Route 60 Closed at Barboursville West Virginia Plagued by High Water Plugs Roads
High water and multiple slides closed at least 16 counties in West Virginia while the Turnpike reopened. U.S. 60 remained shut at Barboursville after Guyan River flooding as motorists faced reroutes and winter snows up to three inches.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Bureau of Highway Information
U.S. 60
Barboursville
Guyan River
Road Commission
Doddridge
Harrison
Marion
Monongalia
Preston
Tyler
Marshall
Ohio
Wetzel
Gilmer
Lewis
Upshur
Pocahontas
Randolph
Tucker
Chelyan
Kanawha
SRC
Bobne County
W.va
Prenter
Danville
Cabell
West Hamlin
Huntington
Chesapeake
Fayette
U.S
Prince
Beckley
Greenbrier
McRoss
Lincoln
Midkiff
Ranger
Logan
U.S. 119
Chapmanville
Moundsville
Mason
Hartford
U.S. 35
Mercer
Spanishburg
U.S. 52
Bramwell
Bluefield
Oakvale
McDowell
W. Va
Welch
Yukon
Caretta
Mingo
Nolan
Naugatuck
Putnam
Hurricane
Hamlin
Raleigh
Edwight
Elkins
Summers
Hinton
Beech Run
Coal Official Cites State's Economic Ills Due to Import of Oil
West Virginia coal industry official Walter R. Thurmond told a Senate subcommittee that residual fuel oil imports are crippling the region’s economy. He noted coal production fell from 631 million to 390 million tons between 1947 and 1954, employing 120,000 miners, and urged a peacetime target of 500 million tons to meet wartime needs.
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Washington
West Virginia
Walter R. Thurmond
Charleston
Southern Coal Producers’ Assn
Senate
Sen. Neely
D-Wva
Senate Committee On
Thurmond
United States
Union
South
Gobel Disney Favored to Win Emmys Night
Hollywood and New York prepare for the seventh annual Television Academy Emmys with George Gobel and Walt Disney as favorites. NBC televise the ceremony tonight from 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. EST with Steve Allen and Dave Garroway hosting. Jackie Gleason postponed vacation to attend. Moulin Rouge and Nino’s LaRue host the event with top nominees present.
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Hollywood
George Gobel
Walt Disney
Nbc-Tv
Television Academy
Disney
Moulin Rouge
Nino’s LaRue
New York
Steve Allen
Dave Garroway
Jackie Gleason
White Sulphur Area Hit by Flash Flood
The Volunteer Fire Department fought day and night to pump basements of flooded homes after Howards Creek overflow. The crest arrived about 3 p.m. Sunday. Greenbrier Pharmacy was among first pumped to save medicines. The Replac Corporation plant, a plastic fabricator on three shifts, was inundated. John Justice leads the department.
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Howard's Creek
Greenbrier
John Justice
Replac Corporation
Southern States Hit By Late Winter Chill
A late winter chill spread east of the Rockies reaching the South into northern Georgia and northern Texas. The cold snap sharpened across the region, prompting schools and officials to monitor conditions as temperatures dropped and icy conditions developed.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Georgia
Texas
West Virginia Weather And River Updates
West Virginia report notes fair cold weather in Beckley and Oak Hill with snow flurries in mountains ending tonight. Ohio River flood concerns rise after heavy rains in WV and Kentucky force 2,400 residents to evacuate. Bluestone Reservoir levels rise while crested rivers trigger warnings.
Shoes mark abandoned Raleigh court amid Turnpike condemnation case
The Raleigh County Circuit Courtroom opened for a Turnpike condemnation hearing but emptied at noon leaving only a pair of brown shoes. One attorney swapped his shoes for sturdier ones during a field view of the disputed land. Defendant in suit is John Shumate.
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Raleigh County
John Shumate
Child's Body Found in Stream in West Virginia
18 month old Sandra McDaniel missing from her home near White Sulphur Springs on the Virginia border was found dead today lodged beneath a bridge over Snake Run. Rescue workers recovered the body a half mile downstream after a search that began Saturday when she slipped from sight. Her mother Mrs Ernest Mc Daniels described her as a streak of lightning for her age.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Sandra McDaniel
Virginia
Snake Run
Ernest McDaniels
Sandra
Board Expects to Hear New Youth Center Plans
Representatives of the proposed Negro Youth Center are slated to appear at the Beckley Recreation Board meeting at 7 30 p m to seek approval to rent a site. The center received a state charter in January and is incorporated as Youth Center Inc with Courtney Motley Berger Frances Flippen and Sam Ward of Beckley as incorporators.
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Beckley Recreation Board
Youth Center, Inc
Courtney Motley Berger
Frances Flippen
Sam Ward
Beckley
Bushman Stricken in California Hospital Stay
Francis X. Bushman, 71, famed silent film Adonis, is recovering from a gastric hemorrhage suffered Saturday. He is listed in fair condition at the Motion Picture Country Hospital in Woodland Hills California.
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Woodland Hills
Calif. i
Francis X. Bushman
Adonis
Biggest A-Blast of 55 Series Fires Over Yucca Flat Nevada
At dawn Las Vegas witnesses the largest and brightest blast of the 1955 atomic test series. The 30 kiloton device rose as a perfect sphere, producing a high mushroom cloud visible from Angel's Peak. Observers noted a rapid shock 51.5 minutes later and described a dazzling yellow gold fireball with significant height and a thick stem.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Yucca Flat
Los Angeles
Ohio Floods Begin Tonight
The Ohio River and its tributaries rose with flood crests forecast across southwestern West Virginia and Ohio. Key points include 59 to 62.5 foot rises at Dam 28, Dam 29, Gallipolis, and Portsmouth with flood stages nearby. Williamson and Logan areas face severe impacts, municipal operations disrupted, and widespread school closures in Mason County as rain-swollen rivers threaten homes and infrastructure.
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Ohio River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pt. Pleasant
Gallipolis
Ohio
Ashland
Portsmouth
West Virginia
Williamson
Logan
Williamson Daily News
Logan Armory
Charles Fox
West Virginia National Guard
Armory
Mill Creek
Parkersburg
Kanawha
Charleston
Guyandotte
Branchland
Elk River
Clay
Sutton
C. H. Withers
Mason County
United Nations labels Israel aggressor in Gaza clash
The U N Mixed Armistice Commission says Israel deliberately attacked Egyptian forces in the Gaza Strip, killing 38 Egyptians and 8 Israelis and violating the 1949 Palestine truce. The ruling heightens Security Council censure prospects as Maj. Gen. Burns prepares a report.
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Israel
U. N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Gaza Strip
U.N
New York
Security Council
Edson L. M. Burns
Canada
U. N. Palestine
Gaza
Palestine
Truce Commission
U. N
Francois Geicomaggi
France
Ghomaggi
Burns
Russia
Egypt
Horseshoe Tests Set For County Students
Raleigh County boards set dates for West Virginia Club tests on April 5 and Golden Horseshoe on April 22 in Beckley. Top two students per school advance to the horseshoe test. four winners per county, five if tied, with winners chosen by highest scores regardless of race.
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Raleigh County
Board of Education
Raleigh
Piedmont Plans Inaugural Beckley Columbus Flight
Piedmont Airlines President T. H. Davis invites Raleigh County officials to attend the inaugural Beckley to Columbus flight on March 17. Guests will stay overnight in Columbus and depart the next morning at 7 a.m. for the return trip, with arrival at Memorial Airport planned for 8:47 a.m.
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Piedmont Airlines
T. H. Davis
Raleigh County
Beckley
Columbus
Airlines
Memorial Airport
New Volcanic Threat Hangs Over Hawaii
PAHOA Hawaii the threat of violent volcanic outbursts looms over eastern Hawaii Island as earthquakes ease. Volcanologist MacDonald says danger not over yet with eruptions possible for days weeks or months. Gov King inspected lava flows after a week of eruptions forced 600 from homes and damaged cane and timber lands.
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Hawaii
Hawaii Island
Kilauea Crater
Puna Peninsula
Gordon A. MacDonald
Puna
Samuel Wilder King
Pinecrest budget eyed as lawmakers tour sanitarium
Pinecrest Sanatarium budget details face scrutiny as Everett Shafer and the House Humane Institution Committee tour the facility amid record snow. Trustees seek $1,120,110, with targeted repairs and staff cost adjustments while awaiting October budget talks with the Board of Public Works.
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Pinecrest Sanitarium
Everett R. Shafer
Becklegley
Shafer
House
Humane Institution Committee
Joe Burdette
Board of Public Works
J. E. Blackburn
Bradley
Andrew S. Rowan
Old Sweet Springs
Welch
Fairmont
Rowan Home
Pinecrest
Webster Men On Trial Today In Federal Court
Four Webster County men accused of dynamiting a coal train during a West Virginia strike go on trial in federal court in Charleston. The blast killed locomotive fireman Robert Nichols, 50. Defendants Bush, Wilson, Sparks, and Bell are held in Kanawha County jail, with FBI statements cited by defense counsel.
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Charleston
Webster County
West Virginia
Robert Nichols
Kanawha County
James Austin Bush
Foster Ford Wilson
Charles Sparks
Belair
Burton Bell
Webster Springs
Maust
D. L. Salisbury
Emerson Salisbury
FBI
Wilson
Sparks
Bell
Beclleyan Car Crash Causes $850 in Damages
Estimated damages amount to 850 dollars after Basil J. Meador 35 of 1513 Harper Road Beckley drove a 1951 sedan and struck three parked vehicles on Valley Drive near Piney Ave. The other vehicles were a 1953 pickup from Brake Engineering Co. 512 Eisenhower Drive a 1953 sedan owned by Ida K Deal Crab Orchard and a 1952 sedan owned by Glenn L Tanner Beckley.
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Basil J. Meador
Harper Road
Beckley
Valley Drive
Piney Ave
Meador
Brake Engineering Co
Eisenhower Drive
Ida K. Deal
Crab Orchard
Glenn L. Tanner
Ship Sails Sans Strikers Toward Bermuda
The Queen of Bermuda sailed from New York with a 120 man skeleton crew leaving 300 crewmen stranded as alleged deserters. The 22,500 ton liner headed toward Bermuda yesterday without passengers aboard.
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New York
Queen of Bermuda
Bermuda
Legislature Today Senate Votes On 1956 Veteran Bonus Referendum
Both houses convene at 2 p.m. Senate pass on House approved referendum to pay a Korean War veteran bonus in the 1956 election. House handles motion to reconsider last week’s approval of lower farm truck license fees. Passage votes on omnibus bills would raise salaries for sheriffs county and circuit clerks prosecutors assessors and other county officials.
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Charleston
House
Senate
Road Commission
Gov. Marland
Liquor Control Commission
John Marland
Gov
Marland
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Associated Press
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