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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1951
Page
5
Belinda and Tom ride a balloon to Santa Land but storms and a leaking balloon threaten their journey. They land in a show time and head to Santa Claus amid Santa Land’s busy Christmas preparations with dwarfs and card sorting.
Patrolman John A. Russell admitted on duty he took a ticket off his own car to avoid paying for parking on his day off. He tore a ticket from his duty book and left it under the windshield wiper then returned hours later to be detected by fellow officers. The chief lectured him and he returned to duty with two days’ pay withheld.
The Associated Press reports in Washington that the civilian oath includes the word honest this year while the military oath lacks it. Senator Fulbright advocates an ethics commission and questions why civilians must swear honesty but service members are not similarly required.
Two county officers traded gunfire late last night with a man found asleep in a car stolen from a Cleveland suburb. He is believed to be George F. Ross, 27, a burglar and ex convict wanted for a Cleveland murder. A nationwide manhunt has been underway since Saturday.
In a tale of theatrical ambition, Megda anxiously awaits William’s return while he nears a World Wide contract after a London studio run. Andrew and Sydney navigate reads from Hamlyn and L M Morton as William’s career edges toward a three year deal, with Katherine and Marion observing the tension.
Jennie B. Redden of Table Rock died in Sweet Springs Virginia on Sunday December 9. The body will transfer from Caffee Funeral Home to her adopted daughter Adtha Conner in Crow on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Funeral services set for Wednesday December 12 at 2 p.m. at Table Rock Church with burial in Kidwell Cemetery. Arrangements by Caffee Funeral Home.
Readable items include radio and appliance repairs at S 542 and 21122, moving and storage services by Eclipse and Lewis Transfer, taxidermy by Ernest Williams, live animals for sale, poultry and farming supplies, wanted notices for deer heads and buck scales, consumer goods from Henry Conway Hardware, and classified listings for job seekers and sales opportunities in Beckley area newspapers.
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