Pay Increases Sought For Governor And Judges
Charleston AP reports 30 bills introduced in the legislature including a plan to raise the governor's salary from 17500 to 22500 and judges' pay to 22500. Also proposed is repeal of the soft drinks tax and creation of a Department of Correction with a seven member board and a $12000 director.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Department of Correction
Ralph J. Bean
D-Hardy
Clarence E. Martin
Berkeley
Dels
Paul Kidd
Gilmer
Rene Zabeau
Harrison
Morgantown
Bean
Sen
Lloyd Jackson
Lincoln
Board of Probation and Parole
Board of Correction
Martin
State Treasury
Bean-Martin
Caucuses Continue Democrats Shaping Legislative Goals
West Virginia House Democrats caucused to map tax and budget aims. They discussed raising 10 million dollars in new taxes, auditing race track books, higher hunting fishing licenses, boosting the Industrial and Publicity Commission, and funding for mental health, public assistance, and education programs. Predictions warn bills face a long path through committees and the Senate.
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Roy Lee Harmon
Register
Charleston
West Virginia
Kanawha Valley
House Democrats
House
The
Racing Commission
Department of Public Assistance
State Board of Education
West Virginia University
Marshall College
Chatter Of Firing Squad Signals Cuban Rally
Havana reports a mass rally in support of the revolutionary government as firing squad items spark the day. Rebel bullets killed a dozen Batista forces in Pinar del Rio after a three hour trial. 19 additional executions were reported in Cardenas and Jiguani, part of a nationwide total.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Pinar del Rio
Cardenas
Matanzas
Jiguani
Oriente
Heart Attack Fatal To Cecil B. DeMille
W O O D AP Cecil B DeMille pioneer movie maker famed for biblical epics died today at his home at 6 30 am after a week of illness Death was attributed to a heart attack He leaves wife Constance and children Cecilia John Richard Katherine and a son in law DeMille who had just returned from travels promoting The Buccaneer and The Ten Commandments The 70 plus films he produced began with The Squaw Man in 1913
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Y Wood
Cecil B
DeMille
Cecilia
Buccaneer
Europe
Constance
John
Richard
Katherine
Hollywood
Mikoyan Survives Scandanavian Plane Mishap In Newfoundland
Soviet deputy premier Anastas Mikoyan endured an emergency landing at Argentia Naval Air Base Newfoundland after his Scandinavian DC7 developed engine trouble and fire. He appeared unshaken and resumed homeward flight to Copenhagen with five companions including his son.
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Argentia
Anastas I
Mikoyan
U. S. Naval Air Base
Newfoundland
Copenhagen
United States
Serge
New York
Atlantic
Idlewild
Carl Schulzberg
Gander
Nild
Canadian Air Force
Schulzbert
Ministers Plan Pulpit Exchange for Raleigh Baptist
Ministers of the Raleigh Baptist Ministerial Association plan a pulpit exchange on Sunday February 8 with voluntary participation among association pastors. The Hollywood Baptist Church hosted and Rev Dewey A Wilson presided in place of Rev Beryl Long. An evangelistic chairman Rev Henry Smith was named to coordinate revival service help for churches requesting evangelistic meetings with rotating speakers.
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Raleigh Baptist Ministerial Association
Hollywood Baptist Church
Dewey A. Wilson
Ministerial Association
Beryl Long
Henry Smith
Scraps Of Bogus Bills Turn Up Near Raleigh County
A state road commission employee turned in another batch of torn counterfeit ten dollar bill scraps to the Raleigh County Sheriff's office. A previous batch was reported Tuesday, matching the ongoing discovery of bogus currency fragments.
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State Road Commission
Raleigh County
West Weather West Virginia Winds Turn Colder With Snow
A weather notice for West Virginia warns of wind and showers with thunderstorms, followed by a sharp drop in temperatures. West regions may see lows 33 to 42 degrees and 42 to 52 degrees in the east as rain shifts to snow later tonight.
March of Dimes Benefit Tonight in Beckley
Telephone committees of the 1959 March of Dimes and Curtain Callers urge every civic group in Beckley to attend the Curtain Callers benefit performance of Light Up The Sky at 8:30 p.m. in the Memorial Building. Proceeds go to the March of Dimes as the group aims to raise about 26 percent more than ever before to fund expanded virus research and birth defect treatment alongside polio work. Raleigh County Chapter treasurer L Wilbur Bays notes polio cases rose in 1958 from 1957, with about 17,000 dollars owed for polio treatment.
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Beckley
Memorial Building
L. Wilbur Bays
Raleigh County
National Foundation
Foundation
West Virginia House tables voting-age referendum proposal
The House Judiciary Committee tabled a proposal for a constitutional referendum to lower the voting age to 18 in West Virginia. Del. Herbert Schupbach of Wetzel and Del. Roy Lee Harmon of Raleigh introduced the measure.
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Charleston
West Virginia
House Judiciary Committee
Del
Herbert Schupbach
Wetzel
Roy Lee Harmon
Raleigh
Businessmen deny sex-for-sale probe on CBS program
New York officials and business figures spar over use of call girls to influence deals as CBS radio airings prompt police probe. Police Commissioner Kennedy orders investigation while Mayor Wagner vows no tolerance for scandal, urging informants yet protecting sources. An executive notes some managers may use such entertainment to seal sales, though most deny involvement.
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New York
Senate
Afl-Cio
CBS
Edward R. Murrow
Demismonde
Big Business
Stephen P. Kennedy
Robert F. Wagner
Kennedy
James R. Kennedy
Marie Torre
New York Herald Tribune
Eisenhower Delivers Stiff Message to Moscow You Can't Bully Us
President Eisenhower told reporters abroad in Washington that the United States will not be pushed around in pursuit of world peace. He stressed U S resolve to resist Soviet pressure as Anastas Mikoyan departs after his U S visit and indicated openness to repealing the constitutional ban on a third term, noting the people should decide. He indicated no strong shift in his own view against a third term due to age. He said repealing the amendment would be preferable to keeping it.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Anastas I. Mikoyan
U.S
Growing Teacher Exodus Poses Big Problem In West Virginia
West Virginia faces a teacher exodus as qualified educators leave for higher pay and better conditions. In three years 2300 teachers departed, with crowded classrooms and average sizes around 32, while some classes reach 35 or more. A public meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Monday Jan 26 at Woodrow Wilson High School will discuss these issues, featuring State Superintendent R Virgil Rohrbough as speaker.
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West Virginia
Russia
Woodrow Wilson High School
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Raleigh County
Sherman Trail
Summers
Boone, Fayette
Wyoming
Mercer Counties
County Native Dies In Illinois
Fred E Williams 79 of 543 South Cuyler Avenue Oak Park Illinois died at 2 p.m. Tuesday in an Oak Park hospital after a two week illness. Born in Raleigh County he was son of the late Mr and Mrs A C Williams and a West Virginia University graduate. He was an electrical engineer for Public Service Company Oak Park before retiring 15 years ago. Survivors include wife Lelia two sons Fred River Forest J and W W Minnesota two stepsons Cecil Mosher California and ee Mosher Lansing Michigan one daughter Mrs T B Eldred Lansing and one sister Mrs Mabel C Cox Hinton. Services will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday in the Dreshles Funeral Home for burial at a later date.
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Jet
Eugene L
Scotty) Scott
One Rae
Thurday
Dreshles
Baby Clinic Saturday at Dry Hill Prosperity
The well baby clinic at Dry Hill Prosperity will run from 9 30 a m to noon this Saturday Immunization injections will be available for children needing vaccines and checkups during the event.
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Dry Hill
Prosperity Well
WVEA Proposes Tax Plan For West Virginia Schools
The West Virginia Education Assn proposes a sales tax rise, a moderate income tax, and a natural resource tax to fund schools and state services including roads. Vernon Staggers says poll results favor shared tax burden among business, industry, and individuals. A new school support program would raise about 5 million dollars yearly. Gov. Underwood endorses it.
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Charleston
West Virginia Education Assn
Vernon Staggers
Piedmont
WVEA
West
High School Girl Injured In Fall At East Main Street
Fara Ruth Palmer seventeen missed first class at Woodrow Wilson High School after a fall on East Main Street. She suffered a forehead gash and head injury, received stitches at Raleigh General Hospital, and was sent home by taxi with her mother at her side. The Palmer family resides at 106 Stansbury Street.
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Fara Ruth Palmer
Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh General Hospital
John Palmer
Stansbury St
East Main St
Drys Oppose Liquor-By-Drink Bill Rise in West Virginia
Temperance groups and church organizations flood West Virginia Legislature with petitions against a liquor by the drink bill not yet written. George Reardon presents 1300 signatures as Mike Casey adds church petitions, signaling a hard fight to block a 1960 referendum.
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Drys
Charleston
West Virginia
George Reardon
House of Delegates
Mason County
Temperance Committee
Mike Casey
Cabell
Appointee Pay Bill Heads to House Amendment Stage
House Bill No 30 by J C Cruikshank and Lautellus M Stout moves to amendment in the House. The measure creates a pay scale for a vacancy appointee in the Legislature. It sets 250 dollars for seven days active, 300 dollars if seven to twelve days, and full yearly salary if the session runs beyond twelve days after qualification.
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Charleston
J. C. Cruikshank
D-Clay
Lautellus M. Stout
R- Doddridge
Eleven Deaths in Giant Storm Sweep Across Nation
A vast storm stretched from New Mexico to New England and across the Midwest bringing snow ice and freezing rain. Eleven deaths were attributed to traffic accidents on icy roads across New Mexico Montana Iowa Oklahoma Kansas Illinois and other states as heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions spread. Kansas City lay near the storm’s center with four inches on the ground and forecasts of up to eight inches.
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New Mexico
Cape Cod
New England
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Midwest
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Montana
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Kansas City
Beckley Woman Pleads Guilty In Forgery Case
Loraine Crawford of Beckley pleaded guilty to a forgery charge and was remanded to jail until February 9 at 10 a.m. when Judge Harry L. McCreery will pass judgment for cashing a $20 check at Raleigh Hardware Co. A capp as was issued for James Jack and Willie Orton Taylor on moonshine possession charges. Several cases were reset or continued including drunk driving matters for Clayton Meadows and Glen Morgan, and Bertie McMillion's case was remanded after a prosecutor announced an appeal withdrawal. Jurors reported but no jury has been sworn this term.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Loraine Crawford
Bailey Avenue
Harry L. McCreery
Miss Crawford
Raleigh Hardware Co
Capias
James Jack
Willie Orton Taylor
Robert Henry Smith
Beckley
Richard Dudley
Charleston
Burton J. Lee
Donald P. Lee
Charles Lawson
Kenneth Williams
Artie
Sparacino
Walter Richard French
Missing Mabscott Boys Return From Grandmother Secret
Two 10 year old Mabscott boys Ed die Dean Hernandez and Calvin Carl Spence vanished Tuesday afternoon prompting state police sheriff and local radio alerts. They spent the night at their grandmother’s Sunrise Avenue home and were later found with parents notified after the fact.
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Mabscott
Eddie Dean Hernandez
Calvin Carl Spence
Spence
Sunrise Avenue
State Board To Hear School Money Plans
State School Superintendent R Virgil Rohrbough planned to present four federal funding proposals to the West Virginia Board of Education totaling about 502424 dollars. The plan covers math science and modern languages, guidance testing and counseling, vocational education, and improved statistical services, with a 1 for 1 match under the National Defense Education Act of 1958. An exception would allow 20000 dollars for state administrative work this year without extra state funds.
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Nuckols
Raleigh
McKown
D-Wayne
Board of Education
Carson
Ohio
West
Wyoming
Goshorn
State League of Municipalities
Charleston
Virgil Rohrbough
West Virginia Board of Education
Rohrbough
West Virginia
State Education Department
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Industrial and Publicity Commission
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Nell Walker
Fayette
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Stacy
Vennari
Cecil B. Demille
Fidel Castro
Castro
Ba Gita Wers
Tes
David Salvador
Grippe
Americas
Rep
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Charles P. Porter
D-Ore
Congress
West Weather
Virginia
March of Dimes
Ike
National Press Club
Kansas City, Mo
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