SCS Uses Erosion Control Measures On Own Projects
The U S Scil Conservation Service in West Virginia improves erosion control on its sites with temporary cover and mulching. Bennett notes sediment is the main pollutant and outlines measures such as diversion terraces rock lined gutters debris basins and post project revegetation. Local offices in 47 communities offer technical help while Piney Creek Rockcastle Creek Oceana and Mullens watersheds in Raleigh and Wyoming counties may see flood control projects.
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U. S. Scil Conservation Service
SCS
West Virginia
James S. Bennett
Benett
Bennett
Raleigh
Wyoming
Piney Creek
Rockcastle Creek
Oceana
Mullens
Smith Brothers Offer 1973 Scholarships for Newborn Smiths
The Smith Brothers announce a $1,000 scholarship for the first baby boy and girl born in 1973 to any Smith family in the United States. A boy must have one older brother and a girl two brothers, with proof of birth details required. Applications go to Smith Brothers, John Scott Fones Inc., 515 Madison Ave., New York.
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Smith Brothers
Cough Drop Fame
Smith
United States
Beckley
Flat Top
Glen Daniel
Mount Hope
John Scott Fones Inc
Madison Ave
New York
N. Y
Beckley Woman Receives LSU Master’s Degree at Winter Commencement
Margaret Louise Thorne of Beckley earned a master’s degree at Louisiana State University winter commencement in Baton Rouge. She was among about 250 master’s recipients out of roughly 1,200 degree earners at the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret ‘Louise Thorne
Beckley
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Miss Thorne
James
First Students Accepted For European Study Tour
Beckley students Mike Albanese Betsy Watts and Cathy Ferris chosen for a five week study and travel program in Europe next summer sponsored by the American Leadership Study Group. Mrs Sam B Ferris will accompany them along with other selected high school and college students from the area. The trip includes London Paris Rome Innsbruck Bonn Heidelberg Lucerne Naples Florence Venice Brussels and Capri with three hours of college or high school credit. total cost 970 dollars not including Charleston to New York fare.
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Europe
American Leadership Study Group
Beckley
Mike Albanese
Betsy Watts
Cathy Ferris
Sam B
Rachel) Ferris
Trap Hill High School
Mike
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Betsy
la Woodrow Wilson
Cathy
Stuart Hall
Staunton
Albanese
A. J. Albanese
Mankin Ave
Woodrn Wilson High School
Tech
William F. Watts
North Oakwood Ave
Sam B. Ferris
Pine St
Ferris
London
Paris
Rome
Innsbruck
Austria
Bonn
Heidelburg
Germany
Lucerne
Switzerland
Naples
Florence
Venice
Italy
Brussels
Belgium
Isle of Capri
Charleston
New York
Probation Ordered For Beckley Woman
U S District Court ordered probationThursday for two women in separate bank embezzlement cases. Barbara Lynn Stanley, 24, Beckley, received a suspended three year sentence, a 1000 dollar fine, and restitution for 4000 dollars embezzled from Middletown Mail National Bank near Fairmont. Beverly Ann Cornell, 34, was placed on one year probation for a misdemeanor embezzlement charge related to a Parkersburg area bank.
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Elkins
W. Va
UPD
U.S. District Court
Barbara Lynn Stanley
Beckley
Middletown Mail National Bank
Fairmont
Beverly Ann Cornell
Sener
Bank
Europe
Uniclassroom
Thelion Trust National Bank
Parkersburg
Weather Details for 24 Hours and Extended Outlook
Conditions show a 24 hour period ending at 10 a.m with high 35, low 23, temperatures 7 a.m. 33 and 10 a.m. 34. Precipitation 0.1 inch, wind W at 9 mph, pressure 30.03 rising, sunset 5 13 and sunrise 7 39 a.m. River Greenbrier 1 percent above normal, lake muddy with 6.0 gauge open. Hinton gauge 3.3 ft. Extended outlook Saturday through Monday predicts a chance of rain over weekend, fair weather Monday, daytime highs upper 40s to low 50s and overnight lows upper 30s to low 40s. Today extremes Long Beach California high 78, Houlton Maine low 8 below zero.
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Ormal
Ates
Hinton
Anacin widely recommended by doctors for pain relief
Doctors prescribe many pain medicines, but Anacin stands out as a popular over the counter option. It claims to relieve headaches, dental pain, arthritis, colds and flu aches, and even mood tension, with millions taking it without stomach upset.
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Tors
Visiting Scholar Meitzen to Join Oxford Study This Fall
Visiting scholar Dr. Manfred O. Meitzen of West Virginia University will spend seven months at Oxford University England. He joins Christ Church College high table to study with Dr. John Macquarrie and will bring a mathematics bachelor degree from Rice and a theology PhD from Harvard under Paul Tillich.
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Manfred O. Meitzen
West Virginia University
Oxford University
England
Christ Church College
John Macquarrie
Lady Margaret
Meitzen
Rice University
Harvard University
Paul Tillich
Multiple Arrests Reported In Raleigh County
Police beat reports show Bernard Campbell and Jerry Campbell of Lanark jailed on assault and interfering with an officer. William Meadows of Beaver faced reckless driving charges and ten days in jail after a $147 fine. Delbert Thayer jailed for AWOL from the Army. Two Beckley men arrested for possession of numbers slips. A youth, Ronald Hale, waived grand jury action after a maiming warrant and posted $500 bond. Randy Dillard held on burglary after being declared an adult. Fire and traffic incidents include a couch fire at 198 Arnold Ave and a minor car crash on Harper Road causing $425 damage.
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Raleigh
Bernard
Campbell
Lanark
Jerry Campbell
William I. Meadows
Beaver
Meadows
Joe Rodriguez
Delbert Thayer
Beckley
William T. Brown
Lawrence L. Thompson
Ronald Jess Hale
City Alive
Hale
Rodriguez
Randy Dillard
S. ‘Kanawha St
Intermediate Court
Kemmit Locke
Dillard
Pam
Prosperity teen named in two Raleigh County suits
A 17 year old youth from Prosperity is named as defendant in a suit filed by Marine Midland Bank of Southeastern New York in Raleigh County Circuit Court seeking 1329 dollars on a promissory note. Moore Motor Sales sues Mary M Williams of Raleigh for 581.03 dollars claiming damage to a company vehicle in the Woodrow Wilson High School teachers parking lot on August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kim G. Dunleavy
Crab
Lorchard
Marine Midland Bank of
Southeastern New York
Raleigh
Moore Motor Sales
Mary M. Williams
Woodrow Wilson High School
Miss Williams
Inland Steel Calcination Plant Contract Awarded to Holley Kenney
Holley Kenney Schott Inc awarded contract to design engineer and install a calcination plant for Inland Steel at Indiana Harbor Indiana. Plant capacity 1200 tons per day to be completed by January 1974 with two Kennedy Van Loon preheated rotary kiln contract coolers and extensive handling and storage facilities.
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Inland Steel
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Holley, Kenney, Schott Inc
Reservoir Road
Beckley
Kennedy van Loon Corp
IRS Urges West Virginia Taxpayers to Gather Records
The Internal Revenue Service reminds West Virginia residents to collect tax records for a smoother 1972 income tax return. District Director Hugh D. Jones urges gathering cancelled checks receipts and financial data to improve accuracy.
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Internal Revenue Service
West Virginia
Hugh D. Jones
Internal Revenue
WVU Bureau of Business Research Aims to Expand Services
The West Virginia University Bureau of Business Research under new director Dennis R. Leyden continues its 24 year role as the state’s economic reference, serving businessmen legislators and public administrators. It has produced about 63 studies averaging 60 pages and now seeks funding from government agencies and foundations while expanding into taxation planning industrial development and manpower studies.
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West Virginia
West Virginia University
Bureau of Business Research
WVU College of Business and Economics
Dennis R. Leyden
James H. Thompson
Bureau
BUSINESS _ research
WVU Bureau
Appalachia
WVU
Leyden
WVU Bureau of Business Research
United States
West Virginnia
UC Dean's List Student Charles M. Smith Named
Charles M. Smith of 1434 Dry Hill Road makes the University of Cincinnati Dean's List for the first semester. He is a first year student in the College of Design Architecture and Art pursuing a fine arts major after two years at Beckley College. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C O Smith Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Smith
Dry Hill Road
University of Cincinnati
Smith
University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture
Art
Beckley College
C. O. Smith Jr
Conservationists oppose SST over oil and air pollution
David Brower of Friends of the Earth told a Senate subcommittee that no nation has the right to pursue an SST, arguing it wastes oil and pollutes the air. He urged a ban on SST takeoffs and landings in the United States and pointed to a projected fuel drain matching Alaska oil gains from a trans-Alaska pipeline.
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Washington
UPI
David R.brower
Friends of the Earth
Brower
Congress
United States
Boeing Company
Ito
Alaska Discovery
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