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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1961
Page
7
White Sulphur Springs officials and industry leaders debate the health of farming. J E Streetman of Ralston Purina warns against myths of decline while citing a drop of three million farm workers over the past decade and urging continued investment in American agriculture.
Gov Barron appointed a five member minimum wage board to hear appeals from wage rulings by the state labor commissioner. Members include Vincent J Koski Parkersburg May or Dear T Jackson Charleston Kenneth Sylvester Charleston Paw Rp Anderwen Charlestin and Robert Welch Huntington. The board will set rules within state law and serve without pay.
A 30 p.m. Friday protest meeting is set in Buffalo High School to oppose the Buffalo Community Cannery closure by the Board of Education. J E Cain urges cannery patrons to attend and share views.
Helen M. Thompson secretary of the American Symphony Orchestra League has been named a consultant for the second International Conductors Competition of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society to be held in Liverpool, England next spring. She is the only American in the consultive group with judges including John Dennison and Adrian Boult among others. The competition, run with Arts Council of Great Britain and BBC support, aims to showcase young conductors in two public concerts.
A collage of films screens across Midtown theaters led by The Last Time I Saw Archie and Spartacus. Appearances include Robert Mitchum Doris Day Elvis Presley Gregory Peck and others in color and black and white titles across multiple venues.
Wetzel Whitten pleaded guilty in City Police Court to two hit and run charges and was fined 52 dollars on each, then given two consecutive 3 day jail terms by Acting Judge John Charnock Jr. Sukarno of Indonesia visits Red China leaders in Peiping with talks after arrival from Moscow.
Two Kanawha County graduates, Hubert K. Farrell of Dunbar and Robert A. Guelich of South Charleston, received bachelor of arts degrees at Wheaton College's 101st commencement in Wheaton Illinois.
John M. Wells of Charleston was elected president of Kyle Furniture on June 2 after R Herndon Kyle’s death, marking his third leadership role in a month. He previously won a one year Stonewall Jackson Club presidency in 1951-52 and a second term as Stonewall Jackson Club president on May 17. Wells also leads the National Wholesale Furniture Assn and is named to head the Wholesale SAR at a June 19 NWFA dinner in Chicago.
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