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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1958
Page
2
Conservation chief Art Bachman cites repeat spring reports of dogs chasing and killing deer in Blue Creek. He notes road kills rise as deer are driven across lanes, threatening fawns and does bearing young, and urges owners to keep pets controlled.
Hal Boyle notes the value of attention to daily details. The cow acts as a natural lawn mower, clipping grass four inches wide and a quarter mile long in a day. He observes Americans aging as a people with demographic shifts from 1870 to today. Psychologists estimate the importance of observation.
A jumble of notes on newspaper delivery terms, costs, and independent contractors followed by varied quotes on safety, driving while smoking, hotel workers, U S prison taxation, illiteracy, and Cervantes. The text mirrors a curious mix of service details and aphorisms without a single cohesive news event.
Summary of multiple West Virginia Army and Marine enlistments and assignments. Pvt Billy G Fox of Beckley serves at Fort Benning with 820 Ordnance Company after basic at Camp Breckinridge. George R Brooks of Sophia and Clifford D Hess of Glen Jean depart Fort Benning for Europe under Operation Gyroscope. Navy recruit Robert C Brewster, Malens, and Pvt Newton A Boyd Crab Orchard assigned to 46th Infantry in Germany. Ronald O Dunbar Beckley completes Marine recruit training at Parris Island. John D Slavey Mullens advances in the Southeast Signal School at Fort Gordon. Pvt Joseph L Gyovai Naoma finishes metal body repair course at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
In Edmonton the Canadian Linguistic Society heard Dr. M. H. Scargill outline a dictionary of Canadian words and usages. The project, centered at the University of Alberta, aims to document distinct Canadian terms over two to three years. Examples include Splake a crossbred game fish and Separate school a Catholic or parochial school.
Two press agents Dick Maney and Jim Moran wow readers with gimmicks. Moran staged a bellicose belle on stage in Look Back in Anger and coached the actress, drawing wide coverage. Other stunts include a live bull through a china shop and selling an Eskimo an electric fan.
The piece recounts the June 16 1773 Breed's Hill action and the Battle of Bunker Hill with American Prescott guiding fortifications and a later retreat to Bunker Hill. It notes the wider Revolutionary War stakes and mentions a $10 prize for a junior editors question about Indian scalp practices.
Washington lawmakers debate possible increases in Social Security benefits and tax, amid Sen Byrd caution on a 1960 season. Proposals include partial measures to help retirees with rising living costs, while a full hospital coverage plan faces strong AMA opposition.
Earl Wilson notes a Paris hotel scene with Americans like Phil Silvers Coleman Jacoby and Harry Triman sighted in Enghien and Cannes. He sketches gossip about Lillian Kramer losing jewelry, Peggy Guy gambling, Truman at Cannes, and stars dining and shopping in Paris amid prices and fashion chatter.
Thirty years ago marriage licenses issued to Everett Z Buck land and Emma F Richmond Charles Henry Foley and Belle Wiliams J G Frazier and Marian Davis Harveyne Wiliams and Luella P Maynor Prohibitionists of West Virginia nominated state ticket Governor E W Mills Marion Secretary of State Will Moore Charles ton Auditor M M Heppard Tyler Treasurer Hiram Lewis Clay Superintendent of Schools Dr Elxana Kiiley Harrison Attorney General J B Ward Randolph Judges of Supreme Court long term C D Merrick Wood short term Dave D Johnson Wood and H J Tucker Fayette Congress first district T N Barnes Weston
A Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling declares 3.2 beer non intoxicating. Beckley Chamber of Commerce directors discuss sewerage system funding from government under the national industrial recovery law. Elmer C. Bennett, a Beckley graduate from Mooschéart, is among 139 in the class.
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