Turnpike Costs Would Make State Eligible For Matching Federal Funds
West Virginia could gain federal highway funds equal to 13 million dollars already spent on the Turnpike Charleston to Princeton plus future Turnpike extensions. Gen. Lucius D. Clay supported the plan to credit stateTurnpike spending toward federal matching funds, with a proposed national road financing authority and three funding categories for interstate, other Federal aid, and state local systems.
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West Virginia
Congress
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The
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Clay
Eisenhower
Princeton
Chicago
Ike Refuses to Answer McCarthy's Attack
Roanoke search begins for two missing girls as authorities pursue a tip linked to the case of Steve Agee's daughters missing since November. Sheriff John C. Ward reports a motorist’s claim of a man with two girls near Bluefield on November 4 and a possible Roanoke trip, with 1500 new circulars to spread the alert through surrounding states.
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Virginia City
John C. Ward
Steve Agee
Egeria
Ward
Bluefield
Princeton
Wartime figures and 50-50 blame claims stir Tokyo debate
Right wing Japanese Diet members at the All Japan Veterans Assn Pearl Harbor Day meeting attacked Roosevelt and Truman accusing both nations of shared blame. Ex-officers and politicians attended as the Pearl Harbor discourse touched on war crimes accusations involving Truman and Stalin. Eisenhower faced McCarthy attacks in Washington while McCarthy labeled Truman and Stalin as top war criminals for Hiroshima Nagasaki and Siberia starvation, sparking cross conversation on accountability.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
United States
Japan
Yasuhiro Nakasone
All-Japan Veterans Assn
Adm
Robert A. Theobald
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Masanobu Tsuji
Nakasone
Democratic Party
Diet
Dentist Appears In Murder Trial
Cleveland reports that Dr Samuel Sheppard's dentist testified he examined Sheppard on July 15, finding the upper right cuspid and bicuspid loose and chipped. A tooth fragment was found beneath the bed where Marilyn Sheppard was killed on July 4, with Sheppard claiming an unknown assailant struck him unconscious.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Richard E. Cook
Mrs Mary Ann Healy Held By Mumps At 102 In Waukon
In Waukon Iowa Mrs Mary Ann Healy, age 102, has contracted mumps. The case is noted as a health update in the town. Community health officials advise monitoring for complications.
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Waukon
Iowa
Mary Ann Healy
McGinnis Rites Set Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie McGinnis 89 Beckley oldest resident will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in The Methodist Temple with Rev. Yoak Jr. and Rev. Fogleson officiating Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park Relatives note she died Tuesday at 7 15 p.m. and will lie in state at Keyser Funeral Home then at her residence 603 Neville St She was born 1865 in Athens and was widow of W H McGinnis a former Raleigh County prosecutor and judge Her children grandchildren and great grandchildren survive She was active in church work and a longtime Sunday school teacher
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Beckley
Methodist Temple
J. B. F. Yoak Jr
W. H. Fogleson
Sunset Memorial Park
Keyser Funeral
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W. H. McGinnis
McGinnish
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Raleigh County
W. W. Goldsmith
Charleston
A. G. Thompson
North Hollywood
Calif
J. H. McGinnis
Atlanta
CIO Hears Code Proposing Maximum Benefits From Union Funds
The CIO convention in Los Angeles considered an ethics code to safeguard welfare funds from graft and ensure maximum benefits to beneficiaries. Proposals include semiannual audits by independent CPAs, public disclosure of fund administration, no extra compensation for trustees, lowest net cost coverage, public statements of claims and dividends, and ban on non service commissions. Union leaders presaged merger talks with AFL, with optimism for progress next year.
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CIO
New York City
Certified Public
AFL
Walter Reuther
Reuther
James B. Carey
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
Condemnation Suits Open Today in Court
Two condemnation cases were under way in Raleigh County Circuit Court with visiting Judge K K Hall hearing one case involving 2245 square feet taken by the State Road Commission at Beaver for a fall 1953 road widening project owned by Monroe Worthington. The other suit, West Virginia Turnpike Commission v W C Stover et al, was before Judge Knapp in Criminal Courtroom where a jury of 11 freeholders heard testimony after a juror failed to appear and was excused.
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Raleigh County
K. K. Hall
Boone County
State Road Commission
Beaver
Monroe Worthington
Knapp
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
W. C. Stover
Freeholders
D. M. Brown
Arnett
Oldest US practicing physician Dr Edmund B Montgomery dies
Dr. Edmund B. Montgomery aged 96, long affiliated with Quincy, dies today. He practiced in Quincy for 76 years after graduating in 1878 from Jefferson College Philadelphia.
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Quincy, Ill
Edmund B. Montgomery
United States
Quincey
Jefferson College
Philadelphia
Christmas Mail Backlog Baffles Postmaster
MEMPHIS, As proof that people aren’t sending Christmas cards early Postmaster A L Moreland said he has received only one card so far He noted the sender was another postmaster highlighting the slow start to the holiday season.
Greyhound Bus Drivers Open Strike Talks
Atlantic Greyhound drivers begin talks on possible strike after being excluded from a Christmas bonus plan. Daniel V. Maroney Jr. of Division 1493 led meetings in Charleston with sessions also slated in Charlotte Jacksonville Winston-Salem and Roanoke as contract talks with George S. Engle continue ahead of December 14.
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Atlantic Greyhound
Daniel V. Maroney Jr
Division 1493
Amalgamated Assn
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AFL
Maroney
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Charlotte
N.C
Jacksonville
Fla
Winston-Salem
Roanoke
George S. Engle
Attorneys General Open Meet at White Sulphur
West Virginia hosts the 48th annual meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General in White Sulphur Springs. Attorney General John G. Fox expects about 175 registrants for the three day event focused on lobby regulation and control. Governor William C. Marland welcomed attendees as the convention runs to Friday evening dinner.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
National Assn. of Attorneys General
Atty
John G. Fox
West Virginia
William C. Marland
Salvation Army Kettle Drive Aids Christmas Family Dinner
The Salvation Army begins its annual Christmas kettle fund to help families in need. An out of state job failed a family support plan, leaving a subsistence Christmas ahead. The Raleigh Register sponsors the drive with a booth on Main Street run by civic and fraternal groups. Newsboys in Raleigh, Fayette, and Wyoming counties will collect gifts for transport to Salvation Army headquarters in Beckley.
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Beckley
New Officers and Budget on Beckley Chamber Agenda
Beckley Area Chamber of Commerce board meets Thursday at Glass House Restaurant for final 1954 session. A proposed 1955 budget of 17 500 is on the agenda and the salary of managing director O L Johnston could be cut from 10 000 to 5 000 a year, risking resignation unless a reasonable compromise is reached.
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Beckley Area
Johnston
County Canning Center To Close on Dec 15
The Raleigh County Cannery will close December 15 until next July, per county vocational director W. B. Connoley. The center will operate two days next week, Tuesday and Wednesday.
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County Canning Center
Raleigh County
W. B. Connoley
Coal fund could aid West Virginia industries says writer
Monroe Worthington argues John L. Lewis should redirect 40 cents per ton from miners welfare fund to support West Virginia jobs. He envisions loans to cement plants and regional projects, noting potential gains from a gas and oil shift, hospital construction, and continued prosperity if strikes ease.
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West Virginia
John L. Lewis
Miners Welfare Fund
UMW
Washington, D.C
Lewis
Union
Fear of Global War At Lowest Ebb With Ike
President Eisenhower said the fear of a global war is at its lowest level in years. He distinguished peace from armistice and noted NATO leadership since January 1951. He spoke at a crowded Indian Treaty Room press conference on atomics for peace, 1955 program aims, and possible re election.
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Washington
Eisenhower
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atoms For Peace
United Nations
State Dulles
Allies Expect Russia To Block Debate Today
At the United Nations in New York the sixteen Korean War Allies anticipated Russia would trigger procedural delays to stall a U N Assembly discussion of Red China jailing eleven U S S fliers as spies. Most diplomats believed such tactics could not delay action beyond a day on the allies demand for U N denunciation of the Chinese act as a breach of the Korean armistice and a call for the prisoners’ release.
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U. N. Assembly
Red China
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U.N
Weather outlook and temperatures across Beckley Oak Hill area
Clouds return with milder temperatures and mixed precipitation tonight. Lows reach 25 to 32 degrees with a thawing Thursday as snow and sleet shift to rain in the afternoon. records show lows and highs in the teens overnight. Rivers at Bellepoint and Bluestone Reservoir show normal stage and clear conditions in Greenbrier and New.
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Rivers
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
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