27 Jan 1960
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1960
Page
1
Governor notes three proposals during the legislative session. Topics include a school aid framework, re appraisal of nonutility properties for local funding, and a measure to set penalties under state statutes. A separate plan would record fees for motor vehicle lens processing.
Senators Gates was approved after Johnson called his name as the nominee. Support from Democratic and Republican leaders kept the vote orderly with members present. The confirmation proceeded amid general backing and a smooth procedural flow.
Fragmented report outlines arrests and political tension around Fidelist activity with references to West Virginia politics, President Nixon, Underwood, and tax debates. It notes proposed spending on roads, schools, and law enforcement, plus state conservation and bonding plans amid unrest.
Brief missive notes unnamed weather patterns and regional tensions. Officials withheld comment while private sources report hints of government dispatches. Censored press and scattered reports describe rising public anxiety and displaced locals in North Africa.
Rain to hit the Ohio Tennessee and Mississippi valleys with colder conditions forecast for the north and middle Atlantic states. Warmer in Kentucky Tennessee and Florida. CAP Wirephoto.
Senators and delegates let Mountaineer Boys State officers lead a joint meeting at Jackson's Mill. Governor William Shaffer Jr and 11 others spoke. notable attendees included Jonald DeCarls and John Curtis among the Boys State Supreme Court members. In Seoul a stampede killed 31, mostly women and children, injuring 49 at a railway station during Lunar New Year travel.
An advertisement promotes CoLonata Colonaid as a safe laxative for women including during pregnancy. It touts three actions: moisturizing dried waste, gentle bulk to move the bowels, and reflex stimulation to trigger urge, claiming superiority over salts and bulk laxatives.
The Associated Press says two Atlas missiles achieved all test objectives. One launched near Wake Island landed in the ocean after West Coast tests. A new nose cone was tested on a Vi foot missile near Ascension Island, while a second Atlas lifted from Vanderberg Air Force Base California.
President Eisenhower in informal press session says the American people hold affection and interest in the Cuban people and rejects reprisals. He discusses military intelligence, space prestige, and rebuts criticism of his administration during the 1960 political climate.
Mrs. Patrick HL Baker alleges Costa Boone Coty and CTY Credit Corp breached a posthumous car loan agreement. The suit filed in Common Pleas Court seeks $100,000 damages plus punitive relief after the company allegedly repossessed the vehicle following the death of the purchaser in April.
Isadore Lauter identifies a man named Michael as the Tasxt caller at 14 Howard Street Newark to pick up a fare. Police and reporters gathered at a colonial home near New Brunswick, near the Hall Mills murder site, while Mrs. Tiradenes’s husband Charles and Mrs. Thaddies are connected to Clarke’s in Flagtown.
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