West Virginia Study Finds 69 Percent of Handicapped Lack Aid
A state study reports 69 percent of West Virginia's estimated 251 160 vocationally handicapped receive no public or private assistance. The commission cites 72 000 in need of rehab center or sheltered workshop services and 2 069 interviews across 13 counties.
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Charleston
W. Va
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Governor’s Study Commission
Division of
Commission
Paul H. Collins
West Virginia
Fayette, Grant, Hancock
Kanawha
Lewis, McDowell
Marion Mason Pendleton Pleasants Pocahontas Roane
Tucker
Collins
West
Methodist Conference Ends With Budget Approval
Delegates at the West Virginia Methodist Conference in Buckhannon approved a 2,150,837 operating budget for the year, only about 18,000 above last year, with final acts including ordaining new ministers and pledges on Middle East aid and civil rights. The session also backed federal civil rights legislation for 1967 and praised the state civil rights law passed by the 1967 Legislature.
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Buckhannon
WV. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Congress
Youth’s Hearing Is Postponed In Murder Case
A 15-year-old boy facing adult or juvenile trial in a knife killing of Nelson Newcomb 28 of Baltimore has a postponed hearing in Martinsburg West Virginia. The hearing will be held next Friday in Juvenile Court. The other youth Keith Lambert is held without bond in Berkeley County jail on an October grand jury charge.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
UPI
Nelson Newcomb
Baltimore
Keith Lambert
Berkeley County
West Virginians Flock To Enjoy State Waterways
West Virginians head to the state’s waterways in growing numbers for canoes and yachts. Boating licenses tripled in eight years and 11,195 boats were registered last year with a $5 fee. Officials expect about 12,000 registrations this year as enforcement and regulation discussion continues.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West
Ohio River
Hancock County
Kenova
Wood County
West Virginia Boating Dept Strains Amid Growth
The Resources Department has seven motorboats in operation, with one rented, for state patrols. It unveils a temporary motorboat permit system sold by dealers for five dollars, valid fifteen days until permanent licenses are issued. Boating rises as an outdoor sport while waterways grow busier.
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Dick Neal
Charleston
Neal
Col. J. Allen Woodburn
Department of Natural Resources
Woodburn
U. S. Coast Guard
West Virginia
Ohio
Budg
Resources Department
Coal's Impact Told by Smith at Pocahontas Mine Dedication
Gov. Hulett C. Smith described the coal industry's vast economic impact on the United States and West Virginia during a speech at the dedication of a new Pocahontas Fuel Co mine near Pineville.
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Shriver
Hulett C. Smith
Sargent Shriver
Kanawha
Charleston
Office of Economic Opportunity
Pineville
W. Va
UPI
U. S
West Virginia
Pocahontas
Three Boys Die in Randolph County Car Crash
In Mill Creek West Virginia three Randolph County youths Walter Barrickman 21 Adolph Clifford Fincham 21 and Paul K Shreve II 18 were killed when a speeding car left a country road struck trees rolled down a four foot embankment and ended on its side. Two other passengers Clyde Fincham and Jerry Fincham were seriously injured. Police described the crash as a late Saturday accident south of Randolph County.
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Mill Creek
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Randolph County
Here
Walter W. Barrickman
Adolph
Clifford Fincham
Paul K. Shreve II
Clyde Fincham
Jerry Fincham
Population of D C area hits two million
The Washington DC metropolitan region now counts about two million residents. This growth reflects ongoing expansion across the district Maryland and Virginia suburbs with demographic shifts and urban development continuing.
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Washington, D.C
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