Bootstrap Recovery Urged By Governor
West Virginia Governor Underwood urged using state resources to lift the economy, speaking at the first meeting of the nine member Economic Development Agency. He called for broad cooperation among state departments colleges and WVU and emphasized community involvement as key to lasting stability. Chairman Lawrence Rogers cautioned the state is late to act but hopes the EDA will spur expansion and diversification to avoid future economic stagnation.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Underwood
Economic Development Agency
Joe F. Burdett
West Virginia University
Lawrence Rogers
Huntington
EDA
Driver Training Vehicle Demonstration in Charleston
The State Police unveiled a new van like driver training vehicle at the Capitol to promote high school and corporate driver education. It contains a full trainer and gear to test depth perception field of vision glare reaction times and stopping distances. The van will be available at no cost to about 208 schools and to businesses for driver analysis.
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Charleston
Capitol
Underwood
Office of
State Police
Hazen Fair
Weather summary for West Virginia and nearby areas
Night will be clear and cool with lows in the mid fifties to low sixties. Wednesday will be fair and warm with highs in the eighties to near ninety, varying by region. River conditions at Bellepoint show Greenbrier normal and murky, Bluestone reservoir normal and clear with 13 gates open and gauge 1.8.
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Buckley High
Todey
Wegy C.wesectedecus
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Blueston Reservoir
Senate Banking Committee backs housing bill override
Washington AP note reports the Senate Banking Committee voted 87 to 0 to recommend overriding President Eisenhower's veto of the 1.375 billion housing bill. The full committee had expected to accept a subcommittee recommendation to drop the override effort.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Eisenhower
Threats and House votes loom in labor bill clash
Washington AP report notes Republican leaders predict House passage of the labor bill backed by President Eisenhower amid debate over Shelley Landrum Griffin measures. Halleck cites Hoffa threats while Dirksen and aides forecast a toss up as three proposals move toward floor votes. Mitchell supports Landrum Griffin. Senate already passed its version.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
GOP
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Hoffa
Halleck
James R. Hoffa
International Teamsters Union
John F Shelley
Calif
Shelley
Landrum-Griffin
Sen
Everett M Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
White House
Landum-Griffin
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Cooper Dies at 65 in Raleigh County Home
Jonben native Lewis C. Cooper 65 died at 1 a.m. from a heart attack at his Raleigh County home. Born June 2 1894 in Summers County to William Lewis Cooper and Florida Griffith Cooper he taught in the county since age 17 retiring this year. Surviving wife Betty Tickle Cooper son Jeffree E. Cooper five grandchildren and one great grandchild three sisters four brothers and other relatives. Service at Coal City Union Church 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev Everett R. Shafer burial in Cooper Cemetery at Jonben.
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Summers County
William Lewis Cooper
Florida Griffith Cooper
Raleigh County
Regular Baptist Church
Coal City
Betty Tickle Cooper
Jeffree E. Cooper
True
Mary Millison Cooper
Jonben
Hallie Waddell
Goldie Waddell
Baltimore
J. Cooper
W. P
W. M. Cooper
Chicago
J. W. Cooper
Hurricane
Caffee Funeral Home
Coal City Union Church
Everett R. Shafer
Cooper Cemetery
William Rexel Lovell Funeral Services Set
Funeral services for William Rexel Lovell 44 of 106 Piney Ave will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Caffee Funeral Home Channel with the Rev J B Yoak Jr and Dr Alvin J Cook officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers: Joe Carnahan Hampton Thomas Johnny Milano Orville Daniel Clyde Stone Fitzhugh O Brien Orville Barr Dan Banker. Lovell died at 6 p m Sunday after a heart attack.
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William Rexel Lovell
Piney Ave
Caffee Funeral Home Channel
J. B. ¥. Yoak Jr
Alvin J. Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Joe Carnahan
Hampton Thomas
Johnny Milano
Orville Daniel
Clyde Stone
Fitzhugh O’brien
Orville Barr
Dan Banker
Lovell
Immigration case joke halts return for 32 days
In Nogales the Nogales port story ends with a young government doctor joking about bringing back typhus from Mexico. An officer replies that one case of liquor may be returned across the border without tax every 32 days, effectively delaying his return.
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Nogales
Aviz
Mexico
QO. K
Wheeling Steel Warns Foreign Threat in Steel Strike
Wheeling Steel vice president William M. Hall warned that ongoing nationwide steel strikes could push foreign producers to seize U.S. market share. He cited lower foreign wages and competitive plants as key factors, noting German and British wages run about 75 percent lower and Japanese about 85 percent lower than U.S. pay.
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Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Corp
U. S
United States
William M. Hall
Wheeling Steel
Hall
Steel Strike Forges On With Wide Losses and Wage Demands
The United Steelworkers and allied industries face a 28 day strike with about half a million workers affected. Chief mediator Finnegan and Union President McDonald were absent as talks resumed in New York after a weekend break. McDonald toured locals in Pittsburgh and planned visits to Youngstown Detroit and Birmingham while calling the New York talks a show. Industry losses run to about 300 million dollars weekly in business and strikers lose nearly 70 million in wages per week. The union seeks a 15 cent per hour wage increase plus fringe benefits, while the industry warns higher costs will raise steel prices and fuel inflation.
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Associated Press
EDLE
United Steelworkers
Allied Industries
Joseph F. Finnegan
David J. McDonald
New York
McDonald
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Ohio
Detroit
Birmingham
Ala
Air Plans Canceled as Defense Moves to Missiles
The Air Force canceled a 100 million dollar program for an advanced aircraft engine using high energy chemical fuel. The move signals a shift from manned aircraft to rocket missiles as the era’s chief instrument of modern warfare, amid Defense Department criticism of costly manned programs.
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Washington
Air Force
Defense Department
Vandals release pond water at Hedrick property
About two inches of water were released from a pond belonging to Grover C. Hedrick when vandals turned a valve in the Cherry Creek dip on Route 19-21. Earlier reports claimed the pond had been dynamited.
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Grover C. Hedrick
Cherry Creek
Deputy Bowden to Begin Two Year Army Tour
Raleigh County Deputy Circuit Clerk Roy T. Bowden Jr. will leave August 20 for a two year tour with the U S Army. Circuit Clerk C Harold Hanks was noncommittal on a replacement.
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Raleigh County
Roy T. Bowden Jr
U. S&s. Army
C. Harold Hanks
Unemployment Declines As July Jobs Hit New Peak
U S labor data show July employment at a record 67,594,000, up 252,000 from June and 2,415,000 over July 1958, while unemployment fell by 238,000 to 3,744,000. Teenagers found work while farm employment dropped due to poor weather, and steel strike effects were limited.
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Washington
Labor Department
Seymour Wolfbein
WVU President to Visit Beckley This Week
Elvis J. Stahr Jr., new WVU president, will visit Beckley Friday for appearances before Kiwanis and Rotary clubs. He speaks to Kiwanis at noon at El Chico and addresses Rotary at 6:15 at the Beckley Hotel. Stahr previously served as Pitt vice chancellor and last visited Beckley in August 1958 to meet WVU board directors.
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Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Beckley
West Virginia University
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Stahr
Kiwanians
el Chico
Rotary
Beckley Hotel
University of Pittsburgh
W. Va
WVU Board For Directors
Youth Shot In Neck In Wyoming County
Ronnie Earl Foster, 14, stepson of Donald Stafford of Cooks Bottom near Oceana, was shot in the back of the neck at 2:45 a.m. by former Wyoming deputy Jim Stepp who runs a Lillyhaven store. Foster treated and released at Oceana Medical Center. he and three other juveniles were riding in Stepp’s car, reportedly taken without permission. Stepp says he fired first at the car to stop a theft attempt. his second shot struck the youth. The youths to be questioned at 10 p.m. tomorrow by a Wyoming County child welfare worker.
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RNS
Ronnie Earl Foster
Donald Stafford
Cooks Bottom
Bert Short
Wyoming
Jim Stepp
Lillyhaven
Young Foster
Oceana Medical Center
Ronnie
Stepo
Stepa
Ishot
Wyoming County
Notable Obituaries Across Cities
Death notices span Providence Miami New York Montreal and Toronto. George W Potter a 5 Pulitzer editorial writer for the Providence Bulletin died of a heart attack. Charles E Statz a 76 year old pioneer sports car producer died of cancer, known for the Stutz Bearcat. Dr Louise Pearce 74 helped discover a sleeping sickness drug and led Congo expedition. Dr William W Francis 81 medical historian and editor died. Silby Barrett 74 long time Canadian CIO era union figure introduced CIO industrial unionism to Canada.
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Associated Press
Providence
R. I
George W Potter
Jovanna. Bulletin
Miami
Fla
Charles E. Statz
New York
Louise Pearce
Belgian Congo
Toronto
Silby Barett
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Canada
Gov Earl Long Loses Latest Decision In Louisiana
Governor Earl Long planned a public fight after a rebelling Legislature adjourned a special session within an hour. He aimed to rally base with a New Orleans rally against foe Mayor DeLesseps Morrison, as lawmakers celebrated adjourning. Long faced an underdog turn and sought to turn defeat into political momentum.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Long
New Orleans
DeLesseps Morrison
Lena Mae Whittington 68 Dies in Prosperity
Lena Mae Whittington of Prosperity died in a local hospital at 3 30 PM Monday after weeks of illness. Born in Frankfort Kentucky on May 29 1891 she was a Primitive Baptist Church member. Survivors include sons Okey Charles Orvil Lee. daughters Powell Cox Skelton Beulah Hawks Lelia Smith. sisters Dinkey Willis Thelma Grimes. Funeral home pending burial arrangements.
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Lena Mae Whittington
Prosperity
Frankfort
the Primitive Baptist Church
James O. Whittington
Okey
Charles
Erootegsy
Orvil Lee
Hollywood
Powell Cox Skelton
Beulah Hawks
Lelia Smith
Fla
Dinkey Willis
Thelma Grimes
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Dock Workers Share Profit Under New Three-Year Pact
San Francisco AP Dock workers will receive a $12 million first year profit share under a three year agreement between the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union and the Pacific Maritime Association. The pact, retroactive to June 15, raises wages and requires no layoffs beyond normal attrition. The contract runs to June 15, 1962, and includes a wage bump to $3.08 for longshoremen and $2.93 for ship clerks.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Iternational
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacific Maritime Assa
ILWL
Stock Buying Pushes Market Prices Up
In New York buyers rushed into stocks lifting prices after Monday’s sharpest drop of the year. About $5.4 billion in market value was erased as some stocks fell while others rose. Analysts attributed the rally to technical correction and rising uncertainty over Eisenhower Khrushchev talks, with defense shares leading declines amid potential budget cuts.
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New York
Sherwood Glutz Denounces Government Spending Claim
Sherwood Glutz rebukes a Monday report alleging government spending of 7 million dollars in 60 days to buy aigs and an additional million for the AI production business. He resents the portrayal and accuses someone of attempting to ruin him by labeling Washington insiders as less competent.
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Aigs
Aig
Sumbeddy
Washington
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