Underwood Proposes West Virginia as Underground Industry Base
West Virginia Governor Cecil H. Underwood proposed using parts of the state as underground industrial facilities to protect critical industries from hydrogen bomb attacks. He cited limestone deposits in north central West Virginia as favorable, and said an industrial park is being considered with access to Washington and existing rail and air links.
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Underwood
Associated Press
Washington
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
The
American Society of Civil Engineers
Pos
Living costs rise to record high in latest government report
Beate Washington reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the cost of living up three tenths of a percent to 125.2 percent of the 1947-49 average. Every major budget item rose except transportation, shrinking purchasing power by about one cent per month. Hershey S. Riley dismisses talk of creeping inflation despite the seasonal rise.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rare Open Heart Operation Restores Truck Driver Lives
An Everett truck driver, given months to live, shows signs of recovery after a rare open heart procedure in Seattle using a heart lung machine and a water cooled heat exchanger. Surgeons corrected an aortic valve defect while cooling and thinning the blood supply to reduce transfusions and shocks. Vernon Bertilson, 42, is expected to return to work.
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Seattle
Wash
Everett
K. William Edmark
Edmark
Vernon Bertilson
Stock Market Swindle Eyed by SEC Probe
The SEC opened a continuing investigation into stock manipulation by underwriters in new electronics and defense firm offerings. insiders allegedly withheld blocks of stock to drive up prices, later selling at high levels. The move could lift pay for about 1.236 million workers across rail, electrical, and aircraft industries.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Railroad
Pullman Company
Railway Express
General Electric and
Sylvania
Douglas, Northrop, McDonnell and Hayes
Police Warn City Drivers About City Permit Checks
Beckley residents who drive vehicles are warned about a $2 city operator permit. Police say 7 070 of roughly 7 500 drivers have licenses, about 300 delinquent. Road blocks Wednesday led to arrests and enforcement. driving without a permit carries a $10 fine and license purchase. Get the permit now to avoid higher costs.
Chicago Meat Strike Vote On Tentative Swift Pact
About 18 000 striking workers at Swift & Co will vote this weekend on a tentative contract to end a seven week walkout that began during the meat packing dispute in Chicago.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Woman Shopper Leaves Beav er Hardware With Pipe Sets
A woman shopper departs Beav er Hardware carrying two stove pipe sections under one arm and elbow pipe under the other, while her husband trails with her purse.
Family income rises but costs erode gains in 1958
Census Bureau data show the 1958 median family income at 5087, up 116 from 1957, while consumer prices climbed nearly 3 percent. Nonfarm family average income rose to 5338, and farm family incomes jumped to 2747, reflecting uneven gains amid inflation.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Maine girl found after six days with ex convict kidnapper
A 14 year old girl from Damariscotta Maine missing six days was found in Lyndonville Vermont. She said ex convict Rodney Austin of Newcastle Maine abducted her at knifepoint while babysitting and moved through Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. She reported injuries and said they stayed in a vacant Franklin Vermont home before Austin fled as police closed in.
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Lyndonville, Vt
Maine
Sharon Simmons
Damariscotta
Sharon
Rodney Austin
Newcastle
New Hampshire
Vermont
Austin
Franklin
Lyndonville
Fishermen Electrocuted Fish By Damaging Line Incident
Shelton West and two companions waded in the South Licking River when a high voltage line snapped and fell into the water. Their rubber boots protected them as hundreds of fish were electrocuted, and the men later scooped up the stunned catch.
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Cynthiana, Ky
Shelton West
Licking River
Steel strike case hinges on next week court ruling
Philadelphia AP reports the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will decide whether to vacate Judge Sorg's injunction ending the strike. A decision could lead to a stay or prompt a Supreme Court appeal, with the strike likely to continue into next week unless a settlement is reached.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Herbert P. Sorg
U. S. District Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Sorg
United Steelworkers
U. S.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
India accuses China of border attack in Ladakh
New Delhi reports 17 Indian deaths and several missing after a heavy assault by Chinese troops inside Indian territory in the Ladakh sector of Kashmir. The government says the strike occurred miles inside the border, with Indian troops overwhelmed by grenades and mortars. Peiping maintains the area is Chinese territory and has linked Tibet to western China.
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New Delhi
India
Red China
Ladakh
Kashmir
Peiping
Tibet
China
Foreign Ministry
Five Soviet composers begin U S tour in cultural exchange
Dimitri Shostakovich and four fellow Soviet composers arrived in New York for a month long tour with American symphonic orchestras under the U S Soviet cultural exchange program. The report also notes related items including a delayed deportation of Felix Montalban after a San Francisco auto crash. Other items cover Eisenhower golfing at Augusta, the Hannan quintuplets burial in Taylor Texas, and CBS quiz show tensions.
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Dimitri Shostakovich
New York
Felix Montalban
Philippines
Montalban
U. S
San Francisco
Eisenhower
Augusta
Augusta National Course
Castro Threatens Armed Militia in TV Address
Fidel Castro vowed to raise an armed militia of workers and peasants if bombing raids continue. He urged a Monday demonstration of a million citizens to protest what he called counter revolutionary planes based in the United States. Two Cubans were killed and 46 wounded in the Wednesday attacks as unrest mounted around Havana.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Thrnes
United States
Fulgencio Batista
Castro
Revolutionary Army
Camaguey
Fidel
Robert Salas Hernandez
Salas
U. S
Guantanamo
Cuba
United
Canada
Washington
East Beckley Monster Myth Declared Nonexistent By Police
Police say the East Beckley Monster is a myth with no real creature on the loose. Local rumors sparked calls to The Register as residents feared sightings and gunfire incidents were later described as stray dogs being shot, while one resident praised the area’s police presence.
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East Beckley
Register
Anderson To Resign Chamber Directorship
Harry Anderson managing director of the Beckley Chamber of Commerce is expected to resign at a board meeting at 4 p.m. today. He has not been paid since August and the chamber with a $20 000 budget has raised just over 12 000 this year. Anderson has led the chamber since May 15 1958.
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Harry Anderson
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Anderson
Moscow urges early meeting of East West summit
The Tass news agency in Moscow urged that the East West summit be called quickly to ease international tension. It aligned with the United States and Britain on a December date, while not addressing de Gaulle’s spring session. Diplomats in Bonn reported de Gaulle invited Eisenhower Macmillan and Adenauer to Paris for talks.
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London
Moscow
United States
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
Tass
Paris
Bonn
de Gaulle
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillian
Konrad Adenauer
West Virginia to Try Chicago Man for 1955 Double Murder
Nick Petrou 54, held in Illinois State Prison for assault with intent to kill to be brought back to West Virginia to face trial for the April 1955 murders of Mrs. Frances Laughlin and her maid Mrs. Joan Bland in Clarksburg. WVU receives 8142 dollars from the NIH for continued penereer investigation of anemia.
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Nick Petrou
Chicago
Illinois
West Virginia
Frances Laughlin
Clarksburg
Joan Bland
U. S. Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
West Virginia University
Breathalyzer Dispute Sways Cassity Case Testimony
In Crim Court Mabscott jurors heard the case against James Cassity. The defense challenged the breathalyzer reading of .23 as possibly inaccurate due to acidosis and other factors. Prosecution cited a .15 reading as evidence of intoxication with witnesses detailing Cassity’s movements and associates. Cassity claimed he had little to drink and blamed weather and medicine for his appearance.
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James Cassity
Mabscott
Raleigh County
Anthony J. Sparacino
Cassity
Joseph Luchini
Valley Drive
Micky Kandrich
Kandrich
Cassidy
Oasis
Siamese Twins Separated. Condition Improving
The Stubblefield Siamese twins Jeanett and Denett, separated Oct 6, are out of danger at last. University of Oregon Medical School Hospital officials report their conditions are satisfactory and the outlook is favorable. A 17-member team performed the operation. Jeanett's earlier peril eased after a week of constant care.
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Portland
Ore
University of Oregon Medical School
Jeanett
Denett
Sherwood Glutz Riffs on Friday Pay Day and Inflation
Sherwood Glutz complains Friday pay is necessary to cover debts and rising costs. He laments inflation making life and even funerals unaffordable, but argues living in style remains desirable despite money troubles.
Third Raleigh archer bags deer in Ghent area
Andrew W. Epling of Flat Top became the third Raleigh County archer to kill a deer this bow season. The others are Bill Lewick, James Cook, and Raymond Eye note, all Beckley Archery Club members. The season runs through December 31 and only Raleigh County east of Route 16 is open.
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Andrew W. Epling
Raleigh County
Epling
Ghent
Raymond Eye
Bill lLewick
Beckley
James Cook
Hotchkiss
Beckley Archery Club
Officer Eye
Route 16
The
Conservation Commission
Glen Daniel
Arnett
Judges Ponder Ruling As Strike Enters 101st Day
The 101st day of the steel strike saw three federal judges review the Taft Hartley injunction amid union and industry arguments. The court urged collective bargaining while the government warned of national health and safety risks, with loss estimates exceeding five billion dollars.
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Philadelphia
U. S. District Gemee
Pittsburgh
America
John Biggs Jr
Herbert F. Goodrich
William Hastie
West Virginia Weather Report
Mostly cloudy and mild today with a high near 65 to 75 degrees. Expect cloudy skies, humid conditions, and overnight lows in the 60s to low 70s across the western areas.
Weather Update From East Portion Tonight
The east portion expects humid windy and warmer conditions this Saturday with showery weather and scattered thunderstorms. Rivers at Bel lepoint and Greenbrier area report normal cloud cover with Bluestone gauge at 2.3 feet.
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Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
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U.S
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