New High School and Hospital Fire Protection Stalemate
Beckley West Virginia faces fire protection gaps at the Appalachian Regional Hospital and the under construction Woodrow Wilson High School. City policy blocks out of town fire calls, despite calls from BARH administrator Charles Holland and school officials. Plans for the Land O Hills Fire Department could cover the 6 mile radius, with funding nearing $10,000 to activate, to protect the hospital, school, homes, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Gauldin
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
John Wesley Smith
Cecil P. Conner
New Town District
West Virginia Rating Bureau
Beck
Land-O’hills
Department
Skelton
Smith
Charles Holland
BARH
Land-O’ Hills
Holland
Raleigh County
Sherman C. Trail
Board of Education
Automakers Warn Johnson Safety Plan Brings Federal Rules
John S. Bugas of Ford told a Senate Commerce panel that U S automakers support safety programs but oppose a provision granting the secretary of commerce power to set national safety standards for car design. He warned such federal rules could threaten industry and the economy. Representatives from GM Chrysler AMC and Ford appeared at the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Slovan
Washington
API
Johnson
U.S
John S. Bugas
Ford Motor “O
Senate Commerce Committee
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Ford
Bugas
Senate
Secretary of Commerce
Detroit
Questions and Answers from Raleigh County News
A reader Q and A page covers school enrollments bus conduct rules and local events. It cites a supervisor on pre enrollment, lists Midway School teachers, names editors, crafts entrants, and notes on bus authority. It includes facts on enrollments five Sundays in February 1976 and historic notes on currency and Marconi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
A. Everett Underwood
Underwood
Mercer County School Superintendent Vacancy Seen Prompting AG Advice
Charleston AP report states a vacancy in Mercer County School Superintendent could push State Supt. Rex M. Smith to seek guidance from the attorney general if no new hire is made by July 1. West Virginia University professor E B McCue was hired but declined the post, and former superintendent W R Cooke becomes business manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
API
Mercer County
Rex. M. Smith
Smith
West Virginia University
E. B. McCue
W. R. Cooke
Boy Killed Waiting For Bus On Highway Crash
An eight year old boy named Brad Shell darted onto a highway from a school bus stop and was struck by a five ton truck, dying from a broken neck. No charges were filed against driver Ray Webb of Williamson. Shell was the son of Mr and Mrs Bobby J Shell of Omar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
UPI
Brad Shell
Bobby J. Shell
Omar
Ray Webb
West Virginia Armature Co
Williamson
Fair And Cold With Snow Flurries Forecast
Variable cloudiness and fair cold conditions with occasional snow flurries today tonight and Wednesday. High this afternoon around 40 with a low tonight near 28. Wednesday high in the low 40s. Airport: 37 at 11:30 am, 29 at 4:30 am. River Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake two feet below normal and clear. New gauge at Hinton 2.1 ft. Extremes today: high 91 in Thermal California, low 16 in Colorado Springs Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbrier
Hinton
Thermal
Calif
Colorado Springs
Colo
Moon Race Launch Schedule Gains 19 New Astronauts
SPACE CENTER Houston UPI The United States adds 19 new astronauts to join 26 pilot-astronauts and five scientist-astronauts in training as Washington streamlines the Saturn 1B schedule. The 19 come from four civilians two Marines seven Air Force and six Navy officers led by Vance D. Brand Gerald P. Carr John Bull Charles Duke Joe Engle Ronald Evans Edward G. Givens Fred Haise James Irwin Don Lind Jack Lousma Thomas Mattingly Bruce McCandless II Edgar Mitchell William Pogue Stuart Roosa Swigert J Weitz Alfred Worden. The goal is lunar landing by 1968 with edges toward beating the Soviets in a series of earth orbit rehearsals.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
United States
Russia
Air Force
Edward G. Givens Jr
US Space Agency
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
Edward H. White II
Roger Chaffee
Earth
Marine Corps
Navy
Vance D. Brand
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Istres
France
Gerald P. Carr
Maris
Santa Ana
Calif
John 8. Bull
Naval Air Station
Patuxent River
Charles M. Duke Jr
Aerospace Research Pilot School
Edwards Air Force Base
Joe H. Engle
Engle
Ronald FE. Evans
Pacific
San Diego
Edward G
Givens Jr
Federal Space Agency
Manned Spacecraft Center
Fred W. Haise Jr
Space Agency
Flight Research Center
James B,rwin
Advanced Requirements
Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
Don L. Lind
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Silver Springs
Marine
Jack R. Lousma
Marine Air Station
Cherry Point
N. C
Newport
N.C
Thomas K. Mattingly
Bruce McCandless II
Stanford University
Mountain View
Edgar D. Mitchell
Torrance
William R. Pogue
Stuart A. Roosa
John L. Swigert Jr
North American Aviation, Inc
South Gate
L Td
Paul J. Weitz
Oak Harbor
Wash
Alfred M. Worden
Cast of Gay Parisian revue goes on strike in New York
The Latin Quarter's Gay Parisian revue stars including Nelson Eddy and Gale Sherwood struck Monday night over working conditions. Major complaint centers on management not recognizing principal performers as employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latin Quarter
Nelson Eddy
Gale Sherwood
New York
Davis labeled stooge for higher octane beer plan
West Virginia State Beer Commissioner Grover T. Davis endorsed higher octane beer as legal limits age 3.2 percent. Rev. L E Crowson of South Charleston called Davis a stooge for brewers and urged policing of beer joints. Crowson warned of drunk driving fatalities linked to the so called drink of moderation. Resources Director Robert McDonough said liquor or beer sales are not under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Grover T. Davis
L. E. Crowson
South Charleston
Davis
Crowson
United Church Alcohol Program
Department of Natural Resources
Robert McDonough
Ky Apology Quieted Da Nang Amid Vietnam Crisis
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky apologized for labeling Da Nang communist controlled and flew to Saigon. The Hue military leaders rose against him as Marines were flown in, but not used to seize the city, risking further civil conflict amid widespread rioting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
da Nang
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Hue
Posthumous Purple Heart for Viet Nam victim Harsanyi
Mullens honors Pvt. Roger Harsanyi posthumously with the Purple Heart at an 11 a.m. assembly. His parents, Allen Junction residents Mr and Mrs Joe Harsanyi, received the award from Major Thomas Bransford. Enlisted June 1965, he was killed Jan 27 1966 near Bong Son River Valley in South Viet Nam during an ambush. Captain Ramon A Nadal praised his heroism and professional conduct. He played junior high football, and is survived by two brothers and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
ANS
Viet Nam
Joe Harsanyi
Allen Junction
Roger Harsanyi
Thomas Bransford
Beckley
Harsanyi
7Th Cavalry Division
Bransford
Ramon A. Nadal
Bong Son River
South
Nadal
Roger
Pvt. Harsanyi
Mullens Schools
US Planes Hit Viet Nam Rail Links Near Hanoi
American warplanes struck major North Vietnamese railway lines supplying China in retaliation for the Saigon officers billet bombing. Bombers hit the northeastern railroad near Hanoi and the Phu Tho bridge and marshalling yards, crippling a key supply route. Concurrent fighting flared in Saigon and Hue as Buddhist students clashed with police and troops, with Ky facing a crisis and Nhuan siding with anti-government forces in Hue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPS
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Red China
Phu Tho
China
da Nang
Hue
Viet Nam
Phan Xuan Nhuan
Nhuan
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Nguyen van Chuan
Kentucky Man Dies After Wreck At Campbell's Creek
Larry B. Colvin 21 of Ashland Kentucky was pinned in his car for about 30 minutes after a crash leaving U S 60 at Campbell's Creek. He died on arrival at Charleston Memorial Hospital. State Police reported he was alone in the vehicle and rescue crews pried him free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Kentucky
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Larry B. Colvin
Ashland
U. S. 60
Campbell's Creek
Demonstrations Prompt Guarded Alcorn Campus
State troopers reinforced by National Guardsmen guard Alcorn A and M College in Lorman Mississippi to preventFurther rowdy demonstrations by Negro youths after tear gas cleared a dormitory. Gov. Paul Johnson ordered guardsmen to Port Gibson and 175 troops arrived early today. 35 arrests were made Monday amid protests over alleged firing of teachers and suspensions for civil rights activities led by Charles Evers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorman
Miss
UPI
National
Alcorn A & M College
Paul Johnson
Natchez
Vicksburg
National Guard
Port Gibson
Alcorn A & M
Negro College
Mississippi
Charles Evers
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