West Virginia Leader Seeks Education Pay Rise and Turnpike Plans
Governor Marland urges legislators to prioritize teachers' salary increases and a state build program funded by revenue bonds. He calls for study of a turnpike extension and industrial development, stressing a balanced budget and coordinated executive support. The address opened the 30 day session and was televised.
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Marland
Otter Fields
West Virginia
Princeton
Marland Fot Public Works
Board of Public
Day
Pike
Jay
Tne
Iing
House of Delegates
West Virginia Legislature Begins Historic Televised Session
Gov Marland addresses joint session marking first even year budget session under a 1934 constitutional change and first live telecast. House Rules approves televising the address. Major agenda items include teacher salaries school finances and the West Virginia Turnpike. Also a Tuesday visit to Lakin State Hospital to view drug therapy demonstrated for mental patients.
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Gov. Marland
West Virginia
House Rules Committee
Wsaz-Tv
Huntington
Marland
Ensenitine
Lakin State Hospital
Mason County
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
House
W. E. Flannery
Booth Severs Tax Bill Aims at Public School Finances
A severance tax measure introduced in the West Virginia House by Del Booth would tax coal at five cents per ton and apply similar levies to other natural resources, with revenues dedicated to public schools. Co-sponsor Del Mills previously backed the bill in a May session.
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Booth
Del
Mills
McDowell
Marland
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Bowles
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Ohio
Deputy Circuit Clerk Resigns to Join Pittston Co Mine
Robert L. Stewart of Beckley resigns as deputy clerk in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office effective Jan. 25 to take payroll clerk job with the Killarney Mine of the Pittston Company which is to reopen soon. Blackburn, Raleigh County’s youngest legislator, begins first session amid event previews and snapshots for TV. Two new delegates, T. Miles and Earl Hager, attend their first session replacing vacancies.
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Seibert
del. Curtis
D-Brooke
Wellsburg
City Park Board
Robert L. Stewart
Beckley
Day
Raleigh Co
Stewart
van Hunter
Killarney
Pittston Co
C A. Blankenship
Seven House
Hejos
Raleigh
J. E. Blackburn
House of Delegates
Blackburn
T. E.isther
Cabell County
T. I)e. Miles
Fayette County
Earl Hager
Logan County
Nell Walker
Charles
Williams
Officers Invited To FBI Conference In Charleston
County law enforcement officers have been invited to a FBI Law Enforcement Conference in Charleston later in October. J. G. Shanklin of the Pittsburgh office said additional conferences will be held in November in Pittsburgh and Erie. The event seeks better coordination and efficiency in combating crime through mutual information exchange.
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Raleigh
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charleston
J. G. ‘Shanklin
Pittsburgh
FBI
Erie
Southern Transport Firms Split Over ICC Integration Order
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered end to racial segregation in waiting rooms for rail and bus facilities. Some Southern carriers began complying while others resisted. Alabama Mississippi and Georgia stations posted or removed color designations. several lines stated plans to comply or continue separate facilities.
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Birmingham
Ala
Terminal
Alabama
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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
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Savannah
Frisco
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Litlke Rock
Ark
No Relief Sighted Cold Snap Grips Southeast
An unseasonable cold snap tightens its grip on Florida and the Southeast with no relief in sight. Near freezing weather injures tender vegetables in southeast Florida causing millions in losses while the citrus crop avoids heavy damage. The tourist trade suffers as temperatures drop to 42 in Miami and rise to the 60s by day before falling again into the 40s.
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Miami
Weather update with rain and freezing rain advisory
A weather bulletin notes occasional rain tonight and Thursday with freezing rain in Appalachian valleys and snow at higher elevations. Lows near 30 with mountain winds. A storm center offshore New Jersey drives cold air southward and snow was reported in Knoxville while Southeastern states stay well below normal.
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Road Law Violations Lead to Jail Time for Foley
Herbert Lee Foley of Raleigh was remanded to Raleigh County Jail after arraignment on two road law charges. Magistrate J. E. Mays fined Foley $50 plus costs for driving while drunk and $10 plus costs for operating without a driver’s license. Foley was arrested by State Police and jailed at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
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Raleigh
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Beaver
Foley
39 Million Budget Increase Proposal
A proposed budget plan shows a rise of 39 million in total costs with attention to reduced rebates and shifted allocations. The document outlines adjustments across departments and potential impacts on services and programs expected in the next fiscal period.
West Virginia faces budget gaps and raises in state spending
The West Virginia Legislature reviews a general revenue budget totaling 93.993 million for 1955-56 with a 3.457 million increase, plus a 1.873 million surplus forecast. Provisions include 5 percent salary increases for many workers, 43 additional staff for mental hospitals, and 90 thousand for new treatment equipment, amid a 1938-cession era framework.
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Salary Increases Sought for WVU and State Colleges
The budget bill before the Legislature would grant 5 percent raises to most faculty and administrative staff at West Virginia University and 10 state colleges, with broader salary boosts and new per month pay to many state employees. It also outlines operating budgets for colleges, prisons, hospitals, and reform schools, noting no funds for teacher raises from surplus and plans to transfer 265 Huntington State Hospital children to the training school.
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Budget Board approves 1956 57 spending plan after squeeze out
The Board of Public Works sent up the budget bill after squeezing $125 535 000 in requests from state spending units for the next fiscal year. A 332 page budget document accompanies the bill along with an explanatory budget in brief by Budget Director D L Gainer. Gainer estimates total state spending at $198 567 000 for 1956 57, against receipts of $193 300 000.
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D. L. Gainer
Gainer
Budget Summary for Charleston General Revenue Fund
The proposed $93,993,000 general revenue budget allocates Education $62,616,000 66.62 percent Health and welfare $18,937,000 20.15 percent Other services $5,454,000 3.8 percent General government $1,174,000 44 percent Charities and correction $2,812,000 2.99 percent.
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Charleston
General Revenue Fund
Eight day Raleigh County criminal docket set
The Raleigh County Criminal Court eight day term begins Monday with trials starting Jan 16. Cases include grand larceny many counts, rape, maiming, drunk driving, bastardy, attempted incest, and other charges against numerous defendants across January 16 to January 25. The list names Kenneth Duncan, Don Tridale, Jennings Ray Martin, Frank Goad, James Clyde Washington, and many others.
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Don Tridale
Jennings Ray Martin
Frank Goad
James Clyde Washington
Robert Cooper
Wiliam Clay Cousins
Earl Humphreys
George
Vernon Thompson
David"Earl Dickens
Edward Willis Lilly
Jess Price
Butler Price
Charles Givens
Thomas Parfish
Alexander Covington
Roy Farrow
Henry Everett Cadle
Elige Green
Benny Ray Williams
Albert Darrell
Donald Long
Maxwell Allen
John Nicholas Gellis
Hubert Meadows
Mirt Ray Smith
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Lacy Cadle
Iand Chester Pack
Millard Bowman Jr
Roy Carter
Matthew Browning
Walter Crews
Tom Hargis
Manning
Dan Kidd
Lucy Mitchem
Walter Lee Crews
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Lee Williams
Hamilton B. Adtock
James Leasure
Homer Parsons
Clifford Lee Tedder
Loretta June Haga
Jennings
Okey Gainer
Willie Howell
Jack Price
Robert Cole
Lewis G. Daniel
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Earl Duran
Mrs. Etta Johnson 55 Dies After Illness in Glen Daniel
Mrs. Etta Eldora Johnson 55 of Glen Daniel died 6:30 a.m. after a several month illness in a local hospital. Born October 14, 1900 in Waushall Wisconsin she lived in the area two years. She was aBreckenridge Baptist Church member and Rebekah Lodge Ravencliff. Survived by husband Ed Johnson son John Watts Dayston North Carolina five sisters and six brothers and three grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Breckenridge Baptist Church Rev Earl Cochran to officiate. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Body moved from Rose and Quesenderry Funeral Home to the residence prior to services.
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Dayston
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Knudsen
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Waushall
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Tlinois
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Waushau
Hans
Davensport
Iowa
Breckenridge ‘Baptist Church
Earl I Cochran
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose and Quesenderry
Reay
Mollohan backed by CIO AFL union bloc in West Virginia race
West Virginia CIO and AFL leaders endorsed Rep. Robert H. Mollohan as Governor Marland refused comment at a morning news conference. The consolidation of unions and the AFL CIO meeting pressed reform against graft and misused public trust amid the Democratic primary. Joe Burdett and Milton Ferguson also run in a crowded field.
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Mollohan
Iden
Marland
Milton J. Ferguson
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Nunstration
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Joe F. Burdett
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Abraham Man Seeks Constable's Post
Clifford Plumley 30 Abraham today filed for nomination as constable of Richmond District on the Democratic ticket. A native of Abraham he is making his first bid for public office. He works for the State Road Commission as a truck driver and operates a farm. he is married with six children.
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Abraham
Richmond
Plumley
State Road Commission
Desertion Charge Leads to Jail for Verlin Atwell
Pineville man Verlin Harless Atwell was jailed in Raleigh County at 6 30 p m Tuesday on a charge of deserting from the U S Navy. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested him at his home.
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Pineville
Raleigh
U. S. Navy
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
City Spending Report Slated for Beckley Residents
Beckley City Council approved monthly public finance reports explaining how city funds are spent what funds remain and how the city finances are managed. City Attorney Warren Thornhill will prepare the essay style publication to be distributed with sanitation bills and via newspapers and radio in public buildings.
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Warren Thornhill
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