Post-Easter optimism boosts 1956 U S business scene
Prospects of a post Easter pickup brighten the business scene with heavy industry and construction leading. Labor Department forecasts brisk hiring in weeks ahead in most major areas while summer may see a new jobs record. Retail spending surges and Sears Roebuck posts record profits as auto production weakens but stabilizes.
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Walter Breede JR
New York
Labor Department
Dun & Bradstreet
T. V. Touser
Sears, Roebuck & Co
U. S
Great Lakes
Cominforms Days Numbered in Soviet Dominated Bloc
New York report says Cominform likely to dissolve within months, with Yugoslavia favoring its end. Founded in 1947 by USSR Yugoslavia Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia Romania Bulgaria France and Italy, it aimed to counter the Marshall Plan and later expelled Tito. No official meetings have been reported for years.
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New York
Cominform
Yugoslavia
Communist Information Bureau
Communist Parties
U.S.S.R
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bulgaria
France
Italy
Stalin
Marshal Tito
Bucharest
Marland to Kick Off Senate Campaign April 9
Gov Marland plans a Democratic bid for the U S Senate starting April 9 in Wheeling after a New York City speech on state industrial development. He will address the New Products Seminar in New York on Testing New Products in the Governor's Mansion.
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Charleston
Marland
U. S. Senate
New York City
Senate
Wheeling
New York
Governor's Mansion
Charleston Motor Firm Leases Capitol Parking Space
Budget Director D. L. Gainer announced Hugh Stewart Motors Inc of Charleston leased the unused top floor of the state parking building near the capitol for 152 dollars a month. The space holds about 45 cars and will be used to store autos after bids opened Monday by the State Office Building Commission of which Gainer is secretary.
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Charleston
D. L. Gainer
Hugh Stewart Motors Inc
Capitol
Hugh Stewart
State Office Building Commission
Gainer
Family pressures and a surgeon's hard choice
Linda confronts Alan about Silas and family bonds as she grapples with longing and loyalty. Alan forgives her folly, urges self-reliance, and weighs a surgical decision to extend his sister Fern's life while confronting the brutal truth of duty.
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Alan
Linda
Thorntons
Silas
Ma'am
Thornton
Margaret
Manning Fowler
Alan Thornton
Ma’am
Rupert Ernst
Manning
Father
Fred Blake
Fern
Spinach Tops Menu Votes at Local School
At Cleveland Court Grammar School Lakeland Florida students plan a weekly menu. Spinach has the most votes for the chosen foods while ice cream ranks last among the options in recent ballots.
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Lakeland
Fla
Cleveland Court Grammar School
Radar study to track meteors from space
Harvard University astronomers announce a powerful new radar eye to study meteors, aiming to detect objects 500 times fainter than visible to the eye. The system will be built by Harvard Observatory with MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Massachusetts, using six receiving antennae to reveal meteors’ orbits, speeds, heights, origins, and electron trails.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Harvard University
Outer
Space
Earth
Gerald S. Hawkins
Curtis L. Hemenway
Fred L. Whipple
American Astronomical Society
Massachusetts
Harvard Observatory
Lincoln Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Poultry Market Reports From Harrisonburg and Charleston
In Harrisonburg Virginia the live poultry market is weak across all classes with demand fair. Prices at farm end noon yesterday show broilers 20% to 21% pounds, heavy hens 23, small turkey fryers 30 to 31, breeder hens 28, toms 25. In Charleston West Virginia the South Branch Valley market is firm with ample supplies and good demand. Farm prices since Friday to 9 am yesterday list broilers about 20 to 21% pounds, average sale price 21.05 with 93,000 sold of 127,000 offered in 43 lots.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Charleston
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
South Branch Valley
South Branch
Raleigh County Memorial Airport Hangar Bid Notice
Raleigh County Court invites sealed bids for a hangar building at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport Beckley West Virginia. Bids due May 1 1956 at 2:00 PM EST with plans and specs available April 16 1956 for 15.00 per set. Bond or certified check min five percent required with bid.
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Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Raleigh County Court House
Beckley
Robert L. Davis Company
Park Avenue
County Court
H. G. Farmer
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Business Mirror
Justice Department
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Eger V. Murptree
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Pentagon
Department of Agriculture
Charleston Motor Firm
Arthur
Miss Adamant
Laura
James
Costa Mesa
Calif
Jack Cadaman
Harold Lloyd Johnson
Olita
Johnson
Nike
Johnsons
Houston
Tex
Texas
International Soundphoto
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Elbert Mack
Camp Creek
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Earl Cole
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Howard Eads
Webb & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Trump Trump
Julia C
Keyser Funeral Home
J. B. F. Yoak, Jr
Sunset Memorial Park
Steve Chap Ee
O. F. Cook
Dennis Terry
Jamesughes
Stewart Waugh
J. Everett
Shrewsbury
Joseph E. Lickliter
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Alvin Cook
A.H. Wilson
Carden Hillman
French Wilson
Mrs
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Keyser
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Dial
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South Oakwood Ave
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Quesenberry
James Ot
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Kyle Davis
Paul Thompson
Rupert
Bluefield Monument Company
Bluefield, Va
Rock of Ages
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Barre
R. C. Egnor
Oak Hill
Eoun
Dewey
Dial Floral CO
City Ave
Crab Orchard
William H. Sommerville
Barboursville
Harper Road
Woodlawn Avenue
Nash Campbell
Clarence Christian
Harold Williams
Stoc Beckley Ice and Feed CO
Prince St
Henry Jones
Ae Ma
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Main St
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Donald W. Miller
Tench
AL Connard
Wright
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Neville St
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W. Va
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Halstead
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North Kanawha ST
RCA Victor
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John W. Eye
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Cemann Banisia A
Senita Sensignanaerent
Frank
GMC
Sprague
Avon Cosmetics
Jennings St
Mutual of Omaha
Combs St. Beckley
AAVON
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Lewis Transfer & Storage
United van Lines
Dial 4400
Morris
Calloway Heights
Peerless Packing Company
Es Mutual of
Omaha
Combs St
Walter's Insurance Agency
McCorkle Ave
South
W. V
Arran
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Clower
Bradley
Hope
President
Standard Coffee Co
Carl Buns
Guyandotte Hotel
Mullens
Princeton
R. H. Murphy
United States Rubber Company
Sandusky St
Pittsburgh
Chessie McGraw
Glen Daniel
Gabe
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R L
J. H. Stinson
East Beckley
W. B. Jones
Roy A. Jones
Rhode Island
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Emmerera
Chihuahua
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Shady Spring
Bud Lovell
Sophia
Sisson St
Hereford
Guernsey
James H. Mills
L. Scott
Grandview Road
Beckley USA
May's
Virgil's
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Enen
White Cross Agt
Beckley i
Plywwood
Seba
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Ford
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Maytag CO
Ashworth
Prince Street
Big Free
J. H. Cox
White Oak School
Streeter Rd
General Electric
Best Furniture CO
South Fayette St
Gravely Tractors
Call Beckley
Gravely Tractor Sales
American Glass & Mirror Co., Inc
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MGR
Mabscott
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Johnstown Rd
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Temple St
Beckley Insulation Co
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