Woman in Parkersburg Takes Own Life Amid Business Sale
State police report 47 year old Martha Gwinn of West Union shot herself in her bedroom yesterday. A prospective buyer for her Dairy bar business attempted to contact her as relatives noted ill health and a physician advised sale. Her son in law found the body after a call from the buyer. In Charleston, Morris Harvey College named Dr Frank Howard Clark as associate professor of biology. In Athens, Dr Andrew Kozak of Concord College rejected a bid to become academic dean at West Virginia Tech citing lack of adequate support.
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R. E. Forren
Martha Gwinn
West Union
Doddridge County
Charleston
Frank Howard Clark
East Lansing, Mich
Morris Harvey College
Athens
Andrew V. Kozak
Concord College
West Virginia Tech
Montgomery
Money Waiting For 18 State Vets Families
Washington reports money sits with the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission for 18 West Virginia Korean War veterans or their families. Payments hinge on imprisonment length at POW camps, with a general national average near $2,000 dropping to about $1,500 once most claims are filed. A 2.50 daily rate is set by law. Claimants have until Aug 21 to file, listing last known addresses or next of kin.
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Washington
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
West Virginia
Congress
West
Alma Hamrick
Fairmont
Thomas E. Holley
Toni R. Holley
Madison
Joseph H. Horner
Joseph S. Horner
Keyser
Eugene G. Hunt
Williamson
Steve Paluski
Mary Paluski
Cascade
D. Rhodes
Anawalt
Ralph L. Rolston
Parkersburg
Earl E. Roush
Charleston
Herbert G. Sayre
Doris Sayre
Leon
James W. Sharp
Marie Sharp
Mannington
Michael A. Taylor
Grace A. Taylor
St. George
James C. Wiles Jr
Morgantown
Thomas Omeara
Dry Branch
Ersel Bevilock
Rita Bevilock
Grayton
Opera Soprano and Doctor Wed in California Honeymoon
Opera soprano Dorothy Kirsten and Dr. John Douglas French, a neuro surgeon, wed yesterday at San Marino Congregational Church. The couple, who married while Kirsten is 38 and French 44, began their honeymoon today at an undisclosed California destination.
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Califo Ma
Dorothy Kirsten
John Douglas French
Long Beach Veterans’ Hospita
Miss. Kirsten
French
San Marino Congregational Church
New York
Edward M. Oakes
Eugene Chapman
Firefighter Drives Two Trucks To Blaze Near Station
Hampton Virginia fire department engineer B L Keen reinforced himself by driving a truck to the residence fire then returning to station to drive another truck over. The quick self-assisted response avoided radio delays as the blaze occurred just around the corner from the fire station.
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Hampton
B. L. Keen
Farmington Mine Reports Near Completion
State Mines Chief Julius Olzer said inspection reports on Farmington Jamison Coal and Coke sections 4 and 5, damaged in the November explosion that killed 16, should be finished this week. If approved, production could resume in these two sections, about 20 percent of normal capacity, while other areas remain flooded or unrepaired.
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Charleston
Julius Olzer
Farmington
Olzer
William B. Berry
Jamison
Desegregation Order Shifts in Prince Edward County
A federal tribunal ordered Prince Edward County Virginia to end public school segregation but did not set a deadline for compliance. The decision, seen as a partial victory by NAACP lawyers, leaves open when desegregation will occur while Virginia and the county prepare for possible continued segregation in the 1955 56 session. Other items note a Cicero police department first, Eisenhower front pages in Hong Kong, a fatal uranium mine accident near Aue, a suspended fine in Baltimore, and the first commercial atomic power in upstate New York.
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Prince Edward County
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Special Court
Spottswood W. Robinson III
Oliver Hill
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Prince Edward
District Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Woman and husband hurt in Boston hospital car crash
DEEP RIVER Conn Mrs Frank Joy drove to Boston to visit her son a patient at a hospital there and herself became a patient in the same hospital She had head injuries when her car was involved in a collision Her husband was at home convalescing from an operation.
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Deep River
Conn
Frank Joy
Boston
Grandmother’s on Hand in Sudden Newburyport Birth
Newburyport Massachusetts Mrs Francis O Connor 39 hurried to witness the birth as Patricia O Connor 20 visiting her mother in law delivered a baby at home about 20 minutes before a doctor and nurse arrived the moment captured by a relieved family observer.
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Newburyport
Mass
Francis O'Connor
Patricia O'Connor
Man Dies On Final Visit To Wife’s Grave In Ohio
In Niles Ohio 66 year old Ralph Zuzolo died of a heart attack during his daily visit to his wife’s grave, ending a two year routine since her death.
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Niles
Ohio
Ralph Zuzolo
High Powered Cruiser Adopted by Los Angeles Police
Los Angeles officials have approved a high powered police car for freeway use. The vehicle reaches over 100 mph and accelerates from rest to 60 mph in nine seconds. Kozak refused an appointment due to housing concerns, while Dr. William B. Axtell of Tech had tried since April to house Kozak and family. The State Board of Education authorized Kozac’s appointment as Tech’s academic dean last Friday.
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Los Angeles
Montgomery
Kozak
William B. Axtell
Tech
Axtell
Concord
State Board of Education
Kozac
Water intake by hundred laying hens noted at seven gallons daily
A regional farming report notes that 100 laying hens consume about seven gallons of water each day, illustrating poultry water needs under typical husbandry conditions.
Doan’s Pills Offer Relief for Backache and Irritation
Nagging backache sleepless nights and bladder discomfort are linked to overexertion stress or poor lifestyle. Doan’s Pills relieve pain soothe bladder irritation and mildly diurese through the kidneys with a time tested track record of over 60 years. Millions have depended on Doan’s Pills for relief.
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Dean
Doan
Moundsville Soldier Faces New Charges
Fort Bragg North Carolina Sergeant John L. Tyler of Moundsville West Virginia faces new counts after the collapse of the major collaboration charge in his Korea POW case. He is accused of pro Communist writings and pressuring prisoners to join peace petitions while seeking better treatment by informing on fellow inmates.
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N.C
Moundsville
W.va
Korea
John L. Tyler
Chemical
C. E. Noell
Tyler
Ridgely Gaither
Deep quake recorded near Mobile at Spring Hill College
The seismograph at Spring Hill College in Mobile recorded a deep earthquake Sunday about 4,000 miles from Mobile in an undetermined direction. Father L. J. Eisele, director, said the quake was probably located far under the ground or under water.
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Mobile
Ala
Spring Hill College
L. J. Eisele
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