Fire damages Harper's Ferry Bridge on B&O line
A fire on a Baltimore & Ohio coal train helper damaged the Harper's Ferry bridge over the Potomac River. Three journal boxes overheated and set wooden ties ablaze, derailing one car of 125 and halting traffic for about 12 hours. Crews saved nine cars, restored limited service via an old bridge, and firemen fought the blaze for six hours. The incident follows a separate fatal wreck near Parkersburg two weeks earlier involving a locomotive and a boulder.
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Cumberland Division
P. C. Bhillt
Harper's Ferry
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Potu- Wao River
Journal
United Press
Contro
B&o's
National Limited
Parkersburg
Tunnel 13
Grafton
Ex-MPC Officer Named Head of West Virginia Colleges
af-C. H. Leat ham of Fairmont was named today as the executive head of the West Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges. The retired Monongahela Power Co. official will begin immediately and coordinate college activities with industries across the six independent colleges including Salem Alderson-Bet, Morris Harvey, and West Wesleyan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
C. H. Leatham
Fairmont
West Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges
Lestham
Monongahela Power Co
Salem
Aldersonbany
Morris Harvey
West Wesleyan
Pt Pleasant DAV Commander Elected At State Convention
Wandell Pancake of Pt Pleasant was elected commander of the Disabled American Veterans at the state convention. Other officers named include Paul D Schwesig of South Charleston as senior vice commander and Hosatlock of Buckhannon as first vice commander, with Tatum Huntington second vice, Ward Rupert third vice, Fitzpatrick Nutter Fork sergeant at arms, and White Freport Creek chaplain. Also notes claim of cotton leadership by Soviet Union and a 20 minute helicopter incident in Tiracagi prefecture damaging crops valued near 500000 dollars.
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Huntington
Wandell Pancaké
Pt. Pleasant
Paul, D. Schwesig
South ‘Charleston
Avatren Hosatlock
Buckhhannon
David Tatum
M. R. Ward
Rupert
B. A. Fitzpatrick
Nutter Fork
G. C. White
Frepeh Creek
Lesson backfires as police magistrate fines wife
Acting Police Magistrate Dewayne Wolf fined his wife two dollars for parking overtime but she did not appear in court. Wolf was forced to pay the fine himself from his own pocket. The item also notes that ancient Greeks issued the first coin bearing a human likeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arney
Neb
Dewayne Wolf
Wolf
Hee
Ness
State Physician Hunt Ends with Assault Victim Found
Milwaukee police ended a week long search for Dr. Loren L. Fisher of Sissonville West Virginia after he turned up at headquart ers in West Allis. Fisher said he was struck on the head with a beer bottle and had been staying in East Chicago Indiana while police traced two Chicago men Sidney H. Biddis and Edmund B. Sigourney who took his car to Milwaukee and tried to sell a radio. The men said they left Fisher in a Chicago hotel room. Fisher had not practiced medicine since a Marine tour last year.
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Milwaukee
Wisc
Loren L. Fisher
Sissonville
W. Va
West Allis
Fisher
East Chicago
Ind
Sidney H. Biddis
Edmund B. Sigourney
Chicago
Dr. Fisher
Gartha Fisher
Charleston
Marines
Reds Sink Junker Macro 1-Communist Shore Batteries
On Saturday a Chinese junk fleeing the mainland was sunk by communist shore batteries. Eight persons were aboard the vessel as it was fired upon and went down near the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red China
Whisky aging okayed in government warehouses plan
Washington The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively approved aging whisky in banded government warehouses for up to 20 years before paying the federal excise tax. Union chief dies in New York Leo Buckley 7 international president of the stereotypers and electrotypers union AFL CIO died of cancer at his home in the Bronx.
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Washington
House
Ways & Means Committee
New York
Leo Buckley
The
Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union
Afl-Cio
Broms
Two Lutheran Groups Join In June Program
The U L C W and Brotherhood held their regular June meeting at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with Mrs Ray Withers leading devotionals. President Mrs Margaret Watkins led the business session planning a Fellowship Supper. Reports from the Synodical Convention highlighted Konnarock School for Girls and Boys in Virginia, supported by the Women of the Church and Brotherhood. Sixteen members attended plus guest Mrs Julius Groks visiting Rev Roger Gross. Social hour followed. next meeting set for the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.L.C.W. and
Brotherhood
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Ray Withers
Margaret Watkins
Hattie Heinlein
Watkins
Saélson
V.L.C.W
Konnarock School
Konnarock Mountains
Virginia
Julius"Groks
Roc Gross
Blind Spots Pastor's Theme
A preached segment on seeing spiritual blindness and choosing Christ. The speaker urges confronting evil, prioritizing the eternal over the temporal, and using life events to strengthen faith through the gospel of Christ. The message centers on transforming mind blind spots by yielding to God’s Spirit.
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China
Christ
Paul
Jesus the Christ
Fall At Work Costs Life Of W. M. Simmons
William Murray Simmons 29 of Waverly West Virginia died in a fall at Weirton Steel Company when scaffolding broke He had 11 years in steel work served in World War II as Navy seaman first class Survived by widow Pauline Backannon Simmons, two children, parents, siblings and grandparents Services planned in Herndon Chapel and Grafton First Baptist Church with American Legion and VFW honors Arrangements by Kimes Funeral Home Parkersburg
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William Murray Simmons
Rt. 2
Waverly
West Virginia
Weirton
Grafton
W. R
Mary Thelma Mason Simmons
Pauline Backhannon Simmons
Sandra Lynn
David Bryan
Larry Lee
Joan M. Swisher
Dorothy Louise Shoemaker
Mary Charlene Simmons
W. F. Simmons
Murray T. Mason
Rt. 1
Herndon Chapel
BE. U. B
U.S. Navy
Wood County
Tve
E.A.B
Edward Nesselroad
First Baptist Church
Harry T. Rowe
Nesselroad
National Cemetery
American Legion
Taylor County
Memorial City Post
V.F.W
Kimes
Parkersburg
Simmons
Weirton Steel Company
Virginia to receive 145000 for libraries expansion
West Virginia's share of federal funds under the Library George bill, approved by the Senate and sent to President Eisenhower, totals 145000. Dora Ruth Parks, executive secretary of the West Virginia Library Commission, said the money will fund county and regional library service expansion and establish demonstration programs to promote libraries.
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Westie
Virginia
Senate
Eisenhower
Dora Ruth Parks
West Virginia Library Commission
Boy Drowns In Pond Near Glen Rogers Wyoming
William O Greer 11 drowned in a pond near his Glen Rogers home Sunday when a boat he rode in capsized. Authorities report the boy was struck on the head by the boat and knocked unconscious.
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Glen Rogers
William O. Greer
Wyoming County
Queen Elizabeth Sends Personal Greeting to Eisenhower
Britain confirms Queen Elizabeth II sent a message to President Eisenhower wishing him a speedy recovery. British ambassador Sir Roger Makins delivered the note to the White House over the weekend, the British spokesman said.
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Washington O
Elizabeth I
Britain
Eisenhower
White House
Roger Makins
John J Cassell Admitted To Bar Takes Position
John J Cassell of Luzadder Street has been admitted to the State Bar Association after graduating from West Virginia University School of Law in June He attended Potomac State College Keyser and served three years with the United States Coast Guard in the Korean War He belonged to Phi Delta Phi and is a member of the Wiks lodge He has accepted a position with State Farm Mutual Life Insurance Company at Clarksburg He and his wife Irene Andrews and son John Michael will reside He is a son of George Cassell and Lula Cassell of Gratton
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John J. Cassell
Luzadder Street
State Bar Association
West Virginia University
School of
Cassell
Potoack” State College
Keyser
United States Coast Guard
University
Phi Delta Phi
Wiks Lodge
State Farm Mutual “Life Inserraricg ‘Company
Clarksburg
Wears
Irene, Andrews
John
Michael
Mrr
George Cassell
Lula Cassell
Gratton
Robison Rites Held Yesterday
Funeral services were held yesterday at 4 p.m. in Bartlett Funeral Home for Mrs. Harriet E. Robison who died Thursday at Grafton City Hospital. Burial followed in Bluemont Cemetery with pallbearers Charles Day Paul Robison Russell Reese Harry Shingleton Curtis Mahaffey and Leo Neason. A separate item notes an Argentine medical assembly condemned atomic weapons recalling the Hiroshima bombing of August 6 1945.
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Bartlett Funeral Home
Harry T. Rowe
First Baptist Church
Harriet E. Robison
Grafton City Hospital
Bluemont Cemetery
Charles Day
Paul Robison
Russell Reese
Harry Shingleton
Curtis Mahaffey
Leo Neason
Wife Ignores Curve In Lagoon Driving Incident
Ralph Green, 28, and Delores Green, 24, were in Detroit when a driving lesson ended with the wife swimming away from the car near a lagoon beside the Detroit Yacht Club. Police said she failed to turn at a lagoon turn and left the vehicle.
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Detroit
Ralph Green
Delores
Green
Detroit Yacht Club
Fleming Funeral Held At Simpson Fleming
Ida L. Fleming dies at Elkins Nursing Home. Funeral at Evans Chapel Methodist Church with ministers Clyde Bush and J H Carson officiating. Burial held in Simpson Cemetery as Simpson community gathers to remember Mrs Fleming.
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Evans Chapel Methodist Church
Simpson
Clyde Bush
Union Baptist Church of
J. H. Carson
Flemington Methodist Church
Pallbearers Named For Bartlett Funeral Service
Pallbearers were Hadley Wyckoff Gilbert Moore Roy Ervin Everett McDonald Claude Newison and Gail Bartlett.
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Harper's Ferry Bridge
B&o Hopper
MPC
London 4
Radio Moscow Today
Soviet Union
Tokyo
Tiracagi
Fanners
Knotts
Funeral Home
Eleanor Schuessler
Valentine
Bud) Kujawa
Anton, Jr
Hunt Ends
W. M. Simmons
Throl
Thas
W. Main Bt
UG Ooerry I
Royal Road
Don
Sally
Salli Oe
ONA
Jefferys
Justice of the Peace
Wweng
RCA Victor
Loar Jewelry Co
Robison
Buenos Alres P
Hiroshima
General Insurance
R. Thomas Agency
Beech St
Fleming
Grafton Finance
Sone
Malone
Pennsylvania
Aerolux
Joe Durrett
West Main Street
Joe Darrett
Main St
Tire Sales
W. Main ST
U.3
Trea
Detrot
Hayde
Willthrop
Jeannette
Piutsb
Honaga
North
Expo Porthwest
CHICA
Truman
Eratic Nz
Inee
Egislatur Behor ‘Esion
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