Bradley Bank Charter Rejected. No Immediate Appeal Planned
Mary Murray, an incorporator, said the Bradley State Bank charter denial will not be appealed now. The State Board of Banking and Financial Institutions cited lack of need, inadequate local banking services, and uncertain public convenience as reasons for the March 3 rejection.
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Bradley State Bank
Bradley
Mary Murray
Nick Joe Rahall I
Donald Stark
Raleigh - Fayette County
Bradley Bank
Banking Board
Murray
Fourth Graders Aid Beckley Traffic Forum Signage
Sophia Elementary School fourth graders work with Art teacher Mary Sizemore to paint a large sign welcoming State Department of Highways personnel to a public forum on Beckley area traffic congestion. The 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. session, sponsored by the Beckley Beltway Association and the City of Beckley, will be held in the Beckley Community Relations Room below the police department on Prince Street.
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Beckley
Sizemore
Tammi Stone
Tammy Richards
Betty Lilly
Janet Helvey
Maxwell Hill Elementary
Doug Yarrow
Shady Spring Junior High Tigers Win Raleigh County Crown
A Beavers resident writes in about March 1 1977 and the Shady Spring Tigers claiming the Raleigh County Junior High basketball title. The writer requests coverage and a box score for the victory and signs with initials A H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring Tigers
Raleigh County
Shady Spring
Beaver
A.H
Beckley Alderson Rallies Stand For Puerto Rico Independence
A 10:30 a.m. rally at Ramada Inn in Beckley and a 1:30 p.m. demonstration outside Alderson Reformatory for Women support Puerto Rican independence. Lolita Lebron, serving 56 years for assault and conspiracy, and Oscar Collazo are cited as imprisoned nationalists. Organizers call actions lawful and push for clemency.
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Puerto Rico
Southern Conference Educational Fund
SCEF
Ramada Inn
Harper Road
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
Lolita Lebron
The
Reformatory
United States
Lebron
Washington
Oscar Collazo
Blair House
Morales
October League
Louisville
West Virginia
Chicago
Carson Markley
U.S
Wreck Victim Identified In Interstate 77 Crash
A 44 year old Roanoke Virginia man Joe Martin Freeland was identified as the victim of a fiery I 77 crash between Bluefield and Princeton. Investigators say the 1975 model car struck a bridge and burst into flames at about 10 30 p m. The body was burned beyond recognition and later identified through Roanoke dental records. The victim’s remains were sent to a Roanoke funeral home.
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Roanoke
Bluefield
Princeton
Joe Martin Freeland
Bluefield Hardward Co
West Virginia
A.C. Bartlett
West Virginia State Police
Bartlett
Virginia
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
Charleston
National health care debate grows amid rising costs
A wide-ranging critique of American health care cites high bills at hospitals in Florida and Miami, cost-driven prompts for national reform, and the push toward Medicare and Medicaid style solutions. It notes physician burnout, patient distrust, and calls for planning and nurse practitioners in reshaping delivery under Carter.
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John H. Knowles
Rockefeller Foundation
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
General Motors
Victor Fuchs
United States
John McKinlay
Harvard Medical School
McKinlay
Nps
Pas
American Medical Association
Congress
Carter
Jimmy Carter
Daniel 8. Greenberg
New England Journal of Medicine
Greenberg
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Mark Francis
Register
Hingegister
Black Diamond Power Co
Appalachian Power Co
APC
Black Diamond
B. M
Public Service Commission
Brooks E. Smith
PSC
Appalachian
Federal Power Commission
Smith
Bill Crookshanks
Bard Lindeman
Field Enterprises, Inc
Massachusetts General Hospital
King Kong
City Room
Florida
Hialeah Hospital
Palmetto Hospital
Miami
Barbara Walters
Barry Zahourke
Denver
Colo
National Health Institute
John R. Griffith
University of Michigan
White House
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