Planning Commission Backs Maxwell Hill Rezoning to R-3
Beckley Planning Commission votes six to one to recommend City Council reclassifying Maxwell Woods Apartments on 20 acres as R-3 after a zoning error. Public hearing held. council must approve as ordinance. Initial plan calls for 100 units in phase one near Holliday Drive and Teel Road with FHA financing.
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Beckley
Comerci
Carroll Simpkins
Paul Hutchinson Jr
Holliday Drive
Teel Road
Housing Administration
James Lilly Jr
J. A. Blackburn
T. E. Boggess
Princeton
Seven Officers Killed in February Stateside
FBI reports seven law enforcement officers were killed in action last month, a drop from 19 in the previous February. The TVA area has four officers killed so far this year. Nineteen of the 20 killings involved firearms while power plants under construction were mentioned.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
Tennessee Valley
C Ity
TVA
Beckley Issues 12 Building Permits Worth $77 845 in February
City of Beckley reports $77 845 in construction permits for February, far below $923 587 in February 1971. Four permits were for commercial remodeling and four for new residences, with the rest for remodeling or additions. Major permits included Beckley Realty Co. for a $25 000 new residence at 108 Hart St, and other projects for Meadows Construction Co and Jim Walter Homes.
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Beckley
Robertson Taxi Co
Meadows Construction Co
Columbia Grill
Heber Street
New River Supply Co
Russell Billo
Neville St
Beckley Realty Co
Hart St
H. B. Atkinson
Jim Walter
Fannie E. Cartier
Earl Street
Frank Carr
Peters
Lat’ Huffman Sr
Jim Walters
David J. Thompson
Toton Street
Former County Teacher Honored for Leadership in Detroit
A former Raleigh County teacher now a curricular leader in Detroit is praised for outstanding performance. Mrs. James Loma Pointer organized parent involvement and inservice training at Hanneman Elementary and is recommended to Michigan region two school superintendent posts for leadership among volunteers teachers and students. Pointer, daughter of Hettie J. Trent, earned a bachelor’s at West Virginia State College and a master’s at Ohio State. she and her family have lived in Detroit 12 years. TVA plans to spend 63 million dollars this year on pollution control research.
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Raleigh County
Detroit
Mich
James
Loma) Pointer
Byrd-Prillerman
Amigo
Michigan
Hanneman
Roosevelt Mobley
Pointer
Hettie J. Trent
S. Kanawha St
West Virginia State College
Ohio State University
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
James Edward Jr
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Air Force Major James Scarff on 30 day leave before reporting to Ft. Hood after a year of duty in Vietnam. John L. Maddy arrives for duty at Langley AFB as medical administrative technician. Naaman L. Williams to serve aboard USS Windham County in Japan. Sgt Roy Bolen returns from 17 month Vietnam tour with 53 Air Medals. Also notes Labor Dept adds three cities to unemployment list.
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Air Force
James P.jhis
Viet- Scarff Jr
Nam
James P. Scarff
Isenhower Drive
Beckley
Ft. Hood
Knox, Kg.ment Tolie
Pfe
William H. Rowe
Rt. Rucker
Ala
John L. Maddy
John J. Maddy
Conway St
Langley Air Force Base
Maddy
Valley Forge General Hospital
Phoenixville
Woodrow Wilson High School
Frances
Attilio’ Gagliardi
Naaman L. Williams
N. L. Williams
Orchard Ave
Windham County
Yokusha
Japan
Williams
Great Lakes, Ii
Army
Roy Bolen
Odd
Vietnam
Ith Armored Cavalry Regiment
Nina Bolen
West Virginia State Police Academy
Bolen
Stoco High School
U. S
Washington
UPS
Altoona
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
W.va
Labor Department
Lawrence
Unitarian District Executive to Speak at New River Fellowship
The New River Unitarian Fellowship hosts Rev. Albert Ziegler district executive of the Ohio Meadville District Association for a meeting at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Beckley Newspapers Corp building. Cocktails are offered at the Hodel home from 5 to 6 p.m. followed by a Dutch treat dinner at 6:15 p.m. at the Town and Country Restaurant. members may bring guests.
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New River Unitarians Fellowship
Albert Ziegler
Ohio-Meadsville
Thirty Two Seek Jobs At Beckley Employment Office
Thirty two persons applied at the Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Employment Security seeking jobs. Applicants include a dump truck driver pipefitter's helper two bookkeepers cook two nurse aides charwoman welder foreman cashier-checker construction worker stock clerk timberman truck driver light machinist school bus driver waitress salesman for house furnishings nurse maid motor supply man belt man porter dishwasher machine operator clerk general office two post office clerks manager store laundryette attendant companion cutter operator and greens keeper.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
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Planning Commission
Maxwell Hill
Beckley National Bank
Fric
Dak To
Central Highlands
Wuawood
Lawrence Comer Electric Co
North Kanawha Street
Charles Hodel
Reliable Home Improvement Co
Gladys Pruden F
Rice
St. Estes L
Lucille Bolon
Teel Rd
Home Modernization Co
Capital Builders, Inc
Sheridan Ave
Bernard Bostic
Tennessee Valley Authority
Southeast Asia
Joint Voles
Scarif
Headquarters Usaf
Pentagon
Charleston High School
West Virginia University
Scarff
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Susanne
Carroll D. Price
Wagner Road
Morgantown
Koret
California
Joe
Valley Drive
Central Avenue
Pic-Way
Ela
Mens Monk
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