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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1958
Page
2
A Sales Management study shows Beckley households with spendable incomes of 1000 or more account for 61.2 percent, higher than national 59.9 percent and West Virginia 54.2 percent. The distribution favors a broader middle class with implications for local business and purchases.
Hal Boyle reports Dick Powell, once a saxophonist and film star, now oversees filming of 150 TV shows and directs four feature films under a 20th Century Fox contract. He reflects on risks, balancing acting and producing, and life with wife June Allyson on a 50 acre Los Angeles ranch.
An old essay honors conservation in Minnesota Out-of-Doors style, praising tree planting highway cleanup and protecting landscapes. It quotes a Fayette Tribune canning guidance and ends with a Roy B Sampson memoriam poem for his late brother George D Sampson.
In a column recalling youth in rural Ohio, Hugh Downs details early schooling, anti delinquency anecdotes, and his path from Lima, Spencerville, and Amanda to radio and TV. The piece features memories of teachers, a pistol incident, and Downs’ later fame with Sid Caesar and Jack Paar.
Miss Mary Conway, milliner for 5. N. Fisher's Department store, visits Cincinnati to trim pattern hats and study fall and winter fashions. Construction on J H Melien Jr residence on Kanawha street advances. G Hedrick buys the soda fountain at Model Confectionery and will open a new confectionery in Steiner’s former room. W L Hensley, plasterer on the Combs building, claims a world record nailing 1400 laths in three hours and forty minutes.
Ben H. Ashworth attorney for the Raleigh County Board of Education filed eighty nine suits naming United States Casualty Company as defendant. The Long Branch team of the C. C. B. Smokeless Coal Co captained by FE EB Christian won the fourth annual safety meet after a three way perfect score tie among teams from New River and Winding Gulf Mining Institute venues.
Washington lawmakers gear up for the annual overseas study junket with Europe as a primary destination. A Thor Able moonshot failure near Cape Canaveral tests timing discipline and fuels progress in missile know-how despite an in-air explosion.
Grassroot Opinions notes Jamestown era courage as a reminder to renew faith in American ideals and respect for individuals. Garner argues crime on TV cheapens life and shapes youth. Campbellsville reflects hope that wisdom guides progress over beeping satellites and tech.
Publication notice from Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists mailing privileges in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. It includes editor C J McQuade managing editor and Associated Press membership terms. Subscription rates and delivery terms for daily and Sunday editions are outlined with carrier and distributor responsibilities and tax notes.
In a retrospective, James Marlow assesses Congresses through crises and Cold War tensions. He traces shifts from wartime unity with Eisenhower to uneasy foreign policy, rising Soviet power, Middle East events, and economic inflation and recession affecting policy confidence.
Junior Editors quiz explains woodpeckers hammering serves three roles drilling for nests signaling mating or digging for insects. It notes a woodpecker’s stiff head cushion and long sticky tongue with a barbed tip helps extract prey. A contest awarded $10 to John R. Cadigan of Oakland for submitting the question.
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