West Virginia industrial growth boosts regional standing
Business Week ranks the South Atlantic as the nation’s third largest industrial region, with West Virginia seen gaining favorable odds for new and expanding industry. WVU reports a 189‑table statistical handbook for business and teaching use. multiple modernization and expansion plans target Charleston, Wellsburg, and Weirton, including a $200 million National Steel expansion and a Kaiser Aluminum site emphasis. A state development credit corporation is proposed to aid new industry, while Charleston promotes the Great Kanawha Valley with a revived industrial push.
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Charleston
South Atlantic
West Virginia
Business Week
New England
Governor’s Committee On
A. W. Paull, Jr
Wheeling
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Kanawha Valley
W. B. Harris
Railroad orders 1500 coal cars and dye plant opens
Huntington Norfork and Western Railway orders 1500 all steel coal cars from ACF Industries with deliveries starting in early 1956. Spencer Manufacturing Co reports its new 125000 dye plant in limited operation with payroll projected to reach 325 when full production begins. West Virginia contracts for new construction rise 17 percent in eight months of 1955 versus 1954. Wheeling Steel plans a 65 million expansion at three plants including Benwood. Bramwell reports a letter to the ...
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Huntington
Norfolk and Western Railway
American Car and Foundry Division
ACF Industries,Incorporated
Spencer
John E. Martin
Spencer Manufacturing Co
Martin
Charleston
West Virginia
Dodge
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Benwood
Public Utilities Billed For First Payments
Charleston reports total bills of 66666 dollars sent to 180 utilities for PSC support with payment due January 20. Bills are limited by law to two annual assessments. January share based on utility property values and July share on intrastate revenue. The PSC fund is projected to hold about 100000 by July 1, with two thirds of maximum billed. Largest bill 8884 to Appalachian Electric Power Co followed by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 8878 and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 6776 among top charges.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
PSC
Harry Disher
Auditor's Office
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railway
United Fuel Gas Co
Hope Natural Gas Co
Monongahela Power Co
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Dumdiddy Beanie Finds Santa Gift Sparks Runaway
Beanie and Betsy clash over a clay Dumdiddy Betsy made for Santa. Beanie runs away after a quarrel with his mother and sister taking the Dumdiddy with him. He meets a fat man on a country road who wonders why a boy would run away just before Christmas. (Next: Beanie Falls).
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Beanie
Betsy
Santa Claus
Santa
Engineers Launch Drive for New WVU College Buildings
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers and allied groups propose a statewide campaign to fund new facilities for the College of Engineering and College of Agriculture at West Virginia University. A three member county committee will coordinate activities with engineers, alumni and agriculture groups, plus a speaking staff and radio TV outreach to build support for legislative funding in January 1956.
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Charleston
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Alumni Association of
West Virginia University
College of Engineering
College of Agriculture
Fairmont
West Virginia Engineer
West Virginia
Farm Bureau News
Engineer, Agriculture and
Farm Bureau
West Virginia State Senate
House of Delegates
Trusty's Enterprise Comes to Sudden End
Snohomish County Sheriff Bob Twitchell was lured by a fake ad offering car wash deals. He called the number and was told to take the car to the county jail parking lot to meet Jake Enfield. Enfield, a jail trusty, is serving six months for burglary, ending Enfield’s status as a trusty.
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Everett, Wash
Snohomish County
Bob Twitchell
Everett Herald
Twitchell
Jake Enfield
Enfield
Wilcox Helps Tulane Quarterback Newton This Fall
Fred Wilcox who ran 91 yards on an interception against Ole Miss last year assists Tulane sophomore Gene Newton with the Green Wave quarterbacking this fall.
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Fred Wilcox
Ole Miss
Tulane
Gene Newton
Green Wave
First West Virginia archpriest elevates local clergyman
The Rev. Raphael Husson of St. George's Syrian Orthodox Church in Charleston became the first West Virginia clergyman raised to archpriest. He received the gold chain and jewel-studded cross in a ceremony directed by Metropolitan Samuel David of Toledo. Husson, 59, from Massachusetts, was ordained in 1927 and came to Charleston in 1935 with Wings Over Jordan.
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Raphael Husson
St. George's
Charleston
West Virginia
Samuel David
Toledo
Ohio
Husson
Massachussetts
Republican Club dinner to attract 300 in Dunbar near Charleston
A Republican Club dinner set for December 10 in Dunbar near Charleston aims to draw about 300 faithful. Louis Marx and Co. toy plant, a major Glen Dale industry, plans a two story $50,000 addition, with no start date yet. Roane County to open bids December 10 for an elaborate cattle sale barn at 4 H grounds near Gandeeville. Morris Harvey College fund drive reaches 44 percent of $850,000 goal with $500,000 for a new wing and $350,000 for upgrades. Ohio County seeks office space as Wheeling’s new city county building rises. negotiations with Wheeling Steel pending.
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Dunbar
Charleston
Louis Marx and Co
Glen Dale
Marshall County
Roane
Spencer
Gandeeville
Carl McKown
Morris Harvey College
Ohio County
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel
North Carolina and Wake Forest Football History Note
A historic gridiron line traces back to 1888 when Wake Forest defeated North Carolina 6 to 4, marking an early clash in the long rivalry between the two programs.
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North Carolina
Wake Forest
Deacons
N.C
FASTEETH powder promises steadier false teeth
Many wearers suffer embarrassment when their plate drops or slips. Sprinkle FASTEETH, an alkaline powder, on plates to hold teeth more firmly and feel more comfortable. It does not sour and helps control plate odor. Available at rug counters.
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West Va
Morgantown
West Virginia University Bureau of Business Research
R. W. Coleman
Bureau
College of Commerce
South Charleston
Westvaco
Food Machinery and Chemical Corp
R. J. de Largey
Wellsburg
Hammond Bag and Paper Co
Julian B. Mendelsohn
Hudson Bag and Paper Corp
Hammond
Manufacturers Record
South
Southwest
Baltimore
Industrial and Publicity Commission
Weirton
National Steel Coronation
I F
Detroit
D. W. McCormick
Bramwell
Board of Education
McCormick
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Snow Ravenswood
Kaiser
Richmond
Cash & Carry
Richmon
Lucrece Hudgins
Beale
Chapter
Running Away
Iid
Beckley Industrial Saving & Loan CO
Main Street
Trusty
Call Bayview
Tor
Honig
Daniel Green Shipperd
H&m Family Shoe Store
Neville ST
Beckley
Mountain State
Wings Over
Jordan
First Presbyterian Church
Charles R. Atherton Jr
Shepherd College
U. S
Young Atherton
Lebanon County
Pennsylvania
Jack R. Adams
Greely and Hansen
Chicago
Adams
Aldo Ray
University City
New York
Charles McWhorter
The
Young Republican League
Will Ad
Soden
Erges
Beckley Lincoln-Mercury Inc
Oakwood Ave
Chesapeake and Ohio Streamliner
Chessie
C&o
Leve
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