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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1955
Page
3
A worried mother asks how to help her daughter’s troubled marriage noting possible abuse. The columnist advises staying out of the couple’s private matters and suggests the daughter will seek advice if needed. The piece includes a playful aside about family gatherings and planning activities.
Under authority in a conditional sales agreement Beery Justice 127 Circle Dr Prince failed to keep payments on a 1048 Kaiser sedan Motor No Koons. The sale for cash to the highest bidder will be June 23 at 12 noon at Cline Motors Inc Princeton WV. Posted June 17 1955 West Virginia Home Finance Co. Mack G Pittman.
Jimmy Cagney heads to Detroit Cleveland and Cincinnati for a personal appearance swing to promote MGM’s Love Me or Leave Me. The star’s touring stops emphasize his strongest acting performances while drawing fans in major Midwestern markets.
In two weeks, the Associated Press average of 60 stocks rose to eight new highs, finishing near 171.30 a share. The market, after a April 26 virus peak, climbed steadily with brief pullbacks on Thursday and Tuesday this week. Brokers warn high prices may prompt a normal correction, while rail stocks lag behind but overall market strength remains. The five most active issues span Imperial Chemical, Great Northern oils, Devon Leduc, Burma Mines, Ashland Oil, Pennsylvania Railroad, Sunray Mid-Continent Oil, U S Steel, and Sperry Rand on the exchange and on the when issued list.
Don Benson and Boyd White spotted tracks believed to be a cougar print five inches across. John Luck the government trapper joined the hunt and they tracked the area six miles away where they found a St. Bernard dog belonging to E. G. Commons.
A dense list of radio and television programs for Sunday across stations WYVE WHIS WKOY WLOH WYVE and others. It includes revival hours religious services, news, music, sports, quizzes, and dramatic features with channel numbers and times scattered throughout.
Today commemorates the golden anniversary of the motion picture industry. The 1905 opening of John P. Harris nickelodeon in Pittsburgh sparked mass public interest with an all movie program. The success helped launch Warner Bros and Selznick as pivotal cinema figures, while Forbes Field witnessed Mike Mitchell's first fair ball out.
Carbondale Illinois reports real Sassafras shipped to W L Webb of Sacramento California at his request from Carbondale Sassafras trees. Webb had found California Sassafras weak and tasteless in drug stores. Chamber of Commerce dispatched the makings promptly.
Gets Degree Frederick Lee Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Leroy J Smith, earned a BS in electrical engineering at Marquette University and will join Minneapolis Honeywell Co. He graduated Gary High School as valedictorian of 1949, is married to Mary Ubert, and has one daughter.
In New London Wisconsin on June 18 a spring wind carried trash to the city dump. Harold and Mrs Behnke received a mail envelope from Cletus Apke of Route 1 Cattawissa Missouri containing a light bill receipt a hand drawn travel map and a letter from a relative. The items were found in a field 35 miles southeast of St. Louis and sent back to the Behnkes.
Paul Whiteman resumes public life as emcee of Americas Greatest The Show on TV. He argues bands will regain prominence on television and believes four bands will open the program. Whiteman, 63, notes bands must evolve beyond background music and aims to boost the TV music scene through visual appeal.
City magistrate Bryan H. Lampkin held court at the jail after a rowdy weekend party left nine men and four women jailed. Sentences ranged from 25 dollars or 30 days to 200 dollars or 60 days.
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