Stormer Report outlines new school plan costs for Raleigh County
The Stormer Report proposes almost $5 million in construction and remodeling to modernize Raleigh County schools over 15 years. Expected tax impact is under $19 annually per $1000 of assessed value, with detailed first year increases and bond financing rules.
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Eve Breck
Raleigh County
Stormer
Board of Education
Raleigh County Assessor
Beckley
Stormer Report
Pennsylvania Plan Eyed As Pattern For IDA Growth
West Virginia eyes Pennsylvania success with its Industrial Development Authority and loans totaling about 31 million dollars. The program has funded 238 projects in 80 communities, creating 39 517 manufacturing and 29 242 service jobs over six years. Alternatives under consideration include a 365 000 dollar grant for Graf ton Dasher Process Industries and a 2 million dollar wood products plant in Braxton County.
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Jerry Beigel
Charleston
UPI
Pennsylvania
Industrial Development Authority
IDA
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
West Virginia Industrial Authority
Board of Public Works
Grafton
Braxton County Development Corp
Not Colder Than Hell Odds in Paradise Norway Tale
In Norway the contrast was stark with Paradise near Bergen at 28 degrees and Hell near Trondheim at 5 degrees. The UPI report notes the striking temperature difference between the two towns, highlighting a chilly day in Hell trotz.
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Oslo
Norway
UPI
Hell
Paradise
Bergen
Trondheim
West Virginia Weather Forecast Report
Sunny and fair conditions with moderate temperatures across the state. Highs range from the mid thirties to mid forties, nights in the 20s, with a five day outlook indicating near normal highs and lows and a weekend warmup followed by a cooldown next week. Precipitation expected as showers or light snow flurries early next week. River gauges show normal levels with a new gauge at Hinton.
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Beckley High
Ceseerneere
Oak Hill
Cesereerers
Greenbrier
Hinton
Insurance Board Named By Court
A five member Raleigh County Insurance Committee was approved at a special session. Members are W R Sigmund H P Meadows Edwin Ratcliffe William Sutphin and William G Snyder. The panel replaces a three member group and will serve at the court's pleasure.
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Raleigh
W. R. Sigmund
Sigmund-McLean Inc
H. P. Meadows
Mountaineer Insurance Agency Inc
Edwin Ratcliffe
Beckley Insurance Agency
William Sutphin
Raleigh Insurance Agency
William G. Snyder
Home Insurance Agency
Hulett C. Smith
Jack Nuckols
R. D. Watts
Sutphin
Boyd Named WOAY Production Boss Don Boyd joins WOAY as production manager
Don Boyd a longtime local musician and orchestra entrepreneur is appointed production manager at WOAY-TV effective January 2 announced by Station Manager R R Brown. Boyd has historic ties to major acts and venues including Russell Markert and the Ed Sullivan show and has worked with Glen Gray Casa Loma Orchestra Harry James Les Brown and Frankie Carle. He also served as musical arranger in New York and met Bette Sherry, now Mrs Don Boyd.
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Don Boyd
Woay-Tv
R. R. Brown
Boyd
Russell Markert
Radio City Music Hall
New York City
Music Hall
United States
Canada
Billboard Magazine
Mexico
Hawaii
Glen Gray
Casa Loma
Harry James
Les Brown
Band of
Renown
Frankie Carle
New York
Bank accounts harmed by quick-draw behavior
A concise note highlights how rapid actions or hasty decisions can ruin bank accounts. It emphasizes caution in financial dealings and the potential for unintended costly consequences when reactions are too swift.
Pro castinators Club mulls impeachment over expulsion
In Philadelphia UPI reports the Pro castinators Club plans its annual spring meeting in October to consider impeaching officers who expelled member Chris Harwood of Suburban Wynnewood for mailing Christmas cards on time. Harwood, who said the cards were for Christmas 1961, was later reinstated after the board faced reprimand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPI
Procastinators Club
Chris Harwood
Wynnewood
Harwood
Heavy fighting rockets Katanga clash near Elisabethville
U N and Katangese troops traded heavy gunfire including mortars outside Elisabethville after a Katangese attack on a U N position. Casualties were reported on both sides with at least one Katangese killed. U N said it would counter attack unless firing stopped amid spotty reports and possible censorship.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
UPI
United Nations
U. N
U.N
Leopoldville
a _U.N
United Press International
Moise Tshombe
Coal Man May Lose Other Eye
Pikeville Kentucky coal mine official Don Dotson who lost an eye in a December shooting may lose his remaining eye. Doctors say a 50 50 chance remains for saving the left eye. Seven men are jailed for grand jury action. A $1000 reward is offered for information leading to arrests in the dispute over royalties to the United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund amid mine closings in eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia.
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Pikeville, Ky
UPI
Kentucky
Don Dotson
Phelps
Thacker
Mingo County
W. Va
Dotson
J. L. Dotson
Phelps Operations
Pike County
West Virginia
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Featherbed ruling delayed for rail work rule changes
UPI reports Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas postponed the effect of a lower court ruling on featherbedding until Jan 9. The 7th U.S. Circuit upheld the railroads rights to change work rules, with the stay extending past the original Jan 2 date to allow an appeal by the five unions.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Milton Kramer
Brotherhoods
Douglas
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Kramer
Dr Kelsey Heads New Federal Drug Probe Unit
Dr Frances O Kelsey named to head a new FDA drug investigation unit under HEW. Her division will review manufacturers reports on new drugs as part of a government reorganiz ation. Kelsey previously gained fame for keeping thalidomide out of the U S market.
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Dr. Kelsey
Washington
UPI
Frances O. Kelsey
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Health, Education and Welfare
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Bureau of Medicine
Kelsey
United States
Castro Faces Political Struggle After Khrushchev Move
Smuggled Western dispatches report Fidel Castro battling to maintain political life as Khrushchev pulls Soviet rockets and crews from Cuba. Castro’s image damaged, student followers enraged, shortages cause unrest among seven million Cubans. Interior anti-Castro activity described as scattered but growing peasant discontent cited as serious threat.
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Francis L. McCarthy
UPI
Cuba
Fidel Castro
New York City
Nikita Khrushchev
Castro
Red Cross seeks bigger ship for Cuba relief and exile return
The Red Cross searches for a larger vessel than the 10,000 ton African Pilot to carry more ransom goods to Cuba and perhaps bring out additional Cuban exiles. President Kennedy plans to fly to Miami to address about 80,000 Cuban exiles at the Orange Bowl after discussions with invasion leaders. The African Pilot delivered 1,800 tons of medical supplies and food, returned with 922 relatives of prisoners, and 37 carloads await shipment in Fort Lauderdale to fund the remaining needs.
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Miami
Red Cross
Cuba
Kennnedy
Orange Bowl
Fidel Castro
Roy Johnson
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Fayette Youth to Face Trial Jan. 21 in Fatal Slayings
Fayetteville reports the second teen, Roger Lee Belcher age 16, will stand trial for murder January 21 in the Scarbro case. Arnold Lee Vance 15, already convicted of first degree murder, received a life sentence November 9 and is jailed at Moundsville in connection with the May 20 1961 killings of Dr. Archer Wingrove 84 and Mrs. Georgia Broyles 74.
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Fayetteville
Roger Lee Belcher
Arnold Lee Vance
Oak Hill
Charles Garvin Jr
W. Va
Moundsville
Archer Wingrove
Georgia Broyles
Scarbro
Broyles
Legislature Acted To Save UMW Hospitals In Ky
Frankfort Kentucky state Senator H Nick Johnson urged Gov Bert Combs to add hospital funding to a planned special session starting January 28 The measure would allow four southeastern Kentucky towns to operate United Mine Workers hospitals as mounting costs threaten closures at Middlesboro Hazard Whitesburg and McDowell and three other facilities in West Virginia and Virginia A January 10 11 conference in Harlan will address the looming hospital shutdowns and their impact on local communities
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Frankfort
UPI
Southeastern Kentucky
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
H. Nick Johnson
Middlesboro
Hazard
Whitesburg
McDowell
West Virginia
Virginia
Harlan
Johnson
Butchered Oak Hill youth found near Hawks Nest
State police pursue clues in the slaying of 18 year old Michael Rogers a ward of the state whose nude body was hacked into 13 pieces. The murder near Hawks Nest State Park may involve a sex maniac and sparks fear for two other missing persons. Rogers was last seen December 19 and his body discovered by 11 year old Billy Priest along U. S. 60 near Chimney Corner. Coroner Dr Hresan notes the death date pending pathology and indicates the body was mutilated beyond recognition with parts found in a duffel bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
BNS
Hawks Nest State Park
Michael Rogers
Dee
George Dilly
Salem Road
Edward Erskine Gwinn
Samuel Smith
Gwinn
Oak Hill Hotel
Smith
Scarbro
Rogers
Billy Priest
Chimney Corner
U.S. 60
Gauley Mountain
Richmond
Fayette County
M. Hresan
Armed Services
To Abandon Alcatraz
The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island will close by next July and most inmates will be moved to Leavenworth Kane and Atlanta prisons. U S Prisons Director James V Bennett announced the plan citing deterioration of the facility.
Contributed $5,000 To Nixon Factor Shocked By GOP Demand
Beverly Hills California UPI reports John Factor known as Jake the Barber said he donated to both parties and was stunned when GOP chairman William E. Miller demanded Kennedy assure Factor’s Christmas pardon was not tied to his contributions. House records show Factor and his wife gave $22,000 to three Democratic groups in 1960. Factor later became a California philanthropist after a mail fraud conviction and deportation threat was lifted by the presidential pardon.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
Kennedy
William E. Miller
House
California
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Putnam County
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Webster County
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