Weather forecast for today with heat and storms
Fair today and tonight with a chance of afternoon thundershowers in the south portion. Highs 83 to 90 east, 90 to 96 west. Tonight lows 65 to 72. Sunday mostly fair and hot with higher humidity. Temperatures show highs near 88 and lows around 59 to 52 at various times.
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Nuisance Chicken Inn Padlocked After Court Order
Chicken Inn at the west end of the Fetterman bridge was padlocked by a circuit judge after a temporary injunction. State troopers and deputies enforced the order, naming Sam Lacaria of Clarksburg as operator and Mabel Louise Kincaid and Albert Reed of Grafton as involved in whiskey sales. Prosecutor had urged no order, labeling the tavern a common public nuisance.
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Chicken Inn
Fetterman Bridge
Merle Watkins
Richard B. Bord
Watkins
Icon
Co. M. White
J. N. Liller
Ralph Gibson
Sam Humphrey
Sam’ Lacaria
Clarksburg
Mabel Louise Kincaid
Albert Reed
Grafton
Parkersburg Kaiser plant work halt persists after talks
Parkersburg Kaiser Aluminum plant at Ravenswood remains halted after a Friday conference between the striking Labor union and company officials proved fruitless. In Wheeling, former patrolman Anthony Malatin awaits transfer to Moundsville penitentiary after a one to ten year sentence for theft of aluminum and doors from a Wheeling wholesale firm. In Washington, Prime Minister Nobushe Kishi concludes a Washington visit with approval for early U.S. troop withdrawal from Japan and 500 million dollars in aid. In Charleston, State Labor Commissioner Richard Kennel announces Deubert J. Bias of Huntington as industrial safety inspector for the department.
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Parkersburg
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Ravenswood
Wheeling H
Wheeling
Anthony Malatinsky
Moundsville
Washington
Nobushe Kishi
Japan
U.S
Charleston
Richard Kennel
Deubert J. Bias
Huntington
Heat Returns To Grafton Area With Hot Humidity
Heat returns to the region as a two day cool spell ends. Temperatures reached 80 at the Tygart Dam and 88 in Bluefield by 11 a.m. despite rain-free skies. Two inmates remain at large after an escape from Lincoln County jail, with the region forecast to stay hot and humid and in need of rain.
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Grafton
Francisco
Honolulu
Iihe
Mercury
Tygart Dam
Blue- Hamlin
Lincoln County
James Cooper
Spurlocksville
Harvey Curtis
Peter Guckmann
Branchland
Third arrest expected in $139000 Danish opera star robbery
Hollywood IM Chief Thad Brown said a third arrest was expected soon in the $139,000 theft of Danish opera star Lauritz Melchior in Hiro Saki Japan. Tilly members of a bald headed men club sought a two thirds cut in official haircut fees to 50 yen each, with 100 yen contributed to a relief fund.
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Hollywood
Thad Brown
Lauritv Melchior
Hirosaki
Japan
P— Tilly
Truck Driver Cronk Indicted in Relatives’ Killings
Wheeling truck driver Thomas Cronk, 31, was indicted on two counts of murder for a shooting spree that killed two of his relatives last Monday. He pleaded innocent after the indictment and a trial date was set for July 15 by Ohio County Intermediate Court Judge David A. McKee.
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Wheeling
Thomas Cronk
Cronk
Ohio County
Jude David A. McKee
Ike Visits His Farm at Gettysburg for Golf Weekend
President Eisenhower returned to his farm in Gettysburg Pennsylvania for a quiet weekend and planned another round of golf after arriving Friday afternoon. He played 18 holes with neighbor George Allen, completing the nine-hole loop twice in just over two hours while riding a golf car in cool weather.
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Eisenhower
George Allen
Ten Miners Trapped in Izumi Coal Mine Blast
SAPPORO Japan Ten miners were trapped and killed when a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in the village of Izumi Friday night. Twenty miners escaped the cave in on shaft 1 000 feet below the surface. One was hospitalized with first degree burns.
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Sapporo
Japan
Izumi
Grafton To Dieselize Baltimore and Ohio Rail Line
Superintendent J R Frease reports Baltimore and Ohio will switch from steam to diesel across Grafton with six new road switchers arriving June 24 and 12 more to follow, totaling 18. Clarksburg already dieselized. some road engines remain steam. Dieselization includes track, wash racks, fuel storage, and removal of the coal tipple. Job reductions expected but company aims to reemploy workers.
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Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Sentinel
J. R. Frease
Clarksburg
Frease
Chicago
Prease
Pretty Girl Slain Amidst Wedding Gifts in Atlanta
In Atlanta police said George Clarke Gaines 44 a state commerce official killed his former secretary Gladys Faulkner 30 in her apartment on Friday amid wedding gifts then killed himself. Her fiancé Max Gaynor a jeweler escaped unharmed.
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Atlanta
A&george Clarke Gaines
State Department of Commerce
Gladys Faulkner
Max Gaynor
Azienuist
Fire Arson Case Reexamined In Beckley Funeral Home
Raleigh County prosecutor Anta Sparacino and state Fire Marshal C A Raper reviewed a 25 year old fire at a Beckley funeral home to clarify facts in the 1932 arson indictment against Eugene Waller of Pittsburgh. Waller surrendered on bond and faces further court action as June 29 awaits.
Doctor Refuses to Reduce Benny Hooper Bill Triggers Nationwide Debate
Amid protests and threats, Dr. Joseph Kris defends charging 1500 dollars for saving Benny Hooper from a backyard well. Supporters include US Senators and donors while critics say the fee is unwarranted. Meanwhile Midwest tornadoes and storms lash Nebraska Kansas and neighboring states with fatalities, injuries, and widespread damage.
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Manorville
Benny
Hooper
Long Island
Joseph Kris
Kris
Benjamin
Kent
American Medical Assn
William A. Purtell
R-Conn
John
O Pastore
D-R
Senate
Puttell
S. L. Nodewell
Dallas
Los Angeles Press Club
Hoopers
Brooklyn
Suffolk County Medical Society
Temperature Extremes Reported Across Nation
The Weather Bureau logged a morning low of 25 degrees at Fraser Colorado, the coldest in the nation, while Friday’s peak reached 109 degrees at Thermal California, marking wide temperature swings.
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New York
U. S
Weather Bureau
Fraser, Colo
Thermal
Calif
Loot Recovered by State Police in WV Burglary Case
State Police report more than $12,000 in burglary loot recovered after a gun battle near Elkins involving John McKown who was killed and his companion Mrs. Maysel Dennison. McKown had run a gift shop under an assumed name near Harmon. Dennison held for burglary charges as Randolph County prosecutors link them to crimes in Maryland and Pennsylvania. McKown's body sent to Glenville for funeral services in Burnsville, Gilmer County.
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John 8
McKown
W. A. Steffick
Maysel Dennison
West Virginia
Randolph County
Robert E. Maxwell
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Mc‘Kown
Harmon
Ilinosis
Illinois
Dennison
Braxton County
Minow
Glenville
Burnsville
Gilmer County
Canal Traffic Hits New High in Panama Canal
Balboa Panama Canal traffic set a yearly record with 8 320 commercial ships passing the canal by Thursday close, surpassing the prior year’s 8 309 ships. Meanwhile about 300 leftwing students protested Tokyo police HQ demanding the release of four leaders arrested during anti American demonstrations at the U S Embassy.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Soviet Press Attacks U S Disarmament Plan
Moscow papers dismiss U S disarmament proposals as mere maneuvering. Trud calls it labor over a mouse and Pravda says nothing new appears in Stassen’s UN subcommission submission. Zorin reportedly updated privately on main points ahead of next meeting.
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America
Trud. Pravda
Communist Party
United Nations
Kremlin
Stassen
Valerian Zorin
Trud
Eisenhower
Russia
Pravda
Grafton Native Delbert Robinson Dies in Charleston
Delbert Thomas Robinson 78, sovereign grand inspector of the Masonic Scottish Rite in West Virginia, died in Charleston hospital after a checkup. A Grafton native and WVU graduate, he moved to Charleston in 1911 and served as a law clerk for the state Supreme Court until 1916. He was a Mystic Shrine noble in BenhKedem Temple in 1912 and grand master of the West Virginia Grand Lodge in 1952 and 53.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Delbert Thomas Robinson
Grafton
West Virginia University
Robinson
State Supreme Court
BenhKedem
Grand Lodge of
Bishop Campbell to Visit Grafton for Services at St Matthias
The Rt Rev William C G Campbell Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia will visit Grafton this weekend. He will take a leading part in services tomorrow at St Matthias Church marking a notable church event in the state.
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William CG. Campbell
Episcopal Diocese of
West Virginia
Grafton
St. Matthias Church
Page Boy Pines Glumly Over His Sweetheart
Washington based page boy Huw Williams, 18, laments separation from his Swedish sweetheart Christina Wennerstrom, 16, as she boards a plane to Stockholm with her mother to wed nontraditional marriage. He plans to seek work to fund a possible trip to Sweden after dismissal from the Senate.
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Page Boy
Washington
Capital
Huw Williams
Christina Wennerstrom
Huw
Stockholm
Stig Wennerstorm
New York
Christina
Sweden
Falls Church
Senate
Attack Of Reds Feared In Korea War Aligned Forces
South Korea and Allied forces faced heightened alert as 700000 sailors and airmen were placed on duty amid feared Red retaliation to the Korean conflict. Deputy Defense Minister Kim Chong Kep said the alert was routine though days of suspension for some soldiers occurred. North Korea and Communist China issue denials and propaganda while U.S. troops and allies maintain readiness and insist the armistice remains the framework.
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South Korea
Kim Chong Kep
Korea
Kim
Syngman Rhee
Im Assa
Far East
China
America
Reds
Pyongyang
Voice of
Red Korea
Ong
Chung Kool Rok
U.S
Chung
North Korea
Supreme Court to hear Girard case in July pause
The Supreme Court set July 8 to hear the Girard case amid an international dispute over the killing of a Japanese woman by Army Specialist McWilliam S. Girard in Japan. Appeals from Girard and the government challenge a lower court ruling banning a Japanese trial. Justice Douglas plans a Europe trip, with no guarantee it will affect the court’s schedule.
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Supreme Court
United States
Girard
Willian O. Douglas
Europe
Khyber Pass
Afghanistan
U.S
William S. Girard
Japan
Lernment
Joseph c. McGarrahy
Douglas
Bark ‘Warren
Tom C. Clark
Bikini ban sparks Formosa fashion clash
In Taipei authorities prohibited bikini style outfits and transparent outer garments that reveal too much, citing police need to curb scanty attire despite the 90 degree heat. Women were urged to cover up with opaque clothing to comply with the new restriction.
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Formosa
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