Texas Teenagers In Beckley To Conduct Religious Poll
Sixteen to eighteen year old students from Tyler Texas travel to Beckley West Virginia to canvass neighborhoods for a religious poll. They carry 3000 Bible portions from the America Bible Society and stay at Surprise Valley Youth Camp while working with the North Beckley Church of Christ. The trip includes a free Bible correspondence course and a journey to Washington D C.
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Texas
Beckley
Tyler
Tex
America Bible Society
Ron Rose
Glenwood Church of Christ
Jack Hooper
Gallup
Nelson
Surprise Valley
North Beckley
Cardinal State Bank Moves to New Beckley Building
Cardinal State Bank will move Aug 25 to a 28 000 square foot two level facility at Beckley By Pass Plaza Shopping Center with five teller windows three active immediately Drive in capacity can expand Interior features include private patron booths lounge and modern walnut paneling Executive VP Albert J Dye notes the move from a trailer location to a permanent building boosts growth projections and links with local merchants
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Cardinal State Bank
Beckley
Beckley By-Pass Plaza
Albert J. Dye
Dye
Cardinal
Coal Gasification Seen as Key to Mining's Future
Undersecretary Hollis Dole spoke in Beckley on Mine Academy grounds about coal gasification and liquification as essential to the industry's future. He warned sulfur in Appalachian coal and environmental rules threaten coal’s role, while noting rising demand with continued research and development.
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Hollis M. Dole
Beckley
Mine Academy
U. S
U. S. Senate
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Dole
Kentucky
Police Beat Six Persons Jailed On Various Counts
Six individuals were jailed on different charges in West Virginia and nearby areas. Walter Marks of Jewell Ridge was jailed for drunken driving at 11:15 p.m. Four men were jailed for absent without leave from the U S Army by military police. Earling Prater Danny R Millicons Jr Dennis Byrd and Michael Bowles were held at 6 p.m. for AWOL. Elsie Wright 17 of Irvington pleaded guilty to negligent homicide and received 90 days in jail plus a 209 dollar fine and was paroled. Christy Motley of 1204 Scott Ave injured after a car struck children on Scott Avenue playground.
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Robert L. Cu
Raleigh County
View
West Virginia Turnpike
Walter Marks
Jewell Ridge
U. S. Army
Earling Prater
Danny R. Millicons Jr
Dennis Byrd
Michael Bowles
Arthur Steven Burdiss
East Gulf
Joel Rodriguez
Elsie Mamie Wright
Irvington
Joe Rodriguez
Miss Wright
Christy Yvonne Motley
Scott Ave
New York
Scott’ Avenue
Two Men Arrested on Warrant Charges in Beckley
Beckley city police arrested Lloyd Miller 81 on a peace warrant and Steve Mutnich 48 on a peace warrant and grand larceny warrants at 6 p.m. Monday. No addresses for the men were listed.
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Beckley City
Lloyd Miller
Steve ‘Mutnich
Damage Totals 125 in Beckley Police Accidents
Beckley city police charged Matthew Lethcoe 69 of Mead with failure to yield after a two car crash at the 19-21 By-Pass and Johnstown Road intersection at 3 p.m. Monday. A separate state police report cites a hazardous driving incident and two more Monday accidents totaling 125 in damage. John Stovall 73 of Glen Fork was charged with failure to yield after a two car mishap on Business Rt. A 1968 auto driven by Stovall switched lanes into a car driven by Jeanette Sizemore 18 of Maxwell Hill Road. Damages estimated at 25 to Sizemore and 56 to Stovall, with no injuries. Linda Bryant 16 of Beaver has been missing since June 25. mother reports she was last heard from in North Carolina and the case remains unsolved.
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Beckley City
Matthew Lethcoe
Mead
Johnstown
Faye Johnson
Hazardousj
Lethcoe
West Virginia
Gary Lynn
Moten
Rt 2
Beckley
Raymond D. Bowling
St. Albans
John Stovall
Glen Fork
Stovall
Rt. 16
Jeanette A. Sizemore
Maxwell Hill Road
Sizemore
Stavall
Beaver
Linda Lou ‘Bryant
Betty Bryant
North Carolina
Bair Receives Regular Air Force Commission at Hickam
Capt. William K. Bair son of Mr and Mrs James W Bair Beckley has received a regular commission in the Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base Hawaii He previously held an Air Force Reserve commission and was named for regular status on duty performance education and potential He served a year in Vietnam as a logistics officer with air operations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific area He is a 1960 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate and earned a B S degree in 1964 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
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William K. Bair
Patty S. Williams
James W. Bair
Heidi
Harper Road
Beckley
Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
Bair
Usaf Reserve
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Vietnam
Hickam
Southeast Asia
Far East
Pacific
Woodrow Wilson High School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Batteries Inc Forms To Repair Mining Batteries In West Virginia
July building permits show a new firm Batteries Inc Stamford Road preparing to open by month end. It will repair mining batteries and distribute KW Westinghouse items and new German motors. Permit totals for July reach 232208.50 on a 225000 structure built by George C. Moore Construction Co. in Bluefield.
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Batteries, Inc
Stamford Road
Inghouse
George C. Moore Construction Co
Bluefield
Thewes
WVU Hosts First Conference on Mine Electro-Technology
West Virginia University hosts a multi day conference at the Towers Complex inviting coal industry engineers and university researchers. Sessions cover mine lighting power systems communications sensors monitoring and remote control devices with WVU experts presenting on through the earth communication and mine monitoring. International participants from EMI Electronics and Institute National des Industries Extractives are set to deliver papers on automatic sensing systems and radios for mines.
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West Virginia University
Towers
Coal Company
M. D. Aldridge
WVU
W. W. Cannon
Department of Electrical Engineering
Aldridge
Nelson S. Smith
Robert E. Swartwout
Donald T. Worrell
England
Belgium
E. J. Ferrier
J. D. Field
EMI Electronics
Middlesex
R. Liegeois
Institute National Des Industries Extractives
Liege
Vichy Bottled Water Discontinued in West Virginia
West Virginia health officials order A A Food Products of Bronx to stop selling Vichy Bottled Water after finding it does not meet drinking water standards and lacks a required Health Department permit. The state agency notified federal EPA and Raleigh County monitors will inspect local sellers for removal.
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New York
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
A& A Food Products
Bronx
Dyer
Health Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Raleigh County
Shiloh Church Guests Visit St. James AME Friday
The Shiloh Baptist Church of Sprague will send members including Rev. C. B. Toler and choir to St. James AME Church on 10th Street East Park at 7 p.m. Friday hosted by Rev. Joseph Moon.
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C. B. Toler
N W Promotions Announce Five Roanoke Promot ions
Norfolk and Western Railway announces five promotions in its Casualty Claim Department effective today. J W Dougan becomes assistant general claim agent. L Meadows to chief claim agent at Roanoke. D O Ward to assistant chief claim agent at Roanoke. R L Ogden to district claim agent at Chicago. G C Griffith to district claim agent at Conneaut.
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Roanoke
Norfolk
Western Railway Company
J. F. Jamison
J. W. Dugan
K. Birchfield
E. L. Meadows
D. O. Ward
Chicago
R. L. Ogden
Conneaut
Ohio
G. C. Griffith
Bellevue
Dougan
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Hercules Powder Company
Dublin
U. S
Heidelberg
Miss
Ward
American Extension School of Law
Nickel Plate
Frankfort
Ind
Ogden
Griffith
West Virginia Grant Amendment Seen Creating Jobs
Dem nominee Tom Winner argues WV's restrictive constitution costs over 30 million dollars in federal funds over three years. He supports the grants-in-aid amendment to allow matching funds for counties cities and subdivisions, expanding public services and enabling local facility projects.
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New Cumberland
W.va
UPI
Tom Winner
West Virginia
Winner
West Virginia Association of
Small landlords exempt from rent controls under family ownership rule
IRS official Hugh D. Jones explains the four rental unit limit for exemptions from rent controls. Family members include spouse parents children and grandchildren. Examples illustrate how ownership by relatives can meet or exceed the threshold, with contact details for more information at the Parkersburg office.
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Hugh D. Jones
Internal Revenue Service District
IRS
Jones
Juliana Street
Parkersburg
W. Va
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Bole
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KW West
Cloverleaf Development Corp
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Vance Drive
Charles C. Lambert
Circle St
Lambert Construction Co
Lee N. Hart
Hart St
H. E. Snuffer
Dry Hill Rd
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Orchard Ave
Ashworth Drive
Carl Basham
James N. Brown
Wyroming Ave
Chester Lambert
Clyde Clay
Combs St
James L. Long
Jennings St
Halley Construction
E. R. Ketchka
Highland Dr
J. F. Vaughn
College Ave
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Broadway
Whitestick St
Dorothy Hairston
Antonio Ave
J. W. Hatifield
Maxwell Hill Rd
Lemuel H. Underwood
Crescent Rd
Harold L. Long
Douglas and Vivilan Cook
Earle St
Leonard Townes
Home Modernization Co
Grove Miller
Mercer St
Genevia Reese
Edgewood Dr
G Street
James W. Wright
Louis Morris
Meadows St
Plumley Ave
Dale Harrah
Wright Rd
Ray Washington
Mills St
Moor. St
James A. Shellow
9Th St
George Hairston
James Alaine
Calvin Adkins
Orchard
Winger St
J. C. Tingler
Klaus ,St
Joe Tucker
Deegans St
James T. Morgan
South Fayette St
Clifford W. Wern
Lucas Dr
Cloverleaf Construction Co
Beckley National Bank
FDIC
Angie
Treasury
John Connally
San Clemente
Calif
White House
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William
K. Bair Cleft
Peter R. DeLonga
Pacific Air Forces
Vichy
N&w Promotions
Meadows
Roanoke College
Duke University
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