Whaling conference and sea meat memory merge
A thoughtful column discusses the International Ring Conference in London aiming to curb excessive pelagic whaling while preserving quotas. It notes the long history of conservation talks, the role of the International Whaling Commission, and anecdotes from factory ships, with figures on leading whaling nations and global usage of whale oil and meat.
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London
Soviet Union
Norway
Great Britaan
Japan
Netherlands
International Whaling Commission
Sandefjord
William Scoresby
United States
International Whaling Board
Reading Tools for Early Grade College Prep
Dr George W Crane argues parental action, not TV, guarantees college entry. He urges fluent reading as the key skill and suggests tools for first and second graders such as picture dictionaries and flash cards, plus a typewriter to train word analysis. He says read aloud to Grandma is insufficient and promotes his home tutoring booklet with a small fee and return envelope.
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Ronnie J
Ronnie
Mamma
Thankful thoughts from eighth graders at Rhodell School
PANSYE WHITTAKER presents a compilation of Thanksgiving reflections from Rhodell School eighth graders. Each student lists what they value most, including family, faith, food, clothing, freedom to worship, friends, and daily life, with many noting blessings from parents and siblings.
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Pansye Whittaker
Rhodell School
Linda Murphy
Military Men In News At Home And Overseas
A week end pass at the Army recreation center in Garmisch Bavaria was earned by Pfc Donald E Riffe son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Riffe Crab Orchard A clerk in Company A 24th Infantry Division 24th Signal Battalion in Germany he entered the Army last December and completed basic at Fort Knox He arrived in Europe last June The 21 year old attended Woodrow Wilson High School and worked for General Department Stores Completing a 42 week Nike Ajax missile fire control maintenance course at the Army Air Defense School Fort Bliss Texas was Pfc Andrew J Sharpe Jr whose parents live in Enwick He entered the Army in August 1957 and is a Marsh Fork High School graduate The 19 year old is a 1957 graduate Beginning Air Force careers in radio are two Raleigh County airmen Airman 3 C Max M Worthington son of Mr and Mrs Monroe Worthington Beaver has been selected to attend the technical training school for radio interceptor operators at Keesler AFB Miss after basic at Lackland AFB Tex Also assigned to Keesler Base is Airman Paul F Michalek Jr whose parents live at Resoco He is to enter radio and radar technicians training after Lackland Worthington graduated from Shady Spring High School Michalek from Stoco High School and attended West Virginia Institute of Technology to study electrical engineering
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Garmisch
Germany
Donald E. Riffe
Virgil R. Riffe
24Th Infantry Division
24Th Signal Battalion
Army
Fort Knox
Europe
Woodrow Wilson High School
Helen
General Department Stores
Army Air Defense School
Fort Bliss
Tex
Pfc
Andrew J. Sharpe Jr
Enwight
Fort Jackson, S.C
Marsh Fork High School
Raleigh County
Max M. Worthington
Monroe Worthington
Beaver
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Lackland Air Force Base
Paul F. Michalek Jr
Resoco
Keesler Base
Lackland
Worthington
Shady Spring
Michalek
Stoco High School
West Virginia Insitute of Technology
Niven Sees Life As Perpetual Action Not Retirement
Hal Boyle profiles David Niven who refuses to visualize retirement. The Scottish born actor, after wartime service, thrived in Hollywood, moved into television, and remains busy with theater and film. He argues life is a constant race with lessons and opportunities, likening it to a garden and a grand chase.
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Hal Boyle
David Niven
New York
Debonair
Niven
Hollywood
Teleevision
Four Star Playhouse
War
Philosphy
Heaven
Hell
Raleigh Register Classified Rates and Delivery Policy
Beckley News Readers, Beckley WM, and Hinton WV publish subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include annual, semiannual, and monthly options with a 2 percent WV sales tax. Delivery by carrier is through independent contractors. the publisher disclaims responsibility for advance payments to agents.
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Soldier heads to France for training exercise
Pfc. Franklin H. Henderson, 21, left Fort Eustis Va for France to take part in an Army Transportation Corps training exercise. He is to return mid November to his fork lift operator post with the 117th Transportation Company. Henderson, who enlisted in 1954, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Okie Henderson and a 1954 Trap Hill High School graduate. his wife Mary resides in Eccles.
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Fort Eustis
France
Army Transportation Corps
Pfc
Franklin H. Henderson
Mary
Eccles
117Th Transportation Company
Army
Okie Henderson
Lester
Trap Hill High School
Brain quiz questions from Junior Editors feature four brain parts
A historical item invites readers to study brain structure with four parts named cerebrum cerebellum pons varolii and medulla oblongata. It offers a $10 reward to Bruce B Brumer of Richmond Virginia for answering and asks readers to send questions by postcard.
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Bruce B Brumer
Richmond
la Ace Beckley
Grace Kelly snubs Earl Wilson backstage at 46th St Theater
New York gossip notes Grace Kelly avoids Earl Wilson after a backstage encounter during a preview of Edwin Booth. The column lists stars and events from Miami to Nashville, including Marlon Brando, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Jack Benny, Hank Williams, Steve Allen, Ed Sullivan, Hal March, and other Hollywood and Broadway figures.
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Grace Kelly
Grace
Miami
Nashville
Natchez
New Orleans
46Th St. Theater
Swifty Morgan
Ike
Society Kid
Hogan
Evelyn West
Treasure Chest
Her Highness
Prince Rainier
Jose Ferrer
Edwin Booth
Serene Highness
Joe Ferrer
Rosemary Clooney
Abbey Lewis
Ann Seymour
Roger Stevens
Marlon Brando
France
Suzie Wong
Nuyen
Hollywood
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Sarah Bernhardt
Johnnie Ray
Johnnie
Hearsley
Frank Sinatra
Joyce Nizarri
Joi Lansing
Las Vegas
the Sands
Jack Benny
Mary
Jack
The
Symphony
Seymour Weiss
Jascha Heifetz
Alexander Hilsberg
Mendelssohn
Hilsberg
Hank Williams
Audrey Williams
Tony Perkins
Hank
Williams
Virginian Railway awards contracts for 1 million Gulf branch
The Virginian Railway announces contracts totaling 1,000,000 for the Wilding Gulf branch from Mullens West Virginia to Pemberton at Soak Creek mouth. Other firms receive grading contracts. A Brooklin tenement home owned by D. Ms Meador of Hinton is destroyed by fire. The Marsh Fork Fuel Company Incorporation is filed in Charleston with 500,000 capital stock, listing E T Crawford J E Crawford W L Ashley J H Ball and J D Woodroe as incorporators.
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The
Virginian Railway
Wilding Gulf
Mullens
W. Va
Virginian
Pemberton
Soak Creek
Carpenter and
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