Polio cases rise despite Salk shots and other DC updates
The report notes confirmed paralyzing polio among children who had received Salk vaccine, raising alarm as cases reach 41 nationally including a seven year old in Princeton West Virginia. Other items include fiscal bill funds, Indochina politics, pollution concerns, Virginia coal output, and a flood control dam hearing set for May 11 in Morgan County.
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Washington
Public Health Service Today
Princeton
W.va
Dyes
Mies
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Eastern
Panhandle
TODAY'S Drive Em Away Used Car Bargains
Your home town dealers offer a large selection of used cars with low down payments and easy terms. Sample ads include a 1951 Plymouth four door sedan and a 1948 Chevrolet. For details and more vehicles, see the Classified Advertising on page five.
Mother's Day Service Plans And Broadcast At Andrews Methodist
Andrews Methodist church prepares the 47th annual Mother's Day observance led by Claude S. Ebert with an hour long broadcast from Radio WMMN Fairmont. Dr. John W. Hollister Charleston to deliver the morning sermon. Sun Flowers provided by florists. decorations by Comrade Class led by George A. Shingleton. Orchid to oldest and youngest mother. Ebert to present. Overflow seating and radio in Sun Ed School cottage on Boyd street if needed. Adult Class to refresh visitors. committee includes Ruth Bette Ronald Knotts J H Da Loar Jr Beatrice Ellers J Paul Murphy Paul P Warden Virginie Banway Howard H Wolfe J A Newman Arthur Yates Frank Hollis.
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Andrews Methodist Church
Claude S. Ebert
WMMN
Fairmont
John W. Hollister
Charleston
George A. Shingleton
Ebert
Anna M. Jarvis
Boyd Street
Ie Ae Eee
Ruth Bette
Ronald Knotts
J. H. da Loar, Jr
W. M. Was
Howard H. Wolfe
J. A. Newman
Arthur Yates
Frank Hollis
Festival Town Welcomes GHS Band 90 Strong
Grafton senior band arrives in Huntington for three day State Band Festival with more than 4000 expected. Thirty six bands participate. Registration and placement occur this morning. Rehearsals begin at 1 pm with Grafton auditioning at Huntington High. Marshall College music department concert tonight at City Hall followed by YMCA fun night. All-State concert tomorrow directed by Dr Norval Church Gerald Doty and James Dunlop. Grand parade positions drawn at bandmasters banquet tomorrow night at Prichard Hotel. Parade starts noon Saturday with maneuvers in the stadium. Band returns to Grafton at 5 10 am Sunday.
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Grafton
Morgantown
Huntington
Huntington High School
Marshall Colleg Music Department
City Hall
YMCA
Norval Church
Columbia University
Gerald Doty
University of Indiana
James , Dunlop
Penn
State University
Lhe
Prichard
Rain and cool air ease May heat wave across U S
A May heat wave relented as cool air moved south from Canada easing scorching conditions. Elmira reached 93, Detroit and Chicago suburbs faced water shortages and school closings, International Falls plunged 45 degrees to near freezing with rain and snow, while Boston and Pittsburgh rose to 88.
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United Tress
Elmira
Detroit
Chicago
Midwest
Canada
International Falls
Minn
Boston
Mass
Pittsburgh
Weather forecast for Tri-County area spikes to 88
The high reached 85 yesterday in Tri County and 88 is forecast for this afternoon with a low of 48 last night. Expect cooler temperatures and fair skies tomorrow after a sunny day.
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Tri-County
Mercury
Nction
Mule crash injures former governor near Porterdale
Covington Ga Former Gov Herman Talmange escaped with a little bruise when his car struck a mule two miles west of Porterdale Tuesday night and overturned. The car was demolished.
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Covington
Herman Talmange
Porterdale
Memorial Plans Meeting Called by Gratton's Memorial Permittee
Gratton's Memorial Committee will meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the VFW hall on West Main Street to resume planning for the fast approaching May 30 observances. The meeting begins a series of weekly sessions through Memorial Day to consolidate plans, with a speaker named and invitations sent to various bands and most committees reporting groundwork complete.
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Gratton
VFW
West Main Street
Patricia Knight Reported Fine After 11th Surgery
Fourteen year old Patricia Knight is reported to be doing fine after surgery yesterday in the children's ward at Grafton City Hospital. Her fund has dwindled to 24 dollars while a bank deposit of 150.52 dollars is noted. hospital bills from April 29 to today are due. Total hospitalization costs total 2,270 dollars with contributions totaling 2,294.07 dollars.
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Patricia Knight
Grafton City Hospital
Americans To Go But Water Stays Bonn Story
West German officials told the Bundestag that Allied occupation ending will not end chlorinated drinking water. Interior Minister Gerhard Schroeder said chlorination will continue because the water is not fit to drink otherwise.
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Bonn
Germany
Gerhard Schroeder
Bundestag
Woman fined for speeding to charge car battery
Detroit traffic referee fined Mrs. Espinola Miller 75 dollars and suspended her driving privilege for two months to learn proper car mechanics after she testified she was driving 80 mph in a 55 mph zone to charge a battery. Separately the Catholic Legion of Decency condemned the Howard Hughes RKO film Son of Sinbad as an affront to morality and decency.
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Detroit
Espinola Miller
New York
National Legion of Decency
Atomic Test Turbulence Hits Typical Town USA Recreation
A 35 000 ton TNT atomic blast in Nevada disrupts Survival Town USA with tanks nearby as civil defense units observe. The event, described as the year most powerful nonmilitary exposure, shatters roofs and windows while a medical aid drive supports a Grafton mother of eight facing incurable cancer.
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U.S.A
Nev
S. A
U. S
Nevada
Graves
Ely
Canada
Lake Superior
Light Never Changes To Green Arrest Of Drunken Driver
In Providence R I Motorist James B Butler 44 of Cranston asked a policeman when the light would change at an intersection with no traffic light The officer replied Never and arrested Butler for drunkenness.
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Providence
R. 1
James B. Butler
Cranston
Butler
Sheppard Case: Judge to Rule on New Trial Bid
Judge Edward Blythin in Cleveland will rule this week on defense efforts for Dr Samuel Sheppard sentenced to life for second degree murder in the 1954 death of wife Marilyn Sheppard.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Edward Blythin
Samuel Sheppard
Marily
Twin Preachers Miners 29 Years Get UMW Pension
Washington The United Mine Workers union announced it will pay $100 monthly pension checks this month to twins Arthur Mitchell of Bristol Virginia and Arter Mitchell of Bluefield West Virginia who labored in coal mines for 29 years before retiring to preach. A third brother, Leslie Mitchell, 71, also receives a pension after 30 years in the mines.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Arthur Mitchell
Bristol
Arter Mitchell
Greenbrier St
Bluefield
W. Ve
UMW
Mitchells
Leslie
Eisenhower Ends West Germany Occupation Role
President Eisenhower announced the formal end of West Germany as an occupied territory by abolishing the office of U.S. high commissioner. By executive order all functions shift to the U.S. diplomatic mission chief. James B. Conant, the high commissioner, was nominated as ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany but not yet confirmed by the Senate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
West Germany
U.S
Germany
James B. Conant
Federal Republic of Germany
Senate
Dog Stays Home After Owner Jailed In Disorder Charge
Pittsburgh brief reports Carmen Traficanti spent the night in jail on a disorderly conduct charge after a dog catcher seized the family dog in his yard. The dog was bailed out by a $1 fine paid by Traficanti's wife, and the dog remained at home.
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Pittsburgh
Carmen Traficanti
Traficanti
Scottish municipal vote shows Labour losses amid apathy
The Labor Party lost ground in Wednesday's Scottish municipal elections but voter apathy prevented a clear trend for the forthcoming national results. Measurements of turnout and partial results indicated a muted shift, with no decisive mandate emerging.
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London
Labor
Pai
Stars and Bars Invaders Stopped at Princeton Parade
Princeton University head proctor Mike Kopliner halted a brief Civil War era style incident as seven Southern-born students bearing the Stars and Bars broomstick flag marched toward a 300-man ROTC review led by Thomas B. Dewey. Kopliner intervened 150 yards from the planned objective.
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Princeton
N. J
Mike” Kopliner
Princeton University
Prineton
Barstrom
New York
Red Signs Shift Peaceward Says Secretary Dulles
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said there are small but perhaps significant signs that the Communist bloc’s foreign policy may be gradually shifting toward peace. He testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as hearings opened on a large foreign aid program. President Eisenhower cited Austrian developments and Red China offers of talks as indicators of a mood shift.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations ‘Committee
Eisenhower
Pete
Austria
Russia
Red China
Walter F. George Clee
George
Congress
Russians yield on Austria treaty issues in Vienna talks
The Soviet Union conceded on two major Austrian treaty points, dropping demands over repatriation of 36009 anti Communist refugees and a 53000 man defense ceiling. U S Army announced plans to withdraw occupation forces from Austria with evacuation instructions. The move followed telephone talks between Soviet Ambassador Tyuchey and the Kremlin. Also, the Navy said the atomic powered submarine Nautilus will begin a six week shakedown from New London in the coming days.
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Vienna
Austria
Soviet Union
U. S
Russia
U.S. Army
T. 1. Tyichey
Kremlin
Washitington
Navy
Toda
New London
Conn
Bonn Scene of Historic Treaty Act
Bonn marks the end of Allied control as West Germany gains sovereignty ten years after Hitler’s collapse. Paris, Washington and Brussels deposit documents, ratifying the Paris treaties, enabling a 12 division army and NATO membership while Berlin remains divided under Soviet influence. The ceremonies seal West Germany’s independent status and ongoing Western alliance ties.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Hitler
Paris
Washington
Brussels
United States
Acte
Andeta
Europe
Andre Francois-Poncet
Francois-Poncet
Beitigh Big “Gommix
Stoner
Sirerick Hoyér-Millar
Western European Union
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