Big Five Bowls Dominate Football’s Bowl Season
Major bowls including the Gator Rose Orange Sugar and Cotton drew about $2 million at the gate last year with rising expectations this season. Rose Bowl sold out early while new bowls in Philadelphia and Houston gain traction. NCAA certifies 11 post season games this year, down from 15 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Houston
National Collegiate Athletic Association
New York
Yale
Notre Dame
Rutgers
Syracuse
Holy Cross
Lorida A & M
Langston University
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
NAIA
Pop Warner
Wade Hampton
York
Hampton
S. C
Mail Bag Quips and Quick Facts From New York
A colloquial roundup of offbeat observations and trivia from New York. Topics include dental cavities, nickel weights, multi job holders, fat ladies, tourism quotes, a statue of Liberty and UN visit stat, jokes from notable figures, car safety, budgets, sleepwalking, and a Winchester ordinance on rope dancing. Includes remarks by Dr Wilhelm Stekel and Secretary James P Mitchell.
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Statue of Liberty
United Nations
Wilhem Stekel
George Washington
British Columbia
Robert Q. Lewis
Winchester
Mass
Church
James P. Mitchell
U.S
John Masefield
Office Party Hazards Warned In Cautionary Tale
A long essay warns that office parties often tempting but dangerous with liquor. It recounts a judge’s alleged party incident and a missing young woman, illustrating risks to reputations, marriages, and safety. The piece urges avoiding work-sponsored celebrations to prevent intoxicated driving and harm.
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Huntington
Charleston
Dangerous Weaknesses in the United Nations
AP Diplomatic writer John M Hightower warns that the United Nations faces two dangers in the Congo crisis a financial shortfall and a prestige threat. Washington fears impacts on Africa policy and a potential Western Sino Soviet clash if UN efforts falter. Costs and troop withdrawals risk undermining legitimacy and solvency.
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John M. Hightower
Congo
United Nations
World Organization
Washington
United States
Africa
Moscow
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
United Arab Reeppublic
Ceylon
Yugoslavia
Indonesia
Ghana
Beckley Miner Dies After Injury at City Coal Company
N. S. Mitchell, a well known Beckley resident and Knights of the Golden Eagle member, died at Campbell Hospital two hours after being injured in a City Coal Company mine. Squire W. C. Thurman plans to run for Senate doorkeeper. R. E. Barrett, prominent Dry Creek merchant, attended Circuit Court this week.
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N. S. Mitchell
Beckley
Knights of the Golden Eagle
City Coal Company
Campbell Hospital
Squire W. C. Thurman
Senate
R. E. Barrett
Dry Creek
Raleigh and Register Rate Card From Beckley Papers
Beckley Newspapers publishes subscription rates for daily and Sunday delivery by mail and carrier in West Virginia. Includes pricing for daily, Sunday, and combined editions, with tax notes and address-change guidance.
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National Advertising
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
New York
Chicago
Netroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
West Virginia
Prayer for Today Gratitude for transforming homes with love
Dennis H. Cooke of High Point College offers a prayer thanking God for transforming homes with little love into loving households. The prayer asks for understanding that love is a foundational stone of a happy home and ends with an Amen.
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Dennis H. Cooke
High Point
N.C
High Point College
Nixon and Jackie Planned White House Socials and Law Return
Nixon plans to return to private law practice after his vice presidency ends, with no clear drive to run for California governor in 1962. Jackie Kennedy plans to bring cultural bring to the White House, hold weekly press conferences, and publish an official journal. Inauguration plans avoid presidential souvenir plates. instead, 1961 tags feature a flag design. A separate note from Barnwell, SC, reports crow harassment on farms using acetylene guns.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Jackie
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
White House
Mamie Eisenhower
Washington Press Corps
Eleanor Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
America
United States
John F. Kennedy
GOP
Kennedy
Johnson
Jackie Gleason
Toots Shor
Gleason
Bill McCaffrey
JFK
Secret Service
Frank Lovejoy
Stork
Dean Martin
Las Vegas Sands
Barbara Cook
H‘wood
George Abbott
Nehru
Darryl Zanuck
Danny
Solo
Milton Berle
Doubleday
Marlene Dietrich
ABC
Havana
Castro
Cuba
Auethoress
H'wood
Wile
Chamberlain
Philadelphia
Duke of Windsor
London
Paris
Renzo Cesana
Francis of Assisi
Lois DeFee
Huseband
Edie Arcaro
Dana Wynter
Rhodesia
Sophia Loreen
Lola Montez
Working Dogs and Their Jobs Explored
A brief on dogs as workers past and present. They serve as police dogs, bloodhounds, sled dogs, and shepherds, with learns skills and fidelity shaping the phrase work like a dog. Judith Slater wins ten dollars for this question.
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Judith Slater
Stillmore
Beckley
The Invisible Haircut and Hollywood Barbers
A whimsical column recalls Hollywood figures and city barbers, highlighting the myth of the invisible haircut. It notes actor stars, agents, and entertainers like James Mason, Sinatra, and Gary Cooper, and comments on modern barbers as haircutters in a gossip-tinged tour through venues, will, and public personas.
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New York
Hollywood
Harry Drucker
Pompadour Palace
Drucker
the Waldorf
Ed Lasker
Albert Lasker
Lasker
James Mason
Michael Rennie
Mike Romanoff
Frank Sinatra
Dave Chasen
Joe Pasternak
Gary Cooper
Yul Brynner
Joe Glaser
Big City
Fort Wayne
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Cats
Liberty
Penn State
Alabama
State
Shrine Hospital
Hal Boyle
Ohio State
John Pittips
The
Phoenix, Ariz
Anthony Settle
Phoenix
Settle
Raleigh Register
Raleigh & Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
W. Va
Hinton
Beckley CL
C. J. McQuade
Associated Press
Kennedy Warren
Capital
Lady Bird
Cardinal
Barnwell
Flanders
Earl Wilson
Farl
Pfarls
Jack Herbert
Santa Claus
Earl
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