Beckley Police Handle Drunk Driving and Court Notices
Beckley area arrests include Shrewsbury and Lambert remanded on bad check and delinquency charges with bonds totaling 2500. Blue Jay man Tucker cited for driving without lights. Devlin and Lane cited for license issues and noise. Trump faces lane driving charge. Beaver Fire Dept reports false alarm at Shady Spring shop. Nine pledges forfeited bonds in Beckley Municipal Court, including four for drunkenness, totaling 234.50.
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James Lambert
David Shrewsbury
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
W. T. Grant Co
Shrewsbury
Lambert
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Billie E. Tucker
Blue Jay
Charles Devlin
Bobby Lane
Crab Orchard
Oscar Trump
Beaver Volunteer Fire Department
Ray
Shady Spring
Beckley Municipal Court
John C. Furrow
Phillip Carey
Shirley A. Kendell
Michael Jones
Charles
Honey In The Rock Celebrates Day At Wonderland Park
About 500 attendees joined the Honey In The Rock company for a Monday day of picnicking fishing hiking sightseeing and boating at Wonderland Park near Oak Hill. Okey Patteson and J A Blackburn hosted a postday dinner followed by a concert by the Honey musicians with Billy Edd Wheeler. Guests included State Treasurer John H Kelly State Auditor Denzil Gainer and several state senators.
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Honey In the Rock” Company
Wonderland Park
Oak Hill
Honey” Company
Honey
Okey Patteson
J. A. Blackburn
Billy Edd Wheeler
John H. Kelly
Denzil Gainer
Howard W. Carson
Fayetteville
R. E. Bartette
Bluefield
Tracy W. Hylton
Pineville
John H. Bowling
White Sulphur’ Springs
Glenn O. Hatcher
Hinton
Raleigh
Walter James
Larkin W. Philpott
UMWA
George Titler
National
Raleigh County Board of Education Meeting Notice
The Raleigh County Board of Education will meet at 7 30 p m today in the County Court room at the Raleigh County Court House.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Raleigh County Court House
Court Accepts 16800 Bid for Raleigh County Heating
The Raleigh County Court accepted a 16800 bid from Maxwell and Keyser Plumbing and Heating for a new gas furnace system to heat the courthouse and jail as one unit, with jail zoning planned. The court also approved four notary public applications for Massey, Daniel, Taylor, and Stanton.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh
Maxwell and Keyser Plumbing
Prince Street
Charles Burdiss
Bill Massey
Whitesville
Don L. Daniel
Beckley
Cofer P. Taylor
Jack E. Stanton
Prosperity
Program Aims to Help Educationally Deprived Youths at County 4-H Camp
The Raleigh County 4-H summer camp begins its second year under Title II of ESEA. About 244 sixth grade students from across the county were selected for two one week sessions to learn basic subjects through hands on classes, field trips, and crafts led by experienced instructors.
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Raleigh County
ESEA
John D. Hartsog
Central Elementary School
Hartsog
Second Effort For Fire Loss Suit By Moran
Moran seeks a new trial in a $57,084.96 suit against five insurers over the El Chico Restaurant fire last July. Attorneys filed for set aside of the July 14 jury verdict favoring the defendants after insurers argued Moran set the fire intentionally and thus voided policy payments. The defendants named Royal Indemnity Westchester St Paul U S Fidelity and Hartford Fire Insurance Co. were central to the case. The court previously ruled the fire resulted from arson, though no one was charged with intentional setting.
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Jose Perez Moran
Ihave
Raleigh County
el Chico
Moran
Isuit
Royal Indemnity Co
Westchester Insurance Co
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co
The
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Trap Hill Plans County Fair Meeting At 7 30 P M
Trap Hill Life Group outlines plans for the annual TH fair to be held August 10 through 12 at Trap Hill High School. President Gerald Miller urges all members to attend, noting this is the county’s only fair this year and of interest to residents of Trap Hill District.
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Trap Hill Planning
Fair County Life Group
Trap Hill High School
Gerald Miller
Trap Hill
Flight training GI Bill seen for licenses only
The National Pilot’s Association backs GI Bill flight training benefits only for commercial pilot licenses or ATR ratings. VA testimony urged delaying extension of flight training benefits until completing a broader veterans program study. The aviation provision would cover up to 75 percent of training costs for veterans in eligible aviation courses.
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National Pilot’s Association
Veterans Administration
Congress
Veterans Afairs
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Labor Committee
Gram
A. W. Stratton
The Doctors Mailbag on Coffee and Health
Moderation in coffee is advised for heart risk with three to four cups daily unlikely to cause harm. More than ten cups may trigger irregular heartbeats and over five daily long term could raise coronary disease risk. Sleep impact varies. one cup at dinner may aid sleep while two to three may disrupt it. Reheated coffee is not harmful. Cortisone arthritis treatment should be individualized with intermittent dosing. Prednisone does not cause uterine bleeding or endometriosis but may irritate the stomach.
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Liz
Ohio Family Plans Hawaii Voyage Aboard Small Cabin Cruiser
Milburn Mears of Springfield Ohio sails a two foot cabin cruiser with wife Dorothy and three children from the Ohio River toward the Mississippi. The family intends to reach the Gulf of Mexico then through the Panama Canal to the Pacific and on to Diamond Head Hawaii using homemade outriggers extending six feet from the boat.
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Warsaw
UPI
Ohio
Hawaii
Milburn Mears
Springfield
Treadway Sentenced for Copper Wire Theft in West Virginia
Albert Treadway, 23, of Minden Fayette County, drew a one to ten year term in the state penitentiary after a Raleigh County Criminal Court jury found him guilty of grand larceny for stealing copper wire worth 7200 from Winding Gulf Coals Co in October 1966. Co-defendants Elgie Matthews and Layton Goode faced other outcomes, with Matthews sentenced to 110 years on appeal and Goode acquitted.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Albert Treadway
Minden
Fayette County
Raleigh County
Treadway
Winding Gulf Coals Co
McAlpin
Elgie Matthews
Statesbury
Layton Goode
Cabin Creek
Beckley Council to consider motorcycle purchase
City Council will consider buying one or more motorcycles for the Beckley Police Department. The force is currently testing a motorcycle, and a officer noted uncertainty about whether any purchase will be approved and how many machines might be bought. Also up for bids are new traffic lights and controls for the city’s one way street system.
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Beckley
City Coun‘cl
John W. Smith
Beckleyan to Enter Tech Talent Event
Kenneth Ferguson of Beckley will join Upward Bound students at West Virginia Tech for a talent night on August 1 at 8 p.m. in the Tech Center ballroom. Ferguson won first prize last summer with a monologue. Sam Brill, music teacher, will MC as a variety of acts fill the program.
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Kenneth Ferguson
Beckley
West Virginia Tech
Tech Center
Ferguson
Sam Brill
Lynda Johnson Strolls Through Soho With Escort Crowd
Lynda Bird Johnson, accompanied by a U S Secret Service guard and a Yard agent, visited a famous Italian restaurant in London's Soho on Sunday. She was joined by friends including actor George Hamilton, actor Peter Lawford, and singer Sammy Davis Jr. and others as the security detail shifted to a nearby table.
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London
UPI
Lynda Bird Johnson
Soho
Secret Service
Paandana Yard
George Hamilton
Peter Lawford
Sammy Davis Jr
Raleigh Baptist Association 95th Annual Session
The Raleigh Baptist Association holds its 95th annual session at Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. Dewey Wilson as moderator and Rev. Clarence Griffith as vice moderator. Morning and afternoon services run daily with sermons by named ministers and a Tuesday business session and officer elections. A pot luck banquet and youth program cap the events.
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Raleigh Baptist Association
Memorial Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Clarence Griffith
Lloyd Newlin
Wilson
William G. Farmar
Newlin
Elwood Fleming
Keith R. Ross
Waldo Jackson
Lonnie Blankenship
Kenneth Swank
Raleigh Baptist
Ministers Elect Rev Cyril Lilly President Raleigh Baptists
The Rev. Cyril Lilly was chosen president of the Raleigh Baptist Ministers Association at a Monday meeting at Sweeneysburg Baptist Church. New officers include Rev. Robert Perry as vice president and Rev. Kenneth Manning as secretary treasurer. Seventeen ministers attended as Rev. Perry spoke on the love of God in believers.
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Cyril Lilly
Raleigh Baptist Ministers Association
Sweeneysburg Baptist Church
Robert Perry
Kenneth Manning
God
County Reports 126 Respiratory Cases In Week
Raleigh County recorded 126 upper respiratory infections in the week ending July 15 in the health control report by Dr. N H Dyer state health director. Other counts include animal bites three and diarrheal diseases 24 with measles seven and influenza like illnesses six. Wyoming County had five chickenpox cases and one mumps. Fayette County reported one tuberculosis case.
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Raleigh County
N. H. Dyer
Wyoming County
Fayette County
Cheerleading Tryouts Set at Stoco High School
Practice begins August 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stoco High School. Interested participants should arrive for tryouts and general practice.
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Stoco High School
Rhodell Town Council Set to Meet at 7:30 P.M.
The Rhodell Town Council will convene at 7 30 p m today per Mayor Orville Dupee.
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Rhodell
Orville Duppee
Meeting On Multiple Sclerosis Clinic At BARH Saturday
The Southern W Va Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will host a one day educational clinic this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Southern W Va Clinic. Patients relatives and chapter members from Greenbrier Fayette Summers Raleigh Mercer and Boone counties are invited. The event aims to educate about research and patient service while seeking support for the cause and potential cure.
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Southern W. Va
National
Harry A. White
St. Albans
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