Polio vaccines urged as summer nears in Raleigh area
A six year old in Raleigh County contracts paralytic polio prompting warnings from medical leaders. Beckley Junior Chamber sponsors final polio clinic in Beckley and Beaver from 11 am to 4 pm. Salk vaccine efficacy is cited with 1960 US cases and vaccination rates by age groups. Public health urges campaigns and mentions possible compulsory immunization for school entry.
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Raleigh County
Marmet Hospital
Health Department
Beckley
United States
Providence
R. I
Baltimore
Public Health Service
North Carolina
Ohio
Builders shift on public funds for low income housing
The National Association of Home Builders now backs using public funds to house low income families unable to find adequate homes. They estimate about 8.5 million people fit this range while private builders remain opposed to current public housing programs. The group plans to publish concrete proposals by August as Kennedy era housing bills move forward.
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National Association of Home Builders
NAHB
Senate
Mother Is The Urban Type Dear Arthur
Dear readers, questions about aging and independence surface in this column. A senior 81 feels out of place in a small town after living in Boston and New York, while another senior argues against government subsidies, seeking voluntary retirement and local civic activity.
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Arthur
Mother
Boston
New York
Underground farming in WV highlighted by Future Farmer
West Virginia’s underground farming gains national notice in the Future Farmer issue with two pages on raising broilers in an abandoned limestone mine near Bowlesburg and mushroom production in worked out coal mines. The piece includes four photos including Asst. State Agriculture Commissioner Gus Douglass and chemist Marvin H. Snyder inspecting a mushroom bed while income tax director Clifford Lantz discusses implementing a streamlined system for about 600,000 wage earners after visiting Georgia and North Carolina for ideas.
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Jerry Gould
United Press International
West Virginia
Future Farmer
Future Farmers of America
United States
Bowlesburg
Asst
State Agriculture Commis
Clifford Lantz
Lantz
Atlanta
Raleigh
Georgia
North Carolina
Conservation cabins open at four state forests
Assistant state forester John Marra says vacation cabins are now open at Greenbrier Greenbrier County Cabwaylingo Wayne Kumbrabow Ran dolph and Seneca Pocahontas. Capt Jim Bivens is editor of the Market Bulletin. The editor received a National Guard promotion a week before leaving Saturday for Camp Pickett Virginia for two weeks of summer field training.
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Greenbrier State Forest
Greenbrier County
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Randolph
Seneca
Pocahontas
Jim Bivens
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Market Bulletin
National Guard
Camp Pickett
Male Parent And Music Recitals By Dick West
Washington dispatch notes the social pressure on fathers funding daughters music studies. It satirically describes implied mob approval of attendance at recitals and the ridicule faced by a reluctant patron who tries to skip living room practice and recital evenings. The piece frames parental duty as cultural obligation, with humor about the burden of supporting young performers.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
50 Years Ago From the 1911 Raleigh Register Items
Raleigh district votes to locate a six room district school at Danville in Boone county. W O Bailey moved to Beckley for work on a residence by Ashton File. West Virginia road improvement stands at 1.84 percent with 32 108 miles listed. Fayette county shows 2.5 miles of improved roads. Raleigh Wyoming counties reported no improvements.
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Boone County
Danville
W. O. Bailey
Mt. Hope
Beckley
Ashton File
West Virginia
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Fayette County
Raleigh
Wyoming
Censorship Critics Question Rights and Records
A reader recalls Cal Stewart as Uncle Josh and argues that censorship of literature and music, sparked by offense to racial or ethnic groups, threatens free press. He cites Huck Finn edits, Stephen Foster songs, and threats to censor news, arguing equal rights must not muzzle critique.
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Josh
Belgium
America
Mark Twain
Huckelberry Finn
NAACP
Stephen Foster
Darkie
Massa
Mammy
Torrington
Connecticut
Edgar Allan Poe
Sonny
Ruth Stuart
Joel Chandler Harris
John Hogan
Thomas O'Neill
Massachussetts Democrat
House
1936 Raleigh items recall mine district walkout
Federal conciliators forecast settlement within two or three weeks after Alabama iron mining deputies were wounded in an ambuscade marking the district's third gunplay outbreak. President Chauncey Boucher of West Virginia University will address 45 seniors at State Teachers College commencement with State Superintendent W. W. Trent and Education Board member Charles Gaines also slated to speak.
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Alabama
Chauncey
Boucher
West Virginia University
State Teachers College
W. W. Trent
Charles G. Gaines
State Education Board
Bald headed stars spark romantic chatter on Broadway
In New York society, bald actors like Yul Brynner draw more sighs than bearded peers. The scene at Basin Street East, remarks at a General Omar Bradley tribute dinner, and gossip about Jill Balaban and Tammy Grimes color a lively Hollywood- Broadway social swirl.
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New York
Yul Brynner
Washington
Jimmy Roosevelt
the Waldorf
Kennedy
Jfk
Brynner
Broadway
Basin Street East
la Verne Baker
Mr. Clean
Prayer on freedom and destiny in a Methodist minister’s homily
John W. Shackford of Waynesville North Carolina, retired Methodist minister, writes a prayer emphasizing human freedom as a call to a higher destiny, urging alignment with God’s will on earth as in heaven for Jesus’ sake. The message frames liberty as a path to fellowship with the divine and fulfillment of God’s purpose.
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Jesus
John W. Shackford
Waynesville
N. C
Fences Hitches to the Stars in Lat Long Survey
A 37 man Coast and Geodetic Survey party arrived at Gassaway West Virginia to triangulate a 3000 square mile area. The method links base lines and successive triangles to determine precise geographic points. Removal of triangulation disks is a federal offense.
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Robert C. Byrd
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Gassaway
West Virginia
United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Earth
Raleigh Register Subscription Rates and Delivery Notice
The Raleigh Register lists Beckley Newspapers Corporation rates for mail and home delivery with annual and half-year options. It notes a three percent West Virginia sales tax and specifies that carriers and distributors are independent contractors with No liability for advance payments.
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Aes
Meee
Beckiey Newspapers Corporation
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