Korean Veteran Turns a Good Job Despite Disabled Leg
Donald G. Carpenter, 32, of MacArthur, a Korean War veteran with an amputated arm and a partially disabled leg, works at Beckley VA Hospital Dietetic Service. Hired Jan 23, he has been promoted for handling diverse tasks from lifting pots to cleaning. He cites employer reluctance as the real handicap and notes the VA Hospital employs 34 handicapped workers, about 15 percent of its staff, proving capable of high productivity. Saturday marks National Hire The Physically Handicapped Week.
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Tim Massey
Donald G. Carpenter
Carpenter
MacArthur
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Ray Mullins
Oak Hill
Nancy Thurbon
Crab Orchard
Robert Crabb
E. A. McGinn
Driver Charged in WV Turnpike Lumber Truck Crash
James F. Maddy age 19 of Glen Morgan is charged with driving a vehicle with defective equipment after a lumber truck crash on the West Virginia Turnpike near Milepost 14 at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Officers say Maddy driving a truck for Ronald Woods Lumber Co. Prosperity collided with a toll road projection when brakes failed at 85 mph.
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James F. Maddy
Glen Morgan
West Virginia Turnpike
Turnpike
Maddy
Ronald Woods Lumber Co
Prosperity
Electronic Technician Students To Register
Registration remains open through Tuesday for applicants in the beginners class at the Raleigh County Vocational Technical Training Center. The first course covers basic electricity AC and DC theory of vacuum tubes transistors and simple electronic circuits. Tuition is 18 dollars per month for a nine month program. Classes run 6:30 to 10:30 p m on Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Friday each week.
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Raleigh County Vocational Technical Training Center
Mabscott Man Jailed and Fined for Shoplifting Case
Mabscott resident Chester Bragg was jailed and fined five dollars plus costs after pleading to a shoplifting charge for allegedly attempting to take a box of shotgun shells from G C Murphy Co store. Magistrate Joe Rodriguez, also handling various traffic cases, heard other dispositions including bonds and fines for James L. Miller Pineknob on a driving while drunk charge and Jackie A. Treadway Beckley on failure to yield and mufflers. Damages from a separate incident near Princeton were estimated at 3500 dollars with no injuries.
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Chester Bragg
Mabscott
Joe Rodriguez
Bragg
G. C. Murphy Co
James L. Miller
Pineknob
W. A. Burke
Thelma Costelli
Fulton Avenue
Beckley
Maddy
Princeton
Pagoda
Bank of Raleigh
Jackie A. Treadway
Rodriguez Court
Beckley State
Valley Drive
H. Hyatt
Rodriguez
Clara Canaday
Cranberry
James FE. Kershner
James W. Newton
Cordelle
Burke
Electronic age alters ambulance calls in Los Angeles
A Los Angeles call to Central Receiving Hospital shows how urban life in the electronic age shapes emergency requests. A woman phoned Tuesday saying she could not get up and asked for an ambulance to turn off her television set.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Central Receiving Hospital
Bid 8 tour Sets Start Monday for Eight County Tour
Big Eight Development Association plans a five day tour beginning Monday at 2 p.m. at the Beckley-Winn Hotel and returning Friday for a concluding critique. The tour spotlights industrial, commercial, agricultural and recreational potential from eight counties with participation from West Virginia commerce and natural resources departments, Area Redevelopment Administration, State Chamber of Commerce and sponsor groups. County committees list Raleigh, Wyoming, Fayette counties with designated speakers and planners. A separate Raleigh Register farewell honors reporter Dallas Boothe and wife Helen as he joins the Jacksonville Journal.
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Big Eight Development Association, Inc
C. T. Shackelford
Association
Beckley-Winn
West Virginia Department of Commerce
Department of Natural Resources
Area Redevelopment Administration
State Chamber of Commerce
Raleigh County
R. L. Webb
Webb’s Florists
J. E. McCabe
Norfolk and Western Railway
Paul Peabody
C & P Telephone Co
W. Va
Okey L. Patteson
Raleigh County Bank
Big 8
R. F. Hamilton
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Rural Development Council
James Thompson
Beckley Hotel
Charles Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corp
M. F. Barksdale
Raleigh Hardware and
Wyoming County
Jack Feller
C. V. Feller Insurance Agency
Woodrow W. Cook
N. D. Trent & Co
W. F. Staats
Mullens
W. A. Davis
Peoples Bank of
Patteson
J. D. Shultz
Fayetteville Federal Savings and Loan
E. R. Vawter
Board of Education
Zeb Herndon
New River and Pocahontas Coal Co
J. P. Hamer
Hamer Lumber Mill
J. H. Allen
Fayetteville
Wallace Bennette
Dallas Boothe
Raleigh Register
Glass House
Community Sing at Friendship Church in Sophia
Regular monthly community sing at the Friendship Baptist Church in Sophia starts Saturday at 7 30 p m. Two hours of singing led by O O Kidd of Beckley will use the latest Stamps Baxter Song Books. Kidd invites all who enjoy singing to attend.
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Friendship Baptist Church
Sophia
O. O. Kidd
Beckley
Baxter
Kidd
Children Contest Set Thursday At Beckley Fall Festival
Beckley Fall Festival features a children's show for ages 3 1 2 to 5 1 2 with six prizes, three for girls and three for boys. The event runs 1 30 to 3 p m Thursday at the Memorial Building, open to the public with no admission, and includes a king and queen from the winners.
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Beckley
Memorial Building
E. S. Beard
Chris Sarandon
Beard
Brownette
Susan Lynn Holt
Beckley Merchants
Eugene Holt
Maxwell Hill
Maxwell Hill Baptist Church
Cattle Drive Stampede Cleared On Turnpike After Crash
A tractor-trailer carrying 67 steers crashed near Mossy Interchange early Sunday killing three animals and scattering the herd. Turnpike patrolmen and volunteers spent days corralling the frightened cattle, finishing the roundup Thursday with 64 cattle accounted for. Harvey Hudson Jr., 24, Anderson, Ga., driver, remained in Raleigh General Hospital in good condition with a broken neck.
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Turnpike
Mossy Interchange
Harvey Hudson Jr
Anderson
Raleigh General Hospital
Rhodonda Park Improvement Gets Court Approval
The Raleigh County Court approves a 350 grant to the Raleigh County Park Board for Rhodonda Park improvements on Glen White Road. B H Hopkins reports progress at Little Beaver Lake including a new beach, sand salvaging, a retaining wall, and dam repairs to ready the area before the 1963 season.
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Rhodonda Park
Glen White Road
Slab Fork
Raleigh County Park Board
Raleigh County Court
B. H. Hopkins
Park Board
W. W
Jackie” Withrow
Little Beaver Lake
Hopkins
Burchettes Scheduled for Raleigh County Trial in Meadows Murder
James Arthur Burchettes is set to stand trial in Raleigh County Criminal Court on Monday for the July 19 murder of Richard Meadows in Cool Ridge. Meadows was shot eight times with a .380 pistol and died near the Raleigh Sumner County line after a drunken brawl involving Robert Vest of Ghent, who was wounded in the right leg.
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James Arthur Burchettes
Raleigh County
Richard Meadows
Cool Ridge
Meadows
Raleigh-Summer County
Robert Vest
Ghent
Vest
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