Ambulance Crash Injures Six In Beckley Area
An ambulance transferring a heart attack patient collided with a GMC truck at Valley Drive North and Prince Street, injuring Mrs. Cora Cox, 76, and five others. Cox and two daughters were treated, with Cox later in fair condition. driver Harless and Williams had minor injuries. Additional accidents and fines are reported across Beckley and Raleigh County, including two college students fined for stealing a plant and multiple traffic violations.
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Webb and Neal
Cora Cox
Laughton
Roy Harless
Beaver
Cecil Williams
Beckley
Helen Cox
Beckley Hospital
Mason
Bellevue Lane
Raleigh General Hospital
Harless
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Williams
Police Court Collects $485 in Beckley session
Hattie Sauls forfeited a $200 bond in Beckley Municipal Court for possession of tax paid whiskey. Total collected was $485 with intoxication forfeitures at $70. Other forfeitures included Oliverio Jr. of Clarksburg and Rockwell Jr. of Dunbar, both $21 for petty larceny, William Davis $21 for assault, Mays and Alderman $21 each for speeding, Gray $16 for no city license, Lilly $21 for no state license, Miller $46 for drunkenness and trespassing, Duncan $21 for leaving keys, Marsico $6 for blocking a...
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Hattie Sauls
North Heber St
Beckley Municipal Court
John Oliverio Jr
Clarksburg
Calvin Rockwell Jr
Dunbar
William Davis
City Ave
Daniel G. Mays
Meadows Court
Margaret S. Alderman
E. Street
Eugene Gray
Maplewood Lane
David W. Lilly
Fred L. Miller, Jr
Norma Duncan
Frank Marsico
Davis and Elkins to honor James W Witherspoon on Founders Day
Dr James W Witherspoon of Beckley will receive an honorary Doctor of Divinity at Davis and Elkins College Founders Day on September 22. He has served 19 years on the college board, joining in 1947, and was chairman in 1965. The program includes the Founders Award to Charles E Albert, a keynote address by Dr William A Benfield Jr, and the dedication of a new $55000 women residence hall.
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Elkins
James W. Witherspoon
Beckley
Davis and Elkins College
Witherspoon
North Carolina
Beckley Presbyterian
Virginia
West Virginia
Davis and Elkins
Charles E. Albert
William A. Benfield Jr
Charleston
FBI seeks clerks and typists at Beckley center
FBI representatives will interview high school graduates at Beckley Youth Opportunity Center from 9 a m to noon Thursday for clerk and typist jobs in Washington D C. The outreach aims to recruit qualified applicants for federal service.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Beckley Youth Opportunity Center
FBI
Washington, D.C
Constantine visits Cairo for St Catherine's centenary
King Constantine of Greece arrived in Cairo on Saturday to attend the 11th centenary celebrations of St Catherine's monastery. The private visit included a 21 gun salute and greeting from UAR President Gamal Abdel Nasser at the airport.
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Constantine
U.A.R
Cairo
UPI
Greece
St. Catherine’s Monastery
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Dolan Transferred Within State Police Detachments
Trooper J R Dolan of Cranberry has been moved from the Beckley Detachment to the Whitesville detachment in Boone County effective Monday. Married with an 11 month old daughter, Dolan served two and a half years in the Beckley unit.
Gasoline Truck Crash Narrows Narrow Road In Beckley Area
A collision involving a truck carrying about 1,000 gallons of gasoline occurred on a narrow 14 foot road near Beckley. Samuel Pettry resigned as a bus driver after the crash on North Valley Drive near Sprague on Aug 31 injuring a 16 year old Prosperity youth. Pettry was fined for not having his bus under control. Police investigated another wreck at State Route 4 and 2 near Prosperity involving a 1957 pickup driven by Wood Jerrell and a 1959 car driven by Virginia J. Taylor. Mrs Rusha Jerrell was bruised. An airport board discussed receiving a government surplus crash fire truck from Fort Belvoir, improvements to hangers, and bids for obstructions lights towers and furnaces.
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Beckley Hospital
Valley Drive South
Central Ave
Beckley
Patricia Fichtenberg
Eula Davis
Jack B. Tate
Clen White
Raleigh County
W. Va
Lester
Robert Eugene Stover
Glen White
Glenn Shumate
Trap Hill High School
Jerrell
Harper Road
Grady Boggess
James R. Webb
Eccles
Webb
Boggess
Samuel Pettry
North Valley Drive
Sprague
Pettry
Jerry A. Cline
Local Arthritis Help Offered by Kaye Smith in Mississippi
A classified style notice offers free information for relief from arthritis neuritis and rheumatism. It invites readers to write Kaye Smith at 2301 Terry Road Z-15 Jackson Mississippi 39204 for details. Endorses no products or services beyond the information request.
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Terry Road
Jackson
Mississippi
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