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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1958
Page
4
Designated X-12 in House of The Week, this three level split adapts from newlyweds to grandparents. Layout includes living room, dining alcove, kitchen, two bedrooms on entry level, optional upstairs bedroom area, two car garage, basement, and flexible play, guest, or hobby spaces.
A survey of industry spokesmen points to farming equipment, construction and housing, highway work, appliance makers, and even stock markets as potential drivers of a rebound. Optimism centers on rising farm income, new home building, and public works spending, with debates over timing and impact.
The construction industry shows improvement as payroll gains lift wages, aided by milder weather, easier credit, and especially government spending. Housing permits exceed one million annually while public projects and federal road contracts rise, though industrial and commercial building slow. Commerce foresees total outlay near 49.5 billion dollars, up about 2.5 billion from last year.
Traffic fatalities in West Virginia through midweek are about 30 percent lower than last year, despite near doubling of vehicles. Lt Welty attributes gains to policing, motor vehicle inspections since 1955, safer car features, cold weather reducing hospital visits, and rising traffic safety awareness among civic groups.
GEORGE FENNEMAN lands hosting duties for ABC TV with Anybody Can Play, a viewer participation program offering $10,000 first prize plus other cash awards and prizes. He recalls early radio work with KGO in San Francisco and explains the show’s aim to keep audience interest by varying formats each week.
Hollywood notes report Glenn Ford may reappear on stage for the Brussels fair if a top cast can be assembled for a production of Teahouse of the August Moon at the American Theater. Ford would join David Wayne Eddie Albert and Paul Ford if negotiations with producer Jean Dalrymple succeed.
Patricia van Delden born in California now serves as an attache at the U S Embassy in Copenhagen. She notes she and her Dutch engineer husband were taken as prisoners by the Nazis in Holland during the last war. Greenland hosts 27 000 inhabitants and more than 700 000 square miles of its 840 000 total area lie ice covered.
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