West Virginia Featured In Travel Portfolio For 1960 Anniversary Year
West Virginia gains prominence in the Travel U S A Portfolio produced by the National Association of Travel Organizations. The Industrial and Publicity Commission reports 15 000 copies issued with half distributed to libraries travel offices and members and the rest sent to agencies worldwide. The Greenbrier Hotel Oglebay Institute Harpers Ferry and Kanawha Valley areas are highlighted along with Bluefield Mil an and Charleston. The portfolio aims to boost foreign travel to the state ahead of its 1962 centennial. Crislip hopes increased representation will follow and notes the next issue will publish before the centennial.
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West Virginia
Don Crislip
Industrial and Publicity Commission
U.S.A
National Association of Travel Organizations
Fomotion
S.A
Eisenhower
National Association
Greenbrier
White
Sulphur Springs
Charleston
Crislip
United States
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Mountain State
Oglebay Institute
Wheeling
Harpers Ferry National Monument
Marmalade Crisis Sparks Breakfast Banter
A playful back and forth unfolds between Hal Boyle and his wife over marmalade and mounting bills. The couple jokes about rationing, while listing expenses from mortgage to dental braces, travel, and a champagne-fueled New Year’s Eve. The conversation captures domestic tension and comic timing.
Foster mother's plea seeks adoption law change in West Virginia
A West Virginia mother writes to the Senate and House of Delegates urging lawmakers to reform adoption laws. She cites her foster child Rosemary and other children harmed by current rules, appealing to governors and legislators to act to protect vulnerable youngsters and prevent future injustices.
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West Virginia
Forest Isner
Senate
House of Delegates
Rosemary
Parsons
State Supreme Court
Child Welfare Department
Isners
Department of Public Assistance
Cecil Underwood
DPA
Governor Underwood
Rosemarys
Karen Dawns
Peeweed
Larrys
Prayer for Today from W F Primrose at First Congregational Church
Prayer asks guidance in daily work and service through study of the Word. It seeks strength to discern truth and reject falsehood, concluding with a blessing through Christ Our Lord. W F Primrose, minister at St Joseph Missouri, delivers the invocation.
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Christ
W. F. Primrose
St. Joseph, Mo
First Congregational Church
World Today Red Debt Is Trade Block By James Marlow
The United States and the Soviet Union again discuss settling the lend-lease debt from World War II. Talks began Monday under changed circumstances after prior rounds in 1947-48 and 1951-52 failed to produce an agreement. Premier Khrushchev’s 195? visit set a new context for the talks.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
United States
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S.S.R
Berlin
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Camp David
Douglas Dillon
Khrushchevy
Congress
50 Years Ago From the 1910 Raleigh Register Item
Ira W. Davis buys the Hotel Weaver at Lester and takes its management. Clear Fork Telephone Company forms with a $5,000 capital, listing incorporators from Clear Fork and Artie. 1909 hunting licenses issued total 679 by Raleigh County clerk. Pemberton Coal and Coke plans capital increase from $50,000 to $400,000.
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Ira W. Davis
Weaver
Lester
Clear Fork Telephone
Annie Underwood
Woirich Swirsky
Agosia Trebylon
Edgar R. Fairburn
Claire Mann
Raleigh
Pemberton Coal and Coke Come Pany
Raleigh Register Subscription Rates and Policies
The Raleigh Register lists subscription rates for mail and home delivery in Beckley and surrounding areas, with annual and semiannual options and West Virginia tax details. It notes carrier and distributor independence and the managing editor and Associated Press affiliation.
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West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Tight Money Shifts Savings Patterns Across U S Banks
Ameri cans are saving less and shifting to higher yielding options as tight money reduces borrowable funds. Lenders race to attract funds while savers shop for best yields, with 5 percent new U S Treasury issues and higher bank rates prompting more deposits and special premiums.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
U. S. Treasury
U. S
Savings & Loan Associations
Mutual Savings Banks
Las Vegas shows face dress code push from Nevada lawmakers
Nevada lawmakers urged to ban explicit Las Vegas shows prompting clubs to rethink imported beauties outfits. Comic Carter mocks nudity push while Desert Inn discusses Eddie Fisher contract and return. Hollywood buzz covers Benny, Kaye, Silvers, Burns, Jessel, Truman, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, and Cary Grant links amid a wave of show business chatter.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Jack Carter
The
Flamingo
Hollywood
Jack Benny
Danny Kaye
Phil Silvers
George Burns
George Jessel
Harry Truman
Waldorf Fed
Jack
March of Dimes
Motion Picture and Television Division
Deputies Relieved of Duty by Fayette County Court
Nin e Fayette county deputy sheriffs were relieved of their duties by the Fayette County Court. Prosecuting attorney C. E. Dillon Jr. said those dismissed were employed by various coal companies and that all prosecuting attorneys were urged to act on orders from the West Virginia attorney general. Major James R. Doolittle set a new trans continental record for transport planes, stopping at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, 11 hours 59 minutes after taking off from Los Angeles. A bill for free textbooks in public schools, urged by Gov. H. G. Kump, was ready for Senate introduction by J. Patrick Beaecom, Cabell Democrat.
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Fayette County
C. E. Dillon Jr
Dillon
West Virginia
James R. Doolittle
Floyd Bennett Airport
New York
Los Angeles
H. G. Kump
Senate
J. Patrick Beaecom
Cabeli Democrat
Willow pattern ware story and quiz prompt
Willow pattern ware is common and comes in pink or blue. The pattern depicts a tale of a wealthy man and his daughter, a forbidden match, imprisonment, escape, and birds showing the lovers united. Alma Charles of Laurel Va wins $10. mail your answer to Junior Editors Beckley.
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England
China
Alma Charles
Laurel
Beckley
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Pocahontas Exhibition
Bluefield
Kanawha Valley
Oe Blenko Glass Co
Milan
France
Italy
America
Hal Boyle
Saul Pett
Baron Rothschild
Helen
Ber
Errol
Astronaut
Mr. Astai
By C. J. McGuade
Mother's Pleasent
State
Raleigh Register
Beckley Newspaper. Corporation
Prince 5 St
W. Va
Hinton
I. McQuade
Pat See Oe
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
Portland
San Francisco
Greenville
Securties & Exchange Commission
Treasury
ST. Louis
Hyman Frank
Hyman
New Haven
Conn
Tucson
Ariz
Alice Lamonte
Earl Wilson
Irving Heller
League For the Suppression of Cruelty
Sarah Vaughan
Joan Collins
Harwyn
Warren Beatty
Eddie Fisher
Las Vegas Desert Inn
Liz Taylor
Desert Inn
Nat (King) Cole
Dean Martin
Frank Sinatra
Peter Lawford
Europe
Jerry Lewis
N. Y
TWA
Lynchburg
Margaret Myers
Audrey Meadows
Beverly Hills
Arnold Grant
Cary Grant
Sheikah Moser
el Rancho Vegas
Grant
Cary
Midnight Earl Inn
Andy Williams
Morey Amsterdam
Nicotine Anonymous
Gwen
Verdon
Jimmy
Loretta Young
Rusty Monique van Vooren
Tommy Manville
Ludmilla Tchor
Montreal
N.Y
Wilson
Earl
Pic Larmour
Taffy Tuttle
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