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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1955
Page
7
A Raleigh Register and Beckley Post Herald Bonanzagram prizes readers who decipher a wife note left for Mr Jones. The winner receives 20 dollars each week. if multiple answers win, prizes are split. Entries become property of the paper and judges’ decisions are final.
A historic newspaper item outlines the Bonanza Gram word puzzle contest. It explains the puzzle method, clue sources, and the rules for participation including eligibility restrictions, entry limits, postcard submission, and deadlines. It notes the answer will be released after March 18 with a winner announced March 20.
Federal government files tax liens totaling 223372 against Guy Lombardo and two brothers. Guy owes 67714, Liebert 28828, Carmen 80516, and Guy Lombardo Enterprises Inc. 46314. Liebert plays trumpet in Royal Canadians. Carmen saxophonist.
Hollywood reports Charlie Chaplin sold his 25 percent stake in United Artists, likely his last major U.S. business tie. The sale to the corporation was announced by Robert S. Benjamin. no price disclosed. Chaplin left the U.S. three years ago.
HOLLYWOOD Dian Friml aged 19, granddaughter of Rudolf Friml, signed a Paramount contract to debut in The Vagabond King. She was spotted by director Michael Curtiz and producer Pat Duggan, will have a supporting role with Kathryn Grayson and Oreste Kirkop, while her father is a musicians' agent.
Coral Gaye reported an attempted sabotage at Camberwell Palace Theater where rivets on her ostrich feather fans were loosened during rehearsal. She performs with only the fans as clothing and fears the feathers would have fallen apart on stage if unnoticed.
Las Vegas report says Luis Miguel Dominguin, once linked with Ava Gardner, married Lucia Rose of Rome on Tuesday in Boulder City by Justice of the Peace C. S. Peter Son. The couple is now honeymooning.
Palm Springs California. Actress Pier Angeli wife of Vic Damone suffered a fractured pelvis in a fall while riding in an airplane last Friday. X rays disclosed Tuesday and initial fears of minor injuries were not supported by medical findings.
Workers toiled for hours to free a large truck snowbound on Murray Summit south of alY Nevada. The truck carried 6,200 pounds of artificial snow headed to a movie set at Sun Valley Idaho.
The estranged wife of actor Edward G Robinson Sr says she and the star are still on good terms. She attended a Laguna Beach party with Robinson Tuesday night, and she declined to confirm whether the divorce would proceed. She cited Disraeli saying nothing in life is final and suggested she could not say if the divorce would go forward.
The Associated Press earned Long Island University’s George Polk Memorial Award for wire service reporting for a 13 part series on Senator McCarthy. The LIU journalism faculty cited the work as objective and factual and honored editors Alan J. Gould and Don Whitehead along with writers Saul Pett Bem Price Belman Morin and Jack Bell. The series explored McCarthy’s personality background and controversies and aired April 4 to 18, 1954.
In the town of Benson with 573 residents Franklin B. Kellogg, age 80, won re election to his 58th term as town clerk reflecting longstanding local service.
H F Pate of Scarsdale New York a Boy Scout executive for 30 years will be awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Salem College March 14. The ceremony will inaugurate a humanics program. Lt Van G Brown becomes new chief of Charleston Police detective bureau replacing Lt Joe Craft who resigned last month. John Fisher named managing director of the Charleston Civic Theater directing a 22 city circuit and a former Harvard pre med student. Weirton Steel Co praised by Rear Adm von Heimburg for reservist time off with pay. Rotary Club White Sulphur Springs to bring 65 piece Bluefield Symphony Orchestra to The Greenbrier March 27 for concerts benefitting community projects. M K Hearne of Charleston Diamond Dept store new president of West Virginia Retailers Assn.
Industrial leaders see a spring lift from an auto sector boom that may outpace broader demand. Steel and coal demand rise as railroads report stronger activity, with dealers holding half a million autos in stock. Production races begin early with 1955 models. consumers buy early, too. The Commerce Department credits auto production but cites other factors lifting activity since last fall. Spring should bring more consumer spending across multiple lines.
James M. Rahal says he will press a needle attack charge at a police court hearing set for March 12 against Capt. Frank W. Johnson of Hunter Air Force Base. Rahal alleges Johnson stabbed him three times in the arm and hand Tuesday night as he left a lawyer's office.
The Army announces an atomic powered tank is in the experimental stage at the Detroit Arsenal research center. The project aims to evaluate a new propulsion system for armored combat vehicles and could influence future battlefield mobility if successful.
Paul Winchell former radio and stage ventriloquist now stars on MBC Saturday mornings with Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff. He says the shift to children’s programming is more responsible but aims to be entertaining and educational for youngsters. He notes the show seeks to help kids understand and imitate what they see.
Carbide and Carbon Chemical Co. grants 7 cent per hour wage increase to hourly workers at South Charleston and Institute plants retroactive to Feb 27. Salaried staff will receive adjustments. E I du Pont also boosts wages by seven cents for Belle plant workers nearby.
Paul Winchell recalls his ventriloquist act with his wooden partner Jerry Mahoney. The duo headlined a program billed as the Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show for two seasons before the next season became the Paul Winchell Show with Jerry Mahoney. He notes he did not want to lose his identity to a wooden figure.
New Delhi and Karachi show rising goodwill in March as Indian and Pakistani steering committees meet to lay groundwork for a possible NehruAli summit at month end. World Bank mediation continues on Indus Canal waters while Kashmir status may hinge on a future settlement.
The California Zephyr stopped in Grand Junction Colorado as a stork arriving with a baby born aboard the train about 39 miles west in Ruby Canyon. Train crewmen assisted the delivery and an ambulance took Rosalind Zars and her newborn son to St Marys Hospital in Berkeley California.
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