Executions Passe In State Thursday
George Hanna reports on West Virginia moves toward abolition of the death penalty. The House approved a bill 63 to 37 to abolish executions while a Senate bill awaits action. In 1961 Ernest Stevenson faced death by electric chair. repealing laws could turn such sentences into life terms if a new trial is granted.
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Cabell County
Associated Press
Huntington
House
West Virginia
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Legisla
Davis
Moundsville
Ee Pee Nepearne Cate
Dr. Esposito
Ways and Means Committee
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D-Ark
American Medical Assn
Esposito
Senate Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Roosevelt
Medicare bill sparks West Virginia doctors clash
Dr. Albert Esposito calls the Medicare measure the worst socialist wrapup and a dictatorship written behind closed doors. The piece cites 94 executions in West Virginia and outlines first degree murder and kidnapping penalties with mercy parole after ten years.
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U. S
House of Representatives
Albert C. Esposito
West Virginia State Medical Assn
Esposito
Bur Cohen
Medicare
Aldny
Huntington
Daniel Beane
Te Tees
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Ferguson Gets U S Attorney Nomination
Washington announces Milton J. Ferguson of Wayne will be sent to the Senate as U S attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia. The 62 year old former state tax commissioner would replace Harry Camper of Welch, who resigned to run for Congress. Ferguson is active in West Virginia Democratic circles and helped Hulett Smith’s gubernatorial campaign.
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Johnson
Senate
Milton J. Ferguson
Wayne
U.S
West Virginia
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Ferguson
Harry Camper
Welch
Camper
Congress
George Beter
Huntington
Hulett Smith
St Paul AME Church to Observe 68th Anniversary
St Paul AME Church at 155 Court St will observe its 68th anniversary this Sunday with assistance from nearby St George Syrian Orthodox Church. The 11 a.m. service will be addressed by Bishop William R Wilkes, administrator of the AME denomination's third district. At 3 p.m. the St George Church choir will present a musical program with Rev Raphael Husson as guest. a reception follows.
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William R. Wilkes
St. George Church
Raphael Husson
Suit Filed To Block Motel On Urban Renewal Site
Wade H Ballard IT, stockholder in HeartsTown Courts of America, Inc, sues in U S District Court to halt construction of a motel at Broad and Washington streets in Charleston. Defendants include William L Slayton Housing Agency Commissioner Clarence Moran Charleston URA director Poole Associates and the city of Charleston.
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U. S
Wade H. Ballard
Hearts'Town Courts of America, Inc
Broad
Washington Streets
William L. Slayton
Urban Renewal Administration
The
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Clarence Moran
Charleston Ura
Poole Associates
Laidley Street
Kanawha Boulevard
Ballard
Poole
Hearts’Town
Philadelphia
URA
Heart O'Town
Heart O’town
Mercer Discrimination Probe Will Continue
The State Human Rights Commission will continue its investigation into racial discrimination in Mercer County public schools student teaching assignments. Bluefield State and Concord College presidents, the State Board of Education, the state school superintendent, and Mercer County officials attend today's meeting. The commission cites ongoing concerns about discrimination patterns and the limited openings for Bluefield State students in Black-enrollment schools, with some placements in Virginia.
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State Human Rights Com
Mercer County
Mercer County Board of Education
Bluefield
Concord College
Bluefield State and
Concord
State Board of Education
Virginia
L. B. Allen
Allen
McKinney
State Travel Facilities Are Lauded
WEST VIRGINIA tourism officials hailed a new era spurred by better highways and connected interstates. Robert Bowers urged travel industry workers to act as ambassadors for the state as a modest $250,000 ad budget generated over 12 000 inquiries in spring campaigns.
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Robert RB. Bowers
West Virginia
Bowers
Assn
Salem College
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