Detective Claims U S Crewmen May Be in Soviet Jail
Michigan private detective Theodore R. Grevers says evidence suggests eight U S Navy Privateer aircrewmen from a Baltic Sea crash in 1950 may still be held in a Soviet prison. He asked President Carter to press for clarification as documents allege U S officials doubted the men were dead.
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Michigan
U.S
Baltic Sea
Theodore R. Grevers
Grand Rapids
Mich
Carter
Jack W. Thomas
Waterbury
Conn
Toovernment
Latvia
Copenhagen
Denmar
Frank Church
D - Idaho
Senate Intelligence Committee
Pentagon
Uae
Grevers
State Department
United States Navy
Grevets
Woman Charged In Husband Shooting Death
Beckley woman Belva Copney 24 was arrested Wednesday at the police station charged with murder after her husband Robert Copney 34 died at Raleigh General Hospital following a .38 caliber pistol shooting March 28. Copney released on bond for malicious wounding. autopsy to be performed. He leaves a son and four daughters with a large extended family. The body lies at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home.
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Beckley
Bélva Copney
H.W. Perkowski
Robert Copney
Raleigh General Hospital
Cophey
Pétkowski
Robert Cooney Jr
West Haven
High Point
N.C
Vernessa Cooney
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Carter Nominates Lucey and Mansfield to key diplomatic posts
President Carter named Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey as ambassador to Mexico and announced former Senate leader Mike Mansfield as ambassador to Japan. Yale president Kingman Brewster was tapped for Britain, with other nominations including Phillip H. Alston Jr. to Australia and Annie Cox Chambers to Belgium.
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Carter Today
Wisconsin
Patrick Lucy
Mexico
Formtally
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Japan
Yale
Kingman Brewster
Britain
John F. Kennedy
Mansfield
Brewster
Carter
Pla Am Ao
Phillip H. Alston Jr
Australia
Annie Cox Chambers
Cottibur Fications
Belgluh
Robert F. Gohééh
New River Gift Shop To House Museum
The Buckley Exhibition Mine gift shop will add a two story 1800 square foot space to become a museum for Stotesbury Coal Museum artifacts. Admission will be free with a lighted display and a short film on coal mining history. Some exhibits may not be ready by May 1.
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New River
Buckley Exhibition Mine
Ghef Lilly
Lilly
Stotesbury Coail Museum
Parks and Recreation Department
Parks Department
Woodlawn Avehue
Computer Sends Double Water Bills
About 300 Beckley Water Co. customers were billed twice due to a computer programming error. A keypunch mistake left meter book 15 records charging only the minimum $4.46, then later corrected and re billed. Customers who already paid the first bill should visit the water company to straighten accounts.
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Beckley Water Co
B.K. Louni
Louni
Water Company
Weather Service seeks rainfall reports for week flood areas
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia asks residents in flood affected areas to report rainfall from Sunday April 3 through late Monday April 4. Submit reports to the NWS Charleston office or by mailing a postcard to Kanawha County Airport Charleston WV 26311 or call 334-8427.
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National Weather Service
Charleston
W. Va
The
Weather Service
National Weather Service Office
Kanawha County
Tennis Courts Paving Begins at New River Park
City crews began resurfacing four tennis courts at New River Park on March 21 under parks director Kermit Rowe. The new asphalt surface will match the park’s other four courts and those on Ewart Avenue using the same lnccid material.
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New River Park
Kermit Rowe
Parks and Recreation
Powe
the Park
Ewart Avenue
Rowe
Morris Harvey to Name President at April Board Meeting
Morris Harvey College seeks a temporary president after the resignation of Robert Bliss. Board chairman Sidney Davis Jr says Bliss's resignation was accepted Wednesday and no replacement action has yet been taken ahead of the April 21 board meeting.
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Morris Harvey College
Robert Bliss
Board of
Sidney Davis Jr
Dr. Bliss
Nicholas County Men Arrested Over False Pretenses Scam
Two Nicholas County men Louis W Crytes and Ricky Wood both 20 were jailed 40 days in Raleigh County Jail after being charged with obtaining money under false pretenses and obstructing a state police officer. They hired a taxi from Beckley to Oak Hill and refused to pay. Tpr G C Loar led the arrest by Beckley Detachment state police.
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Nicholas County
Raleigh County
Louis W. Crytes
Ricky Wood
Joe Rodriguez Jr
Beckley
Oak Hill
Tpr
G.C. Loar
Accidents Claim Two In McDowell County
United Press International reports two McDowell County traffic deaths on Wednesday. William Steele sixteen of Eckman drowned when a car left a road and fell into Elkhorn Creek near Welch. Rufus Watkins of Northfork died after falling from a pickup on Secondary Route 17. the driver Tommy Hicks had given him a ride.
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McDowell County
William Steele
Eckthan
Elkhorn Creek
Big Four
Welch
Rufus Watkins
Northfork
Tommy Hicks
C&P Plans Expansion for Beckley Plant Upgrades
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. board approved 777000 at its March meeting to expand and improve service in Beckley West Virginia. The investment adds switching equipment for 3000 lines, boosting Beckley area facilities by 14 percent and serving needs through 1981.
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The
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
C&p
Beckley
Bill Halstead
Jefferson Birthday Pose At Franklin Mint Hub In Pa
Franklin Mint in Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, inspects a Thomas Jefferson hub used in coin and metal production. The exhibit notes Jefferson born 234 years ago on April 13, 1743, as the mint releases commemorative medals. The facility is described as the world’s largest private mint with multiple medal programs.
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Franklin Mint
Franklin Center
Thomas’ Jefferson
Jetterson
Washorn
Obituary notices flood local death notices list
Multiple funeral services listed for Mankin Rankin Erne, Dexter E., Wiley McKinney, William F Holshouser, Mary Evelyn Russell, Nellie Mae Foster, Eugene Monro Mahaffey, Joseph H. McKinney, with burial sites in Blue Ridge and other area cemeteries. Includes private gravesides, arrangements by local funeral homes, and memorial verses. Also includes remodeling and home services ads.
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Mankin Rankin
Erne
Bott
Wate White
Dexter E
Dge
Daniels
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
W. W. Lusk
Pittman
rose'And
Quesenberry Funeral Home
McKinney McKinney
Wiley
Marin
Blue Ridge
Hothe ‘Napel
Paul Lush
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Holshouser
William F
Bésoch
Williams-Blue Ridge Funeral Home
Cecil Bolen
Rusbrll Russell
Mary Evelyn
Glen Morgah
Merhoridl Park
Bryanstene
Ag.en Foster
Nellie Mae
North Vance Drve
Blue Ridge Funeral Home
Frederick Schilling, Jr
Mahaffey Mahaffey
Eugene Monroé
Beckley
Spring Hill
Huntington
W. Va
Reyser-Bryant Funerral Home
McKinney
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Leach
Vietnaim
Ashley Leach
Ashby Leach
Phoebe Taither
Astiby
Aig
Chessie System
Cleveland
Chessie
Ooe
Beckley Deéferise
Cléssie
Copney
Petkowski
State Medical Examfider
Slab Fork
Frank and
Sally Moore Cooney
King Hamm Adiff No. 25 Masonic Lodge
Lucey
Washington
Princetonn
India
Wilbert J. Lé Mellé
Black
Ford Foundation
Kenya
Seychelles
Caréet
Samuel W. Lewis
Israel
William H. Sullivan
Iran
Afid
George 8. West
He Solld
River Park
NWS
Morris Harvey
McDowell
United Press International
Woodlawn Avenue
Eccles
Bolt
Glen Daniel
Surveyor
Jefferson
Jeruenti
Fundra Vieille
Ments Keyser Oram Funeral Home
Freda
Michael
Jimmy
Kathy
Mivers Rivers
Ola
Mde
Harvey
First Baptist Church
Hareéy
A. L. Simchs
William Brown
Robert Coles
Hblan
Mies
Agterh
Avratigariehis
Ritchie & Jenngen
Ine
Corde OL
Thais
W. F. Tolliver
Péimberion Bayfist Church
Eckley Hospital
Wilhérm-Biué Ridge
Ifié
Dewey Wilson
WF. Tolliver
Géne Blake
Melton McFtuday
Lora Loretea Fresholt
Maynard
Ang Son
Tower of Tower
Call
Blue Ridge Mémorial Gardens
Christus
Sunsets New Mausoleum
Cail
Bob
Ray
B&m Associates
Second Avenue
Beckley National Bank
W.D. Bone
Jeff Archer
P. O. Box
Athens
W. Wa
Bill Miller
Macarthur
Ater
Brannon Penturft
Lilky’s
Epopiel
Stanaford
Pague
J. G. Shumate
Coal City
Daniels, W. Va
R. M. Simmons
Billy Tennant
Call Burtis
M. Tall
Kidd’s
Hope
Buckley City
Beaver
Lilly’s Drug
Will John Conklin Jr
Sophia
Ronald B. Laskey
Montana St
Mt. Hope
Will Willa Miller
General Heating and Appliance Inc
Kanawha St
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Kitg’ Tut Drive
John Silvers
Berkity
Concord Collégé Bawnifig
Ahpors
Ay Tittle
Concertralea
Bobby L. Sho! Enterprises
Armory Drive
W. V8
State of W. Va
Bobby L. Short Enterprises
Archory Drive
W.V
W.va
Wayne Lewis
Summersville
Ramada Innkley
Canterbury
Orice
Sarah Conventry
Friar Tuck's
Raleigh Mall
Oakwood
the Rock Motel
Charléston
John Dickmeyer
National Reed, Wretling, W. Ve
Huston
McGhee
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