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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1968
Page
2
Obituaries report the deaths of Thomas W. Canich 58 of New Brighton PA Elmer F Blosser 66 of Rt 3 West Virginia University Hospital and Husten P Ramsey Jr 38 of Rt 2 Fairmont area. Also Alvin Arnold 67 of Gibbon Glade PA with funeral services planned in Bruceton Mills.
In Charleston, West Virginia, a motion to dismiss was filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court by statehouse lawn campers against welfare officials and two Department of Employment Security officers. The defendants argue the suit lacks legal existence and is being phased out for a new work incentive program funded in a recent special legislative session.
Alvin Arnold 67 of Gibbon Glade Pa died suddenly in Uniontown Hospital. Elmer F Blosser 66 Rt 3 died at WVU Hospital after long illness. Thomas W Canich 58 of New Brighton Pa died in Beaver Falls Hospital. Huston P Ramsey Jr 38 of Rt 2 died at Fairmont General Hospital. Mrs HM Divvins 96 of Waltman’s Side died at Sundale Rest Home. Edna Muriel Knotts 66 of Grafton died at Grafton City Hospital. Funeral homes list services, calls, and interment plans for each.
Mayor Lindsay blasted the United Federation of Teachers for an illegal power grab as talks with UFT President Albert Shanker broke down. The strike, entering its fourth week, centers on observers with power to shut down Ocean Hill Brownsville’s eight schools amid 1.12 million pupils affected.
WVU president Dr. James G. Harlow and State Board of Education chief Dr. Leslie L. Martin head a new joint committee. Members include Charles H. Brown, Elmus L. Snoderly, Charles C. Wise Jr., Mrs. Gilbert S. Bachmann, Pat R. Hamilton, and Abbot as chairman. Coordination aims to expand existing links among public colleges and extension programs statewide.
Medical and surgical patients listed for St Vincent Pallotti Monongalia General and Grafton City with names such as Marie Moore Alice Porter Edith Rudolph and Jean Olovio. Discharges include Linda Ann Jenkins Judy Hewitt and Maude Johnson. Births noted for Nolan Thomas Keller and at least one girl born Friday night.
The notice outlines daily and Sunday subscription rates for West Virginia readers, including one year costs and tax details. It notes outside state pricing and directs readers to see the daily and Sunday editions for full terms.
The forecast calls for little temperature change this last Sunday in September with mostly fair skies. Early fall highs expected 65 to 75 degrees as Monday warms. Flight Service Station at Municipal Airport records show varying readings from 50 overnight to 70 in the afternoon with several hourly values listed.
The decomposed body of Clinton C. Wallace, 28, of Hurricane, a part time accounting major at Marshall University, was located in a wooded area near Ranger Saturday, about a quarter mile from where his car was found the previous Monday.
NASA officials weigh removing the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package from the first moon landing to avoid overburdening astronauts. ALSEP, eight experiments built by Bendix at 51 million dollars, would study the moon’s interior and surface forces, possibly postponed to later missions.
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