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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1957
Page
5
Historical note compares percent changes from 1948 to 1957, outlining cost of living shifts and housing trends. It highlights how financial pressures influenced everyday choices and urban living patterns, with emphasis on economic context and time period.
Hollywood star Glenn Ford counters a scandal magazine claim about a beach party with a young girl. He says the incident happened in 1935 when he was a Santa Monica High School student, long before his acting career and marriage to Eleanor Porrello.
Roy Noyes reports a thief used a hacksaw to remove a telescope from a stone wall at Painted Canyon in Badlands. The incident follows bias against sensational magazine stories, with actor Glenn Ford criticizing their accuracy and defending his own remarks about wife and colleagues.
U S Marines guarding the Budapest legation helped thawed city life, importing American music and aiding jazz orchestras. They faced tighter control after changes in Hungary, with some leaves canceled, arrests made, and a ban on dates with Hungarian girls as authorities tightened supervision.
Henry Salomon of NBC-TV says the public is highly capable and promises programming at the current level of intellect. Project 20 will present The Innocent Years covering 1900 to 1910 while other segments address stock market crash 1929 and looming war 1930s era.
Washington warned that the dollar’s reduced purchasing power worsens budgets as prices rise. The article notes a 20 percent drop since the 1947-49 base, wage hikes for 630,000 workers, higher steel and aluminum costs, and shrinking profit margins across industries.
In Nashville Tennessee and other cities officials announced that Race Relations Day contributions for 1957 Methodist churches totaled 345525. The sum is just over half the 600000 goal and marks the largest giving in program history. Funds will support 12 Negro colleges affiliated with the Methodist Church.
Public notices list a 1955 Ford convertible sale at Garten Motors Hinton WV on August 12 1957 for cash to the highest bidder with inspection at the lot. A 1937 Plymouth Coupe seized in Raleigh County WV for tax violations is offered with a $250 cost bond due by August 35 1937. Funeral notices record the July 29 1957 death of Delores Brown Chadwick of Mabscott VA and services August 1 1957 at Caffee Funeral Home Sunset Memorial Park burial. Garretson infant burial at Odd Cemetery. local ads for painting septic service storage and moving.
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