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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1972

Page

8

Monaco A World Class Riviera Resort Draws Visitors

UPI Travel Editor Murray J Brown highlights Monaco as a premier Riviera resort with attractions beyond the famed Monte Carlo casino. He notes expanded facilities, the Prince’s Palace, Oceanographic Museum, Exotic Gardens, zoo and cultural events, plus the Holiday Inn on Avenue Princess Grace.

Murray J. Brown UPI Monte Carlo UPD Monaco Europe Kelly Philadelphia Prince Rainier Hollywood Princess Grace France

Flying Officers Announced in Woodrow Wilson High Band

Woodrow Wilson High School band director Alan Staton names Flying Officers for the band leadership. Kneeling from left are Ron Price, Patty Todd, Bob Redd, and Paul Frame. Standing from left are Darrell Patton, Alicia Price, and Mr. Tabor. not pictured is Alice Akers.

Woodrow Wilson High School Alan Staton Ron Price Perry C. Price Oak Grove Patty Todd Eagle Band Russell Todd C St Bob Redd Robert Redd Hoover Ave Paul Frame Marvan Frame Northwestern

Sanitary Board Committee Sets Bid On Equipment

Beckley Sanitary Board forms committee to accept bids on department equipment and review work on Reservation Street and Sunset Drive. A new compressor replaces a 12 year old Bibb Avenue unit. bids for Whitestick plant heaters will open at the December meeting. The panel to award a transportable air compressor and two pickup trucks includes John P. Hindsley E D Meadows Ross Irle and W A Wilbur. Committee to meet 1 pm Nov 22 as sewer lines on Reservation Street move forward.

Beckley Reservation Street Sunset Drive Bibb Avenue Whitestick John P. Hindsley John H. McCulloch Sanitary Department E. D. Meadows Ross Irle Council W. A. Wilbur

Sanitary Board Notes Costs and Pictorial Survey Findings

Meadows said a pictorial survey of all structures is complete to show pre construction conditions and that area maps requested by the State Department of Health will be supplied. The board discussed a monthly financial statement noting sewer work near Harper Road may come in $4 000 under estimate with three firms and the city sharing a $46 550 total cost.

Sunset Drive Meadows State Department of Health Beckley Recorder Larry F. Stover Sanitary Board Harper Road Hospital Corporation of Development Corp Cloverleaf Development Corp

Beaver Volunteers Contain Lanark House Fire Saving Residence

A fire at the Robert Hall residence on Landfill Road Lanark caused extensive damage but Beaver Volunteer Fire Department crews arrived promptly and kept the blaze from consuming the house. Fire Chief Harold Schrader led the response.

Lanark Robert Hall Beaver Volunteer Fire Department Harold Schrader

Weather and Fire Incidents Reported in Beckley Area

Weather data for 24 hours ends 10 a.m. shows high 33 and low 20 with light NE wind. rivers Greenbrier 3 feet above normal and muddy, Lake muddy, new gauge at Hinton 4.5 feet. Extended outlook calls for light rain, then flurries, with days in 40s and nights in 20s. Fire emergency details describe a kitchen blaze in a five room house, controlled quickly. damages estimated at 1500 to 2000 dollars. residents displaced. Additional police reports note two Beckley girls, ages 15 and 17, charged with grand larceny for rings. 16-year-old jailed on runaway warrant. two men jailed for weapon and intoxication charges. another man jailed for drunken driving and later released on bond.

Greenbrier Hinton Beckley Butch Fink Fink Mike Redden Beaver Jackie Lee Windsor Maxwell Hill Road Joe, Rodriguez

Three Released From Jail After Warrants Cleared

Three people were released from jail on Wednesday. A 15 year old Sophia girl jailed on a delinquency warrant was released to her parents. Donnie Wilson of Crab Orchard posted bond after a nonsupport warrant and was freed. Shelby Lambert of Pemberton had charges withdrawn and costs paid, leading to her release.

Sophia Donnie Wilson Crab Orchard Joe Rodriguez Shelby Lambert Pemberton Rodriguez

Two Cars Collide at West Neville and Ewart Avenue

At 3 p.m. Wednesday a 1970 truck driven by Robert Graham Trader 37 of Ridley Park Pa and a 1972 car driven by Randolph M Smiley 42 of 508 Northwestern Ave collided as the truck exited Ewart onto Neville. No charges were filed and damages were 800 to Smiley and 100 to Trader. Beckley Fire Department responded to 311 Ewart Ave at 6:20 p.m. for a grease fire on a stove.

West Neville Street Ewart Avenue Robert Graham Trader Ridley Park Randolph M. Smiley Northwestern Ave Neville Street Smiley Beckley Fire Department Ewart Ave

Job Corps Contract Extended for Charleston Center

Regional M A administrator J Terrell Whitsitt announced a 3 570 718 contract with Teledyne Packard Bell to operate the Charleston Woman's center as it has since 1965. The center serves 320 resident and 25 non resident young women and trains about 1 200 girls aged 16 to 21 for employment and citizenship duties. It has trained over 3 700 since opening and 600 last year in business clerical and health service fields. During the contract period the women will train for nurses policewomen barbers cosmetologists clerks nursing assistants nursery aides and food service workers. Job Corps is a national program under the Labor Department aiding disadvantaged youths with education counseling and job skills.

LabDor J. Terrell Whitsitt Teledyne Packard Bell Charleston Whitsitt Cout Center For Women U. S. Department of Requirements Job Corps Labor Department

Aliens Excluded Despite UN Declaration in Nations’ Immigration Rules

A UPI report notes that despite the Universal Declaration of Human Rights many countries still restrict immigration. Nations like Australia Canada Argentina the United States and the Philippines apply race literacy political views and other criteria. Deportation laws vary widely with an estimated 700 grounds for removal in the United States. The piece cites South Africa and other states enforcing admissibility rules and post entry issues.

Chicago UPI Encyclopaedia Britannica United Nations Australia Canada Argentina United States Republic of South

Death notices and funeral arrangements span Beckley area

Obituaries list Roscoe Carter 83 of 308 Kessinger Street and James F Biggs 2 of East Beckley with services and burial at local chapels and cemeteries. James William Lester 45 of Route 9 Beaver also noted with service details. Also includes in memoriam and thank you notes from families, along with lost and found notices and local classifieds for loans, services, and hunting and sporting ads.

Carter Carter Roscoe CO Kessinger Street Calfee Funeral Home Thomas Dunlap Blue Ridge Biggs Biggs James F East Beckiey Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel South Kanawha Street William Ice Sunset Memorial Park Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel Lester Lester James William Route 9 Beaver South Kanawha Street Ernest Barley Blue Jay Wednesay Janet Molly King Mark Wolfe Bill Withers Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Lloyd King

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