West Virginia to Increase State School Aid for 1955 56
The State Board of School Finance approved the 1955 56 fiscal year allocations totaling $49,668,327 for 55 counties, a slight rise over 1954 55. Ohio Hancock and Pocahontas are the only counties losing funds. Kanawha remains the largest recipient with $5,442,646 amid statewide increases for most counties.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Ohio
Pocahontas
Board of School Finance
Hancock
Kanawha
Wirt
Agony Is Extended as Killers Die in Gas Chamber
San Quentin reports the 1953 murder trio Barbara Graham Jack Santo and Emmet Perkins were executed in the gas chamber after last minute stays. Graham protested and asked why they torture me as the procedures began. Santo and Perkins were professional criminals linked to the Monahan murder and a 1952 grocer killing, with earlier robberies and a 1951 miner killing.
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San Quentin
Calif
Barbara Graham
Jack Santo
Emmet Perkins
Burbank
Graham
Husky Santo
Perkins
Mabel Monahan
Santo
Monahan
Goodwin J. Knight
State Supreme Court
Sitling
Los Angeles
U.S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Aso
Senate Panel Approves One Dollar Minimum Wage
A Senate subcommittee voted to raise the national minimum wage to 1.00 an hour, 10 cents above Eisenhower’s recommendation, affecting about two million workers. The plan would raise the wage floor from 75 cents to 1.00 next January, 1953-56 coverage is listed by county with proposed increases or decreases, while retail workers and other industries would gain under broader Labor Standards Act coverage.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Paul Douglas
D-N
H. Alexander Smith
R-N. J
Eisen
Hower
Congress
D” Barbour
Berke
Douglas
Labor groups push for higher wage in interstate trade
The labor groups urged raising the wage to 1,235 an hour to ensure a decent pay level for workers in interstate commerce. Douglas said the 1.25 proposal failed 3 to 2 with support from Sons Matthew Neely and Pat McNamara. The subcommittee postponed action until next fall and discussed broadening Page Amusements and editorial pages amid a listing of features.
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Douglas
Matthew Neely
D-W. Va
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Eogies
Scespecereceny
Ssasessevere
Early Deadline Ad Offer Seeks Classified Listings
The Sunday Gazette urges readers to place ads quickly for fast results. It highlights vacancies, articles, clothing, vehicles, and many other uses, stressing the early deadline for Sunday classifieds.
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Big Sunday Gazette
Lester Sheets Dies of Cancer in Cheshire Ohio
Lester L Sheets 75 a former Charleston resident died of cancer at Gallipolis Ohio He was born September 30 1879 in Henry County Indiana He lived in Charleston 40 years and worked 25 years as a salesman for Banks Miller Supply Co Survivors include his wife Marie Byrne Ver Steer a stepdaughter three sons and five grandchildren Services at Little Eggers Congregational United Church near Cheshire with a graveside at Spring Hill Cemetery Charleston The body lies at Miller Funeral Home Gallipolis and will be at the church an hour before service Nowers requested omitted
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Lester L. Sheets
Chershire
Charlestor
Ity Helzer
Gallipolis
Mr. Sheets
Henry County
Ind
Charleston
theBanks Miller Supply Co
Hunstington
Cheshire
West Virginia
Sheets
Middletown
Afram
Speriestos Masonic Lodge
Af&am
Mornee Dawn Masonic Lodge
BPOE
Marie Byrne Ver Steer
John W. Brown Jr
G. Don J ‘Nally
William B. Sheets
Jin Little Kgger
Urietten
Spring Hill
Miller Funer
Bej
Nowers
Auto Workers Seek Further Concessions from Ford Co.
The United Auto Workers press Ford for stronger concessions amid idleness and a new proposed plan that would partly replace state unemployment benefits. Ford would fund roughly 68 cents per hour, aiming to sustain take home pay for laid off workers while extending benefits. Both Ford and GM faced union pressure to improve guaranteed wages and pension provisions.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
VAW
General Motors
Union
Sepa
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Kreuther
GAW
Soruterian
Mord
Indas
Partnership
Child Believed Dead Found Alive in Houston
A Houston mother, Mrs. Mark C Dupree, learned her baby she thought dead is living after a mortuary attendant detected a heartbeat following a death declaration. Dr Robert P Kelley observed the infant not breathing and provided 30 minutes of artificial respiration before pronouncing death. the heartbeat was later noted during transport to a hospital. The doctor called it a rare, but possible, occurrence.
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Houston
Tex
Mark C. Dupree
Robert P. Kelley
Kelley
Panel Would Revamp Servicemen Benefits
A special House Committee proposed bringing all servicemen under the regular Social Security System and eliminating the $10,000 free life insurance. The plan would liberalize survivor benefits, reduce lump sums, and base VA payments on rank, with aim to enact by year end. Citing Pentagon notes, the bill seeks a simpler, fairer system and would include social security taxes for servicemen.
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Washington
House Committee
Hardy
D-Va
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Mardy
Congress
National Service
Federal
Veterans Administration
New York Judge Jails Four Parents for Child Neglect
New York Domestic Relations Court Justice Wilfred Walemade sentenced four parents and guardians to five or more months in jail to deter juvenile delinquency. Ranging from a mother of seven to a dope addict, they were convicted of criminal neglect for failing to properly rear their children, with one case involving a 14 year old and another a man with rape arrests. One sentence was suspended for a husband. The case highlighted the judge's call for parents to uphold moral standards. The involved individuals include Annette Smarek, Irma Crawford, Conrad Francis, and Alberta Davis, with George Smarek as estranged husband.
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New York
INS
Wilfred Walemade
Cis
Davis
Walte
Annette Smarek
Conrad Francis
Alberta Davis
Mrs.Smarek
George
Puzzle Saaks 17 387 Entries
For the sixth straight week since the last wiener there were no correct solutions to the 17 387 entries received for last Sunday's Gazette Prize Cross word Puzzle. See tomorrow's Gazette for a new puzzle worth 2209 cash and merchandise awards.
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