Federal Aid Plan Aims to Aid Depressed West Virginia Areas
Rep Bailey predicts a federal aid program for distressed areas in West Virginia and other states. He would issue 100 million dollars in loans and 1 million in grants for technical aid to develop land and facilities for new enterprises. The plan targets regions with eight percent plus unemployment including Beckley Mount Hope Montgomery Richwood Clarksburg Whitesville Danville Madison Williamson Welch Fairmont Morgantown.
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Washington
West Virginia
Rep
Bailey
D-Wva
Congress
Beckley
Mount Hope
Montgomery
Richwood
Clarksburg
Whitesville
Danville
Madison
Williamson
Welch
Fairjmont
Morgantown
Housing chief launches $15 billion 20 million homes program
Albert M. Cole of the Housing and Home Finance Agency calls 1985 Home Improvement Year and urges a nationwide $15 billion push to fix up 20 million existing homes. President Eisenhower backs the plan as industry groups join in, with aims to boost modernization spending 25 percent in 1955 and offset slower new home demand.
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Washington
Albert M. Cole
Cole
Eisenhower
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Congress
Clarksburg Channel 12 Hearing Postponed by FCC
A court ordered hearing on the Clarksburg Channel 12 TV contest is indefinitely postponed by the Communications Commission delayed by a pending petition to modify the hearing order and a transfer of control of Ohio Valley Broadcasting Co. Clarksburg Publishing Co. challenges the grant to Ohio Valley often cited as monopoly concerns amid ownership shifts and Wheeling Publishing stake changes.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
The
Communications Commission
Clarksburg Publishing Co
Commission
Ohio Valley Broadcasting Co., Inc
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Elizabeth C. Smith
Ohio Valley
Examiner
Cecil B. Highland
Wheeling News Publishing Co
Wheeling Publishing
WBLK
WPAR
Parkersburg
Wstv, Inc
Steubenville
Ohio
Coal and Fuel Oil Deliveries Stop In New York Strike
A U F A strike by 3000 truck drivers halted most coal and fuel oil deliveries in New York City. The Teamsters rejected a 20 cent hourly rise from about 350 fuel firms and city officials planned emergency priority shipments to transit, sewage plants, gas and electric manufacturers, hospitals, schools, and military sites.
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New York
Judge Denies Bid for Freedom in Smith Case
Dorothy Kreuger Smith 43, serving a life term for murder by a military tribunal, had a habeas corpus petition denied in federal court in Charleston. Judge Ben Moore ruled the civilian exemption from military courts cited by a Supreme Court decision did not apply, noting Smith's military connection and location at the time of the crime.
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Dorothy Kreuger Smith
Ben Moore
Supreme Court
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Smith
USS
Moore
Mili Ty
Magistrate Orders Bible Study for Juvenile Offenders
Aurora Illinois police magistrate Bob W Robinson earned praise and criticism for a policy that requires four shoplifting suspects aged 13 and 14 to attend church every Sunday and to report weekly that they have copied the first 25 pages of the Bible Robinson said religion in the family is a strong deterrent and he wanted to help the boys rather than punish them He has eight years as a magistrate and is a former marine
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Aurora
IL U
Bob W. Robinson
Robinson
President proposes water resources program totaling over 70 million
President Eisenhower asked Congress for a broad water resources development program totaling more than 70 million dollars for flood control navigation and multi purpose projects. The plan includes 5.36 million for planning future projects 6.635 million for surveys including 1 million for hurricane studies and support for Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway work with Canada.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
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Canada
Eisenhower
Army Engineers
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Anacostia River
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Maryland
Cumberland
Ridgeley
W. Va
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Sutton Reservoir
Army
Maryland and
Delaware—Inland Waterway
Delaware River
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
Norfolk Harbor
Craney Island
Thimble Shoal
Winter Harbor
Hildebrand
New Cumberland
Auto Industry Parade Dwarfs Eisenhower Budget Talk
The auto industry presents a dynamic, newsworthy show as it unveils cars of tomorrow and the largest one day stock offering while anticipating future expansion and signaling layoffs of over 12 000 workers. General Motors leaders Alfred P Sloan Jr and Harlow H Curtice host about 400industry executives at a luncheon to forecast next year’s auto production and sales.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Eisenhower
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
Harlow H. Curtice
Shortage audit at Lutheran church bank reveals six-figure loss
More than $100,000 believed missing from a Lutheran church account in Mercantile Bank of Quincy. The exact amount to be determined by an audit in about three months following the death of Andrew C. Lehnack, treasurer of the Central Illinois District Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and bank president. Indications suggest the loss could reach six figures, according to church officials.
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Quincy S. Um
Mercantile Bank
Quincy
Andrew C. Lehnack
Central Illinois District
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
Quincy Herald-Whit
Auto makers forecast a steadier 1956 after 1955
The Automotive Digest from Pacific Finance reports car prices at about 50 percent of new cost. GM Ford and Chrysler leaders agree 1956 should be better though cooler than 1955. Studebaker-Packard cites a three year labor deal boosting competitiveness while American Motors says major financial problems are resolved. All plan bold messaging this week.
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Automotive Digest
Pacific
Ford
Chrysler
Studebaker-Packard
American Motors
Stevenson Aids Polio Campaign On WAUKEGAN Radio
Adlai E. Stevenson hosted a half hour radio spot in Waukegan to promote March of Dimes polio relief, raising 1070 dollars. He announced four records and asked for further contributions while sharing a light story about his son John Fell Stevenson and a childhood autograph moment with Bing Crosby.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
John Fell Stevenson
John
Stevenson
Bing Crosby
Jose
Joho
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