Benefit dances planned for Kiger girl in Grafton
Two benefit dances are planned this week to aid Jeanine Kiger a 19 year old victim of a rare kidney disease whose condition has shown remarkable improvement. Clubs of Grafton Senior are sponsoring a dance tonight at the field house from 7 30 to 10 30 p m with proceeds going to medical aid for Miss Kiger. This Friday night the Graf ton Moose club is sponsoring a second benefit dance with an orchestra providing music. The Kiger medical fund totaled over 2800 today with additional contributions still coming in. A check from the Winfield Methodist Church near Fairmont was received along with others including five dollar gifts.
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Jeanine Kiger
Grafton
Kiger
Grafton Moose Club
Kiger Medical Fund
Winfield Methodist Church
Fairmont
Jeannine Kiger
Traffic Pedestrian Fatalities Peak in Evening Hours
Almost three quarters of pedestrian deaths occur between 5 PM and dark, with higher risk in seasons of darkness. Fifty five percent of urban pedestrian fatalities involve road use between intersections, highlighting danger in city streets during evening hours.
B&O Orders Ten Diesel Locomotives From Lima-Hamilton
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ordered ten 100 horsepower diesel electric switching locomotives from Lima-Hamilton of Lima Ohio. Six will serve Dayton two at Hamilton and two at Lima with January delivery. This expands B&O diesel units to 213 plus 58 passenger and 112 freight diesels. The order marks Lima-Hamilton's first B&O supply as production begins on diesel models.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Lima-Hamilton Corporation
Lima
Ohio
Toledo
B&o
Dayton
Hamilton
Lima-Hamilton
Pitt Dominates Northwestern In Bowl Tune Up
Pitt, touted by some experts as a favorite by up to three touchdowns, defeated Northwestern 16 to 7 last weekend in a warm up before the bowl season.
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Pitt
Northwestern
Rase
Coffee gets its shame from the mie act Rate in Abyssinia
Burial robes of Roman emper ors 2,000 years ago were made of aabéghog.
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Abyssinia
Anniversary in Canton and Election Signals in 1950s
Observers mark the 38th anniversary of the Chinese Republic in Canton with Nationalist banners and bold vows to defeat the Reds amid talk of a last-ditch defense. Elsewhere, U.S. Senate races in 1950 loom as Dulles and Baldwin seats pivot party control, with Democrats defending 11 of 20 seats in the South and border states. Political maneuvering includes possible executive action to move the DP measure.
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Canton
China
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Mukden
South China
Page
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dulles
Herbert Be Lehman
Senate
Miller
Baldwin
Idaho
Truckers Deny Two Year Contract Promise
Groff, president of Merchants Dispatch, Inc., denied any two year contract promise made last year while confirming union wage demands were refused as they would raise freight hauling costs. He said no further action would occur until today's operators meeting.
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Groff
Merchants Dispatch, Inc
Ge Pubig
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