County Court Asked To Set Second Airport Levy Vote
Raleigh County voters may get a second election on an airport levy after the County Court took up the request from the Raleigh County Airport Authority. Authority chair Charles S. Lewis Jr. said funds for lights, sirens, and roadblocks total about 400000 with grants of 832000. a long delayed airport project would proceed by January. The court will decide whether to call a February election as the FAA fire truck requirement and ARCs funding shape the plan. In other action, public service for Glen White Trap Hill water system financing was discussed with FHA loan and grant prospects.
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Raleigh County
Federal Aviation
Charless. Lewis Jr
Alull 2Ul Gil
Letlanteyan
Iran
Lewis
Sen
Robert C. Byrd
Authority
Beckley
Court
FAA
Appalachian Regional Council
Robert B. Parker
Glen. White Water Organization, Inc
J. Kenton Lambert
Farmers Home Administration
PSD
Glen White
Trap Hill
Parker
FHA
Denture Adhesive Promises Secure, Comfortable Use
Do Your FALSE TEETH Drop Slip or Fall Clarion ad touts PASTEETH Den ture Adhesive Powder and FASTEETH to keep dentures firmer longer. It claims no gummy taste and easier eating while urging regular dental visits and purchases at drug counters.
Student Economic Power Grows With Rising College Ride
New York based youth market expert A. J. Hackl of Herff Jones Co. says the student population will surge by 1980 with about 9 million college students and over 15 million high school students. He notes 25 to 30 year olds control substantial disposable income and influence consumer spending as education levels rise.
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New York
UPI
A.J. Hackl
Herff Jones Co
United States
Hackl
Economic Stabilization Q&A on rent controls and rules
A IRS produced column answers common questions on wages prices and rent controls. It explains exemptions for landlords with limited units social security rent increases base rent meaning and retroactive effect of rulings under Economic Stabilization regulations.
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U. S. Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Autre Ly Bae
Q. Poe
Bobcat Dies After Shelter Capture On Bolt Mountain
A year-old bobcat captured near Bolt Mountain died Monday at the Raleigh County Animal Shelter from gas heat, after being dug from a hole by miner Donnie Burch of Crab Orchard who spotted it on his way to Ranger Fuel Co. It drew local interest as a potential mascot but raised concerns about habitat removal and animal welfare.
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Bolt Mountain
Raleigh County Animal Shelter
Donnie Burch
Crab Orchard
Ranger Fuel Co
Beckley
Bob Wood
Ivan Pizzino
Department of Natural Resources
Raleigh
Virgil Ayers
Work Buys More in Berkeley Milk Pork Potatoes Peas
An hour's work in 1972 buys 20 percent more milk 25 percent more pork 13 percent more potatoes and 25 percent more peas than in the late 1950s according to the California Farm Bureau.
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Berkeley
Calif
California Farm Bureau
Diary of Confederate Soldier Henry Brown Unearthed in North Carolina
Newly found diary pages recount Union siege at Gettysburg, capture in July 1863 and hospital stay in Delaware. Entries note thefts by guards and compelling food prices as Brown traded trinkets, rings, and corn cakes to survive prison life. He returned after the war, later dying in 1921 at age 94.
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Mount
Usla
N.C
Upid
Henry Brown
Brown
Gettysburg
Delaware
Inlaw
George Brown
Washington
Abraham
Crafts Workshop at New River Park Held by Beckley
Beckley Recreation Director Kermit Rowe announces a crafts workshop at the New River Park building on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with wreaths Santa Claus door chimes and tree skirts as projects. Hours run 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. Fee is 50 cents plus craft materials. The Beckley Exhibition Mine concession stand will operate December 4 to 19, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., selling coal crafts and related items.
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New River Park
Beckley
Kermit Rowe
Beckley Exhibition Mine
Marriages of Bowen Walker Chapman Stone Ward
Multiple marriage permits listed with pairs including Robert Austin Bowen and Jemelle Walker. Wayne Burgess and Velma Sue Walker. James Woodrow Chapman and Brenda Lee Chapman. Patrick Edwin Stone and Deborah Kay Brewer. Each entry notes ages and parental names with birthplaces Reston Beckley Artie Ameagle Glen White Sophia Princewick.
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Robert Austin Bowen
Reston
Colen
Virginia Payne Bowen
Jemelle Walker
Beckley
Henry
Jemelle Farmer Walker
Wayne Burgess
Artie
Clyde and
Mary Williams Burgess
Velma Sue Walker
Ameagle
Everett Fred
Helen Armstead Walker
James Woodrow Chapman
Glen White
Willie and
Delphia Taylor Chapman
Brenda Lee Chapman
Elizabeth Persinger
Edward Huff
Patrick Edwin Stone
Sophia
Grace Hillyer Stone
Deborah Kay Brewer
Princewick
Everett and
Nettie Harville
Ten Seek Work at Beckley WV DES Office
Ten persons have applied for work at the Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Employment Security on South Fayette Street. Positions applied for include secretary welder dump truck driver two bulldozer operators bricklayer power shovel operator tractor trailer driver and plumber.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
South Fayette Street
Deeds Filed for Pine Lodge Adams and Hartley Properties
Deeds on file show Deeds On File Mid-State Homes Inc transferring three Pine Lodge Addition tracts to William and Margaret Adams for 15871.46. Donald and Beatrice Brown sell surface of Lots 15 and 16 Block B Hollywood Addition Town District for 13000 to William Hartley. J E and Jo Ann Meadows transfer Trap Hill District tract to Jack Earl and Sue Meadows for 8500. Lola J Powell sells Colcord Clear Fork District property to Richard and Lillian Hamilton for 3500.
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Mid-State Homes, Inc
William and
Margaret Adams
Pine Lodge
Donald
Beatrice Brown
William B. Hartley
Hollywood
Donald and
William Hartley
Hollywood” Addition
J. E
Jo Ann Meadows
Jack Earl
Sue Meadows
Trap Hill
Lola J. Powell
Richard and
Lillian Hamilton
Colcord
Clear Fork
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Marx
Ife
Gabbigale
Sylvania
Jergens
Lady Scott
Schick
Kroger
urRic
Bobcat
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