Coal interests oppose Canadian gas imports and exports
Editorial notes that United Mine Workers of America and allies press the Federal Power Commission to dismiss Canadian gas import and U S to Canada export applications. They question feasibility, permits, and public convenience, arguing the plan would subsidize an all Canadian pipeline and displace U S coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers of America
National Coal Association
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Federal Power Commission
United States
Canada
NCA
Robert E. L. Hall
FPC
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Iron Ranges Natural Gas Co
Central Wisconsin Gas
Tennessee
Trans-Canada
Trans- Canada
Government of Canada
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Why Prescriptions Seem Mysterious Yet Helpful
A June Better Homes & Gardens article explains prescriptions use technical terms and symbols to convey exact orders. Pharmacists and doctors share professional duties and confidentiality, refills are limited, and many drugs cost $2 or less while newer medicines remain pricey due to complex production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Homes & Gardens Magazine
Boards of Pharmacy
Bug Dust And Richwood Party Echoes Of 80 Plus Attendees
In Beckley veteran local John R. Maynor recalls the “Past 80” party in Richwood, organized by Jim Comstock and Bronson McClung, drawing 181 octogenarians. Maynor, once a lumberjack, recounts old times, editorials, and a wary brush with age listings, while community jazzes about aging and local life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Maynor
Maynor
Richwood
Jim Comstock
Bronson McClung
Richwood News Leader
Dubuque
Richwooders
Raleigh Beckley Newshouse Advertising and Readership Notice
Notice from Beckley Newspapers Corporation detailing post office mailing, Associated Press partnership, national advertising reps, and subscription rates. Includes delivery responsibilities, carrier terms, and address change procedures sourced from Raleigh Beckley region records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
West Virginia
Soul Searching as US faces Soviet challenge pace
A sobering reassessment of the Cold War clash finds the United States confronting economic, political, and cultural weaknesses while Moscow pledges to overtake Western power. The piece notes America’s strong GDP, consumer scale, and rising corporate profits, but warns of gaps in science, education, and military strategy and calls for broad free world cooperation and targeted talent development.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
U.S
NATO
Washington
Europe
Eisenhower
Gracie Allen Truman Misunderstanding and Hollywood Buzz
Gracie Allen plays off as Truman in a spoof with Burns and Allen. Celebrities like Harry Belafonte Sonja Henie Marilyn Monroe Mae West and Frank Sinatra dominate the chatter. News from London Madrid and New York covers TV plans fashion and showbiz shifts with playful anecdotes and mischief.
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New York
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Washington Saints & Sinners
Irving Fisher
Harry Truman
President Coolidge
Gracie
Truman
Margaret
Burns
Georgies
Jacie
Jimmy Byrnes
Case Records of a Psychologist Case R-375
Andrew G. 43, a sales executive, died suddenly of a heart attack. In my office his wife described him as a Northwestern University psychology student who rose to Sales Manager before 35 with a high salary. He smoked heavily despite doctors warnings and a tense temperament. If he had heeded advice, he might have lived to 75. Dutch Uncle advice explains tears from onion irritation. Working hard at unfamiliar tasks causes palm irritation and redness.
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Andrew G
Andrew
The Worry Clinic Warns On Tobacco Risk And Heart Damage
The Worry Clinic describes arteries thickening from toxins such as tobacco or infections, raising blood pressure and risking strokes and heart attacks. It cites 24,000 lung cancer deaths and urges quitting with a booklet offer for breaking tobacco and liquor habits.
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Andrew
Hypnotist Bill McGonigle Captivates Hollywood Crowd
Hollywood buzz centers on Scottish Canadian hypnotist Bill McGonigle who has stunned celebrit ies by hypnotizing Kathryn Grayson into a past life as an English housewife and guiding Phyliss Kirk to quit sweets. He reportedly even quieted Mickey Rooney at a party as he draws acclaim for nightly demonstrations.
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Colin McLuckey
Dexter Ave
Hollywood
Bridey Murphy
Bill McGonigle
Kathryn Grayson
Jane Powell
Phyliss Kirk
Gayelord Hauser
McGonigle
Mickey Rooney
Mick
Mickey
Red Purges Revealed To Puzzled Westerns
Washington reports on Khrushchev's February speech detailing Stalin era purges. Old Bolsheviks allegedly confessed under brutal beatings and torture, exposing a bloody chain of coerced accusations, with 98 of 139 Central Committee members arrested and shot.
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Washington
Stalin
Communist Party
Arthur Koestler
Moscow
Koestler
Khrushchev
Party
U.S. State Department
Central Committee
What’s The Answer? A True-False Style Quiz
A quiz asks seven questions on politics war and society. It ponders Senator George’s retirement timing, Soviet troop cuts, U S demographic counts, unemployment benefits for auto workers, North African rebels, the American Assembly’s role, and TV ownership in American families. Answers appear on this page.
Worldwide marriage laws vary greatly across nations
A United Nations survey of 24 countries shows vast differences in marriage ages and bans. It notes Queensland Australia voids marriages under age seven, while Sweden sets 18 for women and 21 for men. the United States records as low as 14 for boys and 13 for girls in New Hampshire. The report covers divorce, birth control, sterilization, and penalties for abortion and garbles of consent, with late 1951 enforcement data and Yale professor Fowler Harper guiding U.S. material.
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William N. Oatis
Hal Boyle
United Nations
N. Y
Pakistan
Tennessee
U. N
U. N. Economic and Social Council
Sweden
Argentina
Honduras
Panama
Northern Ireland
United States
New Hampshire
Queensland
Australia
Netherlands
India
South Dakota
Arizona
Ontario
Canada
Florida
Rhode Island
France
Connecticut
Alabama
Caroline
Virginia
Denmark
England
Wales
Scotland
Minnesota
Vermont
Finland
National Institute of Demographic Studies
Fowler V. Harper
Yale University
Today's Prayer for those suffering in mind or body
A prayer asking divine grace to help people facing anguish and hardship. The petition asks to meet pain with patience, failure with faith, insult with humility, disappointment with hope, disaster with courage, and betrayal with love through Jesus Christ. Attributed to Mae E. Hunter, Nashville Tenn., staff editor, National Baptist Publishing Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Mae E. Hunter
Nashville, Tenn
National Baptist Publishing Board
Radio toll and stamps pop up in late 19th notes
An Australian Aboriginal man reports being bewitched and warned by police that he is being sung to death. Meanwhile the first adhesive postage stamps feature portraits of Franklin and Washington in five and ten cent values.
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William Gargan
London
Martin Kane
England
Ronald Howard
Leslie Howard
Hollywood
Animal Kingdom
Gargan
Young Howard
Young
Howard
the Midnight Earl
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Not until January 21 1957 men by May 1 1957
Government figures show 21 million men mobilized by May 1 1957 with 1957 as target. Census Bureau data estimates over 15 million affected, and Algeria noted among broader postwar reshaping. A conference on current problems is referenced, noting three of four people linked to the issue per Census Bureau.
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S.U.B
Algeria
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Hinton
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Story
Brooks & Finley, Inc
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Montefiore
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Paula Strasberg
Lee Segall
Dallas
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Mickey Hargitay
Jayne Mansfield
Rocky Marciano
Easton
Mass
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Wm. O'Dwyer
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Long Beach
America
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Madrid
Portland Allen
Arthur Hershkowitz
Cincinnati
Texas
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Collie Small
Mike Todd
Luchow
Frank Sinatra
Spain
Jimmy van Heusen
James Conkling
Columbia Records
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Victor Borge
Churchill
French Riviera
Penny Duncan
Saga Magazine
Alan Dale
Miami Beach
Eden Roc
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Gloria Grahame
Paris
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Dad
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Earl
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Lancashire
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American Assembly
U. S. Congress
Columbia University
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