Absorbed Nurses Plan Quiet Rest and Romance
In a Beckley clinic town Nora and Cynthia discuss a quiet future as Nora prepares to marry Alan while Cynthia muses on love, rest, and balancing duty with personal life. Cynthia worries over patients at the clinic and the impact of polio and other illnesses on children, balanced with urban reminders of romance and shopping for a trousseau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia
Nora
Alan
Trousseau
Miss Whiting
Norman
Walt
Princess Margaret Visiting in Germany and Wisconsin politics
Wisconsin Governor Kohler disputed Senator McCarthy's role in removing a Marshall reference from a 1952 Eisenhower campaign speech. In Bonn, Princess Margaret arrived for a four day visit, meeting President Theodor Heuss and touring British and German military units.
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Princess Margaret
Germany
Bolton Landing
N. Y
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Fisenhower
George C. Marshall
Milwaukee
McCarthy
Marshall
Eisenhower
Defense
Truman
Kohler
Sherman Adams
Sen. McCarthy
Bonn
Margaret
West Germany
Britain
Theodor Heuss
Rhine
Gas Fumes Kill Mother and Children in Fla Home
In St. Petersburg, Jean Mann, 26, a cosmetics clerk, planned to die to leave a happy home for her two children Frances aged 6 and Steven 5. She closed doors, opened a window, placed a fan by bed, then used gas burners in the kitchen. Police found all three dead. coroner notes a draft from the open window aided the tragedy. Her husband Paul Mann, 24, was away at a National Guard encampment in Alabama.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Jean Mann
Mrs. Mann
Frances
Steven
Clyde Kissinger
Livestock Prices From Baltimore USDA Market Report
Baltimore USDA market notes show cattle at 9.00 to 21.00 for various grades and weights. Calves 13.00 to 21.00, hogs 20.00 to 50.00 per cwt across weight ranges, sows 16.00 to 18.00 under 400 pounds, heavier weights 13.00 downward. Sheep receipts light with spring lambs 12.00 to 15.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
USDA
Journal and GM patch up quarrel over 1955 models
New York GM and the Wall Street Journal moved toward reconciliation after GM halted ads and press releases following a May 28 Journal story on 1955 Chevrolet drawings and other models. Letters from Curtice and Kilgore indicated GM resumed news releases and access, but no word on advertising resumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Motors Corp
The
Wall Street Journal
Journal
Business Daily
Harlow H. Curtice
Bernard Kilgore
Curtice
Kilgore
Baby Dies After Rare Separation Operation
Long Beach Memorial Hospital announced that an 8 pound 15 ounce baby boy died roughly 12 hours after a delicate separation operation intended to save his life. The infant, attached at the breast bone to an underdeveloped twin, had no shared vital organs and the undeveloped twin weighed under a pound. Born to Mrs. Julia Seitz of Cedarhurst, the twins were separated about 16 hours after birth. an autopsy was planned to determine the death cause. Hospital administrator William A. Kozma noted only one other similar case in medical history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
N. Y
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
William A. Kozma
Kozma
Julia Seitz
Cederhurst
Long Island
Congress Debates Expanded Private Health Insurance Plans
Washington House nears vote on a measure to back expanded private health insurance by permitting government risk sharing with private firms for added experimental benefits. Speaker Martin predicts passage of the administration bill as Republican leaders push broader coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Martin
R-Mass
Senate
Sen
Morse
Indore
House Atomic Energy Committee
Beirut Faces Auto Import Bill Threatening Image
Beirut could lose its title as the garage of the Arab world if parliament passes a bill curbing auto imports aimed at saving foreign exchange. Last year Lebanon spent 14 million dollars on cars parts and gasoline, about 11 percent of total imports. The city’s narrow streets are clogged with new vehicles. Taxi drivers boast a modern fleet.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Kindergarten teacher leads children through crowd in Grand Rapids
Katherine Van Houtum kept 2,000 civic crowd safe by tying kindergarteners in groups of five with strings, giving each group leader a end. The note recalls one of America's first public clocks installed in 1727 at Guilford Connecticut's First Congregational Church and used by successive churches until 1892.
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Grand Rapids Mich
Katherine van Houtum
America
First Congregational
Guilford
Conn
Poultry Market Reports From Harrisonburg and Moorefield
Shenandoah Valley live poultry market remains steady with high quality fetching top prices and off quality discounted. Farm prices note broilers under 3 lbs at 24 to 25 cents, 3 lbs and over at 25 to 26, mostly 25 to 25¾. heavy hens 15 to 18, turkey fryers 27 to 28, heavy hens 30 to 42, toms 25 to 26. Moorefield reports steady market with ample supplies and 2.85 to 3.42 lb broilers at 25 to 26, undergrades 22 to 25. South Branch Poultry Auction up about a cent, broilers 25 to 26, 25 to 54, 26, mostly 25 to 26. 159,200 head sold in 59 lots.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Moorefield
W.va
South Branch Valley
South Branch
Weston Man Elected By Order of Eagles
Paul Myers of Weston is named West Virginia president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at the 13th annual state convention closing in Follansbee. He succeeds Paul Cunningham of Paden City and joins a list of officers including Lawrence Bertram Wheeling and Charles Fatkins Moundsville.
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Stuart Foeher
Charleston
William Hawkins
Elk Grove
Louis M. Frush
Follansbee
Trusteеe Sale Notice Stamford West Virginia Lot 68
Trustee Chas E Mahan will auction at 1 00 PM July 31 1954 the Lot 68 House 420 Stamford Town District Raleigh County West Virginia as described in Trust Deed Book 185 page 31 with rights to use adjacent streets and alleys. Cash due on sale date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Baker
Elizabeth S. Baker
Stamford
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Fayette Land Company
Oak Hill
Beckley
Stanaford
Chas E. Mahan
Woods Richard Clayton Woods 18 Detroit auto crash death
Richard Clayton Woods 18 formerly of Skelton died in an automobile accident in Detroit on Sunday night. The body will arrive at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home at 6 a.m. Wednesday, then go to his grandmother Mrs Lucy Woods’s home off Skelton at 5 p.m. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Gaylor Gaylor
William Millard
Skelton
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
Gervas Gervas
Joe
Azzara Avenue
East Beckley
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home
John Halpin
Mount Calvary
Sunset Memorial Park
Hershell Meadows
Gray Howland
Mike Hutman
George Grazier
George Wiley
Roy Meadows
Pizzino Pizzino
Jo Ann
Glen Fork
Stephens Clinic
Welch
W. Va
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Radiant Princess
Hurlingham
England
Raleigh Register
Elaide Aphries
Chapter
Virginia
Cyn
Roz
Nancy O'Riley
Thompson
General Motors
Fish and Wild Life Service
Congress
Weston
Order of Eagles
Woods
Quesenberry and
Webb Funeral Home
LEO Bar
Keyser
Douglas T. Bryant
South Oakwood
Vance Drive
Amos
Quesenberry
APSR
Adams
R. C. Egnor
Moniank
W E Harvey
E. J. Sneed
Mt. Hope
A. Callahan
Samuel S. Croy
Fabulon
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Prince St
Don W _ Ford
Dial
Montgomery Ward Sanders and Edgers
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
Marguerite's Main Street
Del-Mar
Thrifty Shop
Neville St
Professional Directory
G. H
Crab Orchard
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
C. Kinzer
Brigg Radio
Dial 6203
Beckley Furniture
Wright
Burgess Street
Dial Law
Halstead
Firestone TV Repair Dept
Dial Geo. Sparks
Maxwell & Kfyser
RCA Victor
Zenith
John W. Eye
W. N. Tench
Frank's Plumbing & Heating
GMC
Sprague
Salem Wooten
Coopers’ Manufacturing Co
South Fayette St
Stewart
General Repairing
Prosperity
R. C. Stewart, Prop
Venetian Blind
AAVON
Venetian Blind Cleaners
Beckley W Va
Cam Thompson
Cooper Transfer
Reliable Movers
Lewis Transfer CO
Valley Drive
Beckley, W. Va
Earl CG. Carter
Glen Daniel
Gallucci
Ronceverte
Kay
ABCO
Avon
Valley Chapel
Cassie Dunn
Saeger
W.vace
Kut & Karl
Murphy’s
Care Beckley Newspapers
Large Corporation
Wheeling
Beckley Hotel
MR. Straub
Stamford Stanley Home Products
Allen Rickard
Earl C
Carter
N. S. Gregory
C-O Wyoming Hotel
Mullens
Mountain State
W. James
C. D. Buckland
Wey
A &H
Fidelity Interstate Casualty Company
Ed Campbell
Bluefield Ave
Bluefield
Roy A. Jones
W. B. Jones
R. L. and
J. H. Stinson
the Nature Shop
Herbert Kiser
Allstate Insurance CO
Beckley Awning & Shade CO
S. Oakwood Ave
Crosley TV
Hoolvent
Aluminum
Foley & Carper
BeckLey Glass
North OaKwood Dial
General Tire
KRAFT
Lucas General
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