Byrd Randolph seek federal aid to revive coal region
A Beckley conference led by Senator Byrd and Senator Randolph will map how federal aid can revive economy in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia. Secretary Hodges may join as agencies discuss restoring jobs displaced by coal industry and automation.
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Congress
West Virginia
Virginia
Washington
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Beckley
Commerce
Hodges
Byrd
Fence Club founder shares park friendship tale in Phoenix
An elderly entrepreneur in Phoenix describes starting the Fence Club to combat loneliness. He recalls shipping ice from Labrador to Haiti in his earlier days and meeting Felipe from Nogales Aziz in a park last April, sparking a lasting friendship.
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Arthur
Labrador
Haiti
Fence Club
Phoenix
Felipe
Nogales
Aziz
Fence Club aims to grow and fund neighborhood play area
In a letter column, readers discuss starting a Fence Club to fund playground equipment, inviting community projects, and sharing cheer with local families. Other letters praise peaceful coexistence and urge positive approaches to parenting and family life.
Raleigh Register Subscription Rates and Terms
The Raleigh Register outlines home delivery by carrier or distributor with weekly, monthly, and half-month rates for daily and Sunday editions. Carriers, dealers, and distributors are independent contractors, and Beckley Newspapers cannot assume responsibility for advance subscription payments to them or their representatives.
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Beckley Newspapers
Alten
Barbs and cautions on manners and summer plans
A column of snappy aphorisms and social advice contrasts youth romance and engagement with propriety. It notes picnics should not become waste sites, a clingy partner versus a rambler, birthright taste, a stormy morning routine for a boy, and the drift of college students between agencies as they seek work.
West Virginia Statehouse Portraits and Policy Threads
The article profiles Jim Danter a former WVU football captain now administrative staff assistant for the National Guard and discusses legislative issues around the Water Resources Commission. It notes tensions over pollution hearing locations and a staffing strain that could delay hearings. Finance Director Truman Gore visited Morgantown for his daughter’s WVU graduation and discussed Emergency Economic Stabilization planning.
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Jerry Gould
Jim Danter
West Virginia University
Danter
Army
National Guard
Beckley
Huntington
Charleston
Damter
Truman E. Gore
Morgantown
Gore
Lighter Side notes on WVII officials and a birthday surprise
Otto Bradshaw sent chills through statehouse guide Mrs. Helen Wolfe who recalled a two year old prophecy about a man found hanging from a tree on the state house lawn. She noted the tree center browning and now predicts its death within 45 days. State Public Works workers arranged a birthday surprise for Atty. Gen. C. Donald Robertson, gifting golf shoes and a wrist watch to the 35 year old board member.
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Otto Bradshaw
Mrs
Helen Wolfe
Mrs. Wolfe
Statehouse
Bradshaw
State Board Public Works
Atty
C. Donald Robertson
Short Shorts Startle Freshman Solon By DICK WEST
A lighthearted column recalls freshman Rep. Donald B. Clancy's first reaction to seeing women in short shorts in the Capitol visitors gallery. The piece riffs on dress codes, past gallery bans, and odd proposals like Hawaii senator Long's muumuu idea, ending with a note on tarantism and the tarantella.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Rep
Donald B. Clancy
Congress
Capitol Hill
Clancy
Gams
Cincinnati
Bikini
Sen. Oren Ethelbirt Long
Hawaii
NSC launches Fourth of July safety drive nationwide
The National Safety Council urges a dual campaign against traffic accidents and drownings during the Fourth of July holiday. President Howard Pyle emphasizes safe driving and swimming, with reminders to learn to swim and wear seat belts. A list from APC's V John Gates offers five ways to reduce accidents: drive defensively, courteously, skillfully, control emotions, and keep cars in good shape.
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National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
NSC
Pyle
John Gates
Appalachian Power Co
APC
Beckley
Prayer for Curbing Moral Decay in Children
A Waynesville pastor, John W. Shackford, calls on Christians to turn thoughts to children's moral and spiritual needs. He urges removal of influences causing decay and asks Americans to see the immeasurable wrong of harming youths, quoting a warning from Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Shackford
Waynesville
N. C
Beginning and endings shape June era reflections
A reflective piece urges June as a time for proper preparation, discipline, and decisive living. It contrasts postwar shoddiness with integrity, urging adults to finish what they start, balance ambition with humility, and walk with God as the source of life’s meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Drury
America
Qs and As on Space and History Questions
A quiz item listing questions on astronomy and history. It includes answers: about 30 billion stars photographed, Emerson as motto origin, Crazy Horse as Sioux leader in the Little Bighorn, cosmonaut as the Russian term for space traveler, and Socrates described as the Gadfly of Athens.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
The
Little Big Horn
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
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