Pinecrest TB controversy tests West Virginia care limits
The Pinecrest Sanitarium faces a dispute over its capacity to treat tuberculosis patients within mental health care. Weston State Hospital reports epidemic TB strains, while officials push to move patients to Pinecrest, sparking staff hesitation and concerns about space, staffing, and care quality.
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Pinecrest
West Virginia
Weston State Hospital
Peperemness
Hugh S. Edwards
T Pinecrest
Browning
Wilbur
Weston
Beckley
Festival Adds 144 30 To United Fund Total
The 1966 United Fund total rose from 72415.75 to 72560.05 after the Holiday Festival of Arts. The goal is 79425. Jerry Rose of Beckley Dance Theatre directed the benefit held at Beckley Raleigh County YMCA offices. Rose cited expenses including 50 for Wesleyan Chorale and 25 for Morris Harvey College.
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United Fund
Jerry Rose
Beckley Dance Theatre
Rose
Beckley-Raleigh County
YMCA
Harry C. Culp
Wesleyan Chorale
West Virginia
Weather Update Beckley Area Sees Cloudy Warmth With Rain Chance
Chaotic weather note reports considerable cloudiness this afternoon in Beckley with a high near 50 and a 40 percent chance of light sprinkles. Tonight low around 43, Saturday mostly cloudy near 50. Airport data shows recent highs around 52 and lows near 3 percent. river gauges indicate Greenbrier low and clear, Lake 1.6 gates open with gauge 2.2 ft. Five day outlook predicts 5 to 10 degrees above normal, mild through Wednesday, with total precipitation about a quarter inch Sunday and Wednesday.
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Beckley
Ieee
Greenbrier
Kingsville
Tenn
International Falls
West Virginia
Washingtons to be built as new cities for urban growth
California industrialist John H. Rubel proposed a federal guided private build out of new cities to house the nation’s rising urban population. A single third of annual growth could yield the equivalent of a San Francisco or Washington, D.C., each year. Whitney M. Young Jr. urged affirmative programs for Negroes to overcome decades of deprivation and seek competitive parity.
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San Francisco
Washington
John H. Rubel
Lytton Industries, Inc
Secretary of Washington
UPI
Eng
America
Rubel
Congress
Communications Satellite Corp
Comsat
Washington, D.C
Whitney M. Young Jr
National Urban League
Young
UPI Photographer Wins World Press Photo Prize in Hague
UPI staff photographer Kyoichi Sawada won the main prize at the World Press Photo Exhibition in The Hague for a Viet Nam image titled Flee to Safety. The photo, showing a fearfully watching Vietnamese family partly submerged in a flooded rice field, also captured first in the news category and earned Sawada 650 in cash plus a Holland trip. Prince Bernhard presented the awards at the Hall of Knights as 2,700 photos from 49 countries were shown.
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UPI
United Press International
Kyoichi Sawada
Viet Nam
Sawada
Holland
Assawada
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
World Food Crisis panel calls for farming freedom to aid hungry
Washington based Committee on the World Food Crisis urges U S farmers to produce as much as possible to fill global stomachs. The group backs a McGovern bill to phase out farm controls and fund underdeveloped nations to receive and distribute food. Members chair Robert M Koch and James J O Connor join the 30 member board to mobilize support for an aggressive world food program.
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Washington
UPI
Committee On the
U.S
George S. McGovern
D-S.c
Mitish
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to UNICEF in Oslo Ceremony
UNICEF received the 1965 Nobel Peace Prize of 54,400 dollars at a simple Oslo ceremony on the eve of its 19th anniversary. Henry R. Labouisse accepted for UNICEF, which will earmark funds for the Maurice Pate Fund to aid education in underdeveloped nations.
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Oslo
Norway
UPI
United Nations Children’s Fund
Unicef
U.N. Agency
Henry R. Labouisse
Maurice Pate
U.N. Lions of
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Olav V
Harald
Nobel Committee
U.N
Ralph Bunche
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. High Commission For Refugees
Labouisse
King Gustav VI Presents Nobel Prizes in Oslo
King Gustav VI of Sweden presented the 1965 Nobel Prizes in medicine literature physics and chemistry to seven scientists and a Russian novelist. Three Americans were among honorees as UNICEF received the Peace Prize in Oslo.
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Stockholm
UPI
Gustav VI
Sweden
United Nation’s Children’s Fund
Unicef
Oslo
Norway
Shastri Plans Washington Visit to Meet Johnson
Premier Lal Bahadur Shastri told Parliament he will meet President Lyndon B. Johnson in Washington on February 1 during his first U.S. trip, outlining a schedule that includes the talks amid Cold War diplomacy.
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New Delhi
UPI
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Parliament
Johnson
Washington
United States
Post Office deadlines map Christmas mail timing
The Post Office Department says Christmas cards should have been mailed by today for distant states, with a conservative Dec 10 delivery deadline. It notes weekend mailing may still work. Nearby cards and gifts have later deadlines, Dec 15 for cards and Dec 14 for short-distance parcels.
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Washington
UPI
Post Office Department
Wyoming County Gets Title I School Grant in WV
Wyoming County, West Virginia, became the first of the state’s 55 counties to receive Title I funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The county was awarded 784 to aid disabled and disadvantaged students, with a total eligible for 489,689. Four other counties have plans approved as officials push to qualify. the program will hire about 50 staff including five supervisors to implement the plan affecting roughly 3,400 children. The act also provides titles for textbooks, personnel, and instructional support amid efforts to direct resources to neediest schools.
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Wyoming Real
West Virginia
Smith
Wyoming
Her
Barbour
Boone
Jess Morgan
Guards Fired On Kentucky Strip Mine Site Demonstrations
Firing erupts near Caperton Coal Honey Gap in Fisty Kentucky as guards defend the operation from hillside positions. Knott County officials report renewed shooting after week of clashes with demonstrators led by residents including Ollie Combs, a widow jailed briefly for contempt after blocking a bulldozer.
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UPI
Caperton Coal Co
Honey Gap
Caperon
Ae ‘i
Knott County Sheriff
Ollie Combs
Surprise Landing Cuts Escape Route Near Da Nang
Thousands of U S Marines from the 7th Fleet landed to trap a 1 500 strong Viet Cong regiment twenty miles south of Da Nang. The operation, the largest since the amphibious landings began seven months ago, used heavy air and artillery to press the Viet Cong from bunkers and trenches. About 1 000 South Vietnamese troops assisted as Marine and Vietnamese forces pounded the area, described as a Communist stronghold, with the engagement termed heavy and multi battalion by a Marine spokesman.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
7Th Fleet
da Nang
Viet Nam
Chu Lai
27 Greek seamen trapped as 40-foot waves hamper rescue off Dingle
Greek freighter ae Costantis with 27 sailors in lifejackets clung to a flooded deck as 40-foot Atlantic waves thwart rescue attempts near Dingle Ireland. Queen Mary shielded the freighter, but captains warned against abandoning ship. Coastguards and other vessels stood by while operations continued.
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Dingle
Ireland
UPI
Queen
England
New York
Surrey Trader
Steve Vulcas
Auctorita
Fastnet Rock
Total State Jobs Climb in Mid-October
Charleston report shows total employment rising to 559,800 at mid-October, up 600 from September and 10,100 above a year ago. Civilian force up 2,000 to 594,500, while layoffs, mainly seasonal, raised unemployment to 32,600, or 5.5 percent of the work force, though still below last year.
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Charleston
UPI
State
Pentagon reports rising US combat deaths in latest tally
Pentagon figures show an uptick in American casualties with 1,432 combat deaths and 120 listed as missing as of the latest update. The counts reflect week to week changes and indicate ongoing fatalities amid active operations.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Ameri
Ex-Altar Boy Executed For Rape Slaying
Andrew Pixley, a former altar boy, was executed for the rape and murder of Deborah and Cynthia McAuliffe, daughters of Judge Robert McAuliffe of Maywood Illinois. Pixley was found in a Jackson Wyoming hotel room Aug 7 1964 beside the beaten bodies.
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Andrew
Deborah
Cynthia
Robert McAuliffe
Maywood
Ill
McAuliffe
Cook County
Pixley
Jackson
Wyo
Fireball Could Have Been Geminid Meteor
Astronomer Wagman notes that most meteors are numerous and dim, but a single bright fireball sighted last night resembles a Geminid event. He cites reports of a possible shock wave and fragments found earlier in 1938 north of Easter, Pa. The impact area is being investigated to pinpoint where it struck, with Butler located about 300 miles north of Pittsburgh.
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Wagman
Easter
Judge Accused Of Procrastination In Cousins By The Dozens Case
Register Staff Writer TEEK RICE reports a motion to set aside a November 29 order in the Cousins By The Dozens suit before Circuit Court. The motion by D D Ashworth for Mrs Della Mae Souffer cites judge Norman Knapp’s alleged delays and court failures, alleging prejudice and blocking of the estate settlement process.
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Teek Rice Register
Norman Knapp
D. D. Ashworth
Della Mae Souffer
Lova Snuffer
James M. Henderson
Reas
Ashworth
Tee Chancery
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