State Board of Public Works Approves Record 1958 59 Budget
The State Board of Public Works approved a record 105.5 million dollar budget for 1958 59. Democrats argued for increases totaling 300 thousand beyond current appropriations for six mental hospitals and 128 thousand for the State Conservation Commission. Details on salary hikes and allocations remained to be settled, with road program plans to be unveiled next month.
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Charleston
Department of Finance and Administration
State Board of Public Works
Board R
State Conservation Commission
State Road Commission
Legislative Finance Committees
Underwood Plans Tax Talk and Road Education Agenda
Governor Underwood and advisers open a week of meetings to discuss raising state revenue. The 30 day session will hear a budgetless address focusing on roads and education. A tax plan may include income or payroll tax ideas to fund highway work and schools.
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Cecil H. Underwon
Underwood
Senate
House
Virgil Rohrbough
Tucker County Boy Found Dead in Field After Tractor Crash
A 4 year old Tucker County boy Sherwood Brownie Shahan was found dead in a field about three miles west of here Sunday. Authorities believe a runaway tractor caused the death while he was using the tractor on his father's farm near Porter Wood. His father, worried by his absence, discovered the body near S 219 with the tractor lying upside down about 200 feet away.
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Tucker County
Here
Sherwood Brownie Shahan
Shahan
Porter Wood
Sherwood
S. 219
Damaged Vehicle Crash On Icy Road In Taylor County
Barbara Xenakis of Clarksburg drove an automobile east on ice near Thornton when she slid and hit a small cement bridge, injuring herself slightly. Deputy Sheriff Ralph Gibson reported no arrest, citing icy road conditions as the cause. treatment by a local doctor followed in Clarksburg.
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Barbara Xenakis
Clarksburg
Inwood
Thornton
Taylor County
Ralph Gibson
Lawmakers Study Record Agenda Continues Session topics
Lawmakers review education funding and construction rules including scholarships by state education boards, repayment and loans for campus buildings, WVU fee collection at the new medical center, and self supporting graduate centers. Other items include sale of Korean bonds, funding surplus buildings for the forestry camp, road acquisitions by condemnation, and raising the Industrial and Publicity Commission director’s salary.
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WVU
Morgantown
Charleston
Tie Service Commission
Davis
State
Reid Commission
Industrial and Publicity Commission
Officials Resume Probe Of Mine Blast In Ammonate
A 30 man team of federal and state mine investigators planned to resume examining the Ammonate Virginia mine blast that killed 11 miners. Poisonous fumes hindered work as repairs to a ventilation section were awaited. Leaders include Marling Amkemy of the U S Bureau of Mines and Crawford Wilson of West Virginia Mines. Funeral services were set for eight communities in West Virginia and Virginia. The deaths were listed as asphyxiation with burns and broken bones among victims.
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Amonate
Pocahontas Fuel Co
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Marling Amkemy
West Virginia
Crawford Wilson
Pocahontas
City Police Nab Speeders
The City Police Department arrested three motorists for speeding over the weekend. Thomas Oake Hobs, 20, of Fairmont, was cited on West Main Street for 50 mph in a 25 mph zone. Robert Isner, 22, of 206 Christiana Street, faced the same charge on Lincoln Street, as did Gene Behan, 224 Washington Street. Police court hearings followed. officers were Dorsey Hickman and Hugh Woodford.
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Robert DeBarr
Thomas Oake Hobs
Fairmont
West Main Street
Robert Isner
Christiana Street
Lincoln Street
Gene Behan
W. Washington Street
Dorsey Hickman
Hugh Woodford
County Kin Die in Ohio Car Crash
Three former Taylor County residents and relatives of Mr and Mrs Carlos Gower Webster died in a late Sunday crash at a Cleveland intersection. Mrs Wava Byrne 28 her nine year old daughter and Wayne Piggott 24 were killed. Mrs Byrne's husband Richard and two other children are in critical condition in a Cleveland hospital. The family was en route to Lorraine Ohio after visiting Steubenville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and bodies likely to be returned to Taylor County for burial.
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Taylor County
Carlos Gower
Webster
Cleveland
Ohio
Gower
Wava‘iene Byrne
Byrne
Wayne Piggott
Lower Road Toll Predicted For New Year’s Holiday
The National Safety Council predicts fewer highway deaths during the 30 hour New Year’s holiday than Christmas. Postwar statistics show less long distance travel in the final holiday period, estimating about 130 deaths for New Year’s. Christmas was forecast at 180 but actual deaths reached 225.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Farm Fresh Eggs and Produce Prices Listed
Fragments show prices for eggs and produce including eggs at 62e per dozen. Additional items such as potatoes apples bananas appear as listed but details are unclear. May reflect a farm market or local ad with limited legible content.
Pep to Fight Tibbs in 15-Round Jan 14 Bout
Former featherweight champion Willie Pep signed to meet Tommy Tibbs of Boston in a 15 round bout January 14 at Mechanics Building.
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Boston
Willie Pep
Tommy Tibbs
Mechanics Building
Salvation Army To Hold New Year Watch Night Service
Salvation Army Lt James Pappas announced a watch night service at 9 pm Tuesday in the Citadel on East Main Street Brigadier and Mrs Earl Lord will headline as speakers for the Maryland Northern West Virginia jurisdiction A break at 10 pm precedes resumption at 11 pm to ring out the old year This marks the Army first such service here in several years
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James Pappas
Salvation Army
Citadel
East Main Street
Earl Lord
Maryland
West Virginia
Army
Infant McCartney Dies in Grafton Hospital
Robert Glen McCartney Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Robert G McCartney died in Grafton City Hospital December 29 at two days old. Survived by sisters Kay Ellen and Jo anna McCartney both at home. Graveside services held today at 1 pm Rev Virgil Gillum officiating Burial Woodsdale Memorial Park Knotts Funeral Home in charge.
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Robert Glen McCartney, Jr
Robert G. McCartney
Grafton City Hospital
Kay Ellen McCartney
Joanna McCartney
Virgil Gillum
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Knotts Funeral Home
One Dies In Three Vehicle Truck Crash Near Here
A 29 year old truck driver Howard C Bowman of Wellsburg was killed when his tractor-trailer was part of a three vehicle crash Sunday. Robert Figley 23 of Massillon Ohio driver of a smaller truck faced manslaughter charges after Figley’s vehicle swerved into a car following the collision. The fatality raised West Virginia's year toll to 476 for the period, 39 more than last year.
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Mounds Vtl
Jin
Here
Howard C. Bowman
Wellsburg
West Virginia
Robert Figley
Massilon
Ohio
Bowman
Figley
Mrs. Dadisman Passes Sunday Rites Tuesday
Carrie Ellen Dadisman 82 of Grafton Rt 5 died December 29 at 9 am at home. Born February 16 1876 she was daughter of John and Cyrene Bailey wife of Floyd Lee Dadisman. Survived by son Frank D Dadisman and sister Ida David. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Knotts Funeral Home Rev D R Whiteman officiating burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Knotts Funeral Home in charge.
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Carrie Ellen Dadisman
Rt. 5
Grafton
John and
Cyrene Roserick Bailey
Floyd Lee Dadisman
Frank D. Dadisman
Harold Dadisman
Ida David
Rt. 1
Independance
Oak Grove
Knotts Funeral Home
D. R. Whiteman
Oak Grove Cemetery
NATO to Seek Closer Links With Free World Alliances
Washington reports NATO officials are studying closer links with Baghdad Pact SEATO and the Interamerican Defense Alliance. Secretary General Paul Henri Spaak will lead discussions, with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles set to discuss proposals at the Baghdad Pact council meeting in Turkey next month.
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Washington
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Paul Henri Spaak
Belgium
John Foster Dulles
Pact Council
Turkey
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
SEATO
Interamerican Defense Alliance
Writer Reviews Some Aspects Of Old Year
Year-end review notes Sputnik beeps from Bloomington and Chicago devices and Moscow Radio reports. Insurance, hospital tech, barber traffic-light service, hens drinking wine, turquoise eggs, a cow’s life savings, a back hunter with a loaded heel, and chimpanzee art exhibitions blend into a quirky year in science and oddities.
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New York
William B. Weaver
Bloomington
Cecelia Kuehn
Chicago
Moscow
Lloyds of London
Kassel
Germany
Children’s Hospital
Shrewsbury
England
New Albany
Ind
John Hubbuch
Trento
Italy
Richmond
Bill Jordan
Jordan
Betsy
Baltimore
Congo
London
Washington
National Zoo
Top Businessmen See Consumer Key To 1958 Prosperity
New York reports top businessmen foresee consumer demand as the key to 1958 growth. Cautious spending and recession psychology loom despite a sound economy, with auto buyers soft and December retail at a new peak. Transit strikes and higher car prices cited as contributing factors. Republic Steel plans furnace relights as orders improve.
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New York
F. W
Dodge Corp
Dun & Bradstreet
Republic Steel
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