Kennedy and Show Business Ties Highlight 1960 Era
Actress Helen Hayes visits the White House to receive JFK’s bon voyage for a 30 week European tour. The piece notes Kennedy era ties to Hollywood and politics, citing Joseph P. Kennedy Peter Lawford Gore Vidal and Robert F. Kennedy and mentions plans for a Federal Advisory Council on the Arts and a National Culture fund.
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Helen Hayes
Richard M. Nixon
White House
President Kennedy
Miss Hayes
John F. Kennedy
JFK
Joseph P. Kennedy
Film Booking Office of America
Pathe Exchange
RKO
Peter Lawford
Gore Vidal
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
National Theatre
Washington
Advisory Council On the Arts
Kennedy Era President embraced theatre and film scenes
The piece notes JFK boosting show business prestige by attending Broadway openings and a Washington theatre visit to Spartacus written by Dalton Trumbo. It contrasts past presidents like Eisenhower Truman and Wilson as theatre goers, highlighting Kennedy’s rare four Page 1 Variety stories and his praise for the arts during the Inaugural Gala.
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Kennedys
Vidal’s
Kennedy
Washington
White House
Dalton Trumbo
Hollywood Ten
Eisenhower
Truman
Roosevelt
FDR
Woodrow Wilson
Jfk
Wilson
Variety
John Kennedy
Needed: More Judges in This Country’s Courts
Analysis of federal and state court backlogs, urging action to create 59 new federal judgeships at the appeals level to reduce delays. Criticizes Democratic inaction since 1954, notes potential partisan effects, and stresses justice delayed is justice denied. Mentions Johansson Patterson prize fight and related revenues as context.
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U.S
Kennedy
Congress
Eisenhower
Ingomar
U. S
Johansson
Floyd
Patterson
Miami Beach
Washington Notebook: Ribicoff's Son Voices Teachers Pay Need
Washington notes mix politics and pop culture. Peter Ribicoff, an MA Stanford grad teaching in California, says parking lot clues show professors’ cars are older than students’ new, shining vehicles. The piece touches Kennedy’s education bill, defense ties, and Hawaii mail addressed to a Hawaiian Embassy, reflecting a broader Washington mood.
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Jerry Bennett Washington
NEA
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Kennedy
Congress
Peter
Stanford
California
Hawaii
Hiram L. Fong
Fong
Increased House seats debated amid Kennedy rumors
Rep James Jne argues for raising permanent House seats to 453 from 435 to reflect population growth without harming other states. The piece notes Kennedy arrival rumors at a theater premiere, countered by Secret Service, and a nonpartisan letter from the Republican National Committee to party brass. Project HOPE reports natives in Indonesia carry compasses for Mecca. A bureaucrat profile defines a New Frontiersman as someone once employed by you now in your role.
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James Jne
Dmass
House
Kennedy
Secret Service
U.S
Indonesia
Mecca
WVU Basketball Faces Televised Setback in Southern Conf
WVU basketball, marked as villains, loses to Virginia Military Institute under a late televised game and foul trouble. Lee Patrone scores 34 for VMI while Jeff Cohn posts 38 for the winners as George Washington earns the SC crown and Madison Square Garden berth, with commentary by George U. Martin in Steubenville.
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Maverick
Dobie Gillis
Wyatt Earp
West
WVU
Mountaineer
Richmond
Lee Hooker
WVU Basketeers
Mountaineers
VMI
Tombstone
Goldarit
Masterson
Virginia
Bounty Hunters
Lee Patrone
Jeff Cohn
William and Mary
George Washington
Madison Square Garden
Wildflower Trail Proposal at Grandview Park Beckley
Roy S Coe editor urges Grandview Park to create a wildflower trail as a tourism draw. He envisions bedded native plants across sun and shade areas, with markers from sponsoring clubs. Trees, ferns, and wildflowers would populate separate beds along a selected trail, protected and toured seasonally.
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Roy S. Coe
Adam
Garden of Eden
Grandview
Park
Park Commission
The
Soil Commission
Barbs by Hal Cochran
The humorous column voices quick quips on duty timing, winter galoshes, a fat man’s misfortune, head colds, and the idea that each man begins life as a baby and later grows out of it. The punchlines twist common sayings into light sarcasm with a playful edge.
Myron Cohen Excites National Admiration in Stage Delicatessen Visit
In a lively echo of New York show life, Jewish dialect comedian Myron Cohen wins fans across faiths while performing at Stage Delicatessen. The piece highlights Max Asnas and Cohen’s cross-faith appeal, plus snippets on Laurence Olivier, Eleanor Powell, and other showbiz notes.
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New York
Myron Cohen
America
Ed Sullivan
Myron
Boston
Los Angeles
Chicago
Miami
Cohen
Max Asnas
Max
Georgia Boys
Grodno
Poland
Myron Kanin
Laurence Olivier
Eleanor Powell
Las Vegas
Sahara
Laurence Harvey
Helen Kardon
Europe
Jack Palance
Erika’s
Myrna Loy
George Kogel
Rob’t Webber
Angie Dickenson
Paris
Pemberton Coal and Coke Co. Building Destroyed by Fire
50 Years Ago From the 1911 Files Of The Raleigh Register reports the Pemberton Coal and Coke Co. store building at Affinity was destroyed by fire and a larger, more commodious building will be erected at once. The piece also notes a massing meeting at the courthouse on March 16 to launch a state wide prohibition campaign and mentions a Monroe county discovery of silver ore assaying $18.25 per ton, prompting questions about ore extent and processing costs.
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Pemberton Coal and Coke Co
Affinity
Court House
Monroe County
Subscription Rates By Mail for West Virginia Readers
Rates listed for daily and Sunday delivery by mail include one year and six month options. A two percent sales tax applies to all subscriptions within West Virginia. When changing address, provide both old and new addresses.
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West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
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Robert S. McNamara
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Federal Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
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George U. Martin
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Beckley
Grandview Park
Turkey Spur
Charleston
Raleigh County
Hal Cochran
Earl Wilson
Connie Francis
David Nelson
Australia
Noel Coward
Pat Hardy
Fiorello
Jackie Kannon
London
Danny Kaye
Comedienne
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Herbert Hoover
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Raleigh
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