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Beckley Post Herald Raleigh Register (Newspaper) - October 23, 1977, Beckley, West Virginia 104 6 Sections 96 Sunday Edition Sunday October 1977 West Virginia 25801 35 Cents BNI Artist Ann Crummetts Conception of the New River Gorge Bridge Which Opened with Dedication Ceremonies Yesterday Attend Dedication Events By Cathy Clark Register Reporter At approximately Jay Rockefeller snipped the yellow ribbon spanning the width of and the worlds largest steel arch bridge officially was opened to The New River Gorge was described in various poetic passages by the speakers at the dedica tion Fayetteville Mayor John Witt called the bridge a phenomenal feat of mans A new wonder of the world was the description of by president of and Robert Byrd sent a telegram proclaiming the bridge to be a technical All dignitaries seemed to agree that the foot built at a cost of approximately would be an asset to the Dedication ceremonies began at but the more than people present began arriving as early as 5 to walk across the The dedication started with a harmonica rendition of the National Anthem performed by Fayette County native and country and western Charlie He later performed Amazing Grace and Country Roads with a member of his Russ seated at the center of a platform built to resemble the with Jennings Randolph and Master of Ceremonies Walter mayor of Oak could barely be seen above the sea of LaFayette Post 149 of the Fayetteville American Legion brought a hush over the crowd as they made the presentation of the color and the ceremony An delivered by the Billy Reed Wickline of the Fayetteville United Methodist spoke of the bridge as a rainbow of promised prosperity and Following the saying he was car a briefcase onto the stage because I never get a second chance to make a good first spoke of the effects the bridge would have the the sur rounding With an introduction of former governors Arch Moore Hulett Smith and Okey and former commissioners of the State Department of William Ritchie and Joseph Speed Witt welcomed the group to his The one and one half hour dedication included speeches by contractor for the Michael Baker chief executive officer of the Michael design engineer for the and commissioner Charles Miller of the state Department of Roy president of the Fayette Plateau Chamber of and Speaker Donald Kopp of the House of Delegates also See Page 2 Weather Yesterday was a beautiful day for dedicating a bridge for those who didnt make it to the today likely will be a good day for a drive to the The National Weather Ser vice forecasts sunny and mild weather with a high temperature in the low 60s and only a 10 per cent chance of The low tonight will be 40 to the mid again with a 10 per cent chance of Marland The widow of former West Virginia Wil liam died yesterday from smoke in halation during a fire in Details are on Page Second Front For those of you who have had trouble finding a there is some good news and thats For a special turn to the Se cond News Page Index Creative Living 7 10 Ring 2935 The Bridge The Register took a long look yesterday at the New River Gorge dedication which officially opened the link of Corridor L from Lansing making Corridor L complete from the Raleigh County line to There are in this of stories and pictures of the dedication 2 has a story about a woman born under the Born at the turn of the Bessie Bowyer recalls what the area was like Also on Page 2 are pic tures of dignitaries at the features a United Press International story about the Corridor system West including a on progress of all roads v Thousands of persons lined the New 15 stow on an tion dwarfed by the size of the o Visitor lhe longest steel who Register Photo by Ron I CLOSEOUT ON QUASAR TELEVISIONS 23 CONSOLE COLOR STARTING AT ONLY Southland Building Behind The Beckley Hospital GRAND OPENING BUILDERS New Homes At Described on Page 49

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