Beckley Aims for Growth and New Developments
Beckley faces a second half of the 20th century with a 20 000 strong base aimed at rapid growth. A chamber plan includes outdoors sports center minor league baseball football and tennis facilities. a permanent city county library. Rural Development Program expansion in dairying poultry fruit and forestry. new industries and an airport project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Mms
Beckley
Decker
Gillie Beaver Ark
Grandview Park
Route 16 Deserves Road Repairs Along Beckley Corridor
The State Road Commission rebuilt shoulders on Route 19 21 south of Beckley and Route 9 21 is nearly finished. The Register urges county crews to extend shoulder work to Route 16 between Crab Orchard and the Wyoming County line to ease hazards, improve smoothness, and support the region’s economy until funds allow resurfacing and widening.
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State Road Commission
Beckley
The
Register
Crab Orchard
Wyoming
Road Commission
West
Ugliness of Beckley Armory Grounds Sparks Grass Talk
Bug Dust urges reshaping the National Guard Armory grounds in Beckley with hardy grasses and shrubs to restore the ravine and improve the softball field. He cites Cedar Grove embankment as a model and suggests SRC guidance or honeysuckle as alternatives.
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Saw &Rass
National Guard Armory
Beckley
Cedar Grove
SRC
BeclEy Kiwanis to Screen Johnny Holiday for Kids Day
Beckley Kiwanis Club sponsors a showing of Johnny Holiday at Beckley Theater as part of National Kids Day. Proceeds from advanced ticket sales support youth service work including underprivileged children and vocational guidance. The film stars Allen Martin with William Bendix and is produced by Ronald W. Alcorn. Tickets available from Kiwanis members.
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Johnny Heliday
Beckley Theater
Beckley Kiwanis Club
National
Kids’ Day Foundation
American South
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Key Club
Woodrow Wilson
Wor
Fugitt
Walter Rappold
Arthur ¢. Cundy
Roy Jones
E. B. Hawkins
Tom Donds
Johnny Holiday
Ronald W. Alcorn
Indiana School For Boys
Plainfield
Alcorn
William Bendix
Allen Martin
Alfred Lumi
Lynn Fontanne
Beckley Kiwanian
Breathless Hours Before Korean Attack Under Kean Command
The account portrays Maj. Gen. William B. Kean directing a dawn 6:30 am assault in Korea as U.S. troops move through a prep-filled front. Reports describe the tense prelude, maproom decisions, and the methodical infantry advance under artillery fire.
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Don Whitehead
Hal Boyle
U. S
Korea
Jin
William B. Kean
25Th Infantry Division
Kean
Europe
Truman Shuns Controls Despite Korea Crisis Record
President Truman repeatedly asked Congress for price controls and rationing powers from 1947 to 1949. Lawmakers largely ignored him, even as economic strains rose. The AP notes he avoided explicit standby powers during the Korea crisis while Congress seemed poised to grant authority when needed.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Congress
Korea
OPA
Conogress
Hollywood Prices and Politics Stirred by Postwar Studies
A Hollywood montage recalls economic fears and presidential policy debates as prices rise, government controls loom, and Truman considers stand-by powers. Actors like Liz Taylor and Ginger Rogers appear amid weather-warped productions and industry chatter about tax hikes and rationing.
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Hollywood
Joan Con
Raiaine
Merchants of the Ruby by Alice Harmood reviewed
The guidepost reviews a Bobbs Merrill historical tale focusing on Edward IV and the Wars of the Roses. It traces Bessy Tudor England and the dawn of a new century through dramatic intrigue, memory, and behind the scenes dialogue.
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Alice Harmood
Bobbs-Merrill
Edward iv
England
Bessy
Edward
Henry VII
Richard
Duke of York
Edward V
Richard TV
Perkin Warbeck
Pierre Osbecques
Man Made Satellite Feasibility Heads Toward Engineering
Stewart Alsop notes the plan for an artificial satellite proposed under James Forrestal and debated by Navy and Air Force. The concept envisions a multi stage rocket delivering a 300 to 400 mile high satellite to map weather spy on the USSR and guide missiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Alsop
Washington
Missouri
James Forrestal
Soviet Union
Jern
Tois
Iut
Navy
Air Force
iSpace
Air
Parasites characters plot in Paris plan and family clash
Marla achieves theatrical success as Niall abandons school for Paris with Freada to pursue composing. Celia and Maria fret over Niall and Freada while Pappy rails about blood and ambition. In Freada's Paris flat, Niall faces heat and distraction as he contemplates piano work and a future in music.
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Marla
Niall
Paris
Freada
Celia
Taypy
Delaneys
Charles Wyndham
Maria
Ruth
Sir Charles
Pappy
Ambitious music and a dancer's dream in du taurier tale
Freada pushes a reluctant composer to the piano as she urges hard work and driving ambition. He longs for easy songs but envisions a future where a partners’ dance with Maria could birth a perfect piece. The scene shifts to Ver the season with Morning routines and a missing Maria foreshadowed in a continued tale.
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Freada
Maria
Himself
Celia
Pappy
Tire price hikes hit rubber firms in Akron area
Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company joined five other rubber firms in raising prices across passenger, truck, and farm tires with increases ranging from five to ten percent. Crude rubber and inner tube prices also rose, amid similar moves by General Tire, Mohawk, Goodyear, and Seiberling in the past two weeks. A stray literary passage then follows with unrelated lines about Scotland and a genealogical tale.
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Goodrich
Associated Press
AKRON
O.B. F. Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company
General Tire and Rubber
Mohawk
Goodyear and
Seiberling
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Gene Handsaker
Mr. Truman
Con
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George Stevens
Im- Fontaine
Liz Taylor
Montgomery Clift
Lake Tahoe
Liz
Miss Fontaine
Bing Crosby
Sevens
Jose Ferrer
Mala
Powers
Csrana de Bergerac
Roxanne
Ginger Rogers
Jack Carson
Jack
Kim
Shirley Yamaguchi
Holly-j
Robert Ryan
Literary Guidepost
Earth
Flo
Daphne du Taurier
Scotland
Miss Hartwood
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