Beckley Merchants Rally To Compete With Charleston
Beckley merchants met to plan Old Fashioned Bargain Days June 24-27 and to push for stronger cooperative action. They fear losing trade to Charleston as turnpike traffic grows, and discuss member targets, ABC retail trading zone status, and efforts to boost local sales through promotions, displays, and a street dance.
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Beckley
Beckley Business Bureau
Tri-County
John Kern
G. C. Murphy Co
Charleston
Kern
Joe Ressa
Beckley Newspapers Corp
BNC
Harleston
Rayleigh
Ressa
ABC
Nixon Rockefeller clash over big issues outlined
James Marlow analyzes how Nixon and Rockefeller spar over key policy areas. Defense, foreign policy, economy, labor, civil rights, education and health are weighed, with each side claiming strength while avoiding full specificity. Both candidates promise to build on Eisenhower’s record but avoid firm details until nomination.
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Nixon
Stassen
Herter
Rockefeller
Congress
Eisenhower
Raleigh Register Subscription Rates and Delivery Notes
Publication details show the Raleigh Register listing Associated Press affiliation and West Virginia tax on mail subscriptions. Rates include daily and Sunday options, six month and one year terms, with West Virginia sales tax and carrier/distributor terms outlined.
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National Sevens
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
Daly
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Mail Bag Nuggets From Hal Boyle
New York AP columnist Hal Boyle collects pithy notes on prosperity myths aging income and travel folly. Quirky facts cover bullfighters pay rates Mozart childhood work and life expectancy while jokes reflect social views and curious laws across nations.
Former Fayette County resident wins Los Alamos treasurer nomination
William A Rates Jr of Mount Hope has won the Democratic nomination for Los Alamos County treasurer. A longtime administrator in Los Alamos, Rates was drafted by the Democratic Central Committee and is a Marshall College and Mount Hope High School alumnus. He worked at the State Capitol before WWII and later for the Manhattan Project in Los Angeles, focusing on fiscal matters of nuclear weapons development.
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Fayette County
Los Alamos
N. M
William A
Bill’’ Rates, Jr
Mount Hope
Los Alamos County
Atomic City
Raies
Democratic Central Committee
Mount Hope High School
Marshall College
State Capitol
Los Angeles
Man-Size Humor From Small-Fry Set
AP News items show children and adults in humorous moments across the country. Highlights include Robert Conrad considering a gubernatorial run announced by his son, schoolyard chatter about future governors, children with dogs at home, a boy eating with his telephones, a promissory marriage quip, arithmetic aversion, and a Tucson chase ending in found siblings. Also noted is a blind visiting group of 39 Chinese children aboard USS George Clymer in Hong Kong and press notes on Ralph Bellamy’s political stage work.
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AP News
Robert Conrad
Nebraska
Ralph Brooks
Conrad
Charles
Conrads
Coronado
Calif
Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force
George Clymer
Hong Kong
Oregon Trail route to the Pacific Northwest and notable settlers
The Oregon Trail carried families over 2000 miles from Independence Missouri to Portland Oregon. Wagons called Prairie Schooners were like ships crossing uncharted lands led by settlers such as Ezra Meeker who marked the route and wrote of experiences. Today railroads and highways follow much of the historic path through Nebraska Idaho and Oregon.
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Pacific Northwest
Oregon Territory
Portland
Ezra Meeker
Independence, Mo
Gardner, Kane
Platte River
Grand Island
Neb
Fort Laramie
Rocky Mountains
Idaho
Columbia River
Prayer for Today by James Ross McCain
A commencement season prayer petitions divine guidance for graduates to stay within God’s love and care. James Ross McCain of Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, offers the prayer in the name of Jesus, urging daily reliance on faith through life’s long school.
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Jesus
James Ross Mc Cain
Decatur, Ga
Agnes Scott College
Earl Murray Refuses Roasts as TV Offer Waxes Rich
New York columnist notes Earl Wilson Murray, at 65, turning down a half hour and a series scale for next season saying he does not need the money. He would prefer rest and a new restaurant venture at Leon & Eddie's site near 52nd Street. The piece weaves in Broadway strike gossip, celebrity sightings, and playful quips about industry figures and society shoptalk.
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New York
Arthur
Twinkle- Toes
Murray
Kathryn
Toots Shot & Friends
Leon & Eddie
Toots
Kenney
Big Bill Zeckendorf
McKinley Land Co sale near Paint Creek Raleigh Fayette
S M Miller of Beckley nears completion of details for selling part of the McKinley Land Co holdings lying along Paint Creek in Raleigh and Fayette counties. Buyer is E J Berwind of New York City. state representative is J S Cunningham of Johnson. McKinley Land Co is controlled by T K Laing of Beckley and John B Laing of Lewisburg. Summers County Democratic primary tickets list A P Pence, W T Balls, James Gwinn for House of Delegates, free schools superintendent, and county commissioner respectively.
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S. M. Miller
Beckley
McKinley Land Co
Paint Creek
Raleigh
Fayette
E. J. Berwind
New York City
J. S. Cunningham
Johnson
T. K. Laing
John B. Laing
Lewisburg
Democratic
Summers County
House of Delegates
A. P. Pence
W. T. Balls
James Gwinn
Raleigh Register 25 Years Ago Highlights Changes
From the 1935 files E. W. Koertge resigns as Beckley Junior High manual training instructor and moves to Terre Haute Indiana. Princeton liquor store opens giving 15 in operation under monopoly. Rose Funeral Home will move to O'Dell home on Neville Street. Beaver post office to be renamed July 1 from Oxley, tied to G C Hedrick land and lumber plant.
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Raleigh Register
E. W. Koertge
Beckley
Terre Haute
Ind
Princeton
Rose Funeral Home
Neville Street
O'Dell
Neville
Glen Hedrick
Beaver
Oxley
G. C. Hedrick
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Paramount
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