Machinery and Foods Price Increases Approved by Price Commission
Washington reports the Price Commission approved price hikes for machinery, food and newsprint, bringing total approved increases to 382 with 11 denials. Firms include Massey-Ferguson, Crown Zellerbach, Beatrice Foods, International Harvester and Nabisco among others, with increases ranging from roughly 0.5 to 5.2 percent across diverse products.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
Massey-Ferguson Inc
Arizona Inc
Pfeiffer’s Foods’ Inc
Crown Zellerbach Corp
Beatrice Foods Co
International Harvester Co
AMI, Inc
Johns-Manville Corp
General Telephone and Electronics Sylvania
Harris Intertype Corp. Cottrell Division
Magnavox Co
Talley Industries, Inc
Midland Co. Division
Hearst C. San Francisco Examiner
Hearst Magazine
Incinerator and Dump Face Divergent Fate at Wolfpen Site
The Wolfpen dump area reports strong business with eighteen loads received at a new stationary landfill on Sissonville Road. In contrast the city incinerator sees reduced activity after the Smith Creek Dump closure.
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Wolfpen
Sissonville Road
Smith Creek
Garbage crisis eases as Wolfpen landfill opens
City officials led by Manager Don Richardson announced a cleanup in Kanawha County with a new Wolfpen sanitary landfill solving financial troubles for haulers once hit by the Smith Creek Dump closure. Evidence supported a return to normal waste disposal operations for commercial firms.
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Don Richardson
Kanawha
Wolfpen
Smith Creek
Rock Lake Village
Jansbee
Jonnson
State Board of Pharmacion
Johnson
John Myatt
Morris/the
Harvey College
pris-Charleston Public Library
Tenens Se
Joners
State Health Department
Wolfpen J En
Five Promoted County Jail Reorganization Planned By Michael L White
Kanawha County Sheriff F M J Johnson outlined a plan to reorganize the county jail into a correctional center with five promotions in the law enforcement division. He described converting the jail into a modern facility with educational and rehabilitation efforts, and outlined staffing and security changes to support long term prisoners.
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Michael L. White
Kanawha County
F.M.J Johnson
Piong
Board of Education
Steines Bane
Ional
A. Johnson
Tul Fina
Arile
Mana
Johnson
Myatt
Couny
Hoffa vows to fight for Teamsters return in courts
James R. Hoffa, newly released from Lewisburg prison, says he will pursue a court fight to reclaim an active role in the Teamsters. He seeks to aid attorneys in gathering evidence for an appeal of his jury tampering conviction and aims to overturn it in Tennessee.
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Tetroit
James R. Hoffa
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Lewisburg
Teamsters Union
Tennessee
Dstrict
Chattanooza
Crouse Suspended From Charleston Police For 60 Days
Charleston Mayor John Hutchinson said Patrolman Robert L. Crouse is suspended without pay for 60 days. Crouse has been off duty about two months after a motorcycle crash. A spokesman described the suspension as tied to alleged malingering and questioned his conduct during the absence. Detective Dale Welton speculated he might have been a college student unavailable during the Christmas break.
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Charleston
Robert L. Crouse
John Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Officer Crouse
Crouse
Michigan
Dale Welton
Unidentified Young Man Found Frozen in Williamston
A well groomed young man was found frozen near Williamston Michigan two days before Christmas. He wore a beaded belt with the words Peace Love and Truth. Police have no clues to his identity despite inquiries from New Jersey to Nevada. An autopsy indicated he swallowed sleeping pills but froze before they acted.
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Williamston
Mich
New Jersey
Nevada
Two Treated For Gun Wounds In Rand Incident
Rand resident Len Singleton aged 21 and Job Corps Center student Thomasina Belle aged 20 were treated for gunshot wounds to the left leg at Charleston Memorial Hospital and released. State police at Chelyan reported the incident occurred in Rand.
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Len Singleton
Rand
Thomasina Belle
Job Corps Center
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Chelyan
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Sybron Corp. Pfaudter Co
Interlake, Inc
New York News
Roper Corp. Newark
Macke Co. Building Maintenance Inc
Macke Building Services
Jcereals
Joseph E. Seagrams and Sons ‘Inc
Trans Union Corp
Ecodyne Corp
Smith-Lovelace
Alberto-Culver Mini Food Inc
American Motors Windsor
Gulf and Western Young
Sheller-Globe Sun Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc
Perter Coach
Globe-Weis
Nabisco, Inc
Aveauane Ase Raat
Amy Saar
Robert C. Welling
Associated Press
Thes
Traubert
West Virginia
Follansbee
Reed
Buckhannon
Humphries Drug Store
Fourth Avenue
Huntington
Joe Jack
Key
Hancock County
Brooke
Monongalia
Morgan
Putnam Counties
Sevtown
Hunt-eral
Ington
Herbert Traubert
Hospitals
Imie
Hoffa
Teamsters
Akabone
Charleston Fire Department
Broad
Washington Streets
Fife Street
Patrick Street
Bradley
Appalachian Bible Institute
Abi
Bob Meek
Mary Beth Kinsolving
Drema Pauley
Elkview
Brad Tucker
Opal Ripley
W. Edward Duling, M.D
Mountain Mission
7Th Ave
Stockton ST
Earl F. Marion, Sr
J. Adam Carpenter
Rowe
Broyhill
Sealy
Strate
Bassett
ST. Albans
Virginia St
Main St
Kanawha VaLley Bank
CapiTol
Lee
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