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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1965
Page
12
Lt Frank Wheeler son of Mr and Mrs Homer Wheeler of Maplewood Estates has received a 4500 graduate fellowship from Purdue University He will enter Purdue in September.
Senator Fulbright launches a surprise amendment in the foreign aid bill proposing that the Organization of American States oversee U S military aid to Latin America to national security needs. The plan would shift decision power from U S presidents to the OAS and could Cut arms funding and curb the Latin American arms race.
A cry-baby bandit robbed the Globe Loan Co. in Des Moines on Friday, escaping with $1,600. The youth broke into tears during the hold up and claimed he did not want to go to jail after entering the loan office twice before firing the gun.
Wildcat strikers in Northern Panama set fire to a U S owned packing plant at the Lechosa plantation destroying hundreds of crates bound for the United States. National guardsmen were sent to Puerto Armuelles amid violence by machete armed agitators as union leaders urged workers to return.
The Kanawha County Board of Education asks Circuit Judge Frank L. Taylor to rule on the constitutionality of two 1965 acts allowing school bond issues to be put to voters without detailing expenditures by site. The board seeks to enjoin the attorney general C. Donald Robertson from disapproving a contemplated bond issue, contending the acts are valid.
TV listings preview Belmont Stakes coverage from Aqueduct New York with NBC notes, plus CBS and ABC memorial day specials. Highlights include Indianapolis 500 motorsport feature and World Pocket Billiard Championship, along with Hollywood Palace guest Victor Borge and Nancy Wilson performances.
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard told President Johnson during a White House meeting that West Germany fully supports the United States against Communism in Viet Nam. The two leaders affirmed a strong Atlantic alliance and solidarity, while France's De Gaulle voiced policy differences on the U S military role in Southeast Asia.
The Army will close nine small recruiting stations in West Virginia on July 1 as part of a nationwide reorganization. Beckley will become a regional recruiting headquarters serving most of West Virginia and parts of Virginia and Kentucky. Closed posts include St. Albans and Lewisburg, while Charleston and other stations will stay open with reduced staffing.
Gazette reporter Robert D. Horan has filed a $250 000 damages suit in Cabell County Circuit Court for a daughter Dana Horan injured on November 17 in Huntington. Dana and a younger brother were struck by a car driven by Frank Caldwell of Huntington. Horan alleges the girl faces permanent disabling injuries.
Roy Wdody of Lewisburg submitted the sole bid of 225 441 to construct the federal post office building at White Sulphur Springs. The General Services Administration is reviewing the bid as Congress had appropriated 237 400 for the project per Senators Byrd and Randolph.
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