Mountain State Miscellany Highlights Local Names and Developments
Native Rainelle figure Robert M. Forren becomes operations director in Charleston. Evans supermarket chain plans a $100,000 fourth Kanawha County market in South Charleston next June. Federal Judge Watkins denies $33,101.40 labor claim for Wheeling Downs under receivership. Wheeling air pollution boss James C. Martin notes unresolved coal burn compliance. Charleston reports costs steady with seasonal price boosts. Parkersburg pastor Shaffer cites a planned 10 acre recreational area donation. Brooke County rabbits to bolster hunting next year. Buckhannon delegate Young seeks third term. Colonial Theater to become downtown parking garage with 50 car capacity. Charleston Post Office receipts hit a 1955 record at $2,283,181.25.
Second Pipeline To Link Institute With Liquid Gas
Pittsburgh report notes tentative plans to build a second pipeline from Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp in Institute West Virginia to liquid gas sources in Kentucky. Kentucky Hydrocarbon Co subsidiary of Equitable Gas Co will finance and build a Maywood Kentucky extraction plant near Kermit West Virginia. Completion is expected next year. The current plant at Leach Station Kentucky supplies liquid gas by pipeline to Institute works. Extraction yields ethane propane and butane in liquid form from natural gas.
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Pittsburgh
Institute
W. Va
Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp
Kentucky
Kentucky Hydrocarbon Co
Equitable Gas Co
Maywood
Kermit
John Brown
Councel
Equitable
Carbide
Leach Station
Noah Builds 31-Foot Ark in Seattle Front Yard
Local resident Charles F Noah constructs a 31 foot pleasure boat named Noahs Ark in his front yard facing Lake Washington as unprecedented rainfall soaks the area. The humorous project underscores the soggy weather gripping Seattle.
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Seattle
H —Avs
Noah
Charles F. Noah
Lake, Washington
Mexican Farm Labor Rule Ties Work to U S Harvest
Officials say contract workers in Hermosillo must toil about two weeks in Mexican cotton fields before they can obtain a permit to leave for the United States harvest. Many workers wish to go north for higher pay, but not enough remain to gather the Mexican crop.
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Rome
Hermosillo
Mexic
United States
Oficials
U. S
Carmody wins Screen Directors Guild critics award
Hollywood announces Francis J. Carmody of the Washington Evening Star won the Directors Guild critics award for perceptive reviews aiding the cinema. He will receive the prize in Los Angeles on January 29. Betsy Blair plans a sexier screen persona after Europe and Paris work, rejoining husband Gene Kelly and daughter Kerrie at International Airport.
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Hollywood
Francis J. Carmody
Washington
D.C
Evening Star
Screen ‘Directors Guild
George Sidney
Guild
Carmody
Los Angeles
Betsy Blair
Europe
Miss Blair
International Airport
Paris
Gene Kelly
Kerrie
Spain
Heart specialists weigh Eisenhower health for second term
A poll of 246 heart specialists shows 60 percent say Eisenhower is physically able to seek a second term while 40 percent doubt. Among 275 respondents, 62 percent replied. 29 offered no direct answer. The AMA questioned the poll’s propriety and urged doctors not to answer.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S. News and World Report
A2 News
Research Organization of Benson — Benson, Inc
Princeton
N. J
American Medical Assn
American Board of Internal Medicine
Journal of the Ama
AMA
Industrial odor control grows as cities fight pollution
New York industry faces a broad push to curb air and water pollution adding costs to firms and affecting real estate sales. Cities and states adopt laws, federal scrutiny grows, and firms deploy lab studied chemicals to neutralize odors. smoke damage also prompts costly treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Democrats Back Stevenson Organization Formed
New York state leaders announce a Stevenson for President committee with Finletter and Mrs. Rosenberg as chairs to coordinate with the national Stevenson group. Key backers include Gov. Harriman rival factions and prominent figures such as Sen. Lehman and Mayor Wagner. Honorary chairs include Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Francis Adams.
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Herbert H. Lehrman
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Harriman
Finletter
4Frs
Rosenberg
New York State
Stevenson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis W. H. Adams
New York City
Florida judge grants divorce to Dorothy McGuire
Florida circuit judge George W. Jackson signs a divorce decree for Dorothy McGuire and Air Force Sgt. John Henry Brown. Brown will not contest. no financial settlement involved. McGuire, 27, tied to Arthur Godfrey era and Julius La Rosa romance rumors.
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Bunnell
Fla
Florida
Dorothy McGuire
Arthur Godfrey
Julius la Rosa
George W. Jackson
Joseph Hirschman
Air Force
John Henry ‘Brown
Brown
Sait
Dorothy
Jackson
Hirschman
Miss McGuire
Miamisburg
Ohio
Korea
la Rosa
Godfrey
Rosemary Meyer
Perry Como
AMA urges tycoons to slow pace and adopt healthier habits
At a county medical convention, Dr. Dwight H. Murray advised top executives to slow down to save themselves and business. He urged upper middle age men to eat less salt and fats and to reduce stimulants to improve health and productivity.
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Angeles
The
American Medical Assn
Dwight H. Murray
Sweeney seeks delegate-at-large GOP nomination
Wheeling former state Senator and two time U S Senate nominee Sweeney filed Monday as a candidate for delegate at large to the national GOP convention. He said he would urge President Eisenhower to accept again if chosen to help select the party nominee.
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Vianlgs
Ux Wi
Thomas Sweeney
Wheeling
U. S. Senate
Sweeney
Eisenhower
Poultry Market Report From Mount Jackson Area Unsettled Prices
Live poultry market in the Shenandoah Valley shows unsettled demand light and ample supplies. Prices at the farm through Friday noon include broilers 21 to 3e per pound, heavy hens 19 to 22, small turkey fryers 29 to 30, and breeder hens around 30 with toms at 23.
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Zoro
Alois S. Knapp
Virginia Department of Agricult
South Branch Valley
Mamhisonburg
U—Shenandoah Valley
Attendance Record Falls After Long Sunday School Streak
Hugh Allen, longtime treasurer of the Decatur Presbyterian Church class, failed to attend Sunday school Sunday for the first time in 1,769 consecutive weeks. He was taken to Emory Hospital after suffering a blood clot on a lung and receiving treatment.
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Atlanta
Hugh Allen
Emory Hospital
Allen
Decatur Presbyterian Church
A Broken Spur Parked Between Blood and Vengeance
Christie recounts a grim night as a nester’s killing sparks a vow of retaliation. Rob Maklory’s crew abducts the slain man, and Kerry senses looming trouble while Cameron and Christie weigh loyalties. The nesters’ conflict threatens to widen after Art Graves’s death.
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Nester
Rod Mallory
Bill
Tip
Art
Rob
Larrabee
Nate
Cullen
Joe
Rob Maklory
Nerself
Kerry
Shere
Mescalero
Christ At the Forks
Jared
Wayne Cameron
Cameron
Christie
Nesters
Art Graves
Ethin
Lymion
Mallory
Reeute
Court of Honor Declines Uruguayan Duel
A court of honor in Montevideo ruled Chief of State Luis Batlle Berres need not duel publisher Washington Guadalupe after El Nacional accused the President of protecting private interests. Accion called critics low-minded with dirty souls, but the tribunal found no lawful duel required and dismissed the bloodletting claim.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Court of Honor
Luis Batlle Berres
Washington Guadalupe
Guadalupe
el Nacional
Batlle Berres
Accion
Smile of the Year Contest Under Way
Oklahoma junior high students compete in the Smile of the Year contest sponsored by the state dental association to select the two healthiest grins. Dentists trim to perfect teeth. lay judges pick by personality and infectiousness of the smile. The item notes Theodore Roosevelt's status as the youngest U S president at 42.
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Harvard
Johnn Fell Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Indiana
Elles Stevenson
Chicago
Oklahoma
State Dental Association
Grace Fell in Love On Christmas Day
Grace Kelly recounts meeting Prince Rainier at Monte Carlo last May and says they fell in love on Christmas Day at her Philadelphia home. He proposed during Christmas week, she wears a ruby diamond engagement ring and a gold coin bracelet, with a wedding planned after April 1.
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Chicago
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier
Monaco
Tye
Monte Carlo
Philadelphia
Prince Raier
Russell Austin
Margate
Miss Kelly
Austins
Kelly
Rainier
Hollywood
Florida
New York
Senorita Graciela Levi Castillo
Ecador
Misa Kelly
No Injurious Fall-Out From Nevada Nuclear Tests
The AEC reports no injurious fall-out from Nevada test series. Study of 171 personnel badges across 24 locations within 50 000 square miles shows no health-threatening exposure. Public Health Service data. highest offsite reading 3.9 roentgens, far below annual safety limit.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Joe B. Sanders
AEC
U.S. Public Health Service
Elgin
New
Alamo
Unseen motives in rugged frontier drama and local notices
A rugged novella excerpt features Cameron planning a bold scheme with Lita Dawson and Christie, seeking a woman of looks brains and dignity to aid his wider world ambitions. Following fiction, local notices include Raleigh General Hospital stockholders meeting details and multiple funeral announcements for Fess Webb, Celia A Testerman, and others.
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Wayne Cameron
Slash T
Christine Toland
Cameron
Lita Dawson
Lita
Christie
Raleigh General HospItal
Beckley
R. G. Broaddus
Robert Winston
Treas
Funeral announcement for Charles Lannutt Carciola
Charles Lannutt Carciola, age 2, of Lester, died in a local hospital Sunday. The body lies at Calfee Funeral Home until January 10 then to the residence. Requiem at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church on January 11. Burial at Calvary Addition to Sunset Memorial Park. Cards of Thanks from Mrs. J P Lester and children.
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Fess Webb
Frank
Third Avenue
Keyser Funeral Home
Royce French
Sunset Memorial Park
Wiliams Feneral
Carciola
Charles Lannutt
Lester
Jaltes
St. Francois de Sales Catholic Church
Paul Helsley
Calvary
Sunset Memorial
James Philip Lester
James W. Banks
Raleigh General Hospital
Calfee Funeral Home
J. P. Lester
Runacel Mapetars
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Goodwill Industries
Washington, D. C
Goodwill
Charleston
Evans
Kanawha County
South Charleston
John L. Evans
Harry E. Watkins
William G. Lias
Wheeling Downs
Bert Be Lias
James C. Martin
Ohio Valley
Ray N. Shaffer
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Parkersburg
U. S. 50
Volcano Rd
Floyd Rogers
Brooke County Sportsmen's and Farmers’ Assn
Wellsburg
Del
Richard Young
Colonial
Ye-Catcher
Jackie Collins
Joan Collins
London
Hollywood News
Chick Johnson
Music Box
Johnson
Ole OL .Sen
Princess
Beau
Britain
Princess Margaret Jr
Lord Plunket
Salers Wells Ballet
Londoun
Simon Phipps
Plunket
Peter Townsend
International Soundphoto
Business Mirror
Democrats
New Yolk
Finlelter
Rosenburg
Thomas R
Anna M. Roce
Organizationburg
Poe
Theodore Roosevelt
Grace
DIAL
Douglas T. Bryant
MGR
South OaKwood Ave
Ambulance Service Dial
James C. Griffith
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home, Inc
Vance Driva
Amos E
Quesenberry
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Neville St. Dial
Oak Aid
Logan
Iree
Rageland Road
Nash Campbell
W. E. Harvey
Harold Williams
Henry Jones
Neville SL Marguerite
Hill Rohrer Lumber CO
Central Ave
Ately Payments
Temco Gas
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