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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1953
Page
10
Charleston reports West Virginia's economy showed overall improvement in October 1953 per the State Chamber of Commerce monthly index. Thirteen of twenty sectors posted higher activity than October 1952 with coal production up 33.5 percent year over year, while ten‑month coal output lagged 5.3 percent from the prior year.
Shinobu Higashi former AP correspondent in Tokyo describes meeting Nishio a former prisoner from Manchuria now home after eight brutal years in Siberian camps. Nishio recalls shared bunk beds millet mush and oppression as he recounts being sentenced to 25 years in May 1949 after capture in 1945.
Nancy Kelly faces DA inquiry after a bailiff found an envelope offering confidential court information. Larry claims a leak and a halt to the case, while Nancy weighs reporting Sam Sykes or staying silent. The district attorney questions reveal a voluntary interview about access to confidential files in the firm of Spencer and Charles.
Two obituaries announce the deaths of Harry E. Massie 55 of Mahscott and Mattie Ann Elam 70 of Sprague. Massie dies November 30 at home. funeral December 3 at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with Dr A H Wilson. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Elam dies December 1. funeral December 3 at Roy Elam’s residence with Rev Robert Dean. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Arrangements by Rose and Calfee Funeral Homes.
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