West Virginia Road Plan seeks larger 10 year funding
Charleston AP West Virginia's State Road Commission announced a revised 10 year highway program akin to the January proposal. It envisions a backbone expressway system, bottleneck fixes, and ongoing secondary road stabilization with annual state funding needs around 39.5 to 50 million dollars, depending on bond activity and revenue growth.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Road Commission
SRC
Patrick C. Graney
Graney
Mamie Van Doren Corporations Assets Outshine AT T
Hollywood star Mamie Van Doren, formerly on a farm near Sioux Falls, now runs Mamie Van Doren Corporation with assets she says AT T cannot match. She quit steady pay years ago to freelance in film and now grosses about a quarter million yearly through movies, TV, and records.
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Hollywood
A. T
Holywood
Mamie van Doren, Inc
South Dakota
Mamie
Sioux Falls
Universal-International
Ray Anthony
Studio
Free Lance
Ing
Anthony
Las Vegas’ Riviera Hotel
Dot Records
Randy Wood
Sinatra creates a unique language for the international set
Hollywood brief notes Frank Sinatra develops a pocket slang using words like gasser Clyde Sam and Charlie for social ease. The language shows in witty exchanges with Sophia Loren and at events with Prince Rainier Grace Kelly and Noel Coward. Boris Karloff marks 50 years as an actor and enjoys a dramatic TV role, while Don Taylor’s retriever Charlie disrupts his Santa Monica home.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Gasser
Clyde
Sam
Charley
Jink
Beverly Hills
Monte Carlo
London
Rome
Sinatra
Sophia Loren
Italy
Spain
Prince Rainier
Princess Grace
Frank
Rainiers
Noel Coward
Somerset Maugham
Charlie
French Riviera
Boris Karloff
England
Seven Dials
Frankenstein
Karloff
Monster
Hom
Bela Lugosi
Don Taylor
Buttons
Taylor Taylor
Santa Monica
Taylor
Malibu
Labor Secretary Notes Increase In Buying Power
Labor Secretary Mitchell said purchasing power of workers has strengthened in recent months with better unemployment and lower inflation. He cited November wage gains, a 4658 weekly average for factory workers, and noted women workers comprise one third of the labor force. Mitchell warned near-term job shortages but predicted nonfarm employment to rise to historic highs later in 1959, with steady price stability and rising wages. A Commerce Department outlook forecast modest business activity gains, auto production rising, strong construction, and steel recovery continuing.
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Washington (Ap
Mitchell
Mitchel
Commerce Department
Cuba Sugar Quotas and Castro Regime Spark Watchful Trading
The sugar market faces tight regulation by the US government to balance cane and beet growers with offshore supply. Cuba's crop impact hinges on quotas set by the Agriculture Department, which adjust to domestic consumption. With high hopes for harvests, traders expect stable prices and no major shortages for American households despite Castro's rise.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
Cuba
Idel Castro
U.S
Cuban Sugar Institute
United States
Department of Agriculture
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Castro
Seven Shrewsbury children contract measles at once
Mrs. Thomas Shrewsbury of Nitro reports all seven of her children struck by measles simultaneously. Thomas 7, Sandra 6, Joseph 5, Steven 4, Terry 2, Janette and Sharon 15 months each affected though the mother’s eyesight remains normal.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thomas Shrewsbury
Nitro
Thomas
Sandra
Joseph
Steven
Terry
Janette
Sharon
New Martinsville New Year Party Hosts Amos L Yates
Amos L Yates organized a New Year's Eve party in the War Memorial Building for local teenagers. The event highlighted his Silver Grill restaurant in Wetzel County, known as a popular afterschool leasing hub. Also noted: longtime developments in Wheeling culture and area retirement milestones.
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New Martinsville
War Memorial
Amos L Yates
Wetzel
Yates
Wheeling
Edward Blumenberg
Ohio Valley
Wheeling Symphony Orchestra
Peterson
Elm Grove
Fred Apple
Cameron
Marshall County
Apple
American Flint Glassworkers Union
H. Ray Harper
Fairmont Terminal
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Harper
Railroad
F. Bliss Winn
O. Ames Co
McDonough Co
Davis Elkins Dies Former U S Senator Leader of West Virginia
Davis Elkins 82 a West Virginia natural resources pioneer and former U S Senator died in Richmond Va He led coal and timber ventures in Northern West Virginia after leaving the Senate and served in World War I Elkins born in 1876 in Washington DC He helped found Davis and Elkins College with his family Funeral plans incomplete he will be buried in Elkins W V He survived by his widow three children and six grandchildren
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Richmond
West Virginia
U. S
Mountain
Davis Elkins
Elkins
US Senate
Washington
Stephen B. Elkins
Congress
Territory
New Mexico
U. S. Senate
Henry Gassaway Davis
Randolph County
Stephen Elkins
Co. E
1St
West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Europe
Senate
Davis and Elkins College
Presbyterian Church
W. Va
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Gaul
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Business Mirror
Gisbella Opoeta
BOA
Robert Smith
THE
Associated Press
Parkersburg Winn
Parkersburg
Piano Technicians Guild
Huntington
Canada
Jack Waterhouse
Better Homes
Ohio
Pennsylvania-West Virginia
Panhandle
Waterhouse
Buffalo Creek
Mannington
Marion County
Kenneth Rogerson
Encino
Calif
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Ore
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