Textbook battle renewed in Kanawha County
In Charleston West Virginia UPI reports a renewed controversy over school textbooks as 19 Kanawha Valley Mothers staged a sit in at the Board of Education. Rev Avis Hill urged a class boycott next Tuesday as police and deputies evacuated the demonstrators after a 29 hour occupation. Norma Lee Atkinson was arrested for assault and battery and released on 500 dollar bond with a September 24 preliminary hearing.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Kanawha County
Board of Education
Avis Hill
Kanawha Valley Mothers
Norma Lee Atkinson
Justice of the Peace
Larry Asbury
Miss Atkinson
Fort Hill Bridge Opens Linking I 77 and I 64
Gov Arch Moore led a ribbon cutting for the Fort Hill Bridge over the Kanawha River linking Interstates 77 and 64. The eight lane span cost 79 million dollars, and Sen Jennings Randolph noted 360 of 511 miles of West Virginia expressways are now open to motorists.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Fort Hill
Kanawha River
Huntington
Pittsburgh
Arch Moore
Moore
West Virginia
West Virginia Today,’’ Moore Said. Sen. Jennings Randolph, D-W.va
Randolph
Senate Public Works Committee
West Virginia Chamber Elects New Leader at 40th Meet
R W Howard of Parkersburg was chosen president of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce at the 40th annual meeting. David D Johnson of Charleston was elected vice president. James G Call and Frederick Auld of Charleston were re elected as treasurer and assistant treasurer. Howard, senior vice president of Borg Warner Chemicals, urged focus on investment for industry and energy issues in the state.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
UPI
R.W. Howard
Parkersburg
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
David D. Johnson
Charleston
James G. Call
Frederick Auld
Howard
Borg-Warner Chemicals
Two Teens Die in Separate Accidental Shootings
Two teenage boys from Braxton and Pocahontas Counties died Friday in separate accidental shootings. Hyle G. Sillman 15 of Sutton and Thomas L. Shinaberry 14 of Cloverlick were killed.
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United Press International
Braxton
Pocahontas
Hyle G. Sillman
Sutton
Thomas L. Shinaberry
Cloverlick
Drive-in window for food stamps in Charleston West Virginia
Charleston operates a drive-in window for food stamp purchases becoming a shortcut for recipients. Welfare Commissioner Thomas Tinder cites reduced parking struggle and saving rural residents time as benefits. The window at Lewis and Morris Streets processes data and payments with a visible queue of cars.
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Kay Christensen
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Thomas Tinder
State Welfare Department
Welfare Services
Tinder
Kanawha County
Lewis and
Morris Streets
Tiner
Back the school good reading inside
A fragment from a newspaper section index lists various features. It mentions Farm news Kennedy farm column Adaline Moore Before You Buy Billy Graham Bobtown Business news Clotheslines Consumer's Question Box Doing the Right Thing Masontown Meeting Memos Mt. Morris Tunnelton Woman's Viewpoint and various section pages. The ad insert and entertainment pages are noted.
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Kennedy
Adaline Moore
Billy Graham
Bobtown
Crago
Masontown
Mt. Morris
Tunnelton
Woman's Viewpoint
Panorama
UMW Official Blasts Removal of Safety Funds
West Virginia UMW Vice President Mike Trbovich condemns a House subcommittee action removing 1.7 million dollars in mine safety funding. He cites Buffalo Creek disaster in 1972 and 104 miners killed, 3,200 injured from electrical hazards over four years, urging preservation of safety programs and electrical research funding.
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Washington
UPI
United Mine Workers Union
Congressional
UMW
Mike Trbovich
House Subcommittee On Interior Appropriations
Trbovich
Ford
Buffalo Creek
Logan County
West Virginia
Mining Enforcement and Safety
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Monongalia County
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West Virginia Newspaper Publishing Company
Greer Building
Fayette and Greene Counties
Garrett County
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Yukon
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