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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1957
Page
20
The article outlines the state DPA program in West Virginia, detailing 207 visitors earning 230 to 270 dollars monthly, with a July 1 degree requirement. It notes county councils, historical caseloads from 1936 to 1947, and rising general assistance costs amid public suspicion of welfare as a “mail order house.”
A driver lost control on Corke Avenue and crashed into the Bob Phillips Drive-In sign, causing about $6,500 in damage. Jerry Shelton, 24, of Noyes Avenue, was treated for minor cuts and released, later charged with reckless driving.
Wheeling Building Enforcement Agency chairman Howard V. Corcoran reports a critical shortage of affordable housing after an inspection of deteriorating houses. He warns that Wheeling must add at least 400 new low price homes to address the dire housing situation. In Parkerburg L G Matheny plans a $50,000 two story brick building to house the West Virginia Liquor Control Commission, replacing the current state store on the site.
Dr Frank E Pick of South Charleston chosen president for 1958 59 succeeding Dr Walter B Goff of Dunbar as head of the West Virginia Osteopathic Society Other new officers include Dr Earl K Lyons Dr O J Bailes Dr Guy E Morris and Drs T L Sharpe Hoy E Backle The four day convention includes banquet and dance tonight and ends tomorrow.
In a lighthearted round up from New York to California a sparrow nested in a car grill in Omaha Nebraska a bantam reserved a car in Lepanto Arkansas and a mother wren built under a traveling salesman Pat Johnsons left fender In Palmetto Georgia a pair of owls forced a Wilmington California couple from their home as their nocturnal racket disrupted daily life until family duties pressed them back to quiet hooting.
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