Appetites for education urged by WV college presidents
West Virginia must awaken intellectual interests across government and industry to unleash the state s potential. Bethan s College president Perry E Gresham and Morris Harvey College president Leonard Riggleman call for a new leadership and a culture that values higher education over athletics. They cite low college attendance and urge expansion of faculties to absorb more students by 1970, urging regional cooperation and a director of higher education.
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Harry W. Ernst
the Gazette
West
Gresham
Daniel Boone Hotel
Leonard Riggleman
Morris Harvey College
West Virginia
Greece
Pittsburgh
Riggleman
Charleston Gazette
State Assn. of
Stewart Smith
Marshall College
Perry Gresham
Bethany
Morris Harvey
Irvin Stewart
West Virginia University
Arthur Bostwick
Cleveland
Ohio
Gazette
Woman Dies in Fire Here Second Victim in 8 Hours
A 35 year old secretary Margaret Jeanne Thompson died at Charleston Memorial Hospital after a house fire at 2000 27th Street South Ruffner. The blaze began around 1 14 a m in her apartment and her neighbor Paul Duncan Kelley was slightly injured trying to rescue her. Eight hours earlier 66 year old John J. Myers died in a wheelchair as flames gutted his home at 414 West Washington Street.
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Margaret Jeanne Thompson
27Th St
South Ruffner
John J. Myers
Washington St
Myers
Miss Thompson
Paul Duncan Kelley
Miss. Thompson
Kelley
College Planned at Parkersburg
The Ohio Education Foundation said it will build a one million dollar two year junior college at Parkersburg West Virginia to serve Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and parts of Pennsylvania. The institution is expected to be completed in 1959 and affiliated with the Church of Christ.
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Marietta
Ohio
Ohio Education Foundation
Church of Christ
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Domestic Is Found Dead in Gun Wound at Home
A young domestic woman identified as Dee Gray Eagle reportedly shot herself after seeking a home. Columbia Jude, 21, triggered a pump shotgun. first attempt failed, second shot struck her chest. Pinto County Coroner Taborall ruled death by own action.
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Domestic
Gray Eagle
Dee
Pinto County
Tabor All
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Hinton
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