Stamps In The News: Austria issues new stamps in 1958
Stamps highlight two Austrian releases a permanent re issue of the Mariazell shrine design and a 2.40 schilling Kitzbuhel stamp featuring the Tyrol post office in winter issued Dec 29 Stamp Day. Guatemala overprints a centennial stamp for Rafael Ovalle and India issues a violet stamp for the 1958 Indian Exhibition entrance gate.
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Austria
Mariazell Shrine
Kitzbuehel
Tyrol
St. Johann
Guatemala
Rafael Alvares Ovalle
India
Tampering Conviction Costs Man Two Ways
Curtis E. Johnson was found guilty of tampering with parking meters after being arrested by Patrolman Steve Peelish while off duty as a restaurant cook. Johnson faced a possible $50 fine and 30 days in jail but received leniency due to supporting a wife and child. Evidence showed he had admitted tampering before, found and used keys made from persulator spouts, and had been observed at meters along East Main Street. The conviction followed testimony from Lt. Earl Ballengee, Captain M. E. Tyree, and other Beckley police, with Johnson sentenced by Judge Edward P. Stansbury.
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Stansbury
Johnson
Peelish
el Chico
Main Street
East Main
East Main Street
Whitestick
Earl Ballengee
Ballengee
M. E. Tyree
Capt. Tyree
James W. Hutchinson
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Gerald E. Bailey
Beckley
Stamford
Hester Gill
Gatewood
Frank Nolan
Sophia
Raleigh
Beckley City
Curtis E. Johnson
Steve Peelish
Edward P. Stansbury
When Red Is Black When Red Is Black
A British scientist travels to Budapest to speak on Reds, then his wife and child are kidnapped. Reynolds of the British Secret Service is tasked with safe return, pursued by the AVO. Reynolds and allies maneuver through barriers using disguises and swift escapes.
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Alistair MacLean
Doubleday
Budapest
Reynolds
British
Secret Service
AVO
Houdini
MacLean
Grass Fire Extinguished near City Dump
The Seckley Fire Department responded to a grass fire near the city dump on Tuesday. Fire Chief Otis Lyons said the call came in at 2 50 p m and the fire was put out in about 30 minutes before any damage occurred.
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Seckley
Otis Lyons
Oil burner counts rise from 23 thousand to millions in US homes
Historical data show 23,800 oil burners in United States homes in 1923, and today the number has grown to about 8 million. The contrast highlights rapid adoption of oil heating across the nation over the decades.
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United States
U.S
New York
Lerner-Loewe
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Broadway
Planning group sets Feb nineteen second meeting for industry push
The Regional Area Development planning committee, formed at a regional workshop, will meet February 19 at the Appalachian Building to confirm subcommittees and appoint alternates. Okey L Patteson remains chairman with Charles T Shackelford as secretary treasurer and Mitchell Haddad as vice president.
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Appalachian
Okey L. Patteson
Charles T. Shackelford
Beckley Area
Velopment Council
Mitchell Haddad
Summersville
West Virginia
Mountaineer
634 Collected In Road Block For March of Dimes
A total of 634.12 was collected Saturday for the 1959 March of Dimes by the Teenage Road Block. Members of the Woodrow Wilson Key Club Beckley College K Club and Stratton High School Future Farmers of America stopped motorists at six Beckley entrances to ask for contributions.
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Woodrow Wilson Key Club
Beckley College
Stratton High School
Future Farmers of America
Beckley
Singing School At Calloway Heights Baptist Church
Harley Alderman conducts a two week singing school at Calloway Heights Baptist Church. The program runs Monday through Friday in both weeks with lessons starting at 7 30 each night and the public is invited.
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Harley Alderman
Calloway Heights Baptist Church
Alderman
Beclkeyan and Hol Landsworth Pass State Board Exam
Beckleyans Robert L. Hol landsworth and ten others passed a recent State Board of Certified Public Accountants written examination, according to Secretary Harry R. Howell.
Pageantry Parables and Parodies in Raleigh Associations
Co sponsored by The Raleigh Register and Principal A Associations the fragment lists words from mistletoe to patrician paunch across a miscellany. It hints at a cultural catalog of terms and roles including mortgage mortuary mosaic octane octopus ostensible and papacy, suggesting a period paper feature of lexical curiosities.
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The
Raleigh Register
Principal A
Suit Seeks Return Of Property Valued At 2400
Wesley B Bennett of Shady Spring sues Virginia and Dallas Plumley for the recovery of a truck a cow a horse papers notes clothing tools a rifle and a watch total value 1400. In a second suit infant Melvin D Anderson suing through his mother seeks 1000 against Sidney M and Anna Gilkerson of Savannah Georgia details unavailable.
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Raleigh
Wesley B. Bennett
Shady Spring
Virginia
Dallas Plumley
Melvin D. Anderson
Merle I. Anderson
Sidney M
Anna Gilkerson
Savannah
Birthday Honors for Mrs Braxton in Beckley Area
Mrs Sarah G Braxton celebrated her 75th birthday on Monday at Broad way Street. Attendees included her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs A J Evans Mr and Mrs Willie Lewis of McAlpin Mrs Jesse Grant Mrs Mary Finney Mrs Mary Lowe the Rev and Mrs W A Tresenwriter of Beckley and her four great grandchildren.
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Sarah G. Braxton
Broadway St
A. J. Evans
Willie Lewis
McAlpin
Jesse Grant
Mary Finney
Mary Lowe
W. A. Tresenwriter
Beckley
Weekly Disease Report in West Virginia Counties
Raleigh County reported seven gonorrhea cases, one tuberculosis case, and one syphilis case for the week ending Jan 31. Fayette County logged two chickenpox cases, two whooping cough cases, and one syphilis case. Wyoming County reported eight mumps cases.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia State Department of Health
Fayette County
Wyoming County
Beckley Grants Permit for Five Room Frame House
The City of Beckley grants Herbert E. Snuffer of Dorcas Avenue a permit to build a five room frame house with a basement on Dorcas Avenue. Estimated building cost is $8,000. Snuffer paid a $17.50 permit fee.
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Beckley
Herbert E. Snuffer
Dorcas Avenue
Snuffer
Toledo thief returns to right by paying $5 to Goodwill
A man in Toledo walked into a Goodwill store and gave $5 to manager Sherman Kittle, confessing he had been stealing shoes there since last spring to clear his conscience, then left without revealing his name.
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Toledo, Ohio
Goodwill Industries
Sherman Kittle
Kittle
College gifts aid Swedish descent student fund
The American Daughters of Sweden presented the University of Chicago with 16000 toward a 30000 endowment for scholarships for Swedish descent coeds. Most funds came from selling an 180 page cook book with 22 herring recipes and other Swedish delicacies.
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College
Chicago
Renchenhat
American Daughters of Sweden
University of Chicago
Garden State Parkway costs reach 204 million by 1957
By the end of 1957 the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey had accumulated construction and improvement costs totaling 204 million dollars for a toll road extending 173 miles.
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Garden State Parkway
New Jersey
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