Dedication set for new West Virginia Adventist building
D A Ochs of Washington spoke at a Bible Conference in Parkersburg as the West Virginia Adventist Conference neared its end. A dedication for a new 70,000 administration building is planned for Sunday with two new churches added in Pt Pleasant and Lewisburg. The session reported church giving and urged lay members to expand Bible study, cottage meetings, campaigns, and welfare and youth work.
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Parkersburg
D. A. Ochs
Washington
Columbia Union Conference of Adventists
West Virginia
A. F. Raf
Ruf
Adventist Fellowship
Pt. Pleasant
Lewisburg
Stephen Paully
United Fuel Lays Pipeline To Improve Service Areawide
United Fuel Gas Company undertakes pipeline projects exceeding 52000 to boost service for Greater Charleston customers. Work includes replacing 500 feet of four inch line with 10 inch along 49th Street in Kanawha City and a 6 inch tie in along Washington Avenue linking lines on 49th and 48th Streets. Total costs exceed 4650 with about 450 customers to benefit. Nearby upgrades include an 8 inch replacement along MacCorkle Avenue serving London Heights and Little Porter Hollow, 3000 feet of line along road right of way costing about 17000, plus bored road crossings to minimize traffic disruption. Additional projects along OS 23 and other routes total about 74000 in the area, with 12000 feet extending from Howards Fork and 6500 feet eastward, and 1100 feet along Lake Chawera and Kirk Roads. In St. Albans area, United Fuel plans 21900 more, including a 1500 foot Main Street section due for July completion.
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Charleston
United Fuel Gas Company
J F. Rockhold
49Th St
Kanawha City
Venable Ave
Washington Ave
49Th
48Th Streets
London Heights
Little Porter Hollow
MacCorkle Ave
Howards Fork
Lake Chawera
Kirk Rd
St. Albans
United Fuel
Main St
Area Supervisor Named by AEP
Jack Lloyd, area supervisor of the Montgomery area for Appalachian Electric Power Co., is named Division Area Development Representative. He will begin July 1, directing industrial development promotion in Charleston and Huntington divisions while keeping Charleston office. Ronald H. Hively Sr. will succeed him as area superintendent. Hively, a Braxton County native, also starts July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lloyd
Montgomery
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Joe F. Gills
Charleston
Lloyd
Hun- Ungton
Ronald H. Hivety Sr
Braxton County
Hively
FPC Revises Rules on Public Release of Information
The Federal Power Commission announced new rules to expand and clarify publicly available files. Attorneys from five agencies testified that they favor releasing as much information as possible while noting statutory limits. Willard Catchell of the FPC said nonpublic files could be opened on written request if consistent with the public interest. Others included GC’s from ICC SEC Civil Aeronautics Board FTC.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
House
Moss
D-Calif
Willard W. Catchell
FPC
New Commission
Commission
Gatchell
Robert W. Ginnane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thomas G. Meeker
Securities and Exchange Commission
Franklin M. Stone
Civil Aeronautics Board
Earl W. Kintner
Federal Trade Commission
Railmen Seek Writ as Lias Seeks Tax Review
In Asheville on June 22 a group of railroad men asked the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to bar the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from firing them for not joining the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The men argued wage and union contract noncompliance led to their dismissal. Separately, William R. Robertson, a known gambler and bootlegger, seeks a review of a $2,500 income tax bill as his case returns to the Supreme Court.
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Lias
Asheville
N.C
William R. Samppsell
U.S. Fourth Circut Court of Appeals
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brotherhood
William
Bill
West Virginia
R. A. Robertson
Ta Court of the United States
Charleston
Robertson
United Fuel Gas Co
Lewisburg
Greenbrier
Kefauver and Benson Clash Over Farm Plan in Iowa
In Eldora Iowa on June 22 Secretary Ezra Benson and Senator Estes Kefauver presented contrasting views on the new farm program. Benson backed the soil bank as the best option under tight timing, while Kefauver warned the administration will bung e the plan and cost farmers billions without proper execution. He noted potential farm income gains if the bill is properly administered. Benson emphasized adherence to law and urged farmers not to plow under crops until county committees are consulted. Both speeches were prewritten and not delivered as a formal debate.
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Eldora
Ilowa
Ezra’ Benson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Congress
Benson
Kefauver
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Soil Bank
Benson-Kefauver
Washington
Farm Women Call Meeting in Kanawha County
A Kanawha County Farm Women's Council meeting is set for 10 p m Wednesday in the courthouse annex. Mrs Bess Harrison will present a talk on veterans at Beckley Hospital and Miss Leana Ma from Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone will demonstrate colored tele p. Executive corner members meet at 9:90 a m per the general meeting.
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Kanawha County Farm Women's Council
Courtese Annex
Bess Harrison
Veterans’ Hospital
Beckles
U N chief Hammarskjold eyes facts on spy charges
Dag Hammarskjold said he would investigate charges that a Soviet national at the United Nations tried to recruit a Russian refugee into espionage. He noted substantiation could lead to punitive action and outlined talks planned behind the Iron Curtain with Kremlin leaders in Moscow on July 2 and with Marshal Tito on July 12 Brioni July 12.
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United Nations
Dag Hammarskjola
United States
Moscow
U. N
Mikhael Shatov
U.N
Aleksei Petukhov
Hammarskjold
Red
Kremlin
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Warsaw
Prague
Vienna
Hammarskiold
Secretariat
Lodge
Washington
Shatov
U.S
Belgrade
Geneva
Stockholm
Helsinki
Latin America
Middle East
Europe
Adriatic
Brioni
FCC hearing on Clarksburg TV delayed to July nine
A FCC hearing on Ohio Valley Broadcasting Co. to operate Channel 12 at Clarksburg West Virginia was recessed to July 9. Examiner Elizabeth C. Smith postponed due to her and attorneys’ commitments. Witness Robin D. Compton of Washington discussed technical studies. News Publishing Co. executives testified stock sale would be largely a money back move with limited profit.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Ohio Valley Broadcasting Co
Clarksburg
W. Va
Elizabeth C. Smith
Robin d D. Compton
Washington Consulting Engineers
Ohio Valley
Wstv, Inc
Steubenville
Ohio
Austin V. Wood
News Publishing Co
Wheeling
W.va
News
Clarksburg Publishing Co
FCC
Itz
Chio Valley
West Virginia
Wtre-Tv
Parkersburg
WSTV
Wstv-Tv
Boston
Atlantic City
Harriman Assails Civil Defense Policy in New York Speech
Gov Averell Harriman charged the Eisenhower administration with failed civil defense leadership and mixed public information. He urged a federal civil defense administrator, a national plan, and state local execution, while criticizing Kremlin policies and urging honesty before the public.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Eisenhower
Public Information
House
Congress
Harriman
Kremlin
Chet Holifield
Calif
Union Rejects Contract Offer at Parkersburg Plant
Parkersburg union Local 3 of the Textile Workers Union refused a three year contract offer with a 4 percent raise next year a non contributory pension increased health benefits and the first disability clause in a textile pact. Union spokesman Russell C Baker said the vote was unanimous noting Parkersburg’s higher industry level and interest in higher wages than fringe benefits. Agreements had been approved at other American Visions plants in Roanoke Front Royal Marcus Hook Lewistown and Nitro. Company and union declined to release headcount or vote totals.
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Parkersburg
American Visease Corp
Textile Workers Union of America
Russell C. Baker
Baker
Olther
Roanoke
Front Royal
Marcus Hook
Lewistown
Nitro
W. Va
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State Seventh-Day Adventists
Woodrum’s
Roxalana Rd
AEP
Mr. Hively
Mr. Lloyd
Capitol Transit
Fely Paty
Farm Women ‘Call Meeting
Henry Cabot Lodge
Fetukhov
Shatow
Rotislav Shapovaloy
Petukhoy
Shapovaloy
Hhre
A. A. Sobolev
Petukhov
U. S
Shapovalov
Stalin
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Ialize
Tag Galyean
Tag
Bonneville
Dodge
Virginia & Truslow Sts
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