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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1966
Page
9
June Lowe and Karen Berg test an unidentified student on diving abilities. Other courses are scheduled for July 25 to August 5 and August 8 to 19.
Republican House candidate Robert B. Sayre urges retaining compulsory tap-on fees while pushing three reforms in the North Beckley Public Service District law. He favors electing PSD board members, expanded public notice including postings at district hubs, and delaying hearings until cost surveys are complete. He argues current hearings mislead voters about costs and governance.
Piedmont Airlines closed out the first half of 1966 with all time traffic records. January through June carried 750,755 passengers, up 27.11 percent from 1965, and July 1 saw 5,927 passengers in a single day, a new high. June 1966 saw 152,003 passengers, up 32.5 percent from June 1965, with revenue passenger miles rising 37.21 percent to 35,070,682. Fleet includes 29 Martin 404s and 8 F-27s serving nine states and DC. Load factor in June was 63.25 percent, among the highest in the region.
Richard Moran Gibeaut of Beck ley was sentenced to one to ten years in the state penitentiary but given one year probation on a bigamy charge. He claimed a prior wife in Virginia said she had a divorce. A divorce is pending. he must pay court costs. Gibeaut was represented by George L. Ballard.
The Honey in the Rock Festival Parade scheduled for July 16 is canceled after area bands failed to commit. Beckley Junior Business and Professional Women's Club cited difficulty obtaining enough bands to march, with floats planned by clubs and merchants.
Circuit Court jurors report at 9 a m Monday as the State Road Commission suit against Rodney Webb owner of Webb's Florists Crab Orchard centers on compensation for land taken to widen Rt 16 Mabscott Crab Orchard Road. Thornhill Kennedy represent Webb SRC attorney W Robert Carr Princeton Also docketed Monday are Blizzards Inc vs H & H Coals and Work Wear Corp vs Wayne Lewis.
Twenty cases of streptococcal infections were reported in Raleigh County for the week ending July 2, according to Dr N H Dyer state health director In the weekly morbidity report Raleigh County also had 11 chickenpox four animal bites two German measles two influenza like diseases two measles one mumps two tuberculosis and four gastroenteritis diagnoses Fayette and Wyoming counties had nothing to report per the release
El Chico Restaurant will reopen Monday with first floor service only after a midnight Wednesday blaze swept the banquet room. Owner Jose P. Moran blamed three air conditioners for the fire and said second floor access remains closed while State Fire Marshal’s Office and Beckley Fire Prevention Bureau finish their investigation. no damage total disclosed.
Mrs. George Warren Hodel, president of Beckley Woman's Club, and Mrs. Robert H. Frilen, first vice president, will join others at the Southern District Workshop at the Dinner Bell Restaurant in Princeton. The event, sponsored by the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, starts at 10 a.m. Also attending is Mrs. Fred Hurt, past WVFWC president, reporting on the General Federation convention in Chicago in June.
A Sophia juvenile held on breaking and entering and auto larceny escaped while being examined at Raleigh County Jail. He was recaptured after evading officers for hours. The youths stole a 1960 model car from Phillips Motor Co. and a bicycle near Pagoda Supermarket. State Police investigated the thefts. deputies searched from Beckley to Paterson, New Jersey, and the suspects were returned to Beckley. Several other local incidents and arrests followed, including car theft reports, a hit on reckless driving, contempt of court, and a pair of minor state police accidents.
Dr and Mrs Paul H Loflin of Beckley will attend the 60th Annual Session of the West Virginia State Dental Society at the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs July 17 20. Loflin is nearing his seventh term as secretary of the state group and Mrs Loflin, president of the Women's Auxiliary, will head the society functions.
Retired Army officer and church pastor Sgt John Alfred Stewart visits his parents Bishop and Mrs John Stewart in Berry Street. He plans to attend the Council on Seventh Street with daily services opening at 1 30 p m.
Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery ordered jurors to report at 9 30 a m Monday as the State ready to begin trial in two cases docketed for hearing that day. Wirt Goodloe faces grand larceny and John Radford a salvage yard operation case, per Pros Atty C Berkley Lilly. Embezzlement and forgery charges against Carolyn Kay Sisk Walker postponed due to defense scheduling conflicts. Zella Withrow and Roger Dale Clay face child neglect and improper registration charges, respectively, on Monday.
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