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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1955
Page
10
Clip and paste in notebook for Raleigh County spelling contest for grade school students. Co sponsored by The Register and School Principals. Includes words such as everybody chain sweep chase soil beat bottle swimming begun ha laugh cherry ia stitch sauce gravy grain turnip spread threw potato sure caught scare pond.
Charleston donor commits fifty thousand dollars for a Union Mission home with a three year build and a further fifty thousand to be raised locally. Louis Budenz, ex Communist editor now Fordham faculty, speaks in Clarksburg March 24 sponsored by Catholic Coordinating Committee. Jack Lee to lead eight state Retail Credit Assn district starting July 1. Ground broken for four hundred thousand dollar addition to Ohio Apex plant at Nitro creating Capon for moulding and coating. Parkersburg’s Thomas W. Joyce leads oldest Boy Scout Troop 1 as scoutmaster for fifteen years. Over eight hundred WVU extension students enrolled in twenty four cities. WVU economists at July workshop include Ensley Wayne Frankel Keezer. Charleston chemist Thompson Candler awarded ASME medal. DeMolay Grand Master Carl Gustkey speaks in Washington. Wheeling teacher Mabel Waddell finds Ohio County students 8.78% left handed, higher than national 3–5% average, with more lefty boys than girls.
President Eisenhower urged Americans to back the Red Cross drive seeking 8 million dollars and 30 million members. In a filmed TV message, he said by month end he hopes to call every American his fellow member of the Red Cross and he believes the drive has set its sights too low.
Hal Roach Jr announces purchase of the Hal Roach Studios from his father Hal E Roach in Culver City. The price is undisclosed but an studio release says assets valued over 10 million dollars were involved.
A Brooklyn couple running a television repair business received six months in jail for grand larceny and conspiring to cheat the public. Prosecutors said they netted about 350000 over five years for unnecessary or unperformed work. Both defendants claimed illness to avoid jail.
Maryville Tennessee sheriff said 41 year old Mrs Sam E Davis Jr and her three children ages 14 11 and 8 faced first degree murder charges after she said they beat and choked him while he threatened to drive the car off a mountain embankment.
A B47 Stratojet crash near Lake Charles Air Force Base killed five people, including three crew members Capt. Clarence Wilson, Capt. Mark Veck, and Capt. Elwyn McBee, and two civilians Albert and Kate Morgan. Debris wrecked a trailer park as the aircraft, reporting an engine failure, struck power lines and exploded in a field.
Four new deputy premiers join the top Soviet circle while three senior deputies rise to first deputy status. The reshuffle follows Marshal Bulganin becoming premier three weeks ago and signals a focus on heavy industry, with Khrushchev stressing new industrial push in recent speeches.
Dade County Republicans vote to sue the Ormey Hotel after 24 Black guests were asked to leave the Lincoln Day dinner. They apologized to affected guests and ordered a facts resume sent to President Eisenhower. They call for federal civil liberties investigation and blame hotel owner Edward N. Claughton for objections raised before the event.
Jim Rimbaud and Maiben discuss the frame up over Eve Odegarde while Maiben admits to whisky in the house and hints at past branding. Rimbaud seeks proof, wondering if Lew Stromberg’s circle can force a confession from Hugh Jubal as he plans to ride out to confront the culprit. Stromberg faces mounting setbacks as his crew hunts Maiden and funds trouble across the Spanish Strip.
Mary Carter Grimmett of Blue Jay dies at 77. Funeral set for March 2 at Blue Jay Methodist Church with burial in Blue Jay cemetery. James Della Grose, 47, of Ury dies in mine accident. Funeral March 3 at Ury Community Church. Lucy Elizabeth Horton of Lester dies at 80. Thelma Marie Bolen of MacArthur, 39, died February 28. Funeral services March 2 at Hollywood Baptist Church.
Obituary notices report Joseph Faini age 69 of Eccles died at 8 a m Tuesday March 1 in a local hospital funeral at 9 30 a m Friday March 4 at St Francis de Sales with Father Paul Helsley officiating burial and funeral home details listed. Anna M Zwilling 77 of Fayetteville died 11 20 p m Sunday February 27 at home with services at St Mary s Methodist Church March 2 and burial at Sunset Memorial Park pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named. Body to lie in state then removed to church. cards of thanks note expresses gratitude from W A Johnson family in Layland.
In Charleston a Senate bill by Sen Moats would exempt off premises food purchases from the two percent sales tax, potentially affecting grocery stores and restaurants. The measure notes food revenue of about 26 million yearly. Also in the Senate, a bill by Moats and Bean would allow a county board of education to join a school boards association and pay dues and travel costs from existing funds. Nuckols proposes $30,000 from the Legislature for Greenbrier State Park improvements.
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