Time for action to overhaul West Virginia tax system
Editorial calls for a joint pre legislative conference of Gov Underwood Senate President Bean and House Speaker Pauley with labor industry leaders to craft a new tax structure. It argues the current gross sales tax and nuisance taxes harm growth and urges swift cooperation to start 1959 with reform and economic renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underwood
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
House
Harry R. Pauley
West Virginia
Congress
Western powers urge Big Four talks on Berlin crisis
The United States Britain and France pressed Russia to accept a Big Four conference to address the German problem amid Khrushchev's East Berlin threat. Ambassadors delivered identical notes asserting Western occupying rights in Berlin and hinting at reclaiming parts of East Germany if Moscow acts.
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Warren Rogers Jr
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
East Germany
Moscow
Hitler
Germany
U. S
Mecklenburg
Saxony
Thuringia
Anhalt
Soviet Union
Mecklen
Soviet to launch Moon rocket and nuclear plane tests in 1959
Moscow Radio said the Soviet Union plans a Moon orbiting rocket and initial nuclear powered aircraft trials in 1959. Officials stated nuclear reactions research is a top priority for 1959 and beyond. The year is expected to bring further development in interplanetary rockets and Sputniks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Cuban Rebels Pushed Back in Havana Offensive
Government troops backed by armor and air power routed retreating rebels around Santa Clara and drove them eastward from Las Villas. Officials said the Santa Clara bid to split Cuba and threaten Havana was crushed, with heavy rebel losses and ongoing drives toward Oriente as Batista presses for a decisive victory.
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Larry Allen
Havana
Santa Clara
Las Villas
Cuba
Noes
Castro
Camaguey
Oriente
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Santiago de Cuba
Jose
Las Vilas
Trinidad
Teacher Squabble Still On
A stormy hearing continues Friday before the Putnam County Board of Education over H C Graham a 28 year veteran science and mathematics teacher at Hurricane Junior High School accused by students and parents of tardiness and absence. Graham denies the charges saying he never left school without permission. The hearing drew many Putnam Countians to the county courthouse after opening sessions.
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Hary Ernst Winfield
Ihe
Putnam County Board ‘of Education
H.C. Graham
Hurricane Junior High School
Putnam
Boards OF Education
Putnam County
Graham
D. J. Savage
Charleston
No Evidence Police Beat Up Hurt Says Fair
State Police Supt Hazen H Fair announced a thorough investigation found no evidence that officers beat Lawrence Hurt former manager of the Montgomery State Liquor Store. The inquiry began Monday and ended Wednesday afternoon with no substantiation of claims.
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Fair
Tate
Lawrence Hurt
Montgomery State Liquor Store
Hart
Robson
Fayette County
Deepwater Mountain
Carval Legursky
Hurt
Legursky
S. Ballard
Beckley
Rufus Wurt
Roanoke
Center Needs Boss Bolden to Stay Another Month
Bolden, president of the William S. Bolden Co., Inc., of Charleston, agrees to remain as center board boss temporarily beyond February 1 if no suitable successor is found. The Civic Center Board and personnel committee aim to extend his stay for a month or two, with March 1 as the potential new deadline.
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William S
Bill) Bolden
Mana
Charleston
Bolden
William S. Bolden Co., Inc
Chester B. Talley
Appalachian Power Co
Talley
John Marquis
Civic Center Board
California Fire Hundreds Flee Topanga Canyon
A wind driven blaze in the Santa Monica Mountains spread rapidly near Woodland Mills and toward Topanga Canyon. About 40 homes and cabins burned or damaged and 3 000 acres were blackened as fire crews and air support fought the flames. In Glenwood, at least 35 structures were razed and firemen said many homes remained in danger.
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Topanga Canyon
Calif
Santa Monica Mountains
Woodland Mills
Glenwood
Jack Connors
Pacific
Bolden signals temporary stay to help Center
On Wednesday Bolden said he might remain in a temporary role for a month beyond February first or until a permanent manager is hired in February. He stressed he will not leave if it would hurt the Center. He has been one of the Civic’s most enthusiastic members.
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Center
Bolden
Civic
Mutiny at West Point redefined the academy in history
The Sunday Gazette Mail previews a State Magazine feature on a bloodless mutiny at West Point nearly 150 years ago. The piece, part of a series The Best From American Heritage, highlights how the uprising shaped modern West Point and its authority.
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United States Military Academy
West Point
Sunday Gazette-Mail
America
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Ese
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Philadelphia
Anika
Red Hand
REDS
Erinent
Board of Education
Powellton
Laird Memorial Hospital
California
Los Angeles
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