Jury Commission Process Outlined for Raleigh County
Staff writer details the WV code governing jury commissioners in Raleigh County. It covers appointment rules, term lengths, eligibility, removal, pay, and duties including compiling a 1000 name pool from various sources. Jury lists are locked in, drawn 30 days prior to terms, with 75 names per term and sizeable anticipated unavailability due to moves or illness.
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Teek Rice Register
West Virginia
Raleigh County Circuit Court
John Gates
Ezra M. “Easy” Ashworth
Talmadge Calfee
E. N. Pugh
Harry L. McCreery
Calfee
William C. Bernard
Norman Knapp
Knapp
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
Medicare Plan A and Plan B details outlined by Ball
Social Security Commissioner Robert M. Ball outlines the Medicare plan A hospital insurance and plan B medical insurance. Enrollment nears 14 million past 65 with 80 to 90 percent of 19 million eligibles expected enrolled by March 31. Premium is $3 monthly per person, with government matching, and payments may be deducted from pensions or billed.
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Washington
Medicare
Social Security
Robert M. Ball
Ball
Blue Shield
Blue Cross
iIn
Social Security Commission
Commissioner Ball
John
Lester School History and Expansion Highlights in 1963
The Lester school district notes a $5.5 million levy approved in October 1963 for a new building with eight suites, kitchen facilities, restrooms, and a heating unit. Principal Bernard F. Mills reports eight full-time teachers and one half-day instructor. The article honors long-time teacher Mrs. Lucille B. Noel, who began teaching in 1919, and traces the school's evolution from Trail School to Lester High, then junior high, and finally an eighth grade school. It also recounts administrators who led the school through the years.
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Bernard F. Mills
Lester
Lucille B. Noel
Noel
Trail School
Lucile Hughes
Sherman C. Trail
Raleigh County Board of Education
Lester Junior High
Battlefield Memorial site plans for 177 acres in Virginia
Virginia leader reports Virginia Military Institute plans a battlefield Memorial Center with exhibits and landscape work on a 177 acre site along U S 11 north of the Memorial. Maj. Gen. George R. E. Shell notes designers prepared initial plans. A $60,000 gift last fall funds the site and is stored until completion.
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Now
Lord Mayor Cowley in Meeting On Possible Elected Role
A brief report notes Lord Mayor Cowley participating in a meeting with four others to discuss the possibility of him becoming an elected official. Details on position or outcome are not given in the fragments.
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Mere Cowley
Bomb scare evacuates WVU as students flee Armstrong Hall
Several hundred West Virginia University students evacuated Armstrong Hall after a male caller warned a bomb would explode within half an hour. No device was found and classes resumed later. The scare followed another WVU alert a week earlier. An operator identified the caller, who has since been apprehended.
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Morgantown
UPI
Armstrong Hall
West Virginia University
WVU
$385 Forfeited In City Court
Municipal Court Judge George L. Ballard collected 385 dollars with 112 from drunken charges. Other forfeitures included five numbers on blocking traffic, speeding, fighting, expired inspection, noisy vehicle, red light, and intoxication charges against Beckley and nearby residents.
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Municipal Court
George L. Ballard
Steve Alaki
Francis Johnson
Charles Davis
Beckley
Margaret Miller
Robert M. Taylor
Eee
James Ballard
John B. Haute
Harless Burks
Catamus Gilbert
Mabscott
Tom Bell Merc
Mount Hope
Lemuel Richardson
Princewick PTA Donates $25 To Scholarship Fund
The Princewick PTA met Tuesday at 7 p.m. Principal Charles T. Burdiss explained the Elementary and Secondary School Education Act. Members voted to donate 25 to the Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Stoco High School and approved buying baking utensils for the kitchen. The first grade room won the prize for most parents. teacher Mrs. Rita Crawford.
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Princewick
Charles T. Burdiss
Citizens Scholarshi Foundation
Stoco High School
P.T.A
Rita Crawford
Anniversary Plans for 47th American Legion Ball
American Legion Post 70 discussed plans for a 47th anniversary ball at a recent meeting led by post commander William Merchant. Committees will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Legion Hall to finalize arrangements.
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American Legion Post 70
William Merchant
Legion Hall
Spanish padres built 90 churches in New Mexico
Spanish padres established ninety churches in New Mexico between 1598 and 1633, marking a historic expansion of missions across the territory. The effort reflects early colonial religious outreach and consolidation of settlements in the region.
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New Mexico
Beckley Girl Wins Science Scholarship
Linda Sue Powers of Beckley earned fifth place in the 1966 Westinghouse science talent search, winning a $3,000 scholarship for work that amended a theory on color changes in certain organic compounds under light, heat, and pressure. She has been accepted to VPI and applied to Duke and Wake Forest, planning to study chemistry.
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Linda Sue Powers
Beckley
Westinghouse
Woodrow Wilson
Luther T. Powers
Mankin Ave
Miss Powers
Washington
VPI
Duke University
Wake Forest College
Westinghouse and Science Service
Henry Wagner Jr
Dwynedd Valley
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Major William E. Robertson of Fort Walton Beach Fla received the U S Air Force Commendation Medal at Hurlburt Field for meritorious service as a TAC comptroller. He helped develop management systems aiding multiple TAC programs and has ties to Oak Hill and West Virginia University. Seaman Recruit Robert L. Taylor of Sophia is in seven weeks of basic Navy training at the Naval Training Center. Sgt Bobby E. Graham of Mabscott has been promoted to staff sergeant with the 7 Medical Company in Vietnam after a career starting in 1957 with Stratton an School and earlier training at Fort Ord and Fort Meade.
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William E. Robertson
Lucy C. Johnson
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Hurlburt Field
Robertson
Headquarters, Tactical Air Command
TAC
Ab, Va
U. S. Army
Oak Hill High School
Oak Hill
West Virginia University
Washington University
St. Louis
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright-Patterson Afb
Ohio
Faye
C. H. Rice
Rich Creek
Aviation
Robert L. Taylor
USN
Vernon C. Taylor
Sophia
Naval Training Center
Navy
Bobby E. Graham
Darrene
Mabscott
7 Medical Company
Vietnm
Sgt
Graham
Rage
Fort Stagg
N. C
Fort George G. Meade
Fort Ord
Calif
Strattonan School
Kathryn Eden Mabscott
Pvt Larry A Wood in four week Grafenwohr field exercise
Pvt Larry A Wood son of Mr and Mrs William H Wood Kopperston takes part in a four week field exercise at the Seventh Army training area Grafenwohr Germany He is a wireman in Headquarters Battery 2d Battalion 3rd unit during the exercise.
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Larry A. Wood
William H. Wood
Kopperston
Seventh Army Training Area
Grafenwohr
Germany
Wood
2D Battalion
3Rd
Indian Pueblos and Reservations in New Mexico
New Mexico contains 18 Indian pueblos and four Indian reservations along with a mix of tribal lands. The data reflects the state’s diverse Indigenous communities and governance structures.
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New Mexico
Veteran benefits and VA loan liability guidance
Answers to common VA questions cover loan liability when transferred, getting release from liability after sale, funeral expense reimbursement up to 250, eligibility for benefits with General or Honorable Discharges, VA medical treatment for service incurred conditions, widow’s pension limits, and timelines for release from liability on GI loans.
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Veterans Administration
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Criminal Court
Ezra Ashworth
Social Security Administration
Troan
Raleigh Register
James P. Bland
Dr. Thomas
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Mann
Stoco Homemaker
Darlene Mills
Betty Crocker
Darlene
Nancy Mills
Cdd
YMCA
Gwendolyn Rahall
Harry Culp
Princewick Pta
Pat Honaker
Scrubs Court House Steps
Teek Rice
27Th Artillery
Grafenwehr
Czechoslovakia
NATO
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Oceana High School
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