Wild swan blamed for injuries and traffic jams
Two Charleston area accidents Tuesday injured two people and blocked two major roads for about thirty minutes each. A Kanawha Airport limousine with four passengers crashed after another vehicle swerved, none injured per the accident patrol. The other crash on U S 60 near Daniel Boone Park produced two hospitalized victims, Opal Gilliland and Alonzo Anderson, with fractures and possible internal injuries.
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Charleston
Kanawha Airport
R. Roe
Piedmont Rd
Bonnie R. Burdette
Sissonville Rd
U. S. 60
Daniel Boona Park
iCharleston General Hospital
Opal Gilliland
Chelyan
Alonzo R. Anderson
Belle
Assessors to Air New Tax Rulings in Charleston
West Virginia county assessors visit Charleston to study the impact of recent Supreme Court rulings. A Kanawha Valley Bank decision bars higher taxation on any class of property, and a 1957 act empowering school boards to tax property transfers was ruled unconstitutional.
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West Virginia
Charleston
John A. Field Jr
State Supreme Court
Kanawha Valley Bank of
Smear Test Hailed As Cancer Detector
In San Francisco Dr Howard F Raskin of the University of Chicago presented a study to the American Medical Association showing the smear test detects cancer throughout the GI tract with 95 percent accuracy, outperforming X-rays in esophagus stomach and colon cases though less effective for pancreas and bile ducts.
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San Francisco
University of Chicago
Howard F. Raskin
American Medical Assn
Raskin
Guards Take Gun Practice Amid 1958 License Collections
West Virginia National Guard and state deputy tax officials conduct range drills and license fee collections across communities. Virgil Frizzell announces 1958-09 store license payments due by July 1, with deputies scheduled 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in various towns.
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Virgil Frizzell
Thace Stan
Fort Knox
West Virginia National Guard
130Th Armored Cavalry
State Guard
West Virginia
George C. Moses
Clendenin
City Hall
Carp Breckinridge
milFriday
O. L. Parsons
Winfield
Jamesi
N. Ruther
Ford
Mason
Texaco
193Rd
MacCorkle Ave
to|Co
Weston
Hovatter
Puresta
Chelyan
Des Islet -Lake
LaFollette Estate Bond Granted After James A Wright Death
In Columbus Follette Ohio the will of James A Wright names Robert B LaFollette of Charleston as administrator with a 1 million bond. He dies of a heart attack at 51. Half the estate goes to his brother, the other half to L M LaFollette Jr and his two children. The will cites heirs in White Sulphur Springs.
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James A. la Wright
Columbus
Follette
Ohio
Charleston
Carl B. iEarly
James S. Conley
Alexander Jr
Heaters Street
Robert Id 'B. LaFollette
Reliance Insurance Co
L. M. LaFollette Jr
White Sulphur Springs
L. M. LaFollette Ul
Clara J. LaFollette
Daylight burglarers big haul shocks city
City Detective Clyde Miller reports a bold daylight burglary at Sherwood Apartments 1134 Lee St. where Chester Spradling returned home to find three suits two topcoats two diamond rings a ladies wristwatch four pieces of luggage over 200 dollars in cash a folder with insurance policies and personal papers and a record player missing from the broad daylight theft. The burglar escaped detection and Spradling and his mother were away.
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Clyde Miller
Chester Spradling
Sherwood Apartments
Lee St
Miller
Spradling
Marlinton Man Will Head State Pharmacy Board
Fred C. Allen of Marlinton was elected president of the State Pharmacy Board at a Morgantown meeting. William B. Stuck of Charles Town was named vice president and Roy Bird Cook of Charles Town became secretary.
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Morgantown
Fred C. Allen
Marlinton
State Pharmacy Board
William B. Stuck
Charles Town
Roy Bird Cook
Charleston
Richard &. Rader
Lewis J. Anile
Weirton
Welch M. Batten
Welch
Walllace F. Brannon
Weston
John C. Buck
Spencer
Frederick E. Combs Jr
Parkersburg
David E
Clyde D. Fuller
Fred G. Hawes Jr
Huntington
Kent R. Hornbrook
New Martinsville
Samuel C. Lang
Shinnston
Billie Myers
William M. Neal Jr
Buckhannon
John T. Tiano
Clarksburg
Senators Back Trade Agreement in State Talks
In White Sulphur Springs two senators voiced support for a five year extension of the reciprocal trade agreement before Congress. Sen. John F Kennedy and Sen. John Sherman Cooper urged flexible tariffs and linked economic security to national security amid Cold War tensions.
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White Sulphur Springs
Congress
Tobacco Assn
United States
Leat Tobacco Exporters Assn
John F. Kennedy
D. Mass
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Kennedy
Cooper
America
Russia
Bellows &Co
Louisville
Istillers Products CO
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