Extra State Funds To Draw Interest
West Virginia officials pursue a vigorous investment policy to maximize returns on idle cash. The Road Commission’s $10 million U S Treasury bill buys earned the highway fund $98,456.04 upon maturity, and about $3.2 million more was earned in fiscal 1965 vs 1961. Investments from various funds totaled $10,074,665.68 in 1965, with $25 million directed to park improvements yielding $158,902.47 in after-interest profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Special Fund
U.S. Treasury
Road Commission
West Virginia University
Welly
Guy Stith
West Virginia
Treasury
Appalachian Power to receive 1 039 million in antitrust settlement
Appalachian Power Co will receive 1 039 million as its share of a 5 053 million out of court settlement with Westinghouse Electric Corp The settlement covers 19 antitrust damage suits filed by American Electric Power System The suits stem from claims utilities were overcharged for electrical equipment Other manufacturers cases are pending in U S District Court Southern District of New York Donald C Cook president of American Electric Power said the remainder will be apportioned to other system companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Power Co
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
American Electric Power System
Appalachian
American Electric Power
General Electric Co
U. S. District Court
Southern District of New York
Donald C. Cook
Astronaut Selected For Undersea Test
Washington officials announced Cmdr M Scott Carpenter will be one of two men to live underwater for a month off California as part of the Sealab II program. Carpenter, previously injured, was chosen for his intensive training in hostile environments comparable to space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Cmdr
M. Scott Carpen
Auster
California
Carpenter
Atlantic
Henry O'Neal
Sealab II
O'Neal
Algeria Summit Unrest Grows as Protests Rock Algiers
Demonstrations flood central Algiers as anti government mobs clash with police during a tense day. Boumedienne vows order while troops and riot police position themselves. Asian and Arab nations lobby for delay to the summit amid calls to restore President Ben Bella. Three men are jailed for alleged moonshine offences in a separate county case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeriers
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Col
India
Red China
Cabin Creek
George Wood
Andrew Foster
Carl Adkins
Miami
Delbert Binion
Amma
Roane County
J.T. Dooley
J. H. MacClerry
Car Towing Rebates Ordered in Charleston
Three Charleston tow firms White's Garage Bob's Wrecker Service and C. B. Spike Copley were ordered by the Public Service Commission to refund customers $8 per tow-in, citing a $5 base charge for one hour or less and one driver. PSC director Eckstein said the directive follows a six week audit revealing about 50 overcharges and notes no provision for the extra $3 in traffic-violation towing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Public Service Commission
White's Garage
Bob's Wrecker Service
C. 8
Spike
PSC
Crash Kills on Irvine Ranch Amid Desolate Mountain Blaze
Chief Warrant Officer John Andre, 46, called the disaster the worst in 24 years as 400 Marines combed fog shrouded Santa Ana Mountains 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The crash on Irvine Ranch left scattered wreckage, a burned cockpit, and bodies strewn across cactus and brush amid grass fires sparked by the impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Andre
Korea
Los Angeles
Santa Ana Mountains
Marine Air Station
Irvine Ranch
California
Family Reunion at Mount Olive School Picnic
An all day Sunday event at Mount Olive School in Kayfored features a family reunion. Attendees are advised to bring a picnic basket for the Bri ring gathering with community members expected to attend.
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Mount Olive
Kayfored
Collision injures two on single lane high-rail bridge
Bustier Slater of Buster's Garage reports a head on collision between two cars on the Rocky Fork bridge over Tyler Mountain late Friday night. Damages are about 1190 dollars. Mrs. Myrtle Gordon and her son Kenneth of Columbus Ohio were treated and released from Charleston General Hospital. The bridge is marked one lane.
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Rocky Fork
Tyler Mountain
Slater
Buster
Myrtle Gordon
Kenneth
Columbus
Ohio
Charleston General Hospital
Traffic Detour Planned for New Coal River Bridge
Detours will begin Monday in St. Albans as construction starts on a new Coal River Bridge on the old U. S. 60 route. Traffic will shift to the new span on 0, 5, 60 while work continues. Mountain State Construction Co. of Charleston holds the 5337, 925 contract with 200 working days for completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Albans
Main Street
Mountain State Construction Co. of
Charleston
Auto Larceny Charges Reduced in Municipal Court
Auto larceny charges against two 26 year old Charleston men were reduced to joyriding in Municipal Court Friday. Carroll William Walker of 1606 Sixth St and Charles W Dy er of 99814 Quarrier St pleaded guilty to the reduced charges and were fined 52 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Carroll William Walker
Sixth St
Charles W
Dyer
Quarrier St
Child Conceived In Asylum Rape May Claim Damages
New York state report of claims ruled that a child born from a rape in a state mental hospital patient may recover damages. The 16 page ruling by Judge Sidney Squire cites the case of a girl born December 1962 at Manhattan State Hospital Welfare Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Report of
United States
Sidney Squire
Manhattan State Hospital
Welfare Island
Priest Ordered to Leave Negro Church in Selma
Rev. Maurice Oulette, pastor of St Elizabeths Mission, a Negro Catholic church in Selma Alabama, has been ordered expelled from the Mobile Birmingham diocese by Archbishop Toolen. The Edmundite priest will leave by May 4 after the superior general Galligan failed to secure reconsideration. Oulette, 39, came to Selma in 1960 as mission house superior and pastor. another Edmundite will take his place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cogley
New York Times Service
New York
Maurice Oulette
St. Elizabeth's Mission
Selma
Ala
Mobile-Birmingham
Thomas 4. Tooien
Oulette
Edmundite Fathers
Edmundite Order
Winooski
Galligan
Alabama
Toolen
Jfly 4
St. Elizabeth's
State streams low and clear across West Virginia
The State Natural Resources Department reported that all streams and reservoirs in West Virginia are low and clear this weekend. Scattered showers may turn some slow-moving streams muddy along the banks, the agency said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
West Virginia
State Natural Resources Department
Enepartment
U N Urges Peace Talks At United Nations Session
President Johnson pressed the United Nations to pursue peace in Southeast Asia and beyond, calling for a world alliance against poverty, a U N peacekeeping force, and a halt to the arms race. He urged member states to confront aggression and pursue peaceful solutions, while noting the urgency of Southeast Asian dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.N
Johnson
Southeast Asia
United Nations
World Assembly
United States
City Man Held In Forgeries
A Charleston man William Hicktin 58 of Elk Street was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of forgery. Detectives say he forged endorsements on checks signed by Willard Brown, a Charleston bank customer. The reads include a 35 check to George Jones and a 15 check to Charles Grimes. Detective Ed Leonard led the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
William Hicktin
Elk St
Willard Brown
George [Jones
Charles Grimes
Ed Leonard
Pentagon vows retaliation for Viet Cong executions
A U S sergeant Harold George Bennett, 25, of Parryville Arkansas, captured December 29 at Binh Gia, was allegedly executed by Viet Cong. The U S Embassy in Saigon called it murder and officials in Washington said the killing was a terrorist move to pressure the United States over captured soldiers. The Hanoi broadcast aired the details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold George Bennett
Parryville
Ark
Binh Gia
U. S
Saigon
Bennett
Washington
United States
Hanoi
Wojt
Ex-Postal Stamp Law Question Raised In New York
The discussion centers on age stamps and a potential violation seen as an apparent breach of law. The Secret Service may consult the U.S. attorney in New York City, while Holt-Rinehart spokesmen say their lawyers are reviewing the matter following publication in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
U.S
New York City
New York
Holt-Rinehart
Arthur Cohen
Morgantown Man Named Hospital Business Manager
Morgantown man John A. Biffle is named business manager of Hopemont Hospital near Terra Alta, taking over from Henry McKinley. The restructured state hospital will shift from tuberculosis sanatorium to chronic disease care under a 1965 act, with about 170 tubercular patients and a planned transfer of the first group to Pinecrest Sanitarium around August 1. Oilbirds navigate by sharp, evenly spaced clicks, using echoes to measure clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Hiffle
Morgantown
Flope
Mount State Hospital
Terra Alta
Public Institutions
Chauncey Browning Jr
Biffle
Henry McKinley
Llkins
Hopemont Sanitarium
Hopemont
Browning
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
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OAS
Inter-American Human Rights Commission
San Francisco
Junta
Organization of American States
Salvador Ortiz
San Francisco de Marcaris
Santo Domingo
Federal Reserve System
Dayle Sorocduy
Florida and
Varius
Sissippi
DUH
Sunset Wool
Bureau
Man
Virginia
Atlantic City
Bosters
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Dallas
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Phoenix Teros
San Juan
Tampa
Negro
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
White House
George E. Reedy
Thant
Eugene Black
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
World Organization
Marshall Lloyd Datson II
M. L. Datson
Thompson St
Dorson
Igi
Suntan Litt
Cene
Oberlan
Doen
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