Urgency in Congress Shapes Missiles and School Funding
The State Board of Public Works in Charleston met to prepare the 1958 59 budget as the Legislature in January weighs continuing a 1956 teachers pay rise. A $52 005 220 general revenue allocation to schools was approved, but total state aid lags the recommended 57 733 839 due to a 1 3 million deficit from cigarette tax expiry. Democrats on the board cut some admin spending to fund mental health and education, with appropriations set for West Virginia University and several state colleges, subject to funds. Bandit Begs Bag Milwaukee A gunman robbed a Milwaukee food store demanding money then fled after asking for his bag back.
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Department of Finance and Administration
West Virginia University
Potomac State
Marshall College
Fairmont
Glenville
West Liberty
Shepherd
Concord
Tech
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Bluefield
Weather forecast and temperatures for the region
Cloudy with intermittent rain then clearing in the afternoon. Cooler today with a high of 44 to 52. Tonight colder with a low of 25 to 33. Sunday cloudy with little temperature change. 24 hour temps ending 5 pm Friday showed a high 65 and low 52. Last night 40, 11 am today 46. Tygart Dam yesterday 56/42, 7 am today 42, 11 am today 42.
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Tygart Dam
Grafton Post Office Faces Christmas Mail Surge
Postmaster Loren A Hoffman reports the Grafton office handling the busiest Christmas mail flow yet with same day dispatch for all items. Washington orders close the window at noon Tuesday and reopen Thursday to let workers spend Christmas Eve with families. Deliveries will continue fully Tuesday while Christmas Day sees parcel deliveries, with item cancellations surpassing half a million.
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Loren A. Hoffman
Grafton
Washington
Hoffman
Unemployment claims reach 413000 in a week
The Labor Department reported 413000 new unemployment benefit filings for the week, the largest weekly total so far this year. Across the nation, signs of economic strains appear as workers seek relief and policy makers monitor trends.
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Washington
Labor Department
Jefferys Fines Driver Fifty Dollars
Robert Floyd, 27, of Grafton, received a fifty dollar fine and costs after a morning hearing before Justice Ona C. Jefferys for reckless driving from an December 14 accident on East Grafton Road. Floyd was treated at Grafton City Hospital and later detained by Taylor County authorities awaiting Marion County officials. A warrant was issued for his arrest on a hit-and-run allegation based on Joseph Tatterson’s complaint.
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Grafton
Justice of the Peace
Ona C. Jefferys
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Jo East Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
Jefferys
Taylor County
Marion County
Joseph Tatterson
Love Proves Fickle Thing in Cabell County
Cabell County Clerk Keith L. Arthur notes a man, 25, applied for a marriage license Friday morning. Hours later the office received an urgent call requesting the application be destroyed. The caller hung up after a brief assurance.
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Huntington
Cabell County
Keith L. Arthur
Arthur
Twisters Unleash Fury In South Flood Threat
A string of December tornadoes hit the Midwest then small twisters struck the South. Indiana saw state highways closed and Terre Haute families displaced while Sangamon River near flood stage risk loomed. Seven injured in Alabama towns and evacuation warnings issued in Oakland New Jersey as Ramapo River rose. Murphysboro Illinois suffered outages. relief plans for victims began. Warm, rainy conditions spread east of the Ohio Valley into New England with temperatures in the 50s and 60s and up to an inch of rain in New York and Pennsylvania.
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Clanton
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Mid-Atlantic Coast States
New York
Pennsylvania
Stringent crackdown on missile security rules enforced
Clarksburg reports two state police investigators aiding local agencies in the search for a slaying suspect who wounded Milton J. Cohen during a break in at his home. A threatening call to Cohen’s wife moved investigators to suspect motives beyond robbery amid tightened security at Cape Canaveral missile test centers.
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Milton J. Cohen
Co. A
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Cohen
Cape Canaveral
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Air Force Missile Test Center
Public Warned On Solicitation In Grafton Hospital
Samuel T. Johnson, Grafton City Hospital administrator, announced today a man has been contacting locals seeking funds or help claiming he would be employed at the hospital as an orderly. Johnson says he has received numerous calls, disclaims knowledge of the man, and asks anyone contacted to report to city police.
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Samuel T. Johnson
Grafton City
Johnson
Five Die In Christmas Eve North Carolina Crash
A car carrying North Carolinians home for the holidays collided with a heavy tractor trailer near Winfield. All five occupants were killed instantly. Three victims were children of a couple in a second car ahead. The couple’s children were found dead after returning to the scene and were hospitalized with shock.
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Winfield
Fire Marshal Warns West Virginians On Christmas Safety
Charleston report quotes State Fire Marshal Carl E. Weimer urging a Merry and Fire Safe Christmas. He cautions against placing the tree near stairs or elevator shafts, blocking exits, and to inspect daily. Tips include fireproof decorations, ample ashtrays, and avoiding loosely woven fabrics for costumes and children's wear.
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Charleston
Carl E. Weimer
West
Japan Airlines to hold Laika Flight over Tokyo
Japan Airlines announced a special invitational flight over Tokyo on January 2 to celebrate the year of the dog. The flight will be named Laika Flight in honor of the dog sent into space on the second Russian satellite.
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Tokyo
Japan Airlines
Impersonator Arrested in Innsbruck Trial Charged
Police in Innsbruck detain 35 year old Josef Walder on charges of impersonating a customs officer. An unnamed woman alerted authorities after Walder reportedly halted her at a railway station and demanded a strip search."
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Innsbruck
Austria
Josef Walder
Walder
Hag
State Teamsters Facing Ouster From AFL-CIO
Charleston West Virginia AFL CIO says about 7000 Teamster locals will be expelled as national AFL CIO orders nonconforming affiliates dropped. State group formed Nov 22 in Huntington has about 70000 members. loss equals roughly 10 percent. Bakery Workers and Laundry Workers unions also warned to conform or be expelled. Bakery about 175 Virginia locals and Laundry about 250 locals across Charleston Wheeling Clarksburg Princeton and Pittsburgh.
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West Virginia
Afl-Cio
National
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Teamsters
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Armstrong
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Clarksburg
Princeton
Pittsburgh
Gypsy Rose Lee Fined Over Manhattan House Conversion
Gypsy Rose Lee paid a $50 fine for violating the multiple dwelling law in her six room Manhattan home. She announced plans to evict tenants after a ruling that the house had been converted to apartments with rent paying tenants and private baths. She said she would occupy the entire building herself.
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New York
Gypsy Rose Lee
Manhattan
Khrushchev and Gromyko Reject NATO Conference Call
In Moscow, Khrushchev and Gromyko dismissed NATO calls for a foreign ministers conference. They urged a top level East-West summit with Eisenhower to address disarmament and missile era tensions. Khrushchev endorsed the summit idea, stressing it could solve outstanding global problems.
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Andrei Gromyko
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Supreme Soviet
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Denmark
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France
Nikolai Bulganin
West Germany
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Kremlin
Town Grants Christmas Gift to Drivers in Northeast
In Northeast, Pennsylvania, the town covered all parking meters with decorated bags reading Merry Christmas. The meters will be inoperative until the day after Christmas, costing borough funds about 325 dollars. Police headquarters praised the holiday gesture, saying it spreads joy during the season.
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Lake Erie
Elvis Presley Draft Soon For Army Service
Elvis Presley, 22, is booked for a two year Army engagement with induction set for January 20. The Memphis star plans to proceed with the draft despite Paramount delaying plans for the King Creole movie. Presley says he is proud to fulfill his duty and hopes for a deferment while studio executives estimate losses from the scheduling shift.
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Tenn
Elvis Presley
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Presley
Mississippi
Y. Frank Freeman
Paramount
Freeman
Paramoun
Eisenhower Eyes Fast Tracking Europe Missile Bases Plan
President Eisenhower aims to push a rapid missile program through Congress to deploy 16 IRBMs in NATO states Britain Turkey France and the Netherlands. Dulles met Franco on possible American bases in Europe while defense chiefs warn production and site agreements will delay deadlines. McElroy says about one billion dollars may be requested for defense this year, with missiles central to the funding need.
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John Foster Dulles
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Spain
Francisco Francio
Europe
Dulles
Franco
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Wais
Pain
U.S
Defense
Neil H. McEloy
Robber Steals $407 From Taverns in Wheeling
In Wheeling a robber used a brick to threaten two tavern workers and flee with $407 after first flashing a pocket pose to imply a pistol. The suspect forced staff to the basement and took the man’s spectacles while rifling cash drawers upstairs. The incident occurred Friday and is under investigation as authorities pursue leads.
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