Pony rides to school help boy with open spine reach class
In Jackson County West Virginia eight year old Greg Shamblin unable to walk due to an open spine now travels two miles to Goff Elementary aboard a pony. His 11 year old brother joins daily to help secure him and his books while four larger classmates hoist Greg onto the saddle.
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Ripley
W. Va
UPI
Jackson County
Greg Shamblin
Goff
Greg
Olaf
Jack
Shamblin
Mary Carter
West Virginia Officials Order Reinstate Mason County Schools Chief
The State Schools Superintendent directs the Mason County Board of Education to reinstate I Brooks Smith as schools superintendent. A separate two hour gun battle in Davy ended with the surrender of Fred Bishop after tear gas. Davy police chief injured. four state troopers assisted. Labor officials vow broader child labor enforcement statewide with compliance workshops and public education efforts.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Mason County Board of Education
Daniel Taylor
I. Brooks Smith
Taylor
Davy
McDowell County
Fred Bishop
Bill Jackson
Docktor’s Hospital
Welch
Bishop
Jackson
Robert A. McConnell
West Virginia
Kanawha
Walter L. Snyder
Department
Snyder
Vandalism Hits West Virginia Signs Costs State Thousands
WV Highway Department officials report yearly losses from theft and vandalism to signs and property. Repairs and safety hazards follow such acts, with offenders facing fines, jail, and liability for damages.
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Charleston
West Virginia Department of Highways
William S. Ritchie Jr
Ritchie
West Virginia
Marshall to Hold Two-Week Desegregation Institute
Marshall University will conduct a two week institute on problems of school desegregation from June 21 to July 2. The program is funded by a 17049 dollar grant from the U S Office of Education to help administrators and teachers in the state better influence desegregation efforts in their districts.
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Huntington, W. Va
Littleton tunnel shootout stuns residents and lawmen
The Littleton incident involves Lash and Smith amid a fatal tunnel shooting. Bullets ripped through the Stottlemire residence wounding two women and causing extensive property damage. Police actions and a petty larceny dispute over a chicken are described as backdrop to the gunfire.
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David
Lash
Stottlemire
Earl Stottlemire
Nixon to end CIA funded broadcasts to Europe
The Nixon administration will stop CIA funding of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty and seek a public subsidy of about 40 million dollars instead. Senator Case had revealed CIA support, prompting the shift to a government grant while calling for greater congressional scrutiny. The move follows Johnson's 1967 order to end CIA backing of educational operations.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Central Intelligence Agency
Europe
Congress
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
Clifford P. Case
R-Nj
Senate Department
CIA
Case
Johnson
McCloskey pushes war alternative in presidential race
Rep. Paul N. Pete McCloskey said at a Portland news conference he is not aiming to dump Nixon but argues voters deserve an alternative to the Indochina policy. He hopes Nixon halts bombing in Laos and Cambodia and withdraws before the February New Hampshire primary.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Paul N
Pete’’ McCloskey
Calif
Nixon
Indochina
McCloskey
New Hampshire
Laos
Cambodia
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Morgantown
W Va
Mason County School Board
Brooks
Smith
Ted Stphens
Michael Whalen
State Supreme Court
Huntington
Hong Kong
Food and Drug Administration
Cabell- Huntington Health Department
Thomas W. Nale
Bonn
Willy Brandt
Georges Pompidou
Elbert F. Osborn
U.S. Bureau of Mines
House
Ken Hechler
D-W.va
Osborne
House Appropriations Committee
Osborn
Appalachian
U.S
Marshall
Efiake
Littleton Tunnel
Stottlemires
Fairmont General Hospital
Paden City
State Police
Hundred
Mannington
Robert S. Bonar
H. C. Beverley
Shinnston
Littleton
Fairmont
Newman Longwell Sr
Mr. Lash
Ma’m
Picketts
Star City
Cttume
Jay
Kuhn’s
Furn. & App
Weet Halen
Holland Ave
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