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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1956
Page
9
Cameron outlines a grand scheme to control Broken Spur, aiming to rally nesters and seize Mallory's range while positioning Christie Toland and Lita Dawson in his plans. Kerry Dorn opposes Lita while she confronts personal heartbreak and a looming marriage to Christie Toland.
Pittburgh FBI agents arrested John Jian Hawthorne Andrews, 42, in Belle Vernon after a $19,000 bank robbery at a restaurant. Special Agent Gordon Shanklin said the capture was without incident and four loaded revolvers were found in Andrews’s car.
March of Science reports two pain relievers. Dolitrone provides amnesia after procedures and remains awake to follow instructions. Dolitrone shows promise in dental work and tonsil removal and may aid childbirth or cancer pain. Heptacyclazine offers non narcotic relief, may assist chronic pains when combined with aspirin. A polio disinfectant chlorpaetin rapidly inactivates virus in vitro, potential for hospital sterilization though vaccine work pending.
Business observers see hints of easing federal restraint on mortgage credit and a softer money policy. The Fed’s stance may shift toward restraint lightening, with 30 year mortgages reinstated and FHA ready to broaden home repair loan insurance. Auto production and home building show downturns, prompting forecasts of a spring slump and a possible 14 billion federal spending boost.
New Delhi reports Soviet Premier Bulganin is resting after a strenuous Asian tour. Officials decline to specify the illness but indicate possible fatigue or heart strain. Moscow has not confirmed a public appearance since January 3 amid rumors of jaundice.
John W. Meredith a former Fairmont bank cashier was convicted on two counts of making false entries and acquitted on four counts of misapplying funds in a $595 shortage at Fairmont National Bank A federal jury returned the verdict after nearly eight hours of deliberation Meredith 52 remains free on 20000 bond Defense lawyer Carl Bachmann said a motion for a new trial would be filed within five days Federal Judge Herbert S Borman withheld sentencing pending further action and penalties can total five years and 5000 dollars for each guilty count
The Justice Ministry reports more Americans in Japan than any other single foreign nationality aside from Koreans. About 8,800 Americans are registered with the ministry, not counting roughly 180,000 military personnel estimated to be stationed there.
At least 65 witnesses will be subpoenaed for a three day hearing into the Farmington mine explosion that killed 16. State Mines Chief Julius Olzler said the hearing will begin February 7 at the Marion County courthouse in Fairmont. A board of inquiry including Olzler and representatives from the U S Bureau of Mines the United Mine Workers union and Jamison Coal and Coke Co. will preside.
Payroll figures show West Virginia taxpayers pay 1613 dollars daily for the Legislature in session plus 1500 dollar annual salaries for 132 members. Senate employs 57 at 737 dollars and House 31 at 676 dollars with clerks Myers and Blankenship earning 30 and 25 dollars a day respectively.
Sen. Knowland prepared to enter five state primaries Illinois Alaska Florida Maryland and California as a conditional bid for the Republican presidential nomination. He will seek the nomination if President Eisenhower does not run.
Three college business educators will lead the annual business education conference in Montgomery on April 14 sponsored by West Virginia Tech and Concord College. Also noted are church building updates, Coal Show plans in Bluefield, and local civic changes including bank leadership shifts and architectural society appointments.
About 450 high school juniors from 47 counties will attend the sixth annual Know Your State Government Day Conference in Charleston on March 12. Gov. Marland will address a luncheon session at the Charleston Woman's Club after a Capitol tour. Morning talks by six state officials cover duties and responsibilities. Edward Sorrenberg will moderate a panel discussion.
Ohio and West Virginia officials agree on a river bridge location from Bridgeport Ohio to Wheeling Island linking spans over the Ohio River. State Highway Director S Q Linzell says formal writing will follow verbal agreement reached at Wheeling. Ohio would pay about half the cost and an engineer will be hired for design.
Morgantown report notes West Virginia State Farm Bureau requests congressmen and senators back a measure to abolish daylight saving time. Acting executive secretary E. O. Gregory says farm people have been inconvenienced by turning back the clocks each year.
A Chicago mother told a Superior Court judge she could endure her husband’s beating but could not endure seeing their 15 year old son pour whisky. She received 25 a week support for Edward and a restraining order keeping Matt from the home. The mother described her son asking for a wash and saying whisky was “good for me” to make a man.
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