Pauley Urges Plan for West Virginia Unemployment
Speaker Harry R. Pauley says he began drafting a possible unemployment relief bill for West Virginia. He questions new taxes during recession and notes a WPA scale would require substantial funding. Pauley expects to know the governor’s proposal before the January 13 budget session and aims to act ten days prior.
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Harry R. Pauley
House of Delegates
West Virginia
Pauley
Capitol
Charleston
Register
Cecil H. Underwood
Bright Economic Future Forecast
A congressional committee staff report predicts the U S economy could grow faster than in the past, with projected annual growth of 3.4 to 4.5 percent under varying assumptions. It warns a low mood could derail gains and outlines policy reforms including tax revision, debt ceiling changes, education funding, antitrust enforcement, and Fed administration streamline efforts.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
Senator House Economic Committee
Federal Reserve System
Community Council to Be Formalized January 6 in Sophia
Sophia residents plan to organize the Community Council at a January 6 meeting at 7 30 p m in the Sophia High School library. Temporary chair Mrs Bill Withrow announced the effort sponsored by the Gulf Woman's Club aims to unite civic groups to improve Sophia and Slab Fork District. The initial meeting drew many representatives from churches, clubs and community groups and highlighted a recent cooperative Christmas tree project by the Volunteer Fire Department and Gulf Woman's Club that collected and distributed toys food and clothing.
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Sophia
Sophia High School
Bill Withrow
Sophia and
Slab Fork
The
Gulf Woman’s Club
Withrow
Fire Department
Flue fumes claim Cheyenne family of four
Cheyenne Wyoming AP reports carbon monoxide from a rusted flue killed Audrey Brandell 28 and her husband Robert 32 and their children Richard 4 and Robert Dean 7. The bodies were found by Audrey’s employer who went to check why she hadn't reported to work. The coroner attributed the deaths to the night of their last sighting Saturday.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Marvin Schrader
Audrey Mae Brandell
Huntington Man Cited In Wreck On Mount Hope Road
Kenneth Adkins aged 23 of Huntington was cited for failing to keep his vehicle under control after his car collided with a Seven Up truck driven by Victor Ramage age 36 of Mount Hope. Both drivers were injured and the damage was estimated at $600.
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Kenneth Adkins
Huntington
Mount Hope Road
Adkins
Victor Ramage
Mount Hope
Beckley Stores Stay Open This Wednesday
Beckley stores will stay open until 5 p.m. Wednesday as in past years. They will be closed Friday January first. Regular hours resume Saturday, announced Isadore Wein head of the Mercantile Division of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Beckley
Isadore Wein
Mercantile Division
Chamber of Commerce
SREB To Get Health Grant From National Institute
The Southern Regional Education Board will receive a two year grant of 76310 dollars from the National Institute of Mental Health. Funds support in service training for mental health workers across 15 states including West Virginia. Grants up to 500 dollars assist employees of outpatient clinics and state mental health staff. Applications accepted continuously until December 1 1961. The award takes effect January 1.
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Atlanta, Ga
Southern Regional Education Board
National Institute of Mental Health
SREB
West Virginia
Truck Driver Hurt In Wreck on Flat Top Mountain
Gray Deck, 21, of Daniels, an employee of Thomas Tire Service Shady Spring, was injured in a truck accident while driving a 1960 pickup from Bluefield. He is in Raleigh General Hospital ER with head and arm lacerations. Details of the crash are unavailable.
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Gray Deck
Daniels
Raleigh General Hospital
Flat Top Mountain
Deck
Thomas Tire Service
Shady Spring
Bluefield
Nitro Driver Pays Fine For Speeding
Clyde W. Smithburger fined ten dollars and costs after pleading guilty to speeding. Arrested early today by State Police on U S Route 21. Magistrate J E Mays presided. Maxwell Allen appeared on drunk and property destruction charges, fined ten dollars and costs and sentenced to ten days in jail for the second charge after breaking a window on Pike Street.
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Clyde W. Smithburger
J. E. Mays
U. S
Chinese Stamp Honors Lincoln and Sun Yat-sen
Special stamps issued in Taipei honor Sun Yat-sen founder of the Republic of China and Abraham Lincoln. The two denominations depict Sun and Lincoln with the Chinese Nationalist and American flags in the background.
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Taipei
Formosa
Su Yat-sen
Republic of China
Abraham Lincoln
Sun
Lincoln
No Charges Filed Against Armed Workers At Wilson Plant
Nine non union workers arriving to reopen the Wilson & Co. meat plant in Albert Lea, Minnesota, were found with weapons but no charges were filed because they had not been officially served with a court order. Federal ruling had halted plant closure under martial law, as negotiations in Chicago continued with union President Ralph Helstein presenting 31 demands for a settlement.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Wilson & Co
O. Russel Olson
Freeborn
National Guardsmen
Everette Stevern
Olson
United Packinghouse
Wilson
Chicago
Ralph Helstein
Children Present Mount Hope Church Nativity Program
At Mount Hope Presbyterian Church a 7 p m program by its primary and kindergarten children portrayed The Holy Night. The pageant began with a present day living room scene and a dream of Jesus birth with Mary Joseph shepherds and angels. Santa Claus visited as Ray Young presided.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Cathy Ann Young
Russie Ann Garrett
Jesus
Mary
Mary Ann McLain
Joseph
Louis Kirkpatrick
Shepherd Boys
Michael Dower
Wayne Hatcher
Thomas Howard
Patrick Graney
Don McLain
Lloyd Gibson
Stephen Canterbury
Shpherd
Lucile Page
Angles
Linda Howard
Sharon Graney
Isabel Dower
Ann Kirkpatrick
Jane Dorsey
Nancy Hatcher
Kelly McCoy
Ben Dorsey
Bethlehem
the Shepherds
Thomas W. Howard
Charles Canterbury
Allen Garrett Jr
Fred Frisk
Kindergarden
Johnny Stark
Jane Page
Sara Graney
Sharon Hatcher
Mary Margaret Dower
Santa Claus
Ray Young
Nixon Kennedy Popularity Faces New Hampshire Test
Washington reports a possible Nixon and Kennedy entry in New Hampshire primaries as Nixon delays ballot placement while Kennedy plans broad primary participation. Rockefeller's exit leaves Nixon with a clear field, Humphrey may oppose Kennedy in Wisconsin, and party insiders weigh drafts and cross-party dynamics.
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Nixon
Kennedy
New Hampshire
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Expert Help Sought In Mentor Sniper Slaying Case
Lake County sheriff seeks outside experts to probe the Christmas Eve killing of Charles R. Clark in Mentor. Floyd E. Hargrove, released from custody, previously fluctuated on guilt amid polygraph indications he lied about the shooting while investigators seek the rifle and ballistic lead. Clark, an electrical engineer, was buried after services as his wife faced questions about her alleged affairs.
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Painesville
Ohio
Lake County
Charles R. Clark
Mentor
William B. Evans
Floyd E. Hargrove
Evans
Cleveland
Clark
Hargrove
Lois Clark
Florida
Mentor Methodist Church
Croat wartime leader Pavelic dies in Madrid hospital
Dr Ante Pavelic age seventy former quisling president of Croatia dies in a Madrid German hospital. He was sought by Yugoslavia for alleged killings of Serbs and Jews during his three and a half years as Axis viceroy. The Shah and Queen Farah depart Tehran for Caspian shore honeymoon amid border crisis with Iraq. Navy researchers plan a bathyscaph dive about seven miles into the Pacific in early next year.
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Quisling
Croatia
Madrid
Spain
Pavelic
Iran
Farah
Tehran
Iraq
Navy
Pacific
Dorti cos backs new Cuba US trade talks on TV
President Dorti cos of Cuba urged on a TV panel that better relations with the United States be built on a new trade agreement. He said poor relations did not prevent improvement. Fernand Bouisson, 85, former French Assembly president, died of a heart attack at his Riviera villa Monday night. NAACP and SCLC in Atlanta launch drive to register 1,100,000 Southern Black voters for the 1960 election.
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Osvaldo Dorticos
Cuba
United States
Dorticos
Fernand Bouisson
French National Assembly
Riviera Villa
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Christian Leadership
Typhoon Harriet Hits Luzon Amid Stormy Philippines Toll
Typhoon Harriet tore toward Luzon with 120 mile per hour winds. In Topeka, Mrs. Harry H. Woodring filed for divorce from the former secretary of war and Kansas governor, citing extreme cruelty and neglect. The Woodrings wed in 1933 and have three children. In Ohio, Tony Dinardo killed his wife Josephine and wounded his son before shooting himself after a standoff with police. In Hollywood, actor Richard Egan and wife Patricia Hardy welcomed a daughter born early weighing 5 pounds 4 ounces. they married in June 1958.
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Philippine
Luzon
Harry H. Woodring
Kansas
Topeka
Woodrings
Tony Dinardo
Josephine
Youngstown
Ohio
Richard Egan
Patricia Hardy
Hollywood
American Firm Wins 3.5 Million Textile Plant Contract
A New York City based Intertex International Inc led a 40 firm American combine to win a 3.5 million dollar cash on the barrel head contract to build a textile plant near Kalinin outside Moscow. The project, the biggest private US deal with the Soviet government since World War I, edged out a British bid offering cheaper credit. Sidney Scheurer directed negotiations for Intertex.
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Moscow
Kalinin
Intertex International Inc
New York City
Sidney Scheurer
Intertex International
Free drinks offered on New Year’s safety break
Garden State Parkway will serve motorists a free coffee or tea on New Year’s Day as part of a safety break. Five thousand printed invitations are planned by the Highway Authority to promote the event in Red Bank and beyond.
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Red Bank
N. J
Garden State Parkway
Highway Authority
Area Woman's Mother Dies
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGraw and children returned from Hamden Ohio after the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart on December 22. Funeral services were held in Ashland Kentucky. Mrs. Stewart had resided with her son Russell Stewart in Hamden and spent a month with the McGraw family recently.
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RNS
Harry McGraw
Hamden
Ohio
Elizabeth Stewart
Stewart
Ashland
McGraw
Russel Stewart
McGraws
Harkins Enrolls at WVU Next Fall
Charleston native Dale Harkins, star halfback for Stonewall Jackson High, will enroll at West Virginia University next fall. The 18-year-old 170-pound back earned All-State honors in both junior and senior years and drew interest from Kentucky Virginia Tech Wake Forest Tennessee Colorado.
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Charleston
Dale Harkins
Stonewall Jackson
West Virginia University
Harkins
Doc Young
Generals
Kentucky
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
Clio Mem
Tennessee
Colorado
Deaths in New York and Dublin Hit by Cancer and Illness
Deaths reported from New York and Dublin include Charles W. D. Hanson, 48, Life magazine advertising manager, who died of cancer after a Sunday illness. In Dublin, Prof William Fearon, 67, Irish senator, playwright and scientist, also died Sunday.
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New York
Charles W. D. Hanson
Life Magazine
Dublin
Ireland
William Fearon
Merck executive John G Bill dies at 55
John G. Bill 55 president of Merck Sham-Dohme division died Sunday from a cerebral hemorrhage. The Merck & Co executive led the Sham-Dohme unit and death was reported from Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
John G. Bill
Merck, Sham — Dohme
Merck & Co
Mrs. L. R. Scarborough Dies at 87 in Fort Worth
Mrs. L. R. Scarborough aged 87 died Sunday in Fort Worth Texas. The obituary notes her long life and ties to the community. A memorial service is planned in the city.
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Fort Worth, Tex
L. R. Scarborough
Fan Blade Fatality At Denver Service Station
Evaristo Quintana aged 30 drove into a Denver service station on Monday and reported a car problem. While lifting the hood a radiator fan blade flew off and struck him on the forehead, causing his death two hours later.
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Denver
Evaristo Quintana
Quintana
Color TV Licenses Soon Set For Japan Broadcasts
Tokyo government officials say licenses will be issued early next year to permit color television broadcasts in Japan. The AP reports officials expect licensing to clear the way for color programs and related transmissions.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tenors Share Tristan 3 Role In Met Production
At the Metropolitan Opera the Tristan und Isolde cast rotated three different tenors for each act due to colds. Birgit Nilsson as Isolde, Ramon Vinay as Tristan in act one, Karl Kiesl as Tristan in act two, and Albert Da Costa as Tristan in act three filled the parts. Rudolf Bing explained the plan before the performance.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Tristan
Birgit Nilsson
Richard Wagner
Miss Nilsson
Cornwall
Ramon Vinay
Isolde
Karl Kiebl
Tristan Albert da Costa
Met
Vinay
Kirsten Flagstad
Liebel
da Costa
Rudolf Bing
Trouble
Four UW students killed in Rose Bowl crash near Eugene
Four University of Washington students bound for Pasadena's Rose Bowl died in icy fog on U S 99 five miles north of Eugene after colliding with a jackknifed tank truck. A fifth occupant was seriously injured. The truck, driven by Ernest Albert Rice Jr., slowed as the car ahead braked and swung into the southbound lane.
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Eugene
Ore
University of Washington
Pasadena
Calif
U. S. 99
Here
Derwood Burr Nordin
Myra Lee Tayor
Evelyn Joy Simmons
William Robert Moser
Barbara Jean Hill
Allan Lindley
Ernest Albert Rice Jr
Lindley
Mrs. Rachel Perkins Hall Killed Crossing Road
Mrs. Rachel Perkins Hall 75 of Montcalm died after being struck by a car on the Rock Road near Montcalm. Donald Ray Thomas 21 McComas swerved to avoid her but the car rammed an embankment. he was not charged. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of God Montcalm with burial in the family cemetery. Survivors include two sons James Hall Cleveland Ohio and William H Hall South Bend Ind and two brothers Luther H Perkins and Major Perkins both of Montcalm.
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RNS
Rachel Perkins Hall
Mercer County
Church of God
R. E. Cope
Browning - Lambert Road
Hall
Rock Road
C. T. Brammer
Donald Ray Thomas
McComas
Brammer
Thomas
James Hall
Cleveland
Ohio
William H. Hall
South Bend
Ind
Luther H. Perkins
Major Perkins
Craven Funeral Home
Luther
Hyden Funeral Set Wednesday in Princeton
Allen Rudolph Hyden, 60, of the Bluefield Princeton Road, died after a three month illness. Funeral services are tentatively set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the George W. Seaver Memorial Chapel with burial at Woodmere Memorial Park Huntington. He worked at Celco Plant of Celanese Corp. of America in Narrows, Va. He was born December 6, 1899 in Russell Kentucky and leaves a wife Nellie King Carr Hyden, four sons Frank M. of Chicago Ir., Allen Richard in England, Eugene B. and Howard E. at home, two daughters Ina Marie of Newport News and Nelle Kate at home, plus three grandchildren. Masonic rites will conduct graveside services.
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RNS
Allen Rudolph Hyden
George W. Seaver
R. F. McClung
Woodmere Memorial Park
Huntington
Hyden
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Celco
Celanese Corporation of America
Narrows
Russell, Ky
Hiley
Ina Bell Burkhardt Hyden
First Methodist Church
Russell
Bluefield Lodge No. 8
Nellie King Carr Hyden
Frank M
Chicago
Allen Richard
Air Force
England
Eugene B
Howard E
Ina Marie Hyden
Newport News
Nelle Kate Hyden
Masonic Lodge No. 85
Infant Jeannie Looney Dies in Hospital
Jeannie Elane Looney three month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Stewart Looney Baileysville died at 1055 pm Monday in the Wyoming General Hospital Mullens shortly after admission Death attributed to dehydration and fever She was born Oct 2 of this year Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Arrangements incomplete.
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RNS
Jeannie Elane Looney
Stewart Looney
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Robertson and Foglesong
MacArthur Woman Hurt In Accident
A MacArthur woman sustained minor injuries when her car rammed a utility pole near Beckley Hospital on South Oakwood Avenue at 4 30 p m. Mrs William R Gallaher Jr said she did not know what happened and was treated and released from Beckley Hospital with chest nose and mouth injuries. The pole escaped damage despite the collision.
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South Oakwood Avenue
William R. Gallaher Jr
Beckley Hospital
Gallaher
Gallagher
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