Spencer State Hospital praised after surprise inspection
Two State Board of Control members Das Louchery and Edward Hi Greene conducted a surprise inspection at Spencer State Hospital and praised its cleanliness, condition, and atmosphere. They credited superintendent Dr. I C East with excellent work and plan more unannounced visits to other West Virginia state hospitals.
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Spencer
State Board of Control
Spencer State Hospital
Das Louchery
Edward Hi. Greene
Huntington State Hospital
I.C. East
West Virginia
Three Men Held In Local Thefts
Judge James McWhorter sent three men to grand jury actions after accusations of thefts. Skin Willis allegedly tried to steal a watch from a sleeping woman, Mary Belle Wall. Napoleon Green, 27, and Haney R. Robinson, 58, faced charges including breaking and entering A. and D. Cleaners on Court St and possession of a stolen clock radio. Ruby Young, 607 Eagan St., signed the complaint.
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Skin Willis
James McWhorter
Napoleon Green
Haney R. Robinson
Brown
Green
A. and D. Cleaners
Court St
Oliver Bryant
Ould
Robinson
Ruby Young
Eagan
Woman Charged in $1200 Theft from Elderly Man
Loretta Bailey, a Charleston woman, was charged with grand larceny after $1200 disappeared from an elderly man's trunk. A complaint by John Yuzapos of the Olympic Hotel states the theft happened shortly after he and Bailey entered his hotel room. the cash consisted of five hundred dollar bills and ten fifty dollar bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
John Yuzapos
Olympic
Loretta Bailey
Yuzapos
New York Firm Takes 1000 Acre Tyler County Land Option
The Food Machinery and Chemical Corp has optioned 1000 acres in Tyler County West Virginia to search for new salt deposits. The land is in the Bens Run section. Experiment core drillings on the Tyler tract are set to begin in June as part of the firm’s exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Special
Tyler County
W. Va
Bens Run
Food Machinery and Chemical Corp
Union Carbide to Build 700-Foot Park Avenue Tower
Union Carbide Corp plans a 52 story stainless steel and glass headquarters in midtown Manhattan between Madison and Park Aves from 47th to 43rd Streets. Completion is expected in 1980 with about 1 million square feet of space making it one of the citys largest office buildings. Major plants are in West Virginia at South Charleston Institute Diamond Alloy and Fayette County.
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New York
Union Carbide Corp
West
Park Ave
New York City
Union Carbide
41St and
42Nd Sts
West Virginia
South Charleston
Institute and Diamond
Kanawha County
Alloy
Fayette County
Marmet Liquor Store to Move Within Marmet
The Marmet state liquor store will relocate this month from the outskirts to a central site near the Marmet Theater. Col. Ben Venable, secretary of the State Liquor Commission, said renovations are needed before the move, with new shelves arriving from the commission warehouse and stock to be transferred overnight.
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Marmet
State Liquor ‘Commission
Col
Ben Venable
Commission
Marmet Theater
Col. Venable
West Side Aunt Jean Brings Joy To Charleston Children
Mrs Jean Friend known as Aunt Jean hosts evening parties for neighborhood children on Charleston West Side. She arrives with groups to ice cream shops for sodas and treats, repeats nightly, and has aided handicapped kids from Hillcrest Sanitarium and Milton hospital. Her motive is simple love of children and giving back to the community.
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Jean
Beudring Ave
Linda Jones
Sandra Phares
Karen Phares
Diane
Deedee) Carney
Brenda Jones
Gazette
James A. Haught
the Gazette
Charleston
West Side
Santa Claus
Jean Friend
Beubring Ave
National Bank of Commerce
Aunt Jean
Loewenstein remodel to finish by mid July
A $100000 remodeling project at 810 Quarrier Street for Loewenstein and Sons is due for completion by mid July. Buddy Dale Hat Stores of Baltimore will occupy a Quarrier Street unit, with negotiations ongoing for the other space. The plan includes air conditioning, new wiring, office windows, interior paint, and a first floor ceiling reduction.
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Loewenstein and Sons
Quarrier St
Richard Glaser
Buddy Dale Hat Stores
Baltimore
Glaser
Snyder Named To Referee Post
H L Snyder a Charleston attorney and long time bankruptcy referee in southern West Virginia will become a full time referee on July 1. He was appointed for another six year term by Federal Judge Ben Moore and will be employed full time under an order signed by Chief Justice Warren of the Supreme Court. The change follows a Judicial Conference recommendation from Washington.
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H. L. Snyder
Charleston
West Virginia
Snyder
Ben Moore
Bayer
Warren
Suprema Court
Judicial Conference
Washington
Fox Appointed Farm Agent Aide in Fayette County
Raymond Fox of Sandstone Summers County has been named associate Fayette County extension agent. He will assist county agent Richard Glass in the WVUSponsored extension and rural development programs. A WVU graduate, Fox formerly taught in Summers County schools and spent eight years in the government institutional farm training program for veterans.
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Fayetteville
Raymond Fox
Sandstone
Summers County
Fayette County
Fox
Richard Glass
West Virginia
Collision sues for fifty thousand dollars in court
Dennis Thornton of Bancroft Putnam County yesterday sued liver Houston Gregory of Tyler Mountain Road Tyler for thirty thousand dollars in damages in Common Pleas Court. Thornton says he was seriously injured months ago in a collision with Gregorys car at an inlet along Tyler Mountain
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Dennis Thornton
Bancroft
Putnam County
Liver Houston Gregory
Tyler Mountain Rd
Common Pleas Court
Thornton
Tyler Mountain
Kee protests gas line harming coal miners in speech
Rep Kee of West Virginia urged blocking a Canada to U S gas pipeline plan as harmful to coal workers. She cited Federal Power Commission applications to connect Minnesota and Midwest markets and claimed promoters had earned over 26 million dollars, warning of further labor market damage from import policy.
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Washington
Kee
D-Wva
Canada
United States
House
Fim
Federal Power Commission
Minnesota
Midwest
Commonwealth Federation
U.S
FPC
Jury Disagrees On Damage Suit in Charleston Case
A Circuit Court jury could not reach a verdict in the case of Betty McClain of Charleston versus I. J. Joseph of Charleston. McClain sought 1725 for rent on 80B Lewis Street and 137 for two broken doors. Joseph stated tenancy ended January 1, 1955, not about a year and a half later as claimed. Deliberations lasted about five hours before dismissal.
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Betty McClain
Charleston
I. J. Joseph
Lewis St
Joseph I
Highway Group To Hear Interstate Plan Problems
Arthur C. Butler of Washington will outline issues facing West Virginia and other states as they prepare for the expanded federal state highway program. Gov. Underwood, State Road Commissioner Graney, and Cecil L. Bower are among attendees at the Kanawha Country Club meeting of the West Virginia Highway Users Conference. Butler arrives from Lewisburg where he joined Arthur M. Hill. The talk centers on the 41000 mile Interstate system to be completed in 13 years, with about 225 miles in West Virginia along a route paralleling US 60 from Huntington to White Sulphur Springs via Charleston.
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West Virginia
Arthur C. Butler
Washington, D. C
Dutlae Dinantan
Wuurs
UCL UA Ui Ayauunol Highway Users Conference
Kanawha Country Club
Col
M. 5
Aldrich
Gov. Underwood
P. C. Graney
Cecil L. Bower
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Butler
Charleston
Lewisburg
Arthur M. Hill
National Assn. of
Hill
Huntington
White Sulphur Springs
Panhandles
Army Expert Appointed to State Road Commission
Col George E White Jr, Army District Engineer in St Louis, named administrative assistant to Road Commissioner Patrick Graney. 44 year old Weston native and West Point graduate has directed over 100 Air Force construction projects in the Pacific and holds an MIT Harvard masters in civil engineering. His parents reside in Charleston.
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St. Louis
State Road Commission
Col
George E. White Jr
Weston
Vincent Jankoski
White
Patrick Graney
Col. White
West Point
Central Pacific Theater
Ith Air Force Service
Air Force
Pacific Islands
Air Force Headquarters
Washington
Harvard Graduate School of Engineering
Charleston, Ee
Parties Formed At Boys State
At Mountaineer Boys State in Jacksons Mill six juniors formed two rival parties the Federalists and Nationalists. Sam Starling and Steve McClain led the Nationalists with Rex Adams and John McAdams heading the Federalists. Primary balloting was set for governor and other offices with the general election due tomorrow night and offices to be filled Wednesday.
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Jackson's Mill
Mountaineer Boys State
Sam Starling
Parkersburg
Steve McClain
Princeton
Rex Adams
Oak Hill
John McAdams
Wellsburg
Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
West Virginia
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Greene
Spencer Institution
UCC
Marmet Liquor Store
Loewenstein
Quate Rier
Morris St
Glenn Hancock
A. G. Higginbotham
Arthur
SRC
Army
West Virginia State College
Institute
Virgil L. Flinn
R. Virgil Rohrbough
John Woodruff
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