TV and Radio Roundup on Olivier Richard III and Kong Memories
New York critic reviews a week of NBC CBS programming with Richard III and See It Now on NBC and The Twisted Cross and Out of Darkness on CBS. Trendex shows Richard III top audience, while The Twisted Cross leads NBC. Kong nostalgia echoing across age groups. Sweden uses helicopters to detect traffic offenses.
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Charles Mercer
New York
Loox
Nbc-Tv
Laurence Olivier
Edward R Murrow
Qbs-Tv
Cruse
Nazi Germany
Shakspeare
Cbs-Tv
Trendex
Murrow
Twisted Cross
NBC
CBS
King Kong
Bruce Cabot
Fay Wray
Kong
Empire State Building
Hollywood
The
Royal
Costs Rise Across Business Fields Warn of Higher Prices
New York based Business Mirror reports rising costs across rail, water, and road shipping plus wage hikes and broader price pressures. Freight rates climb as shippers pay about 400 million dollars more yearly to railroads and waterway costs rise about six percent. highway costs may follow if gas diesel and tire taxes pass. Wage demands grow with two million workers gaining raises under federal minimum wage and possible automatic raises tied to union contracts. Bank economists warn inflation risks if demand expands too much, while avoiding a slide in sales and higher unemployment.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Great Lakes
Congress
Textile Workers Union
New England
First National City Bank of New York
Auditor Refuses Ridgley Claim Pay for Injury Suit
West Virginia auditor Edgar B. Sims rejected paying Carl V. Ridgley a $10,000 claim approved by the 1956 Legislature for injuries in a Huntington auto mishap with a National Guard truck. Sims cited lack of full medical disclosure and insufficient proof linking losses to the accident. He did approve four smaller claims totaling $770.34 against the State Adjutant General for vehicle and property damages involving National Guard activities.
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Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Huntington
Carl V
Duke) Ridgley
Ridgley
Old State Court of Claims
National Guard
Court of Claims
John G. Fox
Sims
Lawrence Mohr
Point Pleasant
Frman G. Gillespie
Temple
D.C
Leonard Hash
West Virginia Air National Guard
Joseph W. Roush
Roush
G. T. Williams
Jobless Benefits Dip From Last February
West Virginians received 890 562 in jobless benefits in February down from 903 809 in January and 2 299 32 in February 1955. The Employment Security Department reports a trust fund balance of 58 241 686 as of Feb 23 versus 57 619 658 at end of January and 59 097 005 on Feb 28 1955. Readjustment allowances to veterans under a 1962 federal act totaled 175 817 in February compared with 174 637 in January and 371 339 in February last year.
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Charleston
West
Depot ceremony recalls anniversary and growth
In San Antonio Texas a ceremony at the San Antonio General Depot echoed a past event. An elder recalled a 15 year earlier moment when Gen John A Porter spoke at the depot's 100th anniversary. The speaker began with a formal greeting. He said the depot is now entering its full floor of maternity.
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San Antonio
Tex
San Antonio General Depot
John A. Porter
Sproul Heads UC Berkeley with No PhD Yet
Berkeley's Robert Gordon Sproul, president of the University of California for 46 years, has run eight campuses without a PhD. James Bryant Conant and Lewis Strauss will speak at Charter Day. Sproul rejects higher pay and emphasizes a unified state system and clean athletics amid growth.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Robert Gordon Sprout
James Bryant Conant
U. S
Germany
Harvard University
Lewis I. Strauss
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Los Angeles
Sproul
California
UCLA
Associated Press
San Francisco
Columbia University
Ernest O. Lawrence
Glen T. Seaborg
Radiation Laboratory
Lipermore
Los Alamos, N.M
Atomic Energy Commission
State University
Kentuckians Hike Damage Claim in WV Station Case
A amended U S District Court petition from Boyd County officials Calvin Gearhart and Gerald Lyons seeks damages rising from 25 000 to 100 000 against WSAZ Inc of Huntington West Virginia over radio and TV programs aired April 12 13 and 14 1955 alleging false statements. Affidavits said to be from Boyd County jail prisoners claimed gamblers and bootleggers were shaken down for payoffs to operate.
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Catlettsburg
U.S. District Court
Boyd
Wsaz, Inc
Hunstington
W. Va
Calvin Gearhart
Gerald Lyons
Boyd County
Shinnston Man Resigns From State Motor Vehicles Post
The State Motor Vehicles Department announces the resignation of Michael T. Davoli of Shinnston as chief accountant after 2 years to enter private business. Commissioner Joseph P. Condey asks Davoli to remain for at least 90 days to cover the annual license plate period.
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Charleston
Mountain State miscellany reflects jail, retirees, and regional notes
A Mountain State miscellany covers the new Marshal County Jail in Moundsville praised for security and efficiency, retirements of Dr. Fritz Levy and bus driver Harry Dean, a veteran WV doctor’s 50 years in practice, and bank debit gains in five West Virginia cities. It also notes efforts to attract a Spencer furniture plant, a Weirton speakers’ conference, church higher-education study, a new Waitiman Barrie Junior High in Monongalia, tax revenue trends, and Reykjavik’s distance to New York City.
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Wheeling
Harry T
Shorty) Dean
Old West Virginia Traction and Electric Co
Dean
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McDowell County
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