Mayor Copenhaver's Son Plans State Post Exit
The Gazette reports John T. Copenhaver Jr. will resign from the state tax commissioner's office and return to private law practice in Charleston. Observers say the move may signal a broader feud with Gov. Underwood as the mayor eyes a GOP primary challenge to Sen. Revercomb in 1958, while public notes hint at past efforts to boost school funding.
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Harry W. Ernst
the Gazette
Copenhaver’s.son
Underwood
Charleston
State Tax Commissioner's Office
John T. Copenhaver Jr
Bonis
Copenhaver
U. S
Chapman Revercomb
R-Wva
Kanawha County
Sen
Revercomb
City Council OKs plan to ease midtown traffic congestion
The Charleston City Council approved a traffic survey plan banning parking on key streets from 4 to 6 p.m. and restricting deliveries in the downtown area to ease homeward-bound traffic. Officials hailed the measure as a major step toward Midtown relief with several streets listed for no parking and others to follow. some changes take effect immediately while others await ordinances.
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Charleston
Piedmont Rd
Wertz Ave
Capitol St
Kanawha Blvd
Broad St
Pennsylvania Ave
Dallas Bias
H O
Copenhaver
Patrick St
New York Central Railroad
Seventh Ave
Washington St
Summers St
Donnally
Christopher Sts
Lee
Washington Sts
MacCorkle Ave
Randolph
Virginia Sts
Clendenin
Washington and
Elk Sts
Dunbar St
Quarrier St
McFarland St
Virginia St
Dickinson St
Lee St
Capitol
Washington
Buckhannon
Virginia
John A
Definition of a Wet Nurse Giving Child a Drum
A historical note defines a woman who quiets a crying child by giving him a drum or whistle as a particular type of caregiver. The description highlights a common effector used to soothe infants in past daily life.
Underwriter Report Revived Criticizes City Fire Oversight
National Board of Fire Underwriters faulted Mayor Copenhaver for lacking rules in the Charleston Fire Department after a 1954 survey. The report notes no formal rules in 1950 and rescinded regulations in 1952, with a mayor’s committee yet to submit new guidelines. It details disciplinary procedures, seniority transfers, and probationary appoints under state law.
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Sy James A. Hill
the Gazette
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Copenhaver
Charleston Fire Department
NBFU
E. Boggess
Boggess
Fire Department
Fire Department Civil Service Commission
Supreme Court frees five California Communist leaders
The Supreme Court ordered freedom for five of 14 California Communist leaders convicted under the Smith Act and granted new trials to the other nine. The ruling found that mere abstract advocacy of violent overthrow is not a crime, and that the judge erred in instructing the jury. Justice Harlan wrote that evidence against the five was clearly insufficient for conviction.
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Supreme Court
California
U.S
William C. Mathes
Black
Douglas
Clark
Court of Appeals
Sth
District Court
Warren
Frankfurter
Harlan
Burton
Capitol Hill
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Communist Party
Communist Political Assa
Eugene Dennis
Vinson
Mathes
Dennis
Los Angeles
Charleston Area Grips At 96 High
The Kanawha Valley endured the year’s hottest day with an official 96 degrees at Kanawha Airport topping the five day heat wave. Huntington reached 99 while Parkersburg had 34 and Wheeling 91. A brief downtown power outage occurred in Wheeling as air conditioning failed and a bank compressor smoked. The heat, about eight degrees above normal, is expected to ease only with scattered showers through week’s end.
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Kanawha Valley
U. S
Kanawha
K. L. Sharpton
Huntington
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Power Drought and Floods Strain Nation
Heat waves grip the eastern half as power shortages hit New York and Chicago. weekend rains flood Minnesota and South Dakota forcing National Guardsmen into action. Drownings and a rail derailment add to a day of weather turmoil across multiple states.
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Chicago
Minnesota
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Milwaukee Road
Bryce Canyon
Utah
Thesis
East
Midwest
New York City
Rockefeller Center
Consolidated Edison Co
National
Yankton
Marshall
Sioux Falls
West Hails Soviet Plan For Ban On Nuclear Tests
The West welcomed a Soviet plan for an internationally supervised ban on nuclear tests as a potential breakthrough. US and British officials noted cautious optimism, while Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin agreed to mutual inspection principles amid expectations of a two to three year halt and international monitoring in Russia the United States Britain and the Pacific.
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London
U. S
U.N
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
U.S
Valerian Zorin
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Britain
Pacific
Grim Joke Haunts Grimes Case Victims’ Mother
The Grimes sisters Patricia 13 and Barbara 15 were slain and their mother Loretta Grimes mourns as police report a grim prank call. The call, signed Petey the nickname for Patricia, came Saturday before the bodies were found January 22 and the case remains unsolved.
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Chicago
Grimes Sisters
Grimes
Petey
Patricia Grimes
Barbara
Loretta Grimes
House backs civil rights bill without jury trial provision
The House tentatively approved a civil rights bill omitting a jury trial for contempt of federal court injunctions, delaying final passage vote to tomorrow. Despite efforts by Southern Democrats and some Republicans, amendments to add a jury trial were defeated as debate focused on the bill's enforcement power and congressional policy.
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Washington
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Sentherm
Hep. Smith
D-Va
Srnia
Hoffman
R-Mich
Ray
R-Ny
Rep
Brooks
D-La
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mysterious Parachutes Trigger Valley Search
A report of two parachutes seen over the San Fernando Valley sparked a wide search into the Verdugo and San Gabriel mountains. Officials from Lockheed, Edwards Air Force Base, the Navy and sheriff patrols coordinated a response while brush fires raged in the hills. A plume of smoke near Magic Mountain was also reported but its source was not confirmed.
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Calif
San Fernando Valley
Verdugo
San Gabriel Mountains
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Los Angeles Basin
Air Force
Navy
Air Natonal Guard
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Aren Air
Edwards Air Force Base
U.S. Forestry Service
Sheriff's Aero Detail
Lockheed Tower
Magic Mountain
San Gabriels
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