Experts Back Tech Training At West Virginia Conference
About 150 attendees at the West Virginia Industrial Conference heard leaders stress retraining for workers amid technological change. Lawrence H. Rogers II urged expanding technical education and removing the stigma of vocational training while Jack Lloyd emphasized selling the community to attract industry and the four critical site factors. The event at Marshall University was chaired by Cecil Underwood and sponsored by regional chambers of commerce, two universities, and state development agencies.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Lawrence H. Rogers II
Taft Broadcasting Co
Cincinnati
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Lloyd
Hulett C. Smith
Cecil Underwood
Island Creek Coal Co
Marshall University
West Virginia University
Huntington, Morgantown and
West Virginia Chambers of Commerce
Father Of 6 Killed In Road Accident
Basil E. Huddleston, 0, a father of six, was killed when a car swerved out of control on West Virginia 62 near Point Pleasant. The vehicle struck a utility pole, wrapped around it, and the engine and wheels tumbled over a drop. Huddleston, a deck hand for the Ohio River Co., died instantly.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Basil E. Huddleston
Huddleston
Ohio River Co
Three Indicted for Mine Violations at Robena Complex
Wayneburg Pa AP a Greene County grand jury indicted U S Steel Robena Coal complex officials Superintendent Michael Wyde Mine Foreman Marion Misiak Assistant Mine Foreman Albert H Dillon and Electrician Stanley Boskovich for violating state bituminous mining laws The charges relate to permitting deteriorated electrical equipment and failing to report a dangerous gas condition not directly to the December 6 Robena No 3 mine explosion that killed 37 men
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Waynesburg
U.S. Steel Corp
Robena Coal
Greene County Grand Jury
Whch
Michael Wyde
Marion Misiak
Albert H. Dillon
Stanley Boskovich
Robena
Boskovich
Misiak
Wyde
Pennsylvania
Dillon
Petersburg Doctor Named General Practitioner of the Year
Dr Vernon L Dyer 70 of Petersburg is named the 1963 General Practitioner of the Year by the West Virginia State Medical Association for more than 40 years of service in Grant Hardy and Pendleton counties He will receive the award at the 96th annual meeting in White Sulphur Springs Aug 22 24 Dyer helped establish Grant Memorial Hospital and trained at Cook County Hospital Chicago He was born April 17 1893 earned his MD from Loyola University in 1918 and is active in the Potomac Valley Medical Society as an elder in the Presbyterian Church He and wife Ruth Hickel have two children and five grandchildren
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Charleston
Vernon L. Dyer
Petersburg
Grant
Hardy
Pendleton
West Virginia State Medical Association
Dyer
State Medical Association
White Sulphur Springs
Welch Hospital
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Grant’ Memorial Hospital
Fort Seybert
W. Va
Loyola University School of Medicine
Potomac Valley Medical Society
Presbyterian Church
Ruth Hickel
State Capitol News Roundup
Huntington fire service and garbage fees stand after Supreme Court denial of voters challenge. June 25, 1942 city ordinances upheld by Huntington City Council. Also bids planned June 17 for a Watters Smith State Park pioneer museum building about 30 000 in Harrison County near West Milford with 18th and 19th century farm items. West Virginia farm price index mid May 248 percent of 1910 14 base. beef cattle at 17.90 per 100 pounds. Agriculture reports note potato and corn planting, hay and tobacco work, inadequate warm weather, and frosts affecting gardens. fruit outlook fair to good in Eastern Panhandle.
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Charleston
Huntington
Supreme Court
High Court
Watters Smith State Park
Harrison County
West Milford
Smith
Department of Natural Resources
West Virginia
Agriculture Department
Panhandle
Annual Boys State Opens at Mill in West Virginia
High school juniors arrive on Sunday for the 26th American Legion Boys State at Jackson's Mill. Over 340 boys will attend a week of citizenship training. they will elect a governor, a legislature, and county and city officials. Philip Peters of Wheeling was last year's governor. Gov. Barron will visit on June 13.
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Jackson's Mill
W. Va
American Legion
Legion
Philip Peters
Wheeling
Barron
West Virginia highway deaths rise to 146 year to date
State Police at Charleston report that 146 people have been killed on West Virginia highways so far this year, compared with 162 at the same point last year.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
U S Airplanes Ferry Vietnamese Troops to Hue Clash
U S Air Force planes ferried Vietnamese troops to Hue to quell Buddhist protests as hundreds were hospitalized from blister gas burns after clashes with government troops. Buddhist leaders accuse discrimination while Diem's government fears a wider religious revolt amid regional turmoil. In Pakistan, religious rioting killed 120 in Thari near Karachi with 26 more hurt, amid similar demonstrations in Iran.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Hue
Here
Ngo Dinh Diem
Thich Tinh Khiet
Viet Nam
Pakistan
Iran
Thari
Karachi
German School Books Sent to Asia and Africa
The International School Book Institute in Brunswick begins shipping German language math law and geography texts to underdeveloped nations in Asia and Africa for German speaking teachers.
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Brunswick
Germany
International School Book Institute
Asia
Africa
Nancy Sinatra Saloons On Virginian Color Tale
Guest star Nancy Sinatra portrays a saloon girl in the rare drama If You Have Tears. The repeat feature airs at 7:30 on Virginian Channel 6 in color.
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Nancy Sinatra
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Bluefield
William Morris Sexton
V. L. Sexton
Davidson College
Davidson, N. C
Sexton
Business Economics Association
YMCA
Pi Kappa Alpha
State Capitol News
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
U.S
Diem
Shell Heating Oil Bulletin
Southern Gas & Oil, Inc
Tazewell Road
Bluefield, Virginia
Rambler
Motor Trend
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