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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1968
Page
8
Readers discuss TV program choices and advertising ethics. Citizens from multiple states critique shows on CBS and ABC, debating youth taste versus decency, marketing impact, and the role of media in shaping public opinion.
TV listings preview Flower Drum Song and full Canadian Open final rounds from St George Golf and Country Club Toronto with CBS coverage. Also highlights include Wide World of Sports from Sacramento AAU Track and Field championships and The Prisoner episode A B C offering tense drama and a mind altering experiment.
Washington AP reports a Morgantown man listed as killed in action in Vietnam. The casualty story notes official confirmation and impacts on the local community, with brief mention of the deceased’s family in Morgantown.
Venezuelan airline Viasa DC9 lands in Caracas with 79 passengers including travelers carrying hats and rum as souvenirs. A Dominican man hijacked the plane from Santo Domingo to Havana, demanding the pilot head to Cuba. The incident left authorities unsure of the hijacker’s identity and raised questions about asylum in Cuba.
Practical Nurses member Nola Jean Moore and Charlotte Warwick of Morris Harvey College led the Miss West Virginia Scholarship Pageant in Charleston. Moore captured the swimsuit crown while Warwick impressed with The Impossible Dream, as 10 semi finalists were named for the Miss West Virginia contest and a trip to Atlantic City and the Miss America Pageant.
George Rose, former Ranger warlord, told Senate investigators that Chicago’s Blackstone Rangers were approached by black militants and white gun sponsors to arm for a national uprising. He described a Philadelphia meeting in April 1967 with Ram and Ram allies, detailing plans to assassinate civil rights leaders and an arsenal stored under a Chicago church tunnel.
Detectives link a wrench to three break in cases at Edgewood and Town House Apartments and Imperial Towers. A pipe wrench was used to pry doors with no major valuables taken in two, while $26 was stolen from one unit. Other thefts include retirement checks missing from Iron Workers Union Local 301 office and various car break ins for stereo gear, wig, umbrella, and tapes.
Summer arrived with an Arctic air mass as temperatures plunged across the Northeast. Thermometers dropped into the 40s in New England while Mt Washington recorded 23 degrees and snow flurries dusted Adirondacks. winds up to 60 mph created drifts atop Whiteface Mountain near Lake Placid. NYC began in the 50s and fell to the 30s as Maryland and Pennsylvania logged freezing readings.
Mercer County Board of Education may eliminate Park Central High the last segregated school in the state by transferring students to Bluefield High on July 11. Bluefield would gain 11 236 students and a new chemicals plastics focus tied to Union Carbide and Consolidated well as a Hastings plant expansion in Wetzel County rumors.
A St John the Baptist observance planned by Washington Lodge No 4 and the Grand Lodge of West Virginia Masons will be held at St Pauls Baptist Church in St Albans with Rev Homer H Davis as guest speaker The event follows a tense week of demonstrations and arrests linked to a political campaign In New York kidney surgery improved the health of candidate Kaufman who plans a vacation then return to Charleston for renewed campaign activity
A fragmented notice references the Dodson family and a vacation plan. Readable elements mention Dodson and travel context while other details are obscured. The item reads like a personal notice amid incomplete text from a local page.
The Public Service Commission approved Baltimore and Ohio Railroad requests to reschedule Trains 32 and 8 and add sleeping cars on Trains 31 and 32 on routes between Parkersburg and Washington. Changes take effect July 10 with new timings for Train 32 including Parkersburg 7:05 am and Cumberland 1:05 pm at the tail end.
A single vehicle crash Friday afternoon injured Charles M. Towner 16 and Paul W. McCoy 14 both treated and released for minor injuries at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Trooper R E O'Dell said the car skidded off the road into a creek bed after losing control. Train timetable notes follow with stops Cumberland to Washington.
The West Virginia Emergency Service Medal was awarded to 56 National Guard members from the 157th Military Police Company for their role in the Homing Falls mine disaster. Adj. Gen. Williams presided at the ceremony at Camp Dawson, while separate lawsuits filed by the State Road Commission allege contract breaches on Interstate 64 work by Howard Price Co. and U S Fidelity and Guaranty Co. of Charleston. John M Haynes Morgantown faces a contract dispute with U S Bureau of Public Roads over Morris E Monroe project obligations.
Public notices announce multiple corporations including Paragon Homes of the Midat and Carolina Service Corporation intend to withdraw from West Virginia. The documents describe auctions and sales of equipment, bids, and conditions, with officials such as Altizer and Copeland listed as officers. The notices include addresses, auction details, and compliance language regarding state road and civil rights provisions.
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