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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1961
Page
18
The reporter tours East Berlin revealing rubble filled streets and state centers while noting Volkshochschulfied schools, a Karl Marx High School, and a stark contrast with West Berlin. A refugee named Dasser recounts fleeing with eight children after losing his wage based on party pressure and a staged wedding escape plan.
Edward B. Allen Jr. of Greenbrier County filed a $25,000 damages suit in U S District Court against Chemical Tank Lines Inc. He alleges a tanker rear ended his car on U S 60 two miles east of White Sulphur Springs causing neck and back injuries.
Delayed shipments bring 15 000 plant kits to McDowell County unemployed families as part of a farmer aid effort. Seeds for corn tomatoes beans and more accompany the 50 50 100 tomato cabbage and sweet potato counts handed out at the War Memorial Building in Welch.
Morgantown Thirty nine students have been accepted to participate in the 1961 cooperative training program of West Virginia University and the State Road Commission. Selected students include John M. Barton Jr Randolph Kenneth R. Bryant Thorpe Sammy R. Burdette Elkview Danny L. Cooper Winifrede Gary W. Ellison Fayetteville Larry A. Ford Sandyville Stephen R. Goode Andrew R. Templeton Donald D. Vanscoy Elkins David L. Haley Eccles Mary A. Hall Diana Ernie E. Harper Lewood Robert L. Kunkel Daniels Louis S. Latian Gary Alexander A McLaughlin Jr Luther D. Miller Jr Shrewsbury Joseph A Motus Jr Paul D. Nichols Oak Hill Welson Nesmith Naoma Carl A Pierson Daniels Jerome C. Simon Jr Roy L. Sizemore Dothan James C. Watson Stallings James R. Yoakum Ravenswood Ronald L. Zasta Minden
The 35 member College Choir directed by Roger K. Parolini will perform The Aurora III at 7 30 p m Wednesday in First Advent Christian Church located at 615 Randolph St
Dr. Charles P. Harper of Huntington, a Marshall University political science professor, urges coordinated action to save West Virginia’s prehistoric and historic sites. He will chair a Governor’s conference on preservation Thursday at the Statehouse and leads the Historical Park and Monument Committee among other posts.
West Virginia officials push for local coordinators in each county to map and mark historic sites. A public hearing by the Public Service Commission is set for July 12 on a North Central rate dispute as governors and state officials speak at a Capitol conference.
Army ROTC cadets Charles P. Armstrong Carl L. Skiles Richard M. Allen James P. Davidson Jr. Duke A. McDaniel Dewey L. Pritt John F. Rowles Robert J. Watson Joseph G. Plasky were commissioned as lieutenants. Air Force cadets Keith A. Bodamer Guy P. Childress Jr. William E. Boyles Jr. Robert B. King received commissions. The ceremony took place Monday at 1.
SBA announces expansion of its Charleston office from two to four staffers, adding a senior financial specialist and a procurement and technical assistance specialist. Officials say demand in southern West Virginia will grow under Area Redevelopment Act duties and emphasize SBA’s role in loans and government contracts.
West Virginia Governor Barron may face a special legislative session on board memberships after Atty. Gen. Robertson proposed amending statutes for four policy boards. The plan aims to avoid reopening redistricting while addressing memberships affected by the district reduction. The session begins June 14 and would also tackle aid to dependent children funding.
Tours of Bluestone Dam will be held each Sunday afternoon during June July and August to attract tourists. The Junior Chamber of Commerce asked the U S Corps of Engineers for permission to conduct the tours. Fifty persons were shown through the dam’s workings at the initial tour Sunday.
A 206 foot Nazi banner was discovered Monday draped from the roof of St. Joseph's High School in Huntington. City firemen removed the banner and officials said an investigation would be conducted.
Union Carbide Chemicals Co. in South Charleston reported a minor fire at 10 45 a m injuring three workers near a pipeline system on Blaine Island. Lawrence Ulbrick Norvell Mallory and Corliss Parcell were hospitalized with first second and third degree burns.
Lloyd H. Stump of Mt. Nebo Nicholas County was sentenced to six years in a federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to stealing a car in Ohio and selling it in Wheeling West Virginia and stealing another auto in Charlotte North Carolina and selling it in Miami. Pennsylvania State Police arrested him at Bedford in March. Stump had escaped from the West Virginia State Penitentiary in 1942 and from the Charleston county jail in 1944.
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