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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1965

Page

10

Those Russian Career Girls The Working Woman in the Soviet Style

Leon Dennen reports on a Dartmouth College meeting sponsored by the League of Women Voters where American housewives discuss Communist Eastern Europe. The piece questions Soviet women's rights, labor depictions, and family law, noting long hours for women, harsh living conditions, heavy factory work, and 1944 decrees targeting illegitimate children with sole maternal responsibility.

Leon Dennen New York NEA Dartmouth College U. S Europe League of Women Voters Red World Russia United States Moscow Kommunist Lenin A. Vaksberg Literary Gazette

Nine Juvenile Thespians To Appear On Showboat Circuit

Morgantown area youths aged nine to thirteen compose the Mark Twain Boyplayers. Under 30 year old Clyde Ritchie they will perform at Mt Chateau State Park theater and aboard the Showboat Rhododendron with past shows in Uniontown and Morgantown. The group adds the new play Barnaby and seeks wider southern state travel.

Morgantown UPI Mt. Chateau State Park Waynesburg Clyde Ritchie Uniontown Mt. Chateau Ritchie Pennsylvania Chip James Dennis Snead Reed Tanner Walter Stout Craig Falkenstine Leslie Wylie Benny Snead Richard Hardin Timothy Toothman Boyplayers Morantown Fairmont Barnaby

Britain launches Sir Winston Churchill tanker in London

A 90 900 ton British built supertanker named Sir Winston Churchill was christened Monday for a Norwegian owner. Mrs Reginald Maudling launched the vessel, the first British made ship to bear the late prime minister's name.

NEW Tanker London UPI Winston Churchill Reginald Maudling

Capitol sword vandalism shocks Washington statues

Washington reporters note a third breakoff of Sam Houston's sword at the Capitol, blamed on an unseen vandal. Capitol architect J George Stewart reports a three month lull followed by the act, suggesting an inside or conspiratorial motive with other statues spared.

Washington UPI Capitol Sam Houston J. George Stewart House Stewart George W. Andrews Dala Houston Ethan Allen Vermont George Clinton New York John McLoughlin Oregon Johnson

New floor sander and edger for rent in Beaver

Listing notices for rent of a floor sander and edger at Todd's Grocery and Hardware Beaver with contact dial 253 8373. Also ad for Mary Carter paints and wallpapering services with phone numbers 252 2762 253 6255 252 6000 and 12 Summer Reg 7.50 Permanent Reg 15 with free parking at 345 City Ave 253 5443.

Todd Beaver Sander & Edger Mary Carter Paints S. Kanawha St. Ph City Ave Beckley CURB My Brothers Drive Inn Shady Spring Mom's Prince Street Wilson Ss. Kanawha Beckley Glass CO City Avenue Westinghouse

Almanac historical events for June 2 1965

The entry notes today in history events including Gen Robert E Lee taking command in 1862, Congress granting citizenship to American Indians in 1924, Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation, and Lal Bahadur Shastri becoming Prime Minister of India in 1964. It also lists Saturn as morning star and Mars as evening star, plus birth of George Henry Corliss in 1817.

United Press International Mars George Henry Corliss Robert E. Lee Virginia North Carolina Congress Elizabeth II London Westminster Abbey Archbishop of Canterbury Lal Bahadur Shastripegee Nia

Funeral notices and classified ads page events

A mixed obituary and classified notices page lists funeral services for Lucille Williams, Clarence Raymond Furrow, George Lewis Welshans, Russell L. Davidson, with details on locations Melton Mortuary Calfee Funeral Home Sunset Memorial Park and Greenwood Memorial Park. Also items include job ads, pet adoption, used furniture, and sale of secondhand goods with contact numbers and addresses.

Fink Fink Lucille Peggy) Williams Westwood Drive Calfee Funeral Home Walter Griswold Sunset Memorial Park Caffee Funeral Home Furrow Furrow Clarence Raymond Melton Mortuary George Lewis Eccles

Fourth Anniversary Specials Ignite Bargains at Local Store

Sparks TV and Appliance Co promotes a four year anniversary sale featuring low prices on furniture, beds, dinettes, recliners, and complete bedroom sets. Highlights include a Motorola 23 inch color TV at a low price, AMF bikes discount, Westbend cookware, and guaranteed used appliances. Also advertisements for decorative ribbon and best furniture company offer open Wednesdays at 309 South Fayette Street.

Motorola Armstrong Bassett Westbend Teflon Sparks TV & Appliance CO Best Furniture Company South Fayette Street

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Cecil Lilly Polowan Means Lumber Co Sisson St Ph Neville St Beckley Tire By Dick West Robert L. Amick Beckley Newspapers Call Sam G. Foley Lowell Foley Call the Almanac Woodlawn Grant Civil Service Central Southern Institute of Graphic Arts South Nashville Tennessee Wickham Avenue Davidson Davidson Russell L Mount Hope First Baptist Church Mt. Hope Braxton Brody Greenwood Memorial Park Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Greenstown Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc Cole Cole Ida Florence Josephine Church of God R. E. Pope Jenny Cole Williams Funeral Home Sophia W. Va Maytag RCA Westhouse & Others Prince St Makes & Models Frank Crook Wright C. W. Blevins Vernon Marion Ivan Lowery Halstead John W. Eye CO W. Neville St W. Neville Sparks Radio & TV Prince St. Ph Williams Willey Brothers Hinton R. M. Simmons, Jr Glen Daniel Jan Campbell Music Co Dial Jack Roop Lewis Chevrolet Thompson Raleigh Insurance Agency Beckley PLC Bob Lilly Third Avenue Scholz Raleigh & Fayette Counties Ock Hill Marcus Eye Amy's Drive Inn Homer Whitelow Springdale Avon Bostick Avenue per__son el Chico Columbia Grill Curb Girls Kitchen Help Town & Country Drive Inn Tuddle House Drive Inn Stansbury Street Mr. Phalen Fuller Brush Chicago Temple Street Electrolux General Motors Jack Lytton Bays Buick Beckley Paul Smith Daniels Copley's C&o Blue Circle Stables Bradley S. Valley Dr. Beckley S&h Sophia Builders & Supply Sophia Carolina Feed & Hdw Tappan Goddard Sullivan M & Www Martins Sprague Hill Res Shrewsbury MacArthur Sparks TV Cole's Antique Shop Henry's Drive Inn Roger Keel R. L Stinson Myers _Ave Gerald Hawley Scarpenter O. H. Bennett F. Beckley Maryland Ave Green Thumb Perfect Circle Beckley Auto Supply Second St. Ph Johnstown Road R. E. Ribble Mt Hope American Glass & Mirror Co Ares Sylvania Matt Crook Kanawha NORGE Valley Drive Valley Dr Beckley Post-Herald The Raleigh Register Kelvinator Kanawha Ph Turnpike Harper Road L. B. Shrewsbury Gravely Tractors Rural Equipment Co Coca-Cola Electrolux Vacuum South Kanawha Beckley Speedway F.H.A Quality Lumber & Supply CO Bill West Ph. Beckley Egnor Monument Works Alden W. Deck A. E. Deck Sophia Builders & Supply Sophia, W. Va Allis Chalmers Pinecrest Industrial Welding CO City Cab CO John Radford Old White Stor Lot Storm Wizard
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