Corridor 9 Favored for I-64 Route North Beckley Area
The State Road Commission hearing heard support for Corridor 9 north of Beckley as the preferred I-64 alignment from the I-77 corridor to Bragg School. Corridor 9 would cross Piney Creek Gorge with higher structures but offers greater traffic service and a higher benefit ratio than Corridor 3. Economic analysis shows Corridor 9 costing about 32.3 million versus 16.8 million for Corridor 3, yet yielding far greater user savings and traffic volumes status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Improvement Association
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Fayette
SRC
Smith
Beckley
Marks
Mabscott Committee On Community Welfare
Piney Creek
U.S
Glen Morgan
Leslie Gates
Beckley-Raleigh County
Raleigh County Armory
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Gates
Charleston
Huntington
Moore
Armory
Meadow Bridge
Caldwell
Greenbrier County
Beckley- Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
W. Va. 3
Bragg School
Little Whitestick Creek
W. Va
Sprague
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
U. S. 1921
Pinecrest Sanitarium
U. S. 19
Cranberry Creek
U. S. 18
Cranberry
Piney Creeks
Airport
Grandview
Crow
Glade Creek
Scott Branch
Pinch Creek
W. Va. 24
Brags School
Piney Creek Gorge
Gorge
C & O Railroad
West
Shady Spring
Little Beaver Creek
Glade
Bragg
Piney
Little Whitestick Creeks
I-17
I-77
Piney and
Glade Creeks
State Road Commission
Tracy Hilton
Wyoming
Ray Sawyers
Summers
Raleigh County
House of Delegates
Lewis McManus
E. M. Payne
IIT
Robert Sayre
Raleigh
C. T
FFA Convention Featured Shady Spring Leaders
The report highlights Shady Spring FFA members with president Fred Oakes and vice-president John L. Pate, guided by teacher-advisor G. P. Auldridge. Lester signs as reporter with back row names listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Lester
G. P. Auldridge
Shady Spring
John L. Pate
Fred Oakes
Auldridge
Lions Hear Talk On VA Services
Beckley Lions Club hears Henry Higgins of Beckley VA Hospital speak on hospital facilities and eligibility for care. One minute memorial for Milton Epstein precedes the meeting. Monarch and attendance awards given to long-serving members. Guests included Paul Hayner and Carl Meisel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Henry Higgins
Beckley Lions Club
Henry’s
Higgins
Milton Epstein
Lions Club
Sid Larrick
N. Joe Rahall
Harry Anderson
Penitentiary Cell Renovation Aims to Ease Tension
Moundsville Penitentiary will renovate about 200 cells in the north wing and may reopen. Corrections Division Director C Robert Sarver says the move could curb tensions and reduce escapes from outside work details. Twenty six inmates with prior escape attempts and violence records are withdrawn from outside assignments. He reports most of the 19 escapees since June 1 have been recaptured, with only two still at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
UPI
State Corrections Division
C. Robert Sarver
Moundsville Penitentiary
Sarver
Berkel Takes Over Lake Stephens Restaurant Management
Lake Stephens Authority reports L. W. Berkel has assumed restaurant management after the resignation of Mr. and Mrs. McCullom on July 14. Berkel will run the facility with cook Ruth Hebb’s help, and no salary increase is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Stephens
Cue
L. W. Berel
Robert McCollum
Berkel
Ruth Hebb
Lake Stephen
Lake Authority
Caperton
Six Couples Apply for Marriage Licenses in County Clerk Office
Six couples filed for marriage licenses in the County Clerk’s office. The list includes William Chapman Bolen and Violet Louise Poling. Tommy Jerry Cheek and Phyllis Ann Duncan. William Houston Harris and Julia Ann Nugen. Nickey Arby Nipper and Karen Rae Mobley. Clifford Kenneth Wood and Kethy Lynn Cook. Albert Edward Younger and Evelyn Louise Coles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Chapman Bolen
Mount Hope
William Wolshe
Elva Brown Bolen
Violet Louise Poling
Beckley
John W
Louise Akers Kidwell
Tommy Jerry Cheek
Woodrow
Essie Steelman Cheek
Phyllis Ann Duncan
Midway
Junior Lewis
Lottie Sears Duncan
William Houston Harris
Robert M
Carolyn Moore Harris
Julia Ann Nugen
Frank
Beulah Nelson Febean
Nickey Arby Nipper
MacArthur
Arby
Kathryn Smith Nipper
Karen Rae Mobley
William Robert
Louisa Williams Mobley
Clifford Kenneth Wood
Dayton
Ohio
Corbet Wilson
Virginia Marsh Wood
Kethy Lynn Cook
Sophia
William Gordon
Frances Gibson Cook
Albert Edward Younger
Charlie
Martha Miller Younger
Evelyn Louise Coles
Stenaford
Samuel Hamilton
Maude Clark Berry
Weston man dies after West Virginia car wreck
Clyde M. Hartsock 58 of Clarksburg, formerly linked to Hartsock Candy Co., died from injuries after a two vehicle crash on West Virginia 19 near the Lewis Upshur County line. His brother Ted owns the candy firm. A family spokesman said Hartsock had just left a hospital and was bound for Virginia to see a sister when the wreck occurred. The truck driver Augustine Morris of Weston suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
UPI
Clyde M. Hartsock
Clarksburg
Hartsock Candy Co
W. Va
Lewis-Upshur County
Hartsock
Ted Hartsock
Virginia
Augustine Morris
Beckley Police Uphold Law Amid Forgery and Traffic Briefs
Beckley woman Wilda K Byrge, 34, jailed on a forged check charge after arrest by Beckley Police on a warrant from Magistrate Lorena Wallace. A 1-year-old boy injured at 317 West Moreland St with a fractured leg. A two-car Prince Street crash caused $225 in damages. Two men face hazardous driving charges. one cited for hazarding driving. Three people cited for speeding as city enforces a new two mile per hour limit on one way streets. Cecil Waddell released on bond after a peace warrant arrest. other details noted without charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilda K. Byrge
Beckley
Lorena Wallace
Byrge
Pagoda
Donna Lilly
Poplar Drive
Wallace
Kelly E. Brammer
Pemberton
William H. Brown
Edgewood Drive
Dale V. Simons
Fairlawn Ave
Michael B. Jones
Teel Road
Kenneth M. Crook
Stamford
Shirley Ann Kendall
Johnstown Road
Philip Carney
Heber St
W. A
Bill) Teubert
Teubert
Johnny E. Jarrell
Beckley’ S
Rayleigh County
Cecil Waddell
Weston Woman Held in Death of Husband Ed Spore
Edna Spore 54 is jailed in an open charge in the death of her husband Edward Spore 58 after he was shot Monday night at their rural Weston area home. Spore died at a Weston hospital about 90 minutes later from shoulder and chest wounds. Sheriff Gerald Hayes said a preliminary hearing is set for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
UPI
Edna Spore
Ireland
Lewis
Edward Spore
Gerald Hayes
Spore
Hayes
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Beckley Insurance
James Sanger
Sprague mix Company
Behind New
Nant
Farmer's of America
Jackson’s
Milare
Bobby
Universal Corporation
Kanawha Ph
Philco
MTL
Eee
Marty
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