Resolution Would Double Food Stamps
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted to more than double the food stamp program increasing authorized spending from 340 million to 780 million for the year starting July 1. The panel agreed to pursue the measure next week while McGovern backed it pending broader reform action by July 15. House plans July hearings on food stamps and farm legislation may tie the issues into one bill.
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Man Junior High Teacher Held for Mental Exam
Dennis Stepp a 25 year old Man Junior High School teacher in Mingo County has been committed to Huntington State Hospitals for a court ordered mental examination. He faces federal and state charges tied to four dynamite blasts on June 11 near Justice. Two 16 year old Justice youths are charged and free on 5000 dollar bonds pending actions. Stepp waived preliminary hearings and was bound over to the grand jury on 10000 dollar bond. He was brought to the hospital by Sheriff Harry B Artis.
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Dennis
Stepp
Mingo County
Man
Justice
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Harry B. Artis
Home Economics Students Excel at National Convention
Three West Virginia State College home economics students will attend the American Home Economics Association national convention in Boston from June 23 to 28. Mary Ellen Tallarico from South Charleston Nancy Walker Gibson from Charleston and Marilynn Groghan from St. Albans will visit MIT Nutrition Laboratory and attend a Boston Pops concert.
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W. Va
Poling Named New Chairman of West Virginia Petroleum Assn
John P. Poling of Charleston named chairman of the West Virginia Petroleum Assn. He previously worked as a Gulf Oil district manager in the Charleston area after stints in Morgantown and Bluefield and moved to Charleston in 1955.
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Gulf Oi
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West Virginia Petroleum Assn
Gulf
Morgantown
Bluefield
TV Cartoons Teach Kids to Read in Oak Hill
More than 20 children aged three to five in Oak Hill are selected for a televised reading program. Sponsored by Appalachia Educational Laboratory in Charleston, the project uses animated cartoons on WOAY-TV to teach reading skills during 9 to 9 30 a m on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays. The coordinator Robert Lynn Canady invites all area children to watch. Books and comics accompany the test group materials.
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Oak Hill
Appalachia
Robert Lynn Canady
AEL
Moscow Bureau Closure Threat Over Washington Post Articles
The Soviet Union warned the United States it would close the Moscow bureau of The Washington Post if Anatole Shub articles continued. State officials rejected the claim that the pieces were biased while Shub faced expulsion from Russia for alleged anti-Soviet writings.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
Anatole Shub
Alexander FP. Yevstafyev
Adolph Dubs
State Department
Shub
Russia
Dubs
WVU names high scoring students to dean list
Morganton WVU College of Agriculture and Forestry announces dean list honorees. Names include Roger David Perdue of Route 1 Manila Boone County Charles Henry Delp Sutton Thomas Burgess Charles Raymond Fox Oak Hill Roger Lee Shaver Sand Fork Glenville William Inskeep Medley Grant County John A Scott Route 2 Princeton Martha L Fulks Alderson Stephen Hedrick Route 3 Sinks Grove Monroe County E Esti Hughes Jr canvas Nicholas County Lloyd A Foe Cass Pocahontas Leslie W Daniel Glen Daniel Raleigh County Ronald M Thompson Fort Gay Wayne County Calvin J Sharp Camden on Gauley Webster Lynn Moore McCauley Route 4 Elizabeth Anna Louise Williamson Williams town Wood County.
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WVU! College of Agriculture and Forestry
Roger David Perdue
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Boone County
Charles Henry Delp
Sutton
Thomas Burgess
Charles Raymond Fox
Oak Hill
Roger
Lee Shaver
Sand Fork
Glenville
William Inskeep
Medley
Grant County
John A. Scott
Rt. 2
Princeton
Martha L. Fulks
Alderson
Stephen Hedrick
Rt. 3
Police Tank Has New Life He Jr
A piranha named He died in the Charleston Police Department aquarium on April 30 after medicine failed. On Friday a new piranha, He Jr, was introduced as an anonymous gift. The South American fish is about one year old and significantly smaller than its predecessor.
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Accident Investigation Bureau
Charleston
Car Stolen At Knifepoint In Chandler Drive incident
A Hinton man reports his 1968 Chevrolet Impala was stolen at knifepoint on Chandler Drive Friday morning after a man demanded money. Price jumped from the car and the thief fled with the vehicle. Police are investigating the armed theft.
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Charles E. Price
Price
Chandler
Fumes Arise On Gas Bill From UFG
Willie Adkins of Lavalette disputes United Fuel Gas Co findings that his gas meter is correct. He turned in the meter, vows to fight if bills rise due to an error, and says he will switch to a smaller supplier while awaiting resolution the firm maintains the meter is correct and notices will be sent for payment.
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United Fuel Gas Co
Willie Adkins
Adkins
Lavalette
James Patterson
Adamns
Rainy forecast spans Atlantic coast to Midwest
Rain and showers are forecast today along the Atlantic coast and into portions of the Midwest, Tennessee Valley, and Gulf States, with damp conditions likely across several regions.
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Midwestern States
Tennessee Valley
Gulf States
FMC Grants 500 to West Virginia State College
FMC Corp. American Viscose division provides a $500 grant to West Virginia State College for the 1969-70 academic year. President William L. Wallace accepts the gift intended to aid the science department, with a suggestion to fund an undergraduate science scholarship.
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West Virginia State College
William L. Wallace
State
Department of Science
FMC
Beckley Choir to Give Gospel Concert Sunday
The Beckley interdenominational Choir, formed from several Beckley churches, will present a gospel concert this Sunday at Levi First Baptist Church. The event is announced in The Charleston Gazette.
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Beckley Interdenominatone Choir
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North Vietnamese Attack Flares Around Tay Ninh City
U S and South Vietnamese forces report heavy fighting near Tay Ninh City as about 600 enemy troops attack the outskirts and artillery bases. Officials say 194 enemy dead over two days while rockets strike a military hospital and casualties rise.
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New York Times
Saigon
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Tay Ninh
Veterans Meeting Opens in Huntington with 250 Attend
About 250 persons gathered in Huntington for the opening of the 37th state meeting of the Disabled American Veterans. The session continues through Sunday as the DAY auxiliary and the Order of Trench Rats meet concurrently.
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Real Battle Moore Declares Police Cruiser Collision
A youth, Ricky Lee Boggs, 16, of 1434 Stuart St, was charged after a collision on Edgewood Drive at 1 45 am that damaged a police cruiser and an auto. Patrolman Roy Cowan and Richard W. Homan were injured when Boggs crossed the center line. the incident followed a citywide safety context voiced by A Moore at the VFW convention.
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Parkersburg
A. Moore
Charleston
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Roy Cowan
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Rory Calhoun Denies Adultery Claims by Co Star Betty Grable
In Santa Monica California actor Rory Calhoun rejected adultery allegations from his estranged wife Lita Baron who cited 78 unnamed women. Calhoun’s attorney said he barely knows Miss Grable or the numerous unidentified correspondents. The pair married in 1948 and have two children.
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Rory Calhoun
Betty Grable
Calhoun
Lita Baron
Superior Court
William A. Spivak
Miss Grable
Jane
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