Income of 44 Largest Metropolitan Areas 1959
A 1959 study shows 44 standard metropolitan areas accounting for about 52 percent of U S individual income totaling 3054 billion. New York ranked 13th in per taxpayer income while San Jose led with 6364 dollars, then San Francisco and Newark with 6296 and 6245 dollars respectively. Rochester followed at 6148 dollars per taxpayer.
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America
U.S
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
San Jose
San Francisco
Newark
Los Angeles
Rochester
U.S. Treasury Department
National Industrial Conference Board
Earn As You Learn Loan Plan Considered by House
Washington officials report a House advisory group weighs an earn as you learn loan system for undergraduates. Rep Albert Quie outlines up to $1000 yearly loans tied to grades with potential write offs for top students and scaled rewards for lower ranks. The plan, not final, will be refined after feedback from college officials.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Visory
Albert Quie
Rminn
National Defense Education Act
NDEA
Quie
House Education Committee
Funeral Home Hassle Looms Over Advertising Ban
West Virginia funeral directors face renewed debate after Wilson Funeral Home ran a newspaper ad that disclosed a complete funeral price, violating the state ban and exceeding the board limit. Owner Harlan Wilson defended the move and predicted continued advertising, noting board changes since 1958 with three new members appointed by Governor Barron.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
West Virginia Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Wilson Funeral Home
Wilson
Wilson Home
Harlan Wilson
W. W. Barron
State Products Push Proposed
W. S. Parker of the U S Commerce Department urged a West Virginia group of industrialists to form a committee to promote exporting Mountain State products. The session drew two dozen attendees and will lead to clinics around the state with overseas trade experts. Parker cited large insecticide shipments to Egypt, produced by Union Carbide in Institute as context.
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Charleston
UPI
William S. Parker
Richmond
U. S. Commerce Department
West Virginia
Parker
State Commerce Department
Federal
Egypt
Union Carbide
Institute
Investigation Promised In Newspaper Mergers
UPI reports Rep. Emanuel Celler pledged an early probe by the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee into the closing of the Los Angeles Mirror and Los Angeles Examiner. He said the panel would study mergers and concentrations of newspapers with radio and TV, warning of threats to press freedom.
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Washington
UPI
House Judiciary Committee
Los Angeles
Emanuel Celler
D-N-Y
Los Angeles Mirror
Los Angeles Examiner
Celler
Meter Reader Remembers Whiskey and Snakes in Meters
Norfolk veteran Robert L. Daniel recalls a life in water meters filled with surprises including a bottle of whiskey a possum and snakes such as black widow spiders. The report adds a fact about 1958 US lumber production estimated at 32 billion board feet.
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Norfolk, Va
Robert L. Daniel
United States
TV Wrecks Cherished Films and Star System
Hollywood says television has corrupted the film star system by elevating many performers to star status in TV credits. The piece notes the blurring of star billing on shows like the Perry Como program and Bonanza, and the shift toward terms like co star and cameo star for film roles.
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Vernon Scott
UPI
Hollywood Correspondent
Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Doug Fairbanks
Rudolph Valentino
Clark Gable
Bette Davis
Gary Cooper
Take Como
Perry Como
Cosmo Carter
Gladys Glutz
Phoebe Phipps
Tanglefoot
Maurice Mandlebaum
John Ashley
Brian Kelly
Gloria Swanson
Gloria
Lorne Greene
Pernell Roberts
Dan Blocker
Mike Landon
Liberace
George Gobel
Marilyn Monroe
Frank Sinatra
Elizabeth Taylor
Kelly backs interest hike to boost state earnings
State Treasurer John Kelly stated that approving Gov. Barron’s investment item could raise West Virginia earnings from interest by 20.5 to 26 million dollars over ten years. He argued lifting current restrictions to include guaranteed corporate bonds could lift state yields from 2.9 to above 4 percent, aided by a new State Board of Investments.
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Charleston
UPI
John Kelly
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Kelly
Barron
U. S
State Board of Public Works
Mine Fatalities Hit New Low in West Virginia
Charleston reports state mine inspectors credited by Mines Director Leonard Timms with cutting deaths to 84 last year the lowest since 1897 records. The drop follows a decline in employment from about 120000 to 40000 miners over the decade, contributing to fewer fatalities.
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Charleston
Leonard Timms
West Virginia
Mountain State
Sex And Crime On TV And Army Hearing Began
Congressional investigators return from a four month break with new inquiries into sex and crime on television and alleged muzzling of military officers. Hearings set to begin January 23 will probe censorship by Defense Department officials and possible influence on GI filming in Europe. Star witnesses likely include McNamara and top officials. Walker cited amid living ruckus in Germany. Other hearings touch tax reform, Social Security medical benefits, and United Nations bond purchase to aid world peace.
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Hale Montgomery
Washington
UPI
Defense Department
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Special Armed Services
Europe
Kennedy
United States
United Nations
World Peace Organization
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
State Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Edwin A. Walker
Walker
Germany
Death notices and funeral announcements in Mullens area
Multiple obituaries list names such as Dewey Keen, Anna May Harris, Leonard L Withrow, Howard Stanley Guigley, Rosa Dorkis Adkins, Thelma Theressa Cook, Thelma Lucille Lilly, Charlie Audrella, Daniel Leonard Henley, Maude Kincaid, Bertha Mae Jones. Died early January in Beckley area hospitals. services held at Rose and Quesenberry Chapel, Chestnut Knob Church, Stanaford Road Baptist Church, and local cemeteries. Burial sites include Beaver Cemetery Baileysville Sunset Memorial Park Layland Cemetery Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens McKinney Cemetery. Burial intervals range Jan 7–9 with funeral times and pallbearers noted.
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Harris
Anna May
Shady Spring
Rose and Quesenberry
South
Kanawha Street
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
C. H. Martin
Watts
White Oak
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Withrow Withrow
Leonard L
Johnstown Road
Tavares
Florida
South Kanawha Street
Beckley Presbyterian Church
James W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
Guigley Guigley
Howard Stanley
Premier
McDowell County
Layland
Chestnut Knob
Layland Heights
Adkins Adkins
Rosa Dorkis
Stamaford Road
Stanaford Road Baptist Church
George Bailey
Lilly Lilly
Thelma Lucille
Fireco
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Jim Franklin
Audrella Audrella
Charlie
Glen White Road
Pemberton
Leonard Hulette
Kincaid Kincaid
Maude
Raleigh
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
L. A. Garten
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Cook Cook
Thelma Thressa
Roanoke
Virginia
Mullens
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Samuel Lee McClure
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley
Robertson & Foglesong Funeral Home
W. Va
Jones Jones
Bertha Mae
Sophia
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia Freewill
Baptist Church
Wade Webb
R. H. Dean
Cleve Young
McKinney
Fiduciary and creditor notices from Raleigh County WV
Public notices list estate settlements for Edna Dillon Ewell E and executors. creditor claims for McCultie J Claytor due by July 12 1962. Patricia Lilly Porter estate notice dated Jan 5 1962. and a trustees sale by F W Sawyers for Beulah Beard deed of trust default in Raleigh County with sale set January 30 1962. Also a family thank you note from the McBride family for support after their daughter Sharon's illness and death.
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Edna E. Dillon
Ewell
Douglas F. Crickmer
Ethel G. Crickmer
Roy A. Cunningham
Raleigh County
West Virginia
McCultie
E. J. Claytor
Beckley
Patricia Lilly Porter
Patricia Lally Porter
Beulah Beard
Raleigh
I. F. W. Sawyers
Shady Springs
Glen Morgan
Sullivan
Princeton
F. W. Lawyers
Sharon
Wyoming General Hospital
University of Virginia Hospital
Sam Foglesong
N & W Railway
John Bailey
Wayne McBride
Enneth
New floor sander and edger for rent in Beckley WV
New American floor sander and edger offered at six dollars a day along with disc and vibrator sanders for rent. Also sales of FABULON by Foster Hardware Co located at 121 Main St Beckley West Virginia Dial 253-6421. Male help wanted for auto shop training positions at President Hotel Beckley Wednesday 11 to 5. Salesmen and agents wanted for route work with earnings of $2.50 per hour or more. mail Mood Co P O Box 371 Baltimore MD.
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Foster Hardware Co
Main St
Beckley
W. Va
Dial
Oak Hill
Dye
State
South Fayette Street
Brown
President
Mood Co
P. O. Box
Baltimore
Singer Sewing Machine
Humphrey
C. A. Miller
Seventh Street
Bradley
Mt. Hope
Bowman
Raleigh Rd
Jack’s
Wilson’s
S. Kanawha
Beckley Hardware
Foster Hardware, Inc
Houchins Block Co
Pioneer
Hall
Pass_ Ph. CL
Wisconsin
Zenith
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St
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Dias Floral CO
City Ave
Funeral Home Radio
Douglas Bryant
Jack McGuigan
Johnstown Rd
Webb & Neal
Webb & Neal Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Neal
Mgr
Acer Sabodananboeinben
Robertson & F
Oglesong Funeral Home, Inc
Wyoming County
Pineville
Burgess Street
Robert L. Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Means Lumber Co
Sisson St. Ph
Formica
Harvey Cabinet Co
Nickie
End Valley Drive
East Main Street
Billy Mills
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Todd’s Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Far R. Huddle Earl
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
Nashville
Tennessee
South Street
Westinghouse
Philco
Gibson
Princes St
John W. Eye Television
West Neville St
Pickup & Deliver
Raleigh Cleaners & Laundry Dial
Willey Brothers
Hinton
L. Friedland
Kent
Ohio
W.va
Jan Campbell Music Co
Sparks TV & Appliance Company
Business Confidential
Jim Green
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Stanley Home Products
Westwood Drive
Avon
Bostick Avenue
Piney Avenue
Bon Bon Agency
Neville St
Electrolux Corporation
Temple Street
W Va
Beckley M
Maytag
SPI
Aytag
Roy A Jones
R.L. Stinson
Myers Ave
Albany Milam
Fairdale
Chihuahua
Manchester
Nature Shop
Fotos & Co
Electrolux
Austin
The
Glass House
DEPT
American Glass& Mirror Co. Inc
Beckley, Mt. Hope Rd
Gray Lumber Co
Beckley Ph
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