Compensation Fund Rates Change July 1 4 Go Up 40 Decline
Workmen’s Compensation Fund rates will rise July 1 affecting about 1,300 firms from coal and steel to small retailers. The changes, after audit by Mark Kormes and J J Smick, adjust base rates and loading factors to fund anticipated medical, funeral and disability payments. Some classifications see rate reductions while others rise. the loading factor remains 17 percent.
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Tom Suimmel
Associated Press
Workmen’s Compensation Fund
Pu Casepo
New York
Mark Kormes
J. J. Smic
Thomas P. Meadows
Fond Actuary
State Road Commission
Meadows
Bel
Bose
Meshows
State Road, Commission
Kormes
Smick
Miner Suffers Fractured Back in Coal Mine Accident
Abner Brown, 45, of Uneeda, was admitted to Charleston General Hospital after a B and O Coal Co mine accident yesterday. He said a falling piece of slate struck him, breaking his back.
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Beene County
B. & O. Coal Co
Abner Brown
Uneeda
Charletson General Hospital
State sees license plate sales surge in 1954 rush
State motor vehicles chief Condry reports about 200000 plates sold by yesterday, seven times the 1953 pace, with an expected 300000 to 350000 in the current rush and total annual sales near 600000. Early mailings and a night shift sped processing toward a June 30 goal, while April revenue lingers around 2.9 million versus 3.1 million last year.
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Joseph FP. Condry
Conday
Condry
Ground-Breaking Service Set for Brown Methodist Church
Ground-breaking ceremonies for a new Brown Methodist Church on Woodrum Lane Tyler Mountain will be at 3 p m Sunday Rev Samuel A F Wagner of Dunbar Methodist Church will speak The church sits on an acre donated by John Woodrum Construction is by the congregation under H C Hawkins Trustees and building committee include Mrs Sadie Litton Nila Figgatt A B Scarbrough J F McSeaters Delbert Miner is lay representative of the W Va Methodist Conference in organizing the church congregation
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Brown Methodist
Woodrum Lane
Tyler Mountain
Samuel A. F. Wagner
Dunbar Methodist Church
John Woodrum
H. C. Hawkins
Sadie Litton
Nila Figgatt
A. B. Scarbrough
J. F. McSeaters
Delbert
Miner
W. Va
Episcopal Youth Nominates West Virginia Officers
Nancy Seitz of Charleston was elected president of the Episcopal youth of West Virginia at the annual youth conference at Peterkin Conference Center. Malcolm Hess of Wheeling was named first vice president, Joyce Johnson of Charleston second vice president, Charles Dusi of Romney secretary, and Charles Wings of Bluefield was named treasurer.
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Romney
Nancy Seitz
Charleston
Episcopal Youth of
West Virginia
Peterkin Conference Center
Frank Rowley
Christ Church In
Bluefield
Episcopal Diocese of
Malcolm Hess
Wheeling
Joyce Johnson
Charles Dusi
Eerner Charles Wings
Loader Traps Worker in Narrow Escape
Oscar Watts, 42, a state road employee from Wayne, narrowly escaped death when a loading machine overturned and trapped him for an hour at Lavalette. He was rushed to a Huntington hospital in fair condition with a bruised chest, possible broken ribs, and shock as Lt. Merlin Thompson noted the machine toppled near a 20 foot embankment.
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Huntington
Oscar Watts
Wayne
Lavalette
Watts
Merlin Thompson
Huntington Police
State Liquor Stores To Be Closed Monday
State liquor stores will be closed June 21 in observance of West Virginia Day. The State Liquor Control Commission said stores and agencies would close at 6 p.m. and not reopen until 10 a.m. the following Tuesday. Gov. Marland proclaimed Monday a legal holiday as West Virginia statehood anniversaries fall on Sunday June 20.
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West Virginia
State Liquor Control Commission
Marland
Exterminators Warn Virginia Homeowners of Frauds
State Labor Commissioner Charles Sattler warned homeowners yesterday to beware of self styled exterminators who take money and vanish. He cited two recent reports from Parkersburg and Charleston where a salesman for exterminating firms took $250 without performing any work.
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Charles Sattler
Weat
Virginia
Sattler
Parkersburg
Charleston
Defense chiefs meet at Quantico on defense cuts and new weapons
At Quantico Virginia the defense secretary and top officials gather for a four day session to review budget cuts and military readiness as Indochina tensions rise. The program includes Dulles and Allan Dulles among invited guests with Lewis Strauss and other experts present. President Eisenhower will attend the final sessions and speak.
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Quantico
Secretary of
Charles E. Jee
Wilson
Luther Carson
A . State Liquor Control Commission
Army
Indochina
Geneva
Eisenhower
Churchill
United States
John Foster Dulles
Allan Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense Department
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
Move Fails To Sideline McCarthy
Senator Lehman launches a move to strip Senator McCarthy of committee chairmanships but faces Republican opposition and a blocked floor test. The resolution is referred to the Rules Committee, with Lehman accusing McCarthy of abusing authority and eroding respect for Congress. Nixon and Knowland clash over the procedural request to keep the measure on the table.
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Washington
Sen
Lehman
D-Lib-Ny
McCarthy
Flanders
R-Vt
Rules Committee
Congress
Knowland
California
Nixon
Senate
Government Operations Committee
Senate of the United States
Fairmont Miss New Governor of Girls State
The Rhododendron Girls State elected Miss Carroll Smith of Fairmont as its 12th governor. Judge Chauncey Browning of the State Supreme Court will administer the oath at inaugural ceremonies. The camp draws 336 high school stars and mirrors Virginia state government structure. Tomorrow night, the 10 outstanding citizens will be chosen to cap the week-long event.
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Jackson's Mill
House of Delegates
Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Jordan Placed on Border Panel for Boundary Waters
President Eisenhower named Idaho Governor Len Jordan to the U S International Joint Commission to prevent U S Canada water disputes while he remains governor. He succeeds Augustus Stanley who retired as chairman of the U S Canadian Commission. Hewitt, retired Army colonel, was named to the U S Mexico Boundary and Water Commission succeeding Lawson who retired in February.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Len’ Jordan
Idaho
U. S
International Joint Commission
United States
Canada
Jordan
Augustus ©. Stanley
Hewitt
Lawrence Lawson
Judge Revokes Bail Put Up by Bondsman
Judge Thompson imposes new rules revoking bail posted by bondsman J H Kessinger of Charleston. Court cites inadequate property coverage and high fees, noting Kessinger failed to file an affidavit of sufficient unencumbered assets. Drunk driving cases tied to these bonds face new bond requirements.
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Kessinger
Intermedia
William J. Thompson
Thompson
J. H. Kessinger
Charleston
Felix
Caudy
Miss Charleston Beauty Pageant Entries Open
Cliff Beckett announced open applications for the Miss Charleston Pageant in West Virginia. The Charleston winner will compete in the state contest at 8 p.m. June 26 and may advance to the national Miss Universe event in Long Beach, California. Entries are limited to ages 15 to 28 with blanks available at Coyle and Richardson and local fire stations.
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Cliff Beckett
Beckett
West Virginia
Charleston
Long Beach
Calif
Coyle and Richardson Department Store
Fragmentary political remark touches on timing and action
In a partial quote the speaker urges citing facts and notes a countermove aimed at sending the matter to the will. He states that all facts upon which his observations rest should guide any action when appropriate, and indicates plans to take up the issue for consideration.
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Carson
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Ware
U.S. Defenses
Fairmont
Casdorph-Lippert Heating & Plumbing Co
Carl Casdorphaeo A. Lippert
Virginis
West
Gunther
Capitol ST
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B.V.D. Katt
Ryton
Alastic Walstband
Seite
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Lope
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