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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1955
Page
5
Grade school students prepare for the Raleigh County spelling contest with a printed word list. The list covers common and challenging terms to study in advance for the competition announcments and classroom practice.
A century ago storm records show a severe February 1954 blizzard that swept from Eastern Kentucky to the Pennsylvania border. It caused widespread damage as humidity and wet snow snapped lines and toppled poles, leaving up to 95 percent of Charleston area customers without power and crippling communications for days.
Margaret and Joan Gray, 25 day old Siamese twins joined at the tops of their heads, were in an undisclosed London hospital today awaiting a possible surgical separation. Their birth July third year, in Keighley, Yorkshire, was kept secret until yesterday as doctors prepared assessments.
West Virginia receives a special citation from the National Association of Travel Organizations for the state's 1954 road map. A representative of the Industrial and Publicity Commission accepted the award at the 14th annual convention. Weirton recreation chief David T. Frew is elected president of the State Recreation Society with Jack C. Maloney as vice president. WV letter carriers plan their state convention for April 23 and 24 in Huntington with invitations sent to Senators Neely Kilgore and Representative Burnside.
UN Command announced that Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission teams will probe six sites in South Korea for alleged Communist introduction of combat materiel. Maj. Gen. Carter criticized a six day delay in approving inspections and noted it hampered equal scrutiny south of the border.
Air Transport Squadron 22 members returning from three weeks in the Arctic report Eskimos invited them to pose for photos and offered a cigar which was lit with the Eskimos’ lighter. The party joined a hunt in a restricted area and helped bag 10 walrus and a seal for their hosts.
Baltimore based railroad revives 250 furloughed men on March 1 as carloadings rise. The recall affects freight car repair units across the system amid a broader slump recovery, with officials noting the gain may signal ongoing business improvement.
Nicholas Tweel of Lexington, formerly of Huntington, filed a federal suit seeking 350000 from Huntington Publishing Co. The action centers on an advertisement in the Herald-Advertiser dated July 25, 1954 about a proposed Culloden area race track. Attorney is William Bruce Hoff of Parkersburg.
Corona California judge sentences 30 year old Mrs. Trinidad Vera to 40 years in prison for severe and repeated beatings of her 10 year old daughter Celia. The child was permanently maimed and the sentences on six counts of assault and mayhem run consecutively per Superior Judge Mildred Lillie.
Monday saw several bills introduced by legislators. Underwood proposes two election related measures restricting eligibility for election board roles to teachers and curbing appointments. Bowles seeks to empower county courts to zone near state colleges. Callaway would raise McDowell County Criminal Court judge salary. Kessel proposes funding school transportation for a1 annual safety patrol meeting in Washington District. Loop expands medicine examination eligibility for certain experienced graduates. Booth and Curtis push a widows and disabled workmen relief fund with monthly benefits.
Coon Rapids Iowa farmer Roswell Garst hybrid seed corn grower and agriculture expert finished harvesting 13 000 acres of corn and runs a family business feeding 5 000 cattle a year. He argues by products like cornstalks and cobs supply cellulose beef and promotes a new corn harvester that loads ears, chops stalks, and forage into wagons based on his theory.
U S weather scouts will fly higher farther and faster when new WB50 planes converted from Superforts appear here Three squadrons will be stationed in the Pacific area one in Japan one in Guam in their search for typhoons and weather data The Air Force weather service says the new planes will increase the accuracy and range of weather observations by 25 percent
In Bisbee Arizona smoke issued from Carl Erickson’s residence. Fire Chief George Erickson and firefighting crew arrived promptly after the call. The blaze was attributed to an overdone pot roast.
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