Beckley Auditor Praises City Books as Among Best
Beckley Recorder-Treasurer Larry F. Stover is lauded by state auditor Robert L. Carson and Tax Commission official Richard Piccalo for maintaining complete accurate and well ordered city records. The audit began September 5 and no completion date is set for the review and certification.
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Beckley Recorder
Larry F. Stover
West Virginia
Robert L. Carson
Richard Piccalo
The
Tax Commission
Division of
Department
Panhandle
Carson
Piccalo
Beckley
Tax Department
Woman Passes Truck Driving Test in England
Kempston England Linda Rowland 25 passed a heavy duty truck driving test and will join her husband’s trucking firm as a long distance driver.
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Kempston
England
Linda Rowland
Theaters Offer Half-Price Nights for Women
A chain of five Columbus theaters will admit women at half price on Monday nights from Sept. 12 to Dec. 11 to avoid conflicts with national pro football telecasts this fall.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Program announced for engineering meet in Harper s Road club
The Suuth inwest Virginia Coal and Engineering Society will meet at the Check Mark Club Harper s Road tonight to hear a program on preparation plant pumps. Secretary-treasurer Thomas F Somers says cocktails start at 6 30 p m and dinner at 7 15 p m The West Virginia Pump Supply Co sponsors and a company representative presents the program.
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Suuth Inwest Virginia Coal’ Preparation ‘and Engineering Society
Harpers Road
Thomas F. Somers
West Virginia Pump: & Supply ° Co
Trumpet Stolen From Louis Armstrong Wax Figure
Police said a thief took a $450 trumpet held to the lips of a Louis Armstrong wax figure at the Hollywood Wax Museum. The incident was reported on Wednesday.
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Hollywood
Louis Armstrong
Hollywood Wax Museum
Proposals From RCCAA Prompt MFHP Reform Moves
ACCAA proposes sweeping MFHP changes including a sliding payment scale, staff pay freeze, and cuts to payments to physicians and Beckley ARH. MFHP board approves two amendments and continues negotiations with RCCAA to align the program with funding limits and efficiency goals.
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Forest A. Cornwell
Mountaineer Family Health Plan
MFHP
Raleigh County Community Action Association
Cornwell
RCCAA
Joe Fowler
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Fowler
Mfhp Board of Directors
Rccaa Board of Directors
Martha Crider
ACCAA
26th Anniversary Services Set At Crab Orchard Church
Hilltop Baptist Church Crab Orchard observes 26th anniversary with homecoming and revival led by Dr. Louis Arnold of Nicholasville Kentucky who founded four Baptist churches and has led revivals across the nation A noon luncheon precedes an afternoon program featuring New Life Trio for Princeton and speaker Rev Chick Carte Lookout at 2 pm Revival runs daily 7 30 pm through Friday Rev K C Lilly is pastor
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Hilltop Baptist
Crab Orchard
Louis Arnold
Nicholasville
Arnold
Lexington
United States
West Indies
New Life Trio
Princeton
T. W.(chick) Carte of
Lookout
Labor Council Reaffirms McGraw Endorsement for WV Senate
The Beckley Area Labor Council reaffirmed Warren McGraw as the endorsed Democratic candidate for the West Virginia Senate in Warren County. COPE chair Woodrow Cooke announced the council’s support while outlining labor class plans on labor law safety and health taught by Thomas Maroney and Owen Tapper. Courses begin Sept 28 with sessions through Nov 2, at 7 to 9 30 p m, tuition ten dollars.
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Beckley
Council
Afl-Cio
Raleigh
Wyoming
Warren
McGraw
West Virginia Senate
Woodrow Cooke
Committee On Political Education
COPE
West Virginia
Senate
Warren McGraw
Labor Council
Tracy Hylton
Hylton
McGovern
Rockefeller
Cooke
Institute For Labor Studies
West Virginia University
Beckley Area Labor Council
Charleston
Thomas P. Maroney
Owen Tapper
WVU
National Labor Relations Board
Landrum- Griffith
Fire Danger Season Begins October 1
The fall forest fire danger season starts October 1 and runs through December 31 in District 4. Outdoor burning before 5 p.m. is prohibited after October 1, with a 5 a.m. cutoff the next day. District Forester Carl Lucas urges three days notice for special permits to allow site inspection.
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Department of Natural Resources District 4
MacArthur
Carl Lucas
Lucas
Raleigh
Mercer
McDowell
lFayette
Monroe
Summers
Wyoming
Greenbrier
39 Positions To Be Filled At Raleigh County Research Lab
Senator Byrd announced the Appalachian Soil and Water Conservation Research Laboratory will be built on Airport property in Raleigh County with up to 39 positions. The staff will include about nine federal and one or two state scientists plus 27 support personnel, with hiring by transfer and Civil Service recruitment. Leading roles may include soil scientist chemist microbiologist microclimatologist physicist hydraulic engineer agriculture engineer and agronomist at the facility alongside the new WSWP TV station and public plant.
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Appalachian Soil and Water Conservation Research Laboratory
Raleigh County
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
U. S. Bureau of Mines Academy
Beckley
Department of Agriculture
Department
West Virginia
Civil Service Commission
Wswp-Tv
Bids Open for Local Road Improvements at Houchins Block Road
The State Department of Highways announced Oct. 3 bid openings for nine contracts including local road improvements on U.S.19 W. Va. 41 at the Houchins Block Road intersection to improve sight distance. Projects include flattening slopes on 0.06 miles at Ragland Road and 0.56 miles of W. Va. 8S near Oceana to widen pavement to 22 feet and drainage upgrades.
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W. Va
Houchins Block Road
State Department of Highways
Arch A.moore, Jr
Oceana
Ice Creek
Taleta
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Jack Greene
Jeannie
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Stan Hitchcock
Melba Montgomery
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Jo Ann's Fabrics
Heck’s Dept. Store
Rimmer Drug
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Tri-State Productions, Inc
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Crab Orchard Drive
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Satan
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West Virginia Department of Welfare
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Stoco High School
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East Tennessee State Board
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Delegate Agency
Henry Goss
Crider
Howard Miller
Arthur Richmond
Rhonda Ransom
Kinderman
John Vargo
D.ds
Rena Pitotti
R.N
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Beckley Hospital
Thomas J. Hayes
George White
Evelyn Scott
Star Dust Club
Daniels
Sunday
Ike and Tina Turner
Temptations
Tarzan
Werbal
Metrocolor
Ranavison
K. C. Lilly
Beckley Area
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Aron Meeks
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