Business Cheer Grows on Washington Developments
Washington week brought rapid-fire signals of relief for the economy. A surprise 20 point cut in cash down payment on stock purchases boosted markets and consumer confidence. Treasury depreciation changes may save industries about 1.5 billion dollars, spurring investment. Major steel firms see cautious gains while rail and construction foresee modernization gains as McGraw & Co. head Clifford S. Strike says it could break a project log jam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Harlan
United Press International
NEW York
UPI
Washington
Commerce Department
Treasury
Clifford S. Strike
F. H. McGraw & Co
Thought For Today Quote by Goethe on creation
A compact reflection notes Goethe’s idea that to create something you must first become something. It highlights self transformation as a prerequisite for creative work and personal growth. The saying invites readers to cultivate inner substance to produce outer contributions.
West Virginia Proud of Low Crime Ranking
A 1961 FBI report ranks West Virginia third among states for crime rate per 100000. The piece praises the state’s law abiding record, notes New Hampshire and North Dakota as lower, and urges continued restraint into 1962 while defending the two word state name.
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U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
West Virginia
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Lincoln
C.H
Uniform laws scarce in Book of States traffic codes
The latest Book of States shows most states have adopted uniform and model laws but lacks a uniform highway traffic code. Karl Richards of the Automobile Manufacturers Assn. notes it took three years to standardize amber turn signals, which 1963 models will use, illustrating the difficulty of achieving state-by-state traffic-safety uniformity.
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Karl Richards
Assn
Madison and Jefferson linked as eloquent Founders in new papers
University of Chicago and University of Virginia publish James Madison papers, linking him with Jefferson and Lincoln as eloquent leaders. The wartime quote on the War of 1812 highlights his belief that free government grows stronger with tested unity, a view echoed amid Cold War era praise.
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James Madison
Jefferson
Lincoln
University of Chicago
University of Virginia
America
Madison
Pravda
Izvestia
Far East brinksmanship analyzed in Kennedy era glare
The column debates Mao Zedong and Khrushchev amid the Quemoy Matsu standoff. It discusses U.S. warnings, Mao’s paper tiger rhetoric, internal hunger in China, and the risk of a broader war, urging careful response and clear allied resolve.
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Washington
Quemoy
Matsu
Red China
Far East
Congo
Korea
Dean Acheson
Kennedy
Mao Tsetung
Chiang Kai Shek
Chiang
Mao
China
Khrushchev
U. S
Russia
India
Chaing
Two Kinds of Neutrinos Found in Atom Structure
UPI reports that Brookhaven and Columbia scientists using the alternating gradient synchrotron discovered two types of neutrinos, not one, challenging the idea of basic simplicity in nature. The experiment accelerated protons to 15 and 33 billion electron volts, smashing them into beryllium to produce pi mesons that decayed into mu mesons and neutrinos.
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Delos Smith
UPI
New York
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton
N.Y
Mumeson
Leon M. Lederman
Melvin Schwartz
Jack Steinberger
Columbia University
Gordon Danby
Brookhaven
Columbia
Jean-Marc Gaillard
France
Konstantin Goulianos
Greece
Nariman Mistry
India
Neutrino findings headline from 50 years ago in Raleigh
1912 Raleigh notes report James F. Prince returns from Asia with his father Capt. William Prince while Aubrey Smith and companions plan a Greenbrier County fishing camp. A first pipe organ for Raleigh County Presbyterian Church is ordered from Estey. Organ funds hinge on a $1000 pledge from L. B. Holliday. others must cover the rest.
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Aubrey Smith
Grover Trail
Pete Bair
Greenbrier County
Raleigh County
Estey Organ Co
Presbyterian Church
City Hall
Beckley
L. B. Holliday
Messrs
William MacTaggart
J. W. McCreery
Beckley Newspapers corporate details and rates
Published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists address, editor names, and National Advertising Representative. Includes subscription rates by mail for daily and Sunday editions, home delivery by carrier, pricing for one year and six months, and notes on change of address procedures and tax. Also states dealers and distributors operate as independent contractors.
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Ward-Griffith Company
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
Pittsburgh
West Virgina A
Cerriece
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Trouble Looms At Berlin Wall Anniversary
West German and allied officials in Bonn forecast a possible intensification of the Berlin situation around August 13, the wall's first anniversary. Moscow may demand reunified talks or push a separate East German treaty, with Adenauer cabinet discussions confirming such pressures. Geneva and Bonn chatter mirror a cautious mood with no firm deadlines.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
Bonn
Berlin
Berlin Wall
Moscow
East Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
Geneva
U.S
State Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
de Gaulle
England
West Germany
Beckley Shows The Way To Attract Tourists
Former Beckley resident Phil Fourney lauds Beckley tourism efforts highlighting the exhibition coal mine in the city park, the Stotesbury coal museum, and Honey in the Rock at Grandview. He urges better highways and advertising to draw visitors and compares Beckley to Luray Caverns, urging state support and road markers to boost West Virginia tourism.
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West Virginia
Press Association
Beckley
New Exhibition
Coal Museum
Stotesbury
Grandview
Exhibition
Luray Caverns
Virginia
Saturday Evening Post
Jack Kennedy
Beckley and Mullens
Fort Sumpter
Raleigh
Civil War Reignites on Ontario Village Tour Episode
On a Canada tour the Upper Canada Village experience showcases Loyalist life and early industry near Cornwall. A hotel manager treats reporters to breakfast, sparking light debate about cotton origins and a mock Civil War remark from visitors as editors discuss Fort Henry and local heritage.
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George W. Hodel
Chateau Laurier
U. S
Clarence Pennington
Newark Advocate
Newark
C. A. Mann
Ontario
Pennington
Ottawa
St. Lawrence Seaway
Upper Canada Village
Upper Canada
Quebec
Lower Canada
Canada
United State
New General Manager at Home Insurance Agency
29 Years Ago From the 1937 Files recounts J. C. Schnler of Clarksburg becoming the new general manager of the Home Insurance Agency succeeding A. L. Brogan. Pretty Miss Marguerite Adams signs with WHIS for a monthly half hour program, accompanied by instructor Mrs. Caesar Ronconi. Eighth Lilly reunion plans focus on Rev. E. Howard Cadle, Lilly descendant coming from Indianapolis to preach. Cadle will be on the program August 22. Reunion set for August 21 and 22 on Flat Top Mountain.
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Raleigh Register
J. C. Schnler
Clarksburg
The
Home Insurance Agency
A. L. Brogan
Marguerite Adams
Bluefield
WHIS
Caesar Ronconi
E. Howard Cadle
Indianapolis
Cadle
Flat Top Mountain
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Goethe
West
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
James F. Prince
Prince
Capt
Wm. Prince
Nakiah
Prince St
W Vas
Hinton
W Va
John Hodel
Managing
Hans Globke
Adenauer
Globke
Interior Ministry
Nuernberg
Wolfgang Fraenkel
Supreme Court
Lage Ope
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
Yoshida
Grandview State Park
New Rive
St. Lawrence River
Cornwall
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