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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1965

Page

6

Counterfeit Recordings Under Investigation

A hearing was held into a racket counterfeiting works of public figures including Davis Jr Maguire sisters Louis Armstrong and Brook Benton among others. Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz disclosed that many recordings were faked and the scale was increasing rapidly.

NEW York UPI Bailey Louis J. Lefkowitz Beatles Beethoven Lefkowitz Davis Jr Maguire Sisters Louis Armstrong Brook Benton Pearl

New York Mayor Wagner Backs 0.5 Percent public art rule

Mayor Robert F. Wagner signed an executive order mandating that 0.5 percent of the cost of new buildings be allotted to art work. The measure aims to fund public art projects in city developments and may affect downtown construction plans.

ART Work New York UPI Robert F. Wagner Johnson Cass

Wyoming DAR Chapter Honors County Historian

Mrs Mary Keller Bowman Wyoming County historian was guest of honor at a Sunday reception in Oceana. The John Cooke Chapter displayed her new book Reference Book of Wyoming County History published by McClain Print Co Parsons. Bowman noted the work draws on official records and church and school abstracts built from decades of notes.

Oceana Mary Keller Bowman Wyoming County Bowman Saleh McClain Print Co Parsons Cooke John Cooke Oceana Methodist Church Virginia Smith Anita Cook Jewell Kenneth Stewart DAR William Drake Glendon Blankenship Loretta Stewart Earl Cook Jr Doyle Cook Juna Harper George Wayne Cook Aubrey Chaney Dale Cook Pineville Goode Robert Alton Mary Louella Wright Keller Law Office Cmdr M. K. Bowman USN Buckley Wash John C. Bowman Civil Service Bob Keller Hinton Barbara

District Officer Guest Of Lodge Inaville

Samuel G. Kind Imamson district grand master of Athens was guest of Pineville Mason ic Lodge No 139 at the Thursday night dinner meeting Visitors included B E Wasson Bluefield Lodge 85 E K Chambers Mercer Lodge 160 Orville E Wilks Proctorville Lodge 550 Hansel Robinson Jaeger Lodge 148 Ruel Sparks Cedar Bluff Lodge 260 F W Cooper Concord Lodge 48 Athens Pineville Lodge members listed many names A dinner followed in the hall dining room hosted by Pineville Order of the Eastern Star

Ineville Samuel G. Kind Imamson Athens Pineville B. E. Wasson Bluefield E. K. Chambers Mercer Lodge Princeton Orville E. Wilks Proctorville Ohio Hansel Robinson Jaeger Ruel Sparks Ceder Bluff F. W. Cooper Concord Pinevile Pierce Anderson Eugene L. Neal John H. Ball Orville R. Ross Eugene Noble Charles Smallwood Paige Hinzman Ernest Conly Florio Paris Orville R. Wallace Harishi J. Smith Kimble Blankenp James G. McDermitt Euship Graham W. M. McKin

Thayer declines Lindsay post with Herald Tribune duties

Walter N. Thayer, president of the New York Herald Tribune, declined an offer from Mayor-elect John V. Lindsay to join a new city government post. Thayer, 55, said the role would require full-time administration he would not undertake and that he had no desire or intention of leaving the Herald Tribune.

Thayer NEW York UPI Walter N. Thayer The New York Herald Tribune John V. Lindsay Lindsay Herald- Tribune

Mount Hope Weekend Visitors From Akron Ohio

Former Kilsyth residents Angelo and Ione McCorkle of Akron Ohio visited the Mount Hope area during the weekend. Mrs immuno G aee Beck withdrew to Appalachian Regional Hospital for observation with patient Mike J. Va.

Mount Hope Immuno Beck Appalachian Regional Hos Mike J. Va Heep P. ‘A. Tasarus Angelo Ione McCorkle Akron Ohio Kilsyth Mount ‘Hope

Bear in phone booth prompts strange killer theory

Police in Albany believe a big black bear found in a suburban market area phone booth was killed by hunters and placed there as a strange caller. The scene outside the market drew inquiry as troopers investigated how the animal ended up in the booth with the receiver to its ear.

Albany, N.Y UPI

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