Kanawha County Schools Nearing Plan to Abandon Some Buildings
Kanawha County principals report little official word on a proposed long range plan to close several elementary and junior high facilities. The school board staff has prepared tentative recommendations, with formal action not expected until spring after cost estimates are reviewed.
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Kanawha County
Kanawha County Board of Education
Citizens” Advisory Committee
Paul Thomas
Gary E. Ellis
Kyle Elementary
Kyle
Shortage Hits Toy Industry as Plastic Runs Short
New York report says petroleum shortages threaten holiday toy sales as major makers Louis Marx & Co Fisher-Price Mattel suspend orders for plastic items. Executives warn supplies of vinyl and plastic products will curb orders this season and into next year.
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New York
Louis, Marx, & Co
Quaker Oats ‘Co
Fisher-Price
Lion
Mattel, Inc
J. Hee
Spencer : Es
Hige
Manufacturers of America
William McLain
Kusan Inc
New England
Asthalter
Jefferson County board approves 4.2 million school plan
Jefferson County Board of Education approves a 4.189 million school building program funded in part by 2.55 million in state bonds. Plan includes a new elementary school renovations to 11 existing schools and a bus and maintenance garage according to Supt. Harold Pickens.
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Charles Town
W.va
Jefferson County
Federal Energy
William E. Simon
Hechler
Huntington man’s bond reduced in federal narcotics case
Attorneys for 30 year old Huntington resident Lewis D. Ward alias Popsie won a U S judge's reduction of his bond to 100000 from 150000 after Ward was charged in a sealed Charleston federal indictment with ten counts of heroin trafficking relating to a narcotics operation.
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Huntington
U. S
Dennis R. Knapp
Lewis D. Ward
Popsie
Charleston
Ward
City finishes paving program after 50 thousand tons laid
Charleston completes seven month street paving drive totaling about 50 000 tons of asphalt. Mayor Hutchinson notes more paving than any season since the 1950s while Black Rock Contracting Inc. laid roughly 60 miles of streets. City crews added 100 locations of work mainly on alleys and narrow streets.
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City of
Charleston
Hutchinson
John T. Copenhaver
Bill Kenny
Kenny
Black Rock *Contracting Inc
Jack Walsh
Public Works
Kanawha County School Board weighs building plan with cost focus
Board members respond with caution to preliminary building recommendations from Associate Superintendent Paul Thomas. They urge awaiting cost estimates and countywide plan approval from the State Board before decisions. Stansbury backs 3 junior highs and a rebuild of Charleston High. Hansford decline favored. Energy, transportation, and potential consolidations are debated amid growth in western Kanawha County.
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Kanawha! ‘County Board of Education
iSchools
Paul ‘Thomas
Albert J Anson Jr
St. Albans
Kanawha County
Stansbury
Citizens’ ‘Advisory
Charleston High
State Board. of Education
Alice Moore
Matthew Kinsolving
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Ellis
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Bonham Elementary
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Hazel Painter
Fernbank Elementary
Fernbank
Overbrook
Holtz
Wmiddle
Cougren
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Jane Rollins
Mildred “Fischer
Parkway
Mary Trowbridge
Mound
Robert Shafer
Pinch
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Jack Meadows
Frame
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Della Cox
Bigley ‘Avenue
Bigley
Plains
Roosevelt
Horace Mann
Thomas Jefferson
Lincoln
Woodrow, Wilson
Stonewall Jackson High
Edgewood Acres
Littlepage
Elliott
Ben Caldwell
Edgewoodi
Acres
Beau
Russell Petrick
Sugar Creek
Jean
Moore
Watts
Capitol Land
Oakridge
St. Albans Junior High
Frank N. Gillespie
James Morris
Lincoln Junior High
Tus
Gazette
Frank Wilkin
Jack Asthalter
Louis. Marx
Jefferson
Cabell
Walsh
Aspha
Jim Sell
Sell
Boosters ’Club
Elkview
Harry Stansbury
Hayes
McKinley
Hansford Elementary
Thomas
Russell Isaacs
Anson
Isaacs
Rep. Hechler
A. Gordon Ray
Superior’s
Cleaning Service
Kanawha Blvd
Fifth Avenue Church OF God
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