Recording stars meet new group in weekend band battle
Ohio Express and Appalachian Mainline clash at Oxford Inn Beckley with crowds asked to show IDs Saturday night and all-ages Sunday show. Police and mayor will supervise. Ohio Express hits hits like Yummy Yummy and Chewy Chewy. Appalachian Mainline, from Ashland Kentucky, recently signed with Atlantic.
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Shio Express
Oxford Inn
Beckley
Appalachian Mainline
Oxford
Ohio Express
Ed Lilly
Lilly
John H. McCulloch
Massilon
Johnny Carson
Ashland
Atlantic
Citizens Plan Rhodell Improvements
Rhodell Improvement League sets an open meeting on April 19 at 7 30 p m at Rhodell United Methodist Church to discuss securing a sewer system. Gulf Woman's Club and officials from Environmental Health and conservation discuss steps and planning for rural progress in Rhodell.
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Rhodell
Investigations on NBPSD Undecided by Justice Department
A DOJ review of complaints against the North Beckley Public Service District delays criminal action. The Charleston U.S. Attorney found no grounds for criminal charges, with civil referral possible if DOJ approves. Kee says final reports will be made public.
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North Beckley Public Service
Department of Justice
James Kee
Justice Department
NSPD
Department of Housing and Urban Development
United States
Charleston
Kee
C. M. Elmore
Cranberry
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
General Accounting Office
Water Pollution Administration
Clothing Fire Leaves Sophian in Critical Condition
A Sophia woman, Mrs. Aina Catherina Gastaldello, is in critical condition at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital after her clothing ignited while she burned trash in an outdoor receptacle. The incident occurred Thursday evening. the Fire Department notified at 5:30 p.m. and she was transported by ambulance.
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Sophia
Beckley’ Appalachian
Aina Catherina Gastaldello
Sophia Fire Department
Police Beat Beckleyan Jailed on DC Charge
A Beckley man, Clifford C. Archer, 50, jailed in Raleigh County on a drunken driving charge after a two car crash on U S 1921 in Glen Morgan caused about 700 in damage. DeLuca, 20, of Daniels, and Archer faced arraignment with no injuries reported.
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U. S
Glen Morgan
Raleigh
Clifford C. Archer
Beckley
Leonardo Join DeLuca
Daniels
DeLuca
Archer
U. S. 19
Sec
Beaver
Dent
Billy E. Calvert
Mary E. Hicks
Route 9
Calvert
Rodriguez
Job Trainees Complete 10-Week Course Certificates At Teel School
Certificates will be presented to Raleigh County Board of Education and West Virginia Department of Employment Security trainees at Teel School. Counselor Clarence Pierce and instructors Mrs Iris Hendrix of Midway and Mrs Joseph H Jones of Beckley will award. The 10 week program ran eight hours daily with instruction in English math reading science social studies and job interview skills supported by films. Funded by the MDTA this marks the fourth Teel School training since 1967.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
West Virginia Department of Employment Security
Teel School
Clarence Pierce
James
Iris) Hendrix
Midway
Joseph H
Sue) Jones
Beckley
Snow Totals and Weather Deep March in Raleigh County
National Weather Service annual review shows 20 inches of snow in March at Raleigh County Airport, sixth straight month of below normal precipitation. March featured frequent snowfalls, below normal temperatures, total precipitation 2.87 inches, and a seasonal snow total of 62 inches. Maximum 71 degrees on March 14, minimum 11 on March 4, deepest ground snow 5 inches, and 18 cloudy days, 4 partly cloudy, 9 clear.
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National Weather
Raleigh County
Local Red Cross Chapter Joins Effort To Free POW
The Raleigh County Chapter of the American Red Cross will join a national drive for humane treatment of American POWs in North Vietnam. Col. Robert Thomson Jr. urged repatriation of all sick and wounded and transfer of those health jeopardized by confinement. A Reader's Digest article spurred the campaign, with readers asked to mail protest letters to the Red Cross in Washington and thence to Hanoi.
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Raleigh County
American Red Cross
North Vietnam
Robert Thomson Jr
The
Red Cross
Col. Thomson
Reader’s Digest
Hanoi
Louis R.stockstill
American National Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Flu Tops Ailments in Raleigh County Week
The State Department of Health reports 195 influenza like disease cases in Raleigh County for the week ending March 27. Raleigh also tallies 35 diarrheal cases, six chicken pox, four mumps, four strep infections, two animal bites, one tuberculosis, and one German measles.
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Raleigh County
State Department of Health
Register
Fayette
Wyoming
Air Force recruits seek graduates with new openings
Local recruiters M Sgt William Renkovish and T Sgt James McCormick announce increased Air Force vacancies for high school graduates aged 18 to 27. McCormick stresses training linked to civilian jobs and life long benefits including free education medical and dental care and 30 days paid vacation yearly. Recruiting office at 111 Prince St Beckley.
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William Renkovish
James McCormick
Air Force
McCormick
Prince St
Beckley
Juveniles jailed on truancy and juvenile warrants
A 13 year old Burgess Street youth was jailed by sheriff's deputies at 3 15 p m Thursday on a truancy warrant. A 14 year old Egeria girl was jailed at 10 45 a m Thursday on a juvenile warrant and later released to her mother. City Police cited Randall H Loggins 16 of Mabscott at 8 20 p m Thursday for hazardous driving.
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Bobby O. Miles
Lorena
Wallace
Miles
David Dean Coleman
Crab Orchard
Coleman
Beckley Municipal Court
Mabscott
Chester Bragg
J. H. Greene
Bragg
Amora
Burgess Street
Sheriff's Deputies
Egeria
Zina French
Randall H.loggins
Four cited for driving without city operator licenses
City Police cited Barbara S. Southern Gerald A. Coloran Jr Carlis Ray Collins and Alfred Rosenbaum for driving without city or state operator licenses. Coloran also cited for driving an auto without an inspection sticker. Police investigate Cranberry Texaco break in.
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Barbara S. Southern
Ridge Road
Gerald A. Coloran Jr
Teel Road
Carlis Ray Collins
Christopher Drive
Coloran
Alfred Rosenbaum
Dry Hill Road
Loggins
Wilson
Collins
Rosenbaum
Beckley
Beckley Fire Dept Extinguishes Multiple Brush and Auto Fires
Beckley Fire Department responded to brush fires on Terrill Street at 7 42 p m Thursday and Ridge Road at 7 p m Thursday with no damage. A 9 50 p m Wednesday call to 110 Lilly St involved a 1971 model auto owned by Carol Olidetto with minor damage to the air cleaner. 3 43 p m Wednesday a 1958 auto at 712 F St owned by Charles Jones was reported aflame and extinguished on arrival. Rescue Squad tended Louise Henderson 26 at 223 Church Street at 10 13 a m Wednesday with illness and she recovered.
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Beckley Fire Department
Terrill Street
Ridge Road
Lilly St
Carol Olidetto
F St
Charles Jones
Fire Department
Church Street
Louise Henderson
Weather Details Airport Conditions and Extremes
24 hour period ending 10 a.m. with high 86 at Palm Springs and Los Angeles and low 9 at Bemidji and International Falls. Greenbrier river at 1 ft above normal and clear. Lake normal and clear with 4 gates open. New gauge at Hinton 2.8 ft. Winds NW at 10 mph. Sunset 6:48 p.m. Sunrise 6:07 a.m. Precipitation 12 inches. Barometric pressure 30.04 and steady.
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Greenbrier
Hinton
Palm Springs
Los Angeles
Calif
Bemidji
International Falls
Miss
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Citizens Plan
Rhodelli
GWC
Gulf Area
Lacy Meadows
A. S. Wydick
Alex Hugbert
Ricky Meadows
Victor Augustine
T. G. McConnell
Golf Woman’s Club
Donna Lopez
Rhodell Improvement League
Hume
Fred X. Williams
Peoples Credit Store
Sophian
San Clemente
UPI
Pat Nixon
White House
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Martha Mitchell
George Romney
Cribees
Main St
Beckley, W. Va
Prais
Beckleyan
Joe Rodriguez
Kenneth R. Craddock
Charles St
Anthony P. Gonzalez Jr
Tolley Drive
Gladys Griffith
Mary Ann Robertson
John Hawks
George Flannery
Franklin McGhee
Letcher Jackson
Beckley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Neville ST
White Cross Pharmacy
Heckley’s
Bair
Cranberry Texaco
Damon
N. Eisenhower
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