Planning and Zoning Ordinance To Be Heard Tonight In Beckley
The first public hearing on Beckley’s new planning and zoning ordinance is at 7 30 p m in council chambers. City Council members are expected to attend. A map of district boundaries will be displayed at city hall with ordinance copies. The commission has spent two and a half years preparing the draft to replace the 29 year old rulebook.
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Beckley
Planning and Zoning Commission
PIC
W. C. McMahan
Pre Easter Services Under Way At Sophia
The Sophia First Baptist Church hosts a week of pre Easter fellowship services with guest speaker Rev Travis Woodie of Sophia each evening at 7 p m Beginning Monday. Other speakers include Rev Grant Caudill Ury Rev Glade Sparks Crab Orchard Rev Joe Pizzino Shady Spring and Rev Tom Eldreth Mullens. Mrs Wilson Cook will play organ and piano.
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Sophia
Travis Woodie
Sophia First Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Grant Caudill
Ury
Glade Sparks
Crab Orchard
Joe Pizzino
Shady Spring
Tom Eldreth
Report Negative On 142 Th Tests
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association reports 142 negative Th tests from March 1970 to April 1971. The group notes inactive and other TB related findings, 157 total X-rays, 37 contacts, 4 ex-patients, 34 indigents, and plans to stop local X-ray taking with indigents referred to regional health council and Pinecrest Hospital for continued benefits.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Fred
Lucy) Hays
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Tb and RD Association
Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
Pinecrest Hospital
Weather and river conditions with regional extremes
Aviation conditions show a high of 62 and a low of 40 with no precipitation and ENE winds at 8 mph. River gauges on Greenbrier read 6 inches above normal and steady to falling, while Lake level remains clear and normal. Today's extremes include Bakersfield 95 and Pellston 6 with an extended outlook calling for a rain chance Saturday and a warming trend Friday through Saturday.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Pellston
Mich
Sophia Churches Unite For Annual Sunrise Service
The Sophia First Baptist Church hosts the annual Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday with the Easter message by Rev. W Cecil Shepherd of Sophia United Methodist Church and invocation by Rev. O O White of Sophia Church of God. The scripture is read by Rev H Kenneth Manning and benediction by Rev Ronald Adkins. Mrs Wilson Cook provides organ and piano accompaniment.
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W. Cecil Shepherd
Sophia United Methodist Church
Sophia First
Sophia First Baptist Church
Sophia Community
Dewey Wilson
O. O. White
Sophia Church of God
H. Kenneth Manning
Sophia Friendship Missionary , Baptist Church
Ronald Adkins
Sophia Freewill Baptist Church
Wilson Cook
Beckley Court Forfeitures Total 1623 Dollars
Monday night Beckley Municipal Court collected 1623 dollars in bond forfeitures. Notables include 246 dollars for public intoxication and multiple drivers fined for reckless and drunken driving, speeding, driving without licenses, parking violations, and related offenses in Beckley and surrounding areas.
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Beckley Municipal Court
Josephus Swain
Beckley
Herman T. Lewis
Glenn White
Danny Honaker
Sprague
Jerry P. Jessup
Barbara S. Southern
Ridge Road
Carlis Ray Collins
Maxwell Hill Road
A. L. Marks
Dorothy Gulf
Harold L. Meadows
Coal City
Frank R. Snuffer
Mabscott
Beckleyan Chosen Richard F. Lewis Selected for Iron Arrow Honor
Richard F. Lewis son of William F. Lewis of 812 Kanawha Street has been chosen as a member of Iron Arrow the oldest recognition society for men at the University of Miami Coral Gables. Lewis is enrolled in the School of Law brigade commander of the UM ROTC program treasurer of the Student Bar Association and a student instructor in the Law School.
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Richard F. Lewis
William F. Lewis
Kanawha St
Iron Arrow
University of Miami
Coral Gables
Fla
Lewis
School of Law
Draft Board Reorganization Delayed by House Amendment
Statewide plan to merge clerical systems of Summers, Fayette, Wyoming and Raleigh draft boards faced a at least 15 day delay after a House amendment to the Selective Service bill. If Senate accepts the change, consolidation of county offices and records would be halted and kept locally.
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House of Representatives
Wyoming
Fayette County
Beckley Selective Service Office
Selective Service
Harold Brown
Charleston
National Selective Service
Curtis W. Tarr
Brown
Senate
Summers
Fayette
Raleigh
Beckley
Beckley Youths Bound Over On Multiple Counts
Three Beckley youths one aged 16 and two 17 year olds waived to grand jury on charges of breaking and entering petit larceny and destruction of property after arrests at G Street Youth Center and a Segmon Street home. Bond set at 1000 dollars each.
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Beckley
Anthony A. Walters
Segmon St
Douglas N. Deering
Meadows St
Relious E. Glasco
F St
Lorena Wallace
G Street
Marlene Haynes
F Street
Mount Hope Woman Jailed on Peace Warrant
Patricia Merrick of Mount Hope was jailed at 5 10 p m Monday by Town District Constable Mitch Bailey on a peace warrant and is to appear before Magistrate Rodriguez. Craddock charged after a two car collision on First Avenue at 11 44 a m Monday. George M Craddock 74 Route 1 Mount Hope cited for turning into oncoming traffic and ordered to Beckley Municipal Court April 12. Bobby E Lester 19 Flat Top driven car involved. Craddock auto 1963 model and Lester auto 1970 model. $500 damage total. no injuries report.
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Howard Eugene Dillard Jr
Adkins St
South Kanawha
G Streets
Dillard
Gary Spangler
Hull Street
Mount Hope
Patricia Merrick
Mitch Bailey
Rodriguez
First Avenue
Beckley Municipal Court
George M. Craddock
Route 1
Bobby E. Lester
Craddock
Lester
Beckley Teen Escapes Injury In Pole Collision
Police report a 17 year old girl from Beckley escaped injury when her 1969 auto struck a utility pole at Westwood Drive and Locust Drive as steering locked. Paula Diane Phipps of 331 Westwood Drive drove the car. damages were estimated at 500 dollars and no charges were filed.
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Beckleyan
Westwood
Locust Drives
Paula Diane Phipps
Westwood Drive
Car Truck Collision Near South Fayette Street
A 9 05 p m crash at the U S 1921 By Pass and W Va 3 left lane intersection left Sterling Green 77 of Lester and Dennis Okes 24 of Dunns with damage set at 259 dollars. Green received a ticket for improper left turn.
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U. S
W. Va
South Fayette Street
Sterling Green
Lester
Dennis Edward Okes
Dunns
Green
Two Glen Daniel burglars waive to grand jury
Tommy Blankenship of Glen Daniel and 16 year old Steven K McMillion of Fairdale appeared before Magistrate Rodriguez and were released on 1000 dollar bonds after state police charged them with two counts of burglary for taking shotguns a movie camera and projector from Van Buren Gibson and a coat shotgun and camera from Harvey Grant home both in Glen Daniel. Felonious Assault charge awaits grand jury for Jerry David Stuart of Jolo after a stabbing at East Gulf Grade School. Justice hospitalized and Stuart released on 500 dollar bond.
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Glen Daniel
Fairdale
Tommy Blankenship
Steven K. McMillion
Rodriguez
van Buren Gibson
Harvey Grant i
Jerry David Stuart
Jolo
Stuart
David Leon Justice
East Gulf
Old East Gulf
Justice
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Moonshine Charge In Eccles Youths Fined
James Lomax 18 and Larry Wagner 17 were fined 100 dollars each plus costs by Magistrate Rodriguez after Saturday arrests on moonshine possession charges. Russell James 56 was also mentioned in the report.
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Eccles
James Lomax
Larry W. Wagner
Rodriguez
Three Youths Put On Probation In Raleigh County Court
Three youths appeared in Raleigh County Criminal Court for sentencing on pleas. Larry Bednarski 17 of Lanark received two years probation after a 1 to 10 year penitentiary term for breaking and entering Beckley Hodaka Cycle Sales at Sprague on Aug 14 1970. His father Frank Bednarski died Saturday in a one car crash. Trevis Motley 18 of Beckley received a one year jail term and probation plus costs after pleading guilty to being an accessory after the fact in the Molotov porch attack on 108 Sixth St July 29 1970. Cecil Harrah pleaded guilty to petit larceny from a February 4 theft on Reservoir Road and was placed on one year probation. Jurors now report at 9:30 a.m. Thursday instead of Wednesday.
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Larry Bednarski
Lanark
Beckley Hodaka
Sprague
Franks Bednarski
Trevis Michael Motley
Beckley
Leonard McCombs
Motley
McComas
Tenis Chasin
Sixth St
McCombs
Davis
Cecil Edward Harrah
Reservoir Road
Bert Eden
Fire and Rescue Calls Report Multiple Grass Fires In City
Firemen responded to a 4:40 p.m. grass fire on Davis Street and a 2:35 p.m. blaze in the McLean addition threatening the city from Mabscott. Rescue Squad assisted Jesse Hale at 10:45 a.m. Sunday for trouble breathing and he was taken to the VA Hospital. A grass fire was extinguished on Foster Avenue at 10:40 a.m. Sunday. A 9:02 a.m. Wednesday incident at Woodlawn Avenue involved 7 year old Robert Wiley with an arm injury, transported to Raleigh General Hospital.
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Davis Street
McLean
Mabscott
South Kanawha St
Jesse Hale
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Foster Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Robert Wiley
Raleigh General Hospital
Earth Week Plans Told For Sophia
Sophia to observe Earth Week April 15 22 with Mayor Howard Walker issuing a proclamation during a Town Council meeting. Residents may request trash pickup service by calling Town Hall and placing trash at street exit for collection.
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Sophia
Howard Walker
Walker
Town
Gulf Woman’s Club
Fred X. Williams
Oak Hill man ordered to appear in Beckley court
Charles Luther Cook of Oak Hill was released on bond and ordered to appear in Beckley Municipal Court Thursday on charges of drunken driving driving with license revoked permitting four in front seat and fraudulent license use. Talmadge W. Daniel of Beaver also faces municipal court on intoxicated driving after being arrested Saturday. Tommy Miller of Sophia posted bond after a peace warrant arrest and was released by Slab Fork District Magistrate Robert Porter.
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Thomas Day
Randall H. Loggins
Crab Orchard
Russell F. Thomas
Beckley
Catherine Slash
George R. McNealy
Miriam Burns
Daniel Kelly
Billy R. Whittaker
Sophia
Richard W. Gouldin
Prosperity
Gerald A. Coleran
John Taylor Jr
Lester
Alfred W. Rosenbaum
Dry Hill Road
Benjamin L. Brown
Dan Shaver
Mabscott
William D. Young
Raleigh
Young
Leonard Dale Costilow
West Union
Turnpike
Essie Ray Costilow
Warren
Ohio
Costilows
Joe Rodriguez
Daniel R. Lambert
Minden
Charles Luther Cook
Oak Hill
Jon Bond
Cook
Talmadge W. Daniel
Beaver
Tommy Miller
Slab Fork
Robert Porter
False Alarm at Beckley Fire Station Incident
Beckley Fire Department responded to a false alarm at 5 20 p m Monday at Beckley College.
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Beckley Fire Department
Beckley College
First Day Tough Kicking The Smoking Habit
Raleigh residents join a five day anti smoking program run by the Seventh Day Adventist Church at the WJLS Radio Building. On day one participants faced headaches frayed nerves and restlessness as they quit coffee tea and alcohol along with tobacco. A physician minister team notes the diet of fruit and water speeds poison elimination while a film on the harms of smoking was shown. The group meets 7 p m daily through Wednesday and inquiries may be directed to 252 4040.
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Raleigh
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
WJLS
T. R. Knoll
Seventh- Day Adventist Church
Beckley
T. M. Cometa
Radio Building
Fourteen Seek Work In West Virginia Labor Office
The West Virginia Department of Employment Security received fourteen applications on Monday from job seekers. The applicants included a licensed practical nurse a store manager a day worker a bookkeeper a furnace installer a stores laborer an operating engineer a general office clerk two nurse aides a collector a spray painter a machinist a general maid and a construction worker.
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West Virginia
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Stanley
Fields C. Hutchens Jr
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