Welfare Board Moves Up Next Year Funds For Crippled Children
Charleston AP The Welfare Department won authority to use immediately 75000 of funds set for January to March for crippled children. Board of Public Works approved a 1963 appropriation adjustment due to a fund shortfall. Federal aid declines and rising costs push expenditures higher. Legislature session starts January 8 with welfare budget as a priority. Number of children served jumped from 3076 to 4753. average hospital cost per case rose 20 percent to 510 and total cost per case rose 18 percent to 182.
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Charleston
Welfare Department
Board of Public Works
WVU To Present Budget Requests At Public Works Hearings
West Virginia University will outline its budget requests for the next fiscal year when the Board of Public Works begins three days of hearings next Monday. WVU appears at 1:30 p.m. with other agencies including the Educational Broadcasting Authority and the State Commerce Department on the schedule.
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Charleston
West Virginia University
Board of Public Works
WVU
Educational Broadcasting Authority
State Commerce Department
State Board of School Finance
State Health Department Tax Department
Air Pollution Control Commission
Mental Health Department
Jai
Public Institutions Department
Board of Probation and Parole
Motor Vehicles Department
State Board of Education
Human Right Commission
Council of Public Employes
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Wheeling
The
West Virginia Historical Society
Natural Resources Department
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
State Mines Department
Moundsville Man Electrocuted at Local Plant
Harold L Freeland a 22 year old of Moundsville was electrocuted Thursday afternoon at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co plant near Moundsville Co workers found his body in the section where he worked Marshall County Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Miller said the cause of the accident was not known immediately
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Moundsville
Harold L. Freeland
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Marshall County
Lloyd Miller
Freeland
Oppose Cheat River Dam Site Debate at Hearing
Army Engineers heard testimony on a proposed 100 million Cheat River dam spanning 267 feet. Don Potter and W Delroy Harner opposed the plan citing farmland loss and better options, while Dallas Wolfe supported the dam as prosperity for Preston County. Engineers will report to Congress next year.
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Kingwood
W. Va
Cheat River
Army Engineers
Don Potter
Fair
Monongahela Power Co
W. Delroy Harner
Parsons
Tucker County
Rowlesburg
Dallas Wolfe
Preston County
Congress
State Employes Holiday Schedule Set
STATEHOUSE HOLIDAYS The Board of Public Works said state offices will observe normal working hours on the days before and after Christmas and New Years. The two holidays fall on Wednesday and only the holidays themselves will be observed by state government. PLAN SESSION Gov. Barron and leaders will meet Dec 20 to set an agenda for the 30 day session beginning Jan 8. The budget and essentials only will be considered with two thirds votes. HEARD The Public Service Commission finished a hearing over United Fuel Gas Co. alleged service denial to two Lincoln County homes. UFG offered no evidence but said about 0 feet of new line is beyond PSC requirements. HEARING SET The PSC will hear Interstate Construction Co. vs City of Wheeling Jan 22 over $6204 claimed for 1230 feet of Elm Terrace sewer work. city says only 1110 feet were built and reimbursement already made. AGENCY CHANGE The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will move its Star City freight station to non agency status.
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Board of Public Works
Department
Welfare Department
Charleston
State Capitol
Statehouse
W. W. Barron
Barron
Public Service Commission
Lincoln County
United Fuel Gas Co
Jack R. Vickers
Alum Creek
UFG
Wheeling
Interstate Construction
Elm Terrace
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Public Service Commission Authority
Star City
Morgantown
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Bluefield, W. Va
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George, Appleby
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Rebel Leu
Kentucky
Bluefield Furniture CO
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
Hoover
Silhouette
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