Legislators Tour Clinch Valley College In Wise Virginia
Virginia lawmakers visited Clinch Valley College in Wise to hear a plea for library funds and dormitories. Director Joseph C. Smiddy asked for 10,000 dollars yearly for books and 100,000 for a new library, while noting the college serves 270 students in a mountainous region with difficult winters.
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Wise
Virginia
Clinch Valley College
Joseph C. Smiddy
General Assembly
James C. Turk
Radford
Robert S. Burruss
Lynchburg
Dels
Dorothy S. McDiarmid
Marion Galland
Northern Virginia
Bland Correctional Farm
White Gate
W. B. Gordon
Parkersburg Man Placed on Probation for Theft Conviction
U S District Judge Charles F Paul sentenced Raymond E Sinnett 35 of Parkersburg on two counts of theft from an interstate shipment He received four years probation and a requirement to draft and live within a budget He faced potential fines up to 5000 or 10 year terms per count The case stemmed from selling a load of sugar he hauled for his employer Everett J Roake also of Parkersburg received three years probation after pleading guilty to two counts of passing and possessing counterfeit one dollar bills in the Parkersburg area
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Wheeling
U. S
Charles F. Paul
Parkersburg
Raymond E. Sinnett
Paul
Sinnett
Everett J. Roake
Roarke
West Virginia Road Fatalities Reported By State Police
State Police at Charleston reported Tuesday that year to date 389 people have been killed on West Virginia highways. The figure compares with 339 on the same date last year.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Johnson Briefed Governors on Budget Overruns
President Johnson met nine state governors in Washington after a Miami Beach meeting to discuss a federal budget potentially exceeding 100 billion dollars next year. Governor Rhodes quoted Johnson saying budget requests total 108 billion with last year over 98 billion, and Johnson named Ralph D. Dungan as the official liaison for the governors.
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Washington
Johnson
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Executive Council
National Governors Conference
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Rhodes
John Anderson Jr
Kansas
Cleveland
Anderson
Miami
Miami Beach, Fla
Albert D. Rosellini
Ralph D. Dungan
College Freshman Is New Tractor Champ
John Hersman, 17, a West Virginia University freshman from Buckhannon, won top honors as West Virginia’s outstanding young tractor operator at the 42nd 4-H Club Congress. He earned an expense paid trip to the convention. his parents run a 161 acre Lewis County farm.
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Chicago
John Hersman
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Hersman
Buckhannon
John C. Hersman
Lewis County
Spain Sees Fuel Use Jump To Nearly Seven Million Tons
Spain's total fuel consumption last year rose to about 6.9 million tons, roughly one million tons more than 1961, indicating a substantial increase in energy use.
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Madrid
Spain
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