Juveniles jailed for shoplifting and a deadly truck crash
Beckley police arrested two youths aged 14 and 15 for shoplifting from G C Murphy W T Grant Pagoda Montgomery Ward Aides Discount Greyhound Bus Terminal Giant Dollar Store and Watkin s Drug. Elwood Rice 33 Lakeland Fla charged with negligent homicide after a tractor trailer crash on Harper Road that killed Donald Slayton 45 Beckley. Police reported Rice fish-tailed entering the city at about 30 mph and striking Slayton s car at the Pagoda Shopping Center. Rice was taken to Beckley Hospital in fair condition. State Police said a three truck collision on the bypass caused about 500 in damage. No arrests were reported. Other incidents include a drunk driving arrest David Dearman 62 Beckley and minor vehicle equipment violations. A Pinnacle Creek fishing fine and hunting probation cases were noted along with a Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest at the Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center.
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Greyhound Bus Terminal
Giant Dollar Store
Watkin’s Drug
Raleigh County
Eddie Lee Miller
Beckley
Beckley Municipal Court
Harper Road
Elwood Rice
Lakeland
Fla
Pagoda
Donald Slay
Dexter Ave
Rice
Beckley Hospital
Phil's Drive Inn
Harry B. Atkinson Jr
Piney View
Atkinson Shopping Center
Johnstown Road
Tom D. James
F St
George Morgan
Sullivan
Maplewood Poultry Farm
Raleigh Motor Sales
Roger D. Callahan
Daniels
Murphy Green
Columbus
Ohio
W. A. Burke
Green
David Dearman
John Toney
Calloway Heights
City
Charles Dillon
Lanark
Pearl Rickmann
Artie
Raleigh
C. E. White
Pinnacle Creek
Raymond V. Eye
Orving Clemens
Kimball
Gilbert Goode
Pineville
Mullens
Itmann
Robert Worrell
May Music Festival at Appalachian Bible School
The Appalachian Bible School music department hosts the May Music Festival titled Color in Music at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Bradley campus auditorium. The 90 minute program is instrumental with ABS octet performances and includes piano organ violin solos and duets plus a reception afterward. Two Beckley coeds participate Mary Alderman and Joyce Gravely performing piano solos and duets.
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Appalachian Bible School
Bradley
ABS
Beckley
Mary Alderman
Thurman Alderman
Beaver
Joyce Gravely
Lawrence Gravely
Mt. Tabor
Hoke Pleads Not Guilty in Drug Dispensing Case
Dwight M. Hoke a 70 year old Beckley physician pleads not guilty in U S District Court Charleston to nine counts of dispensing misbranded drugs without proper prescriptions. Information filed before Judge John A Field Jr by the FDA. Drugs cited include sulfate tablets and secubarbital sodium tablets. No trial date set.
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Beckley
Dwight M. Hoke
U. S. District Court
Charleston
John A. Field Jr
U. S. Attorney’s Office
Food and Drug Administration
County Disease Report: Raleigh County Leads Infections
Raleigh County logged 180 influenza like illness cases and 108 upper respiratory infections for the week ending April 30. Dr N H Dyer health director notes Fayette and Raleigh counties reporting several diseases including chickenpox 12 in Raleigh, German measles 6 in Raleigh, measles and mumps in Raleigh, streptococcal infections 37 in Raleigh, and gastroenteritis 6 in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
N. H. Dyer
Fayette
Real Estate Deeds Filed In County Clerk Office
Record of deeds shows multiple transfers including Vernon W Lawson to Dun can for 5000 in Sophia Heights, Woolwine to Bogusky for 4800 in Cranberry, Houghton trustee to Erco Lumber for 7500 in Stratton, Crowder to Maynor on Coal River for 700, Goshinski to Lawson for 500 in Stamford, Hope to Hughes for 4500 in Gulf Highway Addition, Gregory to Hutchings for 650 in Rhodell, Tomlinson to Light along Beckley Harper Road for 100, and related transfers including Light to Tomlinson for 90 and Burns to Prince for 2750 in Beckley.
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Vernon W
Ruby Lawson
T. Fred
Naoma W. Duncan
Sophia Heights
Sophia
Thomas H
Ava C. Woolwine
Anthony R
Trula Bogusky
Cranberry
K. E. Houghton
Erco Lumber Co
Stratton
Beckley
Raymond
Hessie Crowder
Howard V
Donnie J. Maynor
Coal River
Clear Fork
Anna Goshinski
Estie
Clarence Lawson
Stamford City
Mable
William A. Hope
William
Margaret Larue Hughes
Gulf Highway
Slab Fork
Mack
Ola May Gregory
Gussie Hutchings
Rhodell
J. D
Elsie Tomlinson
James Dempsey Light
Beckley-Harper Road
Carson
Anita Godbey Light
Two Mine Opening Permits Sought in West Virginia
Two firms seek mine opening approvals at the Beckley West Virginia Department of Mines office this week. Terry Brothers Coal Co No 2 Greenbrier County four employees James E Terry Charmeco owner Addair Coal Co No 17 Wyoming County 12 employees Leck Addair North Springs owner.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Tire Firm Sues Holliday for 2120 Dollars
Lucas General Tire Inc. files civil action to recover 2120 dollars from Lawrence T. Holliday of Rt. J. Beckley for merchandise delivered. John C. Ashworth represents the plaintiff.
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Lucas General Tire Inc
Lawrence T. Holliday
Rt. J. Beckley
Holliday
John C. Ashworth
Tire
Plato Credited With Invention Of Water Clock Clepsydra
The historical note attributes the invention of the Clepsydra or water clock to Plato around 400 BCE, outlining its significance in timekeeping from ancient Greek civilization and its influence on later mechanical clocks.
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Plato
Clepsydra
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Betty Burns
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