Terrain Costs and Interstates Shape WV Road Woes
West Virginia’s rugged terrain drives high highway costs and delays interstate progress. Ohio Maryland Kentucky Virginia and Pennsylvania rely on bonds or pay-as-you-go plans, with Ohio leading early interstate work but WV lagging in completed mileage. Officials note terrain and soil affect roadbeds and slides, complicating construction.
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Ghia
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West Virginia Road Commission
George F. Fenton
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
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Automotive Safety Foundation
Terrain roughness dominates study area for highway routing
Fire report notes extremely rugged terrain with western ridges and streams, eastern mountains and deep valleys. Valley routes force compromises on property, stream relocation, land depletion, and costly hillside alignment. Deep cuts and tunnels are prohibitive in places west of Elk River. Fire department yardsticks referenced.
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Rex Whitten
Fedroom
Two Plead Guilty In Shoplifting Case
Two Charleston women Janice Helm and Yvonne Woods both 24 pleaded guilty Friday to shoplifting after admitting taking several pairs of socks from Heck's Discount Store. Each was fined 27 dollars. A third woman Betty Mae Gentry 20 pleaded innocent to a charge of taking 18 dollars from Luther Watson and was found guilty by Municipal Court Judge Joseph Thomas, with a 27 dollar fine.
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Luther Watson
Joseph Thomas
Reapportionment Case Heads to Supreme Court
The petition seeks invalidation of the 1963 reapportionment act claiming constitutional misinterpretation. Petitioners include Robertson Harrison County resident, Preston prosecutor James T. Dailey Jr., and Fayette prosecutor J Z Summerfield. Asst Atty Gen Andrew J Goodwin represents them as counsel following Kanawha Circuit rulings.
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James T. Dailey Jr
Fayette County
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Andrew J. Goodwin
Supreme Court
Kanawha Circuit
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Reference to church leaders Rev Clarence D Edman of Dunbar and Dr Ralph E Valentine of Huntington plus public relations and radio committee members listed with several locales. The fragmentary note cites explanations or affiliations for a religious racial issue discussed on page 1.
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West Virginia State College
Kanawha Valley Council On Human Relations
Widows of Vets Get Substantial Increase Under New Laws
About 123000 widows of veterans will gain an average $15 more monthly through two Kennedy signed measures. The dependency and indemnity compensation base rises from $112 to $120, with 12 percent of current military pay added, creating a minimum $8 and potential $23 bump. Total annual VA payments rise by about $17 million.
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Huntington
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Downtown Christmas Tree Proposal Moves to Private Groups
Representatives of private organizations will meet with Mayor Shanklin to plan a community Christmas tree in Charleston’s mid town renewal area. Shanklin said private groups will erect the tree, replacing the Downtown Merchants Assn site on Lee Street Triangle previously used, now closed for a year round garden by the Charleston Park and Recreation Commission.
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Home Says His Victory Party Open
In Perth Scotland Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home claimed his Commons victory shows the tide turning for the Conservative party. Laborites countered with plans to regain power next year citing a win in Luton. He won Kinross and West Perthshire by 9328 votes after resigning from the Lords to lead the new government.
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Diamond Truck Raid Nets $1 Million in Gems
Armed bandits hijacked a diamond truck near the Hudson River piers in New York, forcing the crew to surrender and loot the vehicle. Police recovered part of the gems hours later as FBI joined the probe, amid suspicions of an inside accomplice at the firm AAA Jewelers Service.
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D1st
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Ramey
Lily
Lincoln Tunnel
Jury Deliberates Hours for Ramey Case and Bond Posted
The jury of eight men and four women spent hours and 45 minutes deliberating. Ramey posted a 2500 dollar bond and is to appear in federal court in Charleston at 2 p.m. next Tuesday, where his attorney Herbert Henderson plans to request a new trial.
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Charleston
Herbert Henderson
Revolutionary plots uncovered in Honduras crackdown warned
Tegucigalpa reports the military government says Liberal party members communist agitators and home workers and students plotted against the state. The regime toppled President Ramon Villeda Morales on October 3 and vows a severe crackdown unless plotting ends.
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Honduras
Liberal Party
Ramon Villeda Morales
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