Merit Bill Nears Vote After Heated Party Split
The merit system bill advanced from the Senate to the House calendar amid a sharp party-line clash. Democrats pushed rapid action while Republicans urged thorough study, sending the measure forward 51 to 42 with one Democrat absent. The bill would establish competitive civil service exams for state government careers without freezing current employees. Governor Underwood planned a 3 p.m. joint session address on education.
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Raleigh
House
Myles
AD. Fayette
Senate
Seibert
Ohio
Senate Judiciary
Ted
West Virginia
Seibert Court
Underwood
Judiciary Committee
Eisenhower urges inflation curb through cooperation
President Eisenhower warned that unless labor and management act as enlightened Americans to curb inflation the government must use price wage and production controls. He tied his appeal to industry and unions to their long term self interest and cited Humphrey Hoover warnings amid a weak stock market.
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INS
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Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Herbert Hoover
Office of Defense Mobilization
Arthur’ S. Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Gordon Gray
Button
Army
University of North Carolina
Bill Proposes Runoff In Governorship Race
A legislative batch adds 56 bills, including a gubernatorial runoff proposal. The plan mirrors a runoff after the party primary if no candidate wins a majority, to be held the first Tuesday after the regular primary. Other measures include compulsory auto liability insurance and a driver responsibility law.
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del. Frazer
D-Nicholas
Svaterni
Dell
Craig
D-Lewis
Belknap
Rioting Prisoners Seize Utah State Prison
Prison inmates gained control of large parts of Utah State Prison in a riot at Point of the Mountain. A guard lieutenant was stabbed and in critical condition. About 75 peace officers were summoned as inmates reportedly held civilians including six teachers from Jordan High and BYU.
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Point
Jordan High School
Brigham Young University
Amusements and Pages Highlight Local Gazette Mix
A compact notice describes the Gazette’s amusements section including comics, crosswords, editorials, coloring pages and market reports. It notes obituaries and radio sports pages as part of the weekly features and mentions women’s acts and community notices.
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Amusements
Coloring Gazette
Want
Adts Market Reports
Funé Radio
the Gazetteer Women's Acts
Publisher Cecil Highland Dies After Sudden Heart Event
Clarksburg publisher Cecil B. Highland, a dominant local figure who built a media empire and influenced city affairs, died unexpectedly after a heart seizure. He collapsed at his Empire National Publishing office and died at St. Marys Hospital. Funeral services set for Friday in Clarksburg with burial in Green Lawn Memorial Park in New Martinsville.
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Clarksburg
Cecil B. Highland
West Virginia
Highland
Glarkse
St. Marys ’Hospital
Morning
Evening Telegraph
Sunday Exponent- Telegram
Empire
National
Virgil L. Highland
U. S&s. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Davis Mortuary
New Martinsville
Wells Mortuary
Ward Harvey
Will
Green Lawn
Memorial
Don Greenlee's soap bubbles enter finals for Westinghouse scholarship
Stonewall Jackson High senior Donald Ray Greenlee works to measure the force keeping a soap bubble aloft using a magnet and iron filings in a soapy film. Despite bursts when iron is added, he advances to the 16th Westinghouse Science Scholarship finals where $11,000 in awards are available, including a $2,800 top prize.
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Don Seagle
the Gazette
Don Green
Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Don
Donald Ray
Westinghouse
Virginia
Batnes
Blast Hearing Slated Today In Virginia Coal Tragedy
A hearing on the Pocahontas Fuel Co. mine disaster in Bishop Virginia is planned for today. Officials expect a crowded room and plan to limit reporters as investigators review the fatalities and causes.
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Bishop
Virginia-West
Virginia Coal
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Olver
Military Plane Hailed for Safe Landing at Liner’s Arrival
A military aircraft approached Kanawha Airport and, while below 600 feet, landed safely just behind an Eastern airliner. The control tower reported intermittent altitude readings but did not confirm the pilot’s name or destination.
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Ight AG
Kanawha
Senate Charges Teamster Brass With Contempt
The Senate investigation subcommittee voted contempt charges against three Teamsters officials led by Frank W. Brewster of Seattle president of the West Coast Conference of Teamsters. McClellan indicated he would sum up the inquiry and expel the labor racketeering figures if warranted.
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Feb
Senate
The
Frank W. Brewster
Seattle
West Coast Conference of Teamsters
Joint Council
Suspects Held After Arson Fire Near Sissonville
Police report arson at a home owned by Mrs Hattie Matthews in Davis Creek. Five suspects including Mrs Pearl Parsons and Ayee Canter, two brothers and an uncle, are held in Kanawha County jail on arson suspicion. Tracks from the burning home lead to a neighboring structure where a theft occurred before the fire.
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Kanawha
Pearl
Parsons
Ayee Canter
Davis Creek
Hattie. Matthews
Ister
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