Rates to Rise for Workmen Compensation Coverage
State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner George S. Sharpe announced basic rates to apply next fiscal year for 44 employer categories. About 17,000 employers participate. rates reflect five-year injury records. Increases effective July 1 include quarrying, potteries, glass, metalwork, construction, and other sectors, with basic rates ranging from 10 cents to 4.60 dollars and a 21 percent surcharge for all employers to cover admin and catastrophe costs.
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George S. Sharpe
West ‘Virginia
Goriss
Sharp
Damascue Waind Dain
Berkeley County Interstate Rt. 81 Contract Is Let
The State Road Commission awarded a 1.88 million dollar contract to W A Wilson and Sons Construction Co of St. Marys for grading draining and four lane paving of three miles of Interstate Rt 81 in Berkeley County north of Martinsburg. It is the first road construction contract under the federal interstate program in West Virginia and is 60 percent financed by the federal government with 40 percent by the state. Exits Barred diplomats and professionals in Jordan must obtain government permission to leave, as Premier Raffai cites the kingdom’s need for their services.
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State Road Commission
Berkeley County
Martinsburg
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
W.A. Wilson and Sons’ Construction Go
St. Marys
West Virginia
Cabell County
Berkeley
Amman
State Police Deny Sanction Of Drag Strip
State police clarified they do not interfere with a private drag strip near St Albans nor endorse it. Maj. Wright cited safety groups to support a neutral stance while strip operators say police have not opposed the venture. Local officials and safety advocates clash over racing’s safety versus freedom of expression. Another note mentions a Charleston resident mistaken for a car thief and a separate Nazi-era Austrian reference.
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St. Albans
Gazette-Mail
Focal Police
Maj
B. E Wright
National Safety Council
International Assn. of Chiefs of Police
American Automobile Assn
Maj. Wright
Jeeshainey
Fred Helwig
Bridge Rd
Heid
Col Haren “H. Fair
J. B. Jack
Putnam County
Charleston
Dallas Bias
James Gullian
Copenhaver
Marvin D. Mills
West Virginia State College
State Magazine
Gazette Mail
Orville Jones
Sixths Ave
Lee St. Bridge
Orvilla Jones
Five Days Left to Enter All American Soap Box Derby
Only five days remain to enter the Kanawha Valley Soap Box Derby with a $5,000 college scholarship as first prize. The event is set for July 12 on Kat track. Derby chairman Charles Barnett urged interested boys to contact him at Dick Ens 60531 with questions.
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Kanawha Valley Soap Box
Kat
Nawna Blvd
Charles Barnett
Derby
Massu Named Algeria Governor In De Gaulle Alliance Shakeup
The hard edged paratroop hero Brig. Gen Jacques Massu is appointed governor of the Algiers Depart, marking a new phase in the Algerian crisis. The appointment signals the French army’s top leadership consolidating power under General de Gaulle. A sponsor system may back a local entrant to a regional derby.
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Algiers
Jacques Massu
Prodde Gaulle Einer
Chevrolet di
General Motors
Gazette
Algeria
Massu
Barnett Ote
Cashah
da md
Adfinda
de Gaulle
Akron
Jet crash kills two pilots on training flight
An Air Force F9 Scorpion crashed on approach near Oxnard California during a training flight from Hill AFB Utah. Both pilots First Lieutenant Earl Kerns and First Lieutenant Milton Mickens were presumed dead in the flaming wreckage.
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Oxnard
Calif
Air Force
Bean Field
Hill Air Force Base
Ogden
Utah
Oxnard Air Force Base
Earl Kerns
Thomas
W. Va
Milton Mickens
Lima
Ohio
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Juanita Clark
Esther McGinn
Nitro Business Men's
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Marty Martin
Mary Knapp
Carol Bowen
Brenda Caldwell
Neva Willard
Lynette Townsend
Kay Cooke
Valentine Civic ‘Club
Ralph ‘Gallagher
Valentine
Family Service of
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Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church
Camp Blnerstone
Mike Carrell
Bruce Miller
Jack Westlund
Nitro News
Kitchan
Caldorph-Lippert Heating & Plumbing Contracting
Virginia
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Bedier
Goody's
Maya
Werpenteaton
Georgia
Ann
BAM Cement Association
Concalif
Interstate Rt. 81
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Austria
David Adkins
Mike Coleman
Kanawha Blvd
Charleston Optimist Club
Chevrolet Division
FLY Eastern
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