Skyline Drive Compared To Allegheny Parkway Value
Sen. Byrd told West Virginia lawmakers that Virginia’s Skyline Drive generated about 645 million dollars in tourism in 1960 while West Virginia earned around 290 million. He said the drive is a major economic asset and outlined how a proposed 550 mile Allegheny Parkway would run through the state, boosting regional tourism and tying into nearby parks and landmarks.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
House of Delegates
Charleston
Ist
Byrd
House For Delegates
Senate
Raleigh
Jackie Withrow
Dave Abrams
Berkley Lilly
Babcock State Park
Grandview State Park
Honey In the Rock
Camp Creek State Forest
Bluestone Reservoir
State Park
Hagerstown
Panhandle
Monongahela National Forest
Cumberland Gap
Virginia-Tennessee
del. Earl M. Vickers
Fayette County
Albert Gore
Tennessee
W. W. Barron
Hulett C. Smith
State and Commerce Department
Tourism Spending in West Virginia Drops in 1961
West Virginia tourism spent 253.7 million dollars in 1961, down 36.5 million from 1960, with 6.9 million visitors compared to 7.9 million in 1960. Travel chief Robert Bowers notes fall and winter traffic rising, cites potential 700,000 more visitors and 8.6 million extra in tourism dollars if summer share drops. Most visitors were businessmen, vacationers, former residents and sportsmen, with Ohio supplying 15 percent and New York 9 percent. highways and lodging improvements ranked top wishes.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Department of Commerce
Robert Bowers
Ohio
New York
Matricide tied to former MGM writer and columnist
Investigators say the son, a former MGM screenwriter and Hollywood Citizen-News columnist, killed his mother after claiming he was “sick of having his mother take care” of him. The era referenced includes Not As A Stranger, a best selling postwar novel later adapted into a film starring Mitchum, De Havilland, and Sinatra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MGM
Hollywood Citizen-News
Kennedy Education Plan for March House Rules Committee
Education year but killed in the House Rules Committee. Kennedy's five year program would provide 2.1 billion in general aid to education and 747 million for teacher training and scholarships. It also included 2.1 billion for higher education and 600 million for a medical and dental school building program with student scholarships. Most requests were in the fiscal 1963 budget. much remains pending in Congress. Administration officials said only two new bills were needed: quality improvement and a five year 50.2 million effort against adult illiteracy.
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House Rules Committee
Kennedy
Congress
Welfare Dept Revises MAA Regulations
Charleston based report states State Welfare Commissioner W Bernard Smith announced revised Medical Assistance for the Aged rules to extend the program through the fiscal year. The changes restore full doctor payments, adjust hospital and drug bill payments, raise eligibility limits, and define the department as liable for the first 12 hospital days while allowing billing for longer stays.
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Charleston
UPI
W. Bernard Smith
Smith
MAA
Anchorage Population Figures Ambiguous in Local Report
The city of Anchorage is identified as Alaska's largest city with a population cited as 31 000, or 60 000 if including the outskirts. The discrepancy suggests varying counting methods or boundaries, leaving the total population uncertain.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Arminia Adkins 85 Cherry Creek
Mrs Arminia Adkins 85 of Cherry Creek died at her home at 8:30 am after a short illness Born March 20 1876 she was a daughter of Franklin and Nancy Lane She was a Primitive Baptist Church Mount View member Survived by son Franklin two daughters Ethel Pack and Sylvia Hatcher 11 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements
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Arminia Adkins
Cherry Creek
Franklin
Nancy Lilly Lane
Primitive Baptist Church
Mount View
Glen Morgan
Ethel Pack
Sylvia Hatcher
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Obituary notices from Fayetteville and Clarksburg area
Charles A. Goddard III dies at 52 in Jackson Mississippi after ill health. Survived by mother, second wife Sue, one son Chuck, three daughters and nine grandchildren. Funeral plans indicate body to be returned to Fayetteville. Also details on Margaret Ferguson and Jacredia Hamilton obituaries with service times and burial plans. Hoskins death ruled asphyxiation from fumes at slate dump. body at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home.
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Charles A. Goddard III
Jackson
Miss
Goddard
Fayetteville
Charles A. Goddard
Fayette Tribune
Fayette Journal
Fayetteville High School
Greenbrier Military School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Alley
Margaret) Allen
Seville
Spain
Robert W
Martha) Knapp
St. Petersburg
Fla
John
Jane) McDavitt
Crystal Springs
James Lucas Hoskins
Glen White
Pickshin
Ross P. Daniel
Corloner
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Miss Hazel Pauley Rites Set at Olive Branch Church
Funeral services for Hazel Mae Pauley 29 of Midway will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Olive Branch Baptist Church Turtle Creek Boone County with Rev Everett Baker officiating. Burial follows at Green Bias Cemetery Turtle Creek. She died at Morgantown WVU Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs Archie Pauley two daughters Naomi and Ona two brothers Robert and Everett and two sisters Mrs Henry Ayers and Linda Pauley. The body departs Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for the parents home at 4 p m today and to the church an hour before services.
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Jacredia Powell Hamilton
Fayetteville
Route 2
Missionary Baptist Church
Dempsey
Cash Brooks
Legg
Hamilton
Pike County
George and
Hardie Peeks Powell
Garfield Hamilton
George
Columbus
Ohio
Bill Hamilton
Alpha Zornes
Easter Compton
Vick Castle
Minden
Drexie Johnson
Dunbar
Virginia Bowyer
Oak Hill
Emmett Powell
Greasy Creek
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Hazel Mae Pauley
Midway
Olive Branch Baptist Church
Turtle Creek
Boone County
Everett Baker
Green Bias
Miss Pauley
West Virginia University Hospital
Morgantown
Brethren Church of
Crab Orchard
Coal City
Archie Pauley
Naomi
Ona
Robert
Everett
Henry Ayers
Buchanan
Linda Pauley
Rose and Quesenberry
Driver Flees Accident Scene
A hit and run was reported Monday night after Elbert Smith of Crab Orchard said his car was struck head on at 6:45 p.m. at Glen White Road and Route 16. the driver fled. Beckley State Police investigate. damage under 50 dollars, no injuries. At 7:20 p.m. near Coal City three cars were damaged when Bennett Fendley of Princeton failed to yield, striking Lawrence Whiston of Coal City. damage about 100 dollars, no injuries, no charges.
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Elbert Smith
Crab Orchard
Glen White Road
Route 16
Beckley
Coal City
Bennett Fendley
Princewick
Lawrence Whiston
Fendley
Whiston
Court Rejects Hospital Bill In Pineville Meeting
Wyoming County Court rejected a hospital bill for Lannie Green Jr. noting he was a Prisoner of Pineville when he sustained a broken thumb in jail. The board agreed to acquire a new code for the prosecuting attorney and seek playground improvement lists from Pineville Oceana and Mullens. A hearing is set for Feb 15 at 9 am in the court room for the Wyoming Pocahontas Coal and Coke Co. protest of its 1962 tax valuation.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming
Lannie Green Jr
Oceana
Mullens
Legislature Sets Budget Timing and Coal Bills
The legislature weighed remaining coal pipeline and slurry bills as session deadlines loom. House approval moved on 16 and 17 year old dropout training and urban zoning powers while the Senate backed a constitutional amendment to extend sheriffs’ terms. A 60 day yearly session plan and salary increase were also under discussion.
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W. W. Barron
House
Senate
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Bonham Released From County Jail
Cornelius Bonham of Beckley was released from Raleigh County Jail at 9:30 a.m. today after serving time for writing a bad check and unlawful taking of a vehicle. Paul Cook of Pax also released at 9:30 a.m. today for drunkenness and profanity. Walter Hopkins, 59, of Beckley was cited at 2:55 p.m. for hauling trash in an open truck and ordered to appear in Police Court. Carlos Jackson of Piney View paid fines for destruction of property and drunkenness and was released. Mary Thompson of East Beckley was jailed at 6 p.m. Monday on a destruction of property warrant.
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Cornelius Bonham
Beckley
Raleigh
Paul Cook
Pax
Walter Hopkins
Carlos Jackson
Piney View
J. E. Mays
Beaver
Mary Thompson
East Beckley
NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International Historians estimate that the Sphinx was built around 2900 B.C.
Historians estimate the Great Sphinx at Giza was constructed around 2900 B.C. by ancient designers seeking monumental cult and royal symbolism. The figure remains a focal point of Egyptology and archaeology debates with scholarly work tracing its origins and purpose.
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United Press International
State School Aid Estimate Down
The State Board of School Finance reported a preliminary 1962-63 state aid estimate of 65.4 million dollars, down 309,445 from 1961-62. Most funds come from the general revenue budget. 26 counties show increases and 29 declines. Kanawha County leads with 7.7 million, while Wirt is the smallest at 213,407.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
State Board of School Finance
Kanawha
Broce
Calhoun
Clay
Gilmer
Hancock
Harrison
Hardy
Jackson
Jefferson
Lincoln
Lewis
Marion
Marshall
Mercer
Mingo
Morgan
Nicholas
Ohio
Pleasants
Pocahontas
Putnam
Boone
Braxton
Cabell
Doddridge
Fayette
Grant
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Logan
Mason
Mineral
Monongalia
Monroe
McDowell
Pendleton
Preston
Raleigh
Ritch
Roane
Summers
Tucker
Tyler
Webster
Wetzel
Wirt
Wyoming
Bold OAS raid yields special edition at Oran presses
Right wing extremists hijacked a newspaper plant in Oran to publish a "Special OAS edition" timed to De Gaulle’s national address. Workers were forced to change the press plate, two trucks removed the edition, and copies circulated at black market prices around $2. The issue featured a three column photo of OAS leader Raoul Salan and Jouhaud’s speech.
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Oran
OAS
de Gaulle
Algeria
Raoul Salan
Edmond Jouhaud
Algiers
Jouhaud
France
Radio
Pipeline land policy debate in state legislature
Political dispute centers on rights between state citizens and Texas Eastern and Consolidation Coal Co. regarding a proposed 100 million pipeline from Morgan Town Fairmont area to East Coast slurry markets. Supporters argue intrastate rules impose a moral obligation on the firms to operate in West Virginia.
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Texas Eastern and Consolidation (Coal Co
Texas Eastern
Morgantown-Fairmont
Consol
Moreland
West Virginia
Beckley donor supports Stotesbury preservation effort
William P. Hall Jr of Beckley donates 5 dollars in memory of his father who worked at Stotesbury for 17 years. The donor cites Stotesbury as his birthplace and emphasizes interest in the project. Cotton White of Raleigh gives 10 dollars from the county assessor and Coca-Cola Bottling Works contributes 25 dollars to the preservation fund.
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Cotton White
Raleigh
Coca- Cola Bottling Works
William P. Hall Jr
Beckley
Stotesbury
Hall
Pinecrest Admission Bill Bypasses Medical Staff
A speaker urged that final admission decisions for Pinecrest and Hopemont rest with the state health director arguing the bill would nearly bypass medical professionals in determining patient admissions to the two hospitals.
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Pinecrest
Hopemont
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Clarksburg
Davis-Weaver Funeral Home
Cleveland
Ferguson
Monongah
Truman Sayre
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James L. Hoskins
Hazel M. Pauley
Consumer
Maen Hi
Dama
Pata
Rambler American
Daytona International Speedway
Falcon
Ais Rambler
Rambler
Newsweek Magazine
Newsweek
Valley Drive
Bonham
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