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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1961

Page

6

Automation Could Cut Gas Explosion Risk In WV Mines

West Virginia Mines Director Leonard J. Timms says automation may, within five to ten years, largely eliminate gas explosions in larger mines by sealing off working areas during automated loading. He notes faster machine movement worsens ventilation, prompting auxiliary fans, and backs safety as a practical concern, not a tool for settling labor disputes. Timms also proposes 22 state teams with electronic comms and revised mine safety laws for periodic testing of personnel using safety stamps.

Charleston UPD West Virginia Leonard J. Timms Timms New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co

Open House Planned at Woodrow Wilson High School

About 3,000 parents are invited to Woodrow Wilson High School Thursday evening open house from 7 to 9. Miss Ruth Laren directs the affair with grade cards being issued Wednesday. Mrs Katherine Woods handles refreshments and others assist, including Future Teachers, Future Homemakers, and Usher Club students. The event aims to foster parent discussions with teachers at an informal program. Woodrow Wilson serves nearly 11,500 students.

Woodrow Wilson High School Ruth Laren Remy Miss Larew Katherine Woods Wanda Wiseman Eleanor Franklin Future Teachers Club Future Homemakers Club Usher Club Laren Woodrow Wilson

Doctor explains heart valve anatomy and murmurs explained

The column describes heart development from a straight tube to a four chamber pump, defines auricles ventricles and the four valves mitral tricuspid pulmonary and aortic, and notes how their opening and closing produce heart sounds. It invites readers to obtain Dr Hyman's leaf with a 10 cent request.

Deeds On File Record Of Real Estate Transfers

Real estate deeds filed in the county clerk's office show transfers in Beckley Eccles Park Heights Skyland Prosperity and other districts with prices ranging from no consideration to 10 000 and several large sums. Notable transfers include John Thomas Smith to Thomas and Gay Smith for 1000 and Alvin L Wood to Johnnie J and Norma L Cooper for 10000 while many parcels note properties near Coal River and Beckley with districts Slab Fork Town and Marsh Fork.

John Thomas Smith Thomas and Gay Smith Eccles Trap Hill Larry Athey Jr Wanda Athey H. P Dora Stone John C. Hartong Clarence Pantoplus Park Heights Clinton H Reba Miller Charley Pettry Rock ‘Creek Marsh Fork Earsel Vivian Sophia Slab Fork Evy E Marjorie Strickland Mike Grace Petros D. A Beatrice Riffe Robert C Gilda B. Hungate Crab Orchard Helen G Henry C. Bolen Pearl Heath Hollywood Addition Joe H. Hawks Jr Mary M. Hawks H. B. Walters Sprague

Florida Cemetery Assn president named in chamber report

Jacksonville Florida list shows Clif ford Coffin as president of the Florida Cemetery Assn according to a state Chamber of Commerce release. A separate Toronto Globe and Mail notice asks the thief who took a pumpkin from 273 Withrow Avenue to return the wife’s false teeth.

Jacksonville, Fla UPI State Chamber of Commerce Florida Cemetery Assn Clifford Coffin Toronto Ont Toronto Globe and Mail Withrow Avenue

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By Carlo J. Salzano Cambria County Pennsylvania United Mine Workers Union McCreery St G. M. Powers Main Street Coast Neville ST. Beckley, W. VA China Handsome Sander Riverside Montgomery Ward Dorothy Clare Albalie Harold Thomas Hyman M.D Newspaper Enterprise Assa Dr. Hyman Raleigh Register Dept. B Radio City New York N.Y
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