Educational Air Force Trip Turns Into Weekend Misadventure
Nine Kanawha Valley teachers and about 15 North Carolinians joined a Cape Kennedy aerospace tour aboard a Shaw Air Force Base plane. The voyage featured late schedules, in-flight bourbon, crowded bus rides, a concerted CAP officer caution, and an incident of voyeurism. Disciplinary action was promised after the trip.
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Air Force
Fidel Castro
Havana
Florida
Patrick Air Force Base
Patrick
Cape Kennedy
Kanawha Valley
Civil Air Patrol
Western Carolina University
Asheville
Shaw Air Force Base
Kanawha County
West Virginia
Cocoa
CAP
Western Carolina
North Carolina
Air Force Reserve
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape
West Virginia faces teacher glut amid vacancies as grads outpace openings
West Virginia colleges produced 2,455 teaching graduates in the past year, yet local shortages persist. Thousands of new teachers may leave the state for higher salaries, while rural counties struggle with low pay. Of bachelor grads, 839 qualified for elementary and 1,616 for secondary teaching, with additional master's degree holders.
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West Virginia
State Department of Education
John Himelrick
Hancock
Kanawha
Himelrick
Barron Case Hearing Resumes In Federal Court
A pretrial hearing in the bribery conspiracy case against former Gov. W. W. Barron and five co defendants resumes in federal court here with a venue change motion under consideration. Witnesses and prospective jurors report at 10 a m. Barron's attorney collapsed July 12 prompting a delay. the judge will rule on venue and other motions before setting a firm trial date. The indictment, dated February 14, charges conspiratorial bribery involving state contracts. Co defendants include Burl A. Sawyers Vincent J. Koski Truman E. Gore Bonn Brown and Alfred W. Schroath.
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Robert G. Perry
J. Robert Martin Jr
Perry
Vincent J. John Koski
Truman E. Gore
Elkins
Bonn Brown
Clarksburg
Alfred W. Schroath
Jet service competition grows in Charleston region
United Airlines facing new pressure as Piedmont and Allegheny explore jet routes to Charleston. McClure, longtime Rockefeller associate, becomes temporary national press secretary for Sen. Eugene McCarthy, while his Charleston family remains.
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Donovan V. McClure
John D. Rockefeller
Charleston
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
McClure
Parkersburg
Washington
Rockefeller
Marian
Circle
Sherwood Forest
Armor
Charles Lin Rockefeller
West
Virginia University
New York
Margaret
McCarthy
West Virginia
United
Kanawha
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
John W. Yago
Piedmont
Gazette
Chicago
Techno-Mont
United Air Lines
Allegheny
Allegheny Airlines
Lower Lake Central
Baltimore
Washington Area
Piedmont Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Huntington
Democrat State Attorney at Miami Beach during convention
State Atty Donald Robertson recounts staying at the Diplomat Hotel during the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. He describes Humphrey campaign material being handed out and Nixon Rockefeller headquarters present with Reagan ribbons seen on attendees. Robertson recalls humorous exchanges over his Humphrey pin and bumper stickers.
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Donald Robertson
Miami Beach
Hubert Humphrey
Robertson
Board of Public Works
Diplomat
Nixon
Rockefeller
Reagan
Humphrey
Hubert Hoover
WVU President Harlow Salary Rises to 33000
Atty Gen Robertson and WV Board of Public Works approved raising West Virginia University President James G Harlow salary from 30000 to 33000 a year. Harlow remains the state's highest paid public official and the board said governors had already approved the increase.
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C. Donald Robertson
Board of Public Works
West Virginia University
James G. Harlow
Harlow
Board of Governors
WVU
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