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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1955
Page
2
Actor Charlton Heston and wife Lydia Clarke Heston welcomed their first child Fraser a boy weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces born Saturday at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital in Hollywood California. The birth was announced by the couple and adds to their family.
Hollywood notes Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis earn four million annually by relying on ordinary talk rather than jokes. They improvise, feed lines to each other, and create spontaneity that audiences mistake for unscripted wit. Despite a famous feud, they present a relaxed, natural delivery that outshines rivals and confounds traditional show business practice.
Conrad Nagel, ex Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce chief, co stars with Jane Wyman in All That Heaven Allows and recalls a Beverly Hills suit clash over long underwear. Connie Towers makes film debut in Bring Your Smile Along singing on screen amid Hollywood logic.
A fragmented ad style note touts Doan's as a remedy for dizziness and fatigue from kidney issues. It claims relief from backaches, energy loss, and general malaise caused by kidney problems and urges trying the product today.
Theater notes profile Pearl Bailey of House of Flowers at the Alvin. she shares views on senses memory and dreams while reflecting on age and career. Rialto Roundup covers D’Oyly Carte in Colorado, Tyrone Power illness delaying The Dark Is Light Enough, and other openings including The Wayward Saint Immortal Wife The Grass Is Always Greener and related cast updates.
Hollywood reports dancer Marge Champion is progressing satisfactorily after an appendectomy yesterday. She and husband Gower had just returned from a dancing tour when she became ill.
Wealthy Texas architect Harry E. Weaver claims money was the motive behind the January murder that killed his wife Helen in San Angelo. Indicted with two others, Weaver says he was the target while he travels as a Navy civilian consultant.
Bob Crosby leaves St. Vincent's Hospital after a bout with lobar pneumonia and plans to resume his Bob Crosby Show on CBS TV Monday. The entertainer awaits his return to the air following the illness and hospital stay.
In New Orleans two WNOE disc jockeys Bill Stanley and Bill Elliott edge toward 24 hours of broadcasting in a stunt tied to Shuggy Boom. Station manager James Gordon approves the setup at the transmitter in Belle Chasse while fans flood the switchboard and the Four Nuggets tune rides on.
CHICAGO furniture and other home furnishings will be tested in Nevada during an April atomic test. Dr. L. Kroehler, president of Kroehler Manufacturing, said his firm will supply a grouping of furniture for one of six homes built for the test under the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers. The test, under the Federal Civil Defense Administration, will demonstrate how a nuclear blast affects furniture and related home products.
An English bone surgeon, Dr. G T du Toit, outlined physical differences between Black Bantu and white miners near Johannesburg. He noted the Bantu knee is more primitive and better for sprinting, while whites have knees that straighten beyond a straight line. He claimed blacks incur more ligament injuries but rarely back trouble, with whites needing knee operations yearly.
George Anastasio a 60 year old Greek immigrant leaped from the Milner Hotel sixth floor in Columbus and survived. Police said he believed tax agents were pursuing him. A peanut vendor and shoe shine worker turned bartender, he had stocks worth 15000 and a bank balance of 5000 plus a 5000 withdrawal last week. IRS said no record of returns and opened a probe. He sustained multiple fractures and was listed in fair condition.
Seven year old Ian Miller reports his goldfish Peter cannot swim but now moves with a cork lifebelt. After tumbling from his bowl Peter damaged his side fins and sank when returned to water. A cork piece tied with a rubber band keeps him afloat and he propels by tail flicks.
Paul Eugene Hostler slipped a wedding ring on Dolores Doreen Smith's finger in Jefferson County court then left for the State Penitentiary at Moundsville to serve a 15 year term. He had just wed the Newark New Jersey native after his trial for taking part in the armed holdup of the Halltown Paperboard Co. office last September. Hostler, a Jefferson County native, was one of three arrested in the $17,000 heist.
Beverly Hills California autopsy surgeon says several days of poison tests will be needed to determine the cause of actress Abigail Adams 37 former fiancee of comedian George Jessel found dead in her apartment Sunday. Dr Alexander Griswold coroner's assistant autopsy surgeon said the postmortem examination yesterday showed no apparent pathological cause of death.
The Geological Survey reported no broad drought improvement in January with little change in stream flow and groundwater levels. Groundwater remained below average in the West and near record lows in much of the South. Stream flow lagged in Illinois Arkansas Northern Louisiana Texas Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Northern Florida Southern Alabama Southern Mississippi and Tennessee.
Berlin reports Soviet censors rewrite Snow White to teach social class struggle. Snow White becomes an outcast educated with castle janitor’s children, dwarfs dig uranium, and the Queen poisons her with tainted US goods. Dwarfs celebrate, rebels free her, couple returns to the fatherland.
In Harrisonburg Virginia live poultry markets show steady conditions with fair to good demand. Chickens adequate, turkeys light. farm prices end yesterday noon. Broilers under 3 pounds 23 to 24 cents. 3 pounds and over 23 to 25. heavy hens 20 to 22. small turkey fryers 30 to 32. breeder hens 26 to 27. toms 18. In Charleston West Virginia area South Branch Valley reports steady live poultry, good demand, fair supply. Prices end Friday with 11 lots totaling 29 900 head averaging 2.85 to 32 pounds, ranged 24 to 25. off quality discounted.
The University of Michigan advances a seven million dollar athletic plant expansion, adding a new athletic administration building as part of a broader program to modernize facilities and support teams.
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