Storm Disrupts Beckley Telecable Service
Beckley Telecable lost service for about two hours after a thunderstorm struck Prince Street at 7 10 p m and a Mt Tabor power failure cut signal to areas including Raleigh Beaver Daniels Blue Jay Mabscott Sprague Calloway Heights Crab Orchard MacArthur and Maxwell Hill. Eight thousand customers were affected with restoration varying by area between 8 10 p m and 8 25 p m.
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Beckley
Prince Street
Raleigh
Beaver
Daniels
Blue Jay
Mt Tabor
Harper Road
Mabscott
Sprague
Calloway Heights
Crab Orchard
MacArthur
Maxwell Hill
Beckley Telecable
Channel
WCHS
Beaver, Daniels and
Fire damages Thomson home in Beckley
A Monday evening blaze heavily damaged Samuel Thomson’s residence at 1099 Park Street Beckley. Firemen arrived at 7 18 p m and put out the fire after the den television sparked the flames. No one was home and investigators suggest lightning may have started the fire. Thomson owns Quality Lumber Co. at 200 City Avenue.
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Samuel Thomson
Park St
Beckley Fire Department
Thomson
Quality Lumber Co
City Ave
Beckley
Mayor and Officers Enroll in Crowd Control Course
Beckley Mayor John McCulloch and three Beckley police members attend a three day Civil Disorder and Crowd Control Training Course at the State Police Academy in Institute. Participants include Beckley police chief Tom Durrett and detectives Steve Peelish and Larry Stafford. The course runs from Monday to Wednesday.
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Beckley
Tom Durrett
Steve Peelish
Larry Stafford
Detective Bureau
ARC Okehs Grant For Health Care Program
ARC grants $960,931 for fifth year of maternal and child health care program run by Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council in Bluefield. Program totals $1,279,908 with ARC covering about 75 percent and local sources funding the rest. Includes vaccinations heart disease screening family planning and related services.
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Washington
UPE
Appalachian Regional Commission
Southern
Police Beat Highlights Local Bond Posts and Arrests
Sammy Donelow of Beaver posted bond to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez after a 2:15 a.m. Monday jail on five charges including leaving the scene and revoked license. Vanessa Musick of Bolt had an auto larceny charge dropped and was released. Edward Pittman Jr. of 706% Scott Ave. faced obstructing an officer and expired temporary registration charges. Margie Grose, 46, of 2001 Harper Rd., charged with DUI assault on an officer and driving without registration, released after bond. Carlo West of West Raleigh jailed on an assault warrant. Kathleen Meadows had a withdrawal of brandishing a weapon charge. Larry Brown, arrested Friday on four charges, released after bond. Nathaniel Wade, jailed January 6 on breaking and entering, transferred to Huttonsville to serve 1 to 10 years. Beckley police cited two motorists for traffic violations Carlos Cox blocking lane and Margaret Williams blocking a sidewalk.
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Sammy Donelow
Beaver
Joe Rodriguez
Donelow
Vanessa Musick
Bolt
Edward Pittman, Jr
Scott Ave
Harper Rd
Beckley
Carlo West
West
Raleigh
Kathleen Meadows
Larry Brown
Carlos Cox
Margaret Williams
Heritage Week Directors Name Steering Committee in Raleigh County
Paul Gunter, director of Heritage Week for the Raleigh County Historical Society, announces the steering committee for the second annual observance beginning Wednesday. Members include Mrs. Robert L. Amick, Inez O'Brien, M. M. Ralsten, Dr. M. M. Ralston, Israel Miller, Earle Bibb, John Strasko, and Maynard L. Hughes. The president Murray Shuff oversees programs for local radio and WOAY-TV as the society continues Memorial Day observances.
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Paul Gunter
Raleigh County Historical Society
Rchs Wildwood
Robert L. Amick
Inez O’brien
WJLS
Israel Miller
Beckley
RCHS
Earle Bibb
Beckley Plaza
Town and Country
Sailors Home On Leave And Crane Admitted To Practice
Six local men finish basic training at Naval Training Center Great Lakes and are home on leave. David D. Thomas from Oak Hill and Walter Light Jr., Bernard Byrge, Alfonzo Richardson, Cleadith Condie, Fred Smith, and George Hughes are listed. James Douglas Crane, WVU Law graduate, admitted to Raleigh County Criminal Court and Circuit Court, opens law offices in Raleigh County Bank Building.
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Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Fritz Eggleston
Navy
Walter Lee Light Jr
Crab Orchard
Walter Light
Bernard C. Byrge
Glen Rogers
Norma J. Byrge
Alfonzo Richardson
Raleigh
David Richardson
Cleadith D. Condie
Midway
Bessie E. Condie
Fred C. Smith
Mabscott
George Vernon Hughes
George A. Hughes
San Diego
Calif
David D. Thomas
Lucy Thomas
Oak Hill
Robert D. Silvio
Naval Data Processing School
James Douglas Crane
West Virginia University College of Law
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Paul R. Hutchinson Jr
Crane
Kermit A. Locke
Raleigh County
Monongalia County
Raleigh County Bank
James C. Crane
Morgantown
Connie Hedrick
Beckley
John A. Hedrick
James Douglas Jr
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
Law Day
College of Law
WVU
Sigma Nu
West Virginia State Bar
The
State Bar Association
Raleigh County Bar Association
WVPEA Leader to Speak at Beckley Meeting
Dr. Herbert Wilcox president and founder of the West Virginia Public Employees Association will address Beckley WVPEA members at 7 p m Thursday in the Veterans Administration Hospital main auditorium. He will explain goals and outline state activities while the local grievance committee meeting with Pinecrest Hospital administrator C O Smith is planned. Only eight local members remain to establish a formal Beckley WVPEA chapter with voting rights.
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Herbert Wilcox
West Virginia Public Employes Association
Beckley
WVPEA
Veterans Administration Hospital
Beckley Group
Harold Webb
Wilcox
Webb
Pinecrest Hospital
Pinecrest
C. O. Smith
Raleigh County Schools Earn Certificates At State Food Service Meet
Four Raleigh County elementary schools Rhodell Sophia Ghent and Glen White received certificates for nutritional exhibits at the 17th annual West Virginia School Food Service Association convention at Jacksons Mill over the weekend. Exhibits will be shown again at Pipestem Resort in June for a regional school food service meeting.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia School Food Service Association
Jackson’s Mill
Rhodell
Sophia
Ghent
Glen White
Pipestemn Resort
Guy Rumberg
Hazel Brown
Frances Mullaney
Mullaney
Weather Details From Airport and Rivers Report
Conditions show a 24 hour period ending 10 am with high 71 at 1 30 pm and low 41 at 1 30 am. Winds E at 10 mph, pressure 29.98 steady, sunrise 6 08 am sunset 8 34 pm. Greenbrier river 1 ft above normal cloudy lake normal and cloudy 9 gates open gauge at Hinton 4 2 ft. Today highs 97 at Jonesboro Arkansas lows 23 at Alamosa Colorado. Extended forecast Thursday to Saturday shows showers possible with highs upper 70s to mid 80s and lows 50s to lower 60s.
Quick Action Urged On Trap Hill Water System
Citizens push for a new water supply linking Glen White Trap Hill and Lester to Beckley system. Officials cited 25 percent state funding and up to 55 percent federal aid, with a feasibility study and FHA application to follow.
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Trap Hill
Merle Faulkner
Gerald Miller
Farmers Home AR Nn
House of Delegates
Lewis N. McManus
Raleigh County
Bill Patton
Faulkner
Mike Potega
Glen White
Lester
Beckley
FHA
Economic Development Administration
McManus
Patton
Region Organizational Meeting Planned June 15
Regional planning councils will govern areas set by the governor and legislature. Raleigh County joins Mercer Summers Wyoming McDowell Monroe in Region I. meetings start 7 30 p m in Beckley City Council Chambers. Other region meetings follow through June 21.
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Raleigh
Planning Commission
Beckley City
Arch [Moore Jr
Mercer
Summers
Wyoming
McDowell
Monroe
Moore
Governor’s Office
Fayette Greenbrier
Nicholas
Pocahontas
Webster Counties
Nicholas County
Summersville
Millsop Community Center
Wierton
City Council
Moundsville
Parkersburg
Mineral ‘County
Three traffic accidents injure three and cause 2850 in damages
Three Monday crashes injured three people and caused total damages of 2850. Charles Minor 22 from Beckley suffered a broken jaw after a 1965 car collided with a 1968 vehicle driven by Lloyd Shrewsbury 28 of Mount Hope. Thelma Johnson 21 and Shrewsbury’s passenger were treated and released. Additional crashes at Heber and Neville Streets caused 450 in damage and a third at Heber and McCreery caused 100 in damage.
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Oasis Club
Beckley
Charles Minor
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Minor
Lloyd T.shrewsbury
Mount Hope
Shrewsbury
Thelma Johnson
Neely St
Needman Auto
Heber Street
Joe Glenn
Ghent
Heber and
McCreery Streets
Harold Haskins
Route 1
Route 1, Beckley, Rolled Backwards Into the Glenz Auto
Haskins
ABC To Explain Private Club Rules
Officials of the State Alcohol Beverage Control Commission remind private club owners operators and employees about a final seminar on new regulations. The Beckley session at 6 30 p m in the House Club ballroom will cover rules for 18 year olds licensing classifications and other changes from the 1972 legislative session.
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State Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
ABC
Beckley
Tony Bava
Commission
Last Quint Dies in Northampton Birth Tragedy
The final quintuplet from Susan Furlow in Northampton died today at 17 days old. He was a boy named Marc Three of the five babies died within 48 hours after birth, the fourth survived a week.
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Northampton
England
UPI
Susan Furlow
Marc
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