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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1958
Page
3
Frank Albanese earns permits to collect public donations for fireworks at Beckley Mt Hope Airport for V J Day. He notes 18th annual drive with past totals and a Sophia High School band performance slated for the event.
Governor Robert B. Meyner of New Jersey will be the principal speaker at the Cabell County Democratic Executive Committee campaign dinner on August 15 in Huntington. Meyner will be accompanied by Mrs. Meyner and staff. Also, a break in at Gulf Super Market in Rhodell led to $40 in scrip stolen after intruders broke the door Monday night.
The Raleigh County Sheriff's Office seeks Preston Ayers 39 missing from Garden Grounds. Last seen Monday afternoon in woods near his home. Ayers described as six feet tall with brown hair. Anyone with information asked to contact the sheriff's office.
Reports list several individuals released from Raleigh County Jail after paying fines or bonds. Robert Mathews, Acie Jannell Jr., Pannell, Good Godby, Oscar Copeland, and Robert D. Lane are noted with charges ranging from improper potato to bastardy and non support.
The May 1958 report shows a possible upturn after May progress, with five month unemployment benefits $14 million above 1957. Building permits in Beckley fell to $39,150 from $97,900 year ago. Beckley post office receipts declined by $531 in May from $16,281 last May. Bank debits in Raleigh County dropped 20.7 percent year to date and May totals fell to $23,795,000 from $30,023,000 in May 1957.
Early morning motorists on U S Route 21 watched a bungalow labeled No Mirage It's The Real Thing moved between 6 and 7 am from Mount Hope to Cranberry. It will be occupied by Mr A C Dower an electrican on the West Virginia Turnpike and his wife a nurse at Raleigh General Hospital. John H M Slinson house movers recently moved a two story building with furniture from one location to another.
Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini had an eight year marriage annulled by a Rome court but the public prosecutor announced an appeal, delaying finality. The report also notes that the United States hosted 26 491 foreign students last year.
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