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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1972
Page
10
A hospital spokesman says thirty five units including eleven rooms at Beckley Hospital are being refurbished by contractors from Woodrow Department Store in Charleston.
Prisoner Clark Burdette alleges multiple assaults by Beckley police officers including Pat Lilly and Pat Fink, with one beating in the jail basement and another in a patrol car. Burdette consent to discuss with Chief Durrett only with a lawyer present after a sign denial.
About 30 residents led by Marvin Duncan of Ghent petitioned State Road Commissioner William Ritchie and Gov. Arch Moore's aide Bill Loy in Charleston to repair the Princewick Resaco Road. They cited dangerous curves, rolling cliffs, eroded banks, and guard rail failures threatening school buses. Ritchie said money limits any quick road rebuild and promised engineer review, with follow up by two weeks.
Harry Giroud, promo director for the West Virginia Historical Drama Association, will speak to the Kiwanis Club in Clarksburg on May 2 and screen slides for Honey in the Rock and Hatfields and McCoys. He aims to show the productions belong to all West Virginians and discuss the dramas economic impact. The 1972 season runs June 17 to September 3 at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park.
An advertisement touts MONADEX tiny tablets to curb appetite with claims of no dangerous drugs and no need for strenuous exercise. It offers a 20 day supply for $3.00, a larger size for $5.00, and a money back guarantee, with Thompson Drug Store and mail orders listed.
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