West Virginia Arts Council awards grants to six arts groups
The West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council approved a $15,000 grant to Lincoln Statue Fund Corp. for a nine foot bronze statue on the Capitol grounds in Charleston. Other grants include $10,000 to West Virginia Historical Drama Association, $18,000 to Clarksburg Art Center, $3,100 to Allergy Rehabilitation Foundation, $2,000 to Allied Artists of West Virginia, and $1,000 to Charleston Art Gallery of Sunrise for prizes and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Lincoln
West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council
Lincoln Statue Fund Corp
Capitol Grounds
Fairmont
Fred Torrey
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Grandview State
Clarksburg
Board of Park Commissioners
Allergy Rehabilitation Foundation Inc
Bronco Junction Camp
Putnam County
Allied Artists of West Virginia Inc
Charleston Art Gallery
Sunrise
Stoco Race Problems Aired At Board Meet
Parents from Stoco High School told the Raleigh County Board of education that racial friction and leadership gaps affect school life. They blamed administrators and a coach for handling of dating and discrimination issues on the basketball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoco High School
Raleigh County Board
Stoco
Warren Shrewsbury
Herbert Jacobs
Shrewsbury
Earl Ar
Danga
Sam White
Coal City
C. D. Munson
Beckley Recreation Board
Woodrow Wilson High School
Lillian James
Crab Orchard
Raleigh County Health Board
James Lowry
Daniels
Lowry
Lake Road
American Cancer Society
Waugins Munson
Topco
Beckley Troop
Na- Thurgood Marshall
National Guard
Skokie
Logan County
FDA Seeks Calorie Fat Protein and Vitamin Labels
The FDA proposed rules to require showing calories fat protein and vitamins on food labels. The plan aims to inform shoppers about nutrient content and could drive widespread labeling though optional initially. The format would show serving size calories protein fat carbohydrates and percent of daily allowances for vitamins and minerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FDA
William B. Otead
Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Charles
G. Edwards
White House
Harrisburg Trial Ties Douglas to Conspiracy Evidence
FBI and prosecutor cited Douglas, paid in 1970, as key to proving a conspiracy built around letters from Daniel Berrigan’s network. Menaker argued Douglas was the tool used by a federal agency, not the defendants. The defense notes FBI embarrassment over J Edgar Hoover’s stance and Berrigan’s brother Daniel’s evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Douglas
Berrigat
Menaker
Daniel Berrigan
J. Edgar Hoover
Berrigan
Daniel
Draft Board
Convict Dies Attempting Escape With Hostages
A convict who attacked with a knife to seize hostages was killed by a police marksman at the Santa Clara County Jail ending a two hour standoff. The incident followed a jail break attempt with two hostages released unharmed. A separate string of crashes on U S 19 near Stamford caused about $3,165 in damages and minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
U. S. 19
Stamford
James Dale Lilly
Piney View
Lilly
James W. Lowe
Smoot St
Lowe
Rockefeller
Marion Lee Goodman Jr
Hawthorne St
Ethel Mae Pennington
Crescent St
Pennington
Goodman
Paula Jo Monaker
Warden St
Canterbury
San Jose
Calif
UPI
Don Tamm
Miss Davis
Angela Davis
Jacob Zitzer
Zitzer
Santa Leg
Clara County
Marin County
Benjamin L. McManus
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Lewis N. McManus
Omaha
Neb
Veterans Administration
Benjamin McManus
Raleigh County
Sophia Lumber Co
Esther Tiller
Barbara Fisher
Lincoln
Pittsburgh, Pa
Joan Harshbarger
Second Avenue
Neville Street
Harshbarger
Kathleen J. Lester
Crab Orchard
Calvin A Rees dies after short illness in Princeton
Calvin A. Rees 86 of Spanishburg died Monday in a Princeton hospital after a brief illness. He was the father of Mrs. Roger Sharp of Beckley. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Burns-Wornal Chapel, Memorial Funeral Directory, Princeton, with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Andrew Rees
Spanishburg
Roger
Wanda) Sharp
Beckley
Princeton
Memorial Funeral Directory
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Hechler Campaign Office to Close on Funds Shortage
Representative Ken Hechler announced his Huntington West Virginia campaign office would close Friday as campaign finances run dry. Hechler said he would rely on volunteers and home efforts while continuing his bid for the Democratic nod on May 9 with Dr. HLA Wells Homer Heck and incumbent James Kee. He added that expenditures exceeded income and two fulltime staffers would be let go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
UPI
John D. Rockefeller
West Virginia
Rockefeller
Charleston
Washington
Lee M. Kenna
Chesapeake
Kenna
Secretary of State
West
Ken Hechler
Huntington
W. Va
Hechelr
Hechler
Hla. Wells
Homer Heck
James Kee
Fire Damages Beat’s Residence. Courtroom Claims Filed
Minor damages reported at Ernest Locke Wickline home 108 Miller St after a hot water tank fire around 8 p.m. Beckley Fire Department extinguished the blaze. In a separate civil case, Bennett heirs sue Meadows for malpractice and seek injunctions and trials over ownership of a 30 acre tract and related damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit
Ernest Locke
Wickline
Miller St
Beckley Fire Department
Sanders
Bennett
E. Carl Meadows Jr
Meadows
Ferrue
Grainville
Bennett Heirs
Municipal Wilcox, Ballengee
Attornees
K. D. Bowers
Kermit Locke
Fire Department Civil Service Exam Applications Open
Applications for the Firemen Civil Service Examination for Beckley West Virginia are available from Lieutenant Clifford Maynard at Central Fire Station 213 South Kanawha Street. Deadline to file is 4 30 p.m. Friday April 7 1972. Requirements include high school or GED, Raleigh County residency, physical and written tests, and a personal investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Clifford Maynard
Fire Department
Central Fire Station
South Kanawha Street
Beckley
West Virginia
Benefits package details for city position
Salary starting at 6203.40 rising to 7406.16 per year plus annual vacation and 2880 hours sick leave. 100 percent uniform allowance. Work schedule five days out of 14. Strong pension plan with potential for advancement. Major Medical plan 20000 plus 50000 cancer care, 7500 life insurance with double indemnity and dependent coverage. Equal Opportunity Employer.
Deaths and Funerals Record Mixed Notices
Reprints notices for Regina Figiel Regina Mitchell 67 Gatewood Anna Figiel 81 Scarbro and Lee Anson with final rites at Gatewood Brethren Church. Also details for Martha Ann Minter Verona Calloway and Troy Painter and multiple funeral notices from Gatewood Beckley and Baltimore with survivors listed and burial sites.
Two Indicted Over Bombing At Sculptor Wolf Gang Flor Farm
Nineteen persons face federal indictments from a grand jury in Elkins after raids on the Cactus Club and Rio Club near Chester. Charges include bomb possession and drug offenses. Basil Chidester and Meredith Rice are named for possessing an unregistered destructive device. Additional counts allege marijuana and heroin at the Robert F. Kennedy Youth Center near Morgantown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith W. Rice
Rock Cave
Upshur County
Wolfgang Flor
Gaines
Flor
Robert F. Kennery
Federal Center
Morgantown
Gary Davis
Bronx
N. Y
Robert M. Gallagher
Elizabeth
N. J
Denis E. Atkinson
Jamaica
James W Addison
Sarasota
Fla
Charles M. Cox Final Rites Set for Wyoming Man
Charles M. Cox 65 of Wyoming drowned when his car left the road and plunged into the Guyandotte River two miles south of Baileysville. Final rites will be at 11 am Thursday at the First Church of God in Baileysville with Revs Kermit Shannon Fred Bales and Edgar Beverly presiding. Burial will follow in Shannon Cemetery. The body will be moved from Robertson-Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville to the church at 4 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Cox
Wyoming
First Church of God
Baileysville
Kermit Shannon
Fred Bales
Edgar Beverly
Shannon Cemetery
Cox
Guyandotte River
Robertson-Foglesong
Pineville
Final rites set for Pfc Charles Mack Harlem Heights
Pfc. Charles TR. Mack 22 of Harlem Heights will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church Harlem Heights with Rev. William Brown officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley. Died Saturday in Norwalk Connecticut hospital after a short illness. Body lies at Ritchie Greenstown with family receiving friends 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. The body will be taken to the church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verona Calloway
Mount Hope
Glorious ‘Church of God
Allan Wilson
Rose Hill
Beckley Hospital
Jim
Alice Smith
Arthur
Aaron Fleming
Brooklyn
N. Y
James Smith
Hartford
Pfc
Charles TR. Mack
Harlem Heights
First Baptist ‘Church
William Brown
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley
Norwalk
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Arts, Humanities Council
Electric Autolite Co
Ralph M. Freeman
U.S. District Court
Detroit
Freeman
Ford
Autolite
William O. Tasalan
Harrisburg
The
See
Calloway Heights
Maxwell Hill
Texaco
UAL Acies
Miss Honaker
Franklin Lane Cox
Canterbury Drive
Calvin A. Rees
Howard F. Crowe
Denver
Oklahoma City
Pental Service
Benjamin McManus Critically III
Beckley City
Linda Ferrue
By-Pass
APTI
Jackie H. Severt
Glen Morgan
Bennetts Today
Ernest F. Clark
Jimmy D. Harvey
Raleigh
Alfred B. Walker
Hedrick
Joe
Rodriguez
Walker
Ballengee and Wilcox
Bydustries, Inc
Wauns
Andy Weaver
Cherry Creek
Dant
Bernard McKinney
Commission
E. D. Armstrong
Beckley Firemen's Civil Service Commission
Lee A. Mitchell
Regina Figiel
Lee Anson
Regina Mitchell
Gatewood
Anna Figiel
Scarbro
Gatewood Brethren Church
Tyree
Oak Hill
Browns
Fayette County
Charlie
Sallie Mae Clower Mitchell
James Wesley
Elza Thomas Mitchell
Fayetteville
India Mitchell
Lara Brooks
Springfield
Ohio
Jessie ‘Jacobson
Sutton, Neb
Ethel Payne
Dodd- Payne’ Funeral Home
FQER
Vom Sane
Srs. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Poland
John
Anna Lagosz
Rose Augosz
Vincent
Frank
Violet) Brown
Burne
Mary) Frant
Mich
Martha Minter
Martha Ann Minter
Ansted
Combs
Gauley Bridge
McVey
Victor
Joseph Minter
Price Taylor Price Taylor
Fitzpatrick
Ritchiel and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Hawaii
Honolulu
API
John A. Burns
Troy F. Painter
Troy Francis Painter
Cavendish ‘Way
Baltimore
Pax
Walter J. Dabrowski
Dundalk Ave
Henry
Maggie Kidd Painter
Bethlehem ’ Steel Corp
Cleo Lively Painter
Sherman
Joann) Pruitt
Jimmy
June) Coffee
Donald
Joan Alice) Coffee
Tracy
North Plainfield
Junior C
Carlos
Page
Theodore I
Martinsburg
Dickens
Rickie Dean Dickens
Icie Jane
Flat Branch Freewill Baptist Church
Arnett
Milburn Plumley
Cook Cemetery
Kenneth
Bessie Dickens
Raleigh-Boone ‘Medical Center
Whitesville
Kenneth Lee
Tammy Lynn
Dempsey Dickens
Roy Massey
Leonard Dickens
Elva Massey
Cleveland
Armstrong Funeral Home
John Jones
Lewisburg
McCraw Funeral Home
Ellen G. Copenhaver
Rosewood
William Jones
Amigo
Ronceverte ‘S Hospital
Charles Mack
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