WV Society Honors High School Science and Math Students
The Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers hosted its annual dinner honoring outstanding high school science and math students in the chapter area. Dean Chester A. Arents of West Virginia University spoke about the engineering school's facilities and encouraged students to pursue technical education, highlighting local chapter efforts as valuable as federal aid. The piece also cites ideological drives in Red China pushing spring sowing and grain production, noting shifts in land use and the push for high yield tracts and expert education within communes.
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Appalachian
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Engineering Society
National Society
Chester A. Arents
College of Engineering
West Virginia University
Arents
WVU
Peking
People’s Daily
China
Hunan
Red
America
Communist Party
Hal Boyle Insights And Second Guesses
New York dispatch quotes Hal Boyle observations on price of household goods, beauty standards, beards, spring robins, fortune cookies, actresses, bad reading, and social quirks. He jokes about dieting, martinis, jaywalking, waiters, professors, large dogs, and small big shots in a playful, opinionated column style.
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Helen Hayes
Audrey Hepburn
Julie Harris
James Joyce
Finenegan
John Henry did not die at Big Bend tunnel site says diary read by Pitzer
J L Pitzer of Daniels claims John W Kershner diary shows John Henry drove steel longer than a steam drill but died years later rumors say hanged in McDowell County. Diary notes indicate Henry returned to Birmingham and later rumors arose about a later killing, leaving his ultimate fate uncertain.
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John Henry
Big Bend
C. & O. Railway
Talcott
Deep South
J. L. Pitzer
Daniels
John W. Kershner
Pitzer
Kershener
Big Man
Clowney Hedrick
Grover C. Hedrick
Kershe Ner
Creamery
Monroe County
Kershner
Elizabeth Flint
Pitser
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
McDowell County
Prayer for Today by George C. Pidgeon
A devotional invocation asking for guidance from the Holy Spirit and the will to live as God intends. Presented as a personal prayer attributed to George C. Pidgeon of Toronto and linked to United Church of Canada and a paste moderator.
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God
Jesus Christ
George C. Pidgeon
Toronto
United Church of Canada
Abe Lincoln Cooper Union Speech Shapes Nation’s View
A 1860 Cooper Union address by Abraham Lincoln before New York Republicans boosted his national image and aided his presidential bid. The event drew a large crowd, featured Charles Nott and William Cullen Bryant, and framed Lincoln’s stance against expansion of slavery. Lincoln later toured New England as he pursued the nomination.
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New York City
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Republican City Committee of
New York
Cooper Union
National Republican Club
Charles C. Nott
Com
John Brown
Free States
Charles Nott
Robert Todd Lincoln
Phillips Academy
Exeter
N. H
New England
Chicago
West Virginia Legislation and Coal Industry Testimony
In Charleston Delegate Butler introduced bills to create a state board of higher education and to fund cities through new taxes. In Washington H. R. Hawthorne of Pocahontas Fuel Co warned a Senate Interstate Commerce subcommittee that the Guffey bill regulating soft coal as a public utility could destroy the West Virginia coal industry.
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Charleston
Butler
D. Harrison
Board of Higher Education
Washington
Guffey
West Virginia
Senate Interestate Commerce
H. R. Hawthorne
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Beckley Newspapers Catalogs Rates and Delivery Details
The notice lists subscription rates for Beckley Newspapers Corporation including daily and Sunday options, by mail and home delivery, with annual and half year terms. It notes a 2 percent West Virginia sales tax and states carriers and distributors are independent contractors with no responsibility for advance payments.
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National Advertising
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Treasury Faces Competition as Savings Bonds Lag
U S Treasury loses ground to other investments as savers pull back from Series E and G bonds. Lawmakers consider removing the interest cap while the President could raise rates, though no action has occurred. Banks and savings institutions offer higher yields, keeping money tight and inflation fears subdued as loan demand slowly rebounds. West Coast funds fuel high rates in growing markets with strong home mortgage ties.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
U. S.treasury
House
Treasury
Congress
Mutual Savings Banks
Saveings and Loan Associations
West Coast
Savings and Loan
Marcus Aurelius and the calm acceptance of life
Excerpt outlines Marcus Aurelius childlike favor with Hadrian and urges living as life is not as we wish. It contrasts healthy senses with desires for green things and soft comforts, warning such longing distorts perception. Nearby reports: Brill and a patrolman fall into manholes in Baltimore.
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Marcus Aurelius
Hadrian
Aurelius
Earl
Grapefruit History and Growing Tips
The grapefruit is a large yellow citrus with juicy flesh and a mildly bitter yet pleasant flavor. Originating in the West Indies in the 1700s, it spread via Florida to become a major crop in several states. It is related to the shaddock tree from southeastern Asia, and seeds can be grown indoors in a warm pot.
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West Indies
Asia
Florida
Texas
California
Arizona
Thurber Turns Thurber Country Opens With Lively One Man Show
Earl Wilson profiles humorist James Thurber, blind since 1957, touring The Thurber Country and The Thurber Carnival. Thurber, undeterred, writes new lines on the road, interacts with reporters, and recalls John McNulty and old showbiz friends as Sinatra, Dean Martin, and others appear in Oceans 11.
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New York
James Thurber
Jamie
Louella
Jim
Thurber Country
New Haven
Boston
Judge Crater
John McNulty
John
McClure Moves to Jeffrey Coal Co West Virginia
R A McClure, longtime superintendent of McKell operations at Kilsyth, has relocated to Jeffrey Boone County to run the Jeffrey Coal Co as president. The firm, founded by McClure and partners, was Boone County’s first coal shipper and has built about 40 houses and a large power house as development accelerates with plans to install electrical machinery.
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R. A. McClure
McKell
Kilsyth
Fayette County
Jeffrey
Boone County
Jeffrey Coal Co
McClure
Raleigh Coal and Coke Co
Raleigh County
McClure and Associates
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