Valley Drive Building Shows Local Growth Amid Recession Hints
Two new business buildings rise on Valley Drive signaling continued development in Beckley area. Contractors Aldo Pietrantozzi and C. H. Earehart pose at the Earehart structure on the drive’s lower end, with the project slated to cost up. Also noted are a report on bluefin tuna catches recovering near Wedgeport Nova Scotia and a feature on Pvt Eleanor Plumley from Skelton, an 18 year old medical specialist trainee finishing basic at Fort McClellan and awaiting assignment to Fort Richie.
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Beckley
Valley Drive
Aldo Pietrantozzi
C. H. Earehart
Earehart
Eleanor Plumley
Skelton
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Eunice Long
Woman's Army Corps
West Virginia
Pvt
Plumley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Army
Fort McClellan
Ala
Fort Richie
Eugene Prince
Bible Club
Freshmen Enroll at Hampden-Sydney Include Beckley Trio
The fall term at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia lists 144 freshmen. Three are from Beckley area: John Payne Scherer son of Mr and Mrs L L Scherer Beckley, William Gaston Caperton son of Mr and Mrs E M Caperton Mount Hope, and John Joe Mitchell son of Mr and Mrs Isaac Mitchell Alder gon.
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Hampden-Sydney College
Virginia
Beckley
John Payne Scherer
L. L. Scherer
William Gaston Caperton
E. M Caperton
Mount Hope
John Joe Mitchell
Isaac Mitchell
Aldergon
Canals Wind Through Venice Vast Island Network
Venice in Italy features a network of 118 islands connected by over 400 bridges where canals weave between districts. The historic city centers on water routes, with gondolas and vaporetti serving as principal transport across the labyrinth.
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Venice
Italy
Local Draft Board Calls 22 Men for Induction
Twenty two men have been ordered to report October 5 at 9 a m to Local Board No 18 for induction into the Army. Names include Donald Gunhoe Pine Knob Henry Douglas Petry Arnett Henry Milton Gray Terry Roy Edward Chapman Beaver Stuart Edward Bowden Princewick Lawrence Deward Hall Sprague MacArthur Perkine Beaver John Randolph Adkins Terry Robert Thomas Youngstown Ohio formerly Beckley Ronald Lee Hickman Sprague Emmit Henry Cadle Rhodell Ronald Keith Brewer Lester Bobby Lee Meadows Slab Fork Charles Melburn Sparks Beckley Robert Bruce McClure Grandview James McKinley Foster Sullivan James Lee Flint Glen Morgan Sherman Neil Horton Crab Orchard Thomas Johnny Repch ie Youngstown Ohio formerly Cranberry James Buddy Webb Naoma Ardith Winford Grose Brunswick Ohio formerly Beaver Henry Jackson Trump Hackensack N J formerly Bolt
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Donald Gunhoe
Pine Knob
Henry Douglas Pettry
Arnett
Henry Milton Gray
Terry
Roy Edward Chapman
Beaver
Stuart Edward Bowden
Princewick
Lawrence Deward Hall
Sprague
MacArthur Perkine
John Randolph Adkins
Robert Thomas
Youngstown
Ohio
Beckley
Ronald Lee Hickman
Emmit Henry Cadle
Rhodell
Ronald Keith Brewer
Lester
Bobby Lee Meadows
Slab Fork
Charles Melburn Sparks
Robert Bruce McClure
Grandview
James
McKinley Foster
Sullivan
James Lee Flint
Glen Morgan
Sherman Neil Horton
Crab Orchard
Thomas Johnny Repchie
Cranberry
James Buddy Webb
Naoma
Ardith Winford Grose
Brunswick
Henry Jackson Trump
Hackensack
N. J
Bolt
Baptist group blocked from filming Moscow services
The Southern Baptist Radio-Television Commission and National Broadcasting Co blocked from filming church services at First Baptist Church in Moscow. They planned to travel in July but visas were denied. commissioner Paul Stevens hopes visas might be issued in August or September.
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Fort Worth, Tex
Southern Baptist Radio-Television Commission
National Broadcasting Co
First Baptist Church
Moscow
Russia
Commission
Paul Stevens
Counterfeit WV license plate cases highlight gaps in law
State official Hubert A. Kelly spots a doctored West Virginia plate, 457331, showing up as current though it's from 1957-58. The owner confessed to counterfeiting. no statute bans plate fabrication, though on the road it could be illegal. A Beckley incident led to charges for another man awaiting Grand Jury action.
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Logan
Hubert A. Kelly
West Virginia
Kelly
W. A. Burke
Burke
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Ades
Wedgeport
Nova Scotia
Lower Valley Drive
Phia
Mullens
Prince Street
Mabscott
North Oakwood Avenue
Bert Atha
American Glass and Mirror Co
Tenta
Tive
Beckleyans
Peoples Credit
Neville
Selective Service System
U. S. Army
Prince St
Watts
Insurance A Ee
Bair
FirevTe 1909
Raleigh County
Henry
U. S
Kroger
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