Beckley seeks new growth as coal era ends
Beckley and its surrounding area face a shift from mining payrolls to diversified industry and tourism. The Beckley Business Development Corporation aims to raise one million dollars to lure small plants, expand machinery driven productivity, and reduce reliance on coal. Community drives stock sale amid calls for self-reliance and regional pride.
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Sey
Beckley
Beckley Business Development Corporation
National Coal Association
Presidential Advisory Committee On Energy Supplies and Resources Policy
Dorothy Amick
BBDC
Twelve Time-Tested Tips For Bachelors In Leap Year
Hal Boyle offers humorous advice for single men facing leap year marriage pressure. Witty tips include sending candy to the wrong person, double dating, showing up late, avoiding marriage proposals, and lighthearted caution against loans from engaged or altar-bound women.
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Mabel
Veronica
Beckley Defined as Town of Pride by Local Writer
Dorothy Amick Beckley essay portrays Beckley as a pleasant plateau in hills with a big city heart. It praises community, hospitality, diverse groups, and civic pride, naming Betty Beckley Campbell and Harlow Warren, and notes local service clubs and churches reflecting inhabitants’ shared dreams and devotion.
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Beckley
Beckley Woman's Club
John S. Phillips
Register
Mac’s
Betty Beckley Campbell
Harlow Warren
Rotary
Lions, Kiwanis
Civitan
Woman's Club
Mr. Phillips
Editorial Reprint Heroism Knows No Color
An editorial recalls heroism beyond color, praising a Fayette County pardon attorney appointment and recounting two acts of bravery. Jimmy Lancaster saves a colored infant from a burning farmhouse, despite injuries, and Henry Skinner at Wayne Memorial Hospital earns a Carnegie hero award for extinguishing an oxygen fire. The piece argues duty transcends color and notes railroad retirement payments exceeding 75 million dollars in a recent month.
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Soulston
Jimmy Lancaster
Lancaster
John Wandiford
Henry Skinner
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Skinner
Wayne Man
Angels
Northern
Goldsboro
Argus
Raleigh Register subscription rates and carrier note
The Raleigh Register lists subscription prices by mail and by carrier with rates for daily and Sunday editions. It notes tax addition within West Virginia and states carriers, dealers, and distributors are independent contractors, with no responsibility for advance payments.
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National
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Eisenhower to call tunes in 1960 campaign
James Marlow analyzes that Democrats face a tough task in challenging Eisenhower in 1960 as he keeps pressure on them to curb spending. He notes Democratic restraint in Congress since 1954 and predicts the president will steer the year with peace themes and travel, while budget fights loom. Nevada County Nugget datelines and Emory spelling quirks provide local contrasts with broader national politics.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Adlai Stevenson
Senate
White House
Earl Wilson Tiny Mexican Dancer To Marry Tall Girl
Earl Wilson reports on a quirky engagement between tiny dancer Tun Tun Rene Ruiz 27 and Anita Ventura 5-8 1/2 exotic dancer from Philadelphia in Miami Beach and New York gossip. The column lists industry figures and social tidbits from Broadway to Hollywood with light humor and personal anecdotes.
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New York
Ohio
O. O. McIntyre
Tin Tun
Saratoga
Chateau Madrid
Anita Ventura
Philadelphia
Tun Tun
Anita
Miami Beach
Rene Ruiz
Sky
Quine
Erika
Embers
Harry Belafonte
Palace
Martha Raye
Bob O'Shea
Diane Varsi
H'wood
George Jessel
Rhonda Fleming
Miami
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie
al Pollacks
Beardot
Leonard Bernsteins
Christemas
West Redding
Conn
Abbe Lane
Sammy Kaye
Massachusetts
Lou Walters
Las Vegas
Arlene McQuade
Rosalie
Molly Goldberg
Valentine DeVargas
N.Y
Burns Songs and Rye Reference in Junior Quiz
A Junior Editors Quiz notes Burns best known lyrics Comin Thro the Rye and John Anderson My Jo. It discusses Burns birthplace Alloway Ayrshire 1759 and a drawing of a girl near rye fields. Robert Harris of Adair wins 10 dollars for the question.
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Robert Burns
John Anderson
Burns
Alloway
Ayrshire
Rye
Scotland
Robert Harris
Adair, All
Beckley
25 Years Ago In Beckley A Fire Markers Debut
In 1935 Jess Willard reflects on greatness in boxing naming Jack Johnson as a contender to Dempsey. Local painters J C Dew and J E King completed Beckley’s first fireways marker with BECKLEY in 10 foot letters and a 50 foot north pointing arrow on the Raleigh County Bank roof. Police on South Kanawha St. capture five pigs and a criminal mule charged with destroying real property.
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Raleigh Register
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Jack Johnson
Willard
Dempsey
J. C. Dew
J. E. King
Beckley
Raleigh County Bank
South Kanawha St
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Roy Waugh
Trap Hill
Marshes
Board of Education
Roe Kessinger
G. T. Trump
Cora Hay
W. E. Deegans
Dun Glen Coal Company
Thurmond
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J. McQuade
Ike
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Emory University
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Emory
Emery
Tucson
Ariz
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Earl Wilson
Midnight Earl
Louise O’brien
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Joey Bishop
Jack Paar
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Palm Springs
Toots Shor
Rose
Agva Pres
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Franchot Tone
Dolores Dawn
Sal Mineo
Gene Krupa
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