Half Dollars Scarce Despite High Treasury Output
Treasury officials say Kennedy half dollars remain in short supply despite heavy production. Wallace notes demand continues to rise while future production levels are debated March 1 by the Joint Commission on the Coinage. Silver content changes and melt restrictions frame the coin’s fate as inflation and collector interest persist.
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Washington
Treasury Department
John F. Kennedy
Robert A. Wallace
the Treasury
Treasury
Joint Commission On the
Kennedy
Wallace
Denmark Vote Tests Socialists in Tight Election
In Copenhagen Premier Jens Otto Krag leads the Social Democrats in national elections to curb inflation and rising living costs. A 179 seat Folketing battle centers on coalition potential as Radical Liberals lean right and turnout nears a record 90 percent.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Jens Otto Krag
Krag
Britain
Social Democrats
Folketing
Peoples Socialist Party
Mason County Cancer Donations Exceed Goal in State Rank
Mason County’s American Cancer Society unit, chaired by Mrs. William Bardin Jr., reported the county reached 127.6 percent of its goal and the state exceeded its target at 102.2 percent. The county raised 3548 dollars in April 1967, with 38 clinics since October 1964 administering 624 tests and eight needing immediate attention.
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Mason County
Point Pleasant
William Bardin Jr
West Virginia
American Cancer Society
Again
American Cancer
Rardin
Speaker To Discuss Retardation Facilities In West Virginia
Richard A. Kelly executive director of Green Acres Regional Center for the Mentally Retarded will speak at the Mason County Association for Retarded Children January meeting in Point Pleasant. The center serves Cabell Mason Wayne and Lincoln counties with phase I funded by 200000 grant and phase II under review for a 70 80 client sheltered workshop and a 40 student training center. Future plans include medical facilities classrooms and recreation for 150 residents and 200 day care students.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Association For Retarded
Richard A. Kelly
New Green Acres
Lesage
W. Va
Appalachian Power Co
Green Acres
Cabell, Mason, Wayne, and
Lincoln
State Board of Health
Music Group Set for Rio Grande College Evening
Claretta Fremon and her group will perform at Rio Grande College on Thursday at 8 p.m. The program features Broadway standards, classical pieces, show tunes and excerpts from Porgy and Bess. Fremon has appeared on radio and TV and in theater and clubs, with TV credits including The Defenders, The Nurses, Naked City, Hallmark Theater and The Sammy Davis Show. Broadway roles include Showboat Lost in the Stars and Porgy and Bess.
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Rio Grande
Claretta Fremon
Rio Grande College
Porgy and
Bess
Miss Fremon
the Nurses
Hallmark Theater
Sammy Davis
Broadway
Porgy and Bess
Fight File For Office In Point Pleasant
Seven persons filed for committeeman positions on both major parties in Point Pleasant. Democrat ticket entries include Dorothy K. Mitchell Lewis District Louise Pickens Union District Allie L. Hoffman Cooper District and Houston Seward Clendenin District. Republican filing lists William F. Litchfield Clendenin District. Osburn Stewart filed as a Democrat candidate.
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Point Pleasant
Dorothy K. Mitchell
Lewis
Lou Emma Thompson
Hannan
Garnet Herdman
Cologne
Louise Pickens
Union
Allie L. Hoffman
Cooper
Houston Seward
Clendenin
William F. Litchfield
Clenenin
Osburn Stewart
Holzer Hospital News announces births and dismissals
Mr. and Mrs. John William Billups of Point Pleasant welcomed a son. Several admissions include Mrs. Charles L. Selby of Gallipolis and William Walkup of West Columbia. Dismissals list multiple patients with varied last names and towns, concluding with several discharged individuals.
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John William Billups
Point Pleasant
Charles L. Selby
Gallipolis
William Walkup
West Columbia
Luther
Jacob Kisor
Wellston
Gilbert M. Craig
Dean Black
Ravenswood
Janet Neal
R. Clifford Hill
Racine
Jeffery Alan Young
Hamden
George A. Sloan
Mont G. Robinson
Pedro
Curne Fitzpatrick Jr
Cheshire
Rep Miller Plans Visit To District In Southeast Ohio
Rep Clarence E Miller will visit Law rence Vinton Gallia and Fairfield counties in a weekend schedule. He will fly from Washington to Huntington Friday and hold open door sessions at Lawrence County Law Library 3 to 5 p.m. Then 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Vinton County Courthouse in McArthur, and 3 to 5 p.m. at Gallia County Courthouse. Constituents are invited to discuss federal government matters.
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Clarence E. Miller
Ohio
Lawrence
Vinton
Gallia
Fairfield
Washington
Huntington
Law Library
Lawrence County
Miller
County Commissioners
Vinton County
McArthur
Gallia County
Dudding Seeks School Board Seat in May Election
Willis L. Dudding, 39, of Mason, filed on the non partisan slate for a seat on the Point Pleasant school board for the May 14 election. He works at Philip Sporn, is Wahama High School alumni, a U S Air Force veteran, married to Betty with children Randy and Lisa. Two seats will be filled. William Howard will not seek reelection and Harry Siders has filed as a candidate.
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Point Pleasant
Willis L. Dudding
Mason
Board of Education
Dudding
Philip Sporn
Wahama High School
U.S. Air Force
Betty
Randy
Lisa
William Howard
New Haven
Harry Siders
Pleasant Valley Hospital Births and fines report
Pleasant Valley Hospital notes record a birth to Mr and Mrs Harold Ride Nour Point Pleasant a daughter. Other entries list Susan Martin West Columbia Susan Lee Point Pleasant on birth notes and Bessie Graham Harrisonville and Mrs Thomas Jones Cheshire. Gary Griffith Meigs County fined 50 dollars and costs in municipal court for a bad check and made restitution.
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Susan Martin
West Columbia
Susan Lee
Point Pleasant
Bessie Graham
Harrisonville
Thomas Jones
Cheshire
William Bryan
Martha Hawthorne
Andrew Kent
Wendell Adkins
Gallipolis
Gary Griffith
Meigs County
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Associated Press
The
Hilmar Baunsgaard
Peoples Socialists
Liberal Center
Greenland
Faroe Islands
Mary Lynch
Mason Mother’s Club
John Gragg
Crusade
Howard Henry
E. Meadows
Home Demonstration Council
Mason Mother's Club
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
Athens Messenger
Register
Wjeh Radio
John Grubb
Roy Eschenaur
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Edna Gettles
Isabelle Sutton
Luella Morgan
Joan Rose
Jean Roush
Mason County Cancer Society
Mary Lynch and
Dorothy Scholz
Mabel Morgan
Linda Slindee
Lucille Jividen
Leeva Stewart
Leon
Charles Timothy Crump
Betty Lou Rayburn
Paul McCoy
Toledo Hospital
Toledo
McCoy
Holzer Hospital News
Edward Bentine
John Booth
Jimmy C. Caldwell
Freida Henry
Harold F. Hill
Clarence Searberry
Wilie F. Shaffer
Bill Wallin
David Stiffler
Rep. Miller
Gibson Ice Maker
Serta Mattresses
Bassett
National Mattress Company
Vaughan Furniture Company
Siro, QB
Rutland Furniture
Arnold Grate
Rutland, Ohio
Harold Ridenour
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