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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1977
Page
1
Fairmont General workers ratify a three year contract after a day strike. Some 280 hospital staff are recalled as patient load rises and several part timers are called in.
Andrew Young meets David Owen after a working breakfast as Young reports on a eight nation southern Africa peace mission. Special Watergate Prosecutor plans to close next month after Supreme Court actions, as Richard Nixon promos his last Frost interview. Rosalynn Carter urges Medicare and Medicaid coverage for mental illness amid hearings on autism and substance abuse.
Nixon told a TV audience he faced critics who say he wasn not punished enough for Watergate but argued no one can know how it feels to resign the honest man who never took a bribe. He blamed reporters Bernstein and Woodward, discussed pardons for aides, and said his wife Pat suffered a stroke after reading a book about the affair.
A 17-year-old Beckley boy was charged Wednesday afternoon in connection with a May theft. Beckley Detective Pack said the juvenile took property owned by Torian of Pata and fled toward the county. The case awaits juvenile court action.
Beckley City Police chief of detectives Lt. Steve Peelish will retire June 1 ending a 20 year law enforcement career. Peelish joined Festwig in 1957 when it had 16 officers and will become lant operations manager for Beckley Water Corp. He has 121 education hours and 15 courses toward a criminal justice degree and was named Police Officer of the Year in Beckley in 1974.
Congressman Nick Rahall announces hearings June 9 before the House Small Business Committee to consider a bill lowering disaster loan interest. The measure proposes a three percent flat rate for business and home loans affected by floods in the Fourth District.
Engineers outline a $0. constant aim to repay a five percent interest FmHA loan through a new rate schedule raising the minimum bill from 3.30 to 5.20 for 2000 gallons. The project replaces 50 to 60 percent of the old network with a single roadside line and builds a new treatment plant while preserving the old facility for certain uses.
The Beckley Art Group launches its thirty-first annual art show at the Beckley Art Center on Johnstown Road running today through Monday. The exhibit features 195 entries across oils graphics mixed media watercolors and photography by group members. Works will be judged by Jim Rogers from Glenville State College with no cash prizes awarded. The public is invited to the 8 30 premiere.
Weather details report the 24 hour period ending 10 am with high 69 and low 54, precipitation 0.13 inch, winds NE at 8 mph, barometer 30.02 and steady. Extended outlook calls for fair days Saturday through Monday with highs near 80 and lows in the 50s. River readings show Greenbrier below normal and clear, Lake Bluestone normal and clear, New River at Hinton 2.4 feet.
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