Science Finds Way To Make People Taller
Science may soon enable height increase using HGH from pituitary sources. Tufts studies by Dr M S Raben show growth in certain dwarfs and short children, with progress linked to identifying and reconstructing the active agent. Until HGH can be sourced differently, demand outpaces supply, but breakthroughs hint at a future where tallness becomes more common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Thomas Hyman
M. D
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Tufts University School of Medicine
M. S. Raben
National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Area service members appear in overseas posts and home stations. Airman C Clinton G Okes, son of Shady Spring residents, trained at Lackland and Keesler and is stationed at Maistrom AFB Germany. Sgt Walter Staples, East Beckley, serves with the 68th Armor in Baumholder. Cpl Melvin R Hughes arrives Okinawa with the Third Artillery. Pvt L A Taylor completes recruit training at Parris Island. Pvt Kenneth L Tucker Jr graduates 82nd Airborne Jump School at Ft Bragg. Specialist 4 Charles E Jackson completes heavy equipment repair at Ft Lee. M Sgt Alvin J Nidiffer and Specialist 4 Kermit B Garretson serve Ober Schleissheim Germany. Pvt Thomas R Tyree and Pvt Jackie L Keffer complete Ft Jackson training. Larry P Green graduates aviation electronics at Memphis. John E Bailey serves at Virginia Beach NAS. Robert F Lynch enlists six years. regards Stamford residence. Robert G Way and Melvin J Reed aboard USS Enterprise during sea trials.
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Maistrom Air Force Base
Mont
C. Clinton G. Okes
Everett C. Okes
Shady Spring
Shady Spring High School
Lackland Afb
Tex
Keesler Afb
Miss
Ober Schleissheim
Germany
Alvin J. Nidiffer
Eccles
Kermit B. Garretson
Basin
Nidiffer
Allen L. Nidiffer
Eighth Transportation Battalion
Army
Trap Hill High School
Margaret
Garretson
110Th Transportation Company
Enterprise
Newport News
Robert G. Way
Aviation Ordnanceman
Cordell Way
Sprague
Melvin J. Reed
Lamentha Reed
Prillerman Ave
Beckley
First Son Born to Mr and Mrs Erskine Agee of Brooklyn
Mr and Mrs Erskine Agee of Brooklyn announce the birth of an 8 pound 4 ounce son Erskine Agee Jr at Thomas Memorial Hospital Charleston on March 26 at 1 31 a m The infant is a new West Virginia resident with ties to Oak Hill Westmere State College graduate 1961 and Elinor Mann is his mother Mrs Agee a 1962 prospective graduate of West Virginia State College.
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Erskine Agee
Brooklyn
N. Y
Erskine Agee Jr
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Charleston
Agee
Oak Hill
Westmere State College
Elinor Mann
Paul Mann
Smoot Ave
West Virginia State College
Real estate deeds filed in county clerk records
Deeds on file record transfers in Shady Spring District and Beckley Town District with amounts ranging from 100 to 2,500 dollars. Spurgeon Lilly and Nellie Mae Lilly transfer to Polly McBride for 500. Burmeister to Farmer for 1,225. Surratt to Roach for 100. Grier to Arnold Holdren for 2,500. Atha to Clay for 2,500. Meador to Rakes for 2,250. Howerton and others to Miller for Marsh Fork District consideration noted.
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Spurgeon
Nellie Mae Lilly I
Polly McBride
Shady Spring
R. J
Alma C. Burmeister
Burl
Evan Mae Farmer
V. A. Surratt
Otie Surratt
Hester
James Roach
Trap Hill
Ralph B. Grier
C. Arnold
Mary F. Holdren
Donzella Marie
Robert L. Atha
Glen A
Leona Ruth Clay
Beckley
J. L. Meador
J. W
F. G. Rakes
Tressie Miller Howerton
John V. Howerton
Dell Miller
Marsh Fork
Permit Issued for Nichols Five-Room Brick Home
City Recorder issued a building permit to Clarence Nichols of 512 East Street for a five-room brick house with a garage valued at 13000 dollars.
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Clarence Nichols
E. St
City Recorder
French inventor Nicolas Cugnot builds early road wagon
The first road wagon credit goes to French inventor Nicolas Cugnot who, around 1770, built a three wheeled steam carriage with a single rear wheel drive and a top speed near two miles per hour.
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Nicholas Cugnot
Duckworth Estate To Be Handled By Bank
The Raleigh County Bank will execute Minnie Susan Duckworth estate after her Feb 21 death. A $10,000 bond was posted. Her will names Irene Lillian Midkiff as life policy beneficiary and residue, with the bank as executor to manage and sell property, pay taxes, and distribute proceeds to named heirs including Betty Lou Reynolds and Lois D. Harris, among others, with a 5 percent executor fee and various trusts.
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Raleigh County Bank
Minnie Oe Duckworth
Minnie Susan Duckworth
Irene Lillian Midkiff
Betty Lou Reynolds
Orlando
Fla
Lois D. Harris
Clinton
Ohio
Oak Hill
Joleta Ann Ingram
Atlanta
Leona ‘Midkiff Walker
Glen Lyn
Raleigh County Clerk
Charles Hochzeit
Charlie
Levine
Charleston
Violet Greefswald Levine
Kanawha County
Raleigh County
Raleigh Junk Co
Raleigh Iron and Steel Co
Mabscott
Rahall Named on Plaque For 1960 Democratic Nomination
Beckley delegate to Chicago in 1960 is to be inscribed on a bronze plaque presented to press properties. Bonds posted by executrices Bessie Mae Snyder of Newport News and Helen Grys of Beckley secure estates of J H Snead and Paul Grys. The plaque commemorates Ident Kennedy nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Joe Rahall
Beckley
Chicago
Bessie Mae Snyder
Newport News
J. H. Snead
Snead
Mr. Kennedy
Doan’s Pills Offer Relief From Nagging Aches
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Dean
Doan
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Dr. Hyman
Eighth Infantry Division
68Th Armor
Walter N. Staples
Walter B. Staples
Massey St
East Beckley
Baumholder
Byrd-Prillerman High School
Helen
Okinawa
Eighth Missile Battalion
Third Artillery
Cpl
Melvin R. Hughes
Joyce
Oceana
Parris Island
S. C
Marine Corps
Woman Marine Pvt
L. A. Taylor
Cofer P. Taylor Jr
Clyde St
Woodrow Wilson High School
K. L. Tucker
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Pvt
Kenneth L. Tucker Jr
Crab Orchard
Ft. Benning
Quartermaster School
Ft. Lee
Charles E. Jackson
Vivian B. Jackson
Lochgelly
Ft. Dix
Collins High School
Kermit Garretson
Herndon High School
Ft. Jackon S.C
Thomas R. Tyree
Jackie L. Keffer
Odd
Tyree
J. L. Keffer
Mrs. T. Tyree
Keffer
James Lee Keffer
Aviation Electronics
Memphis, Tenn
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Larry P. Green
John P. Green
Coal City
Virginia Beach, Va
Naval Air Station
John E. Bailey
Roscoe G. Bailey
96Th Transportation Company
Boblingen
Robert F. Lynch
Sherleen
Stamford
Duckworth
Bank
Alexander
Earl A. Hall
Harry L Mondorf
Sara Layman
Harry Jr
Minnie Nondorf
F. G. Mondorf
P. C. Thomas
Pittsburgh
Sarah Layman
Battle Creek
Mich
Carter Burnette
Mondorf
Rahall
Helen Grys
Paul Grys
Grys
the Complete Variety Store
Pelham Quality
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