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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1954
Page
13
A panel of physicians reacts to a San Francisco study linking smoking to shorter life and higher rates of heart disease and cancer. They differ on whether patients should quit now, with some urging immediate cessation and others preferring further research before firm advice.
The article discusses union charts showing jurisdiction limits for pipe fitters boilermakers and chemical workers to prevent disputes and costly strikes. It also notes roof bolting in coal mining and Bethlehem Steel proscribing rock stabilization for surface slides. The Nitro Plant News wins best employee publication for safety reporting as tin can usage falls.
West Virginia Guardsmen from the 150th Infantry Regiment and other units conducted a two week encampment at Camp Pickett. Lt Gen Floyd L Parks visited to observe firing ranges and a bridge project by the 1092nd Engineer Battalion.
Two Raleigh County soldiers AWOL from Fort Knox Kentucky were arrested in Spring Hill Monday night and charged with auto theft. Lawrence T. Johns 18 of Crab Orchard and Willard M. Bryant 20 of Beckley were taken into custody by South Charleston Police Patrolmen J W Browder and H C Harvert. They reportedly stole a sar net, Knox
In St Albans a Monday council meeting granted a five day work week for police, praised by Lt Midkiff as almost a pay rise. The panel approved a dog pound cooperation with Dunbar and South Charleston, and set bids for Berkeley and Adams surface work.
An employee of True Temper Corp. was seriously injured at work yesterday when struck by a disc from a patterning machine. James Anderson, 29, of 2513 Fourth Ave, suffered a broken right arm and chest cuts. Hospital attendants said his condition was improving after surgery at Charleston General Hospital.
Judge William J. Thompson orders 12 of 21 probation cases to pay court costs. Eleven pay 65 dollars, one 150. one special hardship case excluded. Probation department funding shifts cost burden onto probationers within 90 days. Various defendants receive prison terms from two to 10 years on forgery, burglary, grand larceny, and related charges. Pre-sentence investigations were performed by the probation department.
The Fraternal Order of Police biennial convention heard National President Det. Jack Dudeck and Secretary John J. Quinn stress police as a profession. Charleston Mayor Copenhaver praised the force, urged minimum standards, and accused some public figures of tolerating vice. Election results and officer installations conclude the event with a policeman’s ball.
Daily Vacation Bible School at Young Memorial Methodist Church Queen Shoals closed with a teachers and pupils picnic at Coonskin Park. Average daily attendance reached about 70 in the classes.
Casper A. Ruf was named manager of the local Small Business Administration offices in the Berman Building at 612 Virginia St. E. in Charleston. In a separate case, Homer A. Holt of Charleston sues Mr and Mrs Charles G Anderson and W B Johnson as trustee over a 124 by 11 foot wedge shaped land strip on Bridge Rd, with four civil engineers expected to testify as the trial continues.
Judge Staize Davis opened the June term of court setting the docket for original jurisdiction and appeal cases. The extended trial calendar will be announced soon. Davis will hear chancy matters for two weeks and juror trials are not slated to begin until July 6.
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