Rickover Receives Peace Time Medal At Polaris Sub Ceremony
Adm. H G Rickover has been awarded the Distinguish ed Service Medal at Keel laying ceremonies for a new Polaris submarine in Groton Conn to honor his push for nuclear propulsion. The Nautilus f irst atomic sub marks its sixth anniversary as the nation hails a major scientific feat. Rickover monitors admin waste and delays at a Pentagon desk and argues for streamlined project management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Groton
Conn
North Pole
Adm
Rickover
Pentagon
New York City
World Book Braille edition to aid blind readers
A World Book Encyclopedia Braille edition is under way with first volumes due by March 1961. Delmas Elkins, local agent, says Romney school for the blind will receive a set, with Mountaineer Division volunteers funding part of the cost and Field Enterprises covering the rest. The project, a non profit effort by Field Enterprises and Field Foundation with the American Printing House for the Blind, will be the largest Braille publication to date, totaling about 38,000 pages across 145 volumes. The full catalog price is $616.25 plus roughly $30 shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Delmas Elkins
School For the
Romney
Elkins
Mountaineer
West Virginia
Field Enterprises Educational Corporation
Field Enterprises
The
Field Foundation, Inc
American Printing House For the Blind
Printing House For
De Gaulle Faces Crucial Days in Algerian Crisis
Bruce Bioss notes that Charles de Gaulle enters a pivotal period as France struggles with Algeria. Referendum support does not solve the problem, only compels continued effort. Rebels delay bargaining while Moslems and Europeans trade positions. a political breakthrough seems only a miracle could achieve it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeria
France
de Gaulle
World’s 12 best dressed women of 1960 questioned
Dick West surveys the 1960 list of the world's best dressed women, noting skepticism about the process and sources. He cites 2000 fashion experts and mentions political turmoil as Republican senators fled the state to avoid arrest, while butter and food prices face a market drop and potential collapse in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Cincinnati
Senate
Chicago Commission
Best dressed list sparks questions over 1960 poll
In a critique from Little Rock Arkansas the writer questions the New York Couture Group poll that named Mrs John F Kennedy the best dressed woman. He notes potential biases and asks if maternity wear and publicity value affected the result. He also mentions Postmen puzzling over mail for Cross Roads Arkansas, a state with six towns by that name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Couture Group
John F. Kennedy
U. S
Mrs. Kennedy
Kennedy
Couture
Pat Nixon
Little Rock
Ark
Raleigh Register subscription rates and delivery terms
The Raleigh Register lists subscription prices and delivery options, noting annual and semiannual rates for various plans, tax additions for West Virginia subscribers, and distribution guidance. It names Beckley Newspapers Corporation as publisher and outlines sales tax, delivery, and payment handling details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SILCO
West Virginia
Edson on U N role shaping JFK administration policy
Edson argues the Kennedy era must rely more on the United Nations as U.S. influence wanes. Cuba Laos Congo and other crises will press the Security Council, with the U.N. facing budgetary strain and possible bankruptcy. The piece urges new strategy to restore U.S. leadership while limiting UN duties it cannot manage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson
Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
Kennedy
United States
World Organization
General Assembly
Cuba
Laos
Congo
Seeurity Council
West
U.N
Asia
Africa
Dean Rusk
Adlai Stevenson
Russia
Kremlin
United Nations
Atomic talks and African bloc face uncertain path
The report notes private British French talks on joint missiles and possible transfer of French atomic tests from the Sahara to British territory, with Africa’s neutralist bloc likely to stall amid rivalries and financial woes. Gomulka’s Western ties draw Soviet criticism as Belgium faces austerity and Walloon labor strife amid calls for regional economic autonomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
France
Sahara
Australia
Casablanca
Morocco
U.a.bay
Ghana
Guinea
Mali
Libya
Ceylon
U,a.r
Belgium
Chamber of Deputies
Walloon
Wallonia
Barbs by Hal Cochran on money children and divorce
A humorous column reflecting on happiness through wealth and large families. It notes antiques aging to be valuable, and recalls a judge banning children from his court for affecting a positive outlook. It suggests divorces arise when lovers are self centered and only in love with themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
White-collar racketeers outpace armed crime in cost
White-collar racketeers are described as the slickest bandits, wearing white collars and tailored suits. The piece argues these criminals cause more yearly harm to Americans than all armed thugs would in a lifetime of crime, highlighting the economic impact of nonviolent crime.
Earl Wilson Married 25 Years and Never Danced
Earl Wilson recalls his 1936 wedding at City Hall during a lunch hour, while recounting Sing Sing executions from 25 years earlier. He and Rosemary Lyons joined a famed New York scene that included El Morocco, Shor, Perona, and a host of stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sing Sing
Rosemary Lyons
B.W
Mark Hellinger
el Morocco
Toots Shor
Hollywood
Joe Pasternak
Paramount
Long Island
Jimmy Walker
al Jolson
Helen Morgan
Texas Guinan
Flo Ziegfeld
Marilyn Miller
Hermione Gingold
Alan King
Abbe Lane
Xavier Cugat
George DeWitt
Faye Emerson
Loors Shor
Leon & Eddie's
Becke ley Streets Traffic Survey Planned by Raleigh Officials
A Raleigh committee led by Chief J Q Stover E L Burleson and Harry Watkins was tasked by Mayor Robert Winston to survey traffic on Becke ley streets and report at the next council meeting. Harold M Riffe notes Fred J Barr plans to work at least one day on the new Raleigh County courthouse when J O Freeman starts construction, citing work on the 1891 building as his motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Q. Stover
E. L. Burleson
Harry Watkins
Robert Winston
Beckeley
Harold M. Riffe
Fred J. Barr
Raleigh County Court House
J. O. Freeman
Mr. Freeman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Byron
Human G. Rickover
North Carolina
National Wildlife Federation
Division of Conservation Education
Russell J. Neugebauer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
States
District of Columbia
Walt Disney
Wildlife Week
Thomas L. Kimball
Louis S. Clapper
Federation
Kimball
Jesus
Roy H. Stetler, Jr
Cheverly, Md
Minster
Cheverly Community
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Bruce Bioss At
Dick West
Raleigh Register
Raleigh
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton, W. V
J. McQuade
United Press International
Ward Griffith Company, Inc
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
Wraetors
Tee
Edson
JFK
Security Council
Soviet Union
World Bank
Phil Newsom
Easier
East Berlin
Lucretius
St. Jerome
Philtre
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Gomulka
Poland
Hal Cochran
Earl Wilson
All
John Perona
Hope Hampton
Park Avenue
Areso
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Earl
Bob Hope
Palm Springs
Downe
Jackie Gleason
Frank Sinatra
P.K
Alexander Graham Bell
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!