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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1964
Page
10
A small notice shows standard rates for different periods. The 14 average words section lists $3.45 for 7 days $2.50 for 4 days $1.10 for 1 day alongside a 1% line with $4.40 $3.15 and $1.30 for 7 4 and 1 day respectively.
Charleston reports State Welfare Commissioner W Bernard Smith announced Floyd E Anthony as consultant on mental retardation and alcoholism. Anthony, from New Kensington Pa, will expand and develop services aligned with 1962 Social Security amendments under HEW and public welfare.
Fourteen Tanganyika students, Africa's newest country, graduate from West Virginia University this month. Over two years they studied agriculture and extension methods and will return home next month to apply their knowledge.
A West Virginia corporation, Inda Belt Sales Inc, adopts a resolution to discontinue business, surrender its charter, convert assets into cash, and settle debts before distributing any remaining funds to stockholders. Publication of notice is required in a general circulation newspaper near its principal office for two weeks. June 1964. R. Daniels, Secretary.
Two truckers survived a 20 minute electric near miss when their tractor triggered a 4,000 volt line. After the wire was removed, Cle tis Dodson age 20 and Jerry Jackson age 31 reported only a slight tingle from the high voltage, avoiding electrocution.
Two legislative interim study committees reconvene in Charleston for two days starting June 29. The Joint Committee on Government and Finance and the Commission on Interstate Cooperation will review topics including the interstate system, consumer sales tax, possible state code revisions, and legal advertising rates. Day two focuses on the tax, a new state office building, and the West Virginia pavilion at the New York World's Fair.
Educational guide highlights skilled trades in printing and graphic arts, detailing programs at the Southern Institute of Graphic Arts in Nashville. It lists courses for Linotype and Intertype operators, letterpress, pressmen, offset cameramen, platemakers, and pressmen, plus short courses in TeleType, line casting, machine maintenance, and cold type. Also notes related services and job ads in the Charleston area.
Canada ships about nine percent of its nickel production to foreign markets. The figure reflects export trends amid rising global demand and steady domestic mining activity, with major shipments routed through Vancouver and Sorel.
Health Director N H Dyer reports a sharp drop in accidental poison deaths due to 14 poison control centers. Through the year Charleston center logged 113 ing incidents, with 23 involving children under three. Most child poisonings stem from parental access.
The 26th annual West Virginia Methodist Conference meets at West Virginia Wesleyan College with Bishop Holloway to address the opening session. Over 1,000 delegates will discuss unifying church administrations by race, appoint ministerial staff, and expanding financial aid for pastors in small or newly organized churches.
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