Shackelford Case Heads to High Court Reversal
The state Supreme Court reversed a Taylor County Circuit Court ruling granting Shackelford a new trial in a right of way dispute with Monongahela Power Co. The court said the motion was filed outside the required eight month period. The 1951 condemnation granted an easement over Shackelford land.
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State Supreme Court
Taylor County
I. T. Shackelford
Monongahela Power Co
Shackelford
Williamson
Blackwell
Mingo County
Air Force
Westinghouse workers return after furlough in Sharon
In Sharon Pennsylvania 6000 workers at the Westinghouse Electric transformer plant resumed duties after a one day disciplinary furlough. In Milan Italy a blast at Passirana a fireworks factory killed one man and seriously injured two others on Tuesday.
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Sharon
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Milan
Italy
Passrina
Rho
West Virginia 5 Day Forecast Totals Showers and Temperatures
Temperatures in West Virginia will run near normal for five days. Cooler Thursday then a bit warmer Friday, cooler again Saturday, and milder Sunday into Monday. Expect showers Thursday night, Friday, and again Sunday or Monday totaling about one inch.
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West Virginia
Temperature extremes span nation from Minnesota to Texas
The U S Weather Bureau reported a 30 degree low at International Falls Minnesota and a 103 degree high at Laredo Texas, marking wide temperature swings across the country from border to border.
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New York
U.S. Weather Bureau
International Falls
Minn
Laredo
Tex
Russian mother mourns loss of four children in Chicago
A Russian mother, Mrs Nabejda Kozmin, 35, cried on a New York station platform as she faced the loss of her four sons to Chicago charity so the family may return to Russia. Her husband George, 54, and the three older boys, ages 10, 8, and 7, await possible departure with help scarce. A court order had taken the youngest, nine months old, from her arms before a Chicago train. Feodor Siomatin of the Russian Embassy aided with interpretation as the family prepared to leave for Russia in the coming days.
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Chicago
Russia
Nabejda ‘Kozmin
George
United States
Taylor County Faces School Funding Crisis Over Levy
Ronald Knotts told Kiwanians that Taylor County schools could drop to a second class status without a proposed five year $5 per person capitation tax. He warned of repairs, old buses, and loss of state aid from declining enrollment, urging support while noting a lack of ready alternatives.
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Taylor County
Ronald H. Knotts
Kiwanians
Cozy ‘Rest
Knotts
Board For Education
Rosemont
Taylor County Board of Education
Knotts Tokyo Iit
Charles
D. L. Decker
Decker
Kvthen
Beish
Camp Towles
Seven Injured as Horse Gone Wild at Farm Show
A stone thrown by a small boy caused a horse to bolt at an agriculture show in Faraham England injuring seven people including women and children. No one required hospitalization and police reported no serious harm.
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Faraham
England
Tornadoes Sweep Central Plains Causing Casualties and Damage
Violent weather traced a line from Texas to Ontario with at least 19 tornadoes in eastern Kansas and reports of fatalities in Illinois. Across Missouri Indiana Ohio and Kentucky strong winds toppled trees damaged buildings and injured people while crews repaired storm damage and warned of more severe weather.
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Texas
Onto
Kansas
Missouri
Dinos
United Press
Illinois
Elmhurst
Kansas City
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Colorado
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Pleasure Ridge Park
Louisville
Montgomery
Ind
Columbus
Riverside Crash Brings Heavy Damage and Fines
Deputies recount a late night crash on Riverside Drive involving James Russell Kelso and Charles W Wolfe. Wolfe faced 100 in fines for reckless driving. Kelso paid 25 for obstructing traffic and 15 for drunkenness. Both cars burned. Wolfe’s at about 1000 damage, Kelso’s a complete loss. Grafton Fire Department responded.
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Grafton +Fire ‘Department
Ralph Gibson
Gibson
James Russell Kelso
Washington St
Kelso
Charles W. Wolfe
Knottsville
William T. Flanagan
Wolfe
Justice of the Peace Dnal
Jefferys
Justice of the
Ceace
W. C. Lawson
Paratrooper Dies When Parachute Fails During Training
At Fort Bragg North Carolina a paratrooper identified as Wayne H. Gluzum, 23, of Leland Iowa, died during a training jump when his parachute failed to deploy. Crew members attempted a three hour rescue but could not free him before a foam runway landing. A jet assisted the rescue, striking the carrier plane in a bid to dislodge him.
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FT. Bragg
N. C
Wayne H. Gluzum
Leland
Iowa
Soller
Set
Salvador M. Za
Mudio
San Antonio
Tex
Police Seek Abductors After Wheeling Incident
Authorities search for three unidentified men who abducted Virgil Tracy a 33 year old transient from Nicholas County. Tracy said they bound him with wire gagged him and dumped him into Short Creek where he freed himself. He was held in Ohio County jail during the investigation.
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Wheeling
Virgil Tracy
Nicholas County
Tracy
Short Creek
Ohio County
South Wheeling
Airman Held for Trial by Greek Court
U S Airman Marion Mussalli of Benwood West Virginia was ordered held for trial in Athens on charges of manslaughter and negligent driving in the automobile death of Gen Stafnos Sarafis a Greek war time resistance hero The case follows a Greek American agreement and Mussalli would be turned over to U S authorities awaiting trial unless bail is granted He claimed he was overtaking when a man and woman crossed the street in front of his car and Sarafis wife was injured The court charged him with causing death and injury by negligence and violating traffic rules No trial date was set
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Athens
U.S
Marion Mussalli
Benwood
W. Va
Stafnos ‘Sarafis
Mussalli
Sarafis
Mussall
Congress Will Probe Union Funds
Congress launches a full scale inquiry into handling of nearly 40 million dollars in union welfare funds. Chairman Gralam Burden and House Labor Committee aim to draft safeguards against racketeering while summoning insurance experts as first witnesses. Cleveland Bailey calls for testimony from United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis.
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Congress
Gralam
A. Burden
D-N.c
House Labor Committee
Tost
Barden
Cleveland M Bailey
D-W.va
United Mineworkers
John L. Lewis
Inter
Bulalbocs
Independent Offices
Labor Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Nikita Khrushchev
Mayflower I Arrives in Provincetown Harbor
The Pilgrim replica Mayflower I reached Provincetown Harbor traveling to its first anchorage in America. Coast Guard tug assisted the arrival as the vessel beat her ghostly predecessor by fourteen days into U S waters near Plymouth Massachusetts.
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Plymouth
Mass
Coast Guard
Provincetown Harbor
America
Unsinkable Wardrop swims nine hours before rescue
Douglas Wardrop second mate of the British Monarch fell overboard 1000 miles from Panama en route to Japan. He swam nine hours as Captain John Coutts steered back to the exact spot to recover him. Wardrop had a history of pond and river falls and was unharmed despite sharks in the area.
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Scotland
Douglas Wardrop
Panama
Japan
Douglas
Thames
Warjdrop
John Coutts
Wardrop
Shipping Company
Coutts
Monarch Steamship Company, Ltd
George Sherry
Eleanor Lonafield-Jones
Subversive Campaign Charged by United States
The United States accused the Soviet Union of waging a subversive intervention campaign in the Middle East. Washington rejected Moscow notes proposing a Big Four declaration against force in regional disputes and urged restraint while stressing opposition to external interference in domestic affairs.
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Washington
Jid
Middle East
Moscow
Britain
U.S
Tugdel
United States
Moncow
Girard Case Continues Involved Military Inquiry
Washington reports mounting controversy over whether a high ranking official leaked evidence in the Girard case. Defense Department general counsel Robert Dechert said a Miami source quoted him misrepresenting comments on whether actions were in line of duty. He expressed regret for the misunderstanding and denied any injustice to Army Specialist Mc Girard.
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Girard
Robert
Dee
Ottawa
Aloer
Japan
Dechert
Pentagon
Miami
Fla
Suchio
Mc Girard
Herold
Coral Gallies
Frs
M Atnight
Hebes
Woman Escapee Sought After Prison Break in Kanawha County
Authorities searched today for Evelyn Smithson, a 29 year old Kanawha County resident who escaped from Pease Springs Women's Prison last Monday after climbing a window. She was serving a five year sentence for voluntary manslaughter.
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Hinton
Kanawha County
Pease Springs Women's Prison
Evelyn Smithson
Drew Mae Woods
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