Bribe Attempt Shocks Senate Over Gas Bill Vote
Senator Case claimed a lawyer offered a $2500 campaign contribution to influence passage of the natural gas bill. Fulbright called the charge serious and urged an investigation, while Case refused to name the giver. Senate leaders discussed a possible probe and reconvened without pledging how the vote would proceed.
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Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress Aairs Institute Sale In Both Houses
Congress debates selling the government rubber plant at Institute West Virginia to Goodrich Gulf. Senate Banking and Currency Committee voted to reject the disapproval resolution, with Byrd Kilgore guiding House and Senate actions toward possible midweek completion. If approved, 700 jobs in Kanawha Valley would be affected.
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Senate Finance Committee
U S Cracks Down on Communist Hungary
The United States denounces Hungary for persecuting Hungarians employed by American media in Budapest and for jailing a husband and wife linked to American news services. Washington imposes travel bans on Americans to Hungary, eyes new limits on Hungarian diplomats in the U S, and suspends trade negotiations.
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State Department
Karoly Szarka
Escape Train and Truck Crash Near Huntington
A Huntington couple narrowly escaped death when their tractor-trailer was struck by a railroad engine near the Patrick Street bridge. The engine mangled the vehicle and tossed debris, while the couple fled moments before impact. The truck, valued around $1,000, belonged to G W Preston. insurance covered its liability.
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the Gazette
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Preston
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Tom Townsend
Charleston
G. W. Preston
Oil Firms Give Raises In West Virginia
Nearly 450 workers at Esso Standard Oil Gulf Oil and Socony Mobil in West Virginia will receive a 6 percent wage boost, at least $26 more per month, as part of a nationwide oil industry pay hike. About 300 Esso employees will be paid the first boosted wages on February 15, since the company pays twice monthly.
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the Gazette
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Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc
W. S. Erskine
Erskine
Abductor Sought Across Six Counties in WV Kidnapping Case
State Police hunted for John Isaac Lett in six southern West Virginia counties after a man abducted his four year old stepson from the St Albans home of the boy’s adoptive parents. Lett faces kidnapping charges from Lett family matriarch Lett of St Albans, while Capt. Lett, in Washington DC for medical reasons, may be unaware of the case awaiting further FBI involvement if the suspect heads toward Ohio.
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the Gazette
West Virginia
St. Albans
James’ d, Lett
Marlaing Addn
John Isaac
Cerecda
Wayne County
Johnny Isaac Lett
Justice of the Peace
U. F. Mitchell
Isaac
Lett
Mitchell
Ohio
FBI
Sterday
Richard Isaac
Senate Ponders Teachers Raise Amid Revenue Bills
Senate Finance Committee sent three revenue measures to the floor as possible funding for a teachers pay raise. Proposals include a 1.1 million dollar tax on foreign corporations and insurers, an 800 thousand dollar tax on horse racing, and a 1 million dollar recovery from special accounts. Debate focuses on passage timing and track breakage changes.
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Thomas F. Stafford
the Gazette
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Senate Finance Committee
Trio of Teens Nabbed After Bus Station Robbery Attempt
City Detective Harry Silverman tracks three youths after a bus station incident. The group, wearing jeans and wide brim hats, attempted to flee with cash and a toy gun. Police recovered over 300 dollars from their belongings and the suspects confessed after being caught. The 15 year olds were taken to juvenile custody.
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Flopaiang Cassidy
Harry Silverman
Silverman
Badman
Charleston
Realist urges tax-based pay to curb school costs
An observer notes that revenue from current income sources has risen for months as lawmakers debate teachers' pay. Senate supporters push a raise but admit narrow margins and tax pressure. The Windfall of state funding prompts talk of shifting future school costs to counties before elections.
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Turnpike Referendum Debate Moves Bills To Senate Panel
West Virginia House delegates approved a 200 million Turnpike financing referendum and an enabling act by wide margins. The measures were sent to the Judiciary Committee for study as a lengthy floor debate on U S 60 extensions highlighted partisan arguments and concerns over state spending and rural impact.
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Judiciary Committee
West Virginia
House of Delegates
House Finance Committee
Senate
House
Bowles
the Gazette
Frank A. Knight
Dels
Smith
Turnpike Shows Sharp Increase in January Use
The State Turnpike Commission reported January revenue of 216 065 from the 88 mile toll road between here and Pringston up 32.4 percent from January 1955. Vehicle counts show 3 704 trips covering 185 434 miles with average daily revenue of 36 970. Passenger car traffic fell 65 percent year over year while trucks and commercial vehicles rose by percent. truck revenue totaled 126 454 of the January revenue.
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Pringston
Puzzle Trips 16 098 New Quis Worth 335
There were no winners in the 16 098 entries in last Sunday's Gazette Prize Crossword Contest. See tomorrow's Gazette for a new puzzle worth 355.
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