Weather woes linger as rain falters and heat builds
West Virginia residents face a muggy heat wave with scant rainfall. Reports from Dailey Randolph County and nearby areas show meager showers and dry conditions. Temperatures reach near 90s while cloud cover promises only brief relief. Thunderstorms bring localized damage in Wheeling and Parkersburg. A 158-year-old man in Sao Paulo is noted in a separate item.
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Grafton
Randolph County
Elkins
Belington
Buckham
Philippi
Valley Head
Fellowsville
Tygart
Blueville
Wheeling
West Virginia
Parkersburg
U. S. Weather Bureau
Charleston
Gand Hill
Wheelng
Hun
Martinsburg
Morgantown
Explosion at Monsanto plant kills eight officials report
Officials of Mon santo Chemical Co disclosed instrument failure caused April 16 explosion that claimed eight lives at the Monsanto plant. Other items note Walter F. George's serious condition, Japan defense buildup plan, Flag Day events in Grafton, and various international updates.
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Nitro R
Monsanto Chemical Co
Monsanto
West Virginia officials visit Mayflower II amid weather cancel
Gov Cecil H Underwood and a WV group toured the Mayflower II after a scheduled air drop was canceled by bad weather. They then went to Otis Air Base, talked with Capt Alan Villiers, and headed to Travis AFB to observe training before returning to Charleston on Saturday.
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Plymouth
Mass
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Underwood
Otis Air Base
Falmouth
West Virginia Air National Guard
Alan Villiers
Otis
Travis Air Force Base
Georgia
Money cache found in recluse Emma De Hart's Staten Island flat
Searchers unearthed about 275000 dollars in cash hidden in a wooden box in the second floor apartment of 80 year old Emma Buhl De Hart in Staten Island. The hoard was discovered by a party including her nephew Albert K. Buhl and attorney Joseph E. Dworkin after a court granted access to inspect the residence following a fire eight years earlier. The discovery came after relatives failed to locate a will and De Hart died soon after hospitalization.
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New York
Staten Island
Emma Buhl de Hart
de Hart
Albert K. Buhl
Joseph E. Dworkin
State Tax Commission
Police
Richmond’ County
High stakes showdown looms in Girard case trials
Federal and local figures brace for a pivotal confrontation in the Girard case as prosecutors push for a first degree conviction and possible death penalty while judges weigh jurisdiction and potential appeals. Threats echo in Huntington as a prosecutor and judge face safety concerns amid legal strategy.
Brooke Youths Face Charges In Armed Robbery Case
Three Brooke County youths Derek M. Stark Edmund Braun and Thomas Hende all of Windsor Heights face armed robbery charges in a case involving abduction and robbery of Vir g Pracy a 33 year old transient from Nicholas County. A $10 000 bond was set after Tracy signed a complaint and a preliminary hearing is slated for next Tuesday. Stark previously faced a Wheeling Island breaking and entering charge but was acquitted. he was fined for reckless driving after a police escape incident. The complainant alleges the transient was bound gagged and dumped near Short Creek following a ride around town with two men who offered shelter for the night.
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Wheeling
Brooke County
Virg Pracy
Nicholas County
Derek
M. Stark
Edmund Braun
Thomas Hende
Windsor Heights
Tracy
Stark
Parking Meters Beat by Drivers Across Cities
Weather and traffic notes show motorists shaking meters to avoid payments. Report cites New York City and Idaho locations with observed meter tampering and rising complaints.
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Correl Gables
William Wellens
New York
Weather Bureau
Malad City
Idaho
Xuma
Ariz
Haiti Army Overthrows Government
PORT AU PRINCE Haiti officers reportedly surrounded Jean Benoit Fignol es home after midnight and took him to Les Casernes Dessalinnes fort after the army moved to seize power. The city stirred but violence was not reported as Rebreau advanced to block Sunday protests and what observers saw as a bid to crown Fignol e president.
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Port AU. Prince
Haiti
Fignole
Les Casernes Dessalirnes
Rebreau
Wende
U.S
United Press
Sea eruption sighted by pilots near Hong Kong
Two commercial airline pilots reported an underwater eruption about 70 miles west of Hong Kong. Amara ye, Capt. P. R. Holden of Civil Air Transport described a green patch of sea about 200 yards wide. L Newly, a Pan American World Airways pilot, confirmed seeing an underwater eruption at roughly the same time.
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Hong Kong
Amara Ye
P. R. Holden
L. Newly
Pan American World’ Airways
Hong
Tragedy as 14 Soldiers Die in Army Truck Wreck
Fourteen soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division died when a one and a half ton Army truck skid on a curve near the Kentucky Tennessee line and plunged 25 feet into Piney Ford Creek. Nine others were injured as a helicopter helped lift bodies. Pvt Ronald J Curtis from Kalamazoo Michigan described survivors attempting to help those trapped. An investigation was ordered.
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FT. Campbell
Sturiet 201S Airborne
Livis
Ford
Ronald J. Curtis
Kalamazoo
Mick
Cubs
Curtis
Kentucky
Tennessee
Strike Halts Kaiser Aluminum Plant Work at Ravenswood
In Ravenswood West Virginia a five day strike by about 200 members of the American Federation of Technical Engineers halted construction at the Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp works. About 850 production and office workers remain on site as five hundred laborers stay away. Nationalist China indicts 41 including five ex Communists for inciting anti American riots that damaged the U S Embassy on May 24 Premier C K Yu I announces.
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Grafton
Elks Lodge
Main Street
Elk
West Virginia
J. R. Frease
Mongiffah
Baltimore and Ohios
Elks
Square 50
John L. Linn
The
the Elks
Ellis
Ravenswood
W. Va
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
American Federation of Technice Engineers
Henry J. Kaiser Construction Co
Kaiser Aluminum
China
U.S
C. K. Yuc I
Spirited Woman Hurls Sandwich at Police Officer
Miami Beach scene as Lucille Douty 28 faces court on a charge of scattering trash after she hurled a ham and cheese sandwich at a uniformed cop. The incident followed a chase after her sports car, with bread and mustard splattered across the officer’s face and the driver fleeing.
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Miami Beach
Kian
Lucille Douty
Betnig “Hyman
Carl
Misa Douty
Douty
Hyman
Humphrey eyes tax cuts as 1958 outlook discussed
Secretary George M Hi and other officials said tax cuts are not imminent and likely depend on economic trends. The joint congressional subcommittee heard forecasts on fiscal year starting July 1, 1958, with Brundage and others cautious about timing and scope.
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George M. Hi
Humphrey
Joint Congressional Subcommittee
Wilbur D. Mark
Congress
Thip
Prrotyal Brundage
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West diplomats angered by Stassen disarmament plans
Western allies including Great Britain and Canada pressed for clear details as Stassen prepared talks in London with Dulles and Zorin. American officials denied a secret German deal while Chancellor Adenauer faced scrutiny in a tense West German election backdrop.
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United States
London
Jer Nikits Khrushchev
Helsing
Sen
Zorin
Julius Hola
Bri
France
Canada
Pri
Stassens
Dulles
Germany
Uni
Russia
Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Paisn
Stassen
Man Napping Loses Shirt in San Antonio Parking Lot
A San Antonio man, Enido Escamilla, dozed in a family car while shopping Thursday night. He woke to find his shirt missing and reported a theft to officer Lewis Gia Garza's official report notes a chilly spell as the thief took his back shirt during the nap.
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San Antonio
Tex
Enido Escamilla
Lewis
Gia
Garza
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Frederika
Greece
Tito
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Denmark
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Iowa
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Civil Defense Administration
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Iglan
Franca
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Lees
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Ike
Eressmen
White House
William C. Avery
Kansas
International
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Huntington
Soc
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Daugherty
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Wasit
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Danial
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