State Of The State Sound And Vibrant
Gov. Hulett C. Smith declared West Virginia in a sound and vibrant state as he opened the 57th Legislature. He urged a productive 30 day budget session, touted education gains including preschool Head Start programs, and announced task forces on housing and health to address critical needs. He endorsed a balanced 1966-67 budget and called for bipartisan cooperation to solve problems.
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Fanny Seiler
Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Smith
Birth Control Bills Introduced In Both Houses
Identical birth control bills to authorize clinics under the state Health Department were introduced in both West Virginia houses during a 30 day budget session. Endorsed by House and Senate leaders and Gov. Hulett C. Smith, the measure anchors a heated debate and public hearings from 1965. Also introduced were a minimum wage bill and proposals reshuffling Public Safety plus unclaimed personal property.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
House
Senate
Hulett C. Smith
Senate Suer
William Moreland
Morgantown
James H. Davis
D-Kana
West Virginia 1966 67 budget tops 196 million state plan
A record 196.5 million dollar state operating budget for fiscal 1966-67 was presented to the West Virginia Legislature by Secretary of State Robert D. Bailey on behalf of the State Board of Public Works. The proposal, down from 260 million requested, includes 132 million for education and 36.8 million for health and welfare, with 11 million for a second year of teacher pay raises. The BPW expects 185.2 million in revenues, up six million from 1965-66.
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West Virginia
Johnson
Smith
Board of Public Works
Charleston
UPI
BPW
Rain and political notes from Beckley and beyond
Beckley area weather forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a high near 36 and a night of sleet or freezing rain as temperatures dip to around 28. Tomorrow should warm to near 40 with light rain possible. Also covered are river gauges and winds, and a political note on state budget session length and calls for a 90 day session amid debates on adequacy of the 1966 67 budget.
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Beckley
Beckley High
Lake Bluestone
McAllen
Bee- Se Pellston
Penn
West Virginia
Late Del Kidds Seat Filled By Appointment
An 11th hour move by Governor Hulett Smith filled the 7th District House seat after the death of Delegate Paul Burke. Billy B. a Glenville merchant, will serve the unexpired Kidd term from the 7th District while Kidds seat is filled for the session. Smith acted after party committees submitted recommendations, allowing representation for Wirt Gilmer and Calhoun counties.
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UPI
iGov
Hulett Smith
Wirt
Gilmer
Calhoun
House of ‘Delegates
Billy B
Glenville
Paul
Burke
Kidd
Smith
Democratic Committee
Legislature Convenes. West Virginia Faces 46-Item Agenda
The West Virginia Legislature opened a 30 day session with Gov. Hulett C. Smith to give the annual address outlining plans for a 46 item call. Lawmakers expected up to 50 bills, including a $196.5 million budget and proposals on family planning, child care centers, and a constitutional convention. House leaders warned the budget agenda may be crowded out by other measures.
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Capitol
Senate
William Moreland
Morgantown
C. H. McKown
Dwayne
Moreland
Smith
John C. Carrigan
Moundsville
Thomas P. Fazio
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Area Representatives Named for 30 Day Budget Session
Raleigh and Fayette counties list 12 lawmakers in the state legislature for the 30 day budget session. Raleigh delegates include Lewis McManus E M Payne II Mrs W W Withrow Sophia and H Dale Covey with Senator George C Porter of the ninth district. Fayette delegates are Robert Holliday T E Myles and J W Riccardi Jr to fill Earl M Vickers term. Howard Carson of Fayetteville serves as president of Senate.
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Ture
Sen
George C. Porter
del. H. D. Covey
Raleigh
Wyoming
Fayette
Lewis McManus
E. M. Payne, II
Beckley
W. W
Jackie) Withrow
Sophia
H. Dale Covey
Robert Holliday
T. E. Myles
Fayetteville
J. W. Riccardi, Jr
Montgomery
Earl M. Vickers
House
Howard Carson
Eleve
Senate
Board Probes Nuckols Expense Bill and Rail Travel
The board orders a review of a 179 airline travel bill charged to former Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack Nuckols for trips in 1962 to 1964 to determine if they were state business or personal. Auditor Denzil Gainer says payment could occur if trips were for state use. otherwise charges may be personal.
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Denzil Gainer
United Airlines
Rio Flood Toll Surges as 642 Die. 10,000 Homeless
Heaviest rainfall in 401 years swamps Rio de Janeiro for a third day. Mudslides bury hundreds of shanties in hillside Pone landslides. At least 642 dead, 300 missing, 1,000 injured, 10,000 homeless. Gov earmarks relief funds. typhus inoculations ordered.
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UPI
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Co .Cetette
Niteroi
Maracana
Weather Bureau
Francisco Negrao de Lima
Guanabara State
Etna Volcano Erupts in Sicily After Dormant Years
In Catania Sicily Etna volcano erupted sending red hot rocks about 650 feet into the air. Scientists said lava was rising toward the mouth of the northeastern crater but there was no immediate danger to villages on the slopes of Europe.
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Catania
Sicily
Three House Fires Kill Seventeen Across States
United Press International reports three separate house fires claiming seventeen lives. In South Dakota Pierre’s Mrs. Wallace Quenzer died with six children as smoke filled a compact kitchen. Quenzer ages ranged 3 to 14. Two other children and their father escaped. In Richville Ohio near Canton four children died when a blaze struck a home front.
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United Press International
Wallace Quenzer
Pierre
S.D
Quenzer
Kathy My
Richville
Ohio
Canton
Aussies Capture VC Political Headquarters Flanking Da Nang
Australian troops seized a Viet Cong political headquarters in central Quang Nam Province about 15 miles southwest of Da Nang. U.S. Marines hit the Da Nang target area, ambushing a Viet Cong group four miles from the airfield, wiping them out with a tank. Five Viet Cong bodies were found, with blood trails indicating 12 more likely fled. A U.S. Air Force B57 jet bomber caught fire on takeoff at Da Nang, killing two crewmen as debris flew. No base personnel were injured. American and Vietnamese spokesmen noted a nationwide dip in Communist attacks and sabotage, while not attributing it to President Johnson’s peace offensive. The U.S. bombing moratorium against North Vietnam entered its 19th day.
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North Vietna
Johnson to deliver State of the Union amid Great Society push
President Johnson prepared to address Congress in a color televised State of the Union, stressing Great Society goals while facing the Vietnam war. He warned Hanoi’s actions could influence but not derail the address, and indicated a later request for about $13 billion in war-related funding.
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Merriman Smith Washington
UPI
Presbero
House
Senate
Road Burl A Sawyers and 1965 plane grant dispute
A garbled report references Road Burl A Sawyers regarding a 1965 request for 250000 dollars for a new plane. It notes opposition after a public works committee recommendation and mentions Virginia outfitting and a governor’s access to the aircraft amid shale-related discussion.
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A. Sawyers
The
of Public Works
Virginia
School Boycott Urged In Alabama
Civil rights leaders urged a boycott of Negro schools to dramatize protest against voter registration discrimination. An attempt to recruit demonstrators sparked a student riot at one school. Hosea Williams led a rally of about 300 Negroes. In Bessemer, plans for another sit-in at a downtown link between Bessemer and Birmingham were mentioned.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Freedo Ham
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Bessemer
Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi Urged to Destroy Atheists
A 1964 directive to Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan urged members to harass or destroy atheists or traitors in the community if necessary to protect Christian civilization. The House Un-American Activities Committee explored the White Knights as part of Klan operations in Mississippi, labeling the group as a dangerous nocturnal organization.
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Daniel Rapoport
Washington
UPI
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KKK
House ‘Committee On
Mississippi
The
Michigan Motorist Killed On Turnpike
A two car crash on the West Virginia Turnpike killed Dewey Ford, 66, of Highland Park Michigan. Hollis Griffith Jr., 26, of Charleston, was injured and hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Authorities identified Ford as the deceased and Griffith as the injured party.
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UPI
West Virginia
Dewey Ford
Highland Park
Mich
Memorial Tunnel
Hollis Griffith Jr
Hatfield files to run for U S Senate in Oregon
News in Brief reports Mark Hatfield, 43, announces candidacy for U S Senate seat vacated by Democrat Margaret soiled. A Boone County derailment of 22 cars on Tuesday raises questions about safety and route clearance for railroad lines in the circuit mentioning Chesa and Ira Jeffrey.
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Gorgon
Mark Hatfield
U.S. Senate
Masighe
Circuit
Chesa
Ira Jeffrey
Boone County
Tueodley
Gaulle to Visit Moscow in New Term Amid Uncertain Timing
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle plans a trip to Moscow in the coming term with no set date. Officials in Paris announced he convened his new cabinet for the start of the new term. In Washington, U S officials denied a Post Dispatch report of large Lao conflict. Two U S Army personnel were arrested in Laos for allegedly providing uniforms to escapees and face court martial.
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France
Moscow
Paris
As Gaulle
U. S
Louis Post-Dispatch
Laos
U.S
Can
Lin
East Berlin
Sible
Four Alarm Fire Damages St. Francisco Church Historic Site
A four alarm blaze damaged a historic Saint Catholic Church in San Francisco dating back to the Gold Rush era. The American Association of University Professors has tapped a committee to investigate a mass dismissal at St. John's University in New York, fueling student protests and a teachers strike. Minneapolis firm S. Groves and Sons was the apparent low bidder on a $2 million Cabell County pavement project in West Virginia after the first 1966 bid opening on Tuesday.
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American Association Ofversity
Otes
St. John’s University
New York
Studen
Minneapolis
S. Groves and Sons
Cabell County
Alt. W. Va
State Road Commission
Derailment tragedy and political shift report
A B and O engineer Luther Wotring of Keyser West Virginia died in a derailment near Bloomington Maryland. California Supreme Court ruling surfaces as Southern California areas yield the heaviest vote in the state capital. A river barge deckhand tentatively identified as enswood West Virginia was found in the Ohio near Pittsburgh and tied to a November 22 incident as he walked moored barges toward shore.
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Keyse W. Va
Bloomington
California Supreme Court
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Capitol
Tentali
W. V
Ohio
Pittsburgh
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Blackie) Allen
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