Weather Summary for Local Area and Rivers
24 hour period ending with high 81 at 2 30 pm and low 60 at 7 30 am. Precipitation 0 56 inches. SE winds 15 mph. Barometer 30 17 rising. Sun sets 8 48 pm sunrise 6 13 am. Greenbrier river normal and clear, Lake normal and clear with 15 gates open. New gauge at Hinton 1 9 ft. EXTENDED OUTLOOK Wednesday through Friday chance of showers. Day highs in the high 80s Wednesday and Thursday, lower Friday. nights in the upper 60s. Extreme: Buckeye AZ 117 high, Evanston WY 36 low.
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Ariz
Evanston
Wyo
Outdoor Dramas Draw Record Crowds at Cliffside Amphitheatre
A season high crowd of 14 439 attended Saturdays showing of Hatfields and McCoys at Grandview State Park. Rain interrupted the second act but performances finished after a brief delay. Sunday brought 329 attendees for Honey in the Rock with visitors from many states. Attendance now totals 14 683 with Hatfields drawing 9 333 and Honey 5 305.
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Grandview State Park
Cliffside
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
New York
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
MAD Day festival in New York promotes drug-abuse awareness
More than 5,000 people celebrated MAD Day in New York, a free outdoor festival organized by multiple drug rehabilitation programs. The event used music and positives over fear tactics to reach youths with messages against drugs and to offer hope to those involved in drug scenes.
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iBy Ernestine Guglielmo
New York
Tony Lawrence
Revival Set for Three Days at Turner's Memorial AME Church
A three day revival starts Wednesday at Turner's Memorial AME Church in Winding Gulf led by evangelist Mrs Elizabeth Jones of Harper. Services begin daily at 7 30 p m with Pastor Rev Mittie Lovelace providing guidance.
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Turner’s Memorial Ame Church
Winding Gulf
Elizabeth Jones
Harper
Mittie Lovelace
West Virginia Emerges as Leader in Appalachian Early Education
State Superintendent Daniel B. Taylor delivered a major kindergarten address at Jacksons Mill during the State Superintendents Conference. Deputy ARC director Howard Bray told about 400 participants that WV has become a model in early childhood education and ARC has invested about 213 million dollars in the state over six years for roads schools hospitals and other projects. Raleigh County officials attended including Superintendent C. D. Munson and assistant superintendents Mason Anderson Earl Halsey Sherman Trail and Raleigh County School Board members.
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Raleigh County
Jackson’s Mill
Appalachian Regional Commission
Howard Bray
West Virginia
Appalachia
Bray
ARC
Congress
Nixon
Daniel B. Taylor
Arch Moore
C. D. Munson
Mason Anderson
Earl Halsey
Sherman Trail
Raleigh County School Board
Cake stealing safecracker baffles lumber firm owner
A thief, after breaking into J. D. Westcott's lumber, ate a fruitcake left in an unlocked safe and used an electric typewriter to send a note saying Thank you with the signature Safecracker. The incident follows previous break ins but no cash was taken. Clarence Booth leads the firm in discovering the message.
Three-Car Wrecks Injure Three at Beckley Intersections
Police reports detail a Sunday sequence of crashes in Beckley. A 1963 auto driven by Carol Lynne Scarbrough, 19, brake failures, struck Loma Mae Thompson, 47, pushing her into Linda Carney's parked 1970 Jetta. Thompson hospitalized. A 1968 truck driven by George Hendrich overturned on Valley Drive South with no injuries. A 1970 truck driven by Daniel Atkinson collided with Leonard Phillips after witnesses say Atkinson ran a red light. both drivers cited. Three injured from a 1965 Peake collision on the 1921 By-Pass involving Thelma Allen and Robert Price. Allen and two other passengers treated and released. Police also reported multiple arrests for petit larceny, drunken driving, speeding, and other offenses. Fire crew responded to a tree limb and power line snag incident on Carter Street.
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Woodlawn Avenue
Belvue Lane
Carol Lynne Scarbrough
Cleveland
Ohio
Loma Mae Thompson
South Heber St
Thompson
Linda Lou Hebb Carney
Campbell St
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Valley Drive South
George C. Hendrich
Naoma
Hendrich
Kanawha
Prince Streets
Daniel P. Atkinson
Wood Street
Leonard Phillips
Maxwell Hill Rd
Atkinson
Phillips
Robert Lee Price
Daniels
Thelma Allen
Jennings Street
John Dale Peake
Mankin Avenue
Allen
Price
Peake
Phipps Charged In Valley Drive Rear-End Crash
Wampler E Phipps 46 of Glen White faces a charge of failure to control after his 1968 car rear ended a 1967 vehicle driven by William J. Clay 61 of Mullens at Valley Drive South and Central Avenue. Damages were estimated at 50 and 250 dollars with two Clay passengers injured and hospitalized.
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Wampler E. Phipps
Glen White
Valley Drive
Central Avenue
Phipps
William J. Clay
Mullens
Clay Auto
W. J. Clay
Ora Curtis
Park Avenue
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Lewis named to Emory Dean's List for spring quarter
Joseph A. Lewis son of Dr and Mrs B M Lewis 223 George St was named to Emory University Emory Atlanta Ga spring quarter dean says reason is superior academic achievement
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Joseph A. Lewis
B. M. Lewis
George St
Emory University
Atlanta
John C. Stephens Jr
Lewis
Two Shady Spring FFA'ers Taking European Study Tour
Harold Atkinson and Timmy Smith of Shady Spring FFA depart from New York on a European study tour with 18 members and teachers aboard KLM. The itinerary covers 10 countries, farm visits, agricultural colleges, and cultural sites from Scotland to Germany and beyond, with plans for Rhine cruises and vineyard stops. Both students hold FFA offices and awards, reflecting strong chapter leadership.
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FFA
Shady Spring
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Future Farmers of America
Harold Atkinson
Timmy Smith
Europe
Atkinson
Harold E. Atkinson
Old Crow Road
Smith
Jessie Walker
Cool Ridge
John F. Kennedy Airport
New York
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Holland
West Germany
Denmark
Sweden
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Switzerland
France
Belgium
Principality
Liechtenstein
Emirage Tours, Inc
Grand Rapids
Mich
Amsterdam
Elmer L. Cooper
North Harford Ffa
Plylesville
National
FFA Center
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Scotland
Essex
London
Essex Institute of Agriculture
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Brussels
Antwerp
Netherlands
Agriculture College
Ger
Star
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