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The Charleston Daily Mail from Charleston, West Virginia • Page 9

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Getting ready for today's opening of the 1872 Mountain State Art and Craft Fair are these craftsmen. Jim Meads, left, relaxes a bit with one of the dulcimers he made. Lynulle Wyatt and Joe Mullens, center photo, are preparing to pour a PAGE IB POSTSCRIPT, In response to a recent Hot Line answer, we are in formed that an additional source of material about drugs and drug abuse is the Charleston Council for Drug Information in the basement of St. John's Episcopal Church, Qoarrier and Broad Streets. Also, free pamphlets on drugs can be obtained from the Community Relations Unit of the Charleston Police Department, telephone 346 0621.

bronze sculpture. Jim Bush, right, talks to A. Dragon, one of his puppets which wilt be performing at the Daily Mail Photos by Tom Hodges. ity Pago CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1972 Hot Line Got a problem? Need an answer? Hot Line, solves problems, answers questions, cuts red tape. For help dial 348 4811, any hour of the day ot night, seven days a week.

Or write Hot Line, Daily Mail, Charleston, West Va. 25330. Q. I would like to know if the names of persons receiving Small Business Administration (SBA) loans are on public record and, if so. where could I find out who has received SBA loans recently? K.

B. Charleston A. The names of SBA loan recipients is published monthly in newspapers in the areas in which the loans are made. But, for faster referral of names, you should write the Small Business Administration district office in Clarksburg, Lowndes Building, 109 Third Street, Rm. 301, zip code, 26301.

Q. Are James Arness of "Gunsmokc" and Peter Graves ol "Mission Impossible" brothers? Can you tell me their real family name? M. P. Charleston A. Arness and Graves are brothers born in Minneapolis, Minn.

Arness was born in 1923 and Graves in 1926. The real family name is Arness. Q. Why do the police not try to do something about the stereo tape players and all the car parts that are being stolen? It seems they could take fingerprints or something, bat it seems the police don't want to do anything about it. J.

W. Charleston A. The police department is doing everything possible to apprehend persons involved in these thefts, a detective said. Further, Juvenile Bureau detective recently arrested five youths in connection with thefts from vehicles, the police department also recently acquired a camera for nighttime use which is capable of surveying a large area by using available light. Another measure being taken by police involves special assignment of officers in areas where the majority of these thefts occur.

With regard to fingerprints, officers said for the most part prints are unavailable due to the manner in which a vehicle is entered, or they are of a very poor quality. Q. Why can't the Kanawha County Board of Education make ap the bus drivers' extra run checks? They haven't been paid since March for them. J. J.

Tyler Mountain A. A school system spokesman said checks for extra duty such as Head Start, field, and kindergarten trips and trips to were issued March 20, April 20, May 3 and June 2. Questions about a specific trip should be directed to the division supervisor. Q. Why doesn't one of the newspapers give the news every day of the Bobby Fischer chess match which takes place later this month? D.

N. Sissonville A. Bobby Fischer's match with Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union begins Sunday at Revkiayik. Iceland, and the Daiiy Mail plans stories this week and during the match. You may have seen the story Monday concerning Fischer's un happiness wilh the lighting at the match site.

Q. How do you figure major league baseball averages? S. R. Charleston A. Very carefully.

Seriously, take a player's times' at bat and divide them into his number of hits. For instance, a player with 12 at bats and three hits would be batting .250. Beating Death, Child Cruelty In Indictment List By LARRY MAYNOR Of The Daily Mail Staff The Kanawha County grand jury returned murder indictments yesterday afternoon against three men in connection with the beating and subsequent death of Burvil P. (Tiny) Hodges of Riverside Drive, St. Albans.

The murder indictments were against Charles Hayes Hager, Walter Dennis Ross and Clarence Gay Scites. A misdemeanor conspiracy indictment in connection with the case was returned against Kenneth Clifton Meadows. The i i tm were among 59 reported out by the grand jury at the conclusion D. pmhik. of nine days work.

There were 37 felony and 22 misdemanor prosiitutton; pw unit violation of UnHorm blUs Controlled Art; Sffltt Hodes was reportedly beat Davidjon and caryie en in March outside the House controlled of Gemini a tavern on U.S. 60 west of St. Albans. The mci md aem was not reporter io siaie Ron police until several days after Hwtiwi fwwie in t. Marian prosti lt occurred.

tuien, Frank Huffman Jr. Three misdemeanor counts ffift of cruelty to children were reported OUt against Gerald OnmKen driving, cran LeV Reynolds, former princi thy C. Stockert, a former fac ulty member. The charges against the two men grew out of unusual disciplinary practices Reynolds and Stockerts allegedly inflicting upon male students at the school. Reynolds, 32, of Pinch, voluntarily resigned his position as principal after charges were filed and Stockert was suspended pending the outcome of an investigation into the charges.

After making its report the grand jury went back into session to consider other matters reportedly involving the county jail. Four of 70 prisoners who signed a petition last week allegiug mistreatment, inadequate medical attention and poor food and two jailers were scheduled to go before the grand jury yesterday afternoon. Intermediate Judge George W. Wood ordered all those indicted to report by 9:30 a.m. Monday to answer the charges.

Foilowng is a complete list of indictments returned by the June term grand jury: Charles Hayes Hager, Waiter Derwii Ross and Clarence Clay Seles Murder; Cnarles Dewayne Andersc Eugene Anderson and two counts of brea: twing; John Byrd and breaking and entering; grand larceny; Ronnie larceny; James ana entering. Sam D. grand Russell Eugene Goff, Jerry and Rlcfcy Ray grand larceny; Stephen Clycte Harris and Denver Lewis Thomas breaking and enterlnq; Roy A. HlgglnbolHam rape; Richard Lyle breaking and entering; Daniel Bruce burglary; ard L. Lake fatso pretense; 5:: Euyene burglary; William C.

jitrrlng a worthless check. Ronnie and Stanlry Nunn Si: larceny; James RiMwrt MC Cljnq and Daniel Britce burg lags ry; jleven Mlehaal ierce nv; Charles Ptwell breaking Wiliw Shannon, i of alias By LYNN WI THROW Of The Daily Mail Staff CEDAR You can meet a nice dragon at the Mountain State Art and Craft Fair. His name is A. Dragon and he's not a bit ferocious or scary. Or, you can watch another type a huge, hot furnace used to heat glass for blowing.

Mr. Dragon who is part of a puppet show, and1 the fire breathing fumacce are only two of the many sights at the five day fair which opened1 here today. Fair officials said visitors' this year could exceed 50,000. The fairgrounds are reached via the Fairplain 1 77 exit, riear Ripley. By RICHARD GRIMES or The Daily Mail Staff If you see Joe Laurita walking through, the door with a violin case, don't mistakenly assume he is taking part in another undercover job to crash some gangland party.

Little known to many, the sometimes feisty little Joe, whose car was bombed a few years ago and who successfully campaigned for Republican nominee as attorney general on his racketbusting, actually is an accomplished violin player. In fact, in an apparent move to separate culture from public office, Laurita, as Monongalia County prosecutor, once arrested his violin teacher of high school days, John Papandreas, and charged him with gambling violations. Papandreas encountered a hung jury, though. Had he Most craftsmen were busy Thursday setting up display booths. People were hurrying helter skelter, preparing for today's opening.

One of the pottery booths was without elec tricity. A glass blower i ple coin slot machines were a lottery. Laurita says he started taking classical violin at the age of 5 years. His father insisted, he said. Joe's father, sister and four brothers play musical instruments, three of them the violin.

"It was a mandate of my father's," Laurita says. His first teacher came to the house. She was Mrs. Christie McDonald. At age 9, he played in the West Virginia University Symphony under Praf.

Kenneth Wood, now retired. He also played first chair in the Morgantown High School Orchestra and the first chair in the All state Orchestra. It was during that time that John Papandreas was his violin teacher, and adds Laurita, a very good instructor. Later in his life, Laurita, prosecuted him for his involvement with multi coin pinball machines. He graduated from high turned down a scholarship from WVU in the School of During this first "transition" year, Dr.

Woodard reported courses will follow past graduate center offerings which emphasized engineering, business, education and special education. Students already in the West Virginia University graduate program will receive WVU degrees and future students in certain fields may designate tery and leather goods are caly a smattering of the 138 Music. He said he went to Chicago for three years and worked around before returning to West Virginia intent, on law school. Laurita said he enjoys the violin, but not as an advocation. He said his father was disappointed at first, "but I think he understood you had to have the desire.

It takes a great deal of dedication to practice the violin as a profession," he added. Laurita says he has been asked to play again with the WVU Symphony? but has declined because of the campaign and also because he cannot play as well since the bombing damaged his hand. "I could never play like I used to." he adds. "Hungaiiiii dances were my favorites." Laurita says he is not the only prosecutor who is a violin player. He says that George Eeter, assistant prosecutor of Cabell County and brother Peter Beter, one time Republican candidate for governor, plays a violin.

"He's pretty good, too," says Joe. Fourth of July, a special celebration is planned with a music program at 8:30 p.m. fol Manv craftsmen are not lowed bv fireworks. only exhibiting their wares, Appalachian folk music con but are demonstrating their certs will be presented daiiy locK and matcn JOCK rules, p.m. Under guidance of rifle enthusiasts from West Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania, fair goers may try their luck.

Several special programs have been scheduled during the fair. An antique car show will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. AU day Saturday will be a blacksmiths reunion at the fair. For the stems to fair visJHtrs.

4 p.m. Spontaneous "pick borrow a cylinder of gas from have a chance to participate. In one case, visitors will ins" might be any time, any where. bronze workers. Spectators may want to test Mountain Artisans will pre Yet, despite these small problems and delays in starting to set up, exhibitors were confident they would be ready by orjening time.

Circus type tents dot Cedar Lakes' camping grounds. Each is filled with a multitude of mountain crafts in a rainbow of colors. Original posters, silk secreen prints, wind chimes, Tiffany lampshades, pocket "buckets" purses made from lunch boxes). pot their shooting ability with flint sent a daily fashion show at 3 A new feature of the 1972 fair will be mountain heritage programs daily at 11 a.m. Included will be religion, music, dance and language.

Admission to the fair is 51 for adults and 50 cents for students from grade through high school age. The fairgrounds are open each day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Not Just Fiddling Around noThi case been children; Richard Dewey SnVm vW muu aie pail, ui uic at non of uniform sutut supreme uron decision mis Act; Ntttlt pro5lI. declflred multi.

As the election day nears, Laurita says he'll try to pull as many strings as possible some on the violin and some State Graduate College Opens Tomorrow By ANN JOHNSTON HAAS Of The Dally Mail Staff At the stroke of midnight, West Virginia will have its first independent graduate college. You could say the Kanawha Valley will have more "COGS" in its wheels of progress since the new institution is the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies (COGS). By law, the Kanawha Valley Graduate College, which has operated as a branch of West Virginia University, will become an independent, degree awarding college Saturday. COGS' administrative headquarters are located in West Virginia State College's for mer Hill Hall, the first dormitory on the left side of Barron Drive after you enter campus. Between the time summer classes end July 14 until the fall term begins, renovations will be made in the building, according to Dr.

Prince Woodard, chancellor of the West Virginia Board of Regents and COGS acting president. The alternations consist of a their degrees to carry new lighting system and air name of Marshall or WVU. conditioning, he said. However, the "proof of the pudding," or COGS success, will be its curriculum expansion the next several years, the chancellor added. This and other reasons are why Dr.

Woodard is anxious to have a president named for the new college. The Advisory Committee has had severa'l interviewing sessions and more are scheduled. A selection is expected d'jring July. timing or, the selecting is making the job hard, but I've been pleased with the Today is the last day for the Kanawha Valley Graduate Center. As of Saturday will be the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies, as center secretary Mary Crosier, second from right, shows on the new stationery.

At left are center students, who will continue at the college, Rachel Cradriock and Clyde Rogers. At right is Dean Arthur K. Hof stetter who is returning to West Virginia Daily Mail Photo by Jack Ticrnan. caliber of people we've been able to contact," Dr. Woodard remarked.

He said persons both from inside and outside the state are being considered. Demanding a president's immediate attention will be development of a coordinated library system among the area's colleges and university. The chancellor pointed to a "joint appointment" system for COGS faculty as the "most significant" change ready for implementation, aculty Irom Marshall University, West Virginia Tech and West Virginia State will divide their work loeds between home schools and the graduate college. It will not be considered "exira" time or "moon lighting." The new college's full time faculty will number about 20 and consist mostly of those already at the center. For the first year classes will be held at the headquarters, but Woodard hopes in the future to move these to the valley's other schools and industries.

COGS faculty will be Ph. D. degree holders with exceptions in fields where "a mas tor's is about as high as you can go," Woodard said. "It looks like the community has accepted the graduate college," he added, explaining that many inquiries have been made concerning regb.r.itioii and class offerings. Detailed information about both will be publicized soon.

The independent graduate college idea was suggested to the West Virginia Legislature by the regents primarily to serve part time commuting students in the Kanawha Valley area. The recommendation was an outgrowth of a consultant study of graduate education needs in I he area between Huntington and Montgomery..

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