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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1958
Page
5
Workmen prepare a practice slope with a snowblowing pipe visible to the right. Frank Weston, ski school instructor, tried a short run down the slope Monday afternoon soon after the snow machine began operation.
Mrs Emma Vilardi leads weekly rifle instruction at the Police Athletic League range in Kearny New Jersey. She says the girls learn to shoot now to share a common interest with their future husbands and improve domestic harmony.
News Shorts notes that some industrial workers can endure temperatures up to 600 degrees Fahrenheit for two or three minutes. It adds trivia that two U.S. Presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams, were born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and that Walla Walla, Washington, is named from an Indian term meaning many waters.
Esteban finds a note calling for help in a velvet slipper at Castle on the Hill. He meets Professor Szpilki and his daughter Charlotte who deny knowledge of the message. A tense moment ends with Esteban leaving but sensing Charlotte’s silent plea to return.
In Newport Kentucky police report a man who approached housewives saying he came for a gun bought from their husbands was met by Mrs. Edward Stubbs who refused to surrender a shotgun. Her reply implied her husband did not own a shotgun.
A blue whale may weigh up to 25 elephants or about 150 oxen, illustrating the animal’s immense size.
Reading time highlights 1959 models on the market with choices spanning small cars foreign imports and high end sports cars. The ad stresses a smart full sized car with comfort, convenience and built in features like Swing Out Swivel Seats and push buttons versus a shift stick.
Under roof with interior work remaining, Bald Knob Ski Slopes near Ghent nears completion of buildings for a rental shop a snack bar and warming benches. The blue painted structures feature white and pink trim.
Named Vice President Teresa Halsey Beckley is the newly elected vice president of the Concord College fall pledge group of the Alpha National Social Sorority. A sophomore education major Peggy Murphree Mullens heads the Sigma Sigma Sigma National Social Security pledge group, with Gloria Cook Oceana as Secretary.
Beckley Optimist Club members raised 227.71 at the Salvation Army booth on Neville Street. Major Mary McVicker says this is the largest one day total to date, with 855.49 collected overall since the drive opened. Applications for 471 Christmas baskets have been received, with more accepted through Thursday. Junior Women's Club members run the booth today.
Six damage suits totaling 46500 were filed Thursday in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk s office. In five cases the same defendants appear including Lee Paul Jira Tri State Auto Recovery Bureau Robert L Fox M J Fox and Ace Finance Co. Plaintiffs Bes sie Linville Clarkie Linville Ford Linville Odessa Holly and Reba Phipps seek 10000 5000 5000 15000 and 10000 respectively. A separate suit has Henry Privett suing Lillian Coal Co for 1500. Details were not available.
A confused squirrel in Ponca City Oklahoma caused motorists to stop and laugh as it carried a golf ball in its mouth toward its winter den near the Country Club. The report notes more than 5 000 individual paper products in the scene or context.
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