Gov Smith outlines war on poverty for West Virginia
Governor Hulett C Smith addressed Beckley Raleigh County Chamber. He called for a united effort to fight poverty in education civic responsibility vision and opportunity while detailing a program backed by 17 million dollars in federal funds and a hoped 30 million educational spend next year. He promised higher teacher salaries fairer funding distribution and aid to isolated schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley-Raleigh County
Tion
Smith
West Virginia
Guardian Appointment Requested In Beckley Suit
Mrs. Mattie Saunders Chambers sues Della Chambers heir of a Beckley man shot in 1963 seeking guardian appointment for Della and estate actions to pay funeral costs and liquidate personal effects. Contends sale of estate to cover expenses. defendant disputes dates and accuses plaintiff of the shooting. Trail details and counsel listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Saunders Chambers
Della Chambers
Beckley
Chambers
Della Cham
Bers
Raleigh County Criminal Court
W. A. Thornhill
Fletcher Mann
T. D. Cochran
Robert Lee Hicks
Sophia
Seventeen Men Enlist In Army At Prince Street Station
Seventeen men enlisted this week at the U S Army main recruiting station on Prince Street. Names and hometowns include Lewis T Ramsey Mount Hope George Lee Yancy Glen White Ray Houston Hanshaw Jr White Sulphur Springs and others. The group will be sent to Fort Knox Kentucky for basic training with some assigned to Motor Transport Medical Care and Treatment Airborne Infantry and Engineer Equipment Maintenance. Ashby M Alshire Welch has been assigned to 24th AG Admin Co and will go to Fort Dix New Jersey for basic training.
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U. S. Army
Prince Street
Lewis T. Ramsey
Mount Hope
John and
Mae Ramsey
George Lee Yancy
Glen White
George
Pauline Yancy
Ray Houston Hanshaw Jr
White Sulphur Springs
Leslie Lankford
Richlands
Walter Lankford
James Thomas Pittman
Oak Hill
William D. Pittman
William R. Jackson
Talcott
Sidney
Oday Jackson
Willie Johnson Jr
Ethel
Willie
Audrey Johnson
Kenneth R. Slater
Charleston
Hazelford
Helen Slater
William G. Loudin I
William
Margaret Eloise Loudin
Joseph F. Cornwell
Cordelia Cornwell
Gilbert L. Blankenship
Narrows
Frederick
Thelma Blankenship
Airborne
Roy Harrison Workman
Ramsey
Reaford
Virginia Workman
Infantry
Franklin A. Johnson
Nitro
John
Rosalie Johnson
Europe
Roger Arlen Hatfield
Guyan
Onnie
Maggie Hatfield
Henry David Edward Harper
Spencer
Henry
Wilma Harper
U.S. Army
Billy R. Dotson
Hurley
Floyd
Ruby Dotson
Fort Knox
Ashby M. Alshire
Welch
Walter
Verlie Alshire
24Th AG Admin. Co
Fort Dix
N. J
Forfeited In Police Court
A total of $227.25 was paid in bond forfeitures in Beckley Police Court Thursday night. Judge George L. Ballard heard a traffic case involving Mike Tracy Burgess of Glen Morgan and Mrs. Ralph Smith of Beckley from Dec. 18, 1964, with a verdict to be announced later. James Alexander Swart of Charleston forfeited a $208.50 bond on a reckless driving charge. One bond totaling $18.75 was forfeited on a drunkenness charge.
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Beckley
George L. Ballard
Mike Tracy Burgess
Glen Morgan
Ralph Smith
Ballard
Burgess
James Alexander Swart
Charleston
17 Jobs Available With Mine Openings
The Beckley West Virginia Department of Mines reports 17 new job openings from five planned mine openings. Permits list the mine names numbers counties owner names and worker counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia Department of Mines
C. G. Leedy Coal Co
Raleigh
C. G. Leedy
Bluefield
Grace Coal Co
Charles Smith
Coal Ridge
Simms Coal Co
Greenbrier
Emmett Simms
Ronceverte
Lilly Coal Co
Nichoe
Sandy Lily Co
B. Mt Coal Co
Fayette
E. E. Craddock
Bradley
Beckley Warns Residents About Loose Dogs
Beckley residents are urged to keep dogs from running loose within city limits. City Dog Warden H. C. Harmon says many complaints have been received and parents are asked to help care for their children's pets.
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Beckley
H. C. Harmon
WWHS Seniors Selected for All State Chorus in Clarksburg
Woodrow Wilson High School will be represented by eight seniors at the All-State Chorus event in Clarksburg March 25 to 27. Students include Leonard Weid, Charles Bill Hall, George P Davis, David McCollam, Angela Smith, Cathy Wirtz, Karen Shumate and Lucinda Wirtz with alternates Judy Cox Benny Anderson Karen Hodel and Don Patton.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Clarksburg
Leonard Weid
Charles Bill
Harrison County
A. Paul McClure
WWHS
Craft Training Slated For 25 State Students
Twenty five West Virginia high school students will be chosen to train at the Mountain State Art and Craft Fair at Cedar Lake on July 15. Each youth will work with a master craftsman in crafts such as weaving, pottery, leather work or dulcimer construction. Meals and lodging will be provided by the Fair board to apprentices to help preserve crafts at risk of being lost.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Cedar Lake
Fair Board
Roder M. Collison
Scout
Two Accidents Investigated on Slippery Roads
Two separate crashes were reported by Beckley police. At 9:15 a.m. on the 19 21 By-Pass a 1958 car driven by Joe Price skidded and struck a 1962 school bus driven by Karl Lilly causing about 50 in damage with no injuries or charges. At 9:50 p.m. on Piney Avenue a parked tractor trailer was struck by a 1961 car driven by Kelly Hintson causing about 650 in damage. no charges were filed. Both crashes were blamed on slippery road conditions.
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Joe Price
Daniels
Price
Karl Lilly
Beckley
Piney Avenue
Kelly Hinson
Orchard Ave
Health report on weekly communicable diseases listed
N H Dyer director of health reports weekly state data. In Raleigh Fayette Summers and Wyoming counties cases include chickenpox nine in Wyoming German measles twelve influenza like diseases Raleigh forty Summers eighteen Wyoming forty five Raleigh eighteen streptococcal infections Wyoming eleven tuberculosis Raleigh one and syphilis Raleigh two.
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N. H. Dyer
West Virginia
Rotary to Meet at Beckley Hotel This Evening
The Beckley Rotary Club will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. today at the Beckley Hotel, according to president Jack Beard.
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Rotary
Beckley
Traffic Violators and Juveniles Nabbed in Beckley
Beckley police arrested two men and two juveniles late Thursday and early today. The juveniles were charged with tampering with a vehicle at Plantation Motor Company on Eisenhower Drive and released to their parents until their Juvenile Court appearance. Michael Morgan, 18, was cited for speeding on Thursday. Nathaniel C. Sweatte, 40, was cited for speeding at 3:30 a.m. Both Morgan and Sweatte face Police Court on February 1. Stafford Hannah, Montgomery, was jailed at 3:10 p.m. Thursday for drunken driving.
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Beckley City
Plantation Motor Company
Eisenhower Drive
Harry L. McCreery
Michael Morgan
Johnstown Road
Nathaniel C. Sweatte
Lanark
Song Fest Planned By Baptist Church
The Crab Orchard Baptist Church hosts a song fest and cake auction at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Social Room. Sponsored by the Baptist Youth Fellowship, the program features the Beckett Quartet, Manning Family, Prewitt Twins, and solos by Glenna Beckett, Danny Manning, and Lena Placidi.
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Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Baptist Youth Fellowship of the Church
Beckett
Manning
Prewitt
Glenna Beckett
Danny Manning
Lena Placidi
Doctor's Mailbag Dizzy Spells and Chest Pain Advice
Dizzy spells can stem from many causes beyond blood pressure, including deep breathing, arterial hardening in the inner ear, small strokes, or anemia. Tietze syndrome causes a tender chest rib junction mass, usually self resolves. injections may help severe pain. Tedral pills mix theophylline ephedrine with phenobarbital, used for hay fever and asthma but phenobarbital is habit forming. Lung scar tissue follows disease like tuberculosis in youth and signals healing. often no treatment is needed.
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Lief
Jonben Juvenile Confesses To Destruction and Break-Ins
A 14 year old Jonben juvenile confessed to 13 offenses of breaking and entering and destruction of property. The suspect, arrested last Wednesday, admitted to break ins at John McDorman s American Station Coal City Jones s Grocery Hortons Grocery Crab Orchard Amato s Shoe Shop MacArthur Webb s Florist Blevins Grocery Gulf service Crab Orchard and Thompson s Drug Crab Orchard plus the Betty Fitzwater residence Jonben last summer. Several similar prior cases are pending.
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Jonben
John McDorman
Coal City
Jones
Horton's
Crab Orchard
Amato
MacArthur
Webb
Blev
Midway
Thompson
Betty Fitzwater
MacArthur Postmaster Test Seen Open Soon
The U S Civil Service Commission announced an examination for the MacArthur postmaster job with a $5 735 yearly salary. Applicants must have at least one year of experience or equivalent education, be able to handle simple accounts, and pass a written test. Aged 18 at closing, under 70, and residents in delivery area for a year. Applications due February 23.
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Robert B. Sayre
John W. Straton
Chamber
Gates
W. C. McMahan
MacArthur
U. S. Civil Service Commission
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D.C
Deeds On File Recorded in County Clerk Office
Real estate transfers listed include W L and Marie L Clay to Clinton and Ruby Pearl Dick ens for Rock Creek Marsh Fork District property valued at 6000 dollars. Means to Means Lumber Co for Beckley Commercial Addition property valued 15000 dollars. Davis attorney in fact for several parties assigns property to C E and Pauline Ames Lanark Lanark Town District 500 dollars. Rich ards to Moore Westwood Beckley property 2500 dollars. Lewis and Carter Scott to Evelyn Gilkeson Austin Shady Spring District 1000 dollars.
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Trans- W. L
Marie L. Clay
Clinton
Ruby Pearl Dickens
Rock Creek
Marsh Fork
D. C
Mary T. Means
Means Lumber Co., Inc
Beckley
Annie Mary Via Davis
Rachel L. D. Cilley
Louise C. Davis Sr
Jack Curtin
Louise Davis Burkey
W. Carrol Thorn
Blackburn-Patteson
C. E
Pauline V. Ames
Lanark
Herbert C
Mary E. Richards
George L
Shirley Ann Moore
Westwood
John Lewis
Anna Louise Carter Scott
Evelyn R. Gilkerson Austin
Shady Spring District
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Mary Alice and
Raleigh County Memorial
McMahan
G. Thomas Battle
Chauncey Browning Jr
Jack Nichols
George Davis
Clarence Elmore
Raleigh County
House of Delegates
George C. Porter
Tracy Hylton
Mullens
Cochran
Hicks
Slab Fork Coal Co
Slab Fork
E. Carl’ Meadows
Marty
Prince St. Ph
Jake Boggs
Bethel Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Korthiite
Neville St
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Wayne Brandstadt
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Wayne G. Brandstadt
M. D
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Valley Drive
Iday
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Newland's Millinery
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