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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1977
Page
15
Reader letter from E. Glen Daniel accuses editor of omitting Pat Nixon from the first ladies list and defends President Nixon while referencing Jesus as a parallel to condemn stone throwing. He expresses respect for presidents and questions the editorial choice.
A Mercer County Board of Education building suffered about $3,000 in damage from a fire reported around 11 p.m. Monday. Firefighters kept the blaze under control by midnight, with damage to tools and machinery from water and fire. An employee at a nearby Burger restaurant alerted authorities. upstairs offices were saved, though pipes froze during fighting.
The Raleigh County Courthouse will stay at 40 degrees through Saturday due to a Columbia Gas mandate. Only urgent business urged. jail remains the warmest area at 65 degrees. Several offices stay open with reduced hours or alternate shifts while staff cite weather as the reason.
Appalachian Power Company announces two residential payment options to ease rising bills amid cold weather. The 12 month Equal Payment Plan spreads annual usage into fixed monthly payments with a final true up. A cold weather plan combines high winter and spring usage into a single equal payment period with July settlement. No finance charges. Customers are urged to contact local Appalachian offices.
About 300 members of Teamsters Local 175 walked out at midnight Monday, halting milk deliveries to more than 500 homes and businesses in Beckley Logan Summersville and Charleston. Valley Bell Dairy Co. Broughton Dairy Products and Fairmont Foods workers joined the walkout after failed talks on wage increases and a stronger pension plan led by Local 175 President McDonald Smith.
The Downtown Beckley Business Association urged about 50 members to limit to 48 hours weekly. Suggested hours are 9 30 a m to 8 p m on Monday 9 30 a m to 5 p m Tuesday through Saturday and closed Sundays. The move follows Governor Rockefeller’s request via the West Virginia Retailers Association to conserve natural gas for homes.
Wyoming and Mercer County school superintendents say they are limited as Columbia Gas cuts back. About 2,100 students across five Wyoming County schools are affected with Mercer converting two schools to oil heat.
Raleigh County schools weigh coal heating for Woodrow Wilson High School with a heat loss study. Superintendent William Baker says figures, boiler sites, storage bins and a chimney must be planned before presenting to the board. decisions delayed until February at the earliest.
Nine probationary Beckley Fire Department members will be sworn in as new fire fighters on Feb 15. Mayor John McCulloch named the nine: Fred Ray Cooper, Jack Fairbanks Harden, Robert R. Hebb, Elizabeth Settle, Willie James White, James Robert Ledger, Paul Rodney Lewis, John Edward Ward, and David Richard Pauley. They were chosen from 14 certified by the firemen Civil Service Commission.
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