Fayette School Board Awards Insurance Pact
Fayette County Board of Education awarded a 12 month school vehicle insurance contract to Walter Caldwell Insurance Co. of Fayetteville after bidding from Ray A. Goforth Insurance Agency Hillside Insurance Montgomery A. K. Lafon Insurance Fayetteville. The board also approved resignations transfers a leave of absence and hired six new teachers for 1965 66. A parent requested a change of junior high school for her daughter citing medical concerns and the board said the case would be reviewed.
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Fayette County
Caldwell
Sue A. Scott
Collins High School
Norman Campbell
Meadow Bridge High School
Jane Jarrell
Powellton
Ramon Domingues
Pax
Mount Hope High School
Nellie T. Wood
Montgomery High School
Loretta B. Jones
Board of Education
William Caviness
Charles S. Gann, Jr
Wendell W. Backus
Hazel K. Steele
John S. Fox
Shirley Keatley
Layland
Betty Pugh
Gatewood
Pugh
Concord College
A. L. Walker
Doubled Water Supply Planned For Charleston
West Virginia Water Co announces a 15 million plan to double Charleston area water supply. Project aims to 50 million gallons daily by 19% and take three years, tapping Kanawha River above Belle to replace Elk River as main source. Amer ican Water Works Co backs the effort after recent purchase. Industry expansions blocked by current limits.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia Water Co
Myron R. Renick
Renick
American Water Works Co
West Virginia
Anawha
Belle
Charleston Complex
Kanawha
Renk
Gov Smith To Address Educational Workshop
Gov Hulett C Smith will address a three day Work Conference on Opportunity for Educational Excellence at West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon on August 18 The workshop sponsored by the West Virginia Education Association will study federal and state education legislation and methods for local systems to benefit About 300 educators from across the state are expected to attend.
Reedy Undergoes Successful Foot Surgery at Mayo Clinic
Washington UPI George E. Reedy White House press secretary underwent surgery on his feet at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. Moyers said Reedy came through the operation very well and left the White House staff to undergo the procedure.
State Police promote Baisden to commander of Company B
J D Baisden will succeed Capt Russell Hogg as commander of Company B of the State Police headquartered in South Charleston due to Hogg reaching the compulsory retirement age. Baisden, head of the Criminal Identification Department for 30 years, is promoted from lieutenant to captain. Walter L. Pike will replace Baisden as head of the CIB with shifts at Shinnston.
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Burchett
W. K. McMorrow
Clarksburg
Pike
Cpl
E. E. Rice
Fairmont
E. E. Armstrong
Weston
Rice
Armstrong
Baisden
Marshall University
Lenore
Mingo County
McDowell County
West Virginia University
Four Anti Poll Tax Suits May Be Unnecessary
Washington expects the four federal anti poll tax suits may become moot if the private Virginia case before the Supreme Court rules the Virginia poll tax unconstitutional. If the court agrees, Virginia and possibly Mississippi Alabama and Texas taxes could be abolished. if not, the DOJ suits may still proceed under the 15th Amendment and broader grounds.
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UPI
Mississippi
Virginia
Texas
Alabama
Supreme Court
U.S
Justice Department
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Department
Boy Kept From Circus Ends Life At Home
An 11 year old boy, Tom my, hanged himself in the backyard after his mother refused to let him go to the circus. Mrs Mitchell Wylie found him hanging from a tree and authorities ruled it a death by own action.
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Kan
UPI
Mitchell Wylie
Tommy
W. G. Rinehart
Crawford County
Rinehart
Longtime holdout Kettering man marries after 79 years
Bill Ball of Kettering England ended 79 years of bachelorhood by marrying Joyce West a 27 year old kitchen maid. The surprise wedding occurred on Tuesday confirming a new union after decades of bachelor status.
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England
UPI
Bill Ball
Joyce West
Funeral services set for Travis Barrack 61
Death notices list Travis Ear Barrack of Fairmont and Beckley origins dying after brief illness in Berkeley Springs. Funeral at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel Thursday at 3 30 p m with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Ruth Spangler Barrack sister Frances Rappold and brothers Joe George and others. Body at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens. arrangements incomplete.
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Methodist Church
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Walter
Frances) Rappold
Woodlawn Ave
Joe B. Barrack
Parsons
George M. Barrack
Dothin
Ala
Caffee
Joe Barrack
George Barrack
Walter Rappold
Byron Skeens
Ben Spangler
Charles Spangler
Mrs Martha Graham Dies at Basin at 78
Mrs Martha Graham 78 of Basin died at 10:30 am today at her home. Born March 1 1887 in Basin she was daughter of the late William and Clara Hower ton Graham. She was preceded in death by husband Riley George Graham November 3 1964. Survived by one son Melvin Basin four daughters Floria McKinney Basin Elva Altizer Mullensville Zelda Staggs Mount Hope Ota Murray and others unnamed.
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Basin
William and
Clara Howerton Graham
Riley George Graham
Melvin of
Floria McKinney
Elva Altizer
Mullensville
Zelda Staggs
Mount Hope
Ota Murray
Itmann Youth Charles Little Dies in Kentucky Swimming Accident
Charles Edward Little 18 of Itmann died Tuesday at 5 p m in a swimming accident near Shelby Gap Kentucky. Born July 27 1947 in Matoaka he was the son of Thomas L Little and Elsie Farley Little. Surviving are four brothers Ronald Lee Gerald Wayne Johnny Ray and Daniel Lynn at home and two grandmothers Maybelle Little Matoaka and Flora Ann Farley Matoaka. Funeral services Friday 11 a m at Cassell Memorial Methodist Church Itmann with Rev. Stanley Slayton. Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Friends may call Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Thursday.
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Itmann
Shelby Gap
Matoaka
Thomas L. Little
Elsie Farley Little
Ronald Lee
Gerald Wayne
Johnny Ray
Daniel Lynn
Maybelle Little
Flora Ann Farley
Cassell Memorial Methodist Church
Stanley Slayton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Sam Foglesong
Silo Explosion Probed In Arkansas Titan Site Fire
Investigators descend into the Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas to determine the blast cause that killed 53 workers. President Johnson orders aid to families, Air Force suspends non nuclear modifications at 33 of 54 Titan sites as he and Eugene Zuckert oversee the inquiry.
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Titan
Johnson
Zuckert
Police Plan Training Program At Institute
Charleston West Virginia United Press International reports a training program for command and supervisory officers of the State Police will run at Institute starting September 27. All commissioned and noncommissioned officers attend one of three two week sessions with a final session for command officers only. The program is co sponsored by the state and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety with instructors from Northwestern University.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Singapore Declares Itself a Republic After Break From Malaysia
Premier Lee Kuan Yew announced Singapore will become a republic after seceding from Malaysia to avoid a racial blood bath or Moslem jehad. U S recognition followed with a message from Secretary of State Dean Rusk reaffirming friendship and aid. Sabah said it would remain in Malaysia as Sarawak signals stay.
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Foreign Ministry
Dean Rusk
United States
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Peter Lo
United Press International
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Sarawak
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Tengku
Abdul Rahman
Murder At Sea Continues After Slayings At Sea
Davison may have jumped overboard in panic while Elvin Burgwaise, a 17 year old Honduran crewman, recalled Ramirez's past life as a Cuban lobster fisherman and his family. Ramirez said he harmed Burywaise over Cuban politics. Burywaise hid for 14 hours in the ship anchor locker until a Coast Guard cutter arrived Sunday.
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Elvin Burgwaise
Ramirez
Cuba
Burywaise
Coast Guard
Engle tops 50 miles in X15 test flight
Air Force Capt. Joe Engle flew the X15 to more than 50 miles altitude at Edwards AFB California testing metal stress for a planned supersonic transport. He reached about Mach 4.7 and 3545 mph in the Tuesday flight, marking his third winged astronaut milestone.
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Calif
UPI
Air Force
Joe Engle
Engle
Parrot Unclaimed at Raleigh County 4-H Camp
Young campers at the Raleigh County 4-H Camp near Little Beaver Lake found a green parrot Tuesday. An instructor says the bird is not claimed and asks the owner or an identifying person to visit the camp to claim or identify it.
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Raleigh County
Little Beaver Lake
Dirksen Eyes New Try on One Vote Bus for States
In Washington UPI report Sen Everett Dirksen GOP Leader plans a second version of a constitutional amendment to bypass the Supreme Court one man one vote ruling for state legislative apportionment. He seeks quick House hearings and vows to use every parliamentary tool to push the measure forward. Other notes cover Viet Nam briefings by McNamara and Goldberg, Johnsons 3.3 billion aid proposal, and a cabinet level housing and urban affairs department.
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Robert S. McNamara
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Arthur J. Goldberg
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Foreign Affairs Committee
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John F. Kennedy
Centaur Mission Faces Delays In Apollo Surveyor Plan
The Atlas Centaur rocket launched at 10:31 a.m. EDT on a high orbit test used to back Surveyor missions. The mission aims to pass 35,000 miles beyond the moon, but Centaur remains about three years behind schedule after a March explosion and prior testing failures. Congress added 10 million dollars to NASA's 1966 appropriation to study alternate launch options using Titan 3D for Surveyor.
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West Virginia to boost lumber industry with new plant
The governor highlighted advances in wood utilization including a WVU developed irradiated plastic impregnated lumber method called super wood. A WVII study estimates the state can expand wood products for furniture. The plant aims to inject nearly 1 million dollars annually into the local economy and create about 175 jobs across production, logging, trucking and related services.
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West Virginia University
Smith
Visual Readiness Test For Pre School Children Thursday
The Visual Readiness test for pre school children starts at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Memorial Y.M.C.A. Building and runs until 4 p.m. Parents of children entering first grade this fall are urged to have them screened at no cost.
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Post Herald
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Beethoven Outdraws Mets at Central Park Concert
New York Philharmonic attracted 70,000 in Sheep Meadow Central Park for a free concert series kickoff with Steinberg conducting. Mayor Wagner attended, Mets average night attendance noted as 35,000. series funded by a $50,000 Milwaukee brewery gift.
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Robert F. Wagner
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Nixon urges Johnson to discipline dissenting Democrats
In West Branch Iowa Nixon called for Johnson to crack down on Democratic opponents of Vietnam policy. He singled out Senate Majority Leader Mansfield and Foreign Relations Chair Fulbright as needing discipline while urging intensified air and sea actions against North Vietnam and continued people-to-people aid. Nixon spoken at Hoover tribute drew about 22 000 attendees with Eisenhower in attendance.
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Iowa
UPI
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Herbert C. Hoover
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William Fulbright
House
Gerald Ford
Gerry Ford
Hoover Memorial Park
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hoover
China presses neutral talks to back disarmament idea
Peking pursues a quiet campaign at the Geneva conference urging neutrals to back a ban on nuclear weapons and a world disarmament body that would include China. Western officials say the five nuclear powers remain at Geneva and oppose expanding talks beyond the current format.
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Tsarapkin
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Southeast Asia
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Geneva
Peking
Soviet Union
Bern
America
Britain
Russia
France
Cyclist’s Body Found 20 Hours After Crash
Harold Adkins aged 48 of Scott Depot died after a motorcycle crash on West Virginia Route 34. His body was found about 20 hours later along a secondary road near Winfield after the wreck occurred around 10 p.m. Monday. Police said he may have lived 12 to 15 hours post crash, and the death was the 259th highway fatality in the state for the year, compared with 270 the previous year this date.
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West Virginia
Greece bans demonstrations as political crisis grows
Greece imposes a ban on anti-government protests amid a 27 day crisis. Police dispersed a small protest, arresting 64. King Constantine weighs forming a coalition as talks stall and former Premier Papandreou faces reappointment pressure.
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Athens
UPI
John Tombas
Constantine
Greece
Stephen Stefanopoulos
Majority Center Union Party
Stefanopoulos
George Papandreou
Escapee Hall Sparks Petition for Parole in West Virginia
A jail escapee named Hall triggered shock in the community after a spat and drinking binge. Residents drafted a petition to the West Virginia Parole Board urging his release. Hall served 16 years with the Western Pacific Railroad and claimed a 15 year service pin found with him. He had remarried after his first wife died and kept his late wife’s children.
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West Virginia Parole Board
Hall
Western Pacific Railroad
Aussies End Five Day Sweep Near Saigon
Australian troops wrap up a five day operation in Viet Cong war zone D about 35 miles north of Saigon. They report capturing 10 Viet Cong and killing three. In the Mekong delta insurgents fired mortar rounds at two government posts while Viet Cong targeted Da Nang air base with about 20 rounds. Some Marines were wounded and possibly killed.
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Cambodia
Saigon
Mekong
U. S
da Nang
Raleigh County Grants 118 New Drivers Education Graduates
Raleigh County Vocational School reports 118 new drivers after completion of two courses. Each student earned a half credit. only three failed. Fall term classes begin August 31 at the Vocational School.
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Raleigh County
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