Beckley Mayor seeks third level air service for Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Beckley Mayor Cecil L Miller urged the Civil Aeronautics Board to re examine air transport needs calling for third level service using light aircraft to serve Raleigh County Memorial Airport The request cites demand not met by current Piedmont Airlines service and argues smaller planes could sustain connectivity for Beckley and similar small cities The CAB consideration follows Aero Commander Inc push to explore lighter options while Piedmont officials note unclear feasibility and funding for such arrangements
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Dallas Boothe Beckley
Cecil L. Miller
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington, D. C
Raleigh County Memorial
CAB
Aero Commander Inc
Oklahoma
Miller
Beckley
Piedmont Airlines
Raleigh County
Charlie Field
Field
Piedmont
Open House Demonstrates 100th Engineers Bridge Work
A large crowd at Camp Prince watched the 100th Engineers demonstrate vehicle, raft, and foot bridges used by military engineers. Aberdeen Proving Grounds personnel participated, and visitors saw living quarters and a demonstration raft. Miss Madge Richardson injured an ankle during the event. Commander Capt Odell C. McGhee leads the unit based at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
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Camp Prince
100Th Engineers Company
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Nel Carrier
Madge Richardson
Beckley
Lowell Dickenson
100Th Engineers Co
91St Engineer Battallion
81St
100Th Engineers
Emerson C. Itschner
United States Army
Society of American Military Engineers
Itschner
Odell C. McGhee
Fort Belvoir
Barbara Leasure Weds H Barrett in Wel COME Baptist Church
Miss Barbara A Leasure became the bride of Howard C Barrett at 6 pm Saturday in a Wel come Baptist Church ceremony. The bride, daughter of Mrs Alease Savage of Indianapolis and the late Robert Leasure, wore a white lace over taffeta gown. The couple will reside in Washington DC after a wedding trip.
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Barbara A. Leasure
Howard C. Barrett
Welcome Baptist Church
Eighth St
Alease Savage
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert Leasure
Lottie Lenoir
Sanders Ave
Wilson Jennings
Beckley
William Barrett
Archie Jackson
Louise Terry
Mendelsohn
James Barrett
Josh Savage
Palmera Merritt
Inianapolis
Lula Rogers
Margaret Burger
Ann Parker
All
William Barrett Jr
Mill Valley
Calif
Sherwood Brown
Edward Howard Jr
Bethram Brown
Columbus
Ohio
Ronald Smith
Richard Anderson
Beckley-Winn Hotel
Edward Howard
Beulah Boyden
Stratton High School
Central Business College
Les Petities Mademoiselles Club
Division of Public Assistance
Department of Welfare
Charleston
Marshall University
Huntington
Washington, D. C
Vehicle Owners Urged To Get Licenses Early
Charleston report that Motor Vehicle Commissioner Jack A. Nuckols urged owners to mail applications to speed processing. He pledged three day service and noted 10 000 licenses issued in two days, about 80 percent by mail, with a deadline of August 14. The blue and gold tag scheme will stay next year with blue numbers on a gold background.
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Charleston
UPI
Jack A. Nuckols
Nuckols
State Folk Song Book Under Consideration
Dr. Patrick W. Gainer reports a West Virginia folk songs book and a recording may be produced. Plans were made at a Folklore Committee meeting for the Centennial Commission. Next year a bigger Beckley Folk Festival is planned with events in Glenville Cedar Lakes and other areas, but Beckley 1963 details remain unsettled.
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West Virginia
Patrick W. Gainer
Beckley
Folklore Committee
Radio TV News Directors Plan Meeting Here
West Virginia Associated Press Radio-TV News Directors Association holds a 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday meeting in Beckley for election of 1962 63 officers. WWNR hosts with a park cook-out and mine tour led by Mayor Cecil L. Miller. Delegations from Oak Hill Huntington Charleston Morgantown Ronceverte Williamson Clarksburg Wheeling Beckley and the AP Charleston attend with about 25 members and wives.
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el Toro
Beckley-Winn
West Virginia
Associated Press Radio-Tv News Directors Association
WWNR
Bob Miller
Beckley
New River Park
New Beckley Exhibition Mine
Cecil L. Miller
Oak Hill
Huntington
Charleston
Morgantown
Ronceverte
Williamson
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Associated Press of
Miller
Jack Johns
WCLG
Charles Monzella
Community Gospel Sing Planned by Local Life Group
The Cabell Heights Oak Grove Pleasant Hills Country Life Group plans a supper and a community gospel sing. At a Monday meeting they discussed new street signs interior repainting and encourage area residents to attend. The note adds that the first railroad tracks in Missouri were laid in 1851.
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Cabell Heights
Oak Grove
Pleasant Hills
Seven men enlist in Army at Beckley Recruiting Station
Seven men enlisted in the Army on July 12 13 at the Beckley Recruiting Station. They are William Edmond Lewis Lawrence Lee Holdman Daniel Jay Humphrey Gilbert Sheaves Ronald Anderson Raymond Hall and William Collins. They will receive basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina.
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Army
Beckley
William Edmond Lewis
William Daniel Holmes
Pulaski
Europe
Larry Lee Holdman
Albert Holmes
Glenlyn
Daniel Jay Humphrey
Elbert D. Humphrey
Mullens
Gilbert Sheaves
William Sheaves
Layland
Ronald Anderson
Eugene Anderson
Glen Lyn
General Supply
Raymond Hall
Gilbert Hall
Webster Springs
Airborne
William Collins
Lossie Collins
Pecks Mill
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Soaring Birds Ride Warm Air Currents For Hours
Large birds gain lift by using wing momentum to soar and lose altitude slowly. Favorable rising warm air currents let them sail for hours with minimal effort.
We Speak According to Nature and Follow Our Rules
A brief aphorism notes that language mirrors natural thought and actions reflect cultural norms. The saying links nature, rules, and custom to human conduct and speech. It emphasizes alignment between reality, social guidelines, and behavior.
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Bacon
Take it From Kathy By Kathy Peterson
Dear Sharon writes of jealousy harming her friendships as her best friend spends time with another girl. The reply advises self reflection to curb possessiveness and notes jealousy is selfishness not affection. Good friendships require understanding others viewpoints and allowing friends to enjoy multiple relationships.
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Kathy
Sharon A
Sharon
IR Offices Move to New Federal Building
Internal Revenue Service Intelligence Division offices relocate from Citizens Bank Building at 221 Fourth St Parkersburg to rooms 4002 4002A 4002B and 4102 on the fourth floor of the new Federal Building Nathaniel Looker district director notes collection division offices remain on Dill Building floors one three and six and IRS agents stay at 209 Fourth St All offices expected to move to the new Federal Building by September.
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Internal Revenue Service Intelligence Division
Citizens Bank
Fourth St
Parkersburg
Federal
Nathaniel Looker
Internal Revenue
Dill Building
Sixth Street
U.S. Tops Uranium Producers in 1960 Record Peak
The 1962 Britannica Book of the Year notes that uranium output reached a record peak in 1960, elevating the United States to the lead position among uranium producing nations.
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U. S
Britannica
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Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Ann C. Cooke
Marie Treadway
Edwin Allen
Peggy Williams
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Jack F. Byrd
E. A. McGinn
R. C
Awards Jones
Barbara Leasure
Weds
H. Barrett
Hegel
Glamour
Gunran
Neville St
Radio-Tv
Community Gospel Sing
Missouri
By Kathy Peterson
New Bldg
Internal Revenue Service
Montgomery Ward
Neville Street
Armour and Company
Freezer
Monty
Tru
Ageirm
Vmuendep
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