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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1956

Page

6

Automating the Port Authority and Insurance Case Study

The Controllership Foundation notes firms face long planning when adopting electronics and giant computers. Port Authority plans a fall installation after a trial phase, predicting faster toll and accounting work. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance reports a two million dollar computer project should recoup costs in five to six years through clerical savings.

Sam Dawson New York Controllership Foundation Inc Foundation Controllers Institute of America Port of New York Authority Port Authority Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co Los Angeles

New Lodges Won't Be Ready This Summer

The Conservation Department expects new lodges at Mont Chateau Bluestone Blackwater Falls and Cacapon state parks to be completed this year but not in time for the summer vacation trade. Cabins added this year lift total park capacity to 1066 with 15 at Bluestone 25 at Blackwater Falls and other additions. More than 100 cabin requests were filed on opening day as out of state reservations were initially restricted to West Virginians through February 15.

Charleston Conservation Department Mont Chateau Bluestone Blackwalter Falls Cacapon Summers County Blackwater Falls Tucker County West

British Remove Scandal from Public Files

State papers on King George IV and Queen Caroline were secretly moved from public records to Windsor in 1935. Historians note the bundles, long accessible to the public, were removed over 20 years ago and have not been missed.

London George IV Caroline Elizabeth II Britain George III Caroline Emilia Brunswick- Wolfenbuttel Charlotta Augusta George Europe Westminster Abbey England Hugh Ross Williamson Windsor

Family saga in wartime Ozarks at Thornton estate

In Valhalla Missouri 1942 the Thornton family holds a wartime anniversary amid a Mississippi River town’s old wealth. Dr Alan Thornton, a principled doctor and Linda’s husband, faces family tensions with Jasper and Ma’am while Ernst courts Linda, threatening the fragile marriage as war looms.

Linda Valhalla Missouri Ozarks Thorntons Alan Thornton Jasper Thornton Seretha Merritt Jasper Ma’am Arthur Flora John Silas Alan Thornton Seretha Jéan Thornton

Poultry Market Reports From Virginia And West Virginia

Market estimates show live poultry demand light in Alamiskidua burg Virginia with steady prices and purchases on orders. Farm prices include broilers 2.34 3.12 pounds, heavy hens 2.42 2.5, turkeys cited with varied lot prices. Charleston area notes supply and demand balanced, farm prices posted for late Friday through Saturday morning. South Branch Valley Auction reports prices about 1 cent higher than prior week with strong sales totals.

Alamskiduaburg U.shenandoah Valley Charleston West Virginia Department of Agriculture South Branch Valley

Linda and Alan face a marriage strained by war and work

A narrative fragment shows Linda seeking belonging in a strained marriage with Alan, a surgeon absorbed by his hospital duties during wartime. Linda questions the value of companionship and her role as wife and potential heir to family lines amid Alan’s devotion to his career. The piece shifts to local notices of obituaries and services.

Seretha Linda Alan Merritt Thornton iThornton Jaspee Cella Mare

Obituaries for Alfonso Gilletto and James Burke

Two local obituaries report Alfonso Gilletto 83 of 31 East Prince Street died in a city hospital February 19. Requiem High Mass February 21 at St Francis de Sales. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Two lists of pallbearers and arrangers noted. The second obituary covers James William Burke 75 of Eccles died February 19. funeral February 21 at Melton Mortuary Chapel with burial Sunset Memorial Park. Flower bearers and honorary pallbearers listed.

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