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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1957
Page
8
West Virginia Department of Mines opens a hearing at 2 pm into the Pocahontas Fuel Co mine blast that killed 11 miners. Fourteen escaped by sealing in an unexposed section, while investigators combat lingering gas to restore ventilation two miles from the shaft bottom.
In January 1958 Americans face tighter jobs and higher living costs. Wage growth slows and jobless totals could reach four million by spring, while personal incomes slip and debts rise. Prices stay steady for essentials though taxes bite, and new homes and cars look pricier. The note recalls Coventry WWI destruction.
The Northern Virginia University Board of Control named a 100 acre tract on Gallow Road in Fairfax County as the site for a 1.5 million dollar two year UVa branch college. Funding will be sought from Alexandria Falls Church Arlington and Fairfax counties. The four localities will consider land purchase and the Virginia Council on Higher Education will review building plans ahead of state appropriations.
A very wet New Year's Eve looked likely for much of the eastern half of the nation with cold in the north central region. Snow sleet and rain hit the midcontinent as warm Gulf air moved north into the Mississippi Valley and central plains. Snow totals ranged from one inch in northwestern Missouri to heavier falls in Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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