City's 25 Playgrounds to Open 10-Week Program Wednesday
Charleston's 25 summer playgrounds will open Wednesday to launch a 10 week program run by the City Park and Recreation Commission. Forty men and women with at least one year in college will receive intensive training in playground leadership as the system expands from Chamberlain to Grandview. Activities include sports, games, storytelling, picnics, crafts, dances, movies, and neighborhood events. General supervisors are Reuben Carp and Garneta Shannon with Helen McClung in charge of traits. The Chandlers School property serves as a new playground for Orchard Manor and lower Chandler's Dr. High pupils will organize there. Boyd Playground moves to City Park due to Boyd Junior High closure. Other sites remain: Bigley Ave and School, Capitol School, Chandlers Dr, Donnally, Dunbar, Fernbank, Glenwood, Grandview, Kanawha School, Kanawha City Playfield, Legion Field, Lincoln, Littlepage Terrace, Reynolds St, Riverview, Robins, Sunset, Tiskelwah, Washington Manor, Watts. Littlepage and Capitol are for grade school children only.
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Charleston
Park and Recreation Commission
Reuben Carp
Garneta Shannon
Helen McClung
Traits
Chandiers School
Orchard Manor
Chandlers Dr
Boyd Playground
City Park
Boyd Junior High
Bigley Ave
Bigley School
Capitol School
Donnally
Dunbar School
Fernbank
Glenwood
Grandview
Kanawha School
Kanawha City Playfield
Legion Field
Lincoln
Littlepage Terrace
Reynolds St
Riverview
Robins
Sunset
Tiskelwah
Washington Manor
Watts
Littlepage
Capitol
Robert E. Kresge
Parks and Recreation
Hatters See Harriman Put Lim in Ring
New York June 9 Governor Averell Harriman entered the Democratic presidential race announcing the hat in the ring at a Hat Workers Union convention. Harriman 64 emphasized New Deal and Fair Deal aims and said he would fight for the nomination despite previous inactivity. His move follows Stevenson primary wins and a Dubinsky suggestion Harriman back Stevenson for party unity amid Eisenhower health questions.
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New York
Averell Harriman
The
Hat Workers Union Convention
David Dubin
International Ladies Gament Workers Union
Harman
Adlai Stevenson
Harriman
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Hainais
Dubinsky
Fifteen Presidents Accept Bid to Panama
Fifteen presidents including Bolivar, Brazil, El Salvador would attend the ceremony in Panama after a bid from Colombia was accepted. Warnings note unnamed attendees and unsettled details about the event.
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Panama
Wama City
UNS
Aaerhewer
Fahan
Howeves
Colombia
Waeertander
Bolivis
Bragland el
Russian Women See British Fashion Shift in Revolution Era
Russian women observe British fashion influence during the early revolutionary period, noting shifts in attire and style as social changes unfold. The situation reflects evolving gender norms and public display amid upheaval.
Ike's Surgeon Is State Native
Four surgeons operated on the president, totaling 106 years of combined medical experience. Five DC physicians aided, with 62 years of service. Maj. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton led the team, a Parkersburg WV native and Walter Reed commander, noted for Pearl Harbor era valor and a 1926 Louisville medical degree.
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Washington
President Endower
District of Columbia
Leonard D. Heaton
Fourman Surgical
American Surgical
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Schofield Barracks
Island of
Oahu
Pearl Harbor
Parkersburg
W. Va
Heaton
Louisville School of Medicine
Army
Walter Reed
Genera Erion
Robert T. Ganis
Ganis
Downs
Kan
Legion of Merit
Isidore Raydin
University of Pennsylvania
Raydin
Oat Evansville
Tne
Max L. Smith
Smith
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Brian Blades
John H. Lyons
Blades
Lyons
U. S. Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Eisenhower
Couple Killed As Car Plunges In Idaho River
A father and mother died when a car driven by Jean Kovachevich veered off a highway near Orofino Idaho and plunged into the Clearwater River. Sheriff Fred Pomeroy said the couple identified as Jean Kovachevich 48 and her husband by Kre…
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Idaho River
Orofino
Idaho
Jason
Clearwater River
Kk Kovachevich
Jean
Orofine
Fred Pomeroy
Kovachevich
Pomeroy
Kovache
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Thomas Jefferson Junior High School
Marilyn Schaefer
West Virginia University
Henry Davis
Cedar Grove High School
Dunbar-Cabell
Gazette
Chamberlain
Kanawha City
North Charleston
Robert W. Kirkpatrick
Kresge
Gloria Burgess
Rector Brown
Flo Carney
Nunley
Carp
Menry Davis
Uoon
Ils Pom
Bob Jameson
Mary Lewis
Jane Sale
Tuezday
Ginny Givens
Ray Arbogast
Bert Morris
Nancy Bailey
Tha An
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McCorkle Ave
Watt Powell Park
H. B. Agsten
United Carbon
Ike
Insurance Center
Kanawha City Bridge
Letterman Army Hospital
San Francisco
Allstate Insurance Co
Auto Parts, Inc
Clendenin ST
S. Kanawha ST
Becki
David
Coward Curry
James E
New
Allstate
McCorkle
Sears
U.S
Canada
Allstate Insurance Center
McCorkle Avenue
West Powell Park
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Kanawha Blvd
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Wim. S. Bolden CO
MacCorkle Ave
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