Toll of Mother's Day weekend in West Virginia rises with 11 deaths
Weekend accidents across Kanawha and nearby counties claim at least 11 lives and injure several. Victims include six in traffic crashes two drownings and a burn death. Names and ages of several victims are listed, with multiple incidents tied to roads and personal disputes.
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West
Roy White
Gregory Stone
Russell Stone
Chelyan
Robert Edwin Chapman
Robert K. Chapman
Dunbar Ave
Dunbar
Kanawha River
Ada Harmon Thaxton
Kanawha
Thomas Memorial Hospital
William Arlen Fox
Hartwell
McDowell County
W. Va
Newhall
Gary
Frankin Lou Perrine
Allizer
Calhoun County
Dolph Williamson
Piney View
Raleigh County
William Jones
Williamson
Charles Dotson
Big Sandy River
Serum Report Delays Halt Polio Inoculation Push
Washington reports confusion as the Public Health Service suspends mass vaccination pending a Sunday forecast. Surgeon General Scheele consults researchers and Salk. a public update is promised tomorrow afternoon. O’Connor of the Infantile Paralysis Foundation notes ongoing free inoculation efforts.
West Virginia Legislature Faces Education Pay Dilemma
A long-running fight over how to raise salaries for thousands of state teachers has stalled after political infighting. The piece notes taxes fund two thirds of state spending, with education consuming a major share, while lawmakers seek a solution without triggering taxpayer backlash as adjournment approaches.
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Virginia
House and Senate
West Virginia
West Virginia Education Association
Bus Strike Parley Set Review Meeting At Charleston
A three day parley of union leaders from across the nation is planned in Charleston to review the month old Atlantic Greyhound driver strike. Daniel Y. Maroney says all Greyhound locals and the Canadian Greyhound driver representative will attend. The AFL Motor Coach Emploes Union Division 1439 leader notes 28 divisions are invited to discuss the strike now in its 10th week. About 725 bus drivers are affected.
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Atlantic Greyhound Corp
Charleston
Daniel Y. Maroney
Greyhound
Canadian Greyhound Company
Maroney
AFL Motor Coach Employes Union
Atlantic Greyhound
Crossword Puzzle Contest Fails to Produce Winners
The paper notes no winner among 19 295 entries in the Cross wood Puzzle Contest last week with a top prize listed as up to 610 dollars. Page references point to Editorials and Gazetteer sections.
City County Eyeing New Medical Center Plans
Charleston and Kanawha County consider building a low cost medical center funded largely by the Hill Burton Act. Dr. L A Dickerson cites about 250000 overall cost with 100000 local share and 150000 from government. The project aims to unite health department services and relieve Memorial Hospital and city offices. A burn accident reports a Tyler Mountain man severely burned by gas fumes and treated at Charleston General Hospital.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Charleston - Kanawha
L. A. Dickerson
Dickerson
Board of Health
Memorial Hospital
Tyler
John L. Myers
Melody Lane
Charleston General Hospital
J. A. Woodley
Myers
State Health Department
West Virginia polio program in limbo after Surgeon General alert
The fate of West Virginia’s pub. and school polio immunization program hung in the balance yesterday after a 3 a.m. announcement by the Surgeon General calling states to halt programs pending a further advisory expected this afternoon. Dr. Nathan H. Dyer could not be reached for comment. In Indianapolis two Eli Lilly spokesmen said the firm manufactured the Salk vaccine used in the first round of shots.
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Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
West Virginia
United States
Nathan H. Dyer
Legislators to Get New List Of Marland Appointments
Gov. Marland plans to submit a fresh slate of appointments for Senate action as a special session opens to tackle school problems and teacher salaries. The list may include replacements for three of six major appointees rejected in March and fill unsettled posts on the Mines Department, Liquor Control Commission, Probation and Parole, Purchases, Racing Commission, and Turnpike Commission.
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Marland
Senate
Frank B. King
Mines Department
Luther H. Carson
Liquor Control Commission
Dana C. Eakle
Board of Probation and Parole
J. R. Allis
Department of Purchases
J. F. Edwards
Racing Commission
James M. Donohoe
Turnpike Commission
King
Liquor Commission
Carson
R. V. Kahany
Huntington
Edwards
The
T. B. Bickel, Jr
Webster Springs
Eakle
Board of
Probation and Parole
Parole Board
Pampiert
Aliff
Donohoe
W. W. Barron
Be¢H Reap
Briton Seeks U S Backing for Big Four Summit Plan
British Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan urged U S support for a summit of the Big Four leaders to ease world tension. Secretary of State Dulles reacted not unfavorably, as both men met during East West talks in Paris. American policy toward such a meeting appeared unchanged, with no spokesman confirming otherwise.
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Paris
Harold Macmillan
United States
Macmillan
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
L&N Rail Strike Pact Parley Fails
ATLANTA May 7 One of the Southeast strikes nears end as dynamite blasts and gunshots mark the disputes. Negotiators reach broad basis to end the Louisville & Nashville Railroad walkout after 55 days with arbitration planned but talks recessed without a final agreement. In Alabama a telephone strike cuts 10 wires disrupting links to New Orleans Montgomery Birmingham Atlanta New York Chicago and Houston.
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Atlanta
Southeast
Washington
Louisville & Nashville
Alabama
W. F. Yandell
Mobile
New Orleans
Montgomery
Birmingham
New York
Chicago
Houston
Gold in the Hills How WV property assessments hit education
Article analyzes West Virginia property tax data showing a net loss of 102 million in taxable real estate value since 1932, with Hancock and Kanawha counties driving two thirds of the rise and 37 counties counting a 207 million loss. It argues gains in assessed value are offset by overall declines in 21 years, affecting school funding.
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Green Hills
West Virginia
Nor
Commission On State
Hancock
Kanawha Counsties
Brooke, Logan, Wood, Nampshire
Mercer
Bored by Endless Conversation
A remark notes that a person’s talk fails to bore because it never ends, highlighting a comic contrast between dullness and seeming boredom in dialogue. The line shifts focus to the listener’s perception rather than the content.
Mayor Weighs Extra Patrols In Charleston Crime Fight
Mayor Copenhaver said he is seriously considering adding permanent new patrol beats to boost the beat patrols. He noted crime rate in Charleston is down and discussed manpower from sub-departments with Acting Chief Dewey Williams.
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Copenhaver
Dewey Willams
Charleston
Rodney Brodie in coma after brain hemorrhage in Chicago
Rodney Dee Brodie, famed Siamese twin who had a separation operation, lies in a coma after a severe brain hemorrhage. Doctors in Chicago reported the bleeding may have ceased and that he looks better but remains gravely ill and receive blood transfusions.
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Chicago
Rodney Dee Brodie
University of Ilinois Education and Research Hospital
Rodney
Downstate
Ferris
Royt
Chicago Hospital
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Scheele
Morrow
National Institute of Health
Konas Salk
Pittsburgh
Basil O’connor
National Foundation For
Salk
O’connor
Don Seagle
the Gazette
City Scene
Hale St
Quartier St
Patrick Lee Jones
Odie Jones
Jones
Patrick
St. Patrick’s Day
Pat
Gazette
Don McClurg
George Pugh
White
Orville
Junior Young
Cunningham
E. T. DuMetz
Herb Little
Associated Press
U.S
L&n Rail
Crisis In Education
Thomas F Stafford
Ileston
Salio
Rodney Dee Brodie Stricken
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