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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1958
Page
2
Recession in Country Club Sports Warns of Loss in Wightman Cup
The United States faces a potential setback as British teams rise in tennis and golf, with the Wightman Cup in doubt this weekend. Althea Gibson leads a weakened U S squad though optimism remains as she eyes Wimbledon after June 7 success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U.S
Althea Gibson
U. S
Miss Gibson
Babe Didrickson Zaharias
Althea
U.S. Wightman
Dorothy Knode
Forest Hills
N.Y
Karol Fageros
Miamii
Fla
Mimi ‘Arnold
Redwood
City
Calif
Fageros
North of England
Hal Boyle On Letters In The Decline Of Personal Writing
Hal Boyle laments the decay of personal letter writing as junk mail, bills, and solicitations flood the post, while noting a few rare, well written lines that still delight readers in a world of mass correspondence. He recalls humorous, pointed sample phrases that once charmed recipients.
Military men in news at home and abroad
Two area men named to teach tank crewmen at the Seventh Army Tank Gunnery Center in Belsen Howe Germany. M. Sgt. Billy E. Legg and Specialist 3 C Leamon G Brown will serve as instructors through May 31. Legg earned the Silver Star and Combat Infantryman Badge and hails from Oak Hill. Brown is the son of Ova E Brown from Glenfork and serves with the 714th Medium Tank Battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Seventh Army Tank Gunnery Center
Belsen Howe
Germany
Billy E. Legg
William H. Legg
Oak Hill
C. Leamon G. Brown
Ova E. Brown
Glenfork
Legg
Schweinfort
Oak Hill High School
Henrietta
Summerlee
Local News and Military Notes From Beckley Area
Raleigh Register reports Beckley-Newspapers Corp details and carrier terms. It lists soldiers Pfc. Franklin E. Kidd, Pvt. George H. Cook, Pfc. Garfield Johnson, and Marine T Sgt Ronald E. Bowling with home addresses and service histories. Also includes a humorous state department reminder about personal troubles.
Dulles Injects Red China into Nuclear Test Talks
The article notes Secretary Dulles raised Red China and the Sahara Desert as obstacles to a U.S. Soviet agreement to end nuclear tests. It describes how inclusion of Red China could complicate acceptance, U.N. recognition issues, and French testing considerations, potentially slowing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Dulles
Red
China
Sahara
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
United State
U.S.S.R
Britain
France
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Red China
The
United
U.N
Congress
Unites State
Victorian writing’s great period opens in England 1847
The era’s landmark works include Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights Vanity Fair David Copperfield Rossetti Sonnets Bleak House and Little Dorrit. William Jennings Bryan became the youngest major party presidential nominee at 36 in 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Jane Eyre
Vanity Fair
David Copperfield
Rossetti
Bleak House
Henry Esmond
Little Dorrit
Macaulay
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Junior Editors Quiz On Health Germs and Diseases
Germs or bacteria cause many diseases such as scarlet fever whooping cough tetanus diphtheria pneumonia typhoid fever and tuberculosis. They are tiny and varied in size and shape, with a typhoid germ about 1.25 400 of an inch long. A thousand germs fit the width of a pencil point. The picture shows germs magnified. Early diagnosis and treatment improved as microscopes revealed germ features. Try borrowing a microscope to find bacteria and mail an answer to Junior Editors.
Anxiety and power shifts loom for France and Washington
Washington assesses the danger of De Gaulle wielding full powers in France amid fears of a shadow cabinet and possible drift toward dictatorship. U.S. observers warn of unresolved Algerian crisis pressures and broader Western stability. In New York politics, Hall and Rockefeller vie for governor while Harriman seeks renomination. A television licensing scandal renewal dampens congressional scrutiny as talk of reform lingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
de Gaulle
France
New York
New York State
Republican National Committee
Leonard
W. Hall
Winthrop Rockefeller
Averell Harriman
Albany
Jim Farly
Democratic Natonal Committee
Roosevelt
Hal
Tryig
Rockefeller
Anxl
Ight
Federal Communications Commission
Miami
House Committee
Earl Wilson Showgirls and Paris to Las Vegas link
A fragmentary column rounds up Paris to Las Vegas showgirl gossip and film news. It notes the Lido starlets planning for the Stardust Hotel Las Vegas show opening July 2 and mentions unrelated entertainment scoops and local police reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Peter Lawford
Kennedy
Bal Tabarin
New Stardust Hotel
Las Vegas
Miss Bluebells Mennexins
B. W
E. W
Danny Kaye
Frank Sinatra
Shor
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Cicero
Tim Holland
Rockville Centre
Thailand
Singapore
Wimbledon
Richard “Pancho” Gonzales
Russia
Reds
Bahamas
Florida
House of ‘Assemby
Hemisphere
Eastville
Virginia
Hal Boyle
By Peggy Kessinger
Raleigh
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
W. V
J. McQuade
Associated Press
AP News
Brooks & Finley, Inc
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
West Virginia
Dally
Beckley News- Bites Corporation
Fort Jackson, D. C
Glen Rogers High School
Berlin
Franklin E. Kidd
Myrtle Kidd
Coal St
Pax High School
Lucas General Tire, Inc
Alaska
47 Transportation
Pvt
George H. Cook
Wirt Cook
Fort Knox
Sodier
Oceana High School
Garmisch
Garfield Johnson
Mary
Mount Hope
Munich
11Th Airborne Division
503Rd Infantry
Stratton High School
Fort Jackson
S. C
Cass Johnson
Kilsyth
Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Ronald E. Bowling
L. F. Bowling
Patricia A. Scott
Grove Ave
Tate Department
James Marlow
Sahara Desert
John Baciec
Lansing
Mich
Free World
Earl Wilson
Grassroot Opinions
Olympia
Wash
Daily Olympian
Iowa
London
Janet Leigh
Avjet
Monique van Vooren
Mexico
Jerry Purcell
Patti Page
Jack Rael
Witl
Mack Gordon
Dtr
Raquel
Aia
Eddie Fisher
Las Vegas Tropicana
Bob Evans
Roundtable
Steve Allen
Jackie Cooper
Barbara Roscoe
Bell
Casey Jones
Hugh
Wyatt Earp
Steve Lawrence
North Frederick
Art Moyer
Sire
Pals
Earl
Brother
Charleston
Boulder Dam
W. H
Piggy) McGinnis
Piggy
Beckley National Exchange Bank
Charles Bowles
Michigan
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