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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1959
Page
2
Local council debates mayoral powers and air conditioning curbs as a vacancy reshapes Cedar Grove governance. An ordinance on equipment permits follows moves by Ireland and Stubblefield, with zoning changes and bids approved for city infrastructure projects.
A prosecutor denounces former professional bondsmen deposed justices of the peace and racketeers who threaten him to halt enforcement of state vice laws. He credits passage of a legislative reform with curbing illicit money practices and calls for public support of vigorous, fair prosecutions.
The Dunbar planning commission proposed a 1959 60 budget totaling 12000 and presented it to the council finance committee. An ordinance creating a city zoning commission was introduced with planning commission members to serve on the new body.
Kanawha County Board of Education may revisit Sunset Elementary School closure after Guy M. Bibbee appeared with a PTA resolution urging the council to keep the school open. The action follows the petition and support from the school community.
Charleston Transit Co. bus drivers will vote on June 17 whether to be represented by Motor Coach Employers Union Division 1493. The election, set at a union company meeting with a National Labor Relations Board representative, runs 9am to noon and 1pm to 5pm in a storeroom near Fourth Ave and Stockton St. The drivers are currently unrepresented by a union.
The Supreme Court refused unanimously Monday an appeal by James H. Blankenship and two others from their convictions for breaking and entering the Piggly warehouse at Man and stealing merchandise valued at 610 dollars. Blankenship received ten years in prison plus five more years for a prior conviction.
An early wave of resignations followed a new leader arriving at the helm. The incoming director had previously served as superintendent at Weston State Hospital before his appointment.
Florida legislators face pressure from Hawthorn president of the Dade County Property Owners Assn an segregation group pushing to ban a book in schools and libraries. He calls the book a brainwashing routine showing a white pig and a mulatto pig as the black pig survives.
The report notes attempts to prohibit a ceremonial hula by Hawaiians led by Frances Bleidt and David Barr with Peterson and McAshan opposing, while the council weighs acquiring East End property for playground use. Investigations continue with no action taken on the rites of the goddess Laka.
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