Junk trade turns Britain’s old items into American goods
Britain’s antique boom fuels a thriving export trade as Americans buy UK junk for cash. Brooklyn dealer George Knapp ships two dozen items monthly to New York and California, supplying treasures from chamber pots to tin baths. His network includes trashmen, rubbish runners, and door to door knockers who seek attic and cellar finds for the American market.
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Britain
United
London
Portobello Rd
United States
Merica
George Knapp
Knapp
Jacqueline Kennedy
New York
California
America
Boneyard
Password Reveals Stars On TV Panel Show
Hollywood stars join Allen Ludden on Password in Hollywood for a couple of weeks to test their true characters. The think game puts celebrities with audience partners, forcing clues through single words while viewers at home are pulled into the action. Ludden, a modest Texan with English training, enjoys friendships formed with guests and believes contestants reveal their real personalities on air.
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Vernon Scott
UPI
Hollywood
Allen Ludden
Ludden
CBS
Phi Beta Kappa Key
Sudden
Free Heart Testing Clinic Aims to Help Moundsville Residents
A first of its kind free heart testing clinic will be offered Sunday to Marshall County residents at the National Guard armory in Moundsville. Doctor Jack Anderson, a 29 year old Reynolds Memorial pharmacist, organized the effort with about 30 volunteers including physicians nurses and lay workers. ECG tests will take 20 minutes and be provided at no charge by doctors the hospital and the Health Department. The tests would normally cost 15 to 25 dollars and aim to document each participant’s heart condition for future reference in case of a heart attack.
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Moundsville
UPS
Marshall County
National Guard
Jack W. Anderson
Reynolds Memorial Hospital
Glen Dale
Anderson
Delegate Quits To Accent PSC Post
Welch resident Jack L. Christian, age 41, announced resignation from the House of Delegates to take a Public Service Commission post. Elected in 1962 from McDowell County, he will serve as PSC inspector covering Summers, Monroe, Mercer and part of McDowell. Gov Barron will fill the unexpired term based on McDowell Democratic recommendations.
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WELCH
UPI
Jack L. Christian
House of Delegates
Public Service Commission
Christian
McDowell County
PSC
Summers
Monroe
Mercer
McDowell Counties
W. W. Barron
Democratic Executive Committee
Almanac News for Tuesday June 18 1963 Almanac
United Press International notes Tuesday June 18 1963 the 169th day of the year with 196 days remaining. Notable events include Napoleon’s 1815 Waterloo defeat, Hitler’s 1935 Britain treaty pledge, Churchill’s 1940 warning before the Battle of Britain, and Egypt’s 1953 republic proclamation. A Plato quote offers a thought for the day.
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United Press International
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Napoleon
Waterloo
Adfel Hitler
Britain
Churchill
House of Commons
Egypt
Army Council
Notice to Creditors Walter Breed Love Estate
To the creditors and beneficiaries of the estate of Walter Breed Love deceased all claims against the estate whether due or not must be exhibited with vouchers legally verified to Roy A Cunningham Commissioner of Accounts for Raleigh County at 213 Raleigh County Bank Building Beckley West Virginia on or before December 20 1963 otherwise they may be excluded from all benefits of said estate All beneficiaries must be present on that day to protect their interests Dated June 8 1963.
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Walter Breedlove
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley
West Virginia
Roy A Cunningham
Raleigh County
Death Notices And Funeral Announcements
Alfred Ray Gwinn 61 of 220 Ellison Avenue funeral 2 p m Tuesday Keyser Bryant Chapel Reece Burns entombment Sunset Mausoleum arrangements by Keyser Bryant Charles L Herberlin 80 of Springdale Estates Hurricane funeral Tuesday 4 p m Keyser Bryant Chapel Rev Dr Walter Griswold burial Wildwood Forest H Lynch 69 of Blue Jay body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel 1901 South Kanawha Street Rose Quesenberry Funeral Chapel Francis Sundin 34 of Dayton Ohio former Glen Rogers died 11 a m Saturday Dayton hospital funeral Wednesday June 19 2 p m Williams Funeral Home Chapel burial Sunset Memorial Park Mullens Masonic Lodge No 151 will conduct graveside rites pallbearers body arrives Tuesday morning Williams Funeral Home.
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Herberlin
Charles L
Springdale Estates
Hurricane
Keyser-Bryant
Walter H. Griswold
Wildwood
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Lynch Lynch
Forest H
Blue Jay
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
South
Kanawha Street
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Sundin
Francis
Dayton
Ohio
Glen Rogers
Williams Funeral Home
Cameron Lilly
Sunset Memorial Park
Mullens Masonic Lodge
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Webb & Nes
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Merry
Vance Drive
ONC
Monuments
Harless W. Stover
Glen White Road
Barre
Vin Paricia
Brandon Douglas Neal de Wile
Adult Entertainment
Mountainair
Rome
David “Liga
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the Almanac
Plato
Phil Thompson
Wanda Mae Thompson
Kermit A. Locke
Heber St
Harold Hanks
Gwinn
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Tru-Flor
Call
John Persinger
Mabscott
Foster Hardware CO
Main St
Montgomery Ward
Elmore
W. Va
2Nd Street
Sophia
Baxter M. Houck
Epperly
Robert L. Amick
Bettw
S. Kanawha St
Beckley Business School
S. Kanawha Street
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
P. D. Box
Nashville 2
Tennessee
Professional Directory
Kidd
Oakwood Ave
Ee Evinrude
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St
Jradley
Sand Branch
Bradley
Kenneth Brooke
Mt Hope
Marty's
Halstead
Motorola
Jennings Radio & TV
MacArthur
John W. Eye CO
W. Neville St
Sparks
Prince
Ashworth's
Wright
Sprague
REN Floor Sanders and Edgers
H.P
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Prince Street
Willey Brothers
Hinton
Colony Drug & A & P
Dial
Jan Campbell Music Co
Land of Oz
Kanawha
Thompson
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Beckley, Ph
Jim Green
Avon Cosmetics
Bostick Avenue
Singer Sewing Center
Neville St
South Kanawha Street
Glen Daniel
Harrell Nursing Home
Virginia Street
East
Charleston
W. V
Town & Country Drive Inn
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Jim Walter Corp
Pass
Florida
Dodge
Care Beckley Newspapers Corp
Huntington Barber College
Third Avenue
Huntington 1
Henry's Drive Inn
Valley Drive
E. Mahone
O. H. Bennett
E. Beckley
R. E. Bare
Lesco
Warren French
Virgil French
Carbre AtroDp
R. L Stinson
Myers Ave
Pikeview Drive
Spitz
Petsame
Hereford Hull
Amoco
Sa'e Carrenspeggierisciescus Neepantensennanenenilinssianelio
Foster Hardware, Inc
John Radford
Oakwood Auto Service
Electrolux
Mullens
Lincoln Loans
Fayette Airport
Fayetteville
Beckley Glass CO
Norge Appliances
NORGE
Valley Dr. N. Ph
Singer
Wilson
S. Kanawha
Pioneer Chain
Rural Equipment CO
Temple Street
Citv Ave
J. W
Huddle
Nash Campbell
Old Byus-Mankin
Sparks TV
C. J. Walker
Jack’'S Trading Post
Wry Roe
Remington
KLAUS
McCreery St
Grady Whitlock Farm
Best Furniture CO
S. Fayette St
Y . Webster
Beckley Post-Herald
The
Raleigh Register
Zenith
Zenith TV
Prince St. Ph
Homelite
Dearing Bros. Prosperity
J. L. Mills
Call Motor Exchange
Hines
Valley Dr
North
Fayette
Planet Jr. Tillers
Foster Hardware
Servic
Sk I
Aia
BNC Printing
W. Prince Street
Beckley, W. Va
Edward Snuffer
Free
Dry Hill Rd
F.H.A
Beckley Paint Co
So. Fayette Ph
Dla
Pete
Gray Lumber CO
Quality Lumber & Supply Co
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