Free Chest X Rays Available In Raleigh County Units
Free chest X rays are offered in mobile Raleigh County units through Friday. Volunteers staffed the sites since Tuesday with sessions at the Memorial Building and Hills Department Store Beckley Plaza Center. The program is sponsored by the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Council with the county health department.
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Raleigh County
Sandy Dillon
Memorial Building
Lena Hamerick
Beckley
Hills Department Store
Beckley Plaza
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Council
County Health Department
Award Winning Hair Stylist Demonstrates in Beckley
Ram Mastroberti a prominent Ohio Illinois chain owner and international contest placer gave styling demonstrations at the Beckley Institute of Hair Design. He and John Meeks, owner of a local beauty school, have history from Fort Knox in the service. The event showcased Mastroberti as a top platform stylist praised by peers.
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Raun
Cleveland
United States
Meeks
Beckley Institute of Hair Design
Ram
Ohio
Illinois
Ram Mastroberti
Beckley
Institute of Hair Design
Mastroberti
John Meeks
Armed Services
Fort Knox
Ramn
Hylton Fined for Nine Strip Mining Violations
State Senator Tracy W. Hylton and Perry T. Hylton Inc. fined $990 and $100 on charges of strip mining violations near Gavley MacArthur and Spruce Mountain. District IV of the DNR also issued several fines to 17 individuals for pollution and related offenses.
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Big Creek
Gavley
Fayette County
Havel
Tracy W. ‘Hylton
L. W. Hamilton
Pratt Mining IV
Department of Co
MacArthur
Hylton
Kimberly and
Bethlehem Mines
A. B. Jennings
Corp
J. F. Wildey
Lawrence Atha
Montgomery
Spruce Mountain
District IV
DNR
Billy W. Rasnick
Stover Fork
Rogers Castle
New River
Glade Creek
Robert R. Vickers
Gordon
GOP Teens Meet on Overburden Project Plans
Raleigh County teens aged 13 to 18 are invited to a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Raleigh County Courthouse to discuss a youth civic action and home renovation project. The RCCA and Beckley Jaycees will provide manpower materials and supervision with work expected to start next week.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh
Imunity Action Association
Arch A
Moore Jr
Beckley Jaycees
Ed Carman
RCCA
ACCAA
Joe ‘Fowler
Association
Fowler
Jaycees
Community volunteers tackle ACCAA home repair effort
City Jaycees lend support to the ACCAA home renovation program aiding low income homeowners. Local leader Bob Clay calls it a strong community project as the National Jaycee Association encourages chapters to engage in service. The clipping also lists numerous local violations and weather notes scattered through the page.
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Jaycees
Jaycee
Bob Clay
National Jaycee Association
Beckley Club
Welfare fraud in New York redefines the tale of cheats
New York welfare investigators argue that many frauds are active workers gaming the system. The Bamboozles case shows six years of deceit starting in 1966, using a large family to obtain aid and luxury items, with inspectors noting widespread tip driven raids and a broader problem of undercounted fraud nationwide.
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New York
NEA
America
John
Mary Bamsboozle
Bamboozle
Cadillac
Gotham
Mary Bamboozle
Gramps
George
Maryi Berlinger
Noti
Berlinger
Bamboo
Ibad
Maryla
Walton Family In New Quarters
The Walton family moved to a temporary apartment at 612 South Fayette Street as WV welfare officials seek better housing after health issues for Donald Walton. The family had pressed for relocation, aided by the West Virginia Welfare Rights Organization. The boy’s mother Delores Walton cited swampy Mabscott housing as worsening asthma. Mrs. Walton is Mahalia Jackson’s niece.
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Donald Walton
West Virginia Welfare Rights Organization
West Virgil
Walton
South Fayette Street
West Virginia Wro
Delores Walton
Raleigh County Welfare Agency
Mabscott
Welfare Department
Fayette Street
Mahalia Jackson
Weather Details From Airport and Rivers
24 hour period ending 10 a.m. High 77 at 3 p.m. Low 55. SE wind 15 mph. Precip 0. Pressure 30.25 steady. Sunset 7:56 p.m. Sunrise 6:54 a.m. Greenbrier and Lake rivers normal and clear. New gauge at Hinton 2.1 ft. Today’s extremes High 105 Buckeye Arizona. Low 40 Grangeville Idaho. Extended: Saturday to Monday showers or thundershowers likely. Warm humid Saturday with highs in the 80s.
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Lash Wiilquue Willen Permsson
Cranberry
Kelly’ Brammer Jr
Roosevelt St
Crab Orchard
Stover Fork
Donald G. Edwards Jr
South Kanawha St
Beckley
Raleigh No. 7
John T. Moreland
Barboursville
Coast Guard
Lake Stephens
Howard H. Neil
Layton St. Belle
Greenbrier River
James Lynn Brown
Bland St. Bluefield
Crusher Hollow
Charles R. Nowlin
Rt 2
Bluefield
Eddie L. Radford
Ramsey St
Bulltail Hollow
Troy Mahon
Bluestone Lake
Donald
Ray Clemins
Capola
Greenbrier
Hinton
Buckeye
Ariz
Grangeville
Idaho
Volunteers Credit Success Of Cancer Crusade In Raleigh County
Raleigh County volunteers exceeded their $19,000 goal by 1700 in the American Cancer Society campaign. A cookout at Albert Tieche’s Dry Hill Road home drew attendees as ACS leaders praised the effort and memorial donations. A September workshop at the Ramada Inn will elect new officers from the slate presented Tuesday.
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Raleigh County
American Cancer
Albert Tieche
Dry Hill Road
Tieche
ACS
Inez ‘O’brien
Helen Gagalis
O’brien
State Rubella Decline Promoted by Vaccination Efforts
Charleston health officials report rubella cases drop from 2,428 in 1969 to 378 so far this year. Since vaccination began nearly three years ago, over 252000 doses have been given in public clinics and measles rubella vaccine campaigns helped reduce incidence.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
State Health Department
Harvard expert cites Chinese computers ahead of Russians say
Prof. Thomas E. Cheatham Jr of Harvard led a group of computing experts touring China in the summer. They reported that Chinese computers are far more advanced than American experts expected, shocking them and placing China ahead of the Russians in the field.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPD
Thomas E. Cheatham Jr
Center For Research In Computing Technology
Harvard
China
Bethel Church Homecoming Speakers Schedule
The Bethel United Church of Pluto invites attendees to a homecoming program with Rev. Danny Camden delivering the 11:00 a.m. sermon and a luncheon from noon to 1 30 p.m. Group singing precedes Rev. Reno H. Richmonds 3 0 p.m. sermon. Bring a picnic basket for the luncheon.
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Danny Camden
Reno H. Richmond
Bethel United Church of
Pluto
Camden
Police Beat Four Injured In Area Accidents
A Pemberton man and three Alderson residents remained hospitalized after Tuesday and Wednesday night traffic crashes in Beckley area. John Eugene Blankenship 19 suffered a leg injury when his 1965 auto rolled off Old West Virginia 16 near Crab Orchard. Richard McCallister 54 Bessie McCallister 55 in ICU, and Paul McCallister 48 in good condition were hurt when a 1972 compact car driven by McCallister went off a curve at the base of White Oak Mountain on West Virginia 3. Additional arrests were reported for assault intoxication drug charges breaking and entering leaving the scene and trespassing as firefighters and police handled injuries and warnings.
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Pemberton
Alderson
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Beckley
John Eugene Blankenship
Old W. Va
Crab Orchard
White Oak Mountain
Richard P. McCallister
Bessie Belle McCallister
Paul Chester McCallister
Richard McCallister
W. Va
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Dare TO BE Great Clearwater
Filia
Glenn W. Turner
Dare To Be Great Inc
Florida
Dare To Be Great
Raun Mastroberti
City Jaycees
Darrell . Vickers
Stever Fork
Celestina McDaniel
Robert R. McDaniel
Valerie Allen
St. Beckley
Paul Martin
Burgess St
By Tom Tiede
Welfarej
Schangers
TCS
Karl Dahlem
NNCE
East 52Nd Street
N.Y
New Quarters
Cliffside Amphitheatre
Grandview State Park
Harry E. Giroud
Future
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William Glover
Associated Press
West Virginia
Hatfield & McCoys
Hatfields
Cancer Crusade
James S. Logan
Monroe St
Roy Holland Jr
Rt. 3
Glen Daniel
Thomas H. Blankenship
Joe Rodriguez
Blankenship
John Hoyte Wells
Fireco
Ralph Bailey
Lorena Walace
Beckley City
T. R. Cook
Cook
Icity
R. W. Highlander
Norma Bliss
Vale St
Johnstown Road
Vance Drive
Steve Machumis
Stamford
Norman ‘Hamm
Laurel Terrace
Madhumis
Hamm
Pineville
Burl Hall
Midway
W. Va. Rt
William E. Lester
Lester
Darrell
Hall
Valley Drive South
Fourth Street
Cherry Faith Bunch
Ralph P. Workmen
Mariana
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