Rohrbough seeks 15 million dollar school incentive fund
West Virginia State Superintendent R Virgil Rohrbough proposed a $15 million five year program to boost local funding for public schools. The plan would use a 1 to 1 matching formula and target 19 counties with underused local funds while meeting Senate Bill 3 appraisal requirements.
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Rohrbough
Feaster
Stonewall Jackson High School
White Sulphur Springs
Rehrbough
West Virginia
Rohrbaugh
West Virginia Education Assn
Inside Today PHONES Went Aus Dio s0tl Display
Fragmentary OCR notes reveal a list of phone related items and display entries with unclear context. It mentions numbers and codes such as 6 0653 and 618 as possible catalog or stock references.
Governor urged to specify school needs in 1958 call
Delegates from Boone Kanawha and Putnam counties at a regional Feaster Report conference urged Governor Underwood to include education in the 1958 legislature call with specific recommendations for a program to aid West Virginia public schools. They plan public meetings to promote the report and mobilize support.
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Underwood
West Virginia
Boone
Kanawha
Putnam
Feaster
West Virginia educators push 1958 state aid for schools
The state assembly urged the 1958 Legislature to allocate at least 15 million dollars for school funding. Teachers seek 8.5 million for an incentive plan and 5.5 million to expand the foundation program. Gov. Underwood has not decided if school aid will be included in his call to the Legislature.
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Tate Assembly
Teachers’ Organization
WVEA
Rohrbough
Underwood
Legislative ire over teachers retirement fund records delay
An interim study committee demanded 60 days to obtain data for a full actuarial study of the 64 million teachers retirement fund. Auditor Koontz found records lagged behind 1954 data, and the panel directed the fund’s board and secretary Hyde to supply information.
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Legislative
C. H. Koontz
Richard E. Hyde
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Statehouse
Koontz
Atlas Missile Firing Attempt Fails at Cape Canaveral
The Air Force failed yesterday to launch the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile. If successful, it would have let President Eisenhower announce at the Paris Nato meeting that the U S had matched the Soviet in an ocean-spanning H-bomb missile. Newsmen watched as the launch was postponed and officials withheld details.
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Air Force
Eisenhower
NATO
Paris
United States
Russia
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Washington
Garrison
Norton
Navy
Senate
Murray Snyder
Defense
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Verne J. McCaul
Marina Corps
Mystery Firm Club 7th of Series Yuletide Basket Tops 4500
Salvation Army Gift Basket total surpassed 4500 as of yesterday, nearing last year’s figure. Five days remain to enter the Yuletide Contest for a chance at one of four prizes each valued at 3000 or more. Prizes include a fully equipped 1958 Dodge Royal Lancer, a gas kitchen package, a three and a half ton gas air conditioner, and 3000 in U S Savings Bonds. Enter by submitting your guess on the blank form in The Charleston Gazette on Page 5 Col. 2.
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Public Service Commission
Department of Finance and Administration
Koontz
Salvation Army
Tag Galyean
Charleston Gazette
WHS
the Gazette
Council Approves Key Charleston Committees Formation
The Charleston City Council unanimously confirms two major panels: a 21 member Civic Center Commission and a five man Urban Redevelopment Authority. The Civic Center panel will control the 93.5 million center and appoint a manager later. The center is planned on Elk Hiver bank in mid-Charleston and should open by next summer.
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Charleston
Civic Center Commission
Urban Redevelopment Authority
Bank of Elk Hiver
Ike Skips Nato Dinner After Long Day of Speeches
President Eisenhower, fatigued after two major speeches and nearly five hours of NATO sessions, canceled a formal dinner. Hagerty said the move was not medical and the president plans to rest, despite upbeat health reports from his physician. The day featured a vigorous appeal to meet Soviet space-age challenges and greetings to world leaders.
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Paris
E Eisenhower
NATO
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Eisenhower
Europe
United States
Prussia
U. S
Russia
Denmark Demands Talks as Nato Missiles Plan Sparks Rift
At the Nato summit in Paris Denmark Norway and West Germany oppose U S plans for missiles bases and atomic stockpiles within alliance borders Adenauer calls for diplomatic probing of Russias notes while Spaak delays base decisions until spring Eisenhower urges unity against Soviet challenge and nuclear control talks proceed with ministers meeting in the days ahead
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Paris
Dec
INS
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Defense
Neil McIlroy
Eisenhower
Germany
France
Norway
Denmark
Konrad Adenauer
NATO
Lauris Norstad
Palais de Chaillot
West Germany
Czecholovakia
Poland
Paul-Henre Spaak
Adenauer
Spaak
Bulganin
Strikers End Walkout Return To Work On New York Subways
About 1,500 motormen voted to return to work at 7:30 p.m. EST after a eight day New York subway strike. Transit workers across the system faced a low turnout in a TWU election amid parallel union divides, with service at 70 to 86 percent and revenue losses totaling about 1.11 million dollars.
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New York
Motormen’s Benevolent Assa. Board of Directors
MBA
Louis Waldman
United Labor
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
TWU
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