Budget battle trims West Virginia state funds
Senate Finance reports a general revenue budget of 88.3 million for the next fiscal year, about 3 million below the Board of Public Works plan, with $7.7 million in potential deficit after legislative costs. House and Senate move to balance the budget include tax changes, school aid cuts, and revenue measures.
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Board of Public Works
Senate Finance
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Jackson
Dlogan
Sliow
West Virginia University
General Revenue Fund
House of Delegates
Finance Committee
House Finance
West Virginia University Medical and Dental School
Bowles
Legislature Today Signals Budget Action and Fee Increases
Both houses meet at 2 p.m. to decide on a budget bill amendment and higher legal advertising rates. House votes on a motor vehicle inspection program funding and a four cent per word increase in initial ads, with additional changes to delinquent real estate notices and political candidate advertising rules. If approved, the measures add about 3.8 million dollars annually and move to the Senate for concurrence before adjournment.
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House
State Liquor Commission
Jackson
Bowles
Associated Press
del. Loop
D-Kanawha
Judiciary Committee
del. Brotherton
Kanawha
del. Maxwell
D-Harrison
FEPC
Governors Polled On Road Funds
Senator Gore asks 48 state governors about their ability and willingness to raise more money to fund highway modernization. He chairs the Senate Public Works subcommittee weighing Eisenhower's plan for a decade long federal state program and his own proposal for increased federal aid.
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Washington
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Senate Public Works
Eisenhower
West Virginia Weather Outlook and Local Observations
Clouds persist with mild tonight in West Virginia. eastern and northern areas 24 to 28 degrees, southwest 28 to 35. Wednesday cooler to warmer, with light tonight and Wednesday snow or rain, totals 0.2 to 0.5 inch. Southern WV near normal temps, north 2-4 degrees below. weekend warmth returning. Rivers and reservoirs show muddy conditions, with Bluestone 62 feet above normal and Pool 29 miles long near full.
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Virginia
Eden Calls for Chiang To Withdraw Forces
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged Chiang Kai-shek to pull back Nationalist troops from the Formosa area and criticized evacuation reports of the Matsu islands. Eden praised U S restraint over Formosa, noted talks with Dulles, and urged both sides to avoid war while maintaining positions on Quemoy and the Matsus.
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Matsu Islands
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Matsus
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Quemoy
Matsu
China
House of Commons
Bangkok
U.S
State Dulles
Southeast Asia
Eden
United States
Tachen
Nanchi Islands
Pescadores
Murder Verdict Reversed Today
Malcolm Cameron Bragg, 23, of Kana wha County, was granted a new trial by the State Supreme Court after the court reversed his Kanawha County murder conviction of a Logan cab driver. The decision was 3 to 2 with two dissenters, ordering re trial. Gullett was killed on Nov 8, 1953, after Bragg admitted shooting the driver near Charleston following a Logan trip.
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Malcolm Cameron Bragg
Kanawha County
Logan
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Frank C. Haymond
Chauncey Browning
Bragg
Gullett
Kanawha
Whitesville man charged with permitting unlicensed driver
Griff Jarrell of Whitesville was taken from the Raleigh County Jail to Whitesville today by Charlie Casto on a charge of permitting an unlicensed person to drive his car.
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Whitesville
Raleigh
Charlie Casto
Shadrick jailed after drunken driving arrest in Metalton
Leroy Shadrick of Skelton is in Raleigh County Jail awaiting a hearing on a driving while intoxicated charge. State Police arrested him at 10 p.m. Monday after his car sideswiped a pickup driven by Elliott James Ellis of Eccles at Metalton. Police estimated vehicle damage at $800.
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Leroy Shadrick
Skelton
Raleigh
Shadrick
Elliott James Ellis
Eccles
Metalton
Rabid Dog Bites 22 at Gary School Yard
Gary health officials inoculate 22 children bitten by a rabid dog at Horace Mann school yard after tests by the State Board of Health in Indianapolis confirmed rabies. Officials say 48 people known to have handled the animal, including the 22 bitten, are identified.
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Gary
Horace Mann
State Board of Health
Indianapolis
Ohio Crest at Huntington Dam Recedes After Flood Push
The Ohio River crested near 59.4 feet at Dam 28 north of Huntington, forcing about 1,000 West Virginia residents from homes. Rivers stood at 7 a.m. and then leveled, with Ashland Dam 29 at 63.1 feet likely to rise briefly before cresting later today. Schools in Logan reopened as cleanup began. road W Va 10 remained impassable between Logan and Huntington. Williamson merchants cleaned Harvey Street and Third Avenue while lines were restored. Willamson reported no flood waters within city limits. Weather expected a pause in rain with light snow possible tonight or tomorrow.
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Ohio River
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Ashland
Logan
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Williamson Merchants
Weather Bureau
Canada U S Adopt New Warning Signals
Canada and the United States have adopted a new civil defense warning system to replace the all clear. Two signals remain alert and take cover with distinct tones for three to five minutes and three minutes respectively. Areas will interpret signals for evacuation or mobilization, while some regions will handle their own all clear.
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Civil Defense
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Canada
U.S. Civil Defense
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Starr to Admit Striking Maynor in Court
Patro lman Ted Starr will admit striking Jack Maynor only after Maynor lunged at him during arrest last November. Maynor sues Starr and Fidelity Casualty Co. for excessive force after a peace warrant entry into his bedroom. Thornhill says Starr acted within the law.
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Ted Starr
Jack Maynor
Maynor
W. A. Thornhill
Fidelity Casualty Co
New York
Howard Thompson
Thornhill
Fred Richmond
Burgess St
Starr
Clouds Drift Across Nation After Atomic Blast
Remnants of the latest and largest atomic explosion drifted east across the United States while AEC monitors track two mushroom cloud masses. The next test at Yucca Flat near Las Vegas will be smaller, with no injuries reported though 575 service personnel evacuated trenches distant from ground zero.
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Flu Bug Hits Mamie Ike's Catching Cold
President Eisenhower canceled his morning engagements due to slight cold symptoms while his wife Mamie was confined to bed with the flu. White House aide James Hagerty said the president stayed in the living quarters with Maj. Gen. Howard Snyder present and would likely report later on his condition. The doctor hopes he can return to his office by noon.
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Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Howard M. Snyder
Jury Selection May Take 3 Days in Jelke Trial
New York jurors continue selection in the Jelke case with three married men seated. Atty Liebler predicts the full panel will be chosen in two to three days. Jelke, 25, heir to an oleomargarine fortune, seeks a new trial after a prior conviction for compulsory prostitution.
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Playboy Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Asst. Dist
Anthony J. Liebler
Jelke
Francis L. Valente
Liebler
Mrs Walters Dies At Beckley Home
Eva C Walters aged 79 dies after long illness at her son James Walters Beckley home at 101 Hillcrest Drive. Body at Keyser Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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James W. Walters
Hillcrest Drive
Beckley
Keyser Funeral Home
Neutral Swiss government seizes anti Communist pamphlet
Bern authorities confiscate a pamphlet supporting Romanians who attacked Switzerland's legation in Bern on February 14. In Washington, Albert E. Kahn testified that the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union gave $1000 to press Harvey Matusow to recant his testimony as a former Communist. In Saigon, seven battalions of the South Vietnamese army were ordered to quell a revolt by deserters in the central mountains per French Press Agency.
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Switzerland
Washington
Albert E. Kahn
Parispi
Saigon
Seat Mile Tax Upheld For Municipalities
The Supreme Court upheld 3-2 the right of Charleston, South Charleston, and St. Albans to collect a seat mile tax on passenger bus operations within their borders, while reversing part of a Kanawha County ruling that required revenues to be allocated to street or road purposes. The decision sustained a section of the 1951 Motor Vehicle Code. the suit was brought by Charleston Transit Co. against Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joseph P. Condry.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Kanawha County
W. T. Lovins
James B. Riley
Leslie E. Given
Condry
Western Ewes to Arrive in Hin ton
A carload of 187 western sheep purchased by local farmers is expected to arrive in Hin ton Wednesday morning. The flock was ordered from South Dakota with help from the Rural Development Council. RDC Manager C. T. Shackelford said purchasers will be notified of the exact arrival time.
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Hinton
South Dakota
Rural Development Council
RDC
C. T. Shackelford
Summerlee Man Booked in Raleigh County Jail
Summerlee resident Delmar Wallace was booked at the Raleigh County Jail at 4 40 p m Monday by State Police on a charge of driving a vehicle without proper registration.
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Delmar Wallace
Summerlee
Raleigh
Ruling Will Aid City's Finances
The State Supreme Court approval of the bus seat mileage tax will boost Beckley’s revenue beyond the current year’s budget. City recorder E. J. Smith explained that the 1954 55 budget omitted the estimate due to uncertainty. In 1952 53 Beckley collected 1357 dollars, while the 1953 54 estimate was 1350 dollars. only 475.96 has been received by December 1953. The city expects seat mileage tax for part of 1953, all of 1954, and part of 1955.
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Beckley
E. J. Smith
City Recorder
Smith
Dulles briefings on Asia trip and policy signals
Secretary of State Dulles briefs the Senate and House foreign relations committees on his two week Asian tour. He prepares separate reports ahead of a nationwide radio TV address. Officials say his views indicate a possible upcoming Chinese Communist military move against Nationalist islands near Formosa. Harvard economist Galbraith warns of a boom bust cycle but cites safeguards against another crash. The House Rules Committee considers a code of fair practices for committees. Narcotics chief Anslinger and a secret agent discuss Communist plans to spread narcotics addiction globally.
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Formugsa
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Joh K. Galbraith
United States
Senate Banking Committee
H. J. Anslinger
Internal Security Subcommittee
Free World
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