Wallace Stands In Doorway To Block Negro Enrollment
A fiery stand by Gov. George Wallace to deny entry to Black students at the University of Alabama faces federal injunctions. The article discusses the legal limits on state officials, past Supreme Court rulings on federal authority, and potential consequences for Wallace as federal troops reinforce Alabama. It also touches on electoral reform debates sparked by recent court decisions and critiques local park mismanagement.
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George Wallace
Alabama
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Huntsville
Autherine Lucy
Brewer Dixon
Talladega
Wallace
U. S. Supreme Court
Missouri
Supreme Authority of
United States
Texas
High Bench
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
U. S. Department of Justice
Ft. McLellan
Ala
North
Deep South
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Senate Judiciary
Congress
Small stores urged as better shopping choice by locals
A reader and business owner Tony Pauletto of Tony’s supermarket advocates supporting small locally owned shops over modern supermarkets. Mrs. Ralph Jackson echoes the call, praising personalized service and community impact, urging shoppers to frequent Smith’s Grocery Jim Patton’s Market and Piggly Wiggly to keep money local. The note also complains about anonymous criticism and telemarketing harassment directed at Don Meadows, John Hodel, and Roy Lee Harmon, urging respectful conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Pauletto
Tony
Beckley-Mt. Hope Road
Ralph Jackson
Smith’s Grocery
Jim Patton
Harper Road
Main Street
Bug Dust Sgt Waughter Backs YMCA Effort in Canton
Sergeant C L Waughter stationed opposite the newspaper office has been in Canton about a month with his wife and three sons. He praises the Canton YMCA for providing positive masculine influence for his son Monte while he served in Southeast Asia and says he wants to help promote the local YMCA program. He notes his son Monty Lee’s Rams team played and all boys got to participate, and he emphasizes community involvement and his family’s YMCA membership.
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C. L. Waughter
Army
South Viet Nam
YMCA
Vaughter
Canton
Illinois
Monte 8
Southeast Asia
Sergeant Vaughter
Monty Lee
Sergeant Waughter
Canton Y
Waughter
Bobby J
John D
Hope medical mission shows impact of private aid efforts
Project HOPE has demonstrated how private funding can counteract limited U. S. aid visibility. The SS Hope has run year long Southeast Asia and Peru missions with 300+ American medical staff serving on board, delivering 2,000 major operations, treating 46,000 patients and immunizing hundreds of thousands, while fundraising pursues expansion to a possible Ecuador voyage.
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U. S
Hope
Southeast Asia
Peru
Ecuador
Washington
Trujillo
Cuba
Old brown and white dancing shoes shape a life in Hollywood
In a NEA interview, Hollywood star remembers his 25 year soft shoe era. He details growing up in Illinois and Florida, training with his father, and the path from vaudeville to Broadway to film. He notes planned summer appearances wearing his iconic shoes and why they mean so much to him.
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Hollywood
NEA
Jed Clampett
New York
Wilma
Belleville, Ill
Southern Illinois Corn Belt
Orlando
Fla
Nijinsky
Everglades
Davy Crockett
Cleopatra Film Premieres in 70 Cities Across North America
Richard Spong analyzes Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton at its center, noting a $40 million production, delays, budget boosts, and leadership changes at 20th Century Fox. The piece weighs the film’s massive cost against box office goals and cultural impact.
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Richard Spong
Cleopatra
United States
Canada
Antony and
Pascal
20Th Century-Fox Film Corp
Elizabeth Taylor
Skouras
20Th Century-Fox
20Th-Fox
Joan Collins
Walter Wanger
Richard Burton
Rex Harrison
Stephen Boyd
Peter Finch
Antony
Ceasar
Spyros P. Skouras
20Th Fox
England
Miss Taylor
Rouben Mammoulian
Rome
New York City
Darryl F. Zanuck
Zanuck
Ben Hur
Todd-Ao
Shakespeare
Warplanes Bombard Doumer Hospital in Canton
1938 Raleigh Register reports Japanese planes hit the Doumer hospital in Canton during a day of heavy bombardment spanning ten days. A separate item notes the Eastern Panhandle association plans a 60 to 75 member tour of Southern West Virginia, with a Beckley lunch stop. Also listed are preschool clinic plans at Beckley Junior High and Lt. Emanuel Amato returning home from Fort Logan after reserve engineer service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Panhandle Association
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Beckley
Emanuel J. Amato
Sam Amato
Pemberton
Fort Logan
Colo
20 Years Ago in Beckley Local Notes
Emerson F O Dell from Meadow Creek discussed logging here this week and recalled losing a fine horse killed by a sliding log. Buffalo Bill Cody of Knoxville is critically ill at his brother in law’s home after a show. Price Calfee of Beckley Drug Co resigns to rest and help his father in the undertaking business. Roswell Monroe takes the vacancy left by Calfee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson F. O'Dell
Beckley
Meadow Creek
Mr. O'dell
Knoxville
Tenn
Col
W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Price Caffee
Beckley Drug Co
Roswell Monroe
Calfee
Antarctic Continent Rise Higher Than Asia Plateau
The South Pole rests on a plateau about 10 000 feet high, with most of Antarctica forming a continuous plateau averaging around 8 000 feet. This makes the continent roughly twice as high as Asia, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
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South Pole
Antarctic
Asia
Prayer For Today by Robert W. Burns
A brief prayer urging use of blessed years to the fullest and to share faith with others. The text credits Robert W. Burns, a Peachtree Christian Church minister in Atlanta Georgia, and ends with Amen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Robert W. Burns
Atlanta, Ga
Peachtree Christian Church
Beckley Newspapers rates and delivery details
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, both mail and home delivery options, with pricing for various terms. It notes independent contractor status of carriers and dealers and excludes Beckley from advance payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
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Roy Lee Harmon
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SS Hope
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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