World War I unit and prepared to address Russia in a public speech. Fred Schmidt of Liberty recalls Truman’s early nerve before taking command of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery in 1918.
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ST. Louis
Harry Truman
United States
France
Fred Schmidt
Liberty
Missouri
129Th Field Artillery
Schmidt
Harry
Truman Attacks Russia In St Louis Speech
In St Louis Truman denounced Soviet imperialism at Jefferson Memorial dedication arguing Russia preaches peace while expanding totalitarian control and preparing a third world war He cited five counts of aggression and urged continued Marshall Plan aid beyond 1952 amid a long costly cold war and ongoing foreign talks.
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ST. Louis
Truman
Russia
Thomas Jefferson
Germany
Battery D
Saint Lous
University ~ of
Peverir
U. S
Washington
Senate
Atom Smasher Used by Upjohn for Sterilizing Drugs
Upjohn of Kalamazoo installs a two million volt atom-smasher in its physics department to sterilize packaged drugs. The device uses high speed electrons to kill bacteria, potentially replacing heat and chemical methods. Physicians see new uses, though cost limits adoption.
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Upjohn Company
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Upjohn
No English Marriage For Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman and Italian director Roberta Rossellini deny plans to wed in England while on Capri. Attorney Gordon Lawrence says their Juarez proxy marriage is valid in Italy.
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Ingrid Bergman
Roberta Rossellini
England
Isle of Capri
Maples Bay
Gordon Lawrence
Lawrence
Juarez
Mexico
Italy
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Harry W. Hauk
Lakeland Air Base
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