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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1968
Page
5
A Perry County jail shakedown uncovered a 12 inch switch blade and a small pocket knife hidden in inmate areas. Deputies report ongoing searches since an attempted break in January, with bars and mesh examined to prevent further concealment.
Satisfactory Listed no satisfactory condition Sunday at Beckley Hospital. City Council member Matt John Howard McCulloch of 346 Woodlawn Ave is being treated for internal hemorrhaging. He was admitted as a local resident.
West Virginia employment office records show five applications filed in a three day period ending Friday. Positions mention include one material handler three general office clerks one house mother three truck drivers one receptionist one cleaner and not salesmen.
Aubrey Riner presents a plaque to Keng Werk Bini as Most Outstanding District Supervisor for 1967 in the Southern Sai Conservation District. J J Keatley, chair of Wie SSCD, awards the plaque. Riner has run Riner's Winery Corp since 1959 and belongs to American Legion Post 149 in Fayetteville. He is also a church member in Fayetteville.
The Public Service Commission dropped a Fitzpatrick area water request filed in June 1967 by Wendell M Holliday and Wick Sanna seeking a 2.3 mile extension on Fitzpatrick Road to serve 32 customers. Only five of 132 potential customers objected to the extension and the PSC did not approve the expansion.
Two county senior girls earned good citizen awards from the Daughters of the American Revolution. Recipients include a Woodrow Wilson High School senior and a Delores Vineper from Trap Hill High School for leadership, service, reliability, and patriotism.
Military personnel from the area are described in a string of notes detailing basic training completions, shipboard assignments, and deployments. Navy, Army, and Air Force members are named with parens on bases such as Lackland AFB and Quonset Point, and stations like Osan AB Korea and U-Tapan Royal Thai AFB. The report highlights promotions, aircraft carrier Essex duties, Vietnam service, and awards including a U S Air Wart Command Medal and meritorious service acknowledgment.
Edward V. Dew and Joseph Tenson, sons of local families, recently completed tours in Vietnam or are returning from overseas duty. Dew returned after a 45 day leave to Stratton High School and will be stationed in Germany after three years abroad. Tenson, son of Mrs. Mary Tenson, completes a two month Vietnam tour and prepares to report to Army duty at Fort Knox Kentucky following basic training.
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