Beckley Newspaper Rates and Public Issues Policy
The Beckley paper lists subscription rates and delivery details for Daily and Sunday editions, then outlines local civic goals and development plans. It highlights airport access, garbage disposal, park expansions, mining housing, home gardens, local government forms, tourism promotion, factory space, conservation, and smoke less coal.
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Register
Beckley
Raleigh County
Grandview
Little Beaver Parks
Cesspools and Sewage Threaten West Virginia Streams
A state survey shows only 10 percent of municipal residents have sanitary sewage disposal. The piece urges mandatory septic systems, outlawing raw sewage dumping, and stronger state laws to curb health hazards and potential polio spread from flies.
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West Virginia
State Health Department
Draft Deadline Nears as Draft Extension Ends July 1
The piece condemns Congress for delaying action on the Selective Service extension, warning the nation could lose military power and credibility at the world council tables. It argues the draft, though unpopular, remains essential to national security beyond V J Day.
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Congress
United States
World’ Council
Franco as the target of security council action
The UN Security Council members debate a bell for Generalissimo Franco. The Soviet Union argues over how and when to enforce this measure, while the other eleven governments on the council weigh the implications of hanging the bell around Franco's neck.
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Generalissimo Franco
UN Security Council
Soviet Union
Franco
Spain
Gibraltar
UN General Assembly
Hog driving and playground needs patch work in Beckley
Randolph Norton reports on local scenes with Floyd Sayre and Gene Scott amid hog handling talk. A vibrant community playground at Sprague ball park prompts calls for safer play spaces and a new First Avenue extension to improve access and growth.
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Floyd Sayre
Gene Scott
Floyd
Jackson County
Sayre
Scott
Gene
Beckley
De Gaulle Emerges as Top Contender to Head France
De Gaulle resurfaces after retirement amid France's left right crisis. He warns against dictatorship and calls for strong executive power with a weak chamber. Analysts see him staying on the sidelines until a new constitution is approved, then pursuing the presidency in a pivotal coalition era. He may face a clash with Communists as France stabilizes.
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de Gaulle
France
Dewitt MacKenzie
Charles de Gaulle
Tme
the Gaulle
Constituent Assembly
Georges Bidault
Bidaul
Popular Repubican
National Assembly
General de Gaulle
Bidault
Public Forum Details Incident Near Allen Junction
A public letter recounts a June incident near Allen Junction, Wyoming County, with allegations of unlawful arrest and jail time for blocking traffic. The author, Lacy Meadows of Crab Orchard, WV, claims wrongful detention by Corporal Platt and a county officer, and criticizes the treatment and lack of due process. The piece also includes unrelated notes on local surgery, a boy found dead in Tug River, and a generic stat about U.S. druggists.
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Allen Junction
Wyoming County
Raleigh Register
Register
Vivian West Virginia
Corporal Platt
Theodore England
Mr. Nelson
Mullens
W. Va
Squire Haga
Tam
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
Apr. Ltd
Derby
Free
Brave
Raleigh County
Lacy Meadows Crab Orchard
Tug River
Associated Press
WELCH
Bernard Martin
Mary— Town
McDowell County
L. J. Brindley
Retailers brace for shifts as goods flow returns
Economists warn a surge of available goods will redraw customer bases for local shops. Merchants should plan to retain core clients while attracting new floaters, using targeted ads, delivery tweaks, and revised credit policies.
Americans' annual income tops 57 billion in current figure
Total income for Americans runs about 157.6 billion annually, about two and a third times the 1935 39 average. April payments reached 12.784 billion despite the coal strike and reduced military pay. Higher wages and a growing building sector push the total higher.
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Department of Commerce
Off Street Locations Turned Into Assets
A discussion on the appeal and challenges of off street level stores. The article notes ease of access for some buyers and psychological factors that deter others from ascending stairs. It mentions veterans and new business planners seeking better locations and hints that stairs can be leveraged as an asset through psychology with signage such as walk upstairs and save five dollars.
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Yale & Towne
Stamford
Conn
Seahaven Votes Hathaway Hospital Plan Down
A heated town meeting in Seahaven ends with residents defeating the Hathaway hospital proposal. Steve, Mary, and Gram push for a community run project funded by local efforts, while evidence of Hathaway ties emerges. Justice offers tainted money for a fresh start as Andrea Hathaway invites Steve to visit their new home.
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Hathaway
Moderator
Steve
Seahaven
Barnacle
Jenny
Mr. Hathaway
Higgins
iGram
Fathher
Hathaway Hospital
Jane
Bert Barton
Horene Hathaway
Foster
Mary
Justice
Andrea
Gram
Morgan
Nat
Dr. Barton
Andrea Hathaway
Countey Club Road
Horace
Amid Holy Land Violence British Strife Escalates
Descriptions of unrest in the Holy Land include Jewish extremists resisting troops disarmament, blowing railroad shops, dynamiting bridges across the Jordan, and raids that left several dead. In Gaza a riot killed two British soldiers as a search party was blocked.
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al Haifa
Palestine
Jordan
Beth Haarava
Gaza
Internationaly
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Hinton
W. Randolph Norton
Ana
Katz Agency
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
Randolph Norton
Old Sprague Ball Park
Old Sprague Field
Ernest Jones
Beckley Motor
First Avenue
First Baptist Church
Prince Street
Prince
Motor Car Supply
Jones
Planning and Zoning Commission
Oakwood
Neville
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Joe
Marian Anderson
Toscanini
Roland Hayes
Paul Robeson
Richard Wright
Jesse Owens
George Washington Carver
Tuskegee
West Virginia State
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Bill Tilden
A. H. Wilson
MacKenzie
Coal City
Carl Burdiss
Raijeith General Hospital
A. R. Blossfeld
Teaneck
N.J
Forest Hill Park Lake
Butler
Larry
International
United States Chemical Co
14Th St
Constitution Ave
Washington, D. C
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co
Wyndmoor
Faith Baldwit
Holy Land
Butch
Mrs. Hathaway
Ede
California
Horace Hathaway
Bert
Mattie
G. P
Aviv
Fai
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