Water Haul Planned As Eccles School Faces Safe Water Issue
Eccles Elementary School in Beckley area faces unsafe drinking water with 400 students enrolled. Superintendent Trail announced the building will remain open and water will be hauled in until the problem is resolved. Water for the school was sourced from a Willis Water plant once owned by N Joe Rahall, who says he did not buy the school’s water system.
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Eccles
Sherman C. Trail
Beckley
N. Joe Rahall
Willis Gas and Water Works
E. Carl Meadows
Willis
Rahall
Cecil D. Cooke
Cook
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Cooke
Printers Meet In Charleston August 25 27 1966
More than 200 printers and publishers from Virginia and West Virginia gather in Charleston for the Mid Year Convention of the Printing Industries of the Virginias. At O Town Motor Hotel speakers include Oran I Brown Rand McNally and Donald E Sommer. Banquet and dance to close the three day program.
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Charleston
Virginia
West Virginia
O-Town Motor Hotel
Oran I. Brown
Rand McNally & Company
Chicago
Illinois
Donald E. Sommer
Printing Industries of America
Glenn S. Bachtell
Virginias
Main, Lafrentz & Co
Hagerstown
Maryland
W. M. Houekins
Biggs-Johnston-Withrow
Beckley
James Price
Jarrett Printing Co
Harold Lynch Poling & Company
Clarksburg
James Pappus
Pappus Brothers
Parkersburg
School Bus Inspection Set for Saturday at Cranberry School
The annual inspection and driver testing will start Saturday at 9 a.m. at Cranberry School, conducted by Beckley State Police. An in-service bus driver training is planned for August 29 at the school bus garage, beginning at 9 a.m.
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Cranberry School
Everett Underwood
Beckley State Police
Underwood
Acrobat Falls From Wire Injures Mayor's Wife
In Saint Tropez a circus acrobat tumbled 21 feet from a trapeze while attempting a headstand. The accident injured the wife of the town mayor, Mrs. A. Lescudier, who sustained a scalp bruise, and the acrobat Eugenio Larbles broke a breast bone.
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Saint Tropez
France
UPI
A. Lescudier
Eugenio Larbles
Raleigh County Disease Report Highlights Infections
Raleigh County reported 38 streptococcal infections for the week ending August 6. The state health director Dr. N H Dyer lists other cases across Raleigh and nearby counties, including animal bites Raleigh 1 and tuberculosis Raleigh 3, with measles mumps and hepatitis also noted in surrounding areas.
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Raleigh
Health Disease Control
State Health
N. H. Dyer
Register
Fayette
Wyoming
Vacation Calendar For School Term 1966-67
Raleighton calendar lists key days for the 1966-67 term including Labor Day on Sept 5 Election Nov 8 Veterans Day Nov 11 Thanksgiving Dec 22-Jan 2 Christmas break Jan 24 Record Day March 24-27 Easter May 30 Memorial Day Jun 2-5 Snow Days Jun 6 Record Day. The term opens Aug 29.
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Raleighton
West Virginia Education Association
Three Raleigh Youths to Attend Jacksons Mill Camp
Three Raleigh County youths were selected to join a one week camp next week at Jacksons Mill. The camp theme is Citizenship and Career Exploration and is sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service. Delegates include Betty Humphrey and Carolyn Sutphin of Cassville and Ralph Richmond of Pluto.
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Raleigh County
Jackson’s Mill
Cooperative Extension Service
Betty Humphrey
Carolyn
Sutphin
Cittsville
Ralph Richmond
Pluto
Trap Hill Schools Receive Six Encyclopedia Sets Donation
Six 14 volume sets of the American Educator Encyclopedia were donated to Trap Hill District Schools by Tangley Oaks Educational Success Club, with additional encyclopedia sets to Fairdale and Lester elementaries. Eccles and Shumate elementary, Eccles Junior High, and Trap Hill High School will get sets before the new year, plus four Junior Instructor libraries, 50 world maps and five charters.
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Trap Hill
Tangley Oaks Educational Success Club
M. H. Dinsmore
Fairdale
Lester Elementaries
Eccles and Shumate
Eccles Junior High
Tangley Oaks
Trap
Auto Accidents and Shoplifting Take Beckley Police
Two Beckley women on South Valley Drive and Fourth were involved in an early Tuesday incident that ended with a vehicle colliding into a utility pole. Evelyn Mae Richmond and Alice Kingsley were treated at Raleigh General Hospital for injuries while Richmond slumped at the wheel. No arrests in the crash, damages around $500. Additional minor accidents on Neville Street and First Avenue, and a later shoplifting arrest of Evelyn Davis, 42, of Beckley, who posted $51 bond. Several others faced charges or were jailed on various offenses including hazardous driving, brandishing a weapon, drunk driving, and disturbing the peace. Rescue and fire squads responded to local incidents. others were processed for fines and license issues. District Magistrate Burke oversaw rulings, with some defendants sent to the state penitentiary.
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Beckley
South Valley Drive
Gregory St
Stella
Second St
Beckley Po
Parker
Raeee
Evelyn Mae Richmond
Booth Ave
Alice Kingsley
Sheridan Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Richmond
Kingsley
Fred Hawze
Washington Ave
Model Belle Lines
William J. Hart
Bluefield
Neville St
First Ave
Hawze
Jimmy Haga
Burnside St
Oak Hill
Haga
Evelyn Davis
Clarence Tanks
Rhodell
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Darrel Lilly
Lonnie Griffith
Bradley
Lewis R. Smith
Ury
Mulberry St
Toney Parrish
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Jet Airport To Be Discussed By Governor
A West Virginia delegation led by Gov. Hulett Smith met with FAA officials in Washington to discuss a proposed jet airport for the Charleston Huntington area. The group weighed site options between the two cities and the level of federal aid. AARC consultant had suggested Sissonville Road near Charleston, though support for a Huntington Charleston site has grown.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Hulett
Smith
Federal Aviation Agency
Charleston- Huntington
W. Va
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
Paul Crabtree
Commerce
Angus Peyton
Richard Slavin
Appalachian Regional Commission
Sissonville Road
Charleston
Huntington
Democrats Uneasy On Eve Of 1966 Elections
Washington dispatch reports Democrats in Congress are uneasy as Republicans predict gains in November. Senate pickups are unlikely, but House seat swings could be 20 to 40 or more. Viet Nam war, inflation, and civil rights shape voter mood, with freshmen Democrats facing intense contest in GOP target districts.
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Congress
Raymond Lahr
UPI
Frank Eleazer
UPI House
William Theis
UPI Senate
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House
Senate
Viet Nam
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Johnson
Joseph Y. Resnick
D-N.y
Richard D. McCarthy
GOP
Oregon
Montana
Illinois
New Hampshire
Tennessee
South Carolina
Nebraska
Texas
Michigan
Wyoming
Idaho
Massachusetts
Capitol
Arizona
Georgia
California
Minnesota
Vermont
Oklahoma
New York
Gerald R. Ford
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Private First Class David W Loveday, 25, son of Mr and Mrs William W Loveday Eccles, has been assigned to the 54th Signal Battalion in Vietnam. He entered the Army in 1965, trained at Fort Knox and was last at Fort Gordon Georgia. Sergeant Eugene P Coppney, 20, Fayetteville, earned a merit certificate in Vietnam as personnel sergeant for the 11th Transportation Battalion Headquarters Detachment. He joined in 1964 and arrived overseas in August 1965 from Fort Eustis Virginia. Sgt Coppney is a 1964 Fayetteville High School graduate. Specialist James E Harvey Jr, whose parents live in Eccles, has served with the 79th Artillery in Germany for 19 months and has been in the Army for two years. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School. Airman Third Class Larry D Plumley, son of Mr and Mrs Morrison Plumley Route 2 Beckley, has graduated at Amarillo Texas from a U S Air Force jet engine mechanics course and is being assigned to Davis Monthan AFB Arizona for duty.
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David W
Strategic Air Com
Loveday
William W. Loveday
Eccles
54Th Signal Battalion
Vietnam
Army
Fort Knox
Fort Gordon
Eugene P. Coppney
Fayetteville
Coppney
11Th Transportation Battalion
Fort Eustis
Sgt
Fayetteville High School
Spec
James E. Harvey Jr
79Th Artillery
Germany
Woodrow Wilson High School
Larry D. Plumley
Morrison Plumley
Rt. 2
Beckley
Amarillo
Tex
U. S. Air Force
Plumley
Davis- Monthan Afb
Ariz
Quotes From United Press International Highlights Hearings
In Washington Rep Joseph Pool mocks a pacifist comparing to Benedict Arnold. Chicago bystanders confront self styled Nazis during an open housing march. Eugene Dr Raymond Lowe testifies on removing a 51 foot cross from a bluff. NASA official Dr George Mueller forecasts a moon landing possible by 1968 with caveats.
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United Press International
Washington
Joseph R. Pool
D-Tex
House Committee On UN
Eugene
Ore
Raymond Lowe
George E. Mueller
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Recent Enlistments Air Force at Lackland AFB Texas
A list of new airmen enlisting at Lackland AFB Texas includes Sammy D Houck Sophia son of Sam H Houck Hassell J Belcher Honaker Virginia Herbert H Phelps Hurricane Gerald R Eldridge Hurricane Danny B Hale Swords Creek Virginia Glenn M Cowan Bristol Virginia Eugene N Thompson Comfort William H Powers Pulaski Virginia Wesley E Hill Jr Blacksburg Virginia Paul E Perdue Blacksburg Virginia Johnny K Prevento Davy Larry R Robertson Kincaid Dexter H Sizemore Page Thomas F Gentry Davy James E Snow Welch Cecil B Gravely Kincaid Also announced at Amarillo AFB Texas were Steve E Harrison Nitro James R Foster Comfort.
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AIR Force
Lackland Afb
Tex
Sammy D. Houck
Sophia
Sam H. Houck
Hassell J. Belcher
Honaker
Herbert H. Phelps
Hurricane
Gerald R. Eldridge
Danny B. Hale
Swords Creek
Glenn M. Cowan
Bristol
Eugene N. Thompson
Comfort
William H. Powers
Pulaski
Wesley E. Hill Jr
Blackburg
Paul E. Perdue
Blacksburg
Johnny K. Prevento
Davy
Larry R. Robertson
Kincaid
Dexter H. Sizemore
Page
Thomas F. Gentry
James E. Snow
Welch
Cecil B. Gravely
Amarillo Afb
Steve E. Harrison
Nitro
James R. Foster
Fletcher Mann Sentenced On Tax Fraud Charges
Special federal Judge Walter E. Hoffman sentenced Beckley attorney Fletcher W. Mann to two months in prison and fined him $9,000 for filing false and fraudulent income tax returns after a nolo contendere plea. The judge had imposed two year terms on each of three counts but suspended them to two months, with probation possible after release if Mann pays half the 1955 to 1960 taxes within 90 days of final determination, totaling about $116,633 including penalties. Judge Field Jr. recused himself since Mann had practiced in his court.
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Charleston
UPI
Walter E. Hoffman
Beckley
Fletcher W. Mann
Hoffman
Mann
John A. Field Jr
Internal Revenue Service
Field
Police capture second suspect in London killings
Glasgow officers arrested John Duddy 37 in Glasgow at 2 p.m., identified by tattoos as a suspect in the murder of three unarmed London policemen last Friday. Duddy joins Harry Roberts 30 and John Witney, already in custody, in a case shocking Britain as more than 18,000 police search nationwide.
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London
UPS
Glasgow
John Duddy
Britain
Scotland
Wales
Duddy
Harry Roberts
John Witney
Central
Scotland Yard
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W. A
Gene) Burke
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Lawrence Richards
Glen White
Isaac Flora Snuffer
Wirt Goodloe
Stotesbury
James Evans
Florence Emily Thomason
Detroit
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Creal
Modern Mortgage Service Company
Main Street
Pms Ly Call
Frank Honaker, JR
Woodmen OF the World Life Insurance Society
Omaha, Nebraska
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