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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1977
Page
1
Charleston and Elkins Morgantown report 1 500 checks totaling nearly 3.5 million dollars sent as the first installment to debenture holders. The payments recover 51 cents on each dollar invested in the DMC before the lending institution phased out three years ago.
Anatoly Shcharansky faces treason charges with possible death penalty. His mother, Mrs. Sada Shcharansky, said a Soviet prosecutor's letter confirmed he is held for treason and espionage. The letter denied immediate legal counsel and gave no trial date while prison authorities decide visitation.
county commission plans provide 40 000 from coal tax funds in 1978 to aid 10 of 11 volunteer fire departments with 4 000 each shaping a multipurpose building at the Daniels county 4-H camp. local chiefs say money helps truck purchases and equipment though some departments may face cuts if coal tax revenue declines.
Public Institutions Commissioner Stewart Werner announced the case against ex warden Arthur McKenzie would be dismissed. Werner said the inquiry would continue at the prison while Bobby Leverette, the new warden from Florida, outlined a plan to increase work and reduce idleness.
Weather summary shows 24 hour period ending 10 am with a high of 76 at 1 pm and a low of 0 at 6 15 am. Overnight temperatures near 55 and 67 at 10 am. Extended outlook calls for fair Saturday cloudy Sunday and showers Monday with inland river levels Greenbrier 2 feet below normal and Lake Bluestone normal with gates open 2.5 feet. New River gauge at Hinton 2.3 feet.
In a continuing probe, Arthur McKenzie, former state penitentiary warden at Moundsville, is tied to inmate charges. Department investigators Jerry Hedrick and Bill Jacoby lead the inquiry, while Ms. Lucas notes Werner's claim of responding to hospital complaints before jurisdiction ends July 1.
Classified snippet shows a Raleigh Register listing from Beckley West Virginia for a Clay Communications Inc subsidiary. Mentions home delivery at 1 dollar per week and rates for daily and Sunday periods plus sales tax totals. Includes garbled pricing: 057.00 plus tax 1.7 resulting in 086.71.
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