Beckley Crime Roundup Includes Break-ins and Accidents
A house on 11th Street and an office in the Heaberlin Building were ransacked Tuesday, Beckley Police reported. Dr Charles Saul’s office was broken into with a front door forced, a right hand print found. nothing reportedly missing. A mule on Allen Avenue allegedly caused nightly disturbances, denied by neighbors. Two accidents caused about $600 damage, with one driver charged for driving without a chauffeur’s license and another for running a stop sign. Fire crews quelled a trash box fire behind Snow Thornton Floral Co and checked a gas leak on MecCreery Street. Several arrests followed for intoxication, bad checks, drunk driving, and speeding. Several inmates were processed at the Raleigh County Jail with court dates set.
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11Th Street
Heaberlin
Beckley
Josephine Vinebar
108Th St
City Police
11Th St
Ruby Bartley
Bacic
Wineber
New York
Heatherlin
Charles Saul
Saul
Direct Oil Company
Second St
Gaylord McKinney
Allen Avenue
John Wesley Smith
Porter Street
Orchard Avenue
Fox
Daniel K. Quesenberry
Snow Thornton Floral Co
Prince
Beckley Fire Department
Clyde Malcolm
Piney Avenue
MecCreery Street
Howard Miller
Parkersburg
Chester Surbaugh
Piney View
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Clayton Plumley
Route 1
Woodrow Johnson
Huntington State Hospital
Johnson
Robert E. Webb
Indiana
Okey Lambert
West Virginia St
Larry Eugene Lilly
Shady Spring
Danny Richmond
Prosperity
Second Day Camp Opens At Glen Daniel
The Glen Daniel Day Camp began enrollment Monday with about 25 children. Now in its second year, the program operates at Glen Daniel and five other Raleigh County sites, offering arts, crafts, reading, math and social studies mornings and recreational activities afternoons. Six out of state volunteers and six Marshall University students assist. Director is Robert W. Parker, formerly at Woodbridge High School in Virginia. Camps run 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m with lunch provided. sites include Pine Knob Amigo Terry Glen Morgan and Glen White. More details and staff listed for Glen Daniel.
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Raleigh County
United States
Marshall University
Robert W. Parker
Woodbridge High School
Woodbridge
Parker
Raleigh
Pine Knob
Amigo
Terry
Glen Morgan
Glen White
Raleigh County Community Action Association
Beckley-Raleigh County Ymca
Trap Hill Country Life Group
Lester
Richards Gets 1-10 Years For Auto Theft
Lawrence Roy Richards was sentenced to one to ten years in the State Penitentiary at Moundsville after pleading guilty to grand larceny for stealing a 1960 automobile valued at 750 dollars from Hall Chevrolet Inc. He was remanded to the County Jail for transport. Judge Harry L. McCreery allowed credit for jail time already served. The docket also noted intoxication and drunk driving charges left open for later trial, and Fred C. Booth remains hospitalized.
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Willis Branch
Harold L. Davis
Imogene Riddle
Carlos E. Gunnoe
Elmer Lester
Pauline Anderson
Ordie Shrewsbury
Ernest Mullens
G. M. Gleboda
Fred Meadows
Barney Harmon
Belva
Atty
C. Berkley Lilly
Herbert Brooks
Fred C. Booth
Booth
Shady Summer School Enrollment Thursday
Pre enrollment for the second term of summer school will be held at Shady Spring High School on Thursday from 8 00 a m until 2 30 p m Students seeking catch up work should enroll on this date or call Mr Richard Mann Guidance Director at 253 9461.
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Shady Spring High School
Richard Mann
Jury Impaneled To Set Price Of McGraw Land
A Circuit Court jury was impaneled to decide the value of property taken by the State Road Commission for widening Route 16 in Crab Orchard. Defendants are L. D. and Mary McGraw who own a house opposite the Crab Orchard Post Office. The SRC offered 1100 dollars for 1800 square feet. Land Commissioners appraised the land at 8000 dollars. Jurors named include Harless Stover Donald Ray Bazzie Jack Hilton and several others.
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State Road Commission
W.va
Crab Orchard
L. D
Mary McGraw
SRC
McGraws
R.A. Sharp
N. Joe Rahall
Lawrence Tully
W. T. Watts
Sophia Youth Accepts Naval Academy Post
Sophia Youth, a Tucson native formerly of Sophia, has accepted an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and reports today. He graduated in 1965 from Rincon High School in Tucson after attending Lamar State Technology in Beaumont and completing his freshman year at the University of Arizona. He is an Air Force ROTC member and was a basic cadet honorary, and he also received an appointment to West Point from Senator Hayden and Congressman Udall.
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ANS
Frank Ledahawsky III
Tucson
Arizona
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Frank
Rincon High School
Lamar State Technology
Beaumont
Texas
University of Arizona
Air Force R.O.T.C
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Carl Hayden
U.S. Naval Academy At
Morris Udall
Mary
No Contest Plea Entered in Sullivan Youth Case
In Criminal Court on Tuesday 17 year old Sullivan resident Robert Morgan entered a plea of nolo contendere meaning he did not admit to sodomy charges nor offer a defense. The newspaper notes the page 6 headline overstated the admission.
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Sullivan
Robert Morgan
Peace Corps Seeks Teachers for Africa Program
Kin Caid announced a call for Peace Corps teachers in Africa. Applicants need a bachelor’s degree and can obtain applications at the Beckley Post Office. Training is planned for September October and November.
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Peace Corps
Africa
G. Z. Kincaid
Civil Service
Kincaid
Beckley
Sheriff’s Office To Close For Accounting
The Raleigh County Sheriff Office will close from Monday while books for the fiscal year are closed. Sheriff Okey A. Mills urged payment of taxes and tax forms for license plates before next week. Foreclosures on all delinquents will begin next week, starting with businesses, and license plate applications are being checked. Anyone using a false affidavit to secure a license may have their automobiles detached and sold.
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Raleigh County
Okey A. Mills
Mills
Opening Slated for Fitzpatrick Park July Fourth
William Merchant publicity chairman of the Beckley Men's Civic Club says a special July 4 opening will host large crowds at Fitzpatrick Park. Park facilities include fishing picnicking boating dancing baseball softball basketball and shuffleboard with music by the Imperials of Charleston. The park opened June 8.
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William Merchant
Beckley Men's Civic Club
Fitzpatrick Park
The
Civic Club
Imperials of Charleston
Family Visit Highlights Ledahawsky Kin in Sophia
Land records note the Ledahawsky family visiting with Frank Ledahawsky I and the Bowmans and Joneses, all of Sophia, along with brothers-in-law and sisters.
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Land
Ledahawsky
Frank Ledahawsky I
Watson Bowman
Woodrow Jones
Sophia
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