Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Military men connected to Fort Detrick Maryland and overseas assignments are listed. Pvt Joe Bolla Jr of East Beckley and Pvt John M Saunders of Beckley are noted for basic training and paratrooper wings. Pvt Lloyd D Clark of Pemberton joins forces, while new electronics technician third class Mile Graham rises aboard a ship. Airman Robert V Washington enters a supply course at Warren AFB Wyoming after Lackland indoctrination. The piece mentions Reserve training linkups and six month active duty options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
9766Th Technical Service
Fort Detrick
Pvt
Joe Bolla Jr
Laren Ave
East Beckley
Army
Fort Jackson
S.C
Concord College
Sigma
U. S. Steel Corporation
Gary
al Fort Bragg
N.C
Band
Airborne Division
John M. Saunders
Beckley
ML Saunders
Clyde J. Saunders
Fonte 4
Lloyd D. Clark
Edgar Clark
Pemberton
National Guard
Mile
West Wey
R. Graham
An Patrs
Luke Grayham Midway
Atlantic Fleet Tactical
Warren
Air Force Base
Wyo
Robert V. Washington
Stratton High School
Thompson Washington
Lester
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Fort
Sup- Knox, Ky
Mountain State miscellany from Associated Press notes local officials and awards
Huntington city clerk-elect Charles Albright opened a nearly complete snack bar in his office. Wheeling Steel executive Frank W. Klos named regional VP of the National Defense Transportation Association. Williamson officials tighten trash collection enforcement. About 2,700 delegates are expected in Wheeling in 1957 with an estimated $200,000 spent. Kanawha and Roane County news include arrests, hospital planning, and a Chamber of Commerce reelection. Parkersburg rail retirement ends after 50 years, with mail service restructured along a new truck route. Local bank condition calls and hospital expansion plans also appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Charles Albright
Albright
Theater
Frank W. Klos
Wheeling Steel
National Defense Transportation Association
Hollywood News Briefs Highlights Anita Ekberg and Producers
Hollywood reports Anita Ekberg plans a dramatic turn as a timid bride in Valerie amid backlash to her glam image. Producer Hal Makelim explains casting for publicity value over acting talent. Also notes industry push for producer pay and status, with Paul Gregory opposing a closed shop. Perkins discusses fan mail volume tied to Joey teleplay. Pilar Del Rey refuses roles citing privacy and baby headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bacon
Hollywood
Anita Ekberg
100Proof Akay It
la Ekberg
Valerie
Eleanor Parker
Thersa Wright
Hal Makelim
Anita
Marilyn Monroe
Paul Gregory
Gregory
Hell
Sam Katzman
Sam Goldwyn
Bob Waterfield
Los Angeles ‘Rams
Waterfield
Jane Russell
Sons of the Pioneers
Gregory Desclared
Temperance League Attacks Hugh Bosely For Seat
Charleston WV temperance League renews bid to remove Hugh Bosely of Montgomery from the Fayette County House of Delegates seat claiming he lobbies for the brewing industry. Bosely had denied involvement in thefts that allegedly included copper wire from Appalachian Electric Power Co. assets in Laurel Creek and Marrowbone Creek areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Temperance League of
West Virginia
Hugh Bosely
Montgomery
House of Delegates
Fayette County
League
L. J. "Priestley
Bosely
Williamson
U.S. Brewery Foundation
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Laurel Creek
Marrowbone Creek
Quake Reported Near Aleutians by UC Seismograph
University of California seismographs recorded severe shocks Tuesday night near the Aleutian Islands Alaska with magnitudes up to 7.75. Seismologist Ben Torcher said the epicenter was about 2500 miles northwest of Berkeley and as severe as any quake last year. Navy stations in Honolulu logged a good-sized quake near Adak Alaska at 4 17 p.m. A tidal wave warning was issued and then withdrawn after no unusual tide movement was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
San Francisco
Ben Torcher
University
Honolulu
Navy
Adak
Television is a man's world say ABC women
Three ABC women, Marie McWilliams Grace M Johnson and Helen Guy, discuss the TV industry. They note women face barriers in program production and sales while finding quicker recognition in radio and TV administration. They advise starting in entry roles and building skills steadily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mercer
New York
American Broadcasting Co
Marie McWilliams
ABC
Grace M. Johnson
Helen Guy
Network TV
Guy
Miss McWilliams
Miss Johnson
Miss Guy
Walkout Idles Canadian Railway
Montreal reports a nationwide rail strike by firemen halting nearly half of Canada's network from coast to coast. About 3,000 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers left their posts at 4 p.m. as unions pledge support and picket lines form. Alfred M. Gruenther, former NATO commander, takes office in Washington, with Ellsworth Bunker assisting as ambassador to India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
CLC
Washington
W—Alfred M
Gruenther
NATO Supreme
CPR
Asl
Redloff
P Ne
Eochoe Ee
Ellsworth Bunker
Red Criss
India
Emch Nominated for AGC Presidency in West Virginia
William J. Emch of Wheeling is nominated by the Associated General Contractors of West Virginia for president of the association this year. A mail ballot result will be announced at the state convention to be held in Charleston January 18-19.
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Kanawha County
Cecil Ho Underwood
Wheeling
West Virginia
Bernard
Parker Stump
St. Marys
Kenneth Carpenter
Charleston
William J. iEmch
Associated General Contractors of West Virginia Inc
Funeral notices for Hanco Banco and Louis Dickens
Pete Hanco Banco aged 8 of 618 Johnstown Road died at home January 3. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to arrange funeral. Louis Calvin Dickens aged 78 of Holt died January 1 at home. Funeral at Holt Independence Baptist Church January 1 with burial in Bolt Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanco Banco
Pete
Johnstown Road
Rose and Quesenberry
Neville Street
Rose & Quesenberry
Dickens Dickens
Louis Calvin
Holt
Holt Independence Baptist Church
Norman
Doff Harvey
Bolt
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
W. MM. Dunn
Glennie Gunnoc
M. H. Worrey
Waysnond Acord
F. H. Stanley
Peyton Richardson
Wome
Pure Oil offers service station dealership with training
An advertising notice urges individuals with no experience or investment to apply in person at Pure Oil Company in Mabscott for a modern service station dealership. It promises training, quick qualification, and a path to big earnings in a growing business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure Oil Company
Pure Oil Company, Mabscott
Livestock Prices Reported in Baltimore Market
USDA bulletin notes cattle prices with steer yearlings at 21.75 and 83 per hundredweight for different loads. Utility to mostly commercial sows quoted at 14.25, two loads of commercial grade sausage bulls at 47.25. Calves and hogs listed as none. quotations largely unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Coal Production Up State Report By Chamber
CHARLESTON VA The State Chamber of Commerce reported that West Virginia coal production reached 157 million tons in 195 representing a 15 million ton increase. The nation rose by 35 million tons, with West Virginia accounting for 43 percent of the gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Repairs to Start at Dam No 9 in Ohio River
A U S Corps of Engineers work party will begin repairs on the locks at Dam No 9 in the Ohio River on February 8. Lock master C O Valentine announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Cumberland
W. Va
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Ohio River
Valentine
Foreign Aid Surveyors Probe French Needs
In Paris president Eisenhower’s foreign aid surveyors led by Benjamin Fairless of U S Steel meet with American experts to assess France’s needs. They confer with officials coordinating emergency oil shipments to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris F
Eisenhower
Benjamin Fairless
U.S. Steel
Paris
France
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Carrie Francis Fisher
Eddie
Debbie
Mountain State
THE
Associated Press
Williamson Street
Robert Clifton
City
Roane County
Mercer County
Lowery .G. Bowling
Bowling
Parkersburg
Ira P
Hill
West Virginian
Baltimore & Ohio
Elkins
Cumberland
J. Kinsey
Seventh Day Adventists
End County
Sherman
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital
W. R. Goff
Neil
W. Walker
Hollywood News
Tony Perkins
Perkins
Jnnyone
Paramount
Joey
Pilar del Rey
Tess
Lew Ayrés
Temperance
Aleutians
Sandy
Jungle Gardens
Sarasota
Fla
Canadian Railway
Red Cross
Post-Herald and
Raleigh Register
Post-Herald
Peeetreee
Poym
Emch
AGC
Keyser Funeral Home
Douglas T. Bryant
Met
Oakwood “Ave
Bedkley
MacArthur
Jack Reed
W. E. Harvey
J. K. Silichem
James Kershner
Sander
Edger
Sanders
Foster Hardware Co
Rele
St. Beckley
Buckley
South Fayette Street
Dial
Marguerite's
Main St
Donald W. Miller
Crab Orchard
E. Siiverman
Don Blake
Sophia Appliance
Sophia Dial OV
AMATO
Wright
Crad Orchard
Pau
GEO. Sparks
Aller & P.m
Ashworth Firestone
Prince
RCA Victom
Zenith
John W. Eye Bos West
Neville St
Foster
Gesspool
Directo Linzy
Eire
Italy
Anyon
Lewis Transfer
STORA
Ayon Cosmetics
Jennings St
Dial CL
Uelp
Mullens
Carsie Dunn
Bluefield
Virginia
Frank Casey
North East Pineville
Beckley Newspapers
Amy
CE Inc
3Eckley
Rite
Care Beckley Newspapers
Meéhy Jetter
J. M. Jessup
Salvatore Venticluque
Tnem DiTei
Roy A. Jones
J H. Stinson
Hampshire
Richard Snutfers
Glen Daniel
WIEL
Bud Lovett
Sophia
Pee
Earl Mann
Daiey
Hereford
Duncan Phyfe
G. C. Hedrick
Henry Conway
Croak
Inleigh Road
Crook
Crosley
Electcie
Crook’s Furniture
Raleigh Road
Amos E. Quesenbberry
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
R. TE Neal
Mgr
Williams Funeral Home
W.va
R. C. Egnor
Dial CL Bih
Oak HU
Logan
John Earl Lilly
Chamber
Aholgnos
Adios
Uncle Ben's Loan Co
Ben's Army Store
AU Nevis
Edward Parri
FIANO
Ober
Children’s Home Society of West Virginia, Inc
P.O. Box
Walter's Insurance Agency
StcCorkle Avenue
South
Quick Cash
People’s Finance CO
Accident & Bealte
Beckley InDustrial Saving & Loa Co
Moin Ste’ Ck
W. Walters
Mage
Neville Stiat
Acme Loan Co
Fayette St
North Court St
W. Vo
Lewisburg
Dia
Pineville
W. Yo
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