08 Feb 1964
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1964
Page
1
The report shows state agencies increasing total spending with the Commerce Department cutting 316 008 to 861 868 and returning over 69 000 to the general fund. A public board will release surplus funds across a 25 item priority list for projects including mental health, universities, water systems, and state facilities.
A volunteer hospital chaplains seminar will be held at Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston from 10 30 a m to 2 30 p m Monday with Dr William B Oglesby Jr of Union Theological Seminary speaking on Physician Past or Relationships and leading a group study on verbatim reports of hospital visits. He will also preach at St Albans First Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon and meet Monday evening with the Christian Family Life Committee of the Presbyterian Synod of West Virginia to plan a family life retreat at the Blue Ridge Conference Center next Labor Day.
President and Mrs. Johnson flew to Texas to comfort friend J. C. Kellam and attend the funeral of his wife in Austin. Mrs Kellam died of a heart attack at home. Kellam runs the Johnson family's television station there. They departed Andrews AFB at 7 49 p m aboard a Jet to Bergstrom and planned to return to Washington Sunday.
The budget act outlines operating appropriations for state institutions for the current fiscal year. West Virginia University receives 12,357,892 dollars, and multiple colleges and state facilities are listed with varied sums. The report notes appointments and potential candidates for a new four year judgeship, including Sloan as an investigator turned prosecutor, and mentions other candidates like W. H. Betcher and Patrick Casey.
A regional meeting of Southern States Cooperative will convene at 10 a m on February 20 at the Holiday Inn in Huntington. The session, one of 47 across five states, will include cooperative directors, committee members, agricultural workers, retail area managers, and guest young farmers. Kenneth J Burgess of Barboursville coordinates arrangements.
New officers for the Clendenin subdistrict of Methodist Youth Fellowship were installed this week. Judy Justice becomes president with Margaret Young as vice president, Danis Carnes as secretary, Sharon Seabolt as treasurer, Bob Hamrick as publicity chairman, Jane Karr as program chairman, and C. C. Young and Mark Wood named adult counselors.
The Youth Society of Floridal Street Pilgrim Holiness Church sponsors a week-long revival starting Monday night. Evangelist Rev. Billy Watts from Kalamazoo Michigan will lead the event at the church completing a focused youth outreach effort.
Weather report covers South and North regions with colder weekend temps and possible snow flurries in mountains. Includes forecasts for Virginia Western Pennsylvania Maryland and urban centers like Baltimore Boston Chicago Philadelphia and Phoenix with highs in 20s to 30s, occasional rain or snow, and period clearing.
Memphis labor leader denounces three films approved by Freedom Projects of Brookfield Massachusetts as brainwashing pupils in public schools. County officials defend the films as warnings about communism, arguing they protect workers, while church leaders note their strong anti communist stance.
Police investigate theft from a car parked on Capitol Street in front of the Sterling Restaurant. A briefcase was taken early Friday from a vehicle owned by R. X. Hesking of Jane Street Kans.
A fragmented OCR reading shows garbled text with scattered names and phrases. It includes headings and stray words such as Friday, mes, and personal salutations, lacking coherent context or complete facts to identify a clear event or item.
An explosion at the Du Pont Works in Belle Friday night shut down two Linde oxygen production units, halting oxygen supply for Du Pont operations. Linde reports extensive damage and possible months to rebuild one unit while the other remains shut until cause is found. One worker suffered minor eye injuries from insulation material and was treated at the plant hospital.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous Baptist and other Christian churches in South Charleston and nearby areas with service times. It names pastors and church locations, including Calvary Baptist, Emmanuel Washington, First Church of the Nazarene, and St. Marks, among others, plus weekly worship and Sunday School times and broadcast details.
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