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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1977
Page
1
About 35 workers at National Steel Products Co will lose their jobs when the firm goes out of business Thursday. President Carter Wild said some may find roles with the parent National Mattress Co or retire, while others will seek new work.
The state Board of Health approved a plan to establish a Dr N H Dyer scholarship fund at West Virginia University Medical School as Dyer prepares to leave after 30 years served. Donations go to the WVU Foundation in Morgantown.
In the frontier zone Palestinians report an Israeli shell strike as firefights erupt elsewhere in Lebanon among competing Palestinian guerrilla factions amid ongoing tensions. Laser photo.
Western delegates report a surprising Soviet shift toward moderation at the Belgrade Helsinki talks as Yury Vorontsov signals willingness to cooperate. He previously pressed a hard line but now seeks a conference agenda for a fall meeting and possible compromise.
Area detectives report a surge in crime with seven bicycles stolen by three Mabscott youths aged 12 13 and 15 and grand theft charges follow. Donald Leftwich 22 of Mount Hope arrested for grand theft of tools valued around 600 from Miller Supply in Skelton. Five burglaries near Flat Top Lake between 3 and 4 a m are under investigation.
Curtis Chandler 18 of Bluefield died today from injuries after a two car crash on U S 52 East River Mountain last Tuesday night. He is the second fatality in the wreck. the other victim killed instantly was Mark Caudill, Bluefield.
Beckley Raleigh County YMCA officials met with state and local lawmakers to press a funding push for new facilities. The planned center will house a day care, senior citizen recreation, and juvenile programs, with completion targeted for September 1978.
The Raleigh County program offers up to 250 for low income elderly residents to cover past or upcoming heating bills. About 4600 may qualify, funded by a 2.9 million state allocation from the federal CSA, with applications via 18 local agencies and a August 31 deadline.
Authorities pursue Gene Leroy Hart in the Skunk Mountain region after three Girl Scouts are killed. Heat sensors and National Guard helicopters join SWAT teams fanning caves and terrain pits as district attorney Sid Wise labels Hart an expert woodsman eluding capture for years.
American yachtsman Carl Schuster 71 was buried in Caribbean waters off Grenada after a machete and bludgeon attack. A Dolphin launch lowered the gray casket draped with the U S flag three miles offshore while family watched. Police in St Vincent released four people questioned in the slaying but kept crewman Joseph Delisle in custody.
The Department of Natural Resources lists water pollution permit applications from Raleigh-Ranger Fuel Corp and Mercer-Consolidation Coal Co for coal operations in Saxon Mercer and Bluestone river basins. Public comments due within 30 days and a potential hearing may follow review.
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