Nixon Committee Sets Wage Growth With Production Link
A Nixon chaired committee on price stability endorses tying wage boosts to increased production to curb inflation. The group rejects wage suppression as a sole tool and aims to spur domestic growth while reporting record first quarter GDP and stable prices.
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Nixon
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Allen Wallis
Nixon Group
Wallis
Chicago
Richwood-area search for two missing Clarksburg women
Beckley state police joined Richwood troopers in a search for two missing Clarksburg clubwomen. A car similar to the one linked to their disappearance was reported seen in Richwood April 8. Families posted a $2000 reward for information locating the women, the Buick, or any suspects.
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Beckley
Richwood
Clarksburg
Glenn Starcher
Beckleytachment
M. H. Altare
Arcadia
Dunagan Hollow
J. B. Jack
Department of Public Safety
Thomas R. Ferguson
E. G. Conley
Sutton
Cost Of Living Holds Steady In March
Washington AP report says the government CPI stayed at 123.7 percent of the 1947-49 average in March, the longest stretch of stability on record. Food costs fell four tenths of a percent while factory workers’ earnings reached a record buying power for March, with wage adjustments unchanged for about 1.35 million workers including 900,000 railroad workers.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cool Ridge Man Fatally Stricken
Brooks Harman 64 of Cool Ridge died from a heart attack while fishing Tuesday in the river below Bluestone Reservoir Dam at 5 45 p m. His son Earl transported him to Dr J T Johnson where he was pronounced dead. A retired miner, Harman was born at War to Andrew and Ellen Underwood Harman. Survivors include his wife Ellen two sons Earl Cool Ridge and Clyde Jewel Valley Va two daughters Mrs Robert Tincher Cool Ridge and Mrs Clyde Bennett MacArthur five brothers Fred Squire William and Dewey Bear Wallow Va Cody Jewel Valley Va and Lance Cabin Creek Va a sister Hallie Big Creek Va Funeral services will be held at Coal City Community Church at 2 p m Friday with burial in Coal City Community Cemetery Pallbearers are Joe Calacino Franklin Waddell M C Craddock James Porter Troy Porter and L Z Hood Body to be taken to home from E M Meadows Funeral Home at 2 9 m Thursday
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Brooks Harman
Cool Ridge
Bluestone Reservoir
Earl
J. T. Johnson
Harman
Andrew
Ellen Underwood Harman
Ellen
Clyde
Jewel Valley
Robert Tincher
Clyde Bennett
MacArthur
Fred
Squire
William
Dewey
Bear Wallow
Cody
Lance
Cabin Creek
Hallie
Big Creek
Coal City
Joe Calacino
Franklin Waddell
M. C. Craddock
James Porter
Troy Porter
L. Z. Hood
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home
Two Suits Seek Total of 15 560 In Raleigh County
Two lawsuits totaling 15 560 were filed in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office Monday. Crook's Store owner Crook is named as defendant in a 15 000 suit by Cecil Pittman for injuries after a sheetrock fall at Crook's New Raleigh Road shop on March 15. The second suit has Rudolph Meadows of Grandview sued for 560 by Globe Indemnity Co. through Steptoe and Johnson of Charleston.
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Raleigh County
Matt Crook
Crook
New Raleigh Road
Cecil Pittman
Clay S. Crouse
Pittman
Crouse
Rudolph Meadows
Grandview
Globe Indemnity Co
Charles Yeager
Steptoe and Johnson
Charleston
Three Prisoners Taken To Huntington From Raleigh Jail
Three men were moved from Raleigh County Jail to Huntington by a U S Deputy Marshal at 8 45 a m They were Claude Dancey charge pos session moonshine whisky still John Fralin probation violation and John Kerekes charged with sending threatening letters in the mail All addresses omitted from list
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Raleigh
U. S
Huntington
Claude Dancey
John Fralin
John Kerekes
Gunshot Victim Receives Hospital Observation in Beckley
Brady Plumley of White Oak was admitted to Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital Tuesday night for observation. He was to return today for X rays after reportedly being shot about 8 p m Virginia Plumley of Pluto Road is named in a warrant for arrest in connection with the shooting.
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Brady Plumley
White Oak
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Plumley
Virginia Plumley
Pluto Road
Fayette County Joins In Appraisal Program
Fayette County Court approved a contract with a Charleston firm to join a statewide property appraisal program. E. G. Haislop, director of the equalization program, and a state tax commissioner representative attended. Fayette County becomes the 20th county to approve the program.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Fayette County
Charleston
E. G. Haislop
John A. Field
Beckley Receives $4879 in Liquor Tax Shares
Beckley was among 110 West Virginia towns sharing 163386 in local liquor tax receipts for the first three months of the year. Beckley got 4879 with other allocations listed, including Charleston 22609 and Wheeling 8444.
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Beckley
State Treasurer’s Office
Annexation Move Fails In Fayette
Fayetteville report shows annexation of Oak Hill outlying districts rejected. City tabulation lists Pea Ridge Sunrise Treadway Lewis Rosedale votes against more than for. Outlying districts split with Pea Ridge Sunrise and Rosedale mainly voting against. county court tally confirms failure under state code.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Oak Hill
Amiens
Pea Ridge
Sunrise
Treadway
Lewis
Rosedale
West Virginia
Man Posts Bend In Liquor Case
Ralph McGinnis of Sandlick posted a 500 bond today to U S Commissioner W A Riffe as authorities consider action by the U S Southern District Court on a charge of violating internal revenue liquor laws. He was arrested Tuesday around 8 p m by a State Police trooper and a Raleigh County deputy sheriff, held for Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division agents, and the six mash barrels were found in his six mash barrels. The truck was pulled over during a routine check and the vehicle seized. He was lodged in the county jail at 10 p m Tuesday and released today after posting bond.
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Ralph McGinnis
Sandlick
U. S
W. A. Riffe
U. S. Southern Federal District Court
Internal Revenue
McGinnis
Raleigh
U. S. Treasury Department
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Mullens Man's Mother Succumbs
Mrs. Gertrude M. Davis 87 lifelong Harrison County resident died Tuesday in a Clarksburg nursing home. Survived by two sons A L Mullens and William of Good Hope. three daughters Edna Alexander Rock View Florida Mable Van Scoy Buckhannon and Madge Westfall Good Hope. Funeral 2 9 p m Thursday at Good Hope with burial in Masonic Cemetery. Body at Davis Funeral Home Clarksburg. Davis family to travel from Mullens for services.
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Gertrude M. Davis
Harrison County
Clarksburg
Good Hope
B. S. Davis
A. L. Mullens
William
Edna Alexander
Rock View
Fla
Mable van Scoy
Buckhannon
Madge Westfall
Masonic
Davis Funeral Home
Davis
Mullens
West Virginia Weather Forecast and River Update
Clear and cold tonight with frost and lows 25 to 35 in the east and 32 to 40 in the west. Thursday will be sunny and warmer. Beckley records 45 high and 42 low. Oak Hill 45 high and 39 low. River conditions at Bellepoint show Greenbrier normal, Bluestone Reservoir gauge 3.8 feet with six gates open.
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Oak Hill High
Duomo Cig
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Workers Ride Bullet Scarred Cars To Jobs In Henderson
About 350 workers, many riding bullet scarred autos, returned to the North and South Henderson Cotton Mills today under police protection after the worst violence in 23 weeks of strike. Pickets watched in drizzle as first shift entered gates, while earlier shootings and gasoline bombs sparked fear. A Raleigh meeting with Gov Hodges sought a strike settlement. union officials complained of new hires for later shifts. The strike began November 17 after failed arbitration talks. Cooper reopened both mills February 16 without a contract.
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Henderson
N.C
Harriet- Henderson Cotton Mills
Virginia Line
Raleigh
Luther H Hodges
Mills
Textile Workers Union of America
Boyd Payton
Carolina
Hodges
John D. Cooper
South Henderson
North Henderson
Cooper
Graney Case Check Cashed in West Virginia
A $1,256 check to Fayetteville attorney Charles E. Mahan for representing Road Commissioner Patrick C. Graney in a suit against Auditor Edgar B. Sims was cashed. Sims sought to stop the payment as a personal expense, asserting it was not state payable. The check, drawn on Half Dollar Trust and Savings Bank Wheeling, was issued March 3 and cleared through Charleston and Wheeling banks by April 2, then misfiled and later paid. Mahan defended the fee as representing state employees’ interests. Sims indicated possible steps but had not decided future action. He criticized Graney for hiring an outside attorney without AG permission.
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Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Fayetteville
Half Dollar Trust and Savings Bank
Wheeling
Mahan
Patrick C. Graney
Sims
Graney
Orel J. Skeen
Road Commission
Charleston Clearing House
Wheeling Bank
Skeen
Martha Ford
Department of Finance and Administration
Supreme Court
Miss Ford
GOP Solons Say Public Opinion Slowing Demo Spending
GOP leaders in Congress say public opinion is waning toward Democratic spending, pledging to redouble efforts to cut programs and balance the budget. House GOP Leader Halleck cites back home concern over spending and notes no clear sign of bills to raise gasoline taxes or postal rates. Senate GOP Leader Dirksen warns of a tight highway fund and possible July 1 shortfall, with no tax legislation expected this session. Halleck criticizes rural electrification veto power, housing bills, and education funding as excessive.
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Washington
House
GOP
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Eisenhower
White House
Halleck
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Rural Electrification Administration
Funeral set Thursday for David Homer Coker
Funeral services for David Homer Coker known as Davy, 68, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Davy Church of God. Burial will follow in Saeger Cemetery, Rhodesfield. Coker died Monday at a Beckley hospital. Survived by a brother Thomas of Montgomery.
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DAVY
RNS
David Homer Coker
Davy Church of God
Saeger
Rhodesfield
McDowell County
Coker
Beckley
Thomas
Montgomery
Accused Auto Thief Admits Store Break-In
A Marsh Fork District man, Raymond Murdock, was arrested in Parkersburg on auto theft charges and admitted breaking into Charles Barrett's Store in Pettus Monday night. Police report the break in occurred through a broken front door glass, with clothing and shoes missing. Part of the loot was found in the stolen car.
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Marsh Fork
Parkersburg
Raleigh County
Raymond Murdock
Charles Barrett
Pettus
O'hers
Panama Expels Margot Fonteyn Over Rebel Husband Hunt
Panama ousted British dancer Margot Fonteyn by plane as troops hunted her fugitive husband Roberto Arias, former Panamanian ambassador to Britain. Arias, 41, is sought on revolutionary charges after alleged hostile activity during yacht trips with Fonteyn. The government reported a Cuban body found near Santa Clara after clashes with an armed band.
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Margot Fonteyn
Miami
Panagra
Interamericana
Roberto Arias
Britain
Miss Fonteyn
New York
London
Ernesto de la Guardia
Margot
Arias
Pacific
National Guard
Santa Clara
de la Guardia
Cuba
Harmodio Arias
Castro Visits United Nations in New York
Fidel Castro greeted by about 20 000 New Yorkers as he wrapped up a 14 hour tour to promote Cuba in the United States and Canada He suggested elections may be set next month but did not confirm a presidential bid and indicated he might not seek the presidency.
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New York
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United Nations
Castro
Three WV Counties Approve Excess Levies For Schools
Three more West Virginia counties Wayne Wetzel and Tyler approved 100 percent excess property tax levies for school purposes in Tuesday special elections under the Better Schools Amendment. Wayne surpassed the required margin and will add 250000 dollars a year to school receipts for five years, doubling the gain over regular limits.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
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Wetzel
Tyler
Mineral
Raleigh
Kanawha
Brooke
Marion
Preston
Boards of Education
Wood
Wyoming
Mingo
McDowell
Marshall
Grant
Hancock
Hardy
Lincoln
Mason
Monongalia
Ohio
Randolph
Taylor
Boone
Upshur
Youth Confesses To Widow Slaying In Colorado Springs
Walter Fitzpatrick, 15, described as a polite youth, confessed to stabbing Florence D. Martin, 65, 43 times with a hunting knife during a Monday robbery attempt. Police Chief I. B. Bruce said the motive was money and that Fitzpatrick showed no remorse. He was arrested after seeking hospital treatment for a finger wound.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Walter Richard Fitzpatrick
I. B. Bruce
Bruce
Florence D. Martin
Fitzpatrick
Herter Takes Office Today As Secretary of State
Washington AP reports Christian A. Herter is formally sworn in as secretary of state at a White House ceremony. Congress viewed his unanimous 93-0 Senate vote as a boost for bipartisan foreign policy cooperation, with Eisenhower backing a strong, united approach despite earlier doubts.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Congress
Herter
Senate
White House
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Foreign Relations Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
New
A D Thompson Taken By Death
Andrew D. Thompson aged 77 of Oak Hill died in a Beckley hospital after a short illness. He was a retired worker for New River and Pocahontas Coal Co. and a member of Oak Hill lodge I O O F. Survived by son Herbert Fayetteville Route 1, daughters Erchal Prather Ripley Ruth Dempsey Harmonsburg Pa and R A Chapman Oak Hill, fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at 2:30 p m Friday at Jones Avenue Church of God with Rev Don John Winter and Rev Woodrow Jones. Burial Odd Fellows Cemetery. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill until one hour before services.
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Oak Hill
Andrew D. Thompson
Beckley
New River and Pocahontas Coal Co
Minden
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Oak Hill Lodge
Herbert
Fayetteville
Erchal Prather
Ripley
Ruth Dempsey
Harmonsburg
Principal Solves School Break In At Richmond High
Richmond High School break in was solved by the principal who found two boys aged 10 and 11 to be the vandals. State Police said one boy stood on the other to break a window and enter. They took candy and school supplies and were released to their parents to repay the damage.
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Richmond High School
Air Force Recruiters To Receive Training
M Sergeant Tony Junco will conduct a one day sales training meeting for all air force recruiters in Southern West Virginia on Friday. Nine men from Welch Princeton Beckley and Charleston stations will attend to learn recruiting aviation cadets and the Women's Air Force Officer program along with the Air Force Nurse program.
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Tony Junco
Air Force
West Virginia
Welch
Princeton
Beckley
Charleston
First Aid Administered At Williams Street Incident
Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad responded to 109 Williams Street at 9 25 today to administer first aid to A F Shu mate, awaiting further medical instructions.
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Beckley Fire Department
Williams Street
A. F. Shumate
Ordered Into Court for Speeding Charge in Beckley
Walter Edward Fox age 26 of Oak Hill was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Thursday night after being cited at 8 15 p m Tuesday on a speeding charge.
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Walter Edward Fox
Oak Hill
Beckley
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