WVU Wins FCC Channel Designation for Grandview
The FCC reserved VHF Channel 9 for noncommercial educational television in Grandview as part of WVU’s plan to build an statewide educational network. The action, supported by the West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority, may serve 11 southeastern counties once activated, with project costs estimated around 335 800 for transmitting facilities.
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Jaycees Meet Tonight in Beckley on Christmas Projects
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce will discuss Christmas projects at 7 30 p m today at the chapter clubhouse on Sunrise Avenue according to President James Fraley. The club annually sponsors a Christmas shopping tour for youngsters at the Beckley Child Care Center and mans the Salvation Army booth.
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Elwood City Hosts First US Seamless Tube Plant
Elwood City Pennsylvania marked a milestone as the site of the nation’s first seamless tube plant using rotary piercing in 1895, signaling early innovation in heavy industry and steel production.
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P&Z approves consolidation of Beckley parcels
Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission approved consolidating two adjacent parcels in the South Beckley addition owned by Jay Philpott of 245 Mercer Street for a garage. The brief session also covered the Comprehensive Plan with May or John W. Smith urging members to prepare for speaking engagements at local civic clubs to promote adoption.
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Jobs Filed for 25 Positions at Beckley WV DES Office
Twenty five job applications were filed at the Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Employment Security. The list shows one nurse aide, one waitress, one kitchen helper, two soda dispensers, two sales clerks, one stock clerk, one shipping clerk, one beauty operator, one insurance salesman, one medium and one post office clerk, plus one machinist, two construction laborers, one truck driver, one maintenance mechanic, two mine foremen, two taxi drivers, one arc welder, one pipe fitter and one boom man.
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Murfree Novelists, Chad Acknowledged by Mary Noailles Murfree
Mary Noailles Murfree, noted loan novelist, is associated with Charles Egbert Chad in a historical literary note. The reference highlights Murfree's connection to Chad within early American fiction circles.
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