Welfare backs birth control plan see page two
L L Vincent, interim Welfare director designate, endorsed a voluntary family planning program for low income families. Health officials questioned funding, legality and moral aspects, urging careful study and safeguards for religious beliefs. Clergy and doctors urged careful, voluntary access without coercion while planners cited public need and targets for medical indigent families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Freed
Department of Welfare
L. L. Vincent
Vincent
Welfare Department
N. H. Dyer
Hie
Dyer
Fred W. MacLean
West Virginia Council of Churches
MacLean
H. V. Cann
Wheeling
Fr. Cann
Iask
Page Seckford
Kanawha - Charleston
Kanawha County
Chelyan
South Charleston
Gordon Perkins
Russell Richardson
Office of
The
Planned Parenthood - World Population Organization
Leonard Eckman
Julius Stern
Planned Parenthood
Parkersburg
Keith Smith
Union Carbide
ADCU
Whale admiration and lighthearted quips from readers
A letter from the First Society of Whale Watchers in Honolulu urges stopping whaling, while a WV observer notes no whales killed locally for years and shares reflections on whales. The page also carries assorted Overheard items and short community anecdotes about everyday quirks and humorous exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Society of Whale Watchers
Honolulu
West Virginia
Ahab
Jonah
Constitution Convention Plea Voiced at Concord College
Governor urged support for a constitutional revision as Concord College’s 9th graduating class received diplomas. He called West Virginians to vote on November 9 to decide whether to hold a convention and potentially elect delegates, with another ballot on the proposal to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Concord College
Smith
West
Newspaper Theft Nets Jail Term
Ocie Brown about 20 of near St Albans was jailed after admitting stealing four newspapers. Agents of the Newspaper Agency Corporation and Patrolman Woodrow Barker told Municipal Judge Joseph Thomas he was seen taking papers Saturday from a drop off point at Central Avenue and Florida Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocie Brown
St. Albans
Newspaper Agency Corporation
Woodrow Barker
Joseph Thomas
Central Avenue
Florida Street
Huntington May Start Birth Clinic
Cabell Huntington Health Department may open a birth control clinic for indigent women this fall. Dr. Thomas W. Nale reported poll results showing strong support from physicians dentists ministers and officials. The clinic would operate with the Cabell County Medical Society which endorsed the idea in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Cabell- Huntington Health Department
Thomas W. Nale
Cabell-Huntington Health
Nale
Cabell County Medical Society
Health Department
Nalo
Man Denies Using Mail To Promote Gambling
William A. Gerhart of White Sulphur Springs pleaded guilty to using an interstate facility to promote the Colonial Club a gambling enterprise Trial is set for July 26 at Beckley before Judge Thomas J. Michie. He allegedly mailed Christmas cards last year containing a token usable at the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Gerhart
White Sulphur Springs
Colonial Club
John A. Field Jr
Beckley
Thomas J. Michie
Charlottesville
Gerhart
Michie
Congress
Greenbrier
Charleston To Welcome First 58 Women At Job Corps Center
The Charleston Job Corps for Women opens with 58 enrollees from six states as Packard Bell Electronics operates the center in the Kanawha Hotel. Center director Dr Selma Lippeatt says each girl will receive counseling with a two year maximum stay and 300 trainees overall by August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Job Corps Center For
Kanawha
Selma F. Lippeatt
Margaret Wood Mayes
Harold E. Atwood
Joe B. Neely
Packard Bell
North Carolina
Maryland
Texas
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Income Rises as West Virginians See Higher Incomes
West Virginia personal income rose sharply in the first quarter of 1965. Total state income reached 918.20 million at March end, up 7.4 percent from a year earlier, while March income stood at 306 million, up 6.8 percent. National gains slightly higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Alabama
Alaska
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Michigan
South Carolina
Wisconsin
Ind
New York
California
Massachussetts
Texas
Reservoir Plan Hits New Snail
Washington report notes plans for the Stonewall Jackson Reservoir on the West Fork River in Lewis County date to 1938 and face rejection after Clarksburg would not fund its share. The Army Engineers urged further study while Randolph notes Clarksburg’s potential future water needs by 1980 and Weston would join the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Army Engineers
Clarksburg
Weston
Randolph
Board of Engineers
Buffalo Creek
West Tork
Smith Denies Lane Resignation as Warden
Gov. Hulett Smith denied reports that Natural Resources Director M. Lane Lane submitted a resignation last Friday. The Huntington Advertiser cited sources while Lane was away from his Charleston office amid weeks of resignation speculation. Lane has led the agency since 1957 and eight years in the top post, after earlier service under Underwood and Barron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Hulett Smith
Natural Resources
M. Lane
Huntington Advertiser
Lane
Smith
Concord College
Athens
Charleston
State Conservation Commission
Cecil Underwood
Department of Natural Resources
W. W. Barron
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Joe B
Tory Room
Louise Cohen
Virgil Gilmore
Robert B. McNeill
Larry Pierce
Jack Weller
United Presbyterian Church
Whitesville
Johnny
State Road Commission
Spearfish
5. D
Road Commission
Japan
South Dakota
Aragment
Mrs. White
John A. Shanklin
Marshall Buckalew
Morris Harvey College
Women In Community Service
WICS
Shanklin
Business Week
Midwest
Warden Lane
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