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Raleigh Register in Beckley, West Virginia
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1956
Page
3
Waldo LaFon Protests Higher City Gross Sales Tax
The Register notes Waldo S. LaFon of Appalachian Electric Power Company protested before the city council as Beckley doubles its gross sales tax. The piece frames the issue as discriminatory against power producers, detailing current rates and proposed increases impacting Appalachian Electric Power and Amere Gas Utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Waldo S. LaFon
Beckley
Appalachian Electric Power Company
LaFon
Sam Insull
Washington
West Virginia
Amere Gas Utilities Company
Amere
Waldo LaFon
Volunteer! Youth Needs You as Beckley Votes on Recreation Levy
Beckley seeks volunteers to man election polls for a August 7 recreation levy vote. The campaign emphasizes community duty and calls residents to sign up with James Kessinger or Emery J. Smith to serve a day, ensuring funding for future recreational facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Beckley
Land of the Free
Council
Recreation Commission
James Kessinger
Emery J. Smith
City Recorder
Polish workers face scarce goods despite high wages
Letters to Polish communist papers reveal that even well paid workers spend most of their monthly 1300 zlotys on food. A Szczecin-Glas Szczecinski reader notes missing stockings, clothes, fruit, cinema, wine, and entertainment while prices show milk at 150 zlotys per month, bread 3.50, sugar 12, flour 7, and rent and utilities consuming much of income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poznan
Szczecin
Stettin
Glas Szczecinski
Poland
Rhinoceros Horns Really Hair Yet Resemble Bone
The article explains rhinos lack true horns and instead wear masses of congealed hair that rubs smooth over time to look like bone. It notes the hornlike feature is a thick mat of hair rather than bone.
Fort Wayne to host 22nd International Twins Convention
Fort Wayne Indiana will host the 22nd International Twins Convention from September 1 to 3. Co chairs are Dr Emory Bryan and Dr Franklin Bryan. co secretaries are Mrs Judy Stillwagon and Mrs Julie Kirk. The 1956 memorial session honors founder Rev Edward M Clink of Silver Lake Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Emory Bryan
Franklin Bryan
Fort Warners
Judy Stillwagon
Julie Kirk
Muncie
Edward M. Clink
Silver Lake
New Mexico Prison Open House Draws Crowd for Gas Chamber Tour
Warden Harold Swenson opened the $8 million penitentiary to the public inviting families to tour the new death house. More than 10,000 visitors watched as children and adults filed through solitary cells and lined up to sit in the gas chamber chair, a stark lesson intended to deter crime and emphasize its consequences. The crowd included toddlers to seniors, making it a field day that aimed to leave a lasting impression on social behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Harold Swenson
Death House
Harlow Miller
Des Moines
Ladies Home Journal
B. W
Helsinki
Russia
Midnight Earl
N. Y
Edith Adams
Ernie Kovacs
Daisy Mae
Joanne Dru
John Ineland
Helen O’connell
Gloria Vanderbilt
Harry Cushing
Paddy Chayefsky
Lawrence Tierney
Wall St
Barbara Newton
Laurel Country Club
Budd Schulberg
RCA
John Ringling
Dodie Heath
Europe
Hoagy Carmichael
Palen Springs
Marion Brando
H’wood
Jeanne Crain
Labor unions in the deep South face split over segregation
Editor notes unions confront a choice between loyalty to the union or the Southern way of life as desegregation pressures rise. AFL-CIO leaders warn that prosegregation councils, state rights groups, and the FCG undermine organizing, with case studies like the Manhattan Raybestos plant in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
BEM Price
Atlanta
Deep South
Afl-Cio
U.S. Supreme Court
White Citizens Councils
Charles Gillman
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Prosegregation Citizens Councils
Federation For Constitutional Government
FCG
Virginia
Texas
John A. Barr
New Orleans
Citizens Councils
Right Democrat Movement
Barr
National Executive Council
Manhattan
Philip Murray Foundation
CIO
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Miami Beach
Fla
Ku Klux Klan
Modern Cinderella Struggles After Marrying Millionaire
New York story recounts Marjorie Steele who married a millionaire and learned money does not solve life’s problems. She stresses that real possession comes from earning one's own way, a contrast to the dream of floating through life on wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
iMany
Golden Cloud No. 9
Marjorie Steele
Suys
Marjorie
Actress Marjorie Hartford Breaks Through in Broadway
Marjorie Hartford, 25, wife of Huntington Hartford, rises in theater after touring roles in Sabrina Fair and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She credits her own drive and her husband’s support, saying work brings security and real joy beyond wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Huntington Hartford
Hartford
Marjorie
London
Sabrina Fair
Barbara Bel Geddes
American Tourists Lead Peaceful Invasion by Visa in Soviet Cities
Reporter Earl Wilson describes a growing American presence as 33 National Association of Home Builders members and other U S visitors arrive in Leningrad Minsk and Kiev. Guides note the influx tilting cultural perception while locals react to the visible American footprint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiev
Leningrad
National Ass'n. of Home Builders
National Cash Register
Dayton
New York
Dan Shirrock
Lindner
Lindy
Astoria
Sofia Mironova
America
Hilbilly
Minsk
Ukrainia
Quiz Answers and Anecdotes From a Turbulent Era
A mixed page of trivia prompts on constitutional terms and foods, plus a column of celebrity dish and city gossip. It includes quips about presidents, the spare game, and right wing politics, interwoven with notes on Edith Adams, Harlow Miller, and Hollywood anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres. Eisenhower
Woodrow Wilson
House of Commons
House of Representatives
Parodies and Puns From the 1950s Scientific Banter
A montage of curious quotes about everyday limits and marvels. Grand pappy Jenkins jokes on autumn fatigue for star halfbacks while UM researchers debunk atomic cars needing 25 tons of concrete. A Mars trip price tag and an egg‑eating Belgian cap the humorous tech talk.
Case Records of a Psychologist The Worry Clinic Case
Donnie B aged is a maladjusted child whose mother and father fear his low report card reflects on the family. A school psych says his IQ is above normal but he is a poor reader causing parental frustration and child anxiety. Home tutoring and flash cards are proposed to raise his class standing within six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnie B
Donnie
J. Q
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