Fayette County Considers Countywide Kindergarten Program
Fayetteville reports the Board of Education is evaluating a countywide kindergarten plan set to begin in October. Final state guidelines influence operations including teacher certifications space and funding. Eligibility requires children to be five years old by October 31 with enrollment details to be announced in September.
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Black Journalist Orrin Evans Dies at 68 in Philadelphia
Orrin C. Evans, a Philadelphia Bulletin reporter and pioneering black journalist, died Friday at Mercy Douglass Hospital at age 68 after a ruptured blood vessel. Born in Steelton in 1902, he worked for the Philadelphia Tribune, edited the Philadelphia edition of the Baltimore Afro-American, and led the Philadelphia Independent before joining the Bulletin in 1962 to cover city government and civil rights.
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Sabine Homecoming and Revival Schedule Announced
Sabine plans a homecoming on August 15 at Belle Meade Baptist Church with Sunday school at 10 am and services at 11 am followed by dinner on the grounds at noon. Rev. Glen Hatfield of Coal Mountain leads. A revival begins August 16 at 7 pm with two weeks of meetings led by Hatfield.
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Benjamin Franklin Cartoon Debuts in Pennsylvania Gazette
Benjamin Franklin published the first American newspaper cartoon in the 1754 issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette. The illustration shows the colonies as a dissected snake with a caption urging Join or Die.
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Be A Reporter Invites Local News to Raleigh Register
Residents across Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming counties are urged to report news to Raleigh Register correspondents listed with local phone contacts. The program uses the RNS logo Regional News Service to identify submitted stories.
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Officials Tour Jackson County Health Teaching Unit
Jackson County’s Health Teaching Unit near Jackson General Hospital in Ripley, built with $60 000 total value, is supported by six Federated Women’s Clubs and Sears Roebuck Company. The unit has hosted a Cancer Pap Clinic for 270 women, blood mobile visits, and nurse aide training, with plans for dental and eye care for low income families.
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Jackson County Health
Oceana Clinic Hours Told
An adult female health screening clinic will be held at the Oceana Community Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. Operated by the Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council, the free service welcomes all area women with no appointment needed and will notify patients whose test results are outside normal limits.
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Automotive Pioneer Joseph Frazier Dies
Joseph Washington Frazer 79, president of Willys Overland Motors, died Saturday of cancer at his summer home. He pioneered economy cars and developed the Jeep for World War II. In 1945 he formed Kaiser-Frazer Corp with Henry J. Kaiser, briefly the nation’s fourth largest automaker.
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Local youths head to Camp Thomas E Lightfoot for two weeks
Rhonda Walker Pat Hash and John Pam Pizzino, children of local families, departed Friday to attend a two week session at Camp Thomas E Lightfoot in Hinton.
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Fiddler on the Roof set for GSST at Underwood Barn
Greenbrier Student Summer Theatre names 31 cast members for Fiddler on the Roof in Lewisburg West Virginia. Productions run August 16 17 18 and 19 at 830 p m with Danny Totten Clare Fischer Linda Gillespie Jane Schmidt Debbie Schmidt and David Dillon among leads. Reservations at 645 3822 or Box 775 Lewisburg WV 24901.
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Hofstetter Named Dean At Kanawha Valley Center
Dr. Arthur N. Hofstetter, acting dean since 1970, is named dean of WVU Kanawha Valley Graduate Center. Enrollment grew from 453 to over 1,100, with Dr. Powell E. Toth named director of the Human Resources and Humanistic Studies Division.
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McDowell County
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Germany
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West Virginia road bond debt to peak at 46 million
Gov Arch A Moore Jr said debt service on road bonds will peak at 46 million, below the 54.1 million forecast. The reduction follows selling 90 million in bonds at low rates last May and two further 45 million issues at about 5.5 percent.
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Ritchie
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Sickle Slayings Suspect Nabbed in Mexico Transfer
Mexican officials handed over Clarence Otis Smith to the FBI for return to California after a July Sierra Nevada campground killings. Smith, 43, of Auburn, was accused of slaying Donna Fitzhugh and John Simmons and wounding others as he allegedly laughed and growled during the attack. He faces a U.S. magistrate hearing before possible transfer.
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