West Virginia's Chemical Boom Reaches Half Billion
West Virginia's chemical industry has surpassed 500 million dollars with 300 million in two years. Nineteen new or expanding plants line the Ohio River while 34 major plants employ over 26 000 people. The expansion, aided by resources, logistics, and policy, signals a continued rise in the state's chemical presence along Kanawha and Ohio valleys.
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West Virginia
Chemical and Engineering News
Ohio River
American Chemical Society Weekly
Ohio
Kanawha
Monongahela
Charleston
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Kanawha River Valley
Ohio River Valley
Ohio Valley
Chemical Bels
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp
W. C. Marland
West Virginia University
State Industrial and Publicity Commission
Giry
Kanawha Valley
Potomac
Three Election Lessons From Eisenhower Victory
Veteran politicians cite three lessons from Eisenhower’s landslide over Stevenson. First, personal popularity dominates campaigns. second, ticket splitting stays and grows with voting machines. third, public opinion polls show trends but must withstand close elections, as they failed in 1948 predicting Dewey over Truman.
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Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Ike
Stevenson
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
West Virginia forest council names Harmon executive secretary
Roy Lee Harmon named executive secretary of the West Virginia Forest Council on November 15. He plans heavy focus on public relations and membership drives in early months, touting conservation and public education to protect forests and streams across Boone County and the state. A pilot county program will distribute forestry information before expanding to another county later. A humorous note recalls Nancy Thorne, an Air Force Reserve member, enduring multiple injections and a brush with illness while male officers faced harsher effects.
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West Virginia Forest Council, Inc
Roy Lee Harmon
Harmon
Boone County
Green Hills
West Virginia
Air Force
Nancy Thorne
Nancy
Red China follows Soviet model with selective independence
Canadian reporter David Lancasilire surveys how China mimics Soviet methods yet avoids blind imitation. Russians influence industry and education, while Chinese leaders claim leadership under Mao. In factories and cities, Soviet experts train locals then depart as Chinese technicians rise.
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David Lancasilire
Prhiping
Red China
China
Soviet Union
Russia
Foreign Office
Mao
Communist Party
Peiping
Yangze River
Wuhan
Wire-taps, bus rides, and a New York circus of names
New York gossip item sketches Costello’s wire-tap cases and a bus ride to Atlanta Penitentiary halted by counsel. NBC jests about bonuses while Jaye Sisters from Flint emerge as a singing threat. Boxing chatter includes Rocky Marciano and Patterson Moore aftermath remarks. Celebrity cameos include Adlai Stevenson, Jimmy Durante, and Pat Boone.
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New Yorker
Frank Costello
Edward B. Wiliams
Costello
Hogan
Williams
Atlanta
F.C
West St
NBC
Jaye Sisters
Flint, Mich
Jean
Jan
June
Herb Shriner
Bea Lillie
Rocky Marciano
Toots Shor
Barbara
Rocky
Jimmy Cannon
Sylvia Lyons
Lee Segall
Radie Harris
Neel Coward
Mary Martin
Horn
Jack Denton
Milwaukee D.j
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Adlai Stevenson
Gov. Harriman
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy
Ialy
Harriman
Gov. Harrison
Midnight Earl
Columbia
Pat Boone
Hollywood
Ben Duffy
Madison
Sam Costello May File Charge Wire Tappers
A gossip column notes Sam Costello may file charges against wire-tappers amid town gossip. The piece mentions Liz Taylor in hospital, Mc Todd and others in Hollywood rumor mill with several Oscar or award mentions.
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Sam
Costello
Remove Your Personality Warts in 1937 Guide
A satirical New Year exhortation urges readers to assess faults with friends and family, seeking self improvement. It suggests distributing fault lists and weighing criticisms, then asks for divine benediction for health and peace.
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New York
Fec
Ond
Hot Rod Addicts Split: Science Seekers and Ego Fans
Case Records of a Psychologist examines two hot rod types. Harry and like-minded students tinker for knowledge, while a larger group drives on emotional urges, seeking status through races and speed. An automobile personality test follows with questions about driving habits and self-image.
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Harry Z
Harry
Mumane Society
Joan Blondell Still Sparkling Star of the Screen
Hollywood veteran Joan Blondell, now a grandmother, stars in This Could Be the Night and reflects on a career that included The Opposite Sex Lizzie and Desk Set with Hepburn and Tracy. She recalls early Warner Brothers years with James Cagney and a heavy workload in the 1930s while noting she avoids chorus girl roles today. Blondell lives in Hollywood with her daughter Ellen while her Manhattan home remains. Her son Elton pursues horse activities in California and Henson Norman graduates from Cornell this June. his wife expects a baby in March.
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Hollywood
Joan Blondell
Joan
Lizzie
Katharine Hepburn
Spencer Tracy
Hie
James Cagney
Warner Brothers
Comany Aong
Dick Powell
Ruby Keeler
Warren William
Guy Kib+bee
Frank McHugh
Allen Jenkins
Ellen
Bast
Manhattan
Elton
Pierce College
San Fernando Valley
Henson Norman
Cornell University
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Los Angeles
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
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