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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1957
Page
4
Mountaineer Boys State Senate approves a 15 to 10 resolution to ask voters to amend the constitution to raise the voting age to 18. Gov. Underwood pledges to push the measure as Boy Senators debate readiness and responsibilities for casting ballots.
Adventists will collect a special offering tomorrow during the Charleston Seventh Day Adventist Church weekly service to support the College of Medical Evangelists. Funds are earmarked for the college operating budget, aiding its nine schools in medicine dentistry nursing and related programs at Loma Linda and Los Angeles.
Richard S. Glaser was re elected president of the Kanawha Players. Other officers named include Charles Sack first vice president Charles H. Gidmour second vice president Richard Beer treasurer and Mrs Charles F Stuart secretary. Election to the board of directors included Glaser Mrs Frand Annan George Mason Gilmour Mrs Berton Souis and Mrs Harvey M Davis. The spring drive raised 3400 vs 6900 last year and a melodrama is planned for early August with a committee named to study workshop improvements in Kanawha City.
Mrs. Frank Rebhan, Easter Seal campaign chair for the Kanawha County Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc., announced that six months of 1957 yielded $17,167.95, short of the 1956 six month total of $18,474.32. Ninety one point two percent of county donations stay in West Virginia to fund local services, with the rest aiding a national program of research education and direct services. The Cerebral Palsy Clinic at Fruth School remains the county’s chief project.
Billy Graham uses the Bible as his source and weapon in Madison Square Garden prayer meetings drawing 18 000 on a night with total crusade attendance at 410 000. He urges readable big print Bibles and says many own them but never read them.
A spokesman for the Charleston Building Contractors Assn said Plasterers Union Local 465 has agreed on a new contract, awaiting formal ratification. Several other unions including Cement Masons Local 1 and one-laborer groups hold expiring contracts with negotiations continuing.
Police report Patrolman Bob Crouse watched James Bailey siphon gas from a C and D Meter Delivery Co. truck at 2 Westmoreland Road. Bailey 28, of 118 Sixth St Dunbar, father of four, was arrested last Monday and faces sentencing postponed for background checks.
Vice President Nixon urged Republican leaders to unite and attack Democrats over the budget, arguing five years of peace and prosperity under Eisenhower. He defended the party against modern Republicanism while noting donors’ concerns and the push to raise one million dollars for 1957.
Saltville Virginia June 6 Howard Lee Bise 16 of McComas West Virginia drowned in an old quarry pond three miles southwest of Saltville. Witnesses said he went under while swimming with other youths and could not be rescued. Lifesaving crews from Leeington and Marion recovered the body. He had been visiting his grandmother Mrs William Myers of Route 1 Saltville.
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