Ike and Taft Confer on Legislative Problems
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen. Robert A. Taft met to discuss looming legislative tasks for the next Congress. They projected general conclusions with no definite program, citing an exchange of views and potential topics ready to surface when Congress opens in January.
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Taft
Py Relman Morin
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Korea
Eisen
Rural Council Forms Livestock Commission
The Rural Development Commission discusses forming a Livestock Commission to aid beef hog and sheep producers and suggests pasture improvement focus. Other items include fire law amendments for emergency closures and plans for a December meeting in Beckley on forest disease funding.
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Bob
Rural Development Commission
H. B. Thomas
RDC
Livestock Commission
F. F. Rothlisberger
RDC Forestry Commission
Conservation Commission
RDS
Eugene Scott
West Virginia
Beckley
Poultry Commission
Hinton
Memorial Building
C. F. Shackelford
Ronceverte
Beckley and Oak Hill Weather Snapshot
Beckley reports cloudy conditions with rain tonight and Thursday, cooler west portion with lows in the 40s, 45 to 50 east. Highs yesterday not listed. 7 am to noon readings missing. Oak Hill shows similar data gaps. Glade Creek and Bluestone Reservoir status near normal levels with several stations reporting below-dormant stages and clear conditions.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New
Dormat
Bluestone Reservoir
Cleex
Stock market gains and losses at New York steady after opening
The New York stock market opened with vigor and the tape moved higher, with gains near a point on many issues. U.S. Gypsum led early with about a two point rise while Goodrich fluctuated, trading down by roughly one to two points from the average.
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New York
U. S Gypsum
Goodrich
Girl Dies Of Burns In Matoaka Incident
Virginia Mae Atsrood, 14, died in a Bluefield hospital eight hours after being burned when a pile of leaves she played in caught fire near her Matoaka home. Neighbors heard her scream but arrived too late.
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Virginia Mae Atsrood
Bluefield
Matoaka
McClaugherty Elected President of Auto Officials Group
U Don McClaugherty, West Virginia commissioner of motor vehicles, was elected president of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators at its 20th annual meeting in Chicago. The group pledged to promote driver training programs in secondary schools across the nation and Canada.
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Chicago
Don McClaugherty
West Virginia
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Canada
Methodists Ask Catholic Clergy For Support Aims
Atlantic City report shows Methodist Bishop Oxnam urging Catholic leaders to declare openly whether they seek public aid for Catholic schools. The call follows a Catholic declaration on education that drew protests from Baptist and Unitarian groups and sparked debate over government support for religious schooling.
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Atlantic City
Oxnam
Methodist Council of Bishops
Oxmam
Unitarium Ministers Association
Boston
Randolph urges military war against Communists in Korea
Randolph, former U. S. Representative from Randolph, West Virginia, told Rotarians in Greensburg that the United States should move from a political war in Korea to a military war using the Air Force to bomb Communist supply bases in Manchuria. He cited the Berlin airlift as proof that striking can force the Reds to concede.
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Greensburg
Jennnings Randolph
West Virginia
U. S
Korea
Randolph
Rotary International
Manchuria
Germany
Davis man linked to twin slayings as raids spread
In Tucker County, deputies and state police searched for Tony Damino and a brother-in-law in a double slaying. Damino and his wife Lucille were shot outside a physician's office. Damino died later in a Parsons hospital. A witness said Damino muttered a name before dying.
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Tucker County
D. E. Crosten
Tony Damino
Lucille Damino
Crosten
Damino
Parsons
Defense Leader To Visit Mullens In WV
Col. Edgar Sites head of West Virginia Civilian Defense accepts invitation to Mullens to explain program details. He mails a operations manual ahead of his Dec 1 visit and notes Mullens proximity to Charleston as a potential target area. Mayor Orr proclaims Nov 11 27 for resident volunteer service.
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Mullens
Col
Edgar Sites
West Virginia
Col. Sites
Manuel
Civilian Defense Organization
Charleston
D Grove Moler
Council
J. E. Orr
Jailed man charged with unpaid board and lodging bill
Jailed for Board Bill Wapper, ot Seckiey, charged with failure to pay his board and lodging bill, is held in Raleigh County Jail in default of 500 bond. Wapper, arrested Tuesday by Constable C. T. Hughes, was arraigned Tuesday night in Magistrate J. Meadows court. He was held to answer to the grand jury and remanded to jail.
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Koy Wapper
Ot Seckiey
Raleigh
Wapper
C. T. Hughes
J. Pp. Meadows
Air Chief Optimistic or Later Optimistic
Allied air forces bombed a large Communist headquarters and oil storage area near the Manchurian border as Gen. Vandenbergz toured Korea. Sabre jets protected bombers in a clash with MIGs over the Yalu River amid winter chills and renewed Chinese assaults on the Western Front.
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North Korea
Manchurian
U.S
Fifth Air Force
Yalu
Hoyt S. Vandenbergz
Air Force
Manchuria
Vandenberg
Ko Area
Inter
Yes Toll Road
Tles
Oriskany
Turnpike Work Set Next Week New Bids Sought
Negotiations finish for about 2000 parcels along the 83 mile West Virginia Turnpike route. The right of way will average 250 feet with more land purchased where practical. Work resumes atop Bluestone River Gorge in Mercer County after a halt since September 11 on the Charleston to Princeton expressway. C E Wetherall Co. of Huntington plans to wind down crews and start equipment next week.
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West Virginia Turnpike
Ray Cavendish
State Turnpike Commission
Bluestone River
Mercer County
Charleston
Princeton
C. E. Wetherall Co
Huntington
Probe of Widen Trouble Slated
CHARLESTON UI-Labor Commissioner Charles Sattler said public committee hearings would begin Nov. 25 on the turbulent Widen situation in Clay County. A coal strike ongoing since Sept. 20 prompts the three member committee chaired by Sattler to investigate the Widen strike. Members include Atty. Gen. John G. Fox and State Police Superintendent W. E. Burchett. The panel will meet Nov. 25-26 at 3 a.m. in the Statehouse house of delegates chamber, with possible extensions if testifiers are plentiful. Invitations were mailed to complainants and to those with knowledge of conditions, with Burchett to aid in locating those with unknown addresses.
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Charleston
Charles Sattler
Widen
Clay County
Sattler
House of Delegates
Statehouse
Burchett
West Virginia Civil Defense Conference Opens in Columbus
Mayors and county defense directors from seven target-area cities in West Virginia attend a three day Civil Defense conference in Columbus. Lt. Col. Edgar M. Sites deputy director of Civil Defense in the state is among the representatives.
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Columbus
U. UN
West Virginia
Edgar M. Sites
Fires in Sixth District Extinguished By Rain
Rain cooled the Sixth District fires with six blazes put out today. The fires were near Maitland and Indian Ridge in Algoma, Bee Branch of Bull Creek in Jowell County, Castton in Payette County, Kegsey in Mercer County, and Birchton area. Forest fire season will close on October 15.
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Maitland
Indian Ridge
Algoma
Bee
Bull Creek
Yall
Jowell County
Castton
Payette County
Kegsey
Mercer County
Birchton
Hit and Run Charged Robbery at Wheeling Island
A man described as stocky in his early forties entered a Wheeling Island market, demanded money, brandished a pistol, and fled with about $1. He was identified as William Martin Beckley, arrested by city police and jailed awaiting trial after a brief detention.
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Wheeling
Wheeling Island
H. P. Smith
William Martin
Beckley
Liberty
Smith
Martin
Gov Patteson orders line with 1997 act on four lane turnpike
A federal ruling supports a two lane road now with plans to add two more lanes later. The project includes a $391,637.94 grading and drainage contract from Camp Creek to a proposed bridge, plus road relocations and a concrete substructure for the bridge. Cavendish noted bids open December 18 for other projects as tunnel work advances. Test borings completed for four major structures: tunnel Kanawha River Bluestone River and Four Mile Fork bridges.
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Wetherall
Camp Creek
Cavendish
Cabin Creek
Paint Creek
Kanawha
Charleston
Safety conference accident in Olympia injures inspector
In Olympia Washington State Safety Conference incidents raise safety concerns when State Safety Inspector W P Waldron fell on stairs fracturing his skull and suffering a concussion during the fourth annual event. A prior delegate also slipped on steps at the conference last year injuring an arm.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
W. P. Waldron
Chief Seeks Meat Price Rollback Plan Amid Debate
The Senate House Defense Production Committee questions Price Stabilizer Tighe Woods on the meat price rollback and whether retail meat prices can be cut. Republican leaders press Eisenhower for a stance on scrapping wage price and rent controls ahead of expiry next April.
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Congressional
Senate House Defense Production Committee
Sen
Mayvank
D-Sc
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Defense Production Committee
iCongress
Woodstone
Bricker
Robio
Jury awards $2 083 in road land suit
A Raleigh County jury awarded 2083 as just compensation for land needed by the State Road Commission for a widening project from Beckley to Shady Spring. The case against Russell Boggs and wife stemmed from a Monday start and involved valuation disputes with SRC witnesses. A separate jury was convened to hear an appeal case by John Earl Clay against Montgomery Ward Co.
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Raleigh
State Road Commission
Russell Boggs
SRC
Beckley
Shady Spring
J. Everett Shrewsbury
Norman Knapp
Donald Schaffer
Charleston
Schaffer
John Earl Clay
Montgomery Ward Co
Southern Governors Push Toll Roads And Water Conservation
Southern governors at a three day conference in New Orleans backed toll roads as a partial solution to traffic woes while prioritizing soil and water conservation. Gov Hermon Talmadge of Georgia, elected chairman, hailed regional progress across industry agriculture and economy.
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New Orleans
Hermat Talmadge
Georggia
South
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