Down with dialing in a digit drenched world
Washington humorist Dick West discusses Pross Cross of Lathrop Mo resisting public service pressures to switch to all-digit dialing. He praises the old operator assisted system and mocks AT&T for pushing numeric dialing and Zip codes, lamenting the flood of numbers in daily life and urging strong leadership to resist the trend toward endless digits.
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Washington
UPI
T. Cross
Lathrop
Cross
State Public Service Commission
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
J. Edward Day
Day
Press Cross
State employee dies in Charleston at 51
James M. Hardman, 51, in the State auditor's office since 1944, died of a heart attack at a local hospital. He previously worked for the federal land bank and the Clay County clerk's office. Funeral services were held Wednesday for Ralph N. Parks Sr., 77, retired United Fuel Gas Co. vice president, who died of a heart attack Monday at his home.
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Charleston
UPI
James M. Hardman
State Auditor's Office
Hardman
Federal Land Bank
Clay County Clerk's Office
Marriage Methods to Sustain Lasting Partnerships
Third of four notes on saving marriages from United Press International. Experts cite emotional maturity, honest communication, shared money planning, and appreciation as core tools. Dr. Fosberg and Judge Larrazzola warn maturity isn’t age dependent and advise couples to grow together rather than drift apart.
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Barney Seibert
United Press International
Paul F. Larrazola
Albuquerque
N.M
Irving Fosberg
New Orleans
Six Ways to Strengthen Marriage From Menninger Advice
Howard Whitman cites six marriage strengthening techniques from the Menninger Foundation graduate school in Topeka Kansas. The guidance emphasizes communication and other non financial approaches to improving marital harmony.
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AMA
Today
Howard Whitman
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
Kan
Engineer Promoted in State Road Office Charleston
State Road Commissioner Burl A. Sawyers announced the promotion of district engineer W. C. Sandy of Clarksburg to senior assistant director of the construction division in Charleston. Sandy will replace the late Joe Melody and work under construction director Wilson Ward. Walter J. Galloway of Keyser succeeds Sandy as SRC District 4 engineer.
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Charleston
RNS
Burl A. Sawyers
W. C. Sandy
Clarksburg
Sawyers
Sandy
Joe Melody
Wilson Ward
SRC Dist
Walter J. Galloway
Keyser
Divorce Court Headlines and Public Family Problem
A fragment notes a divorce court heading and cites that marriages are dissolved every 78 seconds in the nation. It frames tomorrow’s topic as saving marriage and the family unit as a public problem.
Mr Zip To Be Demonstrated At West Virginia Postmasters Meet
Charleston region hosts annual postmasters convention with details on the new Mr Zip high speed mail processing system and zone-number codes to speed handling. A. E. Newton will explain the code naming, as Thurl y hosts the opening session and officers are installed Saturday morning. James O. Lakin is the current state president.
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Charleston
UPT
Zip
West Virginia
A. E. Newton
Thurly
The
Postmasters’ Organization
James O. Lakin
Keyser Man Elected Commander of VFW
Leo Shuck of Keyser was elected commander of the West Virginia Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at its annual session, succeeding James Fawcett of Graf ton. Also chosen were John Frazier Morgantown senior vice commander Ralph Honaker Huntington junior vice commander Ralph Stump Weirton quartermaster Leonard DeWitt Wellsburg surgeon Richard Widlich Roanoke Lewis County chaplain Jim Sprouse Charleston judge advocate and Mel Linton Huntington service officer.
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Morgantown
UPI
Leo Shuck
Keyser
West Virginia
John Frazier
Ralph Honaker
Huntington
Ralph Stump
Weirton
Leonard DeWitt
Wellsburg
Richard Widlich
Roanoke
Lewis County
Jim Sprouse
Charleston
Mel Linton
Union Leader Attacks Bar Ruling On Union Legal Hires
Charleston United Mine Workers District 47 President Raymond O Lewis denounces West Virginia Bar ruling barring unions from hiring lawyers for workers compensation cases. He estimates injuries will bear costs of 500 000 to 750 000 dollars yearly and accuses the bar of unethical practices by a favored legal market.
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Charleston
UPI
Raymond O. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
District 47
West Virginia Bar
Lewis
Retired Coal Executive Hamill Dies at 67 in Huntington
Charles A. Hamill 67, former president of Sycamore and Cinderella Coal Corp, died after an apparent heart attack in Huntington hospital. A Frostburg native and Gettysburg College graduate, he retired in 1961 but advised Princess Coal Co. He also served as director of the National Coal Association and several regional operators and banks.
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National Coal Association
Southern Coal Operators
Williamson Field Operators
Banks
Williamson
Job Picture Brightens in West Virginia
West Virginia payrolls rose over mid-April by more than 6 percent, with a labor force around 589,000 at mid May. Unemployment stood at 50,500, down about 6,000 from April and 9,400 from May 1962, as gains spread through manufacturing and non manufacturing sectors, with coal employment up modestly from 40,800 to 41,100.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Department of Employment Security
Department
Petition seeks shift to strong mayor in Moundsville
MOUNDSVILLE UPS City Council received a petition requesting a special election to abandon the city manager form for a strong mayor system with an elected police chief. The council asked the clerk to verify signatures amid a history of about six city managers since 1957, including H L Chapman and Frank Wiseman.
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Moundsville
UPS
H. L. Chapman
Frank Wiseman
Clarksburg
Woman Buys Sick Donkeys For Cure Hobby In England
Mrs Violet Philpin aged 61 in Aborfield England says she has spent several thousand pounds on a hobby of buying and caring for sick donkeys that nobody wants. She plans to continue rescuing animals despite critics and financial strain.
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Aborfield
England
UPI
Violet Philpin
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