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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1959
Page
10
Charleston AP reports a bill to impose a ten mile tax on heavy traffic. The measure faces committee review as lawmakers consider revenue needs and potential impacts on transportation and local economies. The proposal outlines tax scope, collection methods, and exemptions under debate.
Washington reports the United States and the Soviet Union have completed two thirds of their cultural exchange with 151 official delegations and about 1,500 citizens visiting each country in the first year. About 5,000 Americans visited the USSR and 66 Soviets visited the United States, with experts swapping in industry and education, and talks of extending the pact beyond its January expiry.
University of California entomologist Prof Robert L Usinger feeds bedbugs on rabbits or his blood to test whether insect taste can be inherited. A Tshaped apparatus lets bugs pick between rabbit scent and Usinger’s arm, with rabbit-conditioned bugs favoring the rabbit. Futures outcomes depend on generations of testing.
J. B. Johnson made the first attempt to swim the English Channel in 1872, remaining in the water for 65 minutes before his attempt ended.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces a civilian medical officer exam for agencies including NIH Army Navy Air Forces Public Health Service Indian Service Hospitals FDA St Elizabeths Hospital and the Children's Bureau. Salaries range from 7510 to 12770 yearly. Details in announcement 178 B from Russell R Feazell Beckley Post Office or Civil Service Commission Washington 25 D C.
Hollywood gossip notes Patrice Wymore and Errol Flynn stay apart after eight years with a Majorca yacht life and no talk of divorce. Errol keeps the yacht for inviolable home, while Pat resumes her career. David Niven recalls directing Zane Grey Theatre debut, waking at 2 a.m. unsure doors were left to right for camera shots, then fixing them overnight. Jim Keeley of Alberta builds four boats in his cellar, enlarging each time and tearing out a wall to free the final craft.
The Junior Republican Club of Beckley urged the West Virginia Legislature to back the governor's program including a constitutional amendment to let 18-year-olds vote, road and education plans, and support for Tennyson Bias legislation banning obscene literature. The letter, signed by president Jerry A. Lilly, calls these measures vital to the state at this crucial point in history.
Eva Bedriskey age 75 of 604 Myers Avenue died February 12 in a local hospital. A Requiem High Mass will be sung at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church on February 14 at 10 a.m. Rev Father Paul Helsley celebrant. Burial in End of the Trail Cemetery Clintonville. Body to be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to residence February 18 at 2 p.m. Rosary at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Arrangements by Rose and Queenberry Funeral Home Florists.
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