S D Day Warns West Virginians On Fatal Highway Factors
A 1954 safety briefing lists nine major causes of highway accidents, warning motorists that speed, drunk driving, weather, night conditions, road quality, visibility, driver fatigue, and roadside obstructions collectively kill hundreds. The article notes 314 fatalities so far that year, with 316 at the same point last year, and promotes the Safe Driving initiative started by President Eisenhower.
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West
Eisenhower
West Virginia Safety Council
December 1 1955 Display Ads Summary
Morning edition ads page notes classified and display listings for Thursday December 1 1955. Includes local business promotions and public notices.
Skeens Seeks Divine Guidance in $64 000 Question
Stanley Skeens a 26 year old coal miner and preacher from Danville seeks the Lord s help in choosing between the $32 000 and the $16 000 offers on the TV quiz program He arrived in Lincoln County from New York and faces the decision next Tuesday The experience has brought him fame and a flood of offers though he keeps details private The story notes a church disagreement over a split congregation and funds but does not restate other specifics The decision and its impact on his life and faith are the focus
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Stanley Skeens
Gazette
New York
Danville
Lew Raines
Lincoln Counright
Stanley
Cal
Stratton Chapel Astrology featured on rural church program
The article notes funds from a show will aid building a new Stratton Chapel for the rural Leet community in Lincoln County. It mentions Free Will Baptist churches in Lincoln and Boone Counties and references a Danville minister. The piece appears in a Gazette Pages section with assorted notices.
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Leet
Lincoln County
Stratton Chapel
Free Will Baptist Church
Lincoln
Boone
Guiding Light
Free Will
Gguist
Danville
Gazette
Funera Radio
Sports
the Gazetteer
Women's Activ Veterinarian
Anly
Pike Commission Battles Padlock on Glass House
Beckley November 30 Special officials say the West Virginia Turnpike Commission seeks an injunction to prevent Sheriff Ward from padlocking the Glass House restaurant for unpaid 1953 and 1954 taxes. Judge Norman Knapp granted a temporary injunction to keep the eatery open while court fights the tax lien action. The commission calls Ward and Assessor Ira Whitlock actions illegal and asks removal of a cloud on title.
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Beckley
Com
West Virginia Turnpike Mission
Glass House
John Ward
Commission Ap
Norman Knapp
Commission
Lee Kenna
Charleston
Ward
Ira Whitlock
Kenna
SRC Reorganizes State Road Commission Aims
Commissioner Burl A. Sawyers announced a restructuring of the State Road Commission to improve performance. No wholesale layoffs are planned. personnel shifts place experienced staff into key roles and an updated accounting system will take six to 12 months to install.
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John G. Morgan
The
Gazette
State Road Commission
Burl A. Sawyers
Sawyers
Commission
State Nabs Riggs In Fund Scandal
A one room school principal, Harry R. Riggs, was arrested near Parkersburg on two embezzlement charges tied to St Marys Training School. Investigators say losses may reach up to 15 thousand dollars as Riggs cashed money orders from parents and signed a livestock sale check. The probe, led by Assistant Attorney General Fred Caplan, continues as officials imply possible broader irregularities.
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Parkersburg
Here
St. Marys
Harry R. Riggs
M. Donohoe
State Board of Con
Trol
al- Shiloh
Sehgal
Gen
Meral
St. Mary's Institution
Riggs
Fred Caplan
James
Wood County
Een
Shiloh
R. P. Smith
Vienna
Caplan
Cap‘lan
Marietta
Decree Ends Peron Party and Restores La Prensa
Argentina's provisional government dissolves the Peronista party and restores La Prensa to the Paz family. President Aramburu, in office 18 days, issues decrees dissolving the party and returning the newspaper. The party had united with Labor and a left wing group to support Peron, amassing an estimated 250000 to 300000 members.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
la Prensa
Pedro Aramburo
Peronista Party
Paz
Peronista
Peron
Labor Party
Radical Party
Lewis Seeks Repayment as CIO Merger Moves Forward
John L. Lewis demanded repayment of a CIO loan from the United Mine Workers, insisting the CIO owes money despite CIO and AFL-CIO leaders saying the loan was a gift. The dispute arose as CIO and AFL leaders prepare to finalize a 16 million member federation merger.
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New York
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
OVS Meneer
Legislative Highway Research Committee
Carey
UMW
Mine
James B.iwas
AFL
CIO Today
Afl-Cio
Kanawha County Retail Sales Lead State Census
A U S Department of Commerce report on the 1954 business census shows Kanawha County retail sales at 249,333,000, up 22.1 percent since 1948, more than double West Virginia’s 10.2 percent rise to 1,416,767,000. Stores declined from 2,478 to 2,313.
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Kanawha County
U. S. Department of Commerce
West Virginia
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Lord
James A. Hill
Boone’ County
Providence
John G. Fox
Okey L. Patteson
Turnee General
Pike Commission
SRC
Wattman W. Barickman
South Charleston
Barickman
Montrose Dr
Smith
Decree
Peron Party
Peronistas
Senate
Chamber of Deputaties
Democratic Labor Movement
Oey
U.S. Department
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