West Virginia Gubernatorial Odds Split Among GOP Figures
Rep Arch Moore Jr urged unity among Republicans at Kanawha County event while signaling a 1968 bid for governor. He hinted a November 11 announcement in his district, with Wheeling as a likely venue. Fellow hopefuls Harley Staggers and Wally Barron discussed rival plans as party fractures and Viet Nam era politics shape the race.
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Arch Moore Jr
Kanawha County
Moore
McClure Hotel
Wheeling
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Wally Barron
Barron
Underwood
C. Donald Robertson
Robertson
Viet Nam
Lyndon Johnson
Trong
Appalachian Health Center Funding Cut By Congress
Funds for the Appalachian Health Center construction near the University Medical Center were cut in the pre appropriations bill approved by Congress. Senator Byrd said the project remains a top priority and future funding is anticipated. The three story facility would house the Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Respiratory Diseases now at the Medical Center, with ALFORD expected to reach about 200 staff by 1969. Construction is slated to take about three years once underway.
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Environmental
Healt Labora
University Medical Center
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
Sen
Byrd
Appalachian Laboratory For Occupational Respiratory Diseases
Alford
Medical Center
Preston Monongalia Towns Enter Betterment Contest
Ambitious towns across Monongalia and Preston counties entered the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment contest. Osage Browns Halleck Hagans Rock Forge Westover Morgantown Kingwood Evansville Bruceton Mills Gingwood and others proposed projects from library improvements and park development to street paving and water supply. J C Millin supervises contest as 167 communities vie for 12000 in prizes amid broader Senate funding actions in West Virginia.
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Monongalia
Preston Counties
West Virginia
The
Osage Community Improvement League
Osage
Browns Halleck Community Association
Haggans Methodist and Christian Sunday Schools
Rock Forge
Morgantown
Bruceton Mills
Evansville
Gingwood
Preston County
Bruceton Friendship Club
District 31 Mineworkers Meet to Discuss Autonomy
United Mine Workers District 31 officers and members meet at 1 p.m. at the Morgantown VFW to address working conditions welfare and retirement fund. A reformist member calls for autonomy and elections of district officers. Cecil Urbanik, district president, will attend.
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United Mine Workers District 31
Morgantown
VFW
Robert Turner
District 31
Cecil Urbanik
Spaak Lecture Here Thursday in Morgantown High Auditorium
Area residents may hear Paul Henr Spaak former NATO secretary general speak on Crisis in the Atlantic Alliance at 8 15 p m Thursday in Morgantown High School Auditorium as part of WWII 100th Anniversary observances Tickets are free and available at multiple campus and local outlets including Comuntzis Restaurant Fredrocks Pharmacy and Mountainlair information desk
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NATO
Paul Henr Spaak
NATO Alliance
Morgantown
Spaak
Europe
Z Spaak
United Nations General Assembly
U.N
Belgium
Comuntzis
Fredrock
University Ave
Mountainlair
Towers Information Desk
Ad Hall
Medicall Center
Avhalla
Regional Area Receives Federal Tutorial Grant
Congressman Harley G Staggers announced a 2000 Tutorial Training Program grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity to the North Central West Virginia Community Action Agency. The twelve month program at West Virginia University will train 15 tutors to aid disadvantaged public school children and train new recruits. It will serve Monongalia Marion Preston Taylor Barbour and Tucker counties.
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Harley C. Staggers
Trce of Economic Opportunity
West Virginia
Staggers
Monongalia
Marion
Preston
Taylor,Barbour
Tucker
Homecoming Queen Crowned Amid Cold Weather at VPI WVU Game
Sally Sotak, 25th Virginia Tech Homecoming queen, was crowned during half time as Burt Goodwin and other officials looked on. Sotak, slightly hoarse from the parade, praised fans and reflected on events, including a recrowning at the Homecoming dance. The day featured bands, ROTC guards, roses, and spirited chants from both Virginia Tech and West Virginia supporters.
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West Virginia
Sally Sotak
Wendell S. Moore
VPI
Alpha Xi Delta
Summit Hall
Burt Goodwin
Alumni Association
Sotak
Steve Richards
Miss Sotak
Melofsen
Ray Vine
Jim Mul Fendore
David Hess
Joe Gluck
Virginia
Pitt
Mountain Statue Effort Resumes Amid Unveiling Luncheon
Donald Delue, NYU Hall of Fame art committee chair, unveiled a three foot model for Mountainlair statue design amid a luncheon. The full size statue planned at 13 12 feet with an estimated cost of 36666.50 remains under fund-raising pressure with about 18000 yet to raise. The model will be displayed near the Mountainlair lobby and may spur contributions for the final statue to be placed on a plaza site fronting the student union after university approval.
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Donald Delue
Mountain ¢ Lair
Mr. Delue
New York University
Mountain
Balog
Q Nain
New Mountainlair
Ed Balog
Summit of Mountain
Sheldon Bronze
Richard Murphy
Architec
C. E. Silling
Architect of the New ‘Lair
Sel Sheidow
Gordon Thorn
Sheidow Kingwood Plant
Dayaw
Mountainlab
Stewart Burge
Prize Winners Admit Illegal Appropriation In Parade
Police revealed that a prize winning float used $125 worth of stolen lumber from the University Shop at Chestnut and Willey streets. The timber was used in the float frame work and the theft occurred days earlier but was only found during investigations of the parade. Several students and fraternity officials were questioned. no charges filed yet.
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University
Chestnut
Willey Streets
Salvation Army Brigadier Kirman Hospitalized for Eye Treatment
Brigadier Joseph F. Kirman retired Salvation Army official is in University Hospital room 7308 for eye care. He served in Morgantown during his last five active years and contributed to the Salvation Army Citadel campaign on University Ave. He is a former Morgantown Kiwanis member and has forty six years with the Salvation Army, seven as Brigadier. He and his wife reside in Fairmont.
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Joseph F. Kirman
Salvation Army
University Hospital
Morgantown
Salvation Army Citadel
University Ave
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Charles E. Ryan
Capital
Cecil Underwood
Statehouse
Ready
Harley Stagers
Harley
W. W. Barron
Smith
Wally
Harley Staggers
Johnson
House Commerce Committee
Washington
Ike” DeProspero
Westover JP
Hulett Smith
al Morgan
Board of Public Works
Timmy Sprouse
Labor
Bob McDonough
Greyhound
Appalachian Health Center
Congress
Westover
Evinsville Community Association
Kingwood
Kingwood Area
J.C. Millin
Monongahela Pow Co
Attake
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Department of Labor
Virginia Tech
By Rebecca Smith
Queen
Mrs. Moore
Ralph Bean
Board of Governors
Congress-sistant
Edaan Arch A. Moore
Mountaineer
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