Highway Allocation Report For Virginia Council
Consulting engineers from Parsons Brinckerhoff Hall and Macdonald will present to the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council at the state capitol next week. The study, ordered by the 1956 General Assembly, examines how highway funds are allocated with focus on secondary roads which receive about 30 percent of total revenues. The executive committee includes Senate members Perrow Willey and Davis and House members Frost Hill Purcell Long Lamb Robertson, with meetings set for Wednesday and Tuesday at the Capitol.
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Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
VALC
State Capitol
Parsons
Brinckerhoff
Hall
Gov. Stanley
Assembly
Highway Commission
Mosby G. Perrow
Lynchburg
WALC
Del
Harry B. Davis
Princess Anne County
del Norman Bailey
Orange County
E. E. Willey G
Harold Purcell
Louisa
Len M. M. Long
Wise County
Chester Lamb
Giles M. Robertson
Richmond Insurance
Oldest Red Wisconsin Farm Tied to Prosper Bouchain
The oldest farm in this Red Wisconsin area was settled in 1867 by Prosper Bouchain who lived to 104. His son Vaimo, born 1876, still lives there as the farm is operated by his son Norman.
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Marshfield
Wis
Red
Wisconsin
Prosper Bouchain
Vaimo
Norman
Engineer Society to Hear Turbine Locomotive Update
The Southeast Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers will hold its December meeting on Saturday December 8 at the West Virginian Hotel Bluefield dinner at 630 pm business session at 800 pm in the Appalachian Electric Power auditorium. Principal speaker is R M Pilcher assistant engineer of tests Norfolk and Western Railway Roanoke VA whose talk covers turbine status and testing for the coal fired gas turbine locomotive being developed in Dunkirk NY by the Locomotive Development Committee of Bituminous Coal Research Inc. Pilcher earned a 1926 mechanical engineering degree from VPI and has 30 years with Norfolk and Western.
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Southeast
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
West Virginian
Bluefield
Appalachian Electric Power Company
R. M. Pilcher
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Roanoke
Virginia
Dunkirk
New York
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc
Pilcher
V.P.I
Norfolk and Western Railway
Union Printers Turn Down Defense Fund
The New York Times reports printers across 15 cities rejected a proposed national defense fund of 5 to 10 million dollars. Turnout from women members reached 14,876 to 11,537 of about 80,000 votes. President Woodruff Randolph warned that rejection implies lack of will to defend the union and its members.
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New York
New York Times
the Times
Colorado Springs
Colo
Woodruff Randolph
I.T.U
Medicare program set up in West Virginia
West Virginia announces a state level operation of the Medicare program under the State Medical Association sponsorship led by Charles Lively. The plan, tied to a national Defense Department arrangement, becomes effective December 7 and covers dependents of service members retired members and those who died while in service. A Dependents Authorization for Medical Care card will identify eligible dependents and a physician fee schedule will be issued soon.
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Charleston
West Virginia
West, Virginia
Eisenhower
Lively
Wythe Band Invited to Inaugural Parade in Washington
The George S. Wythe High School Band of Wytheville Virginia, national champions, has been invited to represent Virginia in President Eisenhower’s inaugural parade in Washington D C. The invitation comes from state GOP chairman I Lee Potter and signals a high honor as the parade will be streamlined this year per the president’s wishes. The Wytheville band recently earned honors at the Junior Chamber of Commerce war convention in Kansas City, with representation from over forty states in the parade.
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George S. Wythe High School
Wytheville
Virginia
Eisenhower
Washington
D. C
Commonwealth
Eee
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Springton Singing School Under Prof Hite Conducted
A singing school is conducted this week and next at the Community Church in Springton under the direction of Prof. J. Cooper Hite of North Carolina. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Springton
Prof
J. Cooper Hite
North Carolina
Cancer Society reelects Dr D V Kechele as president
Cancer Head Dr D V Kechele of St Luke's Hospital roentenologist was reelected to a third term as president of the West Virginia Cancer Society. He is past president of the Mercer County unit. State officers include Dr T P Mantz of Charleston as vice president J Ross Hunter Jr of Charleston as secretary and Homer Gebhardt of Huntington as treasurer. Mercer County elected Isa dore Cohen and Dr Frank L Shaffer to the board.
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D. V. Kechele
St. Luke's Hospital
West Virginia Cancer Society
Kechele
Mercer County
State Cancer Society
T. P. Mantz
Charleston
J. Ross Hunter, Jr
Homer Gebhardt
Huntington
Isadore Cohen
Frank L. Shaffer
Inductees Report Next Monday for December Call
Registrants of Local Board No. 12 must report Monday December 10 at 7 40 a m at the Local Board Office Fourth Floor Commercial Bank Building They depart at 8 00 a m by Greyhound to Beckley Induction Center for Army induction Names listed include Arnold Frederick Tedder Ted Robert Thaxton Clarence Zoe Roger S J Ari N Moshie Holly Lad Conner Benny Patrick Howell Garland Mack Jones Kelly Dillon Titus Cardovia Harris and others with Princeton Bluefield and Durham ties
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Local Board
Commercial Bank
Greyhound Bus
Beckley
Ben
Arnold Frederick Tedder
West 10Th St
Beeson
Ted Robert Thaxton
Bramwell
Clarence Scott Zoe
Roger S&j
Princeton
Arett Nageeb Moshie
Duke Station
Durham
Tiuble Arian Kegley
Holly Lad Conner
Benny Patrick Howell
Garland Mack Jones
Bluefield
Kelly Bernard Dillon
Titus Cardovia Harris
Ey ‘Nawara Munsey
Forge Actes
White Marsh
West Virginia Crop Prices Rise Slightly in Month
State reports show crops up modestly while livestock prices slip after Nov 15. corn up 5 cents per bushel and hay higher seasonally though still below 1955 levels. Hog prices fall 60 cents, calves down $1, beef cattle 30 cents, and turkeys unchanged from last year. Wholesale milk up 20 cents per hundredweight with retail prices higher in most sheds. Hay up 1.20 per ton from October.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Pet
Boy Narrowly Escapes Traffic While Mowing Homeward
In Tampa a 10 year old boy riding a power mower attempted to ride through heavy traffic toward Alabama after a spat with his girlfriend. Sheriff Doyle Waters stopped him and diverted him back toward Gibsonton about 12 miles away where his family lives.
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Tampa
Fla
Terry Ae
Doyle Waters
Waters
Gibsonton
Alabama
Pearl Harbor Hero Warns America on Possible Repetition
William L. Lockard, 35, a Pearl Harbor radar operator who first detected the Japanese planes on December 7 1941 describes his memories as unhappy and says he merely did his duty reporting the invasion not claiming hero status. He urges the nation to remember the past to avoid another surprise. In a separate note from Great Falls Montana a medical professor discusses tension as a normal, useful part of daily life.
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Williamsport
Army
Pearl Harbor
Joseph L. Lockard
Great Falls, Mont
University of Minnesota Medical School
Ngai Burtram
C. Schiele
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