Police Beat Beckley Cops Crackdown on Noisy Riders
Beckley police charged three youths with speeding in a 25 mph zone after riding motorcycles on Whitestick at 35 mph. Thomas C. Teubert, 16, nephew of Police Chief William Teubert, along with Edward G. Michael, 19, and Johnny A. Michael, 16, faced counts. Additional arrests included Betty J. Halsted for speeding and William E. Carter for defective equipment. County cases involved grand larceny, parole violations, and other offenses as magistrates set fines and payments.
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Beckley
Whitestick
John Miller
Bill Bowman
Thomas C. Teubert
Arnold St
Edward G. Michael
Hull St
Johnny A. Michael
3Rd Ave
Miller
Bowman
Teubert
Betty J. Halsted
Earhart St
William FE. Carter
Blue Jay
Raleigh
Fine Arts Camp Opens At WVU With 300 Plus Students
West Virginia University hosts its Fine Arts Summer Camp starting June 27 with more than 120 students in speech already enrolled and over 300 high schoolers across music art and library science divisions. Enrollment projections reach about 200 music 100 library science and 27 art students, with music drawing participants from 15 states. Directors include Donald Portnoy for music Edward Sprague for music education and Francis Borkowski for bands. art camp led by Joe Moss with assistants William Murray Judy Ann Barnes.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Donald Portnoy
Edward Sprague
WVU
Olive Lewis
1965 Drowning Deaths Seen Across U S
Metropolitan Life researchers estimate about 5,000 accidental drownings in 1965 with over half in summer. A 1961-63 study found five times as many male as female drownings, rates 4.7 vs 0.9 per 100,000, and two thirds occur in non recreation waters. Males 5-24 face high risk. drowning is second to motor vehicle deaths for males 5-24.
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United States
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Turkey Receives 400 Million Aid From West This Year
An official in Istanbul reports Turkey will get 400 million dollars in Western economic aid this year, with about half provided by the United States.
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Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey
UPI
United States
U. S
Manning Heads Men’s Fellowship at Church
Sgt Manning leads the Men’s Fellowship as outgoing president Walter James presents the record book. New officers were installed Monday night by Rev Waldo Jackson with growth chairman Bill Whiting Fred Cooper and W R Boblett as vice president. Absent were Elvin Bailey secretary and Charles Calloway fellowship committee chairman.
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Sgt. Manning
Men’s Fellowship Church
Walter James
Waldo Jackson
Back Row
Extreme Left
Bill Whiting
Fred Cooper
W. R. Boblett
Elvin Bailey
Charles Calloway
Defense Questions Legality Of Federal Search Warrant
FBI agent William Anderson testified in the William Gearhart gambling trial in Charlottesville Va. He described obtaining a 1963 search warrant for the Colonial Club at White Sulphur Springs, inventorying about a dozen gambling devices and identifying two slot machines in court. Defense lawyers challenged the warrant and affidavit but Judge Michie overruled. Gearhart previously faced gambling charges in a hung jury trial.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
William B. Anderson, Jr
William
al) Gearhart
Gearhart
Colonial Club
White Sulphur Springs
Anderson
Joseph Holt
Holt
Jerome Katz
Morris Kanter
Mose Boarisky
U. S
Milton J. Ferguson
Alfred N. King
Dougald McMillan
Thomas J. Michie
Charlottesville
al” Gearhart
FBI
George Patterson
Lewisburg-White Sulphur Springs
Patterson
Gladys S. Brown
U.S
Supreme Court
Forfeited Bonds Highlight Beckley Court Action
A Beckley police court verdict finds Sam Thomson guilty on a red light charge tied to a three car crash at Valley Drive South Central Avenue and 3rd Avenue. A $10 fine plus costs is imposed. Bond forfeitures totaled $853 with multiple individuals named for indecent exposure reckless driving and other charges.
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Tony N. Cantrell
Richlands
Burke
Beckley
Rodriguez
Georgianna Howard
Cycerella Wright
Grant St
Harold Wright
George L. Ballard
Sam Thomson
Thomson
Park St
C. Ross Cottle
Valley Drive South
Central Avenue
3Rd Avenue
Larry D. Hodge
West Virginia St
3Rd Ave
Hodge
Joseph Keeton
Keeton
Ballard
Collier Guvetts
Festy N. Yoakum
Marathon Shores
Fla
William Tennant
Miller St
William Basham
Dewey G. Lilly
Flat Top
Johnny Lyall
Roger Dale Stone
Oakwood Ave
Stephen R. Scarbrough
Crab Orchard
Yancey B. Delap
McCarley, Miss
Deborah L. Goodman
Klaus St
Joe Henry Maiola
McClure Honored for Insurance Sales in 1964-65 Honor Year
Danny W. McClure of Beckley, a special agent for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, was cited for outstanding life insurance sales among more than 2,300 agents nationwide in the 1964 65 honor year. The Beckley agency is part of Forrest E. Daniel and Deal H. Tompkins general agency in Charleston. Electricity keeps Beckley Fire Department busy with a wall burn at 101 Dorcas Ave. due to a shorted switch, causing no damage. Earlier, a street light outage on Roosevelt Street was traced to a shorted power line and repaired by Appalachian Power servicemen.
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McClure
Danny W. McClure
Beckley
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Forrest E. Daniel
H. Tompkins General Agency
Charleston
Dorcus Ave
Earl Yates
Beckley Council Tonight Eyes Witherspoon Street Paving
The Beckley Common Council meets at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers to discuss paving Witherspoon and North Witherspoon Streets. Previous meeting clarified a petition for paving half the street, while questions remain about a full street paving plan and related actions.
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Common Council
City of Beckley
Witherspoon
North Witherspoon Street
Singing Classes Begin At Zion Church Aug 9
The Raleigh County Singing Convention sponsors classes at Zion Primitive Baptist Church on the 1921 By Pass beginning Aug 9 for two weeks. Director C. O. Kidd invites all to participate. Classes meet at 7 30 p m each evening.
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Raleigh County
Zion Primitive Baptist Church
C. O. Kidd
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William Teubert
Thomas Dewey Treadway
Minden
Elgil Lee Matthews
Stotesbury
Luther Carter
Long Branch
Ruby Lindsey
Charles Lindsey
Rhodell
Sam Lily
Richmond
Barry Carey
Ralph Shawver
Piney View
Harver Heights
Joe Rodriguez
Harper Heights
Denver R. Boune
Ameagle
Glenna Boone
Beckley - Raleigh County
Piney Creek
Prince
Beckley Junction
Lester
Terry
Admiral Lines
Eccles
Virginian Railways
the Viniciity
C&o
MAIN
Rahall
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Thunderbolt
Johnny West
G. C. Murphy CO
West Main ST
Raleigh Baptist Men's Fellowship
M. Set. H. Kenneth Manning
Raleigh Baptist Association
YOO
Oak Hill
Mark Rubin
G. St
Roosevelt St
Appalachian Power Company
Marty's
T.V
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