Picketing Bus Lines Stalemate Persists Over Wages
Local UMWA union members and Quesenberry Bus Lines remain at an impasse after a week of picketing amid pre-Christmas weather. About 1,200 customers seek alternate transport as drivers earn 1.55 per hour and mechanics 1.85, 1.70, and 1.25. Union and company blame each other over finances and accounting, with allegations of unlicensed trips and bad-faith bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMWA
Quesenberry Bus Lines
Ernest Quesenberry
Quesenberry
Umwa 50
Bus Com
Arthur
Moon) Mullins
Mullins
CPA
Certified Public Accountant
Queenberry
CAA Director Speaks to Women Voters Group in Beckley
George Parker, project director of Raleigh County Community Action Association, addressed the Beckley Sea of Women Voters of West Virginia. He urged civic group support for a program helping people help themselves and introduced Nancy Thorpe of the Office of Economic Opportunity visiting on behalf of VISTA. The group will operate under the state League until recognized nationally. Next meeting set for January 12 with officers announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Parker
Raleigh County Community Action Association
Beckley
Sea of Women Voters of West
Parker
al. Benton
ACCAA
Nancy Thorpe
Office of Economic Opportunity
Washington, D. C
Volunteers In Service To America
VISTA
Benton
State League
Joseph MacLeod
G. B. Porterfield
Richard Urbanak
Joe Haga
Casts to Present Play in Two Daily Showings
Two casts will present the play with a morning and an afternoon performance. Mrs Miriam Brown is described in connection with the production and its organizers, naming Pam Jackson Debbie Atkinson and others among cast or staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam Jackson
Debbie Atkinson
David Hoffman
Connie Lynch
Pete Torrico
Ada Maynard
David Dunbar
Rus. Murray
Nick Ra
Miriam Brown
Fire burns house and ignites woodland blaze
A Sunday fire in Pemberton destroyed Billy Dalton's home and spread to an old water tank, four acres of woodland, and about 25 acres of grassland. Firefighters from Sophia and Beaver fought two hours before containment. One firefighter, Kenneth Martin, was treated for a cut foot. Investigations were planned and trucks from nearby towns assisted due to equipment issues. Several other fires were reported in the county, with crews tackling one acre forest fire near Fayetteville and a 10 acre breakover in Cyclone, Wyoming County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pemberton
Carl Lucas
Sophia Fire Department
Beaver Volunteer Fire Department
Billy Dalton
Sophia
Dan Pinson
Beaver
Wendell Thurman
Crab Orchard
Kenneth Martin
Pinson
Wig Gulf Coal Co
Beckley
Mabscott
House Creek
Whitescrece
Elk Ridge
Arm Creek
Montgomery
Fayette County
Lucas
Fayetteville
Wyoming County
McDowell County
Bull Creek
Bradshaw
Special Hours At Beckley Social Security Office
The Beckley district Social Security Office will extend hours to 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Mondays and 8:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Saturdays for three weeks, accommodating 65 or older residents to enroll in Medicare. Full Medicare coverage begins July 1 1966 with hospital and medical insurance options, and residents aged 65 or near retirement are urged to apply and bring birth date proof. The office is at 110 Howe Street, Beckley, phone 252 6481.
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Social Security
Beckley
Dwight Billings
Billings
Social Security ‘Administration
Welfare Department
Medicare
Beckley Social Security District
Howe Street
Search Begins For Homemakers
A 50 minute knowledge and attitude exam on homemaking will be offered to senior girls in area high schools Tuesday as part of the 1966 Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow. Awards include pins, with scholarships up to 10 000 for state and national winners and 1500 for top state homemakers of tomorrow. Local winners advance to state competition with papers entered for state judging. Authorities note light snow flurries today, aiding fire season end.
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Betty Crocker
Police Beat Beckleyan Cited After Mishap
Beckley police cited Ivan Lowery after his 1957 car lost control on Woodlawn Avenue at 4 45 a m and struck a 1964 automobile owned by Frances Norton Smith causing about 300 in damage No injuries were reported Rosco Duboise was arrested for permitting whiskey to be consumed on a licensed premises He is to appear December 13 in Beckley Police Court James E Kessinger was arrested on an assault warrant He is to appear in police court tonight Billy Joe Burge was cited for blocking a traffic lane Tom E McGrady was arrested on a drunken driving charge He is jailed in Raleigh County State Police reported an attempted break in at Town and Country Drive failed when the lock proved too strong A two car crash at Glen Morgan caused about 300 damage to a 1962 car driven by Kenneth Ray Ward and a 1960 car driven by Lawrence Via with no injuries
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Beckley
Woodlawn Avenue
Ivan Lowery
Temple St
Frances Norton Smith
Woodlawn Ave
Rosco Duboise
South Fayette Street
James E. Kessinger
Booth Ave
Joe Rodriguez
Billy Joe Burge
Tom E. McGrady
Russell St
Raleigh
Glen Morgan
Ward vehicle damaged in collision charge at scene
It was later found that the Ward vehicle had been damaged heavily. Ward, at one time co captain of the West Virginia University basketball squad, was charged with backing into the face of oncoming traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
West Virginia University
Hopkins attends area conference in Morgantown
Barker W. Hopkins Soil Conservation Service area conservationist attends a regional conference in Morgantown from today through Wednesday to discuss soil conservation measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker W. Hopkins
Soil Conservation Service
Morgantown
West Virginia future construction contracts fall 58 percent
F W Dodge Company reports October 1965 West Virginia future construction contracts total $13.576 million, down 58 percent from October 1964. Nonresidential $1.965 million, down 53 percent. residential $8.119 million, up 38 percent. nonbuilding $3.492 million, down 84 percent. Ten month total $227.915 million, up 2 percent from 1964, with nonresidential $72.843 million, up 60 percent. residential $73.149 million, down 3 percent. nonbuilding $81.923 million, down 21 percent.
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Pittsburgh
F. W. Dodge Company
McGraw Hill, Inc
West Virginia
Dodge
E. C. Fessler
Five Firms Seek Approvals to Open New Mines
Five coal firms listed by the Beckley Office of the West Virginia Department of Mines seek permits to open new mines. Bailey Coal Co No 2 in Fayette County would employ four under owner Harry Bailey of Harvey. Hurst Coal Co No 10 in Nicholas County plans ten jobs for Herman Hurst of Cowen. W J Taylor Coal Co No 1 in Greenbrier County would hire twelve for W J Taylor of Craigsville. Williams Coal Co No 2 in Nicholas County would add four under Charles Taylor. Neuter McComb Coal Co No 10 in Pocahontas County is owned by Carl McComb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia Department of Mines
Bailey Coal Co
Fayette County
Harry Bailey
Harvey
Hurst Coal Co
Nicholas County
Herman Hurst
Cowen
W. J. Taylor Coal Co
Greenbrier County
W. J. Taylor
Craigsville
Williams Coal Co
Charles Taylor
Neuter McComb Coal Co
Pocahontas County
Carl McComb
Deaf Man Improves Hearing with Tiny Transistor Aid
A hard of hearing man for over a decade perfects a tiny transistor hearing aid that makes whispered speech clearly audible. Interested readers are advised to write HEARING at 711 Worley Road in Beckley West Virginia for information at no cost or obligation.
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Worley Road
Beckley
W. Va
Adv
Jaywalking Harshly Treated in Swat State
A Swat State incident shows strict enforcement of jaywalking. The offender was compelled to run along the roadside at top speed while exposed to exhaust, a punishment reported by the Nation Geographic Society.
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Swat
Nation Geographic Society
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Women Voters
Social Security Office
Rdsmen
Raleigh County Armory
Beckleyan
Kenneth Ray Ward
Lawrence Via
Sugar Shack
Sinatag
Kerr Ryin
Mgrrigge S.rocks
Thi Lopez
Sivtigenn Son S.us
Rawnstey
Appalachian Power
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