Public Works Plan Urges Jobs Through Roads and Education
Underwood proposes a fourfold public works program to create jobs and boost the economy. Key elements include five million dollars in road bonds, natural resources development, secondary road improvements, vocational education expansion, and tax relief. The plan features forest and stream improvements, park expansion, mine repurposing for tourism, and a state vocational education expansion with a 25 thousand dollar appropriation, plus a workforce expansion to 357. and strict highway safety enforcement as a deterrent to highway manslaughter.
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Underwood
State Board of Vocational Education
McDowell County
ACP Meeting Set Thursday Morning
Vendors invited to participate in the sale of lime and fertilizer under the ACP program should attend a 10 a.m. meeting in the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service offices in the Tabor Building on Prince Street. Franklin Lilly urged ACP vendors to participate.
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ACP
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Tabor Building
Prince Street
Franklin Lilly
The
Whitby Driver Cited By Police
Clarence T. Mooney of Whitby will appear in Beckley Police Court Thursday to answer a charge of failing to yield the right of way. Arrested at 10 a.m. by city police, he was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 11:30 a.m. Also arrested were Bessie Hart of Fireco on a charge of deserting her children, booked by a constable. Two U S Air Force members from Fort Stewart Ga were jailed at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday on charges of being absent without leave. Charlie Lambert and Edgar Floetke Jr. are the servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence T. Mooney
Whitby
Beckley
Raleigh
Bessie Hart
Fireco
U. S. Air Force
Charlie Lambert
Edgar Floetke Jr
Fort Stewart, Ga
Newson Rites Are Incomplete
Funeral arrangements for William Wayne Newson 18 Hilltop are incomplete. He died Tuesday in the Bluefield Sanitarium after an illness of two weeks. The body is at the Wright andoe Funeral Home Beckey.
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Hilltop
William Wayne Newson
Joshua Newson
Bluefield
Wright and Oe
Beckey
Higher Budget Outlay Sought For Institutions
West Virginia budget highlights request higher appropriations for state hospitals prisons and schools. Notable line items include Weston Spencer Huntington Barboursville and Lakin state hospitals, Training School and Pinecrest Sanitarium with changes in funding. An additional 1.49 million from surplus funds funds three capital projects including Romney Deaf Blind school classroom building and a sheltered workshop at the Institute Rehabilitation Center.
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W. Va
Weston State Hospital
Spencer State Hospital
Huntington State Hospital
Barboursville State Hospital
Lakin State Hospital
Fairmont Emergency Hospital
Welch Emergency Hospital
Hopemont Sanitarium
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Denmar State Hospital
W. Va. Childrens Home
Home For the
Andrew S. Rowan
Schools For the Deaf and Blind
Romney
West Virginia Training School
St.Marys
State Rehabilitation Center
Institute
How To Build Strong America
A fragmented excerpt presents quotes from national figures on citizenship and education. It includes remarks attributed to Vice President Nixon, Mrs. Roosevelt, actor James, Gov Faubous of Arkansas, conductor Bernstein, and Secretary Mitchell about duty, opportunity, religion, and public involvement. The text stresses reading newspapers, equality of opportunity, learning languages, practicing the Golden Rule, and active cultural participation.
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Richard M. Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James
Orval E. Faulows
Arkansas
Leonard Bernstein
James P. Mitchell
Death Stalks School Again
COLE SAID he stood on one side of the pool table Sorenson on the other when investigating. He saw smoke from the gun barrel and Sorenson holding his chest. He thought they were playing but Sorenson fell. Whitesell called Beckley Fire Rescue and the State Police. Police ruled the shooting accidental and no charges will be filed. Sorenson, born November 6, 1943, Beaver, Iowa, was a sports lover and Babe Ruth player with family in Des Moines. Recitation of the Rosary and funeral plans noted.
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Cole
Sorenson
Sorensons
Whitesell
Beckley Fire Department
Beckley
Lewis Peter Sorenson
Beaver
Ruth Hunnel
West Des Moines
Iowa
Keatley
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Dolly Sorenson
Dan Gunnoe
Daniels
Kay
Ralph J. Sorenson
Kingsville
Tex
Marines
Joseph
Michael
Steven
Des Moines
Keyser-Bryant
Three Murder Cases Docketed This Term
Three murder cases are slated for the January term of Raleigh County Criminal Court with docket details announced by Prosecuting Attorney Anthony J. Sparacino. William I. Hines faces murder charges in the death of Bruce Winston on March 22, 1959, Allison Smith is charged with bludgeoning his wife Fannie on June 13, and George Norman Vanney and Sidney Marshall Anderson are charged in the shooting of Charles Hartsel Bruce during a tavern scuffle on July 12. The calendar also lists numerous breaking and entering, maiming, larceny, and other felony cases across the week with capiases issued for several defendants.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Anthony J. Sparacino
William I. Hines
Bruce Winston
Allison Smith
Fannie
George Norman Vanney
Sidney Marshall Anderson
Charles Hartsel Bruce
William Evan Diehl
James Bonham
Millard Allen Thur
Ashley Green Hye
Webb Baron Foster
William Roscoe Sayles
Henry Johnson Jr
Benny Burch
Roy Johnson
Hye
Foster
Sayles
Johnsons
Burch
Robert Elmer White
Densil Cleveland Fitzgerald
William Alexander Spence
Silas Gene Anderson
Ee Hilton
Billy Joe Livey
Vanney
James P. Powell
Leonard L. Townes
John Robert Garland
Cook
Clay
Norman A. Wiley
Maiming
George Worley
Harold Wade
G. T. Lowe
John Junior Peoples
Otis Wright
Cecil Cornell Hughes
Alfred Lee Collins
Phillip David Stoots
John Lilly
Robert Cosby
Lewis Leasure
Sam Cangemi
Drink Bill Again Eyed in Legislature
Democratic leaders reproach Governor Underwood for not consulting before his budget request. The 30 day session looms with limited time and lawmakers rush in to begin serious work. Most legislators arrived in Charleston on Tuesday amid eagerness to address the governor’s agenda.
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House
Underwood
Charleston
Beckleyans Attend Funeral At Anawalt
Mrs. W. R. Yost and son Jim Bob traveled from Calloway Heights to Anawalt after the death of her uncle Boyd Reed Riddle 84 who died at Bluefield Sanitarium. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Anawalt Baptist Church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Bluefield. Attendees included Mrs. John Riddle Miss Virginia Riddle and Mrs. Grady Young. Riddle was a Spanish American War veteran and former patient at Beckley VA Hospital.
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W. R. Yost
Jim Bob
Calloway Heights
Anawalt
Boyd Reed Riddle
Bluefield Sanitarium
The
Baptist Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bluefield
John Riddle
Virginia Riddle
Grady Young
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
PTA MEETS THURSDAY AT EAST BECKLEY SCHOOL
Members of the East Beckley Parent-Teacher Association will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the school.
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PTA
East Beckley
Parent-Teacher Association
Six Arrested In Wyo. Raid
Six men were arrested in a raid on Ma's Hut near the river bank for gambling. Leland Helmuth, age 55, identified as the houseman, faced a grand jury action on a second offense of operating a poker game. Bond set at 5 dollars per man with equal court costs in several related cases.
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Oceana
RNS
Leland
Curly) Helmuth
Ma's Hut
James Fairchild
Ward Sheppard
John Lambert
Helmuth
Ocle Jones
James Harold Maynard
Hatcher
Darrell Johnson
Robert James
Jefferson Prillaman
Clear Fork
Prillaman
James
Stolen 1958 Car Found Wrecked Near River Cliff
A 1958 model car reported stolen from Clarence England in Stephenson was found wrecked between Marianna and Brenton, 200 feet down a cliff by the Guyandotte River near the Hope Natural Gas camp. No one was found in the vehicle. deputies Ward Sheppard and Bud Daniels investigated whether it went off the cliff or was wrecked.
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Pineville
RNS
Clarence England
Stephenson
Marianna
Brenton
Guyandotte
Hope Natural Gas Camp
Ward Sheppard
Sheppard
iDeputy
Bud Daniels
Troubles Plague Woosley Family
Mullens report details a sequence of mishaps for the Woosley family. Helen Woosley injured falling with groceries fracturing her left arm. Mack Woosley travels to inform relatives and seek help as two sons need care. A deer was struck, a car crash occurs leaving Woosley with minor injuries while his brother in law is hurt. The family dog Also breaks a leg and Helen’s remaining arm had previous injury requiring treatment.
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Woosley
Cabin Creek
Mullens
Wendell Smith
New Richmond
Young Smith
Mullens Hospital
Butch
Three Democrats File for May 10 Primary
Three candidates filed for the Democratic Primary. Eugene Phillip Fernandez of La ren Ave filed for justice of the peace in Town District. A. J. Adams of 201 Bostick Ave seeks committee man for Ward V Beckley. Mel Harvey of 201 Orchard Ave. also filed for a party post.
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Eugene Phillip Fernandez
Laren Ave
Justice of the Peace
City of Beckley
A. J. Adams
Bostick
Mel Harvey
Orchard Ave
Moose Will Initiate Class of 32 Tonight
A class of 32 will be initiated at 8 p m with candidates from Beck Earl Douglas Johnson Sophia B R Bailes Dewey McQueen Elbert J Quesenberry Prosperity David L Bennett Skelton Dennie B Daniel Glen Daniel Edwin L Egleson Bolt Shirley A Epling Flat Top Ted Holliday Roy T Roles Bradley Earl E Hunter Naoma Spradling Charleston Lee Ww James Sprague Emmett Hy McKinney Rhodell Chester Pettry Jerry Pettry Princeton Basil Worley Jr Beaver and C E Williams Oak Hill.
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W. R. Duke
E. M. Bowling
Raymond Wilson
Paul Donley
Carlos Dean Bias
Don Bender
Leslie E. Cox
Alva A. Kiser
Earnest S. Lickliter Jr
Robert W. Trail
Charley Savino
Shirley R. Vandall
Beck
Earl Douglas Johnson
Sophia
B. R. Bailes
Dewey McQueen
Elbert J. Quesenberry
Beaver
C. E. Williams
Oak Hill
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