Lee Shoulders Stays In Jail
A Taylor County man Lee Shoulders 23 of Brownton remains jailed on a grand larceny charge after a Wednesday arrest with $500 bond posted. Fellow suspect Leonard McCauley 24 of Flemington posted bond and is released. The two allegedly stole a .22 rifle and a bolt action shotgun from Robert Moore on June 17.
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Taylor County
Leonard McCauley
Flemington
Lee Shoulders
Brownton
Clyde DeBarr
Justice of the Peace
Ona C. Jefferys
Bernadin Miller
McCauley
Shoulders
Robert Moore
Barbour County
A. C. Simon
Philippi
Flossie Cleavenger
City to resurface six streets in three days
Yates Avenue area crews, led by Taylor County Asphalt Corp, begin Monday morning to resurf ace six city streets including Yates Avenue by Grafton High School and Maple Avenue between Walnut and Pearl streets. Estimated cost is 6897 with 5000 transferred from garbage to general funds. Motorists urged to avoid parking on worksites as crews proceed to Bluemont and Love land additions.
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L. J. Loar
Taylor County Asphalt Corp
Yates Avenue
Grafton High School
Loar
Maple Avenue
Walnut Street
Peail Street
Upper Wilford Street
Black Top
Market
Lower Wilford Street
Bluemont Street
Loveland Addition
Virginia and
Love Avenues
Asphalt Corporation
Sawmill worker confesses to kidnap and murder in Georgia
In Rome, Georgia Willie Grady Cochran age 37 admitted kidnapping raping and strangling 14 year old Patricia Ann Cook and placing her body bound in a quilt with baling wire into the Etowah River.
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Giru Rome
Willie Grady Cochran
Patricia Ann Cook
Etowah River
President Eisenhower Hints At Possible New Term
President Eisenhower during a New Hampshire tour sparked fresh talk of a 1998 reelection bid. He spoke before the Legislature in Concord and teased reporters by suggesting questions about residence at the White House. His itinerary included stops from Laconia to Franconia Notch and Lancaster, with Sinclair Weeks hosting an evening visit.
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Eisenhower
New Hampshire
New England
Concord
Sherman Adams
Lincoln, N. H
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Adams
New ‘Hampshire
Laconia
Lincoln
Franconia Notch
White Mountains
Whitefield
Mountain View
Lancaster
Farm of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Today's Drive 'em Away Used Car Bargains
Local dealers advertise a broad selection of used cars with drastically slashed prices low down payments and easy terms. Sample listings include a 1953 DeSoto Firedome 8 4 door sedan and a 1950 Oldsmobile 8 82 door. Details and more options are in the Classifieds on page five.
Three Day Forecast Promises Storms in Tri County Area
Thundershowers were forecast for three days in the Tri County region though only distant lightning occurred. The weatherman says scattered thunderstorms and showers may develop later today with temperatures rising from a noon 72 to a high around 84. Tonight’s low expected 54 to 60 with tomorrow partly cloudy and little temperature change.
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Tri-County
West Virginia 5 Day Forecast From United Press
United Press reports West Virginia will see near normal or slightly below temperatures with warmer conditions Saturday and Sunday then cooler Monday and warmer again by Wednesday. Thunderstorms are expected late Saturday and Sunday with total precipitation around one half to one inch.
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West Virginia
Indigent Outgo Drops in State
West Virginia the May benefits totaled 2,630,269 distributed to indigents a decline of about one percent from April. More than half of payments totaling 1,373,389 went for aid to dependent children with old age assistance at 673,766. May benefits were 76 percent below April doses which reached 2,640,404.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Department of Public Assistance
Congress Asked To Extend Ceiling On National Debt
Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey asked Congress to extend the temporary 261 billion dollar debt ceiling for another year. He said the government can live within the limit but warned it will be tight and noted the coming year's budget may improve due to a business boom and better international outlook. The debt limit was raised to 281 billion last year and will drop to 273.5 billion on June 30. The latest figure was 275.7 billion, with some debt not subject to the limit. Humphrey stressed the core problems remain acute.
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of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Congress
House
Ways & Means Committee
Humphrey
Congress Votes Steno Pay Raise
President Eisenhower faced a bill granting a $4.30 weekly raise for a Spokane stenographer and $2.96 weekly for a Houston janitor, plus 7.5 percent boosts for 1,074,998 federal workers. The bill, retroactive to March 1, would cost $328 million annually, with back pay totaling $20 million. Eisenhower expected to sign upon return from a New England fishing tour.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Uncle Sam
Spokane
Houston
New England
Connecticut Nurses Send Brief Congrats to Salk
The Connecticut State Nurses Association sent a concise telegram to Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine, simply reading Thanks. The telegram reflects brief heartfelt appreciation from the nursing community in Hartford.
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Hartford
Conn
Jonas Salk
Connecticut State Nurses’ Association
Wife's Wallop Breaks Up Home Comp
Los Angeles domestic relations court commissioner Francis A Cochran urged Albert Babdaty antique dealer 56 and his wife Martha 35 to live apart after her denial of his charge that she struck him with a religious statue. She asserted she is a religious girl and would not hit him with a religious statue.
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Los Angeles
Francis A. Cochran
Albert Babdaty
Martha
Peron Frees Prisoners Amid Political Unrest in Argentina
Scores of political prisoners were released in Argentina as President Juan D. Peron seeks to normalize the country and maintain government. The Radical Party says 24 provincial deputies detained over the revolt were freed, with about 350 more expected. Also freed were Democrat leaders and Eva Peron era Catholic detainees.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Radical Party
Eva Peron
la Plata
Democrat Party
Felipe Yofre
Body of missing man found in Somerset County stream
John Bile of Windber, missing for two days, was found dead Thursday in a Somerset County stream. Coroner Robert Halberston listed the death as accidental.
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Somerset
John Bile
Windber
Robert Halberson
Bile
Somerset County
Here
State Police To Get Blue And Gold Cars
Charleston report says West Virginia State Police will add blue and gold marked patrol cars as part of an experiment to curb rising highway deaths. Eight cars will be distributed to four state police companies, with the turnpike detachment already using marked cars since last September. If successful, about half of the 175 car fleet may be marked for patrol use.
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Charleston
West Wirjed
Ginia
Fieldlan
Turnpike
Carson
Storms Ravage East Coastline and Central Plains
Showers and thunderstorms hit the East Coast from South Carolina to Connecticut with significant rainfall in several cities. Baltimore reports 1.57 inches, Wilmington 1.14 inches, and Cape Hatteras 1.23 inches, while gusty winds reached 60 mph near Russell Kansas and Line Com Neb received nearly an inch.
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Connecticut
Central Plains
Baltimore
Wilmington del
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Russell
Kan
Line ‘Com
Neb
Youth Held Not Guilty In Preston Car Death
Kingwood residents James W Whetsell age 17 was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Shirley Wilhelm age 17 after a two day Preston County Circuit Court trial. The two were returning from Kingwood High School with friends when the automobile accident occurred with Whetsell as the driver.
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James W. Whetsell
Shirley Wilhelm
Preston County Circuit Court
Kingwood
Kingwoodigh School
Shirley
Whet‘Well
Coal Promises Cited By Solon
Rep. Robert Mollohan D WV says he has sent President Eisenhower a fourth appeal over why Foreign Aid Chief Harold Stassen has not bought 10 million tons of coal for distress mining areas. The plan, approved last Sept, targeted $150 million, but only about $40 million has been spent as the fiscal year ends next week.
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Washington
Robert H. Mollohan
D-Wva
Eisenhower
Harrold E. Stassen
Mollohan
Stassen
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