Hollywood Custody Battle Cited Over Ex Wife Barbara Payton
Air Force Capt. John Payton petitions Superior Court for a new custody hearing claiming his year-old son John Lee was raised with profane language and immoral conduct. Barbara Payton, 28, famed actress, once linked to Franchot Tone. Marilyn Monroe DiMaggio Pleads Guilty to 1954 Traffic Fine
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Angeles
Barbara Payton
Air Force
John Payton
Superior
John Lee
Miss Payton
Franchot Tone
Payton
Beverly Hills
Calif
Marilyn Monroe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio
Monroe
Charles J. Griffith
Miss Monroe
Greyhound Drivers Get 50-Cent Pay Increase Across States
Atlantic Greyhound bus drivers in West Virginia and nine other states begin receiving an extra 50 cents in daily pay on Thursday under terms of a 1935 two year contract. The boost followed a daylong strike that idled 725 drivers across 10 states from Pittsburgh to Jacksonville.
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Charleston
Atlantic Greyhound
West Virginia
Atlantic Seaboard
Pittsburgh
Jacksonville
Fla
Carl Tly
Crow
W. Va
A.S.A
Norman Shanklin
Beckley Thos
Daniel
Saxon Road
Glen Daniel
Berkshire
Hampshire
Tamworth
Jack Worley
Table Rock
Withe Hall
Fred Mann
Bud Lovell
Sophia
Servier Beckley
Palace Theatre
Beckley
Radford
Richwood Guard Unit Wins 1955 Rifle Matches
Adjutant General Charles R. Fox says National Guard Co. E, Richwood, Nicholas County, won the 1955 rifle matches for the Second Army area. The Richwood team scored 1911 of 2000 points, best among six other states and D C, with Modesto, California, leading nationally. The unit opens 1956 competition at Oak Hill and Beckley, then seeks the state title in Charleston in March or April.
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Charleston
Charles R. Fox
National Guard Co.e
Richwood
Nicholas County
District of Columbia
Modesto
Calif
Oak Hill
Beckley
Logan
Ronceverte
Seven Children Die in Flames Near Marianna Arkansas
In Marianna Arkansas seven children died when a four room frame house burned late Tuesday night. The pregnant mother Mrs Vie Ola Edwards was critically burned and the father Lonnie Edwards with two other children escaped. The dead include Willie 13 Patricia Ann 8 Lula Jean 6 Garland 4 twins Joseph and Josephine 2 and Jerome. Mrs Edwards was rushed to a Little Rock hospital with severe burns while Lonnie Edwards said he woke to find the fire engulfing the home seven miles south of Marianna.
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Marianna
Ark
Here
Vieola. Edwards
Lonnie Ewards
Willie
Patricia Ann
Lula Jean
Garland
Joseph
Josephine
Jerome
Eudora
Space Medicine Symposium Talks Of Cosmic Ray Effects
March of Science in Berkeley reports space medicine researchers discussing cosmic ray impacts. Dr Nelle Pace notes aging effects possible in space, while Prof Herman Chase cites mice aging and graying after exposure to high altitude balloons.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Nelle Pace
California Physiologist
White Mountain High Altitude Laboratory
California ,Sierra
Pace
Earth
Herman B. Chase
Brown University
Chase
Governor Nomination Candidates to Debate April 20 at Warwood
Rep Mollohan and Re yeats in a party governor bid will debate federal education policy at Warwood High School on April 20. Carl Miller of Fairmont, 1942 graduate, is elected president of Fairmont State College Alumni. Morgantown council approves spending $33,916 for two new fire trucks, one with four wheel drive for snow periods.
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Mollohan
D-Wva
Re Yeats
Cecil
Wood
Sid le
Warwood High School
Carl Miller
Fairmont
Pairmont State College
Morgantown
March Counts Uncertainty for Business and Government
The piece predicts how March could reveal answers for March economy with spring pickup in construction farming and trade. It notes potential tax policy actions, wage changes, and labor contracts shaping corporate earnings and consumer spending. It also highlights local items from Buckhannon to Parkersburg and Charleston, including campus salaries and parish appointments.
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Congress
Steel
Moundsville Civician
Orel
Ex-Philippine President Elexia Quirino Dies at Home
Former President Elexia Quirino died at his home near Manila on Wednesday aged unspecified. He suffered from high blood pressure and passed away at 6 pm. He is survived by daughter Victoria Gonzales and son Tomas Quirino. Quirino briefly resumed the presidency after Manuel Roxas's death in 1988.
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Manila
Philippines
Elexia Quirino
Quirino
Victoria Gonzales
Tomas Quirino
Manuel Roxas
Giant Jets Will Move Cargo by ’61 Edgett
James D. Edgett, president of North American Van Lines, said by 1961 giant jet aircraft could move cargo over long distances as cheaply as overland vans do today. He described a freight air craft system that mirrors the sea van concept, loading van bodies on ships and transferring them to trucks at the voyage’s end.
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Los Angeles
James D. Edgett
North American van Lines
Funeral Announcements for Jesse James Childers and Others
Jesse James Childers, 57, of Crab Orchard, died in a state fall at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday February 29. Funeral at 1 p.m. Saturday March 3 at the Church of the Brethren Crab Orchard, Rev Mark W. Wolfe officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Wuesberry and Webb Funeral Home handling arrangements. Ella Hale, 78, of Epperly, killed in a Glen Morgan automobile crash at 4:20 p.m. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday March 2 at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home Chapel. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. The Gast family thanks friends for support. KEYSER
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Roscoe Calhoun
Howard Bowman
Ray St. Clair
Kenneth Snodgrass
Paul Gilmore
Arthur Ck
Andrew Underwood
Virgil Horton
Woodrow Meeks
Claude Stone
Robert C. Byrd
Church of the Brethren
Wuesberry & Webb Funeral Home
Wale Hale
Ella
Epperly
Glen Morgan
She ‘Quesenbey
Nberry and Webb Funeral
Vance Drive
Berry and Webb Funeral Home
Roland Kennedy
Bonded memorials advertised near Crab Orchard and Beckley area
A cluttered classified page lists memorial and engraving ads for Beckley area firms including Sears Monument Co and Beckley Ice and Feed Co. Also numerous tradesmen offer painting heating and radio service. Lost item note mentions a stray billfold near Stone's Esso Station Crab Orchard.
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Rock OF Ages
Fred Davis
Sears Monument CO
Harper Rd
Beckie
von Green
Stone
Esso
East Main Street
Beckleyewspapers
Henry Jones
Embees
Gene H
B. E. Silverman
Donald W. Miller
Crab Orchard
Dial
Connard Radio and
Rhone
Beckley
W. V
Halstead
General Electric Service Department
North Kanawha ST
South Oakwood
Wright
Jovitz
Main St
Jennings Radio & TV
What
W. Va
Ilevision
Ashworth Firestone
Prince ST. Pital DE el
Manpower Ads Seek Sales and Delivery Positions
In Beckley area, ads seek a married salesman for food and household goods with or without experience. Also men for delivery and advanced sales work. interviews at Beckley Hotel and Pioneer Hotel locations on specified evenings. Telephone numbers requested to arrange expansion opportunities.
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D. R. Darlington
Beckley
Oak Hill
W. C. Mills
Pioneer Hotel
Rainelle
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Quesenberry
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home Ambulance Service
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Bud. W. Va
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AVON
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Lewis Transfer & Storage
United
Dial 4400
Heckles
Peerless Packing Company
Waco
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Central Ave
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Walter's Insurance Agency
Terma
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Avon Cosmetics
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Fayette
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Goodie
Prince Street
Seontig Maxwell & Keyser Plumbing & Heating Phumiing
Prince St. Diol
Raleigh Register
B. Jones
Roy A. Jones
R. L
J H Stinson
East Beckley
Uas
Gravely Tractors
Jale
Atal
White Cross Pharmacy
Hayes
Edward P. Dunlap
Greenville
Sprague
Beckley Homes Corp
C. Lawrence Lilly Ee
Chris Craft
T.R
Maytag
Waytac OD
Beckley Maytag CO
Neville St. Ial
FORD
Dearing Brothers
Frick
Gunter
Johnstown Rd
Sophis
Sullivan Road
Evelyn Osborne
Iwestinghouse
Westinghouse
Dumont
Bysou
Beckley Music & Electric CO
South Fayette St
Dinion
St. Stephen's Guild of Episcopal Church
Joy Mining Equipment
Buckeye
Coal & Coke
Mullens
Hill Rohrer LI Lumber Co
Ota Te Ew
Glass Co
Ervi
TOR
Erauru
Ey Insulation Co
Pass Biel Ae
Hite Hendle
Ace Auto Stores
Fresgha
Teckdey
Mom St. PR
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