Educators urged to bolster alcohol education in schools
Public health educator Marshall C. Abee told a Morris Harvey College seminar that schools are slow to take responsibility for youth alcohol education. He noted low attendance by administrators and teachers and urged school, home, and church to guide teens toward positive attitudes while community support remains uncertain.
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Edward Peeks
Marshall C. Abee
Winston-Salem
N. C
Morris Harvey College
Abee
State Department For Health
Raymond E. Washington
Alcoholism Information Center
Kanawha County
Tarzan Yell Haunts Dorms and Other Oddities
A reader recounts a campus nightly 12:10 a.m. Tarzan scream from the boys’ dorm and an understudy’s squeaky roar before a dean ended the calls. Also ran a kitchen kiss joke, a misprinted ad, and a shy 4 year old hiding under a table amid miscellaneous family humor.
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Morpheus
College President Opposes Shawnee Land Industrialization
West Virginia State College President Dr William J L Wallace opposes using Shawnee Reservation land for industry. He argues recreation supports the college environment and community life, urging designation of the land for recreational use and noting potential eastward campus growth. Local officials weigh recreation versus industrial plans alongside the Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Commission. Police and fire activity notes follow with local incidents.
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William J. L. Wallace
West Virginia State College
Kanawha
Wallace
Kanawha County Planning and Zoning Commission
Shawnee Reservation
Indus
Kanawha County
Clay Junction Annexation Sparks Legal Review
Clay Town Council voted to annex Two Run or Clay Junction boosting population to 717 from 486. The matter is before Clay County Court with some residents seeking Supreme Court review while others defend the change as allowed by a 1965 law. Council members Bennington Schoonover and Smith voted yes. Dunn opposed. Nugen abstained.
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Clay
Clay Junction
Two Run
Clay County Court
State Supreme Court
J. D. Morris
Morris
S. J. Wilson
F. A. Bennington
Walter Schoonover
A. A. Smith
Gale Dunn
0. N. Nugen
Restoration Aid Weighs Land Purchase Under Appalachian Plan
West Virginia would gain more federal support to buy stripped land for restoration if Appalachian Regional Commission expands aid and tightens strip mining controls. Pennsylvania Gov. Scranton outlined revolving-fund use to reclaim land and resell to fund further restorations, with safeguards against windfall profits.
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Pocono Manor
West Virginia
Appalachian Regional Commission
Wucam
Ocrauion of
Pennsylvania
Congress
Kentucky
Appalachian
Ohio
Gov. Scranton
Scranton- Wilkes Barre
Scranton
Mills E. Godwin
Virginia
Appalachian Unit Approves Tech Grant for WV Tech
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved a 153630 dollar grant to West Virginia Tech at Montgomery to build an engineering classroom funded by 550000 dollars from the U S Office of Education, totaling 1.3 million with the ARCs support. Gov Hulett C Smith was named next state cochairman succeeding Gov J Millard Tawes. The commission also endorsed 15 projects totaling over 3 million across six states, including libraries, nursing homes, and vocational schools.
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Washington Buren
Pocono Manor
Appalachian Regional Commission
West Virginia Tech
Hulett C. Smith
Montgomery
U. S. Office of Education
Gov. Smith
West Virginia
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland
Federal-State Commission
Tawes
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Alabama
Hagerstown
Little Girl Draws Lucky Father in CDA Event
Seven year old Anne Lee Hardy of Rock Lake Village will pick the winner of a color television from the Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce in a Lucky Father's Day promotion. Coupons from downtown Charleston stores are due by Saturday noon and the draw happens at 7 pm with results published in the Sunday Gazette Mail. Anne Lee is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul E Hardy of 1103 Village Drive.
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Anne Lee Hardy
Rock Lake Village
Charleston
Anne Lee
Sunday Gazette Mail
Paul E. Hardy
Village Drive
South Charleston
Nurses unite to push licensing law in West Virginia
Beckley report outlines plan by Licensed Practical Nurses Association of West Virginia to require licensure for all nurses. President Mrs. R. E. Fowlkes promotes 1967 legislation, wage adjustments, and board changes. Advisory board named with Kennedy and Kessel. convention set for Elkins Sept 19-15.
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Caldwell
Virginia Line
Greenbrier County
Opal Ripley
Beckley
Practical Nurses Assn
West Virginia
LPN
R. E. Fowlkes
Huntington
David Kennedy
Clark Kessel
Elkins
Raleigh
Fayette
Summers
Mercer
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Washington
Carl B. Hall
Kenneth A. Rouse
Chicago
Scenic Greenbrier County
Virginia Border
East
The
State Road Commission
Tarzan
Jane
Point Pleasant Way
Gazette
Shawnee
Bigley Ave
Breezemont Drive
Clendenin St
Seventh Avenue
Rebecca Street
Goodwill Box
U.S
Chian Regional Commission
Pocono Manor Inn
Appalachian Unit
State Board of Directors
Cedar Lakes
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Paul L. Jefferson
Social Security
Charles Showalter
Charleston Memorial Hospital
George Mattix
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Thomasina Riley
St. Francis Hospital
Ferrell Friend
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