Oklahoma Rum Referendum Faces High Stakes Vote
A 1958 Life magazine note outlines Oklahoma's dry history since 1907 and the looming referendum that could legalize liquor sales. It notes bootleg profits, federal raids, and tax implications, including potential state and local tax revenue shifts and cross-border effects with Kansas and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Sooners
Will Rogers
Life Magazine
V. J. Howard Edmondson
Edmonson
Mississippi
Kansas
Texas
Fire Levies A Fearful Toll In West Virginia
Francis Keiling of the Beckley Conservation Commission warns West Virginians that spring fires since March 1, 1959, devastate soil fertility seeds and young trees and destroy game habitats. He notes efforts in the Beckley Project area to plant nearly 500,000 tree seedlings to protect resources and reduce fire risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Beckley Project
Dr. George W. Crane on Training Shaping Sexuality
An article recounts Dr. Crane arguing that sexual behavior stems from training rather than heredity. It discusses Percy T. a boy raised with girls, fearing a feminine outlook and possible homosexual development, and compares sex education to animal imprinting while urging balanced play with both sexes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Jack
Bug Dust and a Wayward Youth in Court
A handsome, well dressed young man stands before a judge for sentencing after a tangled series of crimes. He beat his wife, faced probation breaches, and was caught with moonshine liquor, later receiving a federal penitentiary sentence. His Navy service, GI home, and lost disability pension frame a story of squandered potential and questions about why he strayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau Brummel
West Virginia
California
U. S. Navy
Navy
Frankie Laine
Henry Youngman
Copacabana
Laine
Youngman
Henry
Martha Raye
Dallas
Neiman & Marcus
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Peggy Kessinger reports area service members in US and overseas posts. Sgt Norman L. Smith of Piney View and Cpl Earl E. M. Mills Jr. of Ghent serve with the Second Battalion Second Regiment Second Marine Division at Camp Lejeune. Pvt Tracy G. Meadows completes Signal Corps training at Fort Gordon after graduating Stoco High School in 1958 and prior work with A and P. Pvt James E. Epperly trains in cable splicing at Fort Gordon. Cpls Howard R. Perkins of Tams and Pvt Lloyd R. Ayers of McAlpin serve with the Second Battalion Sixth Marine Regiment at Zaura Libya during amphibious exercise. Cpls James M. Nary Jr. of Beckley and Maynard L. Reed of Odd attended the Second Marine Division’s 18th anniversary at Camp Lejeune.
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Second Marine Division
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Norman L. Smith
Piney View
Cpl
Earl E. M. Mills Jr
Ghent
Signal Corps
Fort Gordon
Tracy G. Meadows
James O. Meadows
Lego
Stoco High School
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Meadows
Southeastern Signal School
James E. Epperly
Scarbro
Mount Hope
Sixth Marine Regiment
Zaura
Libya
Howard R. Perkins
Howard W. Perkins
Tams
Lloyd R. Ayers
James T. Ayers
McAlpin
James M, Nary Jr
James M, Nary
Route 2
Beckley
Maynard L, Reed
Willie B
Reed
Odd
Crime Costs per Family Hit Four Hundred to Five Hundred
Hal Boyle notes cost of crime to each U S family at four hundred to five hundred dollars annually while offering a string of quips and trivial facts on topics from seasickness of Nelson to diet tips, car trade cycles, laundry habits, and media counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Vermont
Sinbad and the Arabian Nights Quiz Insight
A compact note on Sinbad from The Arabian Nights, tracing its origins from India to Persia and Arab worlds, noting Galland’s 18th century French translation and broad global reach. It mentions Sinbad’s seven journeys and the Valley of Diamonds, and invites readers to seek more adventures and related tales. The piece credits Ronald Wendle of Jerseyville, Ill. and outlines where to send future questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinbad
India
Galland
Europe
Valley of Diamonds
Ronald Wendle
Jerseyville
Ill
Beckley
Prayer for guidance and ethics from Corvallis minister
A prayer asking for guidance beyond policy and self serving justice, seeking a place of honor and responsibility among the nations. Signed by Raymond E Balcomb, minister at First Methodist Church in Corvallis Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Jesus Christ, Amen
Raymond E. Balcomb
Corvallis
Ore
First Methodist Church
Marie McDonald Opens Plaza Room Amid 2000 Stores Tale
New York reports Marie McDonald hosts a gala at the Plaza Persian Room where guests joke about her ex-husband Harry Karl and her new love interest Murray Rosenberg who allegedly runs over two thousand shoe stores. The item mixes gala chatter with Hollywood quips and assorted celebrity asides from Frank Sinatra to Jackie Gleason and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Plaza Persian Room
Conrad Hilton
Murray
Murray Rosenberg
New Jersey
Marie
Harry Karl
Midnight Earl
Frank Sinatra
ABC
Gibson
Amato
Jackie Gleason
Alteright
Kathy Grant Crosby
Dorothy Collins
Ritz Carlton
Boston
Dolores Gray
N. Y
Destry
Corinne Calvet
Huntz Hall
Karin Bey
Dude Magazine
Paulette Goddard
Farley “Granger
L. A
Edward G. Robinson
Oscar Homolka
Paris
Hans Conreid
Russell Nype
Elizabeth Taylor
Clift
Rod Steiger
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Shakespeare
U.N
Berlin
George W. Crane
Percy T
Dr. Crane
Roy Lee Harmon
By Peggy Kessinger
The
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Harve de Grace, Md
T. G, Meadows
J. E, Epperly
Raleigh B Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
W. Va
Hinton, W. V
Telephone Air Departments
J. McQuade
Associated Press
Brooks & Finley, Inc
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Beckley News
Papers Corporation
Hal Boyle
Lord Nelson
Britain
Walter Slezak
Diplomat Restaurant
Cyril Connolly
Ali Baba
Aladdin
Sinbad the Sailor
Earl Wilson
Marie McDonald’s New Pal
Jinx Falkenburg
South America
U. S
Florida
Tex McCrary
Argentina
Rashomon
Actors Studios
Bande
Ray Anthony
Joi Lansing
Rob’tq
Lewe
Earl
Boeing
Engeland
Joe Frisco
Gary Cooper
Arkansas
Squire Abernathy
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