Nitro News Stores Schedule Half Day Closure
Beginning this Wednesday several Nitro stores will close on Wednesday afternoons from June through August to give employees an leisure afternoon. The list includes Harris Young Center, Cotuisiuck Furniture Co, Hanes Appliance and Gift Center, Ben Franklin Store, A. W. Cox Dept. Store, Western Auto, Dolin's Jewelry, Marrs' Jewelry, Matt Dept. Store, Nitro Furniture Co, Caste Hardware, McClanahan Inc, Joe's Shoe Repair, KiddieLand, Spaulding's Men's Shop, Gibson's TV, Stone's Hardware, Nitro Floral, Perkins', Dinner Furniture, Nitro Sport Mart, Brown's Dry Goods, Nitro Heating & Plumbing, Kanawha Valley TV Service.
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John F. Santreck Jr
Nitro’s
Harris Young Center
Cotuisiuck Furniture Co
Hanes Appliance and Gift Center
Ben Franklin
A. W. Cox Dept
Western Auto
Dolin’s Jewelry
Marrs’ Jewelry
Matt Dept
Rowdies Keep Whitesville On the Jump
Whitesville community reports a rowdy night with a river dive escape, a gang fight near Whitesville Baptist Church, and a phony fire call to Sylvester that stretched local police and fire units. Five youths, including four adults, faced disorderly conduct charges. a sixth fled and was not captured. Local officials pursued investigation into the hoax. The incident followed a night of juvenile drunkenness leading to arrests and a mayoral appearance.
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Whitesville
Seth
Raleigh
Edgar Jarrell
Coal River
Ascaper
Whitesville Baptist Church
Johnny
Frank Carr
Dorothy
Bill Grayheal
Charleston
Joel Graybear
Keith
Horace Morgan
Man Stabbed Survives. Neighbor Held on Felonious Assault
In Chesapeake a Sunday fight left James Simmons 33 stabbed in the neck with a wound to the esophagus. He was treated at Charleston Memorial Hospital and listed in fair condition after surgery. Jacob Wallace, also of Chesapeake, was arrested for felonious assault and jailed in Kanawha County.
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Chesapeake
Chelyan
James Simmons
Simmons
Charleston Memorial Hospital
R. L. Presson
Jacob Wallace
Kanawha County
Brother Held In Shooting at Coalburg
The brother of a Coalburg man was arrested by state police early Sunday in connection with a shooting Saturday night. Allen Stewart, 27, of Coalburg, was booked in Kanawha County Jail on a felonious assault charge. His brother Franklin, 42, was shot in the lower abdomen with a shotgun at his home and was described by police as in serious condition at Memorial Hospital. Trooper R L Presson said an argument between the brothers apparently touched off the shooting.
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Coalburg
Kanawha County
Allen Stewart
F Stewart
Franklin
Suthe
Ton Mémorial Hospital
R. L. Presson
Chelvan
Driver Injured In 3 Car Crash On East Washington
A Campbells Creek driver suffered scalp cuts and bruises when his car hit two parked vehicles in the 2200 block of East Washington. Ronald Moses, 2, of 639 Campbells Creek Drive, was transported by Cunningham Mortuary ambulance to Charleston General Hospital and listed in satisfactory condition.
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Campbells Creek
E. Washington At
Ronald Moses
Campbells Creek Dr
Cunningham
Charleston General Hospital
Dr Stewart May Remain WVU President Temporarily
Dr Irvin Stewart may stay as West Virginia University president until Sept 1 due to the board of governors lacking a ready successor. The board urged him to extend his term, and he agreed to remain past June 30 while a replacement is sought, with plans to rejoin the faculty in 1959.
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Morgantown
Irvin Stewart
West Virginia University
Stewart
WVU
Thompson
Uty
William G. Thompson
Montgomery
GOP Women Entertained At Governor's Mansion
A three day regional conference of the National Federation of Republican Women opened with a reception at the Governor's mansion hosted by Gov. and Mrs. Cecil A. Underwood. National president Mrs. Peter Gibson of Monroe Mich led a keynote address. workshops on campaign strategy followed with leaders from both parties present including Sen. Andrew Schaeppel Rep. Richard M. Simpson Bernard Lamb Lee Totter and others. The event gathers delegates from Ohio Pennsylvania Kentucky Tennessee West Virginia Virginia and invited Southern region representatives.
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Governor's Mansion
Cecil A. Underwood
National Federation of Republican Women
Peter Gibson
Monroe
iMich
G ‘Underwood
Interior
Fred A. Seaton
Daniel A. Louchery
Clarksburg
GOP
Sen
Andrew Schaeppel
Rkan
Senate
Richard M. Simpson
Rpa
House
Bernard Lamb
Washington
Republican National Committee
Lee
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennesssee
West Virginia
Virginia
Florida
Northland
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabbama
Mississippi
Puerto Rico
Food costs fall in labor time needed for groceries
The National Association of Food Chains says a U S factory worker now needs about four hours and 44 minutes to earn a 9 24 bag of groceries, down from five hours and four minutes in 1982 while prices rise. It notes meat prices have eased since 1952 and that the April bag would cost less than in August 1952 if not for weather and supply.
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Washington
UPC
National Association of Food Chains
U. S
Labor Department
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YWCA
West Virginia Presbyterian Synod
Morris Harvey College
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