New Education Programs For Veterans And High School Grads
Representatives from the Board of Regents and West Virginia Tech outlined loans and a new Veterans Institute Program VIP for veterans and high school graduates at the State Department of Employment Security office in Beckley. Tech’s VIP runs 13 weeks on campus with subsidized housing, five days per week six hours daily, and includes GED and college options guided by counselors. Veterans receive stipends based on family status, with aid not deducted from active duty benefits, and postcourse guidance to pursue further education or trades.
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Board of Regents
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Beckley
State Department of Employment Security Office
John Cobb
Mike Vice
Tech
Veterans Institute Program
VIP
Cobb
Loth
Raleigh
Fayette
Mercer
Greenbrier
Monroe
VICE
West
Virginia Tech
Debate Society to Visit 12 WV High Schools Week of Dec 18
West Virginia University's Debate Society will tour 12 high schools across the state during the week of December 18 to 22. Lead organizer James E. Pirkle notes demonstrations and workshops with high school teams and talks to service clubs, joined by coaches and students from Morgantown, Parkersburg, Madison, Murrysville and more. The itinerary includes Woodrow Wilson High Beckley Glen Rogers High Oak Hill Clear Fork High and stops in Clarksburg and Charleston.
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West Virginia University
West Virginia
James E. Pirkle
WVU
Pirkle
Joseph Lachok
Greg Stephens
Madison
Chris Lachok
Morgantown
Gerald Stowers
Alholse
Jon ‘Pees
Murrysville
Frank Cunningham
Parkersburg
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Glen Rogers High School
Glen Rogers
Collins ‘High School
Oak Hill
Clear Fork High School
Colcord
Clarksburg
Charleston
First U S Shortwall System Planned At Grant Town Mine
Eastern Associated Coal Corp will install a shortwall mining unit at Federal No. 1 in Grant Town West Virginia. The system adapts the longwall method to improve safety and productivity and should be operational by January 1973. Robert W. Thomas cites safer working conditions and increased efficiency as aims.
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U.S
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
West Virginia
No. 1
Grant Town
Robert W. Thomas
Eastern
Australia
Thomas
Federal No. 1
Young Jazz Talent Sought for Newport Festival Talent Search
New York based talent search aims to pick a 25 or under jazz group a rock group and a pop vocalist from 21 U S areas for the Newport Jazz Festival. Entries judged on audio tapes with selections from Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago and more.
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United States
Newport
Houston
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
New Orleans
New York
Pittsburgh
Providence
Rochester
N.Y
San Francisco
St. Louis
Tidewater
Virginia
Third Avenue
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Rome
T & C Reg
Sylvania
Buckeye
Winchester
T&c
Marx
Tom Scott
Beckley Plaza Shopping
Skelton
Americard
Debate Society
Enrico Bag
Quadriennale Nazionale d’Arte di Roma
Olga Bisera
UPI
Halsey, Stuart &Co
Casin
Beckley National Bank
BANK
Neville Street
Federal Reserve System
FDIC
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