Crab Orchard Schools Hold Combined Meet
About 300 patrons and teachers attended the Crab Orchard Elementary Combine Meet where a Christmas program was staged by pupils under Mrs. Sadie Wender. The meeting opened with a devotional by Rev. Allen Herr.
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Crab Orchard
Sadie Wender
Basil Wilcox
Robert Johnson
Wayne Sisk
Raleigh County
PTA Council
Allen Herr
Matthew
Haven Clay
New
S. W. Moye
Joan Wilkes
Alva Gunter
John Bailey
Snowman
Hosking
Richter
Anita Church
Georgia Osborne
Jane England
Penny Bennett
Ronald Ong
Richard Meador
James E
Railroads Protest Subsidies in West Virginia Tax Figures
West Virginia railroads fire a protest over discriminatory subsidies claiming 1961 tax payments totaling 11.6 million dollars, including 8.47 million in railroad property taxes and 5.77 million to public schools. Leo F. Hager calls current policies unfair as subsidies aid competitors and threaten rail service viability. He cites the Four Freedoms petition to Congress for relief from discriminatory regulation taxation and subsidized competition.
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West Virginia
United States
Leo F. Hager
Railroad Community Service Committee
Huntington
Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference
Raleigh County
Hager
U.S. Congress
Railroads of
Nine Seek Jobs at Beckley Employment Office
Nine persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Tuesday. They included one sales clerk one general office clerk one kitchen helper one trailer truck driver one arc welder three construction laborers and one truck driver.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
New Cub Pack Organized At Beckley Church
A new Cub Scout Pack 134 sponsored by the Men’s Class of Beckley First Christian Church organized at the church Tuesday night. Cubmaster Lloyd Sweeney and assistant W. P. Ross will lead. All youths aged 8 to 10 are urged to attend the first pack meeting December 27 when new members will be accepted. Family Weekly features a piece on what it feels like to be the wife of a test pilot in its December 17 issue.
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Beckley First Christian Church
Lloyd Sweeney
W. P. Ross
Family Weekly
Jurors Held Overnight After Milking Delay Originates
In Moulton Alabama judge James Bloodworth planned a murder trial jury to stay at a farm overnight after a juror said his 12 cows needed milking. A substitute milker was found and the jurors remained locked up in town.
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Moulton
Ala
UPI
James Bloodworth
NAACP Plans Friday Meeting To Hear Governor's Conference Report
The NAACP will hold a Friday meeting to hear a report from the Governor's Conference held in Charleston on Dec. 8. Rev. H. E. Davis, president, urged all members of the junior and adult chapters to attend.
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Charleston
H. E. Davis
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Malenda Lindsey
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Brenda Waddell
Marceline Cassity
Myrna Walker
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