DPA Hospitalization Allowance Raised Across District 8
The Department of Public Assistance will raise its daily hospital allowance for indigent patients by 4.20 dollars starting Sunday, leveraging federal matching funds for the first time. District 8 including Raleigh Fayette Greenbrier Logan and Summers counties reports 1955 56 hospitalization costs of 15216653 and projects larger annual costs as caseloads vary. Browning notes average monthly cases by county and per diem costs, with maximum aid rising from 13.80 to 18.00 dollars for hospitals charging 20 dollars or more, and most bills paid at 90 percent. Federal matching funds have been available since 1953 but were only utilized after staff changes.
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Department of Public Assistance
DPA
Raleigh
Fayette
Greenbrier
Logan
Summers
Beckley
Lon E. Browning
Browning
W. B. van Horn
West Virginia
Byrd Pushes West Virginia Reactor Site Bid
Rep Robert C Byrd urged Major General Hastings to consider West Virginia for an atomic reactor and food processing plant. He cited local interest from Charleston residents and noted a site would be chosen by an Atomic Energy Commission committee with Army cooperation.
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Robert C. Byrd
Kester L. Hastings
Byrd
Charleston
Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
Atomic Energy Commission
Lake Death Jury In Fitzpatrick $10,000 Sought
A Raleigh County jury heard the case of John C. Ward administrator of Violet Shafer estate versus A F Ward administrator of John Grover Ward estate. The plaintiff seeks 10000 alleging death in a car plunge into Fitzpatrick Lake at Fitzpatrick Park. Bodies of Violet Shafer James Cox and Donald Nichols were found in the car. Shafer was Beckley resident. Ward lived on Sullivan Road. In a separate action Fred A. Ebel Buckeye Union Casualty Co was ordered to collect 83077 from Marie Carter Ward after she failed to appear.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
John C. Ward
Violet Shafer
A. F. Ward
John Grover Ward
Fitzpatrick Lake
James Cox
Donald Nichols
Beckley
Ward
Sullivan Road
Fred A. Ebel
Buckeye Union Casualty Co
Marie Carter
Knapp
C and O Keeps Lead as West Virginia's Top Utility Taxpayer
Charleston reports the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway remains the state’s largest utility taxpayer with a final valuation of 18.5 million dollars, up one million from the tentative 1956 assessment and five million from 1955. The Board of Public Works set overall valuations at 770.4 million, up 26% from 1955, with Appalachian Electric Power Co. second at 102 million.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Beckley Drivers Buy City Licenses In Massive Sale
Beckley motorists rush to obtain the special $2 city driver's license as over 300 sold in 24 hours. Licenses expire Saturday and are available at the City Recorder's Office from 8:30 am to 5 pm and at night at the police station. To date about 950 licenses have been sold.
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Beckley
City Recorder's Office
Driver Jailed After Failure to Pay Fines
Bobby Lee Willis of MacArthur was remanded to Raleigh County Jail for not paying fines on three charges. Magistrate J E Mays imposed 70 dollars in fines and 38.50 dollars in costs for drunk driving no operator's license and improper registration. State Police arrested him Thursday night.
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Bobby Lee Willis
MacArthur
Raleigh
J. E. Mays
County Woman Jailed in Raleigh County for Investigation
Gracie Dickens Naoma a county woman is jailed in Raleigh County Jail for investigation. She was placed in the jail at 8:45 a.m. today by a Sheriff's deputy.
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Gracie Dickens
Naoma
Raleigh County
Maben Driver Held on DWI Charge
Ernest Davis of Maben was lodged in Raleigh County Jail at 3:30 a.m. by State Police on a driving while drunk charge.
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Ernest Davis
Maben
Raleigh
Fayette Woman Shot: Undergoes Surgery
A Fayette County woman identified as Mrs. Hambrick was shot around 3:30 a.m. and underwent abdominal surgery at Beckley Hospital after being transferred from Oak Hill Hospital. Otho Davis Kincaid, said to be drunk, accompanied her to Beckley and was arrested for drunkenness. Davis reportedly confessed to the shooting and is held in Raleigh County Jail.
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Haze
Hambrick
Powellton
Beckley Hospital
Oak Hill Hospital
Otho Davis
Kincaid
Hospital
Thorities
Turnpike Arrest Lodged in Raleigh County Jail
Charles W. Griffith of Princeton was arrested by State Police on the West Virginia Turnpike at about 10 p.m. Thursday and charged with driving while drunk. He was lodged in the Raleigh County Jail.
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Raleigh County
Charles W. Griffith
Princeton
West Virginia
Eisenhower Pleased As $33 Billion Highway Bill Takes Effect
President pleased with a $33 billion highway bill creating a 41,000 mile interstate system linking states with modern four to eight lane roads. Tax hikes start Sunday, including a one cent federal paper tax rise to three cents per sal on. Bonds rejected in favor of pay-as-you-ride taxes. notable increases for four federal aid road programs.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Revolt Crushed in Polish City Poznan
A major Polish uprising in Poznan left 38 dead and about 270 wounded as workers flooded the streets shouting for bread. Tanks rolled, police headquarters were burned, and city life gradually returned to normal amid curfews and scattered arrests.
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Berlin
Poznan
Warsaw
President Eisenhower to leave hospital for Gettysburg convalescence
President Eisenhower plans to exit Walter Reed Army Hospital at about 8 30 a m EDT tomorrow to convalesce for at least two weeks at his Gettysburg Pennsylvania farm. He will be accompanied by Mrs Eisenhower Maj Gen Howard M Snyder and two house guests Maj Gen and Mrs Leonard D Heaton Heaton the Walter Reed commander recently operated on for a partial small intestine blockage and a 30th wedding anniversary will be celebrated by the Heatons tomorrow Hagerty said the departure may occur earlier and Eisenhower will ascend stairs and use an elevator at the end of the presidential suite before walking down to his limousine for the drive to Gettysburg
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Gettysburg
White House
Howard M. Snyder
Leonard D. Heaton
Heaton
Walter Reed
James C. Hagerty
Heatons
Thei J and
Isen
Homeyiaill
Family Farm
Hagerty
Mile of Dollars Drive Reaches $916 for Church Fund
The Friendship Baptist Church campaign has collected $916 toward a $25,000 goal. Rev. Arley Mitcham, the pastor, says the drive will continue indefinitely to finish the church.
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Friendship Baptist Church
Arley Mitcham
Negotiators Huddle as Strike Nears in Steel Industry
New York reports negotiators from U.S. Steel and United Steelworkers huddled as a strike deadline loomed for 650,000 steel workers. Governments awaited as cooling-off talks stalled and fires in furnaces dwindled amid wage dispute details and proposed contracts.
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New York
Committee Approves Sodeloff as Judge
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved President Eisenhower's nomination of Solicitor General Simeon E. Sobeloff to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals by an 8-2 vote but will not report the nomination to the Senate for action before next Thursday. Southern opposition pledges a prolonged fight. Neely voting by telegram. Sobeloff, linked to the 1954 school desegregation decision, advocated a moderate approach as he argued on behalf of the administration.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Eisenhower
Simeon E. Sodeloff
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Judiciary Committee
Sen. McClellan
Johnston
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
Sens. Butler
Dirksen
Ill
Watkins
Utah
Langer
R-Nd
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Hennings
D-Mo
O'Mahoney
Wyo
Neely
D-Wva
4Th Circuit
Sobeloff
North
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Supreme Court
Sebeloff
Pike Extension Cost Hits Snag For WV Turnpike Northward
Engineering estimates place a four lane extension from Charleston to the Pennsylvania border at about 286 million dollars, with total 305 million including a southern spur. Revenues may cover only a quarter, prompting July 7 talks and possible special session.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
Moorefield
W. E. Flannery
Logan
J. E. Greiner Co
Baltimore
Wilbur Smith and Associates
New Haven
Eliza
Health Agency Study Ordered
A legislative subcommittee ordered Legislative Auditor Clarence H. Koontz to assess the adequacy of health programs at state county and local levels. He will define what constitutes adequacy and how to finance it, with a report due before October. The study will identify available federal funds and usage options. Senator Glenn Jackson leads the five member group.
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Charleston
Clarence H. Koontz
Koontz
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Glenn Jackson
D-Logan
State Missionary Dies in Ohio Home
Miss Julia Bonafield, 98, longtime Methodist missionary in China, died Wednesday night at Bethesda Missionary Home in Cincinnati. A Tunnelton, Preston County native, she had been ill five years and was once imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II.
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Kingwood
W.va
Julia Bonafield
China
Methodist Church
Bethesda Missionary Home
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tunnelton
Preston County
Parking Receipts Total $591 in Beckley Week
Receipts from city street meters in Beckley for the week ending today totaled $591. Merle Recorder Emery J. Smith reported the figures.
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City of
Beckley
Merle
Emery J. Smith
Polish workers revolt shocks Poznan center
Eyewitness Francis G. Hickman reports thousands at Poznan as secret police HQ, prison, radio jamming station and city hall are attacked and seized by strikers. About 30,000 mob, tanks moved but not used, police and soldiers largely passive, plan to raise wages noted amid broader political prisoner releases.
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Szczecin
Stettin
Gdansk
Gdynia
Allenstein
Olsztyn
Katowice
Lodz
Warsaw
Poznan
Willard Barber
Posen
Moscow
Berlin
RIAS
U. S
West Berlin
Memphis (Tenn
Francis G. Hickman
Memphis Cotton Trade Journal
Hickman
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Poznanski Hotel
Warsaw Radio
Riots in Poznan Reflect Polish Dissent
A British embassy spokesman in Warsaw told the London Daily Mail that the Poznan riots were symptomatic of unrest across Poland. He cited low living standards and noted demonstrations intensified after police controls loosened following Moscow’s policy shift after Stalin’s denunciation.
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London
Warsaw
London Daily Mail
Poznan
Poland
Moscow
Stalin
Beckley Skies Forecast and Visible Planets
The Sun sets at 7 51 p m and rises 5 05 a m on Saturday and Sunday. The Moon rises 11 18 p m Friday and 11 47 p m Saturday with Last Quarter at 3 40 a m Sunday. Prominent constellations include Scorpio Aquila and Sagittarius with a bright Milky Way section through Aquila. Saturn lies to the right of Scorpion Jupiter sets at 10 17 p m Friday Mars rises southeast at 2 25 a m Saturday.
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Scorpio
Aquila
Sagittarius
Jupiter
Mars
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Tokyo Foreign Correspondents Club
Lone Star State
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Kremlin
Tiflis
John A. Stephens
U.S. Steel
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James P. Mitchell
McDonald
Adm
Ben Moreell
Jones and Laughlin Corp
Moreell
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John E. Amos
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