Virginia Hospital Official Denounces Federal Inspection
Virginia hospital official Stuart D. Ogren denounces a 100 agent inspection tour over Civil Rights Act concerns. He warns tactics may pressure hospitals to neglect Medicare and welfare programs while DEWHEP pushes equal care across races and threatens federal aid for construction and modernization.
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Richmond, Va
Virginia
Stuart D. Ogren
Ogren
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Welch Studies Parking Bonds In Welch City Council Proposal
The Welch City Council introduced an ordinance for a $50,000 six year general revenue bond refer endum to fund a parking lot across from City Hall. A public meeting set for May 9 at 4 p.m. is expected to approve passage. The plan includes $30,000 in bonds sold outright with $20,000 held in reserve. Grace Hospital officials pledged to buy $30,000 in bonds. Mayor W B Swope said the creek bed parking concept has gained interest elsewhere including Grundy Virginia and smaller towns. The lot would cover a creek bed with pipes to keep flow. The council also approved $18,000 in building permits including an 10,000 addition for Fanning Funeral Home and remodeling at Katos Store for a ladies apparel shop with an 8,000 cost.
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City Hall
Welch
Grace Hospital
W. B. Swope
Grundy
U. S. Steel Corp
Army Engineers
Welch Lot
Fanning Funeral Home
Virginia Avenue
Kato’s Store
West Virginia
Goodson
Rhodes Building
McDowell Street
Attorney Not Aboard Plane That Crashed
Attorney Robert Miller of Tucson was initially believed safe after a fiery plane crash near Nogales Mexico. Authorities said Miller’s wife Mary and two sons Scott and Mark were among the dead in the twin-engine D18 charter that crashed minutes after takeoff en route to Guaymas.
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Nogales
Mexico
Robert Miller
Tucson
Ariz
Hermosillo
Miller
Mary
Scott
Mark
Guaymas
Contract Signed For Airport Study
The Appalachian Regional Commission announced a $24 713 contract with Management & Economics Research Inc of Palo Alto California for an airport study in the Appalachia region. The study will develop guidelines for locating and funding airport projects and aid Commission recommendations.
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Washington
Appalachian Regional Commission
Management & Economics Research, Inc
Palo Alto
Calif
Appalachia
Mortgage Rates Hiked Across FHA VA Backed Loans
Washington AP reports government backed home mortgage rates rose to 6 percent including FHA and Veterans Administration premiums. The increases aim to align mortgage funds with demand, though four fixed law programs are exempt. Existing FHA VA guarantees remain at signed rates.
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Washington
FHA
Weekend and Tuesday Forecast for Mild Week
Forecast shows temperatures near normal highs 36 south 63 north and lows 44 south 37 north. Warmer Tuesday and mild rest of week. Expect showers early and again Saturday totaling under one inch.
Tazewell County approves one percent local sales tax
The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors approved a proposed one per cent local sales tax in a special meeting. If passed, half of one per cent will be shared among the four towns by school population basis. The vote was 2 to 1 with Hedrick dissenting. Budget discussions continued with no final decisions.
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Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Tazewell
E. R. Kilgore
J. B. Batley
Graham Hedrick
Building Agency To Test Legality In Charleston
The State Building Commission approved a plan to begin an $18 million project and secured $250000 in bonds for property acquisition. Secretary of State Robert Bailey, the commission secretary, opposed the move.
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Charleston
State Building Commission
Robert Bailey
Commission
Estes Says Firms Knew About Fraud
Billie Sol Estes testified that finance companies agreed to deal with him in mortgages they knew were fraudulent. He named firms including Walter E. Heller Co and First Acceptance Corp, and said the tanks did not exist. A rival attorney denied charges against Kuykendall Investments.
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Lubbock
Roger L. Kuykendall Investments
Estes
Associates Investment Co
South Bend
Ind
CIT Corp
First Acceptance Corp
Minneapolis
Leo Brewster
Pacific Finance Corp
Commercial Credit
Pioneer Finance of
Detroit
Texas
SIC Co
Amarillo
Kuykendall Investments
Lubbork
Caprolk
D&m
el Paso
Richard Feuille
Fedille
Hilbert Kreeger Jr
Whale with 25 bullet holes seen near James River shore
Fisherman Norman Haynes spotted a 30-foot whale near Fisherman town 7 miles from the ocean. The whale, about 8,000 pounds, bore 25 to 30 bullet holes and injuries as residents debated how to remove it. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science appeared for certification while locals struggled to decide who is responsible for the creature and its fate.
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Charles City
James River
Norman Haynes
Shad
Trou
Haynes
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Upper Bay Flats
Richmond
Miners Return Talk After UMW Aroused Order
Thousands of miners in Southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia faced a tentative return to work after United Mine Workers officials in Washington issued an order. District 28 and 29 leaders in Virginia reported mixed signals with evening shifts likely back by Tuesday and morning shifts restricted until midweek. In Kentucky, District 30 said meetings must be held before resuming full production, with all union mines reportedly still on strike.
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West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
United Mine Workers
Washington
District 29
District 28
Mountain State
Old Dominion
Carson Hibbetts
Norton
Ray Thornbury
Grundy
Thornbury
Harman Mining Corp
Clintwood Mining Corp
Harman
Larkin Philpott
Beckley
Philpott
UMW
George Titler
Titler
Kentucky
C. E. Bean
Pikeville
Mae
W. A. Boyle
George Tittler
John Owens
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Utah
Alabama
Virginia
Edward G. Fox
The
Operators Association
Pittsburgh
Boyle
Lberty
Virginia Side Prepares To Dredge Bluestone River
Bluefield Virginia Side votes to dredge a 3300 foot Bluestone River section subject to landowner permission railway approval and cost. Council discusses a teenage recreation center sewer hookups water taxes street improvements hydrant needs and traffic concerns.
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Virginia Side
Inside with 10 L People Add Years Movies Classified Princeton
The page lists sections and numbers for features such as People 10 L and Years, Movies 19, Classified 12, Princeton 9, Comics 6, Society 11, Editorial 5, Sports 4, Goren 8, Stock 10, and Graham eevee 6 with TV aece 10. It reads as a segmented catalog or table of contents for a newspaper issue.
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Princeton
Goren
Graham Eevee
Aece
Strip Mining Status Aired in West Virginia Task Force Meet
Charleston AP The Task Force on Strip Mining held its second meeting at the State Capitol hearing testimony from Mines Director W F Figenbrod who urged more surface mining staff and review of laws on maps and water drainage and Natural Resources Director Robert P McDonough supported the panel’s goal to study strip mining problems without taking a stance on outlawing the practice.
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Charleston
State Department
Hulett Smith
W. F. Figenbrod
Natural Resources
Robert P. McDonough
McDonough
West Virginia
Gov. Smith
Foreman Killed In Brush Fork Mine
A 50 year old Stacy Virginia man and mine foreman James Oliver Keen died Monday in a state fall at a Brush Fork mine near Hurley Virginia He was operating a cutting machine at 11 am and died of crushing chest injuries a punctured lung and multiple rib fractures His body remained at Virginia Funeral Home in Grundy Virginia
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Stacy
Brush Fork
Hurley
James Oliver Keen
Keen
Ralph “Ess
Buchanan County
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Spanish Soil Buried Deep Near Aiken Dump Site
Tons of mildly radioactive soil from Spain are buried in steel drums under 10 feet of soil at a nuclear dumping ground near Aiken South Carolina. The move aims to prevent pest spread and covers 5 000 drums containing 1 750 tons of contaminated soil and tomato vines.
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Aiken
S.C
South Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Atomic Energy Commission
Savannah River
Palomares Beach
Spain
Mediterranean
Charleston
Negotiations Expected To Resume Soon
Washington reports a back-to-work order sent Monday to about 53,000 striking bituminous coal miners across seven states. UMW officials and Bituminous Coal Operators Association prepared to resume talks in Washington, with mixed reactions from district leaders and plans for a Pittsburgh meeting of the operators.
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Robert C. Weaver
Department of Housing and Urban Development
William J. Driver
W. J
Bill) Hawkins
Billie
U. S. Court
van Estes
Bluefield
Bluestone River
Con
Norfolk and Weston Railway
College Avenue
Falls Mills Road
Neil McMillan
McMillan
W. N. (Pick) Lambert
General Fund
Bone Hollow
Double Gates
Lynn
Parkdale
Colonial Gardens
Appomattox Street
Tazewell Avenue
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
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