Beckley traffic chief proposes Appalachian grant fix
Beckley attorney Fletcher Mann proposes using Appalachian Poverty Program funds to relieve the Prince and Neville Streets with Valley Drive bottleneck. He urges city and chamber collaboration to seek a 2.5 million grant for a major road and bridging, including Rural Acres Drive to Harpers Road and Mabscott outlet plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Fletcher Mann
City of
John W. Smith
Prince and
Neville Streets
Valley Drive
Chamber of Commerce
Prince and Nevile Streets
East Beckley
Sanitarium, By-pass
East Park
Sprague and
Stamford Road
Crab Orchard
Mabscott
Harper Road
West Virginia Turnpike
Acres Drive
Sprague
West Virginia
Sophia
Shady Spring
Hinton
Flat Top
Princeton
Whitestick
Raleigh
Woodlawn Avenue
Police Court Collects $270 in Beckley Municipal Court
Bond forfeitures totaling 270 dollars were collected by Judge George L Ballard during Beckley Municipal Court on Monday. Forfeitures included 44 dollars from intoxication cases and 21 dollar charges for seven motorists including Williams Hawkins and Ferguson for various traffic violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Ballard
Beckley
Betty Lou Delph
Phyliss Hutchins
Kirt Miller
Charles R. Williams
Grafton St
William T. Harriston
Raleigh
James P. Hawkins
Donald R. Gregg
MacArthur
William R. Perry
City Ave
Russel Fetty
Phillip Zeigler
Daniels
Noah H. White
Mt. Hope
Marion O. Ferguson
Mabscott
Ellison Receives Philmont Farm City Scout Scholarship
Beckley Scoutmaster Al Ellison of 102 Myers Ave returns from a Philmont Farm City Conference in Cimarron New Mexico as a recipient of a National Council of Boy Scouts of America Philmont scholarship awarded for outstanding leadership in scouting church and community work. Ellison has led Troop 139 for about 20 years growing it to 17 boys with weekly meetings hikes and summer camping programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
al Ellison
Myers Ave
Philmont
Cimarron
N. M
National Council of Boy Scouts of America
Ellison
National Rural Scouting Committee
Boy Scouts of America
America
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
National
State Associations of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Future Farmers of America
National Rural Relationships Committee
Methodist Church, the Elks
Worst Yet To Come In Rise Of Food Prices
Senator Allen Ellender warns that the worst is ahead in rising food prices and urges price regulation only as a last resort. He cites inflation dangers, higher interest rates, and impacts on fixed incomes, urging cautious government action to prevent a runaway inflationary wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellender
Louisiana
Congress
Humphrey to Visit Nation’s Oceanographic Installations
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey leads the administration’s marine push. He chairs the National Council on Marine Resources and Development and plans to visit major oceanographic installations nationwide next month. He also hinted at diving in a bathyscaph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
National Council On Marine Resources and Development
Congress
Alphabetical Disorder Debate From London Doctor
Dr Wayne Brandstadt reports Dr Trevor Weston in London cites a so called alphabetical disorder where surnames ending in S or Z allegedly correlate with shorter life expectancy and higher disease risk. He links lifelong frustrations from late seating and late game turns to accumulated stress and poorer outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trevor Weston
London
Johnson backs tax break to raise officer exemption
President Johnson recommends raising the federal income tax exemption for commissioned officers in Vietnam from 200 to 500 dollars aligning it with enlisted men. The proposal, made Thursday, aims to ease tax burdens for officers serving in a combat zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Viet Nam
Circuit Court Docket Lists August Term Civil Cases
About 30 civil cases are set for the August term with eight land condemnation suits by the State Road Commission. The trial calendar runs SEPT. 6 through OCT. 19, listing parties such as William Cousins, Zealla Myrrel Gibson, Charles E. Christian, State Road Commission, Ed and Belle Riddle, Neal, Eugene Bentley Jr., Vecellio and Grogan Inc., Homer Clay, Fayette Motor Co., Chester Bennett, James Whitney Blankenship, Ra leigh Empire Coal Co., Massie Coal Co., Nationwide Mutual, Bluefield Sanitarium, Clay Crouse, Mullins Truck Sales, Free Will Baptist Church trustees, and Opal Marie Reynolds among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
William Cousins
Kyle Cole
Zealla Myrrel Gibson
Dale Roscoe Egnor
Charles E. Christian
Raleigh Junk Co
Ed and Belle Riddle
Neal
Charles Jones
Eugene Bentley Jr
John H. Smith
Vecellio and Grogan, Inc
Homer Clay
O. B. Harris
Fayette Motor Co
Chester Bennett
W. B. Jones
Link Sixteen, Inc
Clinton Gration
E. T. Shotwell
Effa L. Richards
James Whitney Blankenship
Bill H. Hyatt Jr
George A. Vance
Raleigh Empire Coal Co
H. A. Privett
Daniel Ray Massie
Massie Coal Co
Raymond V. Eye
John Max Barlow
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Mann
Smith
Appalachian Poverty Program
Appalachian
Sandra Morgan
W. Va
Edward W. Sanderson
Shady Spring High School
Anita
Craig
Shady Spring Super Market
Radford & Farley, Inc
Shady Spring Community Church
Bank of Raleigh
Bank of Raleigh Main & Kanawha Streets
F.d.1.c
Police Court
Joseph A. Brunton Jr
Philmont Farm City
Appalachian Power CO
Southern States Home Committee
Farm Home Advisory Committee
Southern States Beckley Cooperative
J. H. Trail
Edward Kingsley
Southern States Meeting
Richmond
Zane Griffith
E. W. Farrow
Amber Shelor
Richard Snuffer
Roosevelt Rich
Southern States
Beckley Cooperative
Thomas Spence
Ern
Wayne Brandstadt
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Willy Nilly
Weston
Frankie and
Johnny
Elvis Presley
Donna Douglas
Roddy McDowoall
Tuesday Weld
Dr. In
the Singing Nun
Debbie Reynolds
ALL New High
Nancy Henry Kovaci
Oavio Opatasha
Gly4ti vattEeyot Gould
Panavision
Sod Eastman Golor
Nick Adams
Frankenstein
American International
Colorscore
Ptt
Circuit Court
Okey A. Mills
Charles B. Lilly
Dennis
Lakie Griffith
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co
Bluefield Sanitarium
Okey Johnson Lambert
Daniel P. Jett
Charles S. Coleman
Genevieve Bowling Lilly
Clay Crouse
Mullins Truck Sales
Earl Williams
Carl L. Smith
Walter Robinson
Ellen S. Daniels
Vincent Daniel
The
Free Will Baptist Church
Dona Fay Prince
Opal Marie Reynolds
Verta May Prince
Warren Tedder
Ralph Davis
Onya Mills
Katherne
Earl Carney
Darrell Bailey
Leona Chambers
City of Beckley
Orville Williams
Glenn Scott
State Road Enenaniacten
Robert F. Wood
Lona Faye Bunch
Fred Honaker
George Thomas Bunch
Aetna Casualty and Surety Co
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Franklin Adkins
Woodrow Smith
Pineville
Ultra-Panavision
Warner Bros
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