Flood relief pledge may trigger special Congress session
President Eisenhower pledged a special session of Congress if necessary to provide flood relief to northeastern states damaged by floods. He also summoned the emergency measures to aid affected areas and coordinate federal assistance.
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Eisenhower
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Bradley Airfield
Val Peterson
Peterson
Salem Flood Damages Strike Salem WV Community
Residents in Salem West Virginia surveyed damages from a flash flood from Little Ten Mile Creek and Jacob's Run. Officials estimated losses in the tens of thousands with about 50 families displaced as waters receded. President Eisenhower urged quick contributions to the Red Cross and pledged federal planning for flood prevention and job aid.
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Little Ten Mile Creek
Jacob’s Run
Eisenhower
Local Donations Reported For Flood Relief Efforts
Mrs Louise Burns Mr and Mrs Herbert Brown Mr and Mrs A F Hazelwood J C Heatherlin and the Fatwell Cafe contributed to Mondays relief plea. National Headquarters reports 260 trained Red Cross workers dispatched to flood areas and more than 100 shelters feeding 12000 homeless. Around the clock operations aid 8000 affected families as 400 nurses and 150 doctors volunteer.
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A. F. Hazelwood
J. C. Heatherlin
Fatwell Cafe
Moorefield
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Massachusetts Approves Bond for Water Sewage Upgrades
Governor Herter signed two bond measures into law funding rehabilitation of water and sewer systems and 25 million for state highways and bridges. Flood damage across central and western Massachusetts tops one billion dollars unofficially as salvage crews aid recovery and health officials aim to protect victims. FDA sends 50 staff to assist New England health authorities against tainted food and drug risks.
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Massachusetts
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Widespread wreck kills 43 as train strikes bus in Spring City
A freight train slammed into a grammar school bus at a downtown crossing in Spring City Tennessee killing 10 children and injuring 30 others and the bus driver Raymond Moore 39. The bus was crossing when the 100 car train hit it at about 45 mph. Authorities charged Moore with manslaughter and Paul Gilles the train engineer with manslaughter. Governor Clement ordered an immediate investigation.
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Tenn
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Moore
Dayton
Paul Gilles
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Tennessee
Frank Clement
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Strader
Two East Beckley Men Ordered to Court on Violations
Beckley Police Court summoned Arvie Johnson of 528 Broadway Street and Thomas Hockaday to appear Thursday night on road violation charges. Johnson faces operating a vehicle without an operator's license while Hockaday allegedly permitted an unlicensed person to drive his vehicle. Both arrests occurred at 1 10 am today.
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Arvie Johnson
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Communists Return Pilot and Body in Korean Armistice
In a midline ceremony in the Korean neutral zone, Communist forces freed 2nd Lt. Guy H. Bumpas and returned Army Capt. Charles W. Brown’s body after their unarmed training plane was shot down a week earlier. Bumpas spoke briefly of fair treatment, denied being injured, and prepared to be transported to an Allied hospital near Inchon.
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Atlanta
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Weather forecast for West Virginia brief update
Weather outlook shows cloudy to partly cloudy skies with cool nights and mild days. Five day temperatures average near normal with rising highs midweek and a cooler period by Sunday. thunder showers are likely Wednesday night Thursday and again Sunday with rainfall amounts from one quarter to three fourths inches.
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Greenbrier
Drinking glass fatality in Mud Fork child death
Earl Ray Clevinger, three, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Clevinger of Mud Fork, died after a porch accident. He reached for rainwater in a drinking glass, fell onto it, sustaining a deep abdominal wound. He died in Logan hospital surgery several hours later.
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Joe Clevinger
Mud Fork
Logan Hospital
Seven Divorces Granted Today in Raleigh County Court
Seven divorce decrees were finalized today in Raleigh County Circuit Court. The cases include Joretta Lee Richardson against Curtis E. Richardson with the maiden name Joretta Lee Farley restored, James T. Rogers against Westean Rogers, John M. Stoke against Shirley Stoke, Howard Miller against Sallie Miller, Kathalee Shaffer against Marcus Shaffer Jr with the maiden name Kathalee Bolen, Elizabeth F. Bivens against Frank C. Bivens with two children awarded to the mother, and Virginia V. Burgess against Victor Thomas Burgess.
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Joretta Lee Richardson
Curtis E. Richardson
Joretta Lee Farley
James T. Rogers
Westean Rogers
John M. Stoke
Shirley Stoke
Howard Miller
Sallie Miller
Kathalee Shaffer
Marcus Shaffer Jr
Kathalee Bolen
Elizabeth F. Bivens
Frank C
Blind Man Dies In Auto Wreck
BUCKHANNON WV An 11 month old Upshur County boy remains in serious condition after a two car crash 17 miles south of Buckhannon State Police say C R Wease a 50 year old blind resident of Frenchton Upshur County was killed in the accident The boy Ralph Berry fell from a car driven by his mother Mrs Howard Berry of Rock Cave She swerved across WV 20 to avoid him and collided head on with an auto driven by Herbert Groves of Rock Cave Groves and another passenger Charles Hull were injured and hospitalized Mrs Berry and her three other children were taken to Leonard Memorial Hospital for observation
Second wreck kills man in Water Mill crash
Ed Mund Sagan of East Hampton died in a rear collision with a car driven by Dr. David Edwards near Water Mill yesterday. Moments later Edwards was called to a head on crash where one man was killed, identified as Sagun.
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N.Y
Edmund Sagan
East Hampton
David Edwards
Sagun
Refinery Blast Kills Workman at High Penn Plant
GREENSBORO N C one man died and three were injured in a refinery explosion at High Penn Oil Co near the Greensboro High Point airport. Rufus Whitaker of High Point died. Carl Thompson in critical condition at Cone Memorial Hospital. John Peeler Henry Ingram also injured. Whitaker body recovered from dirt and steel. The plant was a total loss. A crop duster pilot reported flames reaching 1000 feet.
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Rufus Whitaker
High Point
High Penn Oil Co
Greensboro- High Point
Carl Thompson
Cone Memorial Hospital
John Peeler
Henry Ingram
Whitaker
Kohinoor coal breaker collapse kills three in Shenandoah
In Shenandoah the 100 foot Kohinoor coal breaker collapsed after heavy rain, killing John J. O'Boyle and Anthony Malick of Shenandoah and Peter Ruddy of Mahanoy City. Eleven others were seriously injured while 26 men worked below and 42 escaped by leaping to safety. The machine was used to break up coal.
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Kohinoor
John J. O'Boyle
Anthony Malick
Peter Ruddy
Mahanoy City
Groom Drowns in Lake Erie Honeymoon Boat Capsizes
In storm swells on Lake Erie yesterday the 16 foot honeymoon cruiser The Little Lady, named by a 78 year old skipper for his bride, capsized. The skipper drowned and his wife, Mrs. Harvey Hecker, 70, survived after three hours in a lift belt. Herbert Durst of North East spotted the capsized craft, pulled Mrs. Hecker from the water, and she was reported in fair condition at an Erie hospital.
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Herbert Durst
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Daniel Boone Powder Horn Mystery Emerges in Clay County
In a 62 person Clay County community, D. Boones powder horn is under authenticity review after a note found with it, dated Nov 28 1763, mentions Boone. The horn, 16 inches long with a 38 inch pouring hole, was acquired from H D Dye of Calhoun County three years ago.
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Clay County
Daniel Boone
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W. H. Martin
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H. D. Dye
Calhoun County
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the Conservation Commission
Charleston
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ABA Favors Teaching Communism Theories
Philadelphia report notes the American Bar Association backs including communist theory in curricula. The brief asserts academic freedom and diverse political content in law school instruction, signaling stance amid broader education debates.
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Conductor Fatally Stricken While at Work
Lawrence Osten Jenkins, 59, of Beaver, a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway conductor for 40 years, died after a heart attack at work near Pemberton. Born July 5, 1896, in Raleigh County, he was survived by a large family including wife Flora Bethel Bragg and seven daughters and four sons. The body remained at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Snake Handling Meet Not Church Sponsored Near Harlan Ky
A snake handling demonstration near the Kentucky Virginia border southeast of Harlan was not arranged by the Pentecostal Holiness Church as reported. An attendee, Oscar Hutton of St Charles Va, explained the event was held by the Holiness branch of the Church of God.
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Kentucky - Virginia Border
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Mitchell predicts Stevenson 1956 bid for president
Stephen A. Mitchell former Democratic national chairman said last night he expects Adlai Stevenson to run for president in 1956 and that he will support his candidacy in Orlando Fila.
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Fila
Stephen A. Mitchell
Adlai Stevenson
Oak Hill Trooper Moved To Turnpike Patrol
West Virginia Turnpike Patrol gains two troopers R W Boyles announces Trooper John Maciejczyk from Chel yan and Trooper T N Anderson from Oak Hill are reassigned replacing W A Wood who resigned and W F Lankbeil hospitalized in Washington D C The move brings the 17 man unit to full strength under Lt M C Yoak
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Office of State Police
R. W. Boyles
John Maciejczyk
Chelyan
T. N. Anderson
Oak Hill
W. A. Wood
W. F. Lankbeil
Washington, D. C
Coal River Stocked With Bass Fingerlings
The State Conservation Department began dumping about 20 000 bass fingerlings into Coal River today after flood waters halted last week’s planned release. The Ridge Hatchery in Berkeley County supplied the fish and weather delays pushed the project back.
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State Conservation Department
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Ridge Hatchery
Berkeley County
State Flower Show Opens at Fair Today
LEWISBURG West Virginia The state flower show opened at the West Virginia State Fair to highlight the second day’s activity The fair runs through Saturday night and began yesterday at noon Today’s program also features horse racing for trotters and pacers as an afternoon event each day of the fair.
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Beckley
James Lilly
Clay Price
W.va
West Virginia
Jumping Branch Moonshine Men Released on Bond
Two Jumping Branch men arrested for moonshine counts were released from Raleigh County Jail after posting bonds. George C. Lilly, 49, posted 166 dollars and is ordered to appear Sept 1 in Beckley Police Court on moonshine possession and drunkenness charges. Eldridge Bragg, 33, posted 150 dollars and is to appear Thursday night in Police Court on transporting moonshine. Both were nabbed on South Fayette Street by city police at 1 a.m. Monday.
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Beckley
George C. Lilly
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Eldridge Bragg
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