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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1966

Page

3

Ronceverte Man Elected Travel Council Chief

William Boone of the First National Bank of Ronceverte was elected acting president of the Mountainaire Travel Council at its first meeting in Hinton. The council serves six southern West Virginia counties and aims to boost travel development with plans to create a sizable regional advertising campaign.

William Boone First National Bank of Ronceverte Mountainaire Travel Council West Virginia Hinton Mercer Monroe Fayette Summers Raleigh Greenbrier Department of Commerce Land For Grubbs Deve Lion Wheeel Comekne Council Iecaliene Kentucky Grubb Kentucky Travel Council Wee Virginia Counel Av Gade Ceeeay Nichols Helen Coste Robert Kirk Edward Steele James Hatcher Grady Carper W. Je Coleman Margot Cole Haskell Dumate Mararet B. Ballard Oliver B. Otterfield Robert Connor Thomas Ao Weehe Palpan E. Truman W. T

Tires Missing from Charleston Firm Heist

Thieves broke into Fruehauf Trucking Co. warehouse in Charleston on Wednesday night, hitched a tractor trailer, andLoaded tires valued at 8000 dollars into the rig before abandoning the trailer on U.S. 21 inside city limits. The trailer valued at about 200000 dollars was found daybreak. tires were gone after a two to three hour job. Police describe the break in as involving cutting a front gate lock, opening sliding warehouse doors, and connecting a cab with a van trailer.

Charleston UPI Fruehauf Trucking Co Don Earle U. S. 21

Cold War GI Bill eyed to aid West Virginia veterans

About 103000 WV volunteers and inductees from 1955 to 1965 may gain peacetime education and home loan benefits under a House Veterans Affairs Committee approved bill. The plan offers up to 36 months educational benefits and VA loans up to 7500 dollars, with June 1966 as the education start and immediate loan availability after enactment.

West Virginia House Veterans Affairs Committee House Committee Selective Service Headquarters John W. McCormack Gouveal House of Representatives House Veterans Affairs Committee Olin E. Teague Texas Senate Veterans Administration Teague

Bolash Promoted in Solid State Circuit Career Milestone

Bolash, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Bolash of 308 Whitestick A, rises in a 1964 solid state circuit firm to a key graduate role. A 1960 Woodrow School graduate, he played first boy in the marching band and earned magna cum laude honors at Tech.

Neer Gradua Frank Bolash Whitestick Woodrow School Bolash Tech

Flying Flotation Gear Rule Looms For Airlines

An FAA rule takes effect February 27 requiring scheduled airlines and other large aircraft operators to supply life preservers or flotation gear for operations over deep water. The policy aims to ensure passenger safety on international and coastal flights.

Washington UPI

Beckley funeral homes resist ambulance service cuts

Beckley funeral directors say no current plan to halt ambulance services in Raleigh County despite firms ending or scaling back. They cite mounting costs from licenses, insurance, and staff, and warn of private service options requiring patient charges. Directors note some patients misuse ambulances, tying up units during emergencies while costs run high.

Beckley’s Funeral Home Charleston Pro Cunningham Funeral Home Beckley

Dear Mrs Light Catalogue for home study courses

Ambitious housewife asks for the lost address of a home study course catalog. The Women’s Institute for Coatin Study International Correspondence Schools in Scranton Pa is provided as the return address.

School problems sent to Susan Light at Raleigh Register

Readers are invited to send school problems to Susan Light in care of The Raleigh Register. Although she cannot answer each letter personally, letters of general interest will be answered in this column.

Susan Light Mrs. Light Raleigh Register

Columbus Celebrates First Christmas in New World

Christopher Columbus and his men marked their first Christmas in the new world along the northern coast of Hispaniola near what is now Cap Haitien, Haiti.

Columbus Christopher Columbus New World Haiti Cap Haitien

How It Got Its Name Little Church Around the Corner

The nickname arose after a Madison Avenue pastor refused burial services to actor George Mulholland. He suggested the church nearby, calling it the little church around the corner, a label that stuck in New York City.

New York City Madison Avenue George Mulholland

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