West Virginia center location eyed amid funding debate
Rep. John M. Slack Jr. dismisses claims of a secrecy maneuver as he supports a $4 million federal plan for an environmental health center in West Virginia. He notes the location will be set by studies and urges Beckley and other communities to show interest within 30 days for consideration before House committee deliberations.
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Washington
West Virginia
John M. Slack Jr
Slack
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
C. Byrd
Morgantown
Beckley
Byrd
House Appropriations
WVU to cooperate on Appalachian health facility site
Senator Byrd said West Virginia University and HEW will cooperate to locate a new 4 million dollar Appalachian regional environmental health facility on the Morgantown campus. He noted President Paul Miller promised absolute cooperation and asked the university to donate land for the site.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
West Virginia University
HEW
Morgantown
Paul Miller
University
Byrd
Angry 70-Year-Old Guns Up Three Poker Clubs
A 70-year-old man opened fire at three Gardena poker clubs injuring up to 32 people, including a near-fatal 70-year-old. Officers Louis Purcell and Donald Williams arrested Louis Koullapis after he fired in the air, then disarmed him. Koullapis is jailed on suspicion of assault with intent to murder and hospitalized with a possible broken shoulder.
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Gardena
Calif
Apl
Rainbow Club
Monterey Club
Horseshoe Club
Louis Purcell
Donald Williams
Louis Koullapis
Purcell
Koullapis
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Williams
Ohio Resolution Seeks Ohio West Virginia Boundary Change
An Ohio House resolution asks Congress to revise the Ohio Kentucky and Ohio West Virginia borders to the river’s midpoint. It aims to ease enforcement of Ohio fishing and boating laws and end alleged discriminatory practices against Ohio citizens. Current rules require licensing from Kentucky or West Virginia for Ohio River recreation.
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Ohio
UPI
Ohio House of Representatives
Congress
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio River
State Won't Argue For Blue Law
Charleston WV UPI. West Virginia State Supreme Court will hear six appeals from defendants charged with violating the Sunday closing law. State Attorney General C Donald Robertson said the case is a dispute between merchants and will not be contested by his office. Defendants argue the law is unconstitutional on religious and other grounds. Warrants were issued May 3 by private individuals. five in Kanawha County and one in Logan County. The West Virginia Retailers Association, sponsor of the 1964 law, says the matter is not a merchant dispute and not swearing by association members.
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Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
State Attorney General
Atty
C. Donald Robertson
High Court
Kanawha
Logan County
Robertson
West Virginia Retailers Association
Weather Outlook for Beckley Area
Cloudy and cool conditions with variable afternoon cloudiness and a high near 42. Tonight partly cloudy with a low around 25. Wednesday expect considerable cloudiness and a high in the low 40s. River and lake levels show Muddy conditions. Lake level 3 ft below normal with 12 gates open. New gauge at Hinton reads 4.9 ft.
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Beckley
Luddsen
Greenbrier
Hinton
3 VPI Students Safe After Night In Cave
Four young men, three VT students Ed Bower Whit Whittemore and Dick Hoyle and Lewis A. Dicking of Baltimore, were trapped overnight in Snedeger Cave near the Pocahontas Greenbrier line as water rose. A rescue party found them returning Monday afternoon.
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Lewisburg
VPI
Virginia Tech
Pocahontas County
Ed Bower
Whit Whittemore
Dick Hoyle
Lewis A. Dicking
Baltimore
Ohio GOP chief rules out chairmanship until vacancy
Ohio Republican Chairman Ray Bliss said he would not accept the GOP National Chairmanship “under any circumstances” until a vacancy occurred and would not replace Dean Burch unless asked by Barry Goldwater. Other items include Indonesia ordering UN activities shut, President Johnson cutting government waste, Lorraine Hansberry’s death, Panama University students burning a U.S. flag, a DC9 rollout, New York detectives hunting a knife killer, Johnson Pearson talks at the Texas ranch, and a Baltimore case over Brave New World in class.
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Ohio
Ray Bliss
GOP
Dean Burch
Burch
Barry Goldwater
Indonesia
United Nations
Jakarta
U.N
Johnson
Lorraine Hansberry
New York University Hospital
Panama University
U.S
Douglas Aircraft Co
New York
Queens
Mary Hernan
Lester B. Pearson
Texas Ranch
Baltimore
Ray E. Parker
Aldous Huxley
County Court Asked To Move Three Offices
The Raleigh County Court will hold an afternoon session to consider moving three non rent paying offices from the Memorial Building. Proposed by YMCA attorneys Kermit A. Locke and Donald D. Hodson, the offices include the Farmers Home Administration Rural Development Council and the Tuberculosis Association.
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Raleigh County Court
Memorial
Kermit A. Locke
Donald D. Hodson
YMCA
Farmers Home Administration
Rural Development Council
The
Tuberculosis Association
Locke
Armers Home Administration
Johnson seeks 1.5 billion for school aid programs
President Johnson urged Congress to approve 1.5 billion dollars in new education funds, calling education the number one business of the American people. The program targets 5 million low income children and expands aid across elementary, secondary, and higher education with loans, scholarships, and parochial partnerships while aiming to lift overall schooling nationwide.
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Arnold B. Sawislak
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
West Virginia to gain up to 17.7 million from new education bill
Senator Jennings Randolph announced that West Virginia could receive as much as 17.7 million in federal aid under President Johnson's education package for fiscal 1966. The HEW figures outline grants for low income families, instructional materials, educational services, and state education departments, with WV allocations totaling 15.6 million, 929 thousand, 1.07 million, and 153 thousand respectively.
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Johnson
Mountain State
Washington
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
HEW
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Francis Keppel
U.S. Office of Education
Randolph
Appalachian
West
Virginia
Kosygin And Wilson Set for Mutual Visits This Spring
MOSCOW UPI The West will get a close up view of Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin this spring for the first time since he succeeded Khrushchev An announcement said Kosygin will visit and Prime Minister Harold Wilson will reciprocate the visit, issued in Moscow and London. The Kremlin did not comment on President Johnsons offer to welcome the new Russian leaders.
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UPI
West
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kosygin
Harold Wilson
London
Kremlin
Johnson
Romance Seen Between Sarah Churchill and Lobo Nacho
In Rome the Dolce Vita crowd notices a possible romance between Sarah Churchill daughter of Sir Winston Churchill and Lobo Nacho Bohemian American Negro. Churchill 50 has been seen in nightlife circles with Nacho 40 a blues singer dancer and painter noted for diverse roles including the devil in a biblical film.
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Rome
UPI
Sarah Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill
Lobo Nacho
Nacho
Four Quads Born To Kenosha Wife At Hospital
In Kenosha Wisconsin a 23 year old housewife Joyce Graf gave birth to quadruplets two boys and two girls at Kenosha Memorial Hospital. The babies arrived between 7 34 and 7 43 pm weighing 4 02 5 ounces 3 8 0 ounces 4 5 0 ounces and 3 12 0 ounces. All four infants were six to seven weeks premature and were placed in incubators. Dr Edwin Barnes delivered them and said mother and babies were in good condition. The family also has a three year old son and a set of twins aged one week. Mrs Graf works for Johns Manville Co in Waukegan Illinois. The parents reside in a trailer camp three miles south of Kenosha.
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Kenosha
Wis
UPI
Kenosha Memorial Hospital
Edwin Barnes
Joyce Graf
Here
Graf
Johns- Manville Co
Waukegan
Burch to resign as GOP chairman for Bliss
Washington reports that GOP National Chairman Dean Burch will resign after the Republican National Committee meeting in Chicago on January 22, with Ray C Bliss set to succeed him.
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Washington
Johnson outlines 1.5 billion education program overview
Program At A Glance details a 1.5 billion plan including preschool funding of 150 million, aid to low income districts, 1 billion for 5 million children, 100 million for books, 100 million for educational centers, and 260 million for 140,000 federal scholarships plus private loan guarantees.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Independent Road Fund Audit Backed By Smith
Governor elect Hulett Smith says he will seek a legislative move next week to create an independent audit of the 200 million Road Bond spending. He spoke to the Wheeling Intelligencer aligning with a task force call for a decade long outside review, despite opposition from two state officials.
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Atty. Gen
Donald Robertson
John Kelly
Denzil Gainer
Smith
Intelligencer
Countian Sues Miners Hospital For 150000
Marshall Dixon of Raleigh County filed a 150000 personal injury suit in the Southern District of West Virginia federal court. He alleges Memorial Hospital Association of Kentucky now Miners Memorial Hospital Association operated Beckley facility and used an electrical stimulation device that burned his neck, causing ongoing pain and possible surgery.
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Southern District of West Virginia
Charleston
Marshall Dixon
Raleigh County
The
Memorial Hospital Association of Kentucky
Miners Memorial Hospital Association, Inc
Eye Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Dixon
Beckley
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