Conservation Department seeks $403000 to run state parks
The Conservation Department requests a $403000 budget for next year, a $225230 rise from this year’s $177770. Revenue bonds of $4.4 million funded park improvements, with income pledged to retire the 25 year issue, while $130000 of the increase comes from earlier park expansion funding.
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Conservation Department
Charleston
University and Marshall College
Will
Earl J. Johnson
Parks
West Virginia
West Virginia park system plans and staffing push
West Virginia officials outline a capital and staffing drive for the state parks system. Feasibility studies project lodging capacity rising to 2 000 with bond-financed expansions while the legislature funds maintenance and salaries, including 20 new positions and higher pay for technical staff.
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Point Pleasant Battle Memorial
Morgan Morgan
Shepherdstown
Rumsey
Panhandle
Cedar Creek
Gilmer County
North Bend Park
Ritchie County
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Harrison
Smith
Johnson
Bluestone
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Last River
Cacapon
Audra
Barbour County
Blackwater Falls
Tygart Lake
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Roy B. Christian
Welch
Feud in California Union Sparks Hotel Invasions
In San Francisco a factional feud within the International Union of Bakery and Confectionary Workers led to claims of invasions of three hotel rooms by a strong arm squad. Union president James G. Cross and three organizers faced kidnapping and assault charges, bail set at 5000 each.
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San Francisco
International Union of Bakery and Confectionary Workers
James G. Cross
Washington, D.C
Cross
Sheraton Palace
Joseph G. Kane
Long Island
N.Y
Nathan Erhlich
New York
Erhlich
Lillian
Louis Genuth
Kane
Erhlichs
Genuth
George Stuart
Frank Gardone
Pittsburgh
Frank Mykato
Scranton
Kare
State DPA Awards Hit Record Low Amid Welfare Aid
State Department of Public Assistance reported 53,024 cases last month, one of the lowest in 12 months, with February March and August lower. September payments totaled over 2.4 million dollars, supporting old age assistance, aid to the blind, dependent children, disabled persons, and general assistance.
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Charleston
State Department of Public Assistance
Department
Churchill Improves after Cold at NICE Villa Stay
Sir Winston Churchill is recovering satisfactorily from a cold that kept him indoors for several days his secretary said today. The 81 year old former prime minister vacationing at a villa near Nice where he has been painting outdoors.
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Nice
France
Winston Churchill
Emery Reeves
Challenge For Dr Mays a 1950 novel excerpt
In a rainy afternoon scene, Dr Mays arrives with a tall assistant to John Blandin's home after a Chicago train stop at Delmar. Reporters arrive as a potential press spotlight follows the doctor who seeks anonymity, negotiating a salary share with John while plotting to deflect publicity and set terms for his media image.
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Eli
Helen
John
Delmar
Chicago
Papa
Dr. Mays
Hive
Mays
Dozzone
Chad
India
Inja
London Hall Refuses Rock And Roll Concert
London, 4 American jazz man Lionel Hampton cannot perform at Royal Albert Hall on Friday. Directors banned rock and roll after reports of Hampton's Empress Hall show where teenagers smashed seals. Hampton said the crowd chaos forced them to play God Save the Queen to finish the night.
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London
Lionel Ffampton
Royal Albert Hall
Hampton
Empress Hall
Illinois Troopers Shot in Battle Near Lincoln
Two Illinois state police officers were shot during a roadside gun battle with four armed men on U.S. Route 66 bypass near Lincoln. Officer Glen Nichols was critically wounded, Officer Robert Golightly was wounded, two suspects were captured, two fled. Sheriff William Keys said no charges announced yet.
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Lincoln, Ill
Glen. Nichols
Robert Golighy
William. Keys
Logan County
Keys
Lincoln
Ilinois
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Endorses Eisenhower for Re-Election
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a politically independent morning paper, endorses Eisenhower for re-election citing peace and prosperity as the campaign pillars. The paper previously backed Eisenhower in 1952 against Adlai E. Stevenson. Black Dog, a Navy veteran mascot, is described as over a century old in humorous framing.
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The
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Eisenhower
Hichalee
the Post-Gazette
Adlai E. Stevenson
Black Dog
Navy
Lakehurst
N.J
Naval Air Station
Glynco
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