15.2 Million Road Bids Are Received in West Virginia
The State Road Commission reports low bids totaling 15.2 million dollars for seven highway projects across five counties. Apparent lows include Nelle L. Teer Co. of Durham for Appalachian Corridor D sections in Ritchie and Doddridge counties and Wente Construction Co. of Hamilton for a Beckley corridor project. Projects cover 3.47 miles on Route 50 and 2.76 miles on Route 50 21. Bids were readvertised after earlier rejections.
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Associated Press
State Road Commission
West Virginia
Ivolve Appalachian Development
Nelle L. Teer Co
Durham
N. C
Ritchie
Raleigh
Lambert
Ritchie Rt
U. S
Wente Construction Co. Inc
Hamilton
Ohio
Ritchie-Doddridge
Beckley
Veceilio & Grogan Inc
Wood County
Parkersburg
Murphytown
Secrecy Declared In Georgia Kidnapping Case After Motel Abduction
Barbara Jane Mackle an Emory economics student at 20 was abducted from a northeast Atlanta motel by a youth about 12 and an older accomplice. Police and FBI investigated with secrecy orders, while Mackle’s mother recounted passing gunpoint capture and chloroform ordeal. Barbara Jane, daughter of real estate figure Robert F. Mackle, was later linked to a white Ford and a masked assailant.
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Emory Universe
Atlanta
Barbara Jane Mackle
Don McKee
Fayette
W. Va
Peale
Gauley’ Bridge
Valley
Emory University
Emory
Barbara Jane
Robert F. Mackle
Mackle
Coral Gables
Fla
Deltona Corp
Miami
Mackie
FBI
Mrs. Mackle
DeKalb Po
Dis- Woodward
Bothara
White Negro Pupils Clash in Michigan High School
At Grand Rapids Union High School dozens of White and Negro pupils fought in a noon hour melee. Police used clubs and chemical spray to quell two disturbances as 12 to 15 students were arrested and several injured. Classes were dismissed for the day amid recurring racial trouble since January.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Girl Given Life Sentence In Slayings
Mary Flora Bell, 11, was sentenced to life detention with psychiatric treatment for the strangling deaths of two young boys in Newcastle England. Authorities report no secure center exists for such a case and she is to be held at a children’s home while officials decide confinement. Norma Joyce Bell, 13, was acquitted. the prosecution called Mary a Svengali who manipulated her friend.
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Newcastle
England
Mary Flora Bell
Ralph Cusack
Mary
Norma Joyce Bell
Was
Martin Brown
Brier Howe
Norm
Waste study IIS funded by grant to Union Carbide
Washington The Interior Department awarded Union Carbide Corp a 220 400 grant to study the feasibility of treatment methods for organic chemical wastes from its plants at South Charleston.
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Washington
Interior Department
Union Carbide Corp
South Charleston
WV Colleges Get $72,614 For National Defense Loans
The Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates 72,614 for 19 West Virginia colleges and universities to establish or continue the National Defense Student Loan Program. Funding for fiscal 1969 is matched 90-10 by the institutions, with West Virginia University receiving 13,375 and Marshall University 7,400.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
West Virginia
Arch Moore
National Defense
West Virginia University
Marshall University
Nixon Aides Taping Views Around U S
A pilot program named Operation List to the People gathers interviews with 15 participants in New York and Alabama to shape Nixon's early policy. Sessions occur in university and community venues with 760 Birmingham area residents offering views on poverty, Vietnam, civil rights, and government, then edited and delivered to Nixon.
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Yorktown Heights
Nixon
Paschester County
University of Alabama
Birmingham
Vietnam
Alan Woods
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