West Virginia sweepstakes bill faces heated committee hearing
Lawmakers and clergy clashed over a sweepstakes measure as supporters urged passage while opponents including church leaders and local officials argued it would taint government credibility. Witnesses cited public morals and school funding, with committee vote leaning toward sending the bill to the floor despite objections.
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Kuhns
West Virginia
Rudy Cavender
Charleston
Alva Ball
Princip
Thomas — Jefferson
Alfred Poe
South Charleston
William Albright
Humphreys Memorial
Fog and seas hamper search for Eastern Air Lines crash
Fog and heavy seas slowed the search for the fuselage of the Eastern Air Lines plane that plunged into the Atlantic near Jones Beach killing 84. A Coast Guard buoy tender detected a sonar echo of a heavy object about 1,000 feet deep six to seven miles south of Jones inlet, but the silhouette suggested only sand and the readout faded.
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the York Times
New York
Eastern Air Lines
Jones Beach
Coast Guard
Arbutus
Jones Inlet
Dam Foundation Investigation Bids Sought in Birch River Project
Army Engineer Corps Huntington district invites bids for foundation investigation of the Birch River Braxton County dam project. About 600 feet NX core drilling and 130 feet 2 inch drive sampling planned. Bids issued around Feb 26 and opened about March 30.
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Huntington
Army Engineer Corps of Huntington District
Birch Reservoir
Birch River
Braxton County
Tn Hun
Hington
Gasoline Blast Burns West Side Woman at Home
A West Side woman sustained first and second degree burns when gasoline used to clean clothes exploded at her home Monday. Mrs. Dorothy J. Crowson Morgan, 41, of 115 Red Oak, was admitted to Charleston General Hospital with facial and hand burns. Firemen reported no further danger and no property damage.
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Central Alarm
Charleston General Hospital
Dorothy J. Crowson
Maorgan
Red Oak
Hampshire
Barker
Morgan
West Virginia
New Hampshire
Merit pay for teachers bill sparks state debate
A West Virginia house and senate joint resolution proposes a five senator five delegate special commission to study merit pay for teachers. The measure, led by Del. Charles Armistead, calls for witnesses and executive help to draft a workable plan for the 1967 legislature. A separate bill to curb use of dangerous chemicals in spraying rights of way drew a large crowd and will receive further hearings to hear from more opponents and witnesses.
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Crowson
House
Senate
Del
Charles Armistead
Monongalia
Senate House
Armistead
Education Committee
William Sionaker
Hampshire
Slonaker
West Virginia
Amos Bolen
Wuntington Lawser
West Virginia Railroad Assn
Weather and civil rights tensions across states
The report blends a multi state forecast with a separate civil rights development. Weather data cover West Virginia Virginia Ohio Kentucky and Pennsylvania with temperatures and precipitation forecasts. In Bluefield Mercer County the NAACP clash over a student march leads to calls for president C Anderson Davis resignation and remarks from Davis about timing.
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Ecope
West Virginia
U. S. Weather Bureau
Tota
Charleston
Mirginia
Virgina
Washington
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Allegheny Highlands
Ohio
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Wight
Charlotte
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Kentucky
Dallas
Denver
Galveston
Davis
Jacksonville 89
Sam AP
St Kansas Clio
Key West
Inamales
Miami Beach
Montgomery
Asie Do' Efiam
Tham
St Spm
New Orleans
New York
Mercer- Bluefield
NAACP
L. L. Stevens
James Millner
Davis Opposes Bluefield March Amid Walkouts
In Bluefield the NAACP president and several civil rights workers demand C Anderson Davis's resignation during a tense Mercer-Bluefield NAACP meeting with Bluefield State College and Concord College delegations. Students plan a Saturday march protesting segregation at the YM YWCA, but Davis urges negotiations and possible delays until related court cases are appealed.
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NAACP
Mercer - Bluefield
Bluefield State College
Concord College
State Naacp
Jenn Nettles
Blueifield
Ym-Ywca
C. Anderson Davis
Nettles
Davis
Mercer County Intermediate Court
Randolph Whittle
Viet Billet Attacked as U.S. Death Toll Rises
Reports from Vietnam describe heavy Viet Cong assaults in Binh Dinh mountains and near Saigon. U.S. advisers missing after a town attack, with the American combat death toll rising to 268, and a helicopter crewman and a captain among the dead. Paris and Washington urged neutrality and stronger protection for embassies as tensions mount. At Qui Nhon a bombing wreck killed one American and injured 113, with rescue efforts ongoing. Meanwhile in Johannesburg, a record heat wave hit 120 degrees as North Vietnam remained under retaliatory air strikes.
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Binh Dinh
Saigon
Qui Nzhon
Pleiku
U.S
Viet Nam
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