Bolt to Three Forks Highway Feasible Through Logan County
State road commissioner Patrick C. Graney announced a survey of a proposed Bolt to Three Forks road. The plan aims to connect Logan and Raleigh counties, giving Beckley farmers quicker market access and boosting Beckley business and regional traffic.
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Charleston
Bolt
Three Forks
Logan County
Patrick C. Graney
Charles Hode
Logan
Raleigh
Beckley
Deadly St. Louis Tornado Kills 17. Hundreds Hurt
A tornado struck St. Louis and suburbs at 2 12 a m causing 17 deaths and 265 injuries, with many trapped in collapsed homes. The disaster damaged facilities including TV and radio towers, prompted full civil defense mobilization, and spurred urban rescue efforts as responders evacuated victims and searched debris.
Beckley Schools Closed After Bomb Scare
Sherman C. Trail, Beckley schools superintendent, announced the district would close for the day after an anonymous bomb threat targeting Woodrow Wilson High and Beckley Junior High. Police searched both buildings with no bombs found. classes resume tomorrow.
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Woodrow Wilson High
Beckley Junior High
Raleigh
Sherman C. Trail
Beckley Area
Beckley
M. E. Tyree
Trail
Charles Munson
BJHS
Hubert Jackson
WWHS
Williams Rites Still Incomplete
Funeral arrangements remain incomplete for Kenneth Cabell Williams 48 of Bradley died at 9 p m Sunday in Cleveland Ohio after a heart attack Survivors include wife Helen one daughter Lyda Marie one son Charles Lee stationed with the armed forces in Fairbanks Alaska two half sisters Bertha Feazell Mount Hope and Ethel Fritz Glen Morgan two half brothers Edward Burnett Hinton and Clyde Williams Pax The body will arrive at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope Wednesday
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Kenneth Cabell Williams
Bradley
Cleveland
Ohio
Helen Williams
Lyda Marie
Charles Lee
Fairbanks
Alaska
Bertha Feazell
Mount Hope
Ethel Fritz
Glen Morgan
Edward Burnett
Hinton
Clyde Williams
Pax
Tyree
Helen Miner Injury at Helen Mine Reported
William Grant Davis, 59, was struck in the face by a rock while working in the Helen mine of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. He is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after admission at 1:35 p.m. Monday for treatment.
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Helen
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
William Grant Davis
Beckley Memorial Hospital
West Virginia Weather and River Conditions Report
West Virginia forecast shows windy showers and a plunge in temperature tonight with lows near 35 to 43. Wednesday brings mostly cloudy, windy, much colder conditions with light snow flurries. Beckley highs near 42, Oak Hill high around 58 yesterday and 47 this morning. River status at Bellepoint indicates normal Greenbrier stage and Bluestone Reservoir water at a muddy stage with 24 gates open and gauge at 2.2 feet.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Two Youths Arrested In Mt Hope Scare
Mount Hope police, state officers, and Fayette County officials arrested two Kilsyth youths, both 16, after they admitted involvement in a bomb scare at Mount Hope High and nearby school. They were released on 500 bond each and to return to court March 3. The tip led to searches of Mount Hope High and Mount Hope Junior High with no bomb found. classes were only briefly interrupted.
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Mount Hope
Fayette County
Mount Hope High School
E. W. Dunkley
Stratton High School
Beckley
J. Zane Summerfield
Charles L. Garvin
Fayetteville
Dunkley
Tom Twaddle
Sectional Golden Gloves action fills Recreation Building
The photograph shows Tom Pate on Glen Morgan and Al Ian Pettry from Truax-Tracr of Eunice in a bantamweight bout as part of 23 matches held last night. Semifinals start at 7:30 with 15 bouts on tonight's program. see Page 7 for more pictures and details.
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Tom Pate
Glen Morgan
Lan Pettry
Truax-Tracr
Eunice
Cotton White
Court Change Bill Faces Rough Going in Legislature
A Raleigh County local bill proposing a court jurisdiction shift faced a tough reception in the House Judiciary Committee after the Raleigh County Bar Association opposed it. The measure is likely to receive brief consideration and be killed. State Rep Roy Lee Harmon introduced the bill following a Raleigh Bar meeting. Not all Raleigh delegates supported the proposal.
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Raleigh County
House
Judiciary Committee
Raleigh County Bar Association
Register
Roy Lee Harmon
Raleigh
Serious action urged as West Virginia legislature stalls
West Virginia lawmakers face a logjam of bills with limited time left in the 60 day session. Amid concern over roads and schools, bills on military absentee voting and teachers pay for closed days advance, while liquor by the drink and bone dry measures head to potential voter approval. A public hearing is planned after an unusual committee sequence, raising questions about how much can pass before adjournment.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
West Virginia
Senate
House
Armed Services
Kidd
D-Gilmer
West Virginia Educational Association
C. G. Peregoy
Beckley High School
Temperance Committee
J. E. Watson
D-Marion
Beckleyan to Attend Wild Turkey Symposium
Beckleyan Davie Gilpin of the West Virginia Conservation Commission will join three other West Virginians in Memphis Tennessee on February 13 and 14 for the Wild Turkey Management Symposium. Participants include C O Handley of Charleston R Wayne Bailey of Marlinton and Tom Sanford of Romney. Gilpin leads the forest game restoration project. The meeting aims to consolidate turkey biology data and set research goals.
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Davie Gilpin
Beckley
West Virginia Conservation Commission
West
Michigan Motorist Released On Bond
George Sawyer of Corletos was released from Raleigh County Jail after posting a $50 bond to Magistrate Cotton White. He is to appear Friday for a hearing on a drunk driving charge. Sawyer was arrested by Turnpike Police and jailed at 5:35 p m Monday.
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George Sawyer
Corletos
Raleigh
Cotton White
Sawyer
Turnpike
Valley Drive Work to Resume This Summer in Beckley
Beckley road plans advance this summer with grading drainage paving and a bridge at Beckley Avenue near Armour Packing Co. A Mabscott bridge over the Poor Charlie’s junk yard and a Cora Street bridge are also planned with right of way issues delaying work until August. The long delayed Valley Drive aims to ease traffic from Crab Orchard to Mabscott and discussions include rerouting the Green Valley stretch to smoother terrain.
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Charleston
Valley Drive
Beckley
Patrick C. Graney
Graney
Beckley Avenue
Armour Packing Co
Mabscott
Charlie
Prince St
SRC
the Register
Crab Orchard
Sophia and
Mullens
Green Valley
County Leaders Plan 4-H Week
Raleigh County 4-H leaders met to set up plans for National 4-H Week from February 28 to March 7. Windows in local businesses will feature 4-H displays and a Go To Church Sunday service is planned March 1 at First Baptist Church Beckley. Lad and Lassie 4H Club members presented the monthly program.
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Raleigh County
First Baptist Church
Beckley
Lad
Lassie
Kathy Vines
Patty Houchins
Linda Miller
Nancy Cook
Sandra Harmon
Lad and
Lassie 4H
NEPH Week Committee Meeting Sets Officer Nominations
A luncheon meeting of the Executive Committee on the Employment of the Physically Handicapped will be held at noon February 17 at El Chico. Ralph Hilgendorf of the State Rehabilitation Division will lead a discussion on committee goals. The committee oversees activities in Raleigh Wyoming Summers counties.
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el Chico
Ralph Hilgendorf
State Rehabilitation Division
Raleigh
Wyoming
iSummers
Alexandria Va Sets Integration Milestone in Quiet School Entry
Nine Negro children entered three previously all white public schools in Alexandria under court order backed by police but no trouble occurred. The city became the third Virginia community to integrate since the massive resistance era. Seventeen Negroes in Norfolk and four in Arlington County had been admitted earlier. Police deployment numbered about 60 to 65 around Ramsay and Theodore Ficklin Elementary and Hammond High.
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Alexandria
Virginia
Norfolk
Arlington County
Ramsay
Theodore Ficklin
Hammond High School
Ex-Beckley Man Succumbs At 77
Floyd W. Cobb 77 formerly of Beckley died at 9 10 p m Monday in a local hospital after a stroke suffered February 3 while visiting his son in Piney View Retired coal miner Cobb was a member of Acme Methodist Church Surviving are three sons three daughters two brothers three sisters and 17 grandchildren The body will remain at the Caffee Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Floyd W. Cobb
Acme
Beckley
William
Piney View
Cobb
Acme Methodist Church
Pete S
William S. Piney View
Melvin A
Earl Grose
Chester Lewis
A. P. Lipford
East Bank
W. E
Procterville
Ohio
Perry
Montrose
Alice Veith
Fallsmill
Mary Veith
Lost Creek
Frantz Veith
Buckhannon
Caffee Funeral Home
Coin Boxes Stolen From Telephone Booths In Beclky Area
State Police were alerted by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company about thefts from pay stations in Beckley area. At least six coin boxes in the 1921 By Pass area and at Stanford were broken into over the weekend. Change totals are not estimated, but telephone damage is extensive.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Beckley
Stanford
Last Rites Thursday For Morefield Claytor
Funeral services for Morefield Claytor will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel with Elder W. M. Neal officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. Claytor, 66, Stanaford, died Sunday in a local hospital. The body will remain at the funeral home.
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Morefield Claytor
Ritchie and Johnson
W. M. Neal
Buria
Greenwood Memorial Park
Claytor
Stanaford
Young defendants put on probation in Raleigh County court
In Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery granted probation to seven of twelve youths including Harry Smith Jr. and Charlie Miller who faced breaking and entering charges. Miller was denied probation. others received 1 to 10 year prison terms with probation after demonstrations of good records. Several youths involved in a prior riot were remanded or pending decisions.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. MccCreery
Harry Smith Jr
Mabscott
Rainbow Grill
Neville Street
Charlie Miller
Blue Jay
Miller
Jerry
Billy Basham
Lanark
Carlos Pruitt
Piney View
Stamaford
State Penitentiary
Basham
Pruitt
McCreery
Beckley City
Edward P. Stansbury
Henry Marshall
Arnett
Luther Jones
Marshall
Ned Ragland
Dennis Dean
Dean
George Rose
Tams
Rose
Robert Franklin Lilly
Beckley
Bobby Underwood
Cooway Heights
Lewis Johnson
Sprague
Shady Spring
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Homer G. Phillips Hospital
KTVI
KXLW
Bob Hetherington
William McAllister
Civil Defense
Francis P. Hardaway
Sheriff's Deputies
William Teubert
Wes Thompson
Central
Cal Ler
Charleston High School
Nahi
Helen Miner
West Weather
Mt. Hope
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Arthur Blankenship
Pineville
Beckleyan
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