Pope Pius XII Hosts Allied Leader In Private Audience
Vatican City Pope Pius XII received Gen Alfred M Gruenther supreme Allied Commander in Europe in a 15 minute private audience. London Duke of Windsor arrives by train for a three day private visit to London without the duchess. New York RCA sets sights on billion dollar sales this year at stockholders meeting chaired by David Sarnoff. Cleveland police hold Laurens, S C woman as material witness in Pat McDermott escape from Ohio Penitentiary last year. New York stock prices recede fractions in moderately active dealings. Taipei Formosa Chinese Communist batteries fire at Erhtan Island in the Quemoy group according to the Nationalist Defense Ministry. Joliet Ill boy killed on railroad trestle despite possible escape. Charleston police warrant issued for two vice squad members for breaking and entering. Charleston Public Service Commission approves rate compromise for Monongalia and Preston Counties. Houston Mine Leader Cecil H Underwood proposes legislative solution to school finance. Charleston Tax Commissioner announces Richard E Bailey of Bluefield as director of Inheritance Tax Division. Washington Eisenhower seeks governors support for 10 year 101 billion road program. Atlanta Alabama governor to seek powers to operate utilities amid strike. other state reports violence. Washington senators assure textile industry it will benefit under amended liberalized foreign trade program. Chicago National Safety Council announces 241 recipients of 1954 public interest award.
City Urges Clean-Up Drive Across West Side and Citywide
Residents of West Side and Fletchertown were urged to finish trash removal tonight so City crews can start pickups tomorrow morning as part of Grafton Clean-up Week. Crews will collect east of Mar street to Blueville on Thursday, west of Market street on Friday, and all on South Side. Trash must be in containers and visible to truck drivers.
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Mar Street
Blueville
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Mananger St. Lear
Tom Bartlett, Jr
Hamric
Board of Industries
Persort
West Main
Drive ’em away Used Car Bargains
Local dealers advertise a selection of used cars with drastic price cuts low down payments and easy terms. Samples include a 1951 Plymouth four door sedan and a 1948 Chevrolet. See the Classified Advertising Section on page five for more details and choices.
No Rain Forecast Typhoon? No. No Rain Outlook In Tri County
Cloudy start in the Tri County area today with one forecaster predicting showers. Temperatures reach around 85 for the day, with noon reading at 74. Yesterday's high was 80 and low 43. Tonight's temperature expected to drop to the mid 40s with partly cloudy conditions continuing tomorrow.
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Tri-County
Indian family sells curios from bark teepee in Quebec
Tourists in Caughnawaga Quebec paused to stare at a birch bark teepee that houses an Indian family selling curios. They added a television aerial atop the teepee, highlighting a quirky blend of tradition and modernity during a routine roadside sighting.
Grafton Churches Urged to Join May 22 Baccalaureate
Grafton Area Ministerial Association urged all area churches to attend the GHS baccalaureate service at Grafton High School on May 22, requesting foregone Sunday night worship. The annual May 23 picnic at Tygart Lake Park targets ministers and families.
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All Grafton
Grafton Area
Charles Huffman
State Council of Churches
Council of Churches
Nat Barnhart
Noah Sullivan
Elmer Buite
Huffman
Henson
Barnhart
John Carson
Ernest Robertson
C. V. Tate
William Woodruff
Harry Rowe
D. F. Hines and Son
Oren Reneau
Ralph Burnette
Onion Fire Damages Carloads of Odem Onions
A refrigerating onion car from Odem Texas to New York caught fire on a B and O line near the Grafton station. Much of the load was damaged or ruined by smoke with about half the onions likely destroyed. cause under investigation as the unit may have failed.
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Odem + s
Grafton
B&o
Odem
Texas
New York
Street Scene at Latrobe and St Marys Bridge
Three young boys play marbles in dirt at a street intersection during the 5 o'clock rush. A fast motorcycle rider misses an 8 or 9 year old boy by inches as he rides off the bridge. The incident prompts thoughts on traffic safety education in schools to curb parental neglect in training children.
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Latrobe
St. Mary's Bridge
Settled Grafton charter date clarified in centennial discussion
University of Virginia law school records confirm the City of Grafton in Taylor County received its charter on March 15, 1856. Previous dates of March 5 1856 and 1857 were debated during a Grafton Centennial planning meeting led by Dr. Robert F. Gerkin with Attorney Hugh McPhail arranging the inquiry.
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Grafton
West Wirgin
Robert F. Gerkin
Hugh McPhail
Gerkin
University Law School
Law School
General Assembly of Virginia
Taylor County
Pittsburgh mayor weighs east turnpike route
Pittsburgh Mayor David Lawrence refused to pick a side on the proposed Pennsylvania Turnpike extension to the West Virginia border. He noted Pittsburgh supporters favor an eastern route while a western option would connect with the West Virginia Turnpike. The extension, approved by the Legislature, faces routing decisions with meetings scheduled between Pennsylvania and West Virginia turnpike authorities.
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W. Va
Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Here
West Virginia Turnpike
Oup
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Wheeling
Lawrence
Leads In Laughlin Murder Probe Fade Out
Lie detector tests given to two scrap paper collectors in the Laughlin murder case proved negative and they were released after police raids Monday. A pistol found in a stream during the search for the murder weapon near the Laughlin home was not the weapon used to kill the two women.
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Clarksburg
Laughlin
Laughlit
Students Fined After Sleeping In Columbus Hospital Beds
CHICAGO two college students John Wilson 21 and Thomas McMahon 19 were fined 25 each by police for crawling into beds at Columbus Hospital to sleep off a drinking spree. They could not recall entering the hospital.
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Chicago
Columbus Hospital
John Wilson
Thomas McMahon
New Try Looms For Drink Law To Pay Teacher
A WV special session starting May 9 will see lawmakers Dell J E Watson and George Pumicini reintroduce a liquor by the drink measure. Aimed at funding schools, the plan would earmark revenue for education. The prior constitutional amendment failed 50 to 47 in February needing two thirds. The present constitution allows sale only outside saloons or public places.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
Mae
Dell
J. E Watson
Marion
George Pumicn
Monongalla
Prisoner Uses Expectant Wife To Make Escape
Chicago police report prisoner Espernolia Plumer, 33, requested a call to his expectant wife then vanished from a phone booth near the sergeants desk. A records check shows the man is not married.
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Chicago
R — Espernolia Plumer
Adam Wright
Wright
Plumer
Phimer
West Virginia 5 Day Forecast From United Press
Temperatures will run 7 to 10 degrees above normal with warm midweek days. Scattered showers Thursday total a fifth inch or less. Cooler Friday but warmer again over the weekend. Little or no rain expected for most of the state.
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West Virginia
Diem's Regime Gains Ground as Cholon Rebel Outflanked
Saigon reports government troops under Ma Gen Tran Van Don drove rebels from their last Cholon stronghold in a major victory. The upset strengthens Ngo Dinh Diem amid a political crisis that includes Bao Dai's deposition by a revolutionary military assembly. The United States signals readiness to back Diem if needed to restore order and defeat communism in Indochina.
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Indochine
Ngo Dinh Diem
Cholon
Amien
Viet Nam
Tran van Don
Binh Xnyen
Saige
Diem
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Indochina
United States
Washington
French Riviera
Bao Dal
Atl Rada
Bao
Delayed Reports Slow Up State's Vaccine Supply
West Virginia Health Department reports eight counties sent first round Salk vaccine data while 16 late reports were urged to respond within three to four days or risk missing second shot supplies. Delinquent counties include Cabell Harrison Fayette Boone Brooke Pleasants Wayne Mercer while Kanawha Greenbrier Clay Ohio Preston Mineral Wood Marshall were still not reporting by midmorning.
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State Health Department
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N.H. Dyer
Dyer
Cabell
Harrison
Fayette
Boone
Brooke
Pleasants
Wayne
Mercer
Clas
Greenbrier
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Marshall
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Wood
Lew
Tearful Driver Admits Gult Tearful Driver Admits Gult
Detroit police closed the case of the city's youngest hit and run driver after a ruling found his accident avoidable. Carlos Henojosa, aged 6, testified tearfully that he struck and knocked down a 4 year old boy while riding his bicycle through a dark alley.
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Detroit
Carlos Henojosa
Beer Cans As Calling Cards At Orient Theater
Jersey City police noted intruders broke into the Orient Theater and rifled the office and cashier’s cage. They left four beer cans as a calling card, only one opened, per manager Yoke Hawgerty. The theft involved no items taken according to Hawgerty.
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Jersey City
Yoke Hawgerty
Orient Theater
Eisenhower presses Congress on foreign aid continuance
President Eisenhower sought bipartisan support from Democratic and Republican congressional leaders for the $3.53 billion foreign aid program for the coming year. After a 99 minute White House briefing, leaders forecast possible approval but avoided predicting final passage or exact funding. Senate and House leaders discussed Europe and Asia as well as China policy as they weighed the aid package.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
John Foster Dulles
Tost
Europe
Dulles
House
Joughr
Martin
Wallan
Walter
de Gus
Benale Worelgin
Sid
Sam. Rayburn
Wald
Senate
William F. Knowland
Calif
China
Salk Polio Serum Cases Rise to 38
Washington reports three new polio cases bring total to 38 from Cutter Laboratories vaccine. Incidents occurred in Los Angeles County California Wallace Idaho and Houston Texas. Cutter vaccine under temporary ban as federal tests proceed.
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Washington
Los Angeles County
Calif
Wallace
Idaho
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Houston
Tex
Eli Lilid & Co
Indianapolis
Idaho Patrolmen Named In Twin Falls District
The Twin Falls district of Idaho state patrol lists Lt. Clark Hand as chief with officers Stanley Legg R W Foote and Kenneth Shue serving under him. The body of the patrolmen includes Hand Legg Foote and Shue.
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Idaho
Hand
Legg
Footé
Shue
Clark Hand
Stanley Legg
R.W. Foote
Kenneth Shue
Brass' Best Brass Best At Camp Desert Rock
A reporting note describes an incident at Camp Desert Rock during an atomic test program in November. A general failed to wake his superior for a scheduled test, leading to an unexpected setback and a forced continuation of the mission.
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Camp Desert Rock
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