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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1971
Page
3
The record notes high temperatures reaching 100 in Youngstown and Buckeye Arizona, and a low of 35 in Butte Montana. Forecasts expect cooler conditions with decreasing humidity, with light showers possible midweek and daytime highs in the 70s and overnight lows in the 50s.
The U S Bureau of Mines announces 200 mandatory safety rules will be explained at public hearings in Fairmont West Virginia and Beckley Raleigh County Armory. The first session starts Friday at 9 a.m. and the second next Monday at 9 a.m. The hearings are part of 11 planned nationwide.
West Virginia University honoraries welcomed eight new members from Raleigh and Wyoming counties. Inductees include Ronald L. Boyden and Edgar D. Canada into the Order of the Grail junior men, Rod Robertson and John D. Wooton into the Sphinx senior men, and David Gadd Thomas Reynolds Barry Dooley into the Helvetia sophomore group, with their listed parentage and addresses in Beckley Mabscott Mullens and nearby towns.
The ACLU and Recording Industry of America urge FCC to withdraw a notice aimed at stopping broadcasts that promote illegal drugs. They argue Congress did not grant FCC censorship power. A wide youth prize trip to Kennedy Space Center for an essay contest is announced.
Eight area students received degrees at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's 99th commencement in Blacksburg. Beckley graduates include Michael Frederick George in finance, Michael Lewis Griffith in aerospace engineering, and Stephen Jack Wood in mining engineering. Also earning degrees were Jeffrey Allen Robinson in mathematics, John Phillip Tice Jr in architecture, Gary Lynn Reed in industrial engineering, and William Brooks Rutledge in mechanical engineering.
Woodrow Wilson High School seniors will practice Tuesday for the Friday commencement. Rehearsal starts at 9 a.m. at the Raleigh County Armory. Principal Hubert Jackson says students missing practice will not be in the graduation line and will receive diplomas later.
William Robert Wooton of Beckley earned the Patrick Duffy Koontz scholarship during the recent West Virginia University College of Law Alumni event. The Koontz awards honor students showing promise for active legal practice, with emphasis on scholastic ability, moral character, and leadership.
The National Association of Social Workers held a July planning discussion at Pipestein Resort with Southern West Virginia members. John Johnson announced the chapter will push licensing issues at the State executive board meeting. A resolution backing Public Welfare Law No. 4904, Section 62 was approved, restricting confinement of juveniles under 16 in jail or police stations.
Noel J. James 32 of Route 1 Mount Hope remanded to jail in lieu of a 10 dollar fine plus costs by Magistrate Wallace on an assault warrant after arrest at 5 15 p m by J H Greene. He is charged with assaulting his wife Carol Jean. Other cases include traffic and liquor charges across Beckley with multiple citations, bonds and court appearances listed for numerous defendants.
Dear reader asks about fats oils and cereals. The response lists common cooking oils by polyunsaturated and saturated content naming safflower corn soybean cottonseed sesame peanut olive oil and ranks them. Hardened oils are hydrogenated solids and whipping shortening adds air but not fat chemistry changes.
Yale researcher Dr. M. Harvey Brenner studied the link between recessions unemployment and heart attacks and found convincing evidence that heart attacks rise with unemployment. Send questions to Lawrence E. Lamb MD care of this paper. He will answer general interest letters in future columns.
The notice lists multiple marriage permits including Michael Kevin Angle to Janice Marie Shawver of Beckley and Ronald Otis Ballard to Lisa Dawn Whetsel of Crab Orchard. Other couples named include Michael Howard Brown and Ava Kylette Lilly, William Edward Carter and Mary Lou Richmond, Earnest Dale Dunford and Elizabeth G. Hornsby, Blaine Mitchell Jarrell and Brenda Joyce Potter, Christopher Leroy Jack and Judy Ann Rakes, Samuel David Porter and Patty Ann Bagrich, Charles Ervin Roberts and Angela Irene Quillen, Richard Anthony Stone and Mary Ellen Walker, with several additional pairings noted and ages ranging from 14 to 26.
State Police charged John R. Goodson 46 of Shady Spring and Joseph R. Overbay Jr. 21 of Cool Ridge after a three car collision on U S 21 in front of Daniels Dairy Queen. Betsy Ann Smith 20 of Cool Ridge suffered minor injuries. Damages were $1200 to the Cooper car and $700 and $400 to the Overbay and Goodson cars.
For the first time in Raleigh County, sheriff's deputies appoint ranking officers a lieutenant a sergeant and a corporal Sheriff Zina French named Kenneth K Larabee of Bradley as lieutenant Harold I Gwinn of Stamford becomes sergeant and Bobby Lee Morris of Prosperity is corporal The appointments were made Saturday to meet the civil service bill taking effect July 1 Larabee 46 has served under three administrations Gwinn 53 attended Meadow Bridge schools and is married to Beulah Fox Morris 40 is a former Town District constable and is married to Rita Holmes The trio bring families and long service to the new ranks in the county.
Delma I. McCarty 63 of 408 North Kanawha St was ticketed at 1 15 a m for speeding 50 mph in a 30 mph zone Rodney Lee Saulsby 18 of Fairdale was cited at 1 05 a m for a red light violation Clyde Proffitt 19 of Midway was charged at 12 15 a m for a red light violation on Sunday by city police.
Beckley firemen extinguished grass fires on Valley View Drive at 5 55 p m suspected deliberate setting. A separate incident at 100 Neely Street involved an electric stove burning but caused no damage. Fire crews also answered a false alarm on Gregory Street and put out a minor heater fire at 309 Sunrise Avenue.
A condensed Q and A on VA education benefits for full time course loads, GI insurance loan value, and eligibility. It notes 181 days active duty required for postwar educational aid and advises contacting the VA regional office for specifics. It also mentions free VA medical exams not being offered for private purposes.
Senator Robert Byrd urges a Senate subcommittee to provide an additional 1 million dollars in planning funds for the Beckley Mine Health and Safety Academy to prevent delays. He cites a 13.5 million total cost and notes planning grants typically equal about 10 percent of project cost. The note adds a stray line about a Russian unit of length.
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