Seven Killed in West Virginia Weekend Accidents
The Associated Press reports seven deaths in West Virginia over the weekend from a plane crash, an inadvertent shooting, a drowning, and four highway incidents. A private plane piloted by Charles Dynes crashed near Doddridge County injuring him while his wife Julia Dynes died en route to a Clarksburg hospital. Three female teachers from Richwood, Shinnston, and Summersville died in a head-on collision on West Virginia Route 43 north of Summersville. Driver Russell Orris Rose, injured, will face manslaughter charges. A Boone County rollover near Seth killed James Isabel and injured four others.
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West Virginia
Doddridge
Clarksburg
Charles Dynes
Nicholas County
W.va
Summersville
Christine Calla
Rose
McClain
Seth
Boone County
James E. Isabel
South Charleston
Labor Education Institute hosts state leaders at Morgantown
Morgantown West Virginia University opens a week long Labor Education Institute for union members organized by the university College of Commerce and extension staffs with cooperation from major labor organizations. Speakers include three national labor representatives Frank Hoffman John Conners and Charles Furgesoff.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
University College of Commerce and Extension
Washington, D.C
Frank Hoffman
The
CIO
John Conners
AFL
Department of Education
Charles Furgesoff
United Mine Workers
Education survey director Lindman on both sides of the field
Charleston report profiles Dr. Erick Leroy Lindman a George Peabody College professor and survey director. It details his 1931 to 1955 career from high school teacher and principal to Washington state and U.S. Office of Education leadership. It also notes his extensive consulting for state surveys and national education bodies.
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Erick Leroy Lindman
Gantlet
George Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville
Tenn
Whiteman College
Walla Walla
Wash
University of Washington
Lindman
Citizes’ Commission On Education
Washtuena
West Strathe High School
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National Council of Chief State School Officers
Louisiana State School Survey
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Mississippi Survey of Higher Education
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Sweden Presses Submarine Threat Amid Baltic Incursions
Sweden protests frequent unknown submarine visits in Baltic coastal waters amid talk Russia may deploy more atomic torpedoes and guided missiles. Editorials denounce foreign subs’ “tactless” war games as observers note increased Soviet naval power and coastal attack capabilities.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic
Russia
Stockholms-Tidningen
Adm
L. E. Valdimirski
Moscow
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Union Ordered To Admit Negro Contractor In Florida
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 756 faced a racial discrimination charge and was ordered to issue a temporary working permit to Negro contractor Engram Electric Co Inec. Judge P B Revels granted the injunction Friday night after finding no Black member has ever been in the local union though qualified.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Engram Electric Co. Inec
P. B. Revels
George Engram
Revels
Electrical Union
Britain protests freighter attack near Foochow
Britain protested to Nationalist China over an alleged air attack by two Chiang Kai-shek planes on the British freighter Inchwells near Foochow. Consul Alexander Hermann delivered a personal note to Governor Yen, with a written protest to follow. One Chinese seaman was seriously injured and the second mate suffered minor injuries.
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Formosa
Great Britain
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Foochow
Alexander Hermann
C. K. Yen
Min River Bar
Matsus
Put Out That Fire Santa Barbara Campers Cited
In Santa Barbara California Miss Ethel Wheeler a USFS lookout scanned Santa Ynez Peak for fires. She spotted a young couple dancing naked around a camp fire with a violin playing by the man. Wheeler called Patrolman Everett Marshall who cited the couple for an open fire in a prohibited area.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Ethel Wheeler
U.S. Forestry Service
Santa Ynez Peak
Coal and city notes highlight West Virginia weekly
Coal loadings in Logan and Pocahontas fields topped 400000 and 541788 tons respectively in the week ending July 30. Charleston officials report a car for Mayor Copenhaver funded by a drive, police ok short sleeves for patrols, and guard units near Welch and Morgantown restructuring. Other items include a farewell for T J Klauenberg, a large Wheeling construction total, a coal show dates, bridge delay, a bond bequest to Davis and Elkins, and a watermelon theft case in Charleston mirrored by local civic and educational notes.
Former Defense Secretary Speaks at Legion Home Dedication
Former Defense Secretary Louis Johnson urged stronger defense in a Charleston ceremony dedicating the American Legion's new two story headquarters on Kanawha Boulevard. Clarksburg resident and past Legion national commander Donald R. Wilson attended with Johnson, as L. C. Bickel accepted the building for West Virginia’s 30,000 Legionnaires amid heavy rain. Johnson pressed added energy and resources for the atomic air race against the Russians.
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Kanawha Boulevard
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Donald
Pharmacists set annual meeting in White Sulphur Springs
J Ray Fredlock of Morgantown to be installed as president of the West Virginia State Pharmaceutical Association at the 49th annual convention in White Sulphur Springs from August 14 to 16. Also installed will be C G Meadows Logan first vice president, C H Troxell Fairmont second vice president, and H R Ridenour Huntington third vice president.
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Morgantown
National Guard
Buckhannon
State Road Commission
Fort Henry
Ohio River
Wheeling
White Sulphur Springs
J. Ray Fredlock
West Virginia State Pharmaceutical Assn
C. G. Meadows
Logan
C. H
Troxell
Fairmont
H. R. Ridenour
Huntington
Retired Minister William Cunningham Dies at 74
The Rev. William Preston Cunningham 74 of Meadowbrook Harrison County died of a heart attack Saturday while en route to a Clarksburg hospital. He was a retired Methodist minister and leaves a son and two daughters.
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Clarksburg
William Preston Cunningham
Meadowbrook
Harrison County
Industrial talks open amid rising coal output
A routine morning meeting focused on ongoing business discussions as coal production and sales show a rising trend over the past several months. The atmosphere reflected optimism about expanding activity and market demand.
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Ization
Polio Vaccine Research Raises Hope and Method Divide
March of Science reports Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele noting ongoing work on a milder antipolio vaccine and safer formulations. He cites the Mahoney Type 1 strain in Salk vaccine and describes efforts to reduce invasiveness while preserving antibodies. In Philadelphia, scientists Dr. Arthur Greene Dr. Lewis Cortell and Joseph Smolens of Children's Hospital reveal a cleaner production process using zinc lactate to isolate 99.9 percent of the virus, simplifying purification and potentially lowering costs.
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Leonard A. Scheele
Journal of the American Medical Assny
Scheele
Wemiladelphia
Arthur Greene
Lewis Cortell
Joseph Smolens
Children's Hospital
Philadelphia
Science
American Assny For the Advancement of Science
News in Brief Highlights Across Global Locales
Manchester coroner said Richard J. Banner 32 died from aspirin overdose after sunburn pain. Tokyo reports South Korea demands Rede vacate all territory south of Parallel 38. Tokyo also notes government appeal to expand five U S bases for jet use, not atomic weapons. Los Angeles traffic dept counts 1,380,421 persons entering downtown daily. Mason City toddler Sandra Kay Shropshire, 20 months, survived a freight train pass with concussion and minor injuries. Blountstown Florida bans snake handling religious services. Sheriff warns arrests for violations. Remains of Rev. George W. Hensley, former Albany Georgia preacher, cited after death following refusal of medical treatment.
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Fila
Florida
G. C. Guilford
George W. Hensley
Albany
Altha
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