Buckman resigns from Industrial Publicity Unit in West Virginia
Andrew Buckman resigns as executive director of the West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission. He has led the agency since December 1, 1952, overseeing record industrial growth and tourism increases. Buckman will become managing director of the Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation in Las Vegas mid next month. He previously headed the Veterans Education and Training Division and served as West Virginia's representative on the Southern Governors Conference industrial development committee.
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Charleston
State Industrial and Publicity Commission
West Virginia
Cecil J. Underwood
Andrew V. Ruckman
Southern Nevada Industrial Foundation
Las Vegas
Ruckman
Moundsville
Wheeling
William C.marland
Henderson Chemical
Hoover Dam
Commission
Veterans Education and
State Department of Education
Southern Governors’ Confernee Industrial Development Committee
Dog Owners Reminded Of New Rabies Law
Charleston health officials reminded dog owners that all dogs over five months must be vaccinated against rabies before June 1 and every two years thereafter under new legislation. About 40 percent of roughly 280,000 dogs were vaccinated last year. The department noted 45 rabies cases in the first four months, 18 in dogs, compared with 50 by this time last year.
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Charleston
State Health Department
Health Department
Five State Men Hurt In Ohio Auto Crash
Five Mingo County residents were hospitalized after a Tuesday crash on U S 52 four miles east of Portsmouth Ohio. Lundy Slone 41 of Merrimac WV was listed in critical condition. Witnesses said driver Soloan was speeding to avoid a left turning vehicle and collided with a tractor trailer. Injured from Merrimac were Buddy Lockhart 17 Charles Gentry Jr 20 Maxine Prince 22 and her 9 month old daughter Brenda Sue Murphy.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Mingo County
W. Va
Lundy Slone
Merrimac
W.va
Soloan
Buddy Lockhart
Charles Gen+ try Jr
Maxine Prince
Brenda Sue Murphy
Lifes Like That Extermination Damages Self Inflicted Death
A Sacramento man Robert Mathis attempted suicide by connecting car exhaust to his window, saying a loud cricket drove him to it. In Nicosia, journalist John Lemoniatis defended police after arrest during a murder trial coverage. Glendale reports two female swans bought after theft. La Mesa teachers gain paid paternity leave. Knoxville bans coffee breaks for bus drivers. Bronx magistrate delays case over chicken pox. Manhasset notes over half of teens fail bicycle tests, licenses required.
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Sacramento
Calif
Robert Mathis
Sharp Named Compensation Head By Governor
Governor Cecil H Underwood announced today that Sharp a former Pocahontas County prosecuting attorney and ex mayor Marlinton will succeed Gletus Hanley as state workmen s compensation director June 1 The 37 year old Sharp elected prosecutor in 1952 is in private practice at Marlinton with his father Judge Summers H Sharp He was mayor of Marlinton 1950 1952 and served in the Marine Corps World War II graduating from the U S Naval War College at Newport R I
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Charleston
George 8. Sharp
Pocahontas County
Marlinton
Gletus Hanley
Cecil H. Underwood
Sharp
Summers H. Sharp
West Virginia University Law School
Marine Corps
Miller
Linda Gib
U. S. Naval War College
Gon's
Newport
R. I
Hanley
Sioner
George W. Stokes
Han Deby Rabbit the
Cat
Ley
TRY and STOP ME
A fragment from a long ago editor note promotes a hundred word essay contest on land erosion. An Oklahoma Indian wins with a piece linking deforestation, soil loss, and desertion to broader Loss. The text contrasts Native life and white intrusion, mentioning buffalo, teepees, and a Michigan professor quipping about Hitler.
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No Farmer-stoceman
Oklahoma
Revercomb predicts WV highway mileage from national surplus
Senator Revercomb after talks with Secretary Weeks and Roads Chief Tallamy said West Virginia may receive a substantial share of a 1000 mile surplus if Congress raises the national interstate mileage beyond 41,000. He urged a north south route as vital for defense and industry in the state.
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Washington
Chapman Revercomb
R-Wva
West Virginia
Congress
Revercomb
Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Bertram D. Tallamy
West Virginaa
Disabled Urged to Apply for Social Security Change
W T Haridley of the Clarksburg Social Security office warns that new law changes may let disabled workers ages 50 to 65 receive July cash payments and allow those under 80 to freeze earning records. Applications before June 30, 1957, cover long term disabilities dating to 1941. eligibility requires five years in covered employment and a disability that prevents substantial work indefinitely. A booklet If You Are Disabled is available at the district office in Clarksburg West Virginia.
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W. T. Haridley
Clarksburg
Local Security Administration
Hanley
Lecat
Social Security Administration
Old Post Office
Rosemont Hosts Diverse Dinner Guests and Local Events
Rosemont hosts a varied social scene with dinner guests including Glen Crouse and Carolyn Sue, Gordon and Ray Hovatter, and George Shaffer family. Miss Josephine Radick, a Flemington High School alumna, advances to Miss America Pageant selection by Buckroe Junior Chamber. Local clubs report meetings and service at Bailey Memorial Methodist Church as families from Rosemont, Georg ia, and Tulsa visit relatives.
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Glen Crouse
Carolyn Sue
Rosemont
Gordon Hovatter
Phoenix
Ariz
Ray Hovatter
Aberdeen
George Shaffer
Lorain
Josephine Radick
Flemington High School
Mary Radick
John Radick
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Buckroe
Carder
Bailey Memorial — Methodist Church
Bessie McCloy
Thelma Riffle
William Swartz
Georgia
Oscar Lang
Buford Cleavenger
Richard Cleavenger
Tulsa
Army Troops Enforce Curfew in Port au Prince Haiti
Haitian army patrolled Port au Prince to enforce a curfew imposed by the military regime that seized power the same day. Medical, diplomatic and military personnel and a few correspondents were exempt, with curfew from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Brig Gen Leon Cantave appeared to hold local control as the civilian junta was deposed. No immediate reaction from other regions was reported.
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Hatian
Port AU Prince
Haiti
Leon Cantave
Cantave
Premier Mollet Quits After Confidence Vote Loss
Paris Premier Guy Mollet refused to stay in office after the National Assembly toppled his Socialist government by denying his request for 420 million dollars in new Algerian war taxes. President Rene Coty began seeking France’s 23rd postwar government as 133 lawmakers abstained or did not vote in a divided assembly.
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Mollet
Paris
Guy Mollet
Rene Coty
France
National Assembly
Socialist Party
Suez Canal
Big One Got Away in Bimini Tuna Tournament
Mrs. Dorothea Dean of Palm Beach Fla nearly set a world marlin record in the eighth annual Bimini Big Game Fishing Club Tuna Tournament before a shark bit off a large portion of her catch. The remaining fish weighed 368 pounds and stretched 13 feet. Harley Earl of Grosse Point Mich holds the current women's record with a 606 pound marlin from 1949.
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Bimini
British West Indies
Dorothea Dean
Palm Beach
Fla
Dean
Harley Earl
Grosse Point
Mich
Double Bob Carlson Pitches Mirror Fairfield Game
Hartford reporters covering a high school baseball game mistook two pitchers named Bob Carlson for twins as each team started a right handed pitcher. The odd coincidence left observers noting the nearly identical names and stances during the contest.
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Hartford
Conn
Bob Carlson
Raleigh Jury To Be Handed Ballard Case
Raleigh County prosecutor says the state will present evidence to the grand jury on June 10 in the forgery case against George W. Ballard former Pinecrest sanitarium business manager. Three warrants were dismissed for lack of evidence after magistrate White ruled no criminal intent proved. Ballard, who served 24 years at Pinecrest, was dismissed by Theo Dorman last month.
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Beckley W
Raleigh
Anthony J. Sparacino
George W. Ballard
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Ballard
Carlton White
Joseph Hodgson
Sparacino
Bailard
Dorman
Pinecrest
White
Man Wins His Case in Drunk Driving Charge
In Musketon Heights Michigan Sidney Piasecki aged 48 saw drunk driving charges dropped after presenting a defense claiming he was not driving. He said his wife drove the car, became angry with him and parked the vehicle before walking away, leaving him as the sole occupant during his arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musketon Heights
Mich
Sidney Piasecki
Piasecki
Carey swerves to miss a cat and wrecks car
West Hartford Connecticut. Jill and Robert Carey narrowly escape serious injury when their new station wagon rolled after swerving to avoid a cat that darted into the road. No further details provided.
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West Hartford
Conn
Jill
Robert Carey
Carey
McDowell County Tops West Virginia Coal Output in 1956
McDowell County led West Virginia counties in coal production for 1956 with 21,728,493 tons, while Hancock County had the smallest output at 16,282 tons. The state total reached 150,401,233 tons, with Island Creek Coal Co. as the top producer at 14,168,508 tons. The report notes 68,318 mines jobs in 1956 and 147 mining fatalities, up from 1955. Julius C. Olzer, state Mines chief, will become safety director for Hanna Coal Co. June 1. Governor Underwood named Crawford L. Wilson as his successor.
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Charleston
McDowell
State Mines Department
West Virginia
McDowell County
Hancoc
Julius C.olzer
Olzer
Hanna Coal Co
Moundsville
Cecil H. Underwood
Crawford L. Wilson
Beckley
Deartment
Wilson
Island Creek Coal Co
Eastern Gas and Fuel Association
Pocahontas Fuel
Elvis Called The Worst Elvis Called The Worst
Mark Edelson a 10 year old winner in a What I Think of Elvis Presley contest says Elvis sounds like a hound dog who got his toes stepped on when he sings and calls him the worst male singer of 1957. Spring cleaning tips suggest using a tote kit with a basket or wooden tray to organize supplies.
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Hollywood
Mark Edelson
Elvis Presley
Junior Press Club
Mark
First Woman's World Fair Held in Chicago in 1925
The article notes the inaugural Woman's World Fair taking place in Chicago in 1925. It highlights the event as a milestone for women's exhibitions, showcasing innovations, industry and cultural displays.
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Chicago
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