West Virginia cities show population gains in Chamber figures
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce reports Charleston population at 74,900, up 1,399 since 1950, with South Charleston rising to 20,100. Parkersburg and Huntington post the next largest increases, while nine counties gain and the rest lose population since 1950.
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West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Census Bureau
South Charleston
Chamber
Parkersburg
Ohio Valley
Huntington
Beckley
Bluefield
Clarksburg
Elkins
Fairmont
West Virginia
Boone, Cabell
Hancock
Kanawha
Logan
Mingo
Nicholas
Wayne
Wyoming
Dickinson Street Opens Friday With Two Lanes South One North
A ditch digger cut an underground telephone cable between Charleston and Huntington, disrupting teletypes until repairs at 5 p.m. Two approach lanes on Dickinson Street will open Friday under the Copenhaver Plan, creating two southbound and one northbound lane with specific turn constraints. The plan diverges from the Citizens' Traffic Advisory Committee proposal and faced political resistance tied to the Charleston Transit Co. dispute.
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Dickinson St
Colpenhaver
Lee St
Theridge
Dickinson
Quarrier
Virginia
Citizens’ Traffic Advisory Committee
Quarrier St
Washington
Central Business District
Copenhaver
Charleston Transit Co
Monongahgahela Power plans 20 million dollar expansion
Fairmont December 14 Monongahela Power Co announces a 20 million dollar three year program to support industrial growth. About 250 projects across Northern and Central West Virginia are included. The largest item is a 1,250,000 system improvement project in the Parkersburg area scheduled for 1938. The plan adds sub-station capacity and higher capacity transmission lines.
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Fairmont
Monongahela Power Co
Don B. Potter
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Potter
Gasoline Truck Kills West Virginia Girl in War
In War West Virginia seven year old Sandra Cyphers daughter of Ric and Mrs Frank Cyphers was killed when a gasoline truck backed over her on W V 16 in the East end of town after leaving school. The truck driver Curtis Bolden about 18 of War was identified and no charges were filed immediately.
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Sandra Cyphers
Ric
Frank Cyphers
McDowell County
Buck Wright
W. Va
Wright
Curtis Bolden
Bolden
U S Needs Scientists AEC Holds Shortage Warned
Cleveland December 14 The Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss warns the nation faces a grim shortage of scientists and engineers endangering freedom Colleges are training fewer experts than needed Soviet Russia educates twice as many engineers Strauss宣布 a summer institute at Argonne National Laboratory Chicago Next June for sixty science leaders in nuclear engineering chemistry and metallurgy funded by the AEC NSF and the American Society for Engineering Education with about 600 dollars living allowances per person
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis J. Strauss
Nuclear Engineering and Science Congress
Soviet
Russia
Strauss
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
AEC
National Science Foundation
American Society For Engineering Education
Science Foundation
Coal Fired Turbine Locomotive Promised by 1957 Test
Coal industry officials announced a coal fired gas turbine locomotive as the diesel rival. First test to occur in 1956 with construction by 1957 at Alco Dunkirk plant. Governor Marland hinted WV may gain a new industry with a possible Christmas present.
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Washington
Col
R. B. White
Bituminous Coal Research Inc
Alco Products
Dunkirk
N.Y
Morgantown
Marland
West Virginia
Kaiser ‘Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Ravenswood
Flying dentist clinic bars children at Cars Air Base
Wives of military personnel at Cars Air Base in Fort Worth Texas can no longer take their children to the dental clinic after a three year old boy bit a dentist on the leg while crying to protect his mother.
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Fort Worth
Tex
INS
Air Force Base
Gazette Inside Today Highlights Pages and Features
The page lists sections including Astrology, Comic Pages, Crossword Puzzle, Editorials, Columns, Gazette Want Ads, Market Reports, Marriage Records, Obituaries and Funerals, Sports Page, Television, and Women’s Activities with page numbers 19 to 28. It notes time shows and the overall layout of Today’s Gazette.
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Amitizsments Sovenisces Tibetear
Eccearas
the Gazetteer A Veadeeesdrae
Gaitskell Chosen Leader of Britain's Labour Party
In London, 49 year old Gaitskell won the Labour leadership race over Morrison and Bevan by a wide margin, becoming Attlee's successor and potentially the next prime minister. Morrison resigned as deputy leader after Attlee's brief tenure ended. Bevan's strong showing surprised observers.
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London
Attlee
Morrison
Thee
Earl
Laborite
Gaitskell
Bevan
Salvation Army Gift Basket contest deadline nears
Donations total 5793.22 so far this year, up from 4881.47 last year. Noon tomorrow closes out of Charleston entries and 5 pm Saturday for all entries with mail-in options urged, prize a 1956 model car, proceeds aid Christmas fund.
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Salvation Army
Out of Charleston
Charleston
The
WCHS
the Gazette
Salvation Army Gift
United Nations approves 16 new members in historic session
The United Nations admitted sixteen new members ending a year long stagnation on acceptance. Among non Communist entries were Ireland Portugal Italy Austria Finland Ceylon Nepal Cambodia Laos and Spain with Belgium and Mexico abstaining. Arab states Libya Jordan were admitted with Israel abstaining. Communist Albania China Cuba Greece Bulgaria Romania Hungary and others followed in votes amid mixed abstentions and vetoes. The assembly hailed the move as historic toward greater universality of membership.
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Security Council
Toral U.N
U.N
Indonesia
Ireland
Portugal
Italy
Austria
Finland
Ceylon
Nepal
Cambodia
Laos
Spain
Assembly
Belgium
Mexico
Libya
Jordan
Israel
Albania
China
Cuba
Greece
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Netherlands
Philippines
United States
Dominican Republic
Jose Maza
Chile
Emilio Nunez— Portuonde
Maza
Nunez-Portuonde
Leslie Munro
New Zealand
Japan
Outer Mongolia
Russia
South Korea
Viet Nam
U. N
North Korea
Red
New Leader for J. T. Johnson Agriculture Office
John T. Johnson of Williamstown was named agriculture commissioner, succeeding J. B. McLaughlin who died last month. The 63 year old Democrat took office after Gov. Marland appointed him and will serve through Jan. 19, 1957. Johnson pledges to continue marketing, soil conservation and livestock policies and will also sit on the Board of Public Works as the state works on the next budget.
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John T. Johnson
Williamstown
J. B. McLaughlin
Johnson
Wood County
Marland
Partic
Board of Public Works
John T
Susan M. Johnson
Ohio Valley
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U.S
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Gene Layne
Woodrow Wilson
St. Francis Hospital
Edward Layne
Rosaline Hensley
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