Dallas girl wins national spelling title in Dallas bee
Susan Yoachum of Dallas wins the 42nd national spelling bee after a tense final with Huntsville Alabama teen Margaret Matthews and David Greisser of New York City. Susan earns a $1000 prize a silver cup and a NYC trip plus college fund. Runner up Margaret $500 and David $250.
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Washington
Susan Yoachum
Dallas
Tex
Margaret Matthews
Huntsville
Ala
Tistrict
Columbia
Okinawa
David Greisser
Brooklyn
N.Y
Susan
Margaret
Weslawn Junior High
David
New York City
Hill Junior High
Scripps-Howard
Assessor's staff becomes fully Democratic in Kanawha County
Assessor Lee M. Kenna filled the Big Sandy District with Jerry M. Campbell from Clendenin as field deputy. All Republican employees were dismissed, succeeding James E. Ross after Paul W. Workman’s death created the vacancy. Kenna kept some Republicans during the transition. Campbell is a West Virginia State College alum and replaces Velma Snyder, one of the county’s first female field deputies who resigned amid residency questions.
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Lee M. Kenna
Jerry M. Campbell
Clendenin
Big Sandy
Kenna
James E. Ross
Paul W. “Pop
Nixon forms Vietnam veterans committee to boost GI Bill use
President Nixon announced a new Vietnam Veterans Committee led by the Veterans Administration chief to study how to increase GI Bill participation and tailor benefits for undereducated and unemployed veterans. The panel includes the Defense, Labor, and HEW secretaries, OEO director, and Civil Service chairman. No report deadline set.
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Johnson
Nixon
The
Veterans Administration
Velevans
Defense, Labor, and Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Economic Opportunity
Civil Service Commission
A B Commencement Moves to City Hall
Commencement exercises for Algersar Brandages Cotege have moved from campus to city hall due to expected large crowd. Main address by Gay Aven Amore Gelwer. Ceremonies begin at 2 p m Sunday.
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Philipp
Algersar-Brandages Cotege
Becaus
Three West Virginians Held in Car Theft Case
FBI and state police arrested Joe Toler of Pineville Ernest Stapleton of Holden and Fletcher Ramey of Chapmanville on stolen car charges. Five stolen 1969 cars recovered, four from Cleveland and one from Miami. Toler faces a federal violation. Stapleton and Ramey charged under another federal statute. Hearings set before a U.S. Commissioner with bond possible.
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FBI
Ian D. MacLennan
Pittsburgh
Joe Toler
Pineville
Ernest J. Stapleton
Holden
Logan County
Fletcher H. Ramey
Harts
Lincoln County
MacLennan
West Virginia
Cleveland
Miami
Fla
Toler
Wharn ‘Cliffe
Wyoming County
West, Blacksher
U.S
Onc
Cuba Scoffs At Accusation By Haitians
In Havana Cuba denies Haitian accusations that a Cuban plane sparked an incendiary attack on Haitis presidential palace. Granma ridicules the claim calling Duvalier a tyrant. Haiti asks the United States to deploy warplanes for protection and a U S state department spokesman says the request is under study.
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Havana
Cuba
Haiti
Haiten
Francois Duvalier
Granma
Cuban Communist Party
Duvalier
United States
Department
Washington
Electrical Mine Inspectors Exams Planned
State Mines Director John Ashcraft announced Thursday that AP examinations for electrical mine inspectors will be given in Charleston on July 1 and 12. Applicants should contact the State Department of Mines, Room 151-E, for application forms and information. Authorization was framed as the last legislative session to hire five electrical mine inspectors at a starting salary of 11,400 dollars annually.
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Charleston
John Ashcraft
Amone
State Department of Mines
Fire Calls Report From City Fire Department
Fire department logs show reporting of alarms and responses in the city. Details are fragmented but indicate multiple calls including possible residence and street addresses, with times around early evening.
State Social Workers Utilization Criticized
West Virginia social workers are over utilized under utilized and used in inappropriate ways according to Fred Alkire of the welfare department manpower project He calls for new concepts including advocates counselors and administrators and notes plans to fund social welfare education programs at nine colleges If approved the grant would train 250 social workers annually The conference at the Daniel Boone Hotel aims to align training with agency needs and foster cooperation Nine colleges are represented plus Charles Kirkpatrick of the Southern Regional Education Board Bee cee
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West Virginia
Fred Alkire
Alkire
Welfare Department
State Department, of Welfare
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charles Kirkpatrick
Southern Regional Education Board
Bee Ee
Weather forecast by region for June 1969 week
The report lists regional weather outlooks with partial cloudiness and warm conditions across Charleston West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Highs generally in the upper 70s to mid 80s, lows around 50s to 60s, with chances of showers and thunderstorms in some areas. Data includes sunrise sunset notes and stray timing figures.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Fire at Alloy Plant Causes Extensive Damage
An explosive blaze at International Cooperage in Union Carbide Metals Plant burned a section late Thursday night. Firefighters from Montgomery, Boomer and Smithers battled the flames after 10:36 p.m. but water arrived too late to prevent damage centered in the painting section. damage estimates were not available.
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International Cooperage
Union Carbide Metals
Montgomery
Boomer
Smithers
Surveyors Board Gets 3 Appointees
Gov. Moore named Floyd Stiles of Kingwood as chairman F Henry Sipe of Elkins as secretary treasurer and Arden L Marshall of Walker Wood County as a member of the new Board of Examiners of Land Surveyors created by the 149 Legislature to license West Virginia surveyors. The board will prepare license exams issue renewals suspend licenses and investigate violations. Applications and law details are available from Sipe in Elkins.
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Moore
Board of Examiners
Floyd Stiles
Kingwood
F. Henry Sipe
Elkins
Arden L. Marshall
Walker
Wood County
West Virginia
Sipe
Yonkers Honors West Virginian Teacher of the Year
Elizabeth Peacock, a native of West Virginia and alumna of West Virginia State College, has been named teacher of the year in Yonkers. Peacock, former Bluefield State College instructor, now directs Yonkers Head Start.
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West Virginia State College
Peacock
Bluefield Stave Correge
Yonkers
Putnam County Scholarship Parade Scheduled Across Districts
Winfield reports a county wide scholarship parade honoring students with high Scholastic records. Buffalo Eleanor Poca Hurricane Winfield sections start at 9:30 a.m. 10:43 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. routes run along West Virginia highways and city streets ending at the high school or city hall.
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Winfield
Putnam ‘County
Buffalo
W. Va
Creek Road
Eleanor
Poca
Main Street
Virginia Avenue
City Hall
West Virginia volunteers eyed for air service corps plan
Moore outlines a federally run program facing push for West Virginia only participation. An 18 member steering committee, largely students and poverty group affiliates, will reassess plans. Officials note a 7 percent resident requirement and Rockefeller’s reduced role, with training set to begin this Sunday and other preliminaries underway.
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Laqueur
Service Corps
Moore
J Oe
Break-In Reported at Willard Pushkin Offices
Willard Pushkin told police Thursday that his offices at 1205 Quarrier St were entered during the night. A pry bar forced a window and broke the lock but nothing was reported missing.
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Willard Pushkin
Quarrier St
Apollo 8 Astronauts to Get Gold Medals in Helsinki
Astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders who orbited the moon during Apollo 8 will receive gold medals from the International Astronautical Federation in Helsinki for their contributions to space research and peaceful use of space.
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Paris
Frank Roman
James Lo
Willam Anders
Wit
Helsinki
Atronautical Federaion
Spaur
Firm Files Incorporation Certificate for BECKLEY firm
Beckley firm BECKY-Che 029 Construction Co filed a certificate of incorporation in the county clerk's office. The initial office is in North Carolina and the firm lists general construction, excavation, dredging, clearing and contracting, plus design of golf courses, farms, buildings, highways, roads and utilities and operation of all machinery. Authorized 1,000 shares at $? each with $30 minimum to commence business. Incorporators include Osborne Cheek of Whispering Pines North Carolina and Sidney P. Davis Jr and B. McDavid of Charleston.
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Beckley
North Carolina
Osborne Cheek
Whispering Pines
Ship Collision Probe Set For Philippines Subic Bay
The preliminary U S Australian naval inquiry into the Melbourne and Evans collision will convene at Subic Bay Philippines, led by six naval officers split evenly between Australian and American ranks. The Evans crew loss stands at 73 presumed dead with one body recovered. The Kearsarge sails toward Subic Bay with survivors aboard.
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Washington
Melbourne
U. S
Frank E. Evans
Subic Bay
Philippines
Pentagon
Kearsage
Evans
South China Sea
Milton Mayor To Seek Recount
Milton Republican Mayor Raymond Doddridge seeks a recount after losing to Democrat James H. Black by 275 to 273. Election officials later disallowed 29 questionable ballots, 24 due to registration name mismatch and 5 cast on unsuitable sample ballots.
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Milton
Raymond ‘Doddridge
James H. Black
City Fron
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