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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1955
Page
10
Across the nation a chaotic July 4 scene included a Chicago South Side picnic riot that left a college student shot, six policemen injured, and 500-strong crowds in turmoil. Multiple incidents followed from Oregon to Maine, with drownings, falls, and heat exhaustion straining hospitals as investigations continued.
Vienna polls show 78 percent prefer the American run Red White Red station over the Austrian Broadcasting System. The State Department funded station, started in 1945 to replace Russian programs, may close when the Austrian treaty takes effect this summer, ending a $600,000 annual cost.
Aunt Mandy Gatewood, who will be 104 in September, says she has never done wrong and plans to go to heaven when she flies. She traveled by auto from Bedford, Kentucky to Louisville for a family visit and joked she harbors no real grudges, not even against Republicans.
Baltimore market notes price moves for apples in New Jersey New York and Virginia with small gains in several varieties including Starrs Red Birds and Red Havens. Potatoes across Eastern regions show mixed steady to lower prices with 50 pound sacks and cobblers unwashed figures across Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina and the Eastern Shore.
The Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Program will meet at 7 30 tonight at the James Dairy Farm to plan the annual community fair. Trustees will be elected as a preliminary move in buying property for fair grounds and community building. T N Thurman, chairman, requests all residents of the two communities to attend.
FHA data show the average buyer had a 5139 income and bought a 10678 dollar house and lot. He made a 15 percent down payment and obtained an 8862 dollar FHA insured loan for 23 years with monthly payments of 68.62 including taxes and insurance. The survey ties higher ownership to larger families rising incomes and liberal 1954 financing terms.
Funeral notices report William Gordon Tingle of Midway dies at 54 in Charleston hospital with services at 2 p.m. July 5 at Home Chapel. Ralph Lego of Stephenson dies July 2 in Charleston with services July 11 at 11 a.m. at the Home Chapel. James Lazarus Archi of Harper dies July 8 at 8:15 a.m. with services July 9 at 11 a.m. Burial at Midway Cemetery. William C. Griffith of Harper Road Beckley dies July 2 at 11:15 a.m. with services July 5 at 2:30 p.m. at Ghent Christian Church. Burial in Ghent Masonic Cemetery.
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