Majority Of Raleigh County Negroes In All Negroes Schools
The West Virginia Human Rights Commission reports 17 local commissions including Beckley with Isadore Wein as Beckley chair. It notes new commissions in Dunbar Williamson Hinton Lewisburg and Ronceverte and several inactive ones. The annual summary highlights more Negroes employed in retail trades during Christmas and local efforts to display the public accommodations emblem. It also covers complaints about segregation at Beckley Sanitarium and Pinecrest Hospital and a 1963 incident at Stoco High School involving Negro and white students amid broader community tensions.
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West Virginia
Commission
Morgantown
Beckley
Pinecrest Hospital
Stoco High School
Coal City
Raleigh
State
Drama Winners Compete At University
Eight Woodrow Wilson High School students won regional drama honors and will depart Beckley Wednesday to contest state finals at West Virginia University Morgantown. Collins High School Oak Hill will also be represented. regional festival at WVTech Montgomery drew teams from Webster Springs and Montgomery. Jed Griswold and Roberta Davis awarded all festival cast spots. The six member cast of The Dear Departed leaves Beckley at noon Wednesday with director Myrna Moses assistant Mrs Frank Vass and crew Pete Laqueur Anita Cappellari.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Collins High School
Oak Hill
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Webster Springs
Jed Griswold
Roberta Davis
Shady Spring Entries Win In Ham Bacon Egg Show
Shady Spring entries from the Fu班 club win prizes in a local fair ham bacon and egg show with multiple judges noting standout species. Members earn ribbons for their exhibits and celebrate at the event held in the community hall.
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Shady Spring
Hess Charged With Whitlock Robbery Here
A 33 year old Beaver man, Garnett Eddie Hess, was arrested Friday on a break ing and entering charge in the Whitlock Ford Robbery at U. S. 1921 By-Pass. $2,500 bond set. Hess remanded to Raleigh County Jail after waiving preliminary action. Police recovered part of the stolen property and linked him to the $170.64 spark plugs, four cigarette cartons, and vending machine cash theft.
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Grady Whitlock Ford Motor Co., Inc
U. S
Beaver
Garnett
Eddie Hess
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Hess
Beckley
Wyco
Lewis E. Perkins
Raleigh County
Bonnie Down
Woodlawn
Perkins
Rodriguez
Robert Lee Taylor
Valley Drive
Rita Botman
Oak Grove
Elridge Farley
Roanoke
W. A. Burke
John David Greer
MacArthur
Greer
U. S. 21
Ragland Road
Soak Creek Paralysis Victim Receives Two Way Radio Unit
Soak Creek resident Jack Haga, paralyzed in a freshman football game, received a two way communication system donated by Mrs Frances Mays of Beckley in memory of her son John Mays who died in a February car accident. The Raleigh Fayette Citizens Band Radio Club, led by Harold Blake, installed it with help from Raymond Ara and Robert Williams. The unit carries code 19Q1820 and includes contact cards for nearby associates. Jack lives with his mother, Mrs Elizabeth Haga.
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Sophia
Rns
Jack Haga
Soak Creek
Jack
Frances Mays
Meadows Ct
Beckley
John Mays
Harold Blake
Cabell Heights
Raleigh. Fayette
Elizabeth Haga
Economic Opportunity Group Meeting in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Community Action Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the courthouse to discuss additional project proposals for submission to the Office of Economic Opportunity in Washington. The proposals aim to address the area’s economic depression.
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Raleigh County Community Action Association
Office of Economic Opportunity
Washington
Beckley church groups schedule meetings this week
Beckley First Presbyterian Church announces a Bible study tonight at 7 30 at 316 South Kanawha Street led by Mrs A J Walker. The CLC Class gathers at 10 a m Wednesday and the Women's Council at 1 30 p m Thursday.
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Beckley First Presbyterian Church
South Kanawha
McCreery Streets
A. J. Walker
South Kanawha Street
B. K. Peter
CLC
Women’s Council
New York bookies used housewives for betting calls
Bookmakers in New York reportedly employed housewives to answer phones for bettors. The article notes skepticism about whether those workers diverted calls into gossip rather than processing bets.
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New York
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Charles Snyder
Lewisburg
Ronceverte
Buckhannon
Princeton
State Commission
Thomas W. Gavett
Dr. Gavett
Bluefield
Eee
Beckey
Stoco
Acc
Glen White
Glen White Rockets
Glen White Elementary School
Debra Parent
Pam Estep
Nancy Frost
Willa Acord
Betty Worley
Barbara Christian
The
Whitlock
Ture Farmers of American
FFA
Charleston
David Griffith
Robert Moorefield
Scotty Richmond
Millard Ferguson
Ray Nixon
Hershel Smith
Joe Calacino
Autry Ritch
Daniel Boone Hotel
Paul Light
Institute Elementary School
Elizabeth
Institute
R. D. Watts Insurance
Bair
Agency, Inc
Ence
Aea
Amanivan Jobaser
Florida
Snakes
Wee
NEW River Supply
NEW River Supply Company
Neville ST
Beckley, W. VA
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