West Virginia Crime Council Plans Prevention Campaign
The West Virginia Council on Crime and Delinquency reactivates to combat crime by emphasis on prevention. Aimed at raising $25,000 for an office and consultant, the group will study Half-way Houses, court reforms, and expanded schooling and vocational programs at Moundsville Penitentiary, Industrial Schools, and other facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
Council On Crime and
Elizabeth Hallanan
Paul Kahn
The
Tional Council On
Moundsville Penitentiary
Council
Pineville High elects four seniors to AV Aids Club
Four senior boys were elected officers of the Audio- Visual Aids Club at Pineville High School. Standing from left Tommy Daniels vice president, Crowley Worrell Addition, Harvey Harmon president, Everette Bowling treasurer, Ed Hawley secretary. Sponsor Byron a is the teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville High School
Tommy Daniels
D. T. Daniels
Crowley Worrell
Harvey Harmon
J. L. Harmon
East Pineville
Everette Bowling
Willis Bowling
Riverdrive
Ed Hawley
Levi Hawley
New Richmond
Byron A
Civil Defense Conference To Train Ohio Valley Counties
Delegates from 13 counties in the Ohio Valley will gather in St Marys for a Civil Defense Conference to learn current civilian protection measures and be assigned duties to carry out in a possible nuclear emergency. Stanley H. Livingston of WVU Civil Defense outlines participation from government, industry and community groups. Counties listed include Jackson, Roane, Calhoun, Wirt, Ritchie, Pleasants, Wood, Tyler, Wetzel, Hancock, Marshall and Ohio. Offenbach noted for Tales of Hoffmann as his greatest work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Roane
Calhoun
Wirt
Ritchie
Pleasants
Wood
Tyler
Wetzel
Hancock
Marshall
Ohio
NAB Proposes Training With Foreign Nations
NAB vice chairman Jack W. Lee proposed exchange programs where American broadcasters host foreign students to study U S stations. He stressed no equipment or aid, only skill and know-how, with implementation by state associations and guidance from State Department Peace Corps and FCC. Lee is also VP of Capital Cities Broadcasting Corp and GM of WSAZ AM TV Huntington WV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
UPI
Jack W. Lee
National Association of Broadcasters
NAB
Lee
State Department
Peace Corps
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Capital Cities Broadcasting Corp
Wsaz Am-Tv
Huntington
W. Va
Burglar Returns Cigarettes After Theft at Tyler Grocery
Tyler Texas UPI report says a burglar who robbed a local grocery appears to have read the surgeon general’s report on smoking and cancer. The thief took canned goods rifle shells razor blades and 40 cartons of cigarettes last Friday. The owner found the cigarettes returned when he opened the shop Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Tex
UPI
Surgeon General
Seven Area Students Named to Who's Who at Concord College
Seven area students from Beckley and Mullens are listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. Brenda Foster, Jackie Kyle, Billy Joe Smith, Rodney Weikle, Jeane Roop, Patricia Jones, and Ursuala Jennings are noted for academic achievement and campus involvement, with roles in clubs, student government, and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord College
Brenda Gayle Foster
Jackie Sue Kyle
Billy Joe Smith
Rodney Clayton Weikle
Beckley
Jeane Roach Roop
Patricia Lee Jones
Ursuala Francine Jennings
Mullens
Fire Destroys Car At Mabscott
An Ohio resident suffered a leg injury when his car overturned and burned on Old Eccles Road near Mabscott. Dale Sweeney, owner of the 1956 model, reported the car had been burning for about two hours and jumped from the vehicle as it went out of control. Mabscott firefighters kept the fire from spreading to nearby woods and remained on scene over an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Eccles
Mabscott Volunteer Fire Department
Dale Sweeney
Sweeney
Mabscott
Lilly Highland Addition
Mabscott Heights
Local Pilot Not In Nevada Air Tragedy
Captain Eugene Stover, a former Beckleyan, was not the Bonanza pilot in the Sunday night crash near Las Vegas that killed 28 people. His mother and sister confirmed they had received many calls after learning he was assigned a flight immediately after the doomed plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Stover
Las Vegas
Ohio River Locks Contract Awarded
The U S Army Engineers district office awarded the Willow Island Locks and Dam project contract near Waverly Pleasant County to Interstate Drilling Co Princeton Ky for 87186. The work includes sample boring pressure tests and core drilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
UPI
U. S. Army Engineer‘s
Willow Island
Ohio River
Waverly
Pleasant County
Kentucky
Interstate Drilling Co
Princeton
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State Council
Boys Industrial School
Pruntytown
Pineville Club
Offenbach
Hoffman
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Stewart Udall
Who's
W. D. Foster Jr
Brenda
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Cardinal Key
Pine Tree Staff
Association of Women Students
Kappa Delta Pi
Miss Foster
College Center Board
Miss Jennings
E. S. Jennings
Methodist
Young Democrat Club
Robert R. Jones
Patricia
Herndon High School
Kappa Omicron Phi
Miss Kyle
Bonnie Kyle
Alpha Sigma Tau
Women’s Hall Council
Roop
Smith
W. H. Smith
Phi Sigma Epsilon
Blue Key
Student Senate
Phi Beta Lambda
Men's Hall Council
Weikle
Roscoe C. Weikle
Theta Xi
Beon
Caffee Funeral Home
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Melton Mortuary
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
MT. Hope and
Oak Hill
Sophia
Nevada
Ohio River Locks
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