West Virginia to raise school aid in 37 counties
Thirty seven counties will receive larger school aid allocations for fiscal 1959-60 led by Kanawha and Harrison. 18 counties lose funds. Total state aid climbs to 58.7 million dollars with per pupil average of 127.27, while overall basic education funding rises by about 701 thousand dollars.
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West Virginia
William K. Hamilton
State Board of School Finance
General Revenue Fund
Kanawha County
Harrison County
Greenbrier
Cabell
Wood
Fayette County
Logan
Brooke
Barbour
Lewis
Forfeitures Reach 320 In City Court
Beckley Police Court forfeited a total of 320 dollars during Thursday night sessions. J D Moore, 72, on Twelfth Street, paid 10 dollars after pleading guilty to discharging a firearm within city limits. Moore claimed he was shooting birds damaging his garden. Six others forfeited bonds totaling 105 dollars. Simeon Warran Jr of Beckley forfeited 17 dollars on a speeding charge. Jack Shumate forfeited 15 dollars for leaving the scene.
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Beckley
J. D. Moore
Twelfth Street
Edward P. Stansbury
Moore
Stansbury
Gerald Meadows
Simeon Warran Jr
Jack Shumate
Avon Terrace
Sophia Fire Directors To Meet On Monday
Sophia fire department directors will meet at 7 30 p m in Town Hall for a regular meeting. The by laws require two meetings a month with the next being the first and third Mondays. The board will appoint new members to replace ex mayor D B Winfrey and H W Kirk who was at the scene of an accident. The nine member board must include two town administration members and the mayor plus a councilman. Mayor elect James Salyers will join the board.
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Sophia
Sophia Fire Department
Fire Department
D. B. Winfrey
H. W. Kirk
James Salyers
Kirk
Prenatal Clinic Set Wednesday In Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Health Department will hold a prenatal clinic from 2 to 4 PM Wednesday at its courthouse offices. Dr. A. D. Belton will supervise, with consultations by appointment only. Patients unable to keep appointments should cancel to free slots for others.
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Raleigh County Health Department
A. D. Belton
Tent Meeting Held in Glen Daniel by Rev Paul Caldwell
A tent gathering is underway at Glen Daniel on Route 3 with evangelist Rev Paul Caldwell of Charleston leading nightly services at 7 30 sponsored by local churches.
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Fairdale
RNS
Glen Daniel
Paul Caldwell
Charleston
Life Expectancy Slightly Increases for Leukemia Victims
West Virginia Cancer Society reports leukemia mortality rising fastest among cancers after lung cancer. Acute leukemia life expectancy lengthened from weeks to years due to new therapies. chronic leukemia affects older adults with longer survival. In the U.S. about 11,000 deaths yearly, 2,000 under 15. figures show male rates rising from 2.5 to 7.4 per 100,000 from 1930 to 1956, with urban and higher-income groups more affected. The American Cancer Society funds nearly $1,000,000 in leukemia research this year, with NIH and Atomic Energy Commission grants also supporting work.
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West Virginia Cancer Society
United States
The
Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
National Institute of Health
United States Public Health Service
Atomic Energy Commission
Countians To Attend Bluefield Tax Meet
Raleigh County citizens will be 15 members appointed by the governor and the president in Bluefield July 20 to discuss state and local tax structures with members of the State Tax Study Commission. The meeting at the Appalachian Building Assembly Room starts at 10 a.m. Delegates from Greenbrier Mercer Mingo Monroe McDowell Summers and Wyoming counties will attend along with others.
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Fayette
Greenbrier
Mercer
Nicholas
Putnam
Summers
Webster
Wood
Boone
Braxton
Calhoun
Clay
Gilmer
Hampshire
Jefferson
Lincoln
Marion
Marshall
Mason
Mineral
Mingo
Raleigh County
Bluefield
State Senate
House of Dele
Appalachian Building
Monroe
McDowell
Wyoming
Senate
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Tax Study Commission
Commission
Excerpts From Books and a Revenue Report
The text lists book titles by Lederer Burdick Pasternak Caldwell Lawrence and notes AP reports on charitable receipts. It summarizes Southern Baptist convention first quarter 1959 income totaling 10 910 872 with an 8 42 percent rise, and Methodist coffered 8 375 000 for college operations, up 1 25 million from prior year.
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Nashville
Southern Baptist Convention
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Several airmen from Mount Hope, Sophia, and Shady Spring are noted in training and graduation milestones. Allan E. Halstead earns expert rifleman, Donald C. Murdock graduates from basic at Fort Jackson and enters clerical school, C J Kelly completes eight weeks at Fort Jackson, Stuart B Crafton to Sheppard AFB for maintenance tech, Elmer Rice attends personnel specialist course at Lackland. Ivy hockey preview highlights Harvard poised for top title as Cornell joins league with Brown, new facilities at Yale and Princeton renovations.
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Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Allan E. Halstead
Earl S. Halstead
Bradley
Mount Hope High School
Fort Jackson
S. C
Donald C. Murdock
Jack Murdock
Sophia
Murdock
Ronnie
John
Brenda Shumate
Sophia High School
Army
Charles J. Kelly
James E. Kelly
Shady Spring
First Training Regiment
Sheppard Air Force Base
Lackland
Air Force Base
Stuart B. Crafton
Walter L. Crafton
Mount Hope
Woodrow Wilson High School
Cornell
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Brown
James Lynch
Yale
David S. Ingalls
Princeton
Hobey. Baker
Weekly Disease Report Highlights County Findings
Raleigh County reports no new disease cases for the week ending June 27 in a West Virginia Department of Health bulletin. Fayette County logs three animal bites and one meningococcal infection, while Wyoming County records four cases across whooping cough tuberculosis and 10 German measles. NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR NEW YORK AP John Barpret, associate musical director of the LA Philharmonic, to succeed Leon Barzin as music director of the Nation Orchestra Association.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia
New York
John Barpret
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Leon Barzin
Nation Orchestra Association of
Noti ce Students Join Year Long Cold Vaccine Study
About 2 600 University of Noti ce students in South Bend Indiana are participating in a year long study to determine the effectiveness of a new polyvalent cold vaccine.
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University of Notice
South Bend Ind
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