Rail service halt prompts hearing on regional routes
A formal hearing was ordered after residents protested proposed changes to passenger service between Hinton and Huntington and a return trip consolidation with another train. No formal protest was entered. Transit official R Snell said the adjustments would save the railroad about 185000 annually. The commission quickly acted on a Buffalo Putnam County rate increase and allowed a 44000 revenue bond for a new filtration plant as wells dry. A National Guard portable filter unit is treating creek water for the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
Huntington
R. Snell
Richmond
Buffalo
Putnam County
National Guard
Railroads seek permission to cancel trains amid water rate news
B and O and C and O asked public service commissions for authority to discontinue passenger trains. The West Virginia panel heard that B&O could stop the Cin cinnatian after June 24 if allowed, with Maryland not requiring action. Officials cited losses of 335000 in 1949 and 40000 in Avril this year. The C&O requested formal clearance to end a train not operated since last October. Buffalo won emergency water rate approval supported by National Guard assistance for a new supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
National Guard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Commission
Cincinnatian
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Ohio
Maryland
M. Talbott
R. E. Holter
Road
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Attempt to End Strike at Power Plant Slated
PT PLEASANT June 3 M Fancher of Charleston representative of the AFL Laborers union said that an effort will be made at a meeting early Monday to get striking workers back on the job at the 66 million Philip Sporn power plant. Two hundred laborers who quit their jobs Wednesday left some 600 others idle yesterday and construction is at a standstill. Dissatisfaction over failure to complete negotiations for a new contract was given as the reason for the stoppage. The Monday meeting will be held for the plant before the opening whistle. The laborers were said to be demanding a 25 cent hourly increase.
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PT. Pleasant
M. Fancher
Charleston
AFL Laborers Union
Philip Sporn
Fancher
Operation Coonskin organizer Paul R Anderson profiles
Paul R Anderson is general chairman of Operation Coonskin a June 27 28 project to develop Coonskin Park. He leads Andersons Inc a highway contractor and serves as president while West Virginia Black Rock Co supplies highway materials. The profile notes his family ties civic involvement and residence in Charleston.
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Paul R.anderson
Operation Coonskin
Coonskin Park
Anderson's, Inc
West Virginia
Black Rock Co
Gazette
Associated General Contractors
W. Va
Kanawha County
Black Rock
Charleston
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Vans
Jackson County
Anderson
Marble Cliff Quarries Co
Columbus
Kanawha Airport
Masonic Orders
the Shrine, Moose, Elks, Press Club
Army and Navy Club
Kanawha Country
18 Doctors Granted Permits to Practice in West Virginia
The State Health Department released names of physicians licensed to practice in West Virginia. Recipients include John Henry Bergman in Clay and George Robert Clarke in Wheeling, with several newly licensed practitioners and others granted reciprocity from states like Ohio, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
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State Health Department
Itice
West Virginia
John Henry Bergman
Clay
George Robert Clarke
Wheeling
Riley Gatherum
Bluefield
J. B. Leith Hartman
McComas
Walter Reid Kohlheim
Rutherford
WNIT
John Louis Rittmeyer
Philippil
Howard Lindsley Smith
Slagle
Ernest Mack Brown, Sr
Princeton
Howard McGinnis Clemmons
Huntington
William Clinton Love
Sharples
Howard Holland Minor
Steubenville
John William Neville
Galloway
J. Richard Nolan
Morgantown
George Nicholas Psimas
Beckley
Dana Orion Trayer
Keystone
Wallace Raymond Varren Busch
Robert John van de Wetering
Robert Loma Wells
Washington
D. C
Census shows Putnam gains Lincoln losses
Preliminary census figures released by District Supervisor Farley W Bell show Putnam County up by 1,485 residents to 20,996 in 1950, while Lincoln County declines by 488 to 22,866. Town by town, Hurricane 1,439 residents, Nitro 131 in Putnam, Winfield 344, Buffalo 1,? Lincoln County, Hemlingham? 832, West Hamlin 781.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Lincoln
Putnam Counties
Farley W. Bell
Putnam
Putnam County
Winfield
Buffalo
Lincoln County
Hemiin
West Hamlin
Ex-Deputy Sheriff Freed on Rape Count
John Colantino a 31 year old former deputy sheriff of Clarksburg was acquitted by a Marion County criminal court jury of rape charges brought by a 14 year old babysitter. The girl testified he raped her at his home on February 8. Colantino resigned hours before his arrest and had been indicted by a grand jury, freed on bond pending trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faramont
John Colantino
Clarksburg
Marion County Criminal Court
Colantino
Taft Warns Graduates Against Federal Civil Service Careers
Senator Robert A. Taft told 87 Ashland College graduates to avoid government work as a career. He argued civil service jobs offer little opportunity for advancement during his commencement address in Ashland Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Ashland
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Ashland College
Chiang Deserted By Wife's Brother
Formosa June headlines report Soong quitting the Kuomintang over Chiang Kai shek family split. Communist troop movements threaten Formosa as defense blackouts and air raids loom. In Amoy steel and ore assay news shows gold values fluctuating, with local hope fading but resolve intact.
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Taipei
Formosa
T. V. Soong
China
Chiang Kaishek
Kuomintang
Chiang
South China
Formosa Strait
Defense Ministry
Port Angeliss
Wash
Spervous
Navy
Olympic Peninsula
Seattle
Grace Melick
Amoy
Swa
R. P. Lent
Lambert Aiid Lent Laboratory
Granddaughter killer's body found in creek
In fronton Ohio on June 9 volunteer searchers recovered the body of Norah Keeney fifty five of Getaway following a note indicating she planned to jump with Ruth Smith two year old granddaughter into Symmes Creek. Coroner ruled both deaths murders and death by own action. The two vanished from the Keeney home Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keeney
Ruth
Getaway
Jereek
Col Stalnaker to Take Wet Post in Clarksburg
Col Justus Stalnaker, VA training officer in Charleston since 1936, is transferred to the Clarksburg contingent to relieve a heavy workload in the northern part of the state. He will leave Charleston Monday and has served in the Army since 1913. He remains a Charleston resident and is active in the Army reserve, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Moose Lodge, Amvets, and the Military Manpower Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus Stalnaker
Veterans Administration
Charleston
Clarksburg
Col. Stalnaker
Army
Army_reserve
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Moose Lodge
Amvets
Military Manpower Committee
State Penalties 322 For Traffic Violations
A report from Motor Vehicles Commissioner Don MecClaugherty shows 322 operators licenses were revoked or suspended last month. Of these, 164 were for driving while intoxicated, contributing to a yearly total of 1,576 suspensions and revocations. Logan County led with 20 violations. several counties reported none.
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Don MecClaugherty
McClaugherty
Calhoun
Jackson
Mineral
Morgan
Ohio
Pieas
Fant
Preston
Roane
Summers
Tucker
Upshur
Wirt
Logan County
Famous Gorilla II at Chicago Park Zoo
Bushman the 550 pound gorilla at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago is in critical condition after a heart attack or stroke. Veterinarians are monitoring him and issuing periodic medical bulletins as the public mourns the loss of a top zoo attraction once seen by about three million visitors yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bushman
Lincoln Park Zoo
Soldiers Field
Five Day Warm Spell Forecast for West Virginia
The Weather Bureau predicts five days of temperatures three to five degrees above normal for West Virginia. The forecast also warns of showers totaling up to one inch by the end of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Weather Bureau
West Viginia
Mine Discovered on Pennsylvania Rail Train
A South Amboy blast area anti personnel mine, called a Bouncing Betty, was found today in a coal pile on a Pennsylvania Railroad train carrying 356 passengers at Red Bank New Jersey. Locomotive fireman Raymond C. Clayton spotted it. he was injured earlier in the May 19 South Amboy disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bank
N. J
South Amboy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Army
Raymond C. Clayton
New York
State Charters Issued for Huntington and Clarksburg
A charter was issued yesterday for the Larry Schavel Realty Co Inc of Huntington capitalized at 25000 by Larry Schavel Howard W Brown and Rogers Dewall of Huntington Also chartered Beverage Distributors Inc of Clarksburg capitalized at 10000 by G A Moore W Wilson Norman and Leope H Young act of Clarksburg The Neely Introduces Bill Washington June But Senator Neely D WV today introduced a bill to convey Holly River State Park to West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Schavel
Neely
Bill Washington
Wvai
Holly River State Park
West Virginia
Eight accused in Army hospital prostitution ring
The Rocky Mountain News reports FBI warrants charging eight people in a prostitution ring at Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver. Six men face solicitation counts on Government reservation, two women charged with aiding and abetting. Names include four ambulatory tuberculosis patients and former servicemen. The FBI would not comment yet.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain News
FBI
Army
Fitzsimon's General Hospital
U. S
Harald S. Jakes
Oakes
Navy Bomber Crash Kills Three Airmen Near Cape Henry
A Navy torpedo bomber crashed at sea during anti-submarine training off Cape Henry killing three airmen. Ens. John William Suydam, 22, of Skokie Illinois, was the pilot. Barstow Howard Stephens, 20, son of Mrs. Cattle Lee Kidwell of Warrenton, and Thornton Francis, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Erma Francis of North Conway New Hampshire, were aboard. The search was extensive with 75 aircraft, two escort carriers, six destroyers, five submarines and a submarine rescue vessel involved.
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Norfolk
Cape Henry
Ens
John William Suydam
USN
Skokie
Eleanor Walsh Suydam
Barstow Howard Stephens
Aviation Ordnanceman
Cattle Lee Kidwell
Warrenton
Thornton Francis
Erma Francis
North Conway
N. H
1S Composite Squadron 24
Pierce Reappointed to State Planning Board
Charleston native Carleton C. Pierce was reappointed by Governor Fatteson to the State Planning Board for a term ending June 5, 1964. The appointment was announced yesterday in the official action.
PSC Denies Railroad Permit to Halt Reedy Station
The Public Service Commission rejected the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad proposal to discontinue the Reedy station in Roane County. It noted no other convenient service exists for about 4,000 residents and that the agency’s revenues have risen in three straight years, totaling 21,911 in 1948 with 2,936 in expenses. 1949 through November saw 22,196 in revenue and 2,794 in expenses. Protests were filed by Reedy residents and the Reedy Federated Woman's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PSC
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Reedy
Roane County
Public Service Commission
Fie Reedy Federated Woman’s Club
Low Bid Entered for Port Warehouse at Kanaawah Airport
Kerhill Construction Co of Charleston submitted a low bid of 91766 for a concrete block warehouse at Kanaawah Airport to serve the 167th Fighter Squadron of the West Virginia Air National Guard. An alternate brick veneer option was also 91766. A separate 262107 contract for an administration and operations building awaits National Guard Bureau approval.
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Kerhill Construction Co
Charleston
Kana ‘Wha
Adj
Charles R. Fox
Fox
167Th
West Virginia Air National Guard
National Guard Bureau
Washington, D
Birth Announcements At Charleston General Bi My
Bay baby births listed for June across several families. Mr and Mrs Donald Fallan announce a birth at 3W B Randolph St on June 7. Mrs Joy King welcomes a boy at 111 Court on June 8. Other families include Mr and Mrs Manger Dotson Pren tz June a girl and Mr and Mrs Paul Hell in Taunton Ay June 6.
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Charleston General Bi My
George W. Twanpess
Woodland
Bay
Donald Fallan
Randolph St
Bey
Mer
Joy King
Court
Manger Dotson
Prentz
Paul. Hell
Siles Taunton Ay
Giri
Tons of rock kill worker in Ghost Mine near Fairmont
A tractor operator Otis Casto 40 of French Creek Upshur County was killed when about 300 tons of rock buried him and his tractor at the abandoned mine No 48 Buffalo Creek during a two week old smoldering fire. Crews including police firemen and the Bureau of Mines recovered the body after hours of effort inside the shaft. The fire started from burning garbage and spread into the old mine beneath the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Otis Casto
French Creek
Upshur County
Caste
Consoli~ Jation Coal Cal
Buffalo Creek
Federal Bureau of Mines
Jailer Foils Escape Attempt With Spoon in Jail
Joe Runyon of Kermit, under sentence for auto theft, was found digging out of Mingo County jail with a spoon and transferred to the state penitentiary. Howard Chambers reports the incident in Williamson.
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Spoon Williamson
Howard Chambers
Joe Runyon
Kermit
Mingo County
Runyon
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Jeisura
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Deamond
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Chicago Park Zoo
Diamond Ice & Coal CO
Holley
Quarrier
Billy Graham
Los Angeles
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Court House
Youth For Christ
Army’s Hospital
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