Weather forecast and temperatures for the region
The forecast calls for fair and cool conditions with highs in the 40s on the east and 48 to 54 on the west. Expect clouds and colder air with night snow flurries. Wednesday will bring more clouds and markedly lower temperatures. Temperatures for the 24 hours ending 5 p.m. Monday show a high of 48 and a low of 34 with recent readings from 27 to 36. Tygart Dam yesterday reached 34/30, and 7 a.m. today was 30 with 11 a.m. at 32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tygart Dam
West Virginia Needs 73 Million For Highway Matching Funds
Road Commission comptroller Henry L. Browning told the Board of Public Works that about 73 million dollars more than the proposed 1958-59 budget would be required to match all federal highway funds. He noted the 27 million line item reflected current revenue, while Sen. Glenn Jackson asked how much would be needed to cover all funds, including backlog, with Browning estimating about 100 million dollars though not certain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Road Commission
Henry L. Browning
Browning
Board of Public Works
SRC
Glenn Jackson
D-Logan
Senate Finance Committee
Advisory Council
Foreign aid and diplomacy notes from Indonesia to Dulles
State Department top aide J Gordon Mein heads to Jakarta for a firsthand read on the Indonesian Dutch dispute. In Leesburg Virginia Patricia Ann Godfrey 15 injured in weekend crash with a broken shoulder and numerous cuts. In London Russia ships gold worth 7 billion dollars to Britain for export payments aboard the Baltika. Congressman Dingell opposes cutting humanitarian programs to fund satellites and missiles. In Indinola Mississippi six Negroes bodies found in a rain swollen ravine after a car slid off a highway. In Cairo American Express branch given five years to sell assets to Egyptians under new nation laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tn — Scretary
John Forster Dullesh
Indonesia
J. Gordon Mein
State Department
Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs
Jakarta
Cairo
American Express Company
Yule Trees To Go On Sale
Yule Trees To Go On Sale with firemen announcing a sale starting Thursday December 12. Fireman Bill Johnson said several live trees are on hand with live and cut Scotch, spruce and balsam offerings. A donation ticket on a black Shetland pony is given for purchases over $3, with the draw at 9 p.m. Christmas Eve at the Dixie Theatre. decorations not on sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrafton
Bill Johnson
Thursay
Dixie Theatre
Tire Department
Weather Across Nation Sees Spotty Outlook And Atlantic Flight
A burst of artic air with snow flurries hits northern plains and parts of the Southeast see below freezing temperatures. Snow and freezing rain mix from North Carolina to New England with up to an inch in some areas while a warm trend forms from the Ohio Valley to the Gulf Coast. London reports Bristol Britannia to begin nonstop London New York service Dec 19 by BOAC after delays due to earlier faults. one weekly flight in each direction to start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
New England
Mid-Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Gulf Coast
London
New York
British Overseas Airways Corp
Kcing
McElroy Talks in London on U S Britain Missile Plans
Secretary McElroy met British leaders including Macmillan and Sandys in London to review plans for stationing US intermediate range ballistic missiles in Britain and to coordinate armed forces, while German protests and Soviet charges signaled growing Cold War tensions ahead of a NATO conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Neil McElroy
Berlin
Botn
McElroy
U.S
Britain
West Germany
Paris
Harold Mac
Mllan
Selwyn Loyd
Duncan Sand
Gourcia
Sandys
Bermuda
Wright Plins
Jevauld Wright
NATO
Royal Navy
Europe
Kremlin
Moscow
North Atlantic
McEl
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
John Foster Dulles
United States
Ankara
Adenan Menderes
Nike
Tuwnlhey
Sums Asked May Exceed Revenues
Charleston report notes the Board of Public Works will review the administration's 1958 59 general revenue budget totaling 105 321 443, up 2.15 million from the current year. Education and health welfare dominate the allocations, with education at 71 million and health and welfare at 20.58 million. The session marks the first time Secretary of State Helen Holt attended a board meeting alongside legislators and reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Moundsville Penitentiary
John A. Field
Vieweg
Underwood
Helen Holt
Glenn Jackson
Logan
AL. Reed
Preston
Deis
J.C. Cruikshank
Clay
J. G. Powell
Pleasants
Field
Woman Helps Husband Battle Tree Blocking Home
A 55 year old man used to chop wood but timed misstep let a 30 foot tree threaten his house. He held the four foot trunk aloft for about an hour while his wife searched for help and neighbors. Firefighters freed him and saved the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuLurn
Paul Bunyan
Mine Cave-In in West Virginia Claims Five Lives
Five miners died when the No 2 Raleigh Wyoming mine roof collapsed in Glen Rogers West Virginia. Eight others escaped injury as support timbers failed during machine mining. Names include George Durham John Lomax Noel Trump and Glen Rogers. The operator planned roof inspections after the mountain bump event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
West Virginia
Raleigh-Wyoming
George Durham
Bolt
Raleigh County
John Lomax
Waymond Acord
Noel Trump
W. W. Tackett
Bakers Union Faces Trouble in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City New Jersey the AFL-CIO Executive Council warned it would expel the Bakery Workers Union this week if it fails to meet cleanup orders. Federation president George Meany said the federation would charter a rebel bakers group if the purge proceeds. President James G Cross and his executive board backed a boycott of the council meeting and refused to resign as demanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Bakery Workers
Afl-Cio
Federation
George Meany
Bakers
Bakers’ Executive Board
James G. Cross
Cross
Pope To Give Yule Message
Vatican City Pius XII will broadcast his Christmas message on December 2 instead of December 24 citing great importance and practical reasons. Vatican sources say the message will attract more press attention on December 23 than on Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Lawmaker Warns of Soviet TV Satellite Threat
Washington lawmakers report Russia is building a one ton TV satellite in 22,000 mile orbit to jam radar and broadcasts and to spread propaganda. Rep James T Patterson cites covert sources and urges a crash program in nuclear missile research amid Pentagon inspections of Jupiter IRBM HQ in Huntsville Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fila
Ipit
Army
Navy Vanguard
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
Redstone
Air Force
Russia
Washington
James T. Patterson
R-Conn
U.S
Patterson
Sputnik
House Armed Service
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committees
Middletown
Bureau
Carl T. Durham
D-N.c
Atomic Energy
Eisenhower
Hunteville
Pentagon
William M. Holaday
Wilbert Brucker
James H. Douglas
Eisenhower fitness check for Paris NATO summit
Doctors will evaluate President Eisenhower after a mild stroke to decide if he can attend the December NATO meet in Paris. A firm medical veto would bar travel. Vice President Nixon would lead the U.S. delegation if he cannot attend. The President has been recovering at Gettysburg Farm and has resumed light official duties as doctors monitor his progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Paris
North Atlantic
Russia
White House
James C. Hagerty
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Gettsburg
U. S. To Raise Scientist Pay
Washington reports the government will raise salaries for 48,000 federal scientists and 4,000 more to be raised in the next year. The move, part of a broader effort to meet a scientific challenge from Russia, follows evidence that the nation lacks enough qualified scientists and engineers at current pay levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Dingell
Chil Service Commission
Police seal roads as hunt for killer in Ridulph case grows
In Sycamore Illinois authorities set up roadblocks to search main and secondary highways for clues in the week long mystery of seven year old Maria Ridulph. In Rockford Donald Arbuckle 34 was questioned after Leni Toll was found unharmed in his car. Arbuckle was charged with contributing to a minor and had prior accusations in 1950. The theory that the killer still has the missing girl’s body remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore
Tlinois
Maria Ridulph
Rockford
Donald R. Arbuckle
Leni Toll
Leni
Arbuckle
Plane Explodes Killing Nine at Corpus Christi Navy Base
A twin engine Navy airplane exploded after takeoff from Corpus Christi Naval Air Station killing nine of ten aboard. The surviving crewman bailed out, and the crash occurred near a mosquito hut area. Names listed include Aviation Machinist Carl P. Renienn and Aviation Storekeeper Sam Gariffa. two crew members became fatalities with others unaccounted for. The crash prompted removal of bodies to a funeral home and investigations by Navy officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Chhusti
Tex
Aliest
Baltimore
Reit
Corpus Chrinti Navel
Furst
Navy
Corpus Chinti
Elan
Asaiatt
Aviation
Carl P. Renienn
Ballimore
Sam Gariffa
Gariffa
Vic Naval Base Hospital
Temperature Report From New York And West
A weather blurb cites a high of 84 degrees at Tucomal California and a low of 19 below zero at Fraser Colorado, indicating wide temperature swings across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tucomal
Calif
Fraser, Colv
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gior
Leesburg
Patricia Ann Patty Godfrey
Arthur Godfrey
C. L. Wood
England
Indinola
Miss
U. S
United Press
Board of Public Works Studies
IFN
Tourza
Touriza
Lini
Spain
Morocco
Bakers Union
Pope
Yule
Adams
Gettysburg
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!