Citizens Battle Hot Rods in Municipal Court
Kanawha City residents confronted speeding youth Charles West after noting extreme reckless driving and tire marks. Judge Charnock Jr. revoked the boy’s operator permit for three months as residents vow to sign complaints and pursue arrests when offenses are witnessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaniwha
Charles West
Wofferson Street
West
Young West
Kanawha City
Hesaud
John Charnock Jr
Kanawha
Beautifiers Join Efforts For South Ruffner Park Site
The Municipal Beautification Commission voiced support on Tuesday for acquiring land at With Street SE and the Southside Expressway for a public park and waterfront preservation near the Kanawha River. The panel backed a Park and Recreation Commission plan while urging preserved undeveloped Kanawha Avenue land and river-side parcels. It also noted landscaping for the North Charleston Recreation Center awaits a master plan, and accepted a 50-tree donation from the West Side Kiwanis Club to be planted this fall on Airport Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha River
North Charleston Recreation Center
Park and Recreation Commission
West Side
Kiwanis Club
Airport Road
Industrial Developing Fund Freed For State Projects
The Board of Public Works released 297000 to the State Commerce Department on Tuesday to meet commitments under the industrial development program. Commissioner Koder Collison said the money will fund announced projects, not new factory planning, as part of 500000 earmarked from surplus to support the industrial development loan fund. He noted stronger first half-year activity and promising prospects, with new development advancing in the year's latter half. The board also released 16750 to Lakin State Hospital to complete Xray equipment, replace ward panels, and buy pasteurizing gear.
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Board of Public Works
State Commerce Department
Koder Collison
Collison
Lakin State Hospital
Haphazard Chronicles From A Bushel Of Oddities
A collage of humorous mishaps and cronies appears in a local page: a motorist misreads a legent tale of a woman dancing to shake a pet lizard off her leg, two men brawling, and a passerby misreading the scene. Also included are snippets about commencement speeches, travel ploys, and stray quips from community columns, all capturing small town quirks and springtime mood.
Summer School Registration Opens for Kanawha County Students
Two thousand Kanawha County students expected to enroll as summer school begins June 11 with registration on June 9 and 10. Charleston and South Charleston high schools host the centers. Cedar Grove and East Bank may join if interest remains high. Tuition: 22 dollars full unit 12 half unit. Courses include regular subjects and optional PRIVER education at South Charleston. Absences limit credits.
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Kanawha County
Charleston
South Charleston
Cedar Grove
East Bank
Carl Young
Arthur Stroup
Charles Shdeedd
George Shawver
Identification of Skeleton Still Lacking Identification
Fayetteville May County Prosecuting Atty Zane Summerfield said the skeleton found near Minden two weeks ago remains unidentified. A Charleston pathologist dated a male over 30 about five feet seven inches tall with undetermined cause of death. Investigators will examine clothing bits shoes and a bell buckle found near the bones. Children discovered the skull while playing along a railroad track between Thurmond and Minden and alerted the sheriff’s department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Tite County
Zane Summerfield
Fertay
Minden
Charleston
Sumperfield
Thurmond
Sheriffs Department
State Savings Eyed In Centralized Data Processing Study
William L. Gore outlined a yearlong study on centralized data processing for state government to cut costs. The plan, echoed by other states, suggests saving large sums by consolidating machine bookkeeping across agencies, with Wisconsin and California cited as benchmarks. Gore will address the interim committee but offered no firm recommendations yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy ‘Theos
B. Statford
Stat Worter
William L. Gore
Lansing
Mich
Council of State Governments
Hulet
Smith
Senate
William A. Moreland
D-Monongalia
Ray Barnett
West Virginia
Gore
Woods Fire Loss Drops Under 1964
State forester Lester McClung called the spring fire season ending Monday very favorable and relatively inexpensive. Fires in the past three months caused about half the damage of the wet spring, reflecting a lighter fire year.
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Lester McChung
McClung
Charleston Fire Calls And 1965 Spring Fire Season
Charleston firemen responded to multiple calls on Tuesday including a car on East Washington Street and another on Frame Street with no damage reported. Fire season saw 993 fires burning 24,254 acres while favorable spring weather reduced totals to 11,583 acres across 5 fires. Landowners may burn trash but must prevent new fires and extinguish them before leaving scenes. Eighty seven violators were arrested. seven paid suppression costs. Railroads remained a major fire cause per McChing.
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Charleston
Thesday
Washington Street
MacCorkle Aventer
Goth Steel
McChing
Week in Washington program sparks parental protests
In a controversial season, Roy Hechler's Week in Washington selects high school seniors from the Fourth District. Angry parents protested as their children were not chosen while about ten applicants were narrowed to five boys and five girls for a summer in the nation’s capital.
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Gazette
Washington Baten
Washington
Roy
Ket
Hechler
Dane
West Virginia
Reetal Wyaller
Fon. Yo
Cathe Sebister
Daa
Conperessannanrs
Jeffers
Kamiowha
Ohio
Che Honte
CBS News
Prentins Childs
Choa
Jose
I Hochler
DE Me
Robert RH
Nelson
Pcabell
Two Lane College
Debbie Gandee
Morris Harvey
Kay Hodkins
West Virginia University
Uren
Congress
Trechter
Oieto
Sven
Jackson
Carolyn Bo Tadter
Ripley
Stari Mecdothlin
Delmas O'Dell
Ravensyaad
Liner
Sharon Adkins
Harts
Cheryl Oxley
Culloden
Hamlin
Delilah AL McVormick
McCorkle
Jaine Conner
Spurlockville
Larry Vinson
Broinehl
Area Election Results With Incumbents In Nine Cities
Complete unofficial returns list mayoral and council results across nine municipalities. Incumbents are marked with x. Most races show mayoral totals, ward seats, and city clerks with party affiliations and vote counts.
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St. Albans
Averill L. Ramsey
Peoples
Russell J. Davisson
Gordon K. Meadows
Charles M. Cunningham
George
Eddie) Burnside
Jack Kinder
William H. Nelson
Jack W. Wright
Rex Priden
Dale P. Hopkins
Clayton E. Webb
Stanley H. Wilson
Clyde D
Alford
William H. Glack
Rankin Jr
Ward
H. D. McCallister
Howard E. Good, Vc
Grants Approved For Two Counties In West Virginia
Federal grants totaling nearly $1000 were approved to support Fayette and Wyoming counties in continuing comprehensive farming programs with the State Commerce Department. The mining and manufacturing groups will provide additional aid to Wyoming County planning, per Rep. James Kee of West Virginia.
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Washington
Fayette
Wyoming
State Commerce Department
James Kee
DW. Va
Westfall Re-Elected In Poca
Westfall won a second term as mayor of Poca in a nonpartisan election, defeating former mayor Taylor 134 to not provided. Incumbent recorder Craddock was unopposed. Five council members were elected from eight candidates. names listed include Melton, Caruthers, Mendenhall, Carrier, Lloyd, Golden, Jones, Fling. Caruthers, Carrier and Lloyd are incumbents. A New Yorker, David Bray, will play a Civil War role in the 1965 event at Grande View State Park.
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Poca
C. L
Pete) Westfall
Putnam County
Joe) Taylor
Lewis D. Craddock
Donald
Melton
James Ho Caruthers
Charles Mendenhall Tsi
Missell Carrier
Burdett Lloyd
Golden TP
Jones
Billy Fling Loo
Wol
Clay Dr
Caruthers
Carrier
Lloyd
Incume Hents
Buckley
West Virginia
Bloney
David Bray
New York City
Grandeview State Park
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Dakota County
Minn
The
Charleston Gazette
South Ruffner Park
MBC
Pee Gee Parente Ee
South Hills
Dorothy Wehrles
Mary Wehrle
Debbie Reed
Chester Road
John
Tammy
Mark
Lincoln
Johnson
United States
American Society of ‘Travel Agents
Pna
Edom
Bedale
Cassin Clay
Inky A
Sonny Laston
Curtis W. Sulphin
Woods
Luther C
Jack) Basham
Donald E. Spencer
Jack EF. Yeager
A. H
Bud) Erwin
Robert J. Daniel
James L. Durrett
Joe Kessler
Jim Roberts
James R. Randall
Arch A. MacQueen Jr
Phillip F. Jenkins
William T. Hackworth
Harold
Dennis Raines
Donald — Johnson
Citizens
Guy L. Wade
Recorder
Minnie Megraw
Kopleman
David M. Peay
Fannin
Hutsenpitler
Eugene Webb
William M. Flughes
Gerald Korb
Travers
Arnold — Hustead
HA Thurmandy
Progressive
Calvin Honeyheey Shaundin
Francis B. (Brooks
Bass
Independent
Recorder - Everett B
Canterbury
Billy L. Pauley
Robert Snodgrass
Loren E. Snodgrass
Clyde W. Stewart
Howard Gochenour
Louis D
Bob) Meadows
Frank L. Williams
Glasgow
Joe Pell
Harry W. Buckley
Citizen
Melvin
Mes Daniel
Pat Linkous
Council
Bernard C. Gardner
Louis A Mourix
Charles L. Knight
Vernon L. Martin
Delbert A. Rutledge
Chesapeake
Bury BE
Pratt
William H. Baughan
Paul N. Noel
Martha Oliver
R. T. Hardy
Jack Holmes
Charles J. Filbin Jr
C. R. Knight
Curtis Adkins
William D. Chapman
Joseph M. Veasey
Chester Speluck
Mario Grisati
Mrs. Capitela Scales
W. F. Williams
Westfall
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