This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1977
Page
1
Cke and Potomac Telephone Co admits error in daily loss figure in West Virginia Supreme Court petition. Relief sought stated at 22,800 dollars per day instead of 669,000. Frank R. Hoffman, VP and general manager, pins the mistake on arithmetic error.
The Postmaster General said rate increases can be postponed at least briefly as the Postal Service reports a record yearly surplus. For the year ending March the surplus hit 85 million with total gains for the year at 45.5 million since last Oct. 1.
An early earthquake struck central Yugoslavia around Banja Luka and nearby villages in the Bosnian Mountains. No casualties were reported. Hrvacani village suffered the heaviest damage as seismologists pinpointed the epicenter about 20 miles northeast of Banja Luka.
Pasadena report on Voyager 2 prepared for launch from Cape Canaveral aboard a Titan Centaur rocket. The craft will travel to Jupiter and Saturn with potential later targets Uranus and Neptune, aiming to depart Earth August 20 and, if successful, extend a long term, possibly infinite, outer solar system voyage.
The Commerce Department prepares to confirm that the economy grew rapidly from January through March, with real growth estimates between 4.3 and 5.5 percent. GNP rose sharply after a late 1976 lull, aided by recovering income from jobs, investments, farming, and welfare, following severe January weather.
The West Virginia Board of Regents scheduled a Thursday meeting to review the engineering phase of a contract with Boeing Aerospace Co for the Personal Rapids Transit system in Morgantown. The project links the two West Virginia University campuses.
National wirephoto map notes 10 a.m. temperature and sunset and sunrise times. Friday through Sunday forecast warm and humid with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. River conditions show Greenbrier and Bluestone clear, Lake Bluestone normal, Hinton gauge at 2.8 feet.
Postmaster Benjamin Bailar announced a one year postponement of a postal rate increase citing an unprecedented surplus for a 12 month period ending in March and a full fiscal year surplus of 45.5 million dollars. He noted continuing inflation and wage costs but says a rate hike is not permanent. Bailar spoke ahead of a regional postal forum in Miami Beach.
Raleigh Register lists subscription prices as of October 1 1974 for daily and Sunday paper year one year six months and three months periods plus West Virginia sales tax. Mail service available where no carrier exists and tax applies to West Virginia addresses only.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.