Governor addresses Lions Clubs on state growth and districts
The governor urged growth to avoid missing the recovery, noting out-of-state veteran bonuses and brain drain. He cited half the counties approving school levies, while Lions leaders and 600 delegates prepared for a state convention at the Daniel Boone Hotel. District realignment into four zones was planned, with elections for district governors upcoming.
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Underwood
West Virginia
Daniel Boone Hotel
International Lions
Kenneth Fry
Wardensville
E. E. Simonton
J. Marys
Panhandle
C. C. Warren
Bluefield
Lee Massey
Ansted
C. Paul Bennett
South Charleston
Henry J.witry
Nitro
Schools to Get Extra Six Million From Excess Levies
Elections held in the past 90 days on excess school levies will bring about 6.4 million dollars more in operating revenue for state schools. The report notes bonds outstanding and building costs across multiple counties, with 84 percent of pupils in counties with excess levy funds for 1959 60 and total building and operating expenditures forecast near 143 million dollars.
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West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Better Schools
Warm temperatures to linger with widespread storms
The forecast calls for warm conditions to continue across most of the nation on Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms are expected from the northern Cascades to Montana the Rockies parts of the Mississippi Valley the upper Great Lakes regions the Appalachians and the Gulf states.
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Cascades
Montana
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lakes
Appalachians
Gulf States
Youth killer Edward Cooney faces court in tragedy
A 15 year old boy confessed to murdering a 32 year old woman in a basement near his home. Police say he directed them to a closet where the body lay. At a juvenile court hearing Judge Hoffman ordered medical and neuropsychiatric exams for Edward and recommended his parents undergo mental evaluation to uncover potential causes. The Cooneys have two older daughters, one a nurse.
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Nebraska
Beck
Guy, Starkweather
Municipal Court
Sydney J. Hoffman
Edward
Holt
Cooneys
Confession Read In Court In Strangling Case
The Weather HERE AND ELSEWHERE reports a confession read by an assistant district attorney. The boy admitted strangling the girl during an attempted assault. Mrs. Cooney fainted after the hearing as Holt family members mourn the loss and ruin. Holt has two other young daughters.
Berlin Summit Hearings Continue Amid Cold War Tensions
The article describes Secretary Herter and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Gromyko trading positions on Berlin during Geneva talks. Herter outlines Western minimum conditions for a stopgap, including Western rights in Berlin and no recognition of the East German state. Gromyko denies Soviet plans to absorb West Berlin and hints at seeking concrete proposals from Western leaders on a German settlement.
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Herter
Berlin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
German Democratic Republic
Gromyke
Soviet Bloc
Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Gromyky
Halt Segregation Continued Freen Page 1
Judge Hooper warned against immediate desegregation while noting a ruling comparing this case to New Orleans where integration would occur with all deliberate speed. He cautioned that ruling segregation illegal would shatter hopes of swift change. Atlanta’s school system has about 70,000 white and 31,000 Black pupils, around 10 percent of Georgia's school-age children.
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Orleans Parish
New Orleans
Atlanta
Debate Notes on West Berlin Free City Term Controversy
In a heated exchange, he claimed 23 files document subversive East-West activity but would not reveal them to avoid delaying proceedings. Herter challenged Gromyko calling the Soviet plan for West Berlin a misnomer and warned against being fooled by the label free city. The USSR pressed for a different approach.
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Gromyko
Geneva
George C.i
Herter— Marshall
Aton Silvercruys
Canne
Johnson
Senate
George A. Smathers
Dfla
Strauss
West Berlin
East Germany
Herter
Berlin
Uug
Free City
Ussr
Possible declaration against rising force in settlement disputes
A noted proposal suggests a formal declaration limiting force used to settle disputes in Europe. The text references a specific "sonn-08 v area" as an example of restricted force deployment in regional tensions.
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Eskilstuna
Sweden
Lions International
Dudley Simms
Civic Organization
Lions
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Greenholtz
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Washington Avenue
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Chester Smith Raalty Co
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Superior
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