18 Month Road Study Begins In Kanawha Valley
A long term regional road survey begins with Patrick Graney advising the Bureau of Public Roads on initial recommendations. Sawyers pledges responsibility for new plans while many agencies join the county consultants led by Charles Mathews to map an arterial system integrating land use and housing data.
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Patrick €.Graney
Cmmnesis
Bureau of Public Roads
Sawyers
Bureau
Ttost
Commission
Charles Mathews
New York
United States
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Country Court
Planning and Zoning Commission
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
State Department of Commerce
Charleston
Belle
Cedar Grove
Chesapeake
Clendesin
Dunbar
East Bank
Glasgow
Marmet
Montgomery
Nitro
Pratt
St. Albans
South Charleston
Charleston JCs to sell tickets for Honey in the Rock
The Charleston Junior Chamber of Commerce will act as ticket agent for Honey in the Rock during performances from June 2 to September 2. Tickets may be reserved by writing to P. O. Box 3 Charleston or calling DI 6-4321.
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Charies
Chamber of Commerce
P. C. Box
Charleston
West Virginia colleges listed with large endowment figures
A fragmented OCR listing annual sums for multiple West Virginia colleges shows figures such as Marshall Concord Bluefield State Fairmont Glenville Shepherd Liberty West Virginia Tech and others with ranges from hundreds of thousands to several millions in two columns. Notable amounts include West Virginia Wesleyan three point nine million and two million and Morris Harvey two point five million and one million.
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Marshal
Concord
Bluefield State
Fair Mont
Glenville
Shepherd
Wet Liberty
West Virginia Tech
West Virginia State
Morris Harvey
West Virginia Wesleyan
Bethany
Salem
Davis
26 to Attend CAP Camp at Dover AFB
The Civil Air Patrol will send 26 cadets from the Charleston St. Albans area to a eight day encampment at Dover Air Force Base. They depart Kanawha Airport at 10 30 a m led by Maj. William W Perry CAP commander for the local composite squadron. West Virginia contributes 7 percent cadets and 20 senior members to the Delaware base with National Commander Paul J Ashworth praising the program as a way to show air power and military prospects for the nation. About 12 000 cadets nationwide will take part in similar encampments at various bases.
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Civil Air Patrol
Dover Air Force Base
Charleston- St. Albans
Kanawha
William W. Perry
West Virginia
Delaware
CAP
Paul J. Ashworth
Col
Ashworth
Air Force
C AP
City Woman's Purse Robbed on Seventh Avenue Night
A West side woman, Mrs. L. A. Saunders, was robbed of her purse and knocked down in the 1500 block of Seventh Avenue Friday night. Police later spotted a man matching the assailant’s description, and Mrs. Saunders tentatively identified him. Detectives Dewy Craft and Bill Blackhurst questioned the suspect at police headquarters at 11 p.m. Friday. no charges were filed yet.
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West Side
Seventh Avenue
L. A. Saunders
Bream St
Off Duty Officer Helps Nab St Albans Break-In Suspect
A Summers Street pawn inspection by Charleston Patrolman J A Murphy led to the arrest of Robert Lee Adkins 31 of St Albans on suspicion of grand larceny. Adkins is charged with breaking and entering the First Presbyterian Church and possession of stolen property. Police link him to at least four other break-ins dating to January, with a drill used to breach doors.
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Charleston
St. Albans
Robert Lee Adkins
General Delivery
Summers Street
J. A.murphy
Murphy
Adkins
Lester Groves
St.Albans
First Presbyterian Church
Groves
Justice of the Peace
Eddie Burnside
Alban Theater
Levin's
West Side
Flower Mart
Hardman
David H. Herbert Music Store
Police seek Cabell couple in missing children case
Statewide bulletin issued for Frank and Freda Kennedy who abducted three foster children near Spencer after forcing Huntington social worker Mary Lee Bill from her car. The group drove toward Huntington then disappeared. the 1959 blue Chevrolet and license 206-269 linked to Edward H. Bill are noted.
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Spencer
Huntington
Frank
Freda Kennedy
Cabell County
Mary Lee Bill
Cabell County Child Welfare Department
Kennedys
Milton
Charleston
Here
G. R. Holbert
Bill
Kennedy
Edward H. Bill
Moorefield
Mason mishap injures quit driver on U S 35
A sideswipe crash on U S 35 within Point Pleasant city limits sent Roy Hoover 59 of Rt. 1 Charleston to Pleasant Valley Hospital in Fair condition with a broken shoulder blade broken collar bone and facial laceration. Sally Lou Carst of Rt. 2 Point Pleasant drove the car. Investigators said conditions were incomplete Friday evening.
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Point Pleasant
Roy Hoover
Rt. 1
Charleston
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Hoover
Andersons
Black Rock Inc
Sally Lou
Rt. 2
U. S. 35
Saturday School Day is Urged in West Virginia
West Virginia education leaders urged Governor Barron to allow Saturday classes to make up lost time. The plan aims to ease teacher and pupil hardship by extending the school term and could include consolidating many small schools. The report was submitted after Barron requested ideas to improve the state’s education system.
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West Virginia
Barron
State Department of Education
Reappraisal Job In 11 Counties Is Completed
Tax Commissioner C. Howard Hardesty Jr. announced certification of the statewide property reappraisal program as completed in 11 counties. Names listed include Berkeley Brooke Hancock Marshall Mercer Ohio Putnam Tyler Wetzel and Wood. Mineral County was the only other of 55 to finish. The 1938 legislature created the program to raise more school funds.
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C. Howard Hardesty Jr
Berkeley
Brooke
Hancock
Marshall
Mercer
Ohio
Putnam
Tyler
Wetzel
Wood
Mineral County
City Man Charged In Idle Pay Fraud
A 25 year old Charleston man George Withrowe was arrested on three counts of employment security fraud for obtaining unemployment compensation while employed. Justice of the Peace Joe Geis said Withrowe pleaded guilty and was fined twenty dollars per count, with jail time in lieu of the fines. The charges were described as dogpemmers.
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Charleston
Justice of Peace
Joe Gies
George Withrowe
Rt. G. Charleston
Geis
Barron to Address National Governors Conference in Hershey
Gov Barron will deliver two speeches on West Virginia affairs at the National Governors Conference in Hershey Pennsylvania on July 14. He will discuss the council of economic advisers and transportation in West Virginia. He departs for the conference next Friday with Mrs Barron and aides Curtis Byrem Don Hardman Richard Kyle among attendees.
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Barron
West Virginia
Hershey
Council of Economic Advisers
Don Hardman
Curtis Byrem
Richard Kyle
Policies Hit By Goldwater Contends Tax Reform Boosts Investment
Goldwater urged Kennedy to veto the public works bill and push a liberalization of depreciation allowances. He proposed replacing the 3 percent tax credit with broader tax write offs to spur $90 billion to $100 billion in replacing aging equipment. Governor Bar West Virginia Guard units arrived at Camp Dawson for Governor's Day and Operation Dare training with a jump demonstration and awards planned.
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Goldwater
Austria
National Editorial Asset
NEA
Kennedy
Ene
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Kingwood
Gov. Bar- West Virginia National Guardron
Camp Dawson
Barron
Preston County
Elkins
16Th Special Forces Group
West Virginia National Guard
State Guard
Second Army District
16Th ‘Special Forces
Miner 19 Hurt As Caps Explode In Mine Accident
A 19 year old Sissonville miner named Clarence Ray Burdette was injured when dynamite caps exploded in a two man mine on Rocky Fork Road. He sustained injuries to both legs and his left hand and arm and was taken to Staats Hospital in satisfactory condition. The accident occurred at 11:30 a.m. while he worked alone. A Cunningham Funeral Home ambulance crew reported Burdette did not explain the cause of the explosion. Also noted is a piano recital by John Parker Randolph's students scheduled for 5 p.m. Sunday at the Women's Improvement League on 1320 Washington St.
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Sissonville
Staats Hospital
Rocky Fork Road
Clarence Ray Burdette
M. I. Whittington Coal Co
Cunningham Funeral Home
Burdette
John Parker Randolph
Women’s Improvement League
Washington St. E
State Police Film Set for Showing
The West Virginia state police will be dramatized in a film to be shown by WSAZ TV Huntington Sunday at 3 30 p m in cooperation with the State police. A helicopter sequence shows pursuit of a speeding sports car and the investigation of a fatality that required 400 manhours of police work and 2000 miles of travel.
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West Virginia
Hun ‘Tington
Office of State Police
Supt
Burchett
Wsaz-Tv
Tire Iron Linked to Girls Death in New Jersey Case
Morris Township New Jersey police probe after two Morris Plains girls aged 16 and 17 were found dead in a wooded area. James H. Vance Jr. 18, an acquaintance of the victims, was questioned for seven hours and released. Prosecutor Frank C. Scerbo said a tire iron found near Vance’s home is the probable weapon, with autopsies showing death by blows to the head and no sexual assault. Blood samples from the car and tire iron are being tested.
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Hick Cohank
Chatin
Scerbo
Vance
Magan Uamvun BS Wug Viulald
James H. Vance Jr
Margaret Anne Kennedy
Noreen Buckley
Morris Plains
William F. Costello
Morristown
District Sales Show Decline in Fifth District
Richmond’s Fifth District reports five percent drop in department store sales last week versus the same period a year ago per the Federal Reserve Bank. The report notes some weeks show mixed results and references a prior incident involving youths and a bloodstained shirt. The district covers West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, and parts of District of Columbia.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank -Ue Vas Oe
West Vic
Jima
Morristown
22nd Nuclear Test Is Fired In Pacific
Washington reports the 22nd U S nuclear test of the current series was fired Friday in the Pacific. The device was dropped from an aircraft and detonated near Christmas Island around midday EDT with an intermediate yield between 20,000 and 2,000,000 tons of TNT.
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Washington
U. S
Pacific
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Christmas Island
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