Christmas trade and unions shape 1961 outlook
The piece weighs Christmas sales forecasts and labor unions. It notes mixed optimism from surveys and data on November retail sales, personal income, and unemployment. It highlights President elect Kennedy’s stance on federal worker organization and a Philadelphia union shop precedent. It ends with Broadway profit on Flower Drum Song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
Yale
U.S. Department of Labor
New York
Pope Will the Next Pope Be Non-Italian
Foreign News Commentary surveys potential Vatican shifts as Pope John XXIII’s successor likely breaks Italian hegemony in the College of Cardinals now numbering 86 with four new appointees. It notes 32 Italians remain and last non Italian pope was Adrian VI in 1523.
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John
College of Cardinals
Adrian VI
Utrecht
Holland
Remarkable Yellow Poplar Log Boom at Clear Creek
Henry West recalls the 1887 timber sale at Clear Creek where Captain S. H. Brown bought all yellow poplar along Clear Creek and Marsh Fork. Logs 8 to 18 feet long, 16 inches minimum diameter, were measured and branded before floating to a sawmill at St. Albans. The giant tree on Clear Creek yielded 19,999 feet Scribner log scale, with two welded long saws used to cut it. Brown sent a butt log’s two feet to the Chicago Fair. the event marked Raleigh Fayette counties’ largest timber.
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Henry F. West
Clear Creek
Raleigh County
Pax
N.W. 2Nd St
Miami
Florida
S. H. Brown
Charleston
Marsh Fork
Coal River
St. Albans
A. H. West
Brown
Mr. Brown
James
Cat
Pat
Jarrell
Doyle Rule
Raleigh
Fayette County
West
Register
West Virginia
Betty Co Ed Wins Miss Beckley In College Pageant
Betty Herring a Beckley College freshman won Miss Beckley with a silver loving cup and roses, while Betty Mayhew, a post graduate, took runner up in the Memorial building pageant under Beckley College auspices. C. L. George will serve as Beckley Chamber president for the coming year. W. A. James was re elected secretary with H. A Sloan, George W. Bair Jr, and L. H. Davis named as officers.
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Betty
Gulf Refining Company
W. A. James
H. A Sloan
George W. Bair Jr
L. H. Davis
Raleigh Register subscription rates and delivery notice
Rates for daily and Sunday editions, one year at 9.00 and six months at 4.50, with monthly and weekly options. West Virginia sales tax added. Carriers and distributors act as independent contractors. the Raleigh Newspaper Corporation disclaims responsibility for prepaid payments.
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Sidy Healy
West Virginia
Carner
Heckley Newspaper
West Va lawmakers weigh plans under state insurance laws
Charleston reports state Insurance Commissioner C Judson Pearson explores extending state insurance rules to employee benefit plans run privately like pension schemes. Gov Underwood plans to address the legislature Jan 11 outlining needs and campaign cues. Also notes Ash returns to Salem College, Barron eyes a press secretary, and a Maryland Casualty reward committee nears a decision after the Statehouse vault robbery.
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Bill Barrett Charleston
UPI
C. Judson Pearson
Pearson
Cecil H. Underwood
Ssth
W. W. Barron
Barron
William C. Marland
Underwood
Maryland Casualty Co
Statehouse
Earl T. Mathews
Marmet
State Motor Vehicle Department
Kennedy's Inaugural Week Benefit Show Promises Star Power
Earl Wilson Kennedy discusses plans for an elaborate inaugural benefit in Washington featuring Frank Sinatra Judy Garland and many top acts. Booths at the Armory priced up to ten thousand dollars and two thousand seats at lower levels target a million dollar take while Kennedy pledges debts cleared. The piece blends insider banter with party spectacle and mentions Lawford Edens and various celebrities.
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Jack Kennedy
Washington
Frank Sinatra
Roger Edens
Judy Garland
London
Tony Curtises
Gene Kelly
Joey Bishop
Ella Fitzgerald
Juliet Prowse
Keely Smith
Louis Prima
Harry Belafonte
Leonard Bernstein
Steve Allen
Carl Sandburg
Milton Berle
Peter
Dean Martin
Lawford
Sammy Davis
Las Vegas
Jack
Johnson
Christmas Countdown for Junior Editors
A lively seasonal reminder dated the 19th urges careful planning for Christmas. It outlines tasks like mailing cards, preparing table decorations, helping younger relatives with gifts, and joining carols, encouraging readers to pace last minute shopping and practice.
Engineers Open Beckley Office Over Drug Store
Messrs H McKean Conner and Fred A Cloud have opened offices in the rooms over the Beckley Drug Store. Conner, mining engineer and former assistant superintendent of New River Cotel letters Company, and Cloud, civil engineer of Beckley, are well known and competent. County Road Engineer Milton Curtis has received inquiries about county road letting under the new law and will act in strict accordance with the law.
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Messrs. H. McKean Conner
New River Cote Leries Company
Fred A. Cloud
Beckley
Beckley Drug Store
Milton Curtis
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Ile
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Phil Newsom
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Paris
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Berlin
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Tunis
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Soviet Zone
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Paul
West Germany
Henry West
Jesus Christ
James W. Kennedy
N.Y.C
Church of the Ascension
Henry B, West
Raleigh Register
Becal
Key Newspaphhs Corporation
Prince St
W. Va
Hinton
J. McQuade
Memberk
United Press International
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
West Va. Statehouse
Commission
Insurance Department
Henry L. Ash
Salem College
Ash
Robert Fryer
Lawrence J. Carr
John F. Herman
Earl Wilson
White House
Peter Lawford
Chipp
E 44Th St
Jack Benny
Mr. Chipp
Earl
Larry Mathews
Sam Pascal
Cy Leslie
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