Beckley Post Office bids open for new facility
Beckley moves toward a new post office as bids are invited to build and lease a roughly 20 100 square foot facility on North Kanawha and Croft streets with a 20 year lease. The project aims to replace the 1934 building and accelerate under the Postal Modernization Program. Bids close April 12, with the land and building to be purchased by the winning bidder.
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Post Office
Lilly
F. W. Simms
Charleston
Beckley
A. Fray Lilly
Arthur E. Summerfield
Neville St
Post Office Department
Solete
M. R. Clark
Washington
North Kanawha and
Croft Streets
Ashton Fire Home
MacTaggart
Beaver Coal Corp
Use Of Prisoners Rejected By City Preston, Grant Reeling Under Weather Impact
Everett R. Shafer of the Raleigh County Board of Education says almost all buses are running today. Two buses failed to complete routes due to road conditions. Bus No. 69 did not travel old Raleigh Road N. 7 because it wasn’t scraped. Bus No. 37 could not enter Cedar Road, Crab Orchard. Richmond District High School did not hold classes amid snowy conditions. Shafer commended drivers for their performance under the weather.
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Everett R. Shafer
Raleigh County
Charleston
Kingwood
Preston County
State Road Commission
W. R. Schooley
Schooley
National Guard
Camp Dawson
Roy C. Goff
Preston
W. Va
SRC
Grant County
City Decides Against Using Prisoners for Parking Lot Snow
Beckley street crews face manpower shortages and by pass ice and snow to keep streets open. Mayor Miller and Sheriff Mills discuss using Raleigh County Jail inmates at 25 cents a day, but the city opts to avoid prisoner labor unless an emergency arises. Street crews worked around the clock when heavy snow hit the city. A funeral procession required a parking lane clear for the Avis funeral at the Presbyterian Church.
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Beckley Street
City Today
The
Register
Raleigh County
Prince Street
Miller
Avis
Presbyterian Church
West Virginia Weather Outlook With Light Snow Tonight
Cloudy conditions with very light snow expected tonight. Highs near 25 to 32, lows around 10 in mountains and 10 elsewhere. Tuesday remains cold with a warming trend beginning Friday. Precipitation limited to one fourth inch or less with snow tonight and flurries Tuesday. Bald Knob skiing reported as excellent.
New Hampshire Primary Focus Amid Nixon Kennedy Battle
Campaigning for Tuesday's New Hampshire presidential primary, Nixon and Kennedy loom large in separate party divisions. Amid the race, Humphrey and Symington campaign elsewhere, while a civil rights filibuster reshapes Senate fortunes. Meanwhile in New Jersey a four year old girl fights foster-home custody over claims of high intelligence with state officials citing potential for greater development elsewhere.
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Associated Press
New Hampshire
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Kennedy
Wisconsin
Len Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Ilinois
Eisenhower
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
California Republican Assembly
Nixon
Chicago
Paul C. Fisher
Wesley Powell
Fisher
University of New Hampshire
Old Bridge
N. J
Richard Combs
Alice Marie
Snow Says Be Bad When It Stalls The Car
Sherwood Glutz voices frustration with heavy snow that cripples travel and raises bills. He wishes for a thaw and complains about the cold, using old rural speech to express weariness with perpetual winter.
Air Force asks 140000 for diaper service
The Air Force asked Congress for 140000 to fund diaper service for infants born or treated in government hospitals during the next fiscal year. Brig Gen John K Cullen said the service would cost about one cent per diaper, covering around a million changes annually, with cheaper contracting than in house laundering.
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Washington
United States Air Force
Congress
John K. Cullen
Eisenhower To Return To Washington After South American Tour
President Eisenhower, sun toned and cheerful, leaves Ramey Air Base Puerto Rico to fly to Andrews AFB for a radio TV address. He wraps up a 10 day swing through Brazil Argentina Chile and Uruguay, resting at Ramey after a speech at Dorado Beach and playing golf in good weather.
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Ramey Air Force Base
Puerto Rico
Eisenhower
Washington
U. S. Air Force Base
Andrews Air Force Base
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Dorado Beach
Dorado Beach Club
Here
Crime Group Meets After Death Threat in WV Capitol
Charleston AP report notes West Virginia Crime Commission held its first meeting amid a death threat to Senate President Ralph J. Bean over his selections for five Senate members. The commission will investigate crime and report by Sept. 1, with Bean and Pauley absent from today’s session.
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Charleston
West Virginia Crime Commission
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
Thomas F. Stafford
Charleston Gazette
Bean
State
House of Delegates
Harry R. Pauley
Stafford
Pauley
Senators
Commission
29th Good Skiing Day At Bald Knob Slopes
Bald Knob Ski Slopes enjoy 29th straight day of good skiing per manager Tom Minter. He notes Sunday had the highest activity of the winter so far, with about 275 skiers on the slopes.
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Bald Knob
Tom Minter
Sims Reported Critically Ill in Charleston
State Auditor Edgar B. Sims, 78, listed in critical condition at Charleston Memorial Hospital after fell ill with influenza since Friday. He was moved from his Spring Hill home in South Charleston to the hospital last night and placed in an oxygen tent. hospital officials had not yet determined if a stroke occurred.
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Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Spring Hill
South Charleston
Sims
Capitol
Supreme Court Hearing Set on Tax Collector's Expense Claim
State Supreme Court granted a hearing on Tax Commissioner Donald C. Carman's bid to compel State Auditor Edgar B. Sims to cover expense accounts for two tax department field employees. The session is scheduled for May 3.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Donald C. Carman
Edgar B. Sims
Tax Department
Rally For Smith At Raleigh County Courthouse
The Citizens-For-Smith rally for Hulett C. Smith's Democratic governor bid will convene at the Raleigh County Courthouse tonight at 7 30 with weather not delaying plans. Political leaders statewide plan to attend as officeholders are introduced and refreshments are provided by the Raleigh County Democratic Women. Edwin Ratliffe will MC and E E Bibb will introduce Smith who will set forth his platform to lift the state from economic doldrums. R D Bailey of Wyoming County will also speak.
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Raleigh County
Hulett C. Smith
Edwin Ratliffe
E. E. Bibb
Smith
West Virginia
R. D. Bailey
Wyoming County
Sidewalk Cleaning Law Cited Amid Walkway Hazards
City residents spar over an ordinance creating hazardous walkways for students and workers. Lowell Thomas is seen walking without boots along South Oakwood Avenue toward Institute Elementary School, highlighting noncompliance among pedestrians.
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Lowell Thomas
South Oakwood Avenue
Institute
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Grant
Cecil L. Miller
Okey A. Mills
Omeileg. Ey
D. E. Warden
Miler
Combs
Alice
State Board of Child Welfare
Trenton
Sherwood Glutz
House Appropriations Committee
Air Force
Cullen
Harry R. Sheppard
Calif
Sheppard
Lke
U.S
Roger Pemberton
Macey Lee Biggers
Morton - Reaves Elementary
Sedoo
M. E. Tyree
Stratton High School
Elks Lodge
South Heber Street
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