Mullens installs new city leaders at first meeting
Mullens mayor Luther Kerns presided as the new city council convened with commissioners W. S. Crotty Jr., Grover C. Dooley, S. P. Pearis, and Gene Adkins. The group discussed halting the playground program during the Mullens Crusade, adjusted playground hours, and appointed W. F. Staats as Sanitary Board chairman. A $3,150 bid from Lynch-Pryor Motor Co. won a city truck contract, rent for City Hall was raised to $175 per month, and all prior city employees were to be rehired.
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Grover C. Dooley
S. P. Pearis
Gene Adkins
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W. F. Staats
Kerns
Lynch-Pryor Motor Co
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Mario Cardenas
Princeton
Circle Plans General Meet at Mount Hope Church
Circle No 2 of Mount Hope Christian Church met in Fellowship Hall with Mrs Marvin Beverley leading a program Let Us Now Pray As Famous People The group planned a July 18 Christian Women's Fellowship picnic at Laurel Roadside Park Circle 2 hosted the event City officials on re employment included Oscar England Clyde Newsome D Grove Moler Fred Kingdon Wendell Cook and Jimmy James Two building permits were granted Clifton Graham to build a garage on Green Street and Cloyd Blankenhip to build a home in Park Avenue West Mullens at 18000 The council will meet first and third Thursdays starting July 21 Next regular meeting August 2 in the Fellowship Hall
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Circle No. 2
Oscar England
Clyde Newsome
D. Grove Moler
Fred Kingdon
Wendell Cook
Jimmy James
Clifton Graham
Green Street
South Mullens
Cloyd
Park Avenue
West Mullens
Most Wives Worth Their Weight In Gold Says Study
Patricia McCormack recounts a New York UP I overview of a John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co study valuing a typical 135 pound wife at 75600 on gold value and over 106000 in homemaking and tax savings over 45 years. It notes extra costs for working mothers and six questions to assess entering the workforce.
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John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Frances T. Feldman
University of California
AWOL Marine Tries Escape After Bonding Two Agents
Dennis A. Svehla an AWOL Marine abducted two naval intelligence officers after questioning them then fled in Ward's car. He bound blindfolded and gagged the agents in a hotel room before escaping. Svehla crashed Ward's car near Bedford Pennsylvania suffering a broken pelvis and is under police guard awaiting FBI handover.
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Naval Intelligence
Bedford Memorial Hospital
Dennis A. Svehla
Chicago
Virgil J. Ward
Here
Svehla
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Navy Intelligence
Washington
Office of Naval Intelligence
Ward
Virginia
Wells
FBI
Allamon Family Attends Reunion at Mount Hope
The first Allamon family reunion in over a decade gathered at 315 Tennessee St. Attendees included Edward and Darla Allamon and their children Thomas David Darla Charlotte Jeffery from Brunswick Ohio. Ronald Cantley and children from Beckley. Joseph Mickshaw and children Helen Jean Nancy Jo from Brunswick. Charles Thomas from Washington DC. Bill Honaker and son Billy from Covington VA. Several attendees are listed as former Allamon family members.
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Rns
Thomas Allamon
Tennessee St
Edward Allamon
Thomas
David
Darla
Charlotte
Jeffery
Buunswick
Ohio
Inlaw
William Smodie
Billy
Danny
Bobby
Kingston
Ronald Cantley
Ronald
Mildred
Beckley
Joseph Mickshaw
Helen Jean
Nancy Jo
Charles Thomas
Washington, D. C
Bill Honaker
Covington
Smodie
Nancy Allamon
Cantley
Donna Allamon
Mickshaw
Three Youths Killed In Pa Wreck Near Burgettstown
Three 18 year olds from Washington County died when their car collided with a steel laden tractor trailer on Route 18 north of Burgettstown Pennsylvania. The victims Frederick Esno George E Abbott and Carl L Pesels kis were residents of Burgettstown. The car struck the rear of a car driven by George Roach and then head on with a tractor trailer driven by Minner Baisden. Roach and Baisden escaped injury. Driver identity of the youths was not determined.
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Carl L. Peselinski
George Roach
Weirton
W.va
Minner Baisden
Wintersville
Ohio
Roach
Baisden
Shriners Stranded as Airlines Strike Halts Parade
In San Francisco 30,000 Shriners and families were stranded by a nationwide air strike after a week long convention parade featuring 74 illuminated units. Spectators along the line cheered as festooned floats and Bertha the elephant passed by despite the disruption.
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Mystic Shrine
Bertha
Elephant
Book By Fayette Woman Accepted For Publication
Betty J Kamensky of Mount Hope, under the pen name Bettye Starr, has a book titled Come Dream With Me accepted by Dorrance and Co. It is a hardbound volume retailing for three dollars. Kamensky, born in Center Indiana County, grew up in Mount Hope and works as a drug clerk at Johnston Rexall Drugs. She lives with her mother, Jessie Kamensky, on Colorado Street.
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Dorrance and Co., Inc
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Center
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West Virginia
Johnston Rexail Drugs
Main Street
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Jessie Kamensky
Colorado Street
Prisoner Walks Away From Moundsville Prison Mine
Calvin Hott, 29, of Keyser, escaped from his detail as a night watchman at the Moundsville Penitentiary mine just before midnight. Sentenced to 1 to 10 years for breaking and entering in Mineral County in March 1960, he was returned to the prison last year on a parole violation. Authorities are seeking him after the missing head count.
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Moundsville
UPI
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Keyser
Moundsville Penitentiary
Hott
Mineral County
New Lions President Appoints Committees
Mount Hope Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. in Chestnut Circle clubhouse. New president James Twohig names committees and assigns chairmen for the year, covering civic, attendance, social, house, youth activities, finance, sight conservation, kitchen, information, membership, convention, program, Boy Scout, and more. About 40 members attend. board set to meet monthly.
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Norvel Perry
West Palm Beach
Fla
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Chestnut Circle
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Civic
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Donald Stark
A. L. Walker
P. C. Graney Jr
Harvie Stark
O. J. Walker
Norville Ellison
George Scott Vargo
Ben Lewis
Chales Kidd
Larry Beverley
Gary Perry
Bill Harless
John Gulbin
House
John Brady
Sam Dorado
George Coleman
Robert N. Evans
Raymond E. Tissue
Miller Gwinn
R. E. Tissue
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E. C. Amick
Sanford Fox
Raymond Tissue
Virgil Dillon
Fred Frisk
J. W. Bragg
Lacy Anderson
Ralph Dorsey
C. R. Harnsbarger
Eddie Souk
Pentagon policy expands discharges for sole surviving sons
The Pentagon announced a new policy allowing sole surviving sons to obtain discharges from active duty in hardship cases. It covers applicable cases involving sons serving in Vietnam and excludes times of war or national emergency declared by Congress. Previously, sole surviving sons could request non-combat assignments and may waive them if requested by a parent.
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Pentagon
Viet Nam
Congress
Defense Department
Be A Reporter Correspondents Invite News from Readers
Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming counties residents may contribute news to the Raleigh Register. Correspondents listed with contact numbers offer quick dispatch to publish local items marked with the RNS logo. Contact nearest reporter to share events ready for publication.
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