Pages From Camelot Pages Prepare For King Arthur Court
Youths portraying pages in Camelot perform as royal attendants in the Charleston Light Opera Guild production at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park scheduled July 15 and 16. The Guild partners with the West Virginia Historical Drama Association which produced Honey in the Rock. Reservations at 253-8313 or P O Box 1205 Beckley W Va.
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Camelot
Arthur
Knights of the Round Table
Guinevere
Honey” Office
P. QO
Beckley
W. Va
Beckley Lass Wins English Pleasure Pony at Raleigh County Show
Melodie Cooper riding Merry Christmas won the English pleasure pony class at the Raleigh County Horse Show held Friday through Sunday at Bradley. The event's final session saw several accidents including a pony collapse in a relay, a jump that toppled two boys, and a passerby fainting near a hospital transfer.
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Melodie Cooper
Raleigh County
Bradley
Eight couples apply for marriage licenses in Raleigh County
Eight couples from multiple states seek licenses at the Raleigh County Clerk's office. Names include Ezra Hewett Cline Burton and Tottie Ann Wiley of Rich Creek, Danny Howard Bradley and Edna Virginia Khalil of Spart anburg South Carolina, and James Matthew Colby of Tunkhannock Pennsylvania with Gloria Jean Rahall of Beckley.
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Raleigh County Clerk’s Office
Ezra Hewett Cline Burton
Rich Creek
Ural Cline
Gertrude Frances Price Burton
Tottie Ann Wiley
Helen Lucille Wiley
Danny Howard Bradley
Eccles
Howard
Sadie Cozart Bradley
Edna Virginia Khalil
Spartanburg
C.F
Stella Stoots Stone
Robert William French
Sophia
Fred
Gloria Saul French
Wayie Mae Lilly
Coal City
Granville L
Gracie J. Farley Lilly
Virgil D. Jarrell
Naoma
Bertie Miller Jarrell
Sidney Jarrell
Carrie Lou Platt
Leevale
Franklin and
Katheen Goggs Platt
James Walter Polk
Oxon
Clifford
Stella Jones Polk
Prema Louise Thorne
Washington, D. C
Arlie Monroe
Bessie Marie Ball Hart
William Lee Spade
Bradley
John Edward
Virginia Mae Lewis
Barbara Ann Richmond
Daniels
Earl White
Dessie Dorothy Fletcher Richmond
Thomas Miles Blevins
Midway
Thomas Vance
Byrd pushes West Virginia coal desulfurization plant plan
Senator Robert Byrd urged federal officials that West Virginia is an ideal site for a coal desulfurization demonstration plant. He proposed testing alkalized alumina to remove sulfur and suggested building with a private power facility to aid the joint federal private effort. Byrd sent copies to Commerce Interior and the OST.
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Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
West Virginia
Byrd
John Gardner
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
West
Gardner
Secretaries of Commerce and Interior
Office of Science and Technology
Deeds On File Record of Beckley Real Estate Transfers
Kenneth Lee and Kikki Thurman sell two tracts on North Kanawha St Beckley to Dorse L Hicks for 200 dollars Ronald A Jones and Freda Jones sell Lots 94 94 95 96 and 97 in Wildwood Addition Beckley to Herman Donley for 7000 dollars James and Beatrice Burks sell Lot 1 in Section Six Beckley Court Addition Beckley to Alice Hatcher for 650 dollars Emmett Price and Thelma Price sell land in Marsh Fork District to Willis Ray Webb and Nancy Lane Webb for 6100 dollars
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Kenneth Lee
Kikki Thurman
Dorse L. Hicks
Kanawha St
Beckley
Ronald A
Freda Jones
Herman Donley
Wildwood
James and
Beatrice Burks
Alice Hatcher
Beckley Court
City of
Emmett Lawrence Price
Thelma Pauline Price
Willis Ray Webb
Nancy Lane Webb
Marsh Fork
Rain Delays Honey In The Rock Opening Night
The show began at 9 20 p m Sunday after rain delays for a 386 person audience. Attendees included dancers and visitors from 19 states and Alberta Canada. Through this season 3 664 people have seen Honey.
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Alaska
California
Florida
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Beckley Residents Jailed on Drunk and Language Charges
Virginia Ball and Thomas Ball were arrested by Beckley City Police and jailed on drunkenness and profane language charges reported at 11:30 p m Sunday. Mildred Lilly Webb of 226 Locust Dr was cited for speeding at 8:25 a m today. Thomas L Tyree, a Moundsville Penitentiary escapee, was captured near Glen White at 9:30 p m Saturday and sentenced to run from none to ten years for breaking and entering. An accident on West Virginia Route 3 at Harper injured two people. Kathy Ann Pettry, 17, and Gary Bennett, 18 months, were treated and released. Damages were about 500 dollars. Fire crews responded to a blaze at Farris Department Store. a canvas awning burned with cause undetermined and no damage estimate given.
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Raleigh County
Beckley
Virginia Ball
Thomas Ball
Mildred Lilly Webb
Thomas L. Tyree
Moundsville
Tyree
W. Va
Harper
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Kathy Ann Pettry
Har Lper
Gary Bennett
Cleveland
Ohio
Beckley Fire Department
Farris
New Beckley Fire Department Recruit Joe Sydnor
Joe Alan Sydnor of 214 Joseph Street has begun active duty with Beckley Fire Department No. 1 after four years as a call man. He started July 1 and is undergoing orientation at the station. A former Richmond Cleaners employee, Sydnor is married to Shirley Shifflett.
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Joe Alan Sydnor
Joseph St
Beckley
Citizenship Rules For Women Marrying Foreigners
An American woman who marries a foreigner keeps U S citizenship. Whether she also gains her husband’s nationality depends on his country’s law.
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U. S
Trial of Alfred Treadway Begins in Raleigh Court
The grand larceny case of Alfred Treadway started in the Raleigh County Criminal Court with a not guilty plea to stealing copper wire from Winding Gulf Coals on January 7, 1967, valued at $7,183.09. Jurors were empaneled and sworn. several potential jurors were excused for Thursday morning reporting, with others listed as not needed.
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Alfred Treadway
Raleigh County
Matthews
Gulf
Edward Meadows
Bonn Troon Cut Dismays U.S.
Washington voices dismay as West Germany seeks to cut its armed strength. The State Department opposes unilateral cuts and Pentagon says no military justification exists. Officials demand talks in NATO before final decisions.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Europe
West Germany
State Department
Pentagon
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
NATO
Understanding Air Conditioner Cooling Tons
United Press International explains that modern air conditioners are rated by cooling capacity in tons. A ton equals the cooling produced by melting one ton of ice in 24 hours.
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United Press’ International
Citizens Advisory Committee To Meet With Interim Panel
The legislature and Citizens Advisory Commission on the Legislature will hold a July meeting in Charleston. John Anderson Jr. will address a July 17 dinner at the Daniel Boone. The Joint Committee on Government and Finance begins July 16 with studies on education funding and laws, insurance, pensions, and water resources. Senator Brotherton plans to push a special session to reenact water pollution controls for the Pocatalico River.
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Charleston
UPI
Citizens Advisory Commission On
John Anderson, Jr
Kansas
Citizens Conference On State Legislatures
Daniel Boone
Lwi
Citizens Advisory Commission
W. T.brotherton
D-Kanawha
State Water Resources Division
Pocatalico River
Roane
Kanawha
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Freddie Mack
Hinton
Clyde Smith
Doug Blackburn
Wade Reardon
Herbert Fincher
Page
Keyser - Bryant Funeral Home
Fincher
Beckleyan
Robert E. Hicks Jr
Brookville High School
Lynchburg, Va
Robert Hicks
Evingston
Hicks
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
University of Virginia
Lorrie Colby
Gloria Jean Rahal
Abraham and
Farida David Rahall
Neville St.Beckley
Raleigh County Board of Education
Warren G. Jarrell
Jarrell
J. A. Blackburn
Carl Jarreil
MacArthur
Martha Lilly
Moomaw
Shady Spring
Chessie McGraw
Glen Daniel
Eva O’dell
Stanley St
August Pierson
Tim Thompson
West Virginia St
Joseph Lunchini
George Ballard
Harry L. McCreery
Bill Weaver
Montroal
Louise Allen
Porter St
Bonn
U.S
Greyhound
Myrtle Beach, S.C. Va Beach, Va
Daytona Beach
Jacksonville
Chicago
Detroit
Washington, D.C
Winston Sclem
Roanoke, Va
Greyhound Terminal
Prince St
Montreal
Pittsburgh
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