Beckley inaugurates new city government in ceremony
Beckley voters witnessed the swearing in of Mayor John H. McCulloch and four-year council terms. A broad turnout, with former governors and local officials, marked the start of a restructured administration with new committees and numerous appointments across city boards and commissions.
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Eve Breck
City of
Okey A. Patteson
Hulett C. Smith
City Hall
Virginia
A. Linwood Holton
Wilmot C. Jones
Beckley
Republican Executive Committee
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Lewis N. McManus
Elmer L. Davis
George B. Chambers
Cecil L. Miller
John Q
John T. Seay
Ward
Charles W. Jackson
Ross
Irle
W. A
Bill” Wilbur
John Wesley Smith
Paul H. Loflin
T. M. Crews
Human Rights Commission
James P. Bland
Roy Dawson
Fred Merchant
Council On the Commission
Carroll D. Simpkins
Arthur Goldstein
Beckley- Raleigh County Library Board
Mechanical Trades Board
J. H. Holt
Cecil P. Conner
Joe Salango
James Russell Neely
C. F
John H. McCulloch
Thomas C. Durrett
Dr Mary Wells Leaves Role in West Virginia Health Council
Dr Mary Wells is no longer chief of family planning at SWVRHC amid a council restructuring. She will remain on maternity leave while a clinician role is explored as part of OH-9, a nine county health project led by a team approach.
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Mary Wells
Swvrhc
Margaret Wells
Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
Bluefield
Wells
William Crockett
N. Allen Dyer
Dr. Wells
Crockett
Department of Health, Educa
West Virginia University College of Medicine
WVU Medical Center
Haney Wells
Princeton
Harley Staggers
June Weather Sets Rainy Warm Tone at Raleigh County
Weather service records at the National Weather Service Station Raleigh County Airport report June as warm and humid with rainfall above normal for a second straight month. Average temp 69.1, high 87 on June 28, low 52 on June 11 and 10. Total precipitation 4.49 inches, 1.25 above normal, with 18 cloudy days and no clear days.
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National Weather Service
Raleigh County
Three jailed in alleged shooting incident and related arrests
State Police and a deputy sheriff jailed three men after an alleged shooting with charges and countercharges. George Martin, Roger Ayers, and Ronald Henderson faced warrants and grand jury proceedings, while Henderson and Ayers posted bonds and were released. Numerous arrests followed for drunken driving, weapon possession, marijuana, and other offenses.
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Roger Dale Ayers
Lanark
Ronald Lee Henderson
Joe Rodriquez
George Martin
Prince
Martin
D. H. Bolyard
Ayers
Henderson
Rodriquez
Rodriguez
Baptists Hold Drug Workshop At New River Meeting
The 86th annual New River Valley Missionary Baptists meeting joined with the 48th annual Women's Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention for a one hour drug abuse workshop. Rev J L Bly moderated the association and Mrs Goldie Diamond led the convention. Carl Gray and Lou Ann Thomas spoke with Virgil Cook also present at Hilltop.
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New River Valley
Southern
West Virginia
Job Corps Graduate Miss Corbie Shields Earns Tray Line Certification
Miss Corbie Shields of Odd recently graduated from the Blue Ridge Job Corps Center in Marion Virginia and was certified by the health occupations center as a tray line worker. She entered the center on September 2, 1970 with clinical practice at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon Virginia.
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Corbie Shields
Odd
Blue Ridge Job Corps Center
Marion
Health Occupations Center
Shields
Johnston Memorial Hospital
Abingdon
Postal Service Now Big Switch Is Today
Beckley Post Office begins private postal service with commemorative stamps and materials but operations remain unchanged for now. Assistant Beckley Postmaster Harry Ballou reports no U S changes yet, awaiting word from Washington. Postmaster B Earl Rice attends Philadelphia inauguration. possible announcements later. No attendance figures for first day sales available.
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Beckley Post Office
U.S. Postal Service
Post Office
Beckley
Harry Ballou
Ballou
Washington
Philadelphia
B. Earl Rice
Postal Corporation
WVU honors reminders list six Dean's Sisters in premedicine
Six Dean's Sisters second semester honor students in West Virginia University College of Arts and Sciences include two from Raleigh County and one from Wyoming County. Charles Sisson Margaret J Rayhill and Eugene Ray Evans attain the dean's list with 3.4 or better. Two Raleigh Countians William R Ballard and Julius Larry Kopec also earn honors in political science. Robert FE McMillian of Beckley earns dean's list at Virginia Tech.
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West Virginia University
College of Arts and Sciences
Raleigh County
Wyoming County
Charles Sisson
Grant Sisson
Johnstown Rd
Beckley
Margaret J. Rayhill
Charles D.rayhill
Montreal
Eugene Ray Evans
Eugene P. Evans
Ference St
Mullens
Raleigh
Robert FE. McMillian
Virginia Tech
College of Engineering
Weather Data Summary for Airport and River Conditions
A 24 hour period ends at 10 a m with highs near 83 and lows around 65 in locales including Blythe California and Laramie Wyoming. Wind at 10 mph, precipitation 61, barometer steady, sun up at 6 06 am and down at 8 50 pm. River gauges show Greenbrier slightly above normal and clear, Lake normal and cloudy, Hinton gauge at 27 ft.
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Pam
Greenbrier
Hinton
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McCulloch
Larry F. Stover
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J. T. Jarrell Jr
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Cleo James
Tim Anderson
Pauline Severino
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Jack Guy
Jim Comerci
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Linda Zorio
Steve Canterbury
W. A. Teubert
R. J. Lucas Jr
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Mt. Sterling, Ky
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Roy Stanley
Beaver
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Joe Rodriguez
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Oak Hill
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Larry Stafford
Henry Moye
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Burton
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Michael Petroski
Connie Bradberry
Murray St
Leonard Ray Bailey Jr
Richard J. Osborne
Sophia
Elmer L. Nagyl
Prosperity
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Park Street
Tillia Ann Chapman
Ghent
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W.va
Donald G. Dangerfield
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