Special Session Urged For Redistricting In West Virginia
West Virginia lawmakers Kee and Moore call for a special legislative session to redraw districts once a federal bill passes. Hechler Staggers Slack back plan expected Senate action soon. The bill limits district population variance to 15 percent, leaving Kee's 5th District under the limit. Kee favors immediate action. Moore doubts delaying until January.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
James Kee
Arch A. Moore
Ken Hechler
Hulett C. Smith
Harley O. Staggers
John M. Slack
Kee
Smith
Moore
House
Senate
Retire Comfort Later With Help From Prodern Woodmen
Paul O Burdette district manager invites Beckley WV residents to contact Prodern Woodmen of America for retirement planning guidance and financial security options at the Rock Island Illinois home office.
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Paul O. Burdette
Beckley
West Virginia
Prodern Woodmen OF America
Mome
Rock Island, Illinois
Supreme Court To Hear Pleas From Moundsville Inmates
The West Virginia Supreme Court will hear appeals from three Moundsville Penitentiary inmates who claim their constitutional rights were violated as they allege denial of counsel in lower court proceedings. The cases of Arthur Carver, Ritchie County, life term under habitual criminal act. Ronceford Lovejoy, Logan County, life as habitual criminal. and Watt Walls, McDowell County, 5 to 50 years for sodomy, are set for May 18.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Moundsville Penitentiary
Watt Walls
McDowell County
Open House For East Beckley Nursing Home Rescheduled
Open House ceremonies for East Beckley Nursing Home have been reset by M. K. Austin financial secretary with no new date set yet. Original weekend schedule holds until a later announcement.
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East Beckley Nursing Home
M. K. Austin
Powhatan Chief Wa hunsona cook Real Name Noted
Historical reference identifies Powhatan the famous Indian chief by his birth name Wa hunsona cook, noting the difference between his real name and widely known title.
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Powhatan
Wahunsona Cook
West Virginia to open 103 roadside parks Thursday
Raleigh County will see two new roadside parks on U S 19 at Bradley and West Virginia 3 at Montroal as part of 103 openings statewide. Every county now has at least one roadside park along 40 routes, with Fayette and Wyoming counties adding additional parks on U S 21 near Oak Hill and Fay etteville, and W V 10 at Oceana and W V 80 at Hanover in Wyoming County.
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Raleigh
U. S. 19
Bradley
W. Va
Montroal
West Virginia
Register
Fayette County
Wyoming
U. S. 21
Oak Hill
U.S. 21
Fayetteville
Wyoming County
Oceana
Hanover
Nursing Home and Library Seek United Fund Aid
The Raleigh County Library and the East Beckley Nursing and Convalescent Home seek membership in the annual United Fund campaign. An admissions and budget committee review on Tuesday discussed new applications and requests, with final decisions to be made by the Board of Directors. Existing agencies, including the YMCA, Red Cross, Cancer Association, Dental Health Council, Salvation Army, Scouts, and USO, were favorably reviewed. Red Cross official Sheri Winter urged expanded funding for youth volunteer programs and proposed hiring a social worker for county schools.
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Raleigh County
East Beckley
United Fund
Guy Amato
Amato
Board of
Beckley-Raleigh
American Red Cross
Raleigh County Cancer Association
Raleigh County Dental Health Council
The
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts of American
Girl Scouts of America
USO
Sheri J. Winter
West Virginia
Red Cross
Military personnel moving and training at home and abroad
Signalman Second Class Russell Weeks Jr. of Beckley to depart Key West April 1 for a four month Mediterranean cruise aboard USS Grenadier as part of the U S Sixth Fleet anti submarine training and support missions. Army Pvt. John R. Poland of Beckley assigned to 555th Engineer Group in Germany near Karlsruhe. Marine PFC Franklin D. Meadows of Shady Spring attending amphibious raid course on Okinawa. William E. Hamilton of Oak Hill promoted to senior master sergeant in the U S Air Force at Shaw AFB. Airman 2nd Class Howard L. Wilburn of Daniels taking part in Quick Kick VII at Vieques Island. Technical Sergeant Milford Napier of Montgomery graduates from USAF Senior NCO Academy at Orlando AFB. Pvt. Bobby J. Kincaid of Scarbro completed missile crewman course at Fort Sill.
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Russell E. Weeks, Jr
USN
Russell E. Weeks
Beckley
Key West
Fla
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Grenadier
Sixth Fleet
U. S
NATO
Army
John R. Poland
Clyde F. Poland
555Th Engineer Group
Germany
Poland
Karlsruhe
Fort Knox
Fort Gordon
Woodrow Wilson High School
Franklin D. Meadows
John P. Meadows
Shady Spring
Third Marine Division
Okinawa
William E. Hamilton
Frank I. Hamilton
Oak Hill
U.S. Air Force
Shaw Afb
D. C
Hamilton
Civil Air Patrol
Middle East Region
Shaw
Oak Hill High School
Dorothy
Maud Saunders
Clay St
Howard L. Wilburn
Blanch Wilburn
Daniels
Vieques Island
Puerto Rico
Wilburn
U. S. Air Force 5Th Mobile Communications Group
Robins Afb
Marine Corps
U. S. Atlantic Command
Shady Spring High School
Bobby J. Kincaid
Othenia Kincaid
Scarbro
Army Artillery and Missile Center
Fort Sill
Okla
Kincaid
Youth Corps Project For Parkersburg Approved
The Labor Department approved 26 additional neighborhood youth corps projects in 10 states. The work-training program targets youths aged 16 through 21 to gain experience, stay in school, or obtain community service employment. One project is slated for Parkersburg, West Virginia.
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Washington
UPS
Labor Department
Parkersburg
W. Va
Marine Lance Corporal Snuffer's unit sails for Far East duty
Marine Lance Corporal Albert E. Snuffer, son of Mr and Mrs A W Snuffer Beckley, serves with the First Marine Brigade which has departed its Hawaii base for Far East duty. The brigade was set for Exercise Silver Lance on the West Coast in February but the plan was canceled due to the Far East situation. The unit trains air and ground elements together under one tactical commander.
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Albert E. Snuffer
A. W. Snuffer Beckley
Marine Brigade
Hawaii
Far East
Marine Corps
Marine
Enberg to star with American Arts Trio at May 1 concert
Cellist Jon Enberg will perform with the American Arts Trio in a Dinner Concert at the Black Knight Country Club on May 1. Sponsored by the Raleigh County WVU Alumni Association, tickets go on sale at 6 p.m. with 200 concert and 200 concert/dinner seats. Enberg, Los Angeles native and Eastman School of Music graduate, has held teaching and performance roles at WVU and Washington, D.C. venues.
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Jon Enberg
American Arts
Black Knight Country Club
Raleigh County
West Virginia University Alumni Association
Enberg
Los Angeles
California
Eastman School of Music
Gabor Resto
Georges Miquelle
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Rochester Civic Orchestra
Howard Hanson
United States Marine Band Orchestra
Washington
D. C
Catholic University of America
West Virginia University
Raleigh County Bank
Women Voters League Studies Constitution and Revisions
The West Virginia state League of Women Voters adopted a 1965 study of the State Constitution and support for revisions to create a government responsive to the people. The group also approved assisting the Governor’s nonpartisan constitutional convention campaign. New Beckley Farmers Home Administration assistant supervisor Eugene Carnette began duties this week, a Virginia State College graduate, and member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Officers for two-year terms were elected, with Mrs. Howard Jackson as president and other officers named. The national study item Our Stake in Equality of Opportunity was also discussed.
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West Virginia
State League of Women Voters
Mont Chateau
Morgantown
The
League
Farmers Home Administration
Beckley
Eugene Carnette
Coeburn
Virginia State College
Petersburg
Agricul
Howard Jackson
Charleston
G. R. Nugent
T. D. Kauffelt
Chester Meeker
Joel Stern
Parkersburg
William H. Wood
National League
Dog Lives With Artificial Heart For Hours
Doctors at Baylor University College of Medicine and Rice University implanted a half-pound artificial heart in a dog for three and a half hours under a Public Health Service grant. The device performed heart functions with excellent blood pressure as researchers studied its potential for human use. Ten surgeons connected a power supply and the device responded immediately during the test.
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Houston
API
Baylor and
Rice Universities
Public Health Service
Surgical Research Laboratory
Baylor University College of Medicine
Deeds On File Record of Real Estate Transfers
Real estate deeds filed at the county clerk list transfers including A C Davis and Edna M Davis to Preston C and Goldie M Allen for property on Johnstown Road Beckley for 9500 dollars. Multiple transfers show Dorothy Webb to Charles and Loretta Brown in Trap Hill District and other conveyances involving Mabscott Holiness Church trustees and a deed correction among Bair and Weidensall families. A parent to child transfer in Coal City Slab Fork District also appears in the record.
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A. C
Edna M. Davis
Preston C
Goldie M. Allen
Johnstown Road
City of Beckley
Dorothy Webb
Charles
Loretta Brown
Charles Stansbury
Trap Hill
Bernard EF
Georgia Carter
Margaret A. Carter
Leslie R
Elizabeth Carter
Ronald Dawson
Jimmy Bair
Lacy Welch
Victorena Merritt
Georgia Gill
William Moore
Georgia Keller
Mabscott Holiness Church
Jesus Name
Whitestick
Mabscott
James Earl
Billie Sue Bair
Persinger
Richard Bair
Mary Nancy Bair
James H
Ella Weidensall
Joseph Richard Bair
Davis W
Beulah Velma Pruett
Don W. Pruett
Coal City
Slab Fork
Lutheran Services Scheduled Tonight at St Luke Church
The Rev. Charles Delaney Jr. will lead a Service of Preparation for Holy Communion at 7 30 p.m. tonight at St Luke Lutheran Church Maxwell Hill. Holy Communion will be administered from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday.
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Charles Delaney Jr
St. Luke Lutheran Church
Maxwell Hill
1861 Problems Still Unsolved
Southern historian Louis D. Rubin Jr. told Bowdoin College audiences that the Civil War Centennial fizzled out as today’s protests and racial tensions reawaken the 1861 era. He said the celebration became a gaudy tourist pageant with limited genuine historical inquiry.
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Brunswick
Maine
UPI
Louis D. Rubin Jr
Hollins College
Virginia
Mississippi
Alabama
Rochester
Harlem
Bowdoin College
Duke University
University of North Carolina
Rubin
Veterans Burial and Benefits Inquiries Answered
Questions explain burial allowance eligibility for peace time veterans and service connected disability, continuing education benefits for a daughter of a totally disabled veteran, and survivor rules for service insurance upon remarriage. Each answer references VA Regional Office and outlines age limits, school status, and contingent beneficiaries.
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Veterans Administration
Beckley Policeman Speaks To Lions Club Meeting
Patrolman Fred Burdiss of the Beckley Police Department addressed the Beckley Lions Club on Loopholes in Law and showed a film Take the Handcuffs Off Our Policemen. He was introduced by C. G. Peregoy. Dr. Clark Kessel, visiting after illness, was welcomed. Welch Lions members George Snead Ed Hendricks and Dick Ruff attended, Ruff also seeking international director election.
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Fred Burdiss
Beckley Police Department
Beckley Lions Club
Burdiss
C. G. Peregoy
Clark Kessel
Welch Lions Club
George Snead
Ed Hendricks
Dick Ruff
Holy Week Services At Shady Grove Baptist Church
Holy Week services are in progress at Shady Grove Baptist Church in Glen White. Services began Monday and run through Friday at 7:30 p.m. daily. The theme is The Seven Last Words of Jesus, with Friday’s closing film The Hymns of the Church narrated by Wampole Phipps.
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Shady Grove Baptist Church
Glen White
Jesus
Wampole Phipps
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