Beckley service industry spends record 3.85 million
Government reports show Beckley’s service sectors, from auto repair to interior decorating, totaling 3.853 million annual gross business in 1955, up 18.3 percent from 1954. The data, released by the Commerce Department, also notes services now account for about 39 percent of consumer spending, with 148 establishments contributing to the local rise in living standards.
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Beckley
United States
Maller
South Atlantic
Department of Commerce
American trends and quirks push boundaries of norms
A column reviews changing American life with facts on heights and military ages, teen allowances, check writing, taxes, and work hours in Russia. It notes more women and taller youths, rising blood pressure among women, a Swiss cigarette flush device, FBI doctor robbery risk, spring colds, high bird temperatures, and a highway safety slogan.
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Bernard Shaw
Soviet Russia
FBI
Last Steam Locomotives Retired In United States
Last two steam locomotives in active use in the United States were retired in a ceremony on a Grand Trunk line between Detroit and Durand Michigan. The event drew many veteran railroad men as diesel power replaces steam.
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Bashia Hamilton
Carera
United States
Grand Trunk Railroad
Detroit
Durand
Mich
England
Trans - Continental Railway
Congress
Union Pacific Railroad
Prayer for Today From Steubenville Minister
A church prayer from George U. Martin of First United Presbyterian Church Steubenville Ohio thanking God for the word made flesh in Jesus and seeking life and grace through His life In His name we pray Amen.
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Jesus
George U. Martin
Steubenville
Ohio
First United Presbyterian Church
Changes at decade starts shape US policy and mood
James Marlow argues that each decade since 1930 has driven shifts in American politics from isolation to international leadership. He notes 1960s tensions, the U2 affair, and Khrushchev’s attacks as tests of unity, with Americans resuming a wary stance against foreign threats.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington (Ap
United Nations
United States
Raleigh Register Subscription Rates and Publisher Details
The Raleigh Register lists Beckley Newspapers Corporation as publisher and J. McQuade as managing editor. It details subscription options and rates for daily and Sunday editions, including regional distribution and tax handling, with notes on distributors and payment terms.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince
Beckley
W. Va
Ajnis Beckley
J. McQuade
AP News
National Serve
Tes
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadewis
Portland
San Francisco
Los _Angele
Greenville
Beckley ‘Corporation
Desegregation Protests Spread From Courts to Public Places
The NAACP plans summer wade-ins to desegregate beaches from Cape May to Brownsville as sit-ins widen. Young Negro activists, backed by older supporters, face resistance and violence in Biloxi with federal suit backing beach access after public funds funded the seawall and beach reconstruction. Local clergy urge calm, strategic action aligned with a growing civil rights movement across 75 cities.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Cape May
N. J
Brownsville
Texas
Roy A. Wilkins
NAACP
Biloxi
Miss
Southern School News
Mac
Arthur Biloxi
Biloxi Hospital
Mason
Federal District Court
Supreme Court
Charles M. Jones
Community Church
Chapel Hill
N. C
Flying Squirrel Facts and Discovery Challenge
The flying squirrel is a small tree loving rodent about 10 inches long with big black eyes and silky fur. It glides using skin folds between its limbs, leaping up to 100 feet though averages around 60 feet. Ernie Watts of Akron Ohio wins $10 for this postcard question in a Junior Editors quiz.
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Ernie Watts
Akron
Ohio
Great Books Ion on acting and death scene in Plato dialogue
Ion says he is moved to tears and physical arousal when reciting powerful scenes such as the apparition of Odysseus or the sorrows of Trojan figures. Socrates questions if the actor remains in his right mind or is carried away by ecstasy as he embodies distant places. Ion agrees the tale of pity moves him deeply, with hair standing and heart thumping.
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New York
U. S
Ion
Odysseus
Achilles
Hector
Andromache
Hecuba
Priam
Ithaca
Troy
Son
Socrates
Earl
Walter Slezak
Earl Wilson's Hipsville Gloss and Show Biz News
Earl's column surveys hip slang from New York to Milwaukee and Los Angeles with anecdotes from Brook Benton to Jaye P. Morgan. It notes shifts in language, fashion, and pop culture plus updates on entertainers and industry moves.
Thornhill to Lead W M Bitter Lumber Practice in Maben
Fifty years ago Dr E O Thornhill will head the W M Bitter Lumber Co practice in Maben, succeeding Dr Ballard who moves to the far west. Thornhill keeps his Cranberry Fuel Co. practice in Cranberry. Two prisoners died in New River at Hinton while attempting to swim away from police guarding street gangs. A Lester mass convention chose Levi Cook mayor and B R Hume recorder with councilmen named. Thurman and Gore abandoned a 392 foot well at Woodbay on the Gulf due to a large natural pocket.
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E. O. Thornhill
W. M., Bitter Lumber Co
Maben
Ballard
Far West
Thornhill
Cranberry Fuel Co
Cranberry
New River
Hinton
Lester
Levi Cook
B. R. Hume
J. R. Gunter
T. C.bowling
J. F. Books
D. T. Covey
J. W. Blue
Thurman and Gore
Woodbay
Gulf
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Pat) Brown
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