Local Hospitals Ready for Medicare Start in Beckley Area
Area hospitals brace for more patients age 65 plus as Medicare begins. Five non profit Beckley area hospitals totaling 625 beds are certified to participate and surveyed for Civil Rights Act compliance. Hospitals expect July elective procedures with occupancy staying manageable and billing via Blue Cross as Medicare intermediary.
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Dwight Billings
Beckley Social Security
Beckley Area
West Virginia
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Raleigh General Hospital
Oak
Hospital
Hinton
Medicare
Blue Cross
Billings
Social Security Administration
Little Beaver To Be Opened For Limited Use In July
Raleigh County officials plan Little Beaver Park for July and August with limited use for fishing and picnicking under court supervision. No bids were received by the June 25 deadline. resignations of park board president Foster and secretary Withrow take effect July 1.
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Little Beaver
Raleigh County Court
Little Beaver Park
Raleigh County Park Board
County Court
W.W
Buster) Foster
W. W
Jackie) Withrow
Foster
Withrow
Lake Stephens
Lake Authority
Park Board
M. A
Ping) Johnson
Authority
Fitzpatrick
Johnson
Lawrence Berker
Charles Burdiss
Walter James
Board of the Court
Carrington Lewis
Larkin Philpott
Burdiss
William Elkin
Beckley-Raleigh County Board of Health
Elkins
Fitzpatrick Park
Men’s Civic Club of
Beckley
City
Bobby Lee Morris
Social Security
Medicare
Raleigh County Health Department
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
West Virginia
Billings
Social Security Office
Mrs. Smith To Preside At Mountain State Fair
Ripley reports First Lady Mrs Hulett C. Smith will preside at the opening of the 4th annual Mountain State Art and Craft Fair near Cedar Lakes June 30. The week-long event features over 200 West Virginia artists and craftsmen offering works for sale along U S 21 and Interstate 77.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley
API
Hulett C. Smith
Cedar Lakes
U. S. 21
Interstate 77
Israelis Reject Bid to End Bride Buying Practice
In Jerusalem the Israeli parliament rejected a bill seeking to abolish the Muslim practice of bride buying. Moslem MP Aziz Zuabi argued that few young Muslims can afford about $3,300, and Parliament should not legislate against a custom he said is commended by the Koran.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Aziz Zuabi
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Pvt Kenneth R Trent son of Mr and Mrs Fleming Trent Clear Fork has completed advanced infantry training at Fort Ord Calif He received instruction in small unit tactics and in firing weapons including the M 14 rifle M 60 machine gun and the 3 5 inch rocket launcher Lanark has been promoted to airman first class in the US Air Force Airman Thompson is a material specialist at Bitburg AB Germany He is a member of the US Air Forces in Europe the American oversees air arm standing guard with NATO for the free world The airman is a graduate of Mount Hope High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth R. Trent
Fleming Trent
Clear Fork
Fort Ord
Calif
Thompson
Bitburg AB
Germany
U. S
Europe
NATO
Free World
Mount Hope High School
Marine Corporal Worley serves at Albany Supply Center
Marine Corporal Leland E. Worley, son of Mr and Mrs Lacy V Worley of Glen Morgan, is serving aboard the Marine Corps Supply Center in Albany Georgia. The center provides logistical support to the Atlantic Fleet Marine Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland E. Worley
Lacy V. Worley
Glen Morgan
Marine Corps Supply Center
Albany, Ga
Atlantic Fleet Marine Forces
Farley Completes Combat Engineer Training at Fort Leonard Wood
Private Samuel A. Farley, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Earl A Farley of 368 Mankin Ave, finished eight weeks of advanced combat engineer training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He studied tactics infantry weapons engineer reconnaissance road and bridge building camouflage and demolitions.
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Samuel A. Farley
Earl A. Farley
Mankin Ave
Fort Leonard Wood
Thompson son of Dorcas O Thompson recognized
Nathaniel P. Thompson, son of Mrs. Dorcas O Thompson, is noted in the local society column with no further details provided in the fragment. The item preserves the naming and family relation without additional events or context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel .P. Thompson
Dorcas O,. Thompson
Tailored Crane Shovel Operator Course Grads Pvt Rice
Pvt. David L. Rice, 17, son of Robert W. Rice of Tams, completed a six week crane shovel operator course at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He learned to operate heavy trucks and crawler cranes during the training.
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Pvt
David L. Rice
Robert W. Rice
Tams
Fort Leonard Wood
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State Capitol
Capitol
Mrs. Smith
Lanark
U. S. Air Force
Neville ST
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Webbs Florists
Usda Choice Beef
Charmin T.T
Neil-Amana
Our
Food Service
Amana
Neil Amana
South Oakwood
Beckley, W. Va
Neil Amana Food Service
South Oakwood Ave
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