West Virginia faces budget clash and turnpike funding
The West Virginia Legislature opens Wednesday with debates looming over next year’s budget and a northern extension of the Turnpike. Other items include higher teachers' salaries and financing options, as well as a state session debate. The national scene includes a survey on Eisenhower’s health and a plan to conserve natural resources with gas regulation exemptions. Local items report a Parkersburg death by smoke, a manhunt outcome, and a jail suicide in Wyoming County.
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State Weather Brings Snow Across Taylor County
Taylor county recorded five inches of overnight snowfall delaying early travel as state highway crews cleared main roads. By noon, roads eased with few chains required though authorities warned use on main routes. Tonight expected to shift to sleet and freezing rain with temps 18 to 24 as officials forecast more snow with rising temperatures.
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State Highway Commission
Sleet and Cold Spread Across Eastern Seaboard Weather
A storm between the Atlantic coast and Bermuda brought freezing rain sleet and cold across the East with icy glaze and dangerous driving. Portland Maine reached 69 noneventful warmth while Miami Florida stayed chilly. Snow fell in parts of New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Ohio as Denver enjoyed unseasonable warmth and Colorado saw further warm spell.
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Stormy travel forecast for West Virginia highways
Storm conditions across West Virginia hampered driving with six inches of snow in Tucker County and three to five inches in Monongaalia Preston Taylor areas. Chains were recommended for travel in most central and northcentral counties as sleet and freezing rain began to mix in. Temperatures near freezing today with a warm-up expected Tuesday as precipitation shifts to rain.
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Weather Affects Rocky Mountain States and Pacific Northwest
The report notes cold conditions in most areas with unsettled waterlogged Pacific Northwest. Regions farther east saw colder air while much of the West Coast had only light showers along Washington and Oregon coasts.
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Burglars Raid Honky Tonk in Laurel Mississippi
A raid by burglars in Laurel Mississippi targeted a local honky tonk taking a juke box and pinball machines. Sheriff Fred Walters led a crackdown on illegal liquor operations and raided a tavern as part of the enforcement effort.
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Rate boost asked Charleston water firm seeks higher prices
James P. Lively, president of the Gauley Bridge Water Co., told the Public Service Commission today that the company needs authority to increase water rates by 3264 annually due to rising costs and declining revenues.
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James P. Lively
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VFW to Hold West Virginia Encampment in June
The annual encampment of the West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held here June 27 through 30. Department Commander Donald Maupin of Moundsville announced the event.
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Glowing church goal urged by St Pauls pastor
Rev. Robert G. Henson at St Pauls Methodist urged a glowing church today. He warned members against lukewarm faith and material focus, citing Revelation and Laodicea. He urged wholehearted dedication to God and a growing church as the community’s force. Continued on page six.
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Three Indicted By Grand Jury as Court Convenes
Grand Jury report January 9 indicts Wilbert Jenkins for manufacturing intoxicating beverages Marvin McCartney for grand larceny and Clifton Pitman for possession of numbers. Court convenes Circuit Court. grand jury dismissed term. prosecutor Richard Bord includes list of presentments and jury commissioners Wayne Gall Hubert Parish. petit jury returns routine cases in afternoon.
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Eisenhower Proposes Nine Point Farm Plan to Shelve Cropland
President Eisenhower submitted a nine point farm program to Congress with a soil bank plan to take 25 million acres out of production over three years, plus surplus disposal laws and price support reforms. The package aims to protect family farms, curb surpluses, and exempt farm gasoline from the federal tax. It includes a conservation reserve targeting 25 million acres and substantial funding across three years.
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Sweeney Announces Run for Delegate at Large to GOP Convention
Tom Sweeney of Wheeling filed as a candidate for delegate at large to the GOP National Convention. The three time Republican nominee for the U.S. state acknowledges he will vote for President Eisenhower and urges him to accept again the honor and responsibility.
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Tom Sweeney
Wheeling
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Eisenhower
Washed Up After Crash In Chicago Laundromat
Mrs. Dorothy Kallas said on Sunday that as driving is concerned she is all washed up. Her car was driven through a plate glass window of a laundromat after a collision with an auto driven by Jack Laue.
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Eisenhower Proposes $51.5 Million Economic Distress Program
President Eisenhower submitted to Congress a $51.5 million plan to aid distressed communities in developing new industries. The proposal aims to spur economic diversification and job creation through targeted grants and support.
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100 Year Life Formulas Given
Three elderly residents share views on long life. Mrs. Kate Castle of Chicago near 101 says enduring illness is futile, Mr. William Hopkins of Runnells Iowa marks 100 and credits no single factor for longevity, Mrs. Emma Richter of Lynn Mass aged 102 claims never being sick and advocates alcohol as a tonic both inside and out.
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Lynn
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Barber in Hollywood Makes Horses Sweat on Screen
Ex-barker Travis from Tuscan vents his soapbox about film work. He now paints sweating horses in Secret of Treasure Mountain using whipped cream as sweat while his office chatter hints at political attack coverage. A Boston Red Feather fundraiser clings to a charity name amid name confusion.
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Wrong Road He Meets Train in Minnesota Crash
Savage Minnesota police signaled a speeding train to stop on Sunday to avoid a collision with a car stalled on the tracks. The car driver said he turned onto the tracks of the Omaha Railroad thinking it was a road.
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Whittier kin Pickard dies at 78 in Newton Mass
Greenleaf Whittier Pickard, grand nephew of poet John Greenleaf Whittier and a noted inventor, died Sunday night in Newton Massachusetts at age 78.
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