Bills Pending In Senate Poised To Aid Beckley Area
Several measures pass House and wait Senate action. PKU newborn testing bill would tax July 1 effective date with state health follow up on positive results. Wyoming County coordinating council and law library bills seek advisory planning and court guidance. Other bills raise child cruelty penalties, require abuse reporting, set a governor inauguration holiday, and define manicuring to include foot preservation and beautification.
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Pauline Haga
Senate
House of Delegates
Beckley
W. W
Jackie” Withrow
R. K. Holliday
House
Senate Committee On Medicine and Sanitation
State Department
Senate Committee On Counties
Wyoming
J. Paul England
Wyoming County Law Library
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Judiciary Committee of the House
Judiciary Committee
Local Orthodox Church Plans Lenten Services
The observance of Lent begins at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church with a noon service on Wednesday led by Fr. Elias J. Armistead. Weekly 7 p.m. Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts marks each Lent Wednesday, a 7 p.m. Friday Study Club discusses Eastern Orthodox faith, followed by Akathist. Regular 11 a.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Lenten Vespers accompany.
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St. Nicholas Orthodox
Elias J. Armistead
Armistead
Christ
33 Persons Seeking Employment Locally
Job applications have been filed by 33 persons at the Beck ley office of the West Virginia Department of Employment Security. They include four sales clerks two book keepers two dump truck drivers two sheet metal workers janitor nurse aid surgeon's assistant demonstrator pathological technician salesman stock clerk electrical appliance service man lumber's apprentice parking attendant automobile service station attendant automobile mechanic's helper carpenter finish route man house carpenter combination welder lumber grader dry cleaner presser dumper timberman boom man section foreman.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
Calls Answered By Rescue Unit
Beckley Rescue Squad answered two calls within an hour on Monday. At 11:15 Edith Halstead, 45, fainted at Giant Dollar Store on Neville Street and was transported to Appalachian Regional Hospital by Melton Mortuary ambulance. At 12:05 Mary Plumley, 85, with a heart ailment was helped at G C Murphy Co store. oxygen was given and she was taken to a physician by bystanders.
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Beckley
Dollar
Neville Street
Edith Halstead
Melton Mortuary
Appalachian Regional Hospital
G. C. Murphy Co
Mary L. Plumley
Amos McKinney Free After Posting Bond
Amos McKinney of Prosperity posted a $500 bond after waiving a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez Monday. McKinney faces a grand larceny charge for allegedly stealing 462 pounds of copper wire from a mining transformer, valued at about $3,000, charged by DA Honaker of Prosperity.
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Joe Rodriguez
Amos McKinney
D. A. Honaker
Prosperity
Army Absence Charge Lands Beckle Man in Jail
Earl Weidensall of Beckle was booked at the Raleigh county jail at 10 45 p m Monday on a charge of being absent without official leave from the Army He was arrested by city police.
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Earl Weidensall
Beckle
Raleigh County
Revival at MacArthur Church of God Continues This Week
A revival started March 4 at MacArthur Church of God runs through Saturday led by pastor Rev Otis Clyburn. Evening services start at 7 15 p m each day under Rev James E Parrott guidance.
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MacArthur Church of God
Otis Clyburn
James E. Parrott
Vatican and Protestant Group Plan Joint Ecumenical Liaison
Quiet negotiations between the Vatican and the World Council of Churches aim to form a liaison body to foster practical collaboration in philanthropy and international affairs, a milestone for the ecumenical movement. Also, a National Council of Churches commission will recruit Mississippi youth for a long term Freedom Corps to aid delta rural families with literacy, health, and development programs led by Bishop Paul Moore Jr. A Catholic scholar warned about growing Catholic Jewish frictions as a breeding ground for anti semitism, urging mutual understanding amid debates over religion in public life.
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Louis Cassels
United Press International
The
Vatican
World Council of Churches
John XXIII
World Council
National Council of Churches Commission
Freedom Corps
Mississippi
National Council
Commission On the Delta
Paul Moore Jr
Episcopal
Washington, D. C
Moore
John F. Sheerin
Catholic World
Pennsylvania
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Father Sheerin
ARH Trustees Thank Physicians For Free Care
ARH trustees in Lexington Kentucky expressed sincere appreciation to physicians who provided free care to indigent patients across 10 community hospitals. The board noted more than 9800 patient days of uncompensated treatment and adopted a resolution honoring the physicians humanitarian service offered without charge.
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Lexington
Appalachian Regional Hospitals
Arh
Board of Trustees
Harry Caudill
Whitesburg
Education Board Studying Bids on Lester School
Raleigh County Board of Education held a special meeting at 7:30 p m in the County Court Room to study bids for the Lester elementary school. Bids opened at 2 p m showed Basile N Meadows 165000 plus 7000 for an extra classroom, Tower Construction 228936 plus 12223, and Wipperman Construction 164700 plus 8170.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
County Court Room
John W. Saunders
New Lester
Basile N. Meadows
Tower Construction Co
Wipperman Construction Co
Five Mines To Open Thirteen Jobs Listed In WV
According to the Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Mines, five mining permits are expected to open and provide thirteen jobs. The applications detail mine names numbers counties owner names and employe counts. Gay Coal Co No 2 Raleigh two, E G Derringer Beaver, H and M Mining Co No 3 Raleigh three, Willis Hash Ghent, Martin Coal Co No 2 Fayette two owner unknown, Burns Coal Co No 3 Fayette four James Burns Layland.
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Beckley
West Virginia Department of Mines
Gay Coal Co
Raleigh
E. G. Derringer
Beaver
H and M Mining Co
Willis Hash
Ghent
Martin Coal Co
Fayette
Burns Coal Co
James Burns
Layland
Three Released From Raleigh County Jail
Three inmates were released Monday afternoon from Raleigh County Jail. Wayne Moses of Mabscott was freed at 6 p.m. after posting bond for assault and battery charges before Magistrate W A Burke. Jess Boggess and Woodrow Boggess of Sundial were released at 2 20 p m after posting bond on charges of entering without breaking before the same magistrate.
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Raleigh
Wayne Moses
Mabscott
W. A
Gene) Burke
Jess Boggess
Woodrow Boggess
Sundial
Burke
Kilsyth man injured in Bradley Coal mining accident
Eugene Carl Wilkerson, 48, of Kilsyth, was admitted to Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital at 11 a.m. Monday after emergency treatment for a back injury from a Bradley Coal Co mine accident at Bradley. He is listed in fair condition.
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Eugene Carl Wilkerson
Kilsyth
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Bradley Coal Co
Bradley
Mag
Condi
Honor Society Initiation At Trap Hill
Seventeen new members will be initiated into the Trap Hill Chapter of the National Honor Society Wednesday. Ideals of the society will be presented by Terry Worley, Patty Meadows, Mary Young, Rodney Clay and Nancy Birchfield.
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Trap Hill
National Honor Society
Terry Worley
Patty Meadows
Mary Oung
Rodney Clay
Nancy Birchfield
William Bailey
Reta Bailey
David Barrett
Frankie Burleson
Joyce Brunty
Kenneth Clay
Wyona Copley
Delores Harper
Hubert Lawson
Francis Mitchem
Larry Soulsby
Maurice Turner
Elaine Wahl
Diana Willard
Linda Wilson
Patricia Worley
Lois Young
Pemberton Man Waives Extradition In Car Theft Case
A Pemberton man Ronnie Wilson waived extradition Monday and was moved from Raleigh County jail to Virginia by police. He was arrested Saturday in a theft of a 1947 model car. The vehicle was recovered at his home and found in good condition.
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Pemberton
Raleigh County
Virginia
Ronnie Wilson
Raleigh Hardware to Close for Mrs Moss Funeral
The Raleigh Hardware Company will stay open only until noon Wednesday due to the funeral of Mrs. G H Moss past president of the company.
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Raleigh Hardware Company
G. H. Moss
Distribution set for commodities cut at nine to four
A distribution schedule states commodities will be cut from 9 a m to 4 p m at the Mahenett teen Ha.
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Mahenett
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Cedar Lakes
Richmond
Montmorency
Greenwood & Napoleon
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Great Lakes Insurance Co
Elgin
Ill
Qualitone
Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
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