Disney and Thomas Lead Emmy Winners in TV Parade
Walt Disney and Danny Thomas each claimed two Emmys as ABC dominated the seventh annual Television Academy awards. George Gobel Loretta Young Art Carney Audray Meadows and others shared honors on NBC CBS and the syndicated Stories of the Century. Disney won best variety series and best individual program for Operation Under Sea. Thomas won best actor in a regular series and Make Room for Daddy was named best situation comedy. Loretta Young became Hollywood’s first to hold both a movie Oscar and an Emmy.
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Hollywood
Walt Disney
Danny Thomas
ABC
NBC
George Gobel
Loretta Young
Art Carney
Audrey Meadows
CBS
Jackie Gleason
Television Academy
Nbc-Tv
Disney
Thomas
Daddy
John Daly
Carney
Miss Meadows
Gillette Calvacade
Lassie
Art Linkletter
Robert Cummings
Studio One
Judith Anderson
Hallmark Playhouse
Perry Como
Dinah Shore
Dragnet
Pontoon Like Foundation for Tall Skyscraper
Mexico City's newest and tallest skyscraper rises to 43 stories and 600 feet using a floating pontoon like foundation. The office building faces a unique challenge on wet clay where pressure expels water and causes shrinkage while bedrock lies far below. Engineers confront the problem with innovative foundation design.
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Mexico City
Skippy the dog saves boy from Hamilton Bay
A small dog named Skippy, deemed useless by George and Mrs. Allan of Hamilton Ont, swam 30 feet to rescue 5-year-old Ricky Allan who slipped from rocks and was swept into deep water. Skippy will remain part of the Allan household despite threats to its life.
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Hamilton, Ont
Hamilton Bay
Skippy
George Allan
Allan
Allans
Ricky
Coess — Mutual of
Omaha
Combs St
Beckley
Mountain State
W. James
Ford Tractor
George Sweeney
AAVON
Venetian Blind Cleaners
W. Va
Dial
Lewis Transfer CO
Valley Drive
Peerless Packing Company
Foundation on rock proves costly for Latin American Insurance
Planners for the Latin American Insurance Co. decide to float part of a building’s weight. A 45 foot deep hole is dug under the structure with water tight walls and a floor braced inside. Upward water and clay pressure aid support like a ship, while mushrooming piles transfer the rest by friction with the clay.
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Latin American Insurance Co
Tibetan Sons Awaited by Missionaries
An American missionary couple in Hawaii near reuniting with their two adopted Tibetan sons after walking out of Tibet four years ago to escape Chinese communists. The boys, Reuben and Andrew, await transportation in Thailand. authorities and advisers include James Michener. The Nichols hope to buy plane tickets once visas and permits are arranged.
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Thailand
Nichols
India
James Michener
Michener
Far East
Associated Press
Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha
Tibet
Batang
Hawaii
Garland Bare
Church of Christ
Official Word List No 7 Raleigh County Spelling Contest
The Register and School Principals co sponsor a spelling contest for grade school students in Raleigh County. A compiled word list includes 100 terms such as shout innocent collect profit term telegraph invention forty direction niece angel court calm jolly newspaperman common postal rapid central chimney weight export tunnel diner fare zone scale tide delay addition attack arise defend tower.
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Raleigh County
Mary Martin Shines in Convincing Peter Pan TV Telecast
New York NBC color telecast of Mary Martin in Peter Pan brings Broadway to living rooms. The live action and aerial flights impressed viewers though screen size limited impact. production cost reportedly 300000 dollars plus 120000 in broadcast time.
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New York
Mary Martin
Great White Way
Miss Martin
Peter Pan
NBC
Brooklyn
Senate Committee Would Extend Capitation Tax to Female Voters
Charleston reports that a bill to extend the $2 annual capitation tax to females of voting age was moved out by the House Finance Committee. The $2 capitation tax on males yields about $700,000 yearly, split between schools and roads. The Senate Judiciary Committee also reported a revised wrongful death statute bill, keeping the $10,000 cap but allowing up to $10,000 more for proven damages. A House-passed post-audit bill for all state departments, with publication of audit findings, was reported out by Senate Judiciary.
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Senate
Charleston
House Finance Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary
Legislative
J. E. Williams
National Finance Co
Heber St
Beckley
Edwards Street
Blue Star
Per
Gunfighter's Return Chapter 20 Unarmed Showdown by Cabin
Charley Benn nears Boxed M with a pie as Jim Rimbaud faces Roman Four in the cabin. Bonn watches the brutal brawl unfold, fearing Rimbaud’s defeat, weighing a risky move as the fight rages on.
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Charley Benn
Maria
Jim Rimbaud
Mexico
Lew Stromberg
Maiden
Bonn
Charley
Rimbaud
Stromberg
Bill
Booger Bill
Hugh Jubal
Red Shafter
Booger
Shafter
Jim
Jubal
Kentucky Woman in Gun Duel Kills Son-in-Law
Beattieville Kentucky a 60 year old woman survived a gun battle with her 31 year old son in law and was due in county court to explain the slaying. Delton Vanderpool shot to death at the Brandenburg home after returning from Ohio. he fired first, Mrs Brandenburg returned fire from a closet and Vanderpool died about 400 yards away from the scene.
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Beattyville
Mattie Brandenburg
Delton Vanderpool
Ohio
Lee County
Brandenburg
Hampton Palmer
Funeral notices for Adkins and Floyd from Sprague and Mt Tabor
Private Fred Adkins 18, formerly of Sprague, Fort Campbell KY, killed in a March 6 auto accident. Funeral at Sprague Freewill Baptist Church March 10, with burial at Mt Tabor Caffee cemetery. Pallbearers named. Arrangements by Caffee Funeral Home. Irvin Floyd 62 of Mt Tabor died March 7. Body at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Adkins Adkins
Fred
Fort Campbell
Kentucky
Sprague
Caffee
E. FE. Harris
Sprague Freewill Baptist Church
Veda Vest
Irvin Floyd
Mt. Tabor
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
Gravely Bertha Elizabeth dies at 32 in Roosevelts area
Miss Bertha Elizabeth Gravely aged 32 of 108 Roosevelt Street died at 7 15 a m Sunday March 6 Funeral home transfer Monday at 4 p m to residence services Tuesday March 8 at 2 p m Regular Baptist Church Rev Everett Shafer officiating burial in Wildwood Cemetery pallbearers listed church choir to serve as flowerbearers Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to Rev Brooks Rev Thomas Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home pallbearers and helpers and those who sent flowers for the bereavement Husband and Children
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Bertha Elizabeth
Roosevelt Street
Quesenberry & Webb
Regular Baptist Church
Everett Shafer
Barns
Jensen
Wildwood Cemetery
Jimmy Miller
Stanley Hatcher
Bill Johnson
Clyde Bowling
Baren Atkinson
Johnny Atkinson
Pat Thomas
Graham Blevins
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home
Virgie Lusk
Brooks
Thomas
Quesenberry
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Disney, Thomas
Angel
Gulf
Frank
Unite
Invent
Accent
Lantern Depot
Loyal Bullet
Mask
The
Register and School Principals
Pigeon
Errand
A c
House
By Leslie Ernenwein
Beserk
Red
Caffee Funeral Home
Eeom
Etd Anderson
P. Hackney
S. Seoith
Ronald Meadows
Raleigh General Hospital
James W. Banks
Virgil Anderson
James L. Cook
Keyser Funeral Home
Douglas T. Bryant
MGR
South Oakwood Ave
Vance Drive
Amos E. Quesenberry
Kyle Davis
Paul Thompson
Rupert
Clintonville
Bluefield Monument Co
Bluefield
Sears Monument CO
Harper Rd
Fred Davis
Reynolds
Barre
R. C. Egnor
Crab Orchard
Oak Hill
Logan
Webb’s
Theodore Brown
Church of God
Ad. Beckley
Ing
Sam Croy
Harold Williams
Sanders and Edgers
Fabulon
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
M Young
R. Gravely
Beckley-Marietta Paint Co
South Oakwood
Beckley Ice and Feed CO
Prince St
Marguerite’s
Permanent Permanents
Embees
Barrett Roofing
Means Lumber CO
Sisson St
Bessie
S. Kanawha
Del-Mar
Neville St
C. Kinzer
Main Street
S Cc. Berry
Piney View
Donald W. Ann
Dr. B. &. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
Lovitz
Halstead
Third Ave
Ashworth Firestone Service
Geo. Sparks
RCA Victor
Zenith
John W. Eye
Just Rite Furniture Co
Landers
Wright’s
COMER
Frank’s
GMC
Clarence Plumley
Sand Branch
Mt. Hope
Salem Wooten
Mr. Coe
Gray Lumber Company
Calacino
Beckley, W. Va
Walter's Insurance Agency
McCorkle Ave
South Charleston
Hoolvent
Mutual of
Mullens
New York State
Mr. Pointer
Care Beckley
Belmont
Mass
King Tut
Watertown
Kory Korner
W.va
Willis Wood
Rose Hotel
Pineville
Gibson Hotel
Oceana
Mr. Brown
Standard
Mr. Day
King Coal
East Rainelle
Proctor & Gamble Distributing CO
Care
Toner Concrete CO
Beaver
W. B. Jones
Roy A. Jones
R. L
J. H. Stinson
East Beckley
U. S
Rhode Island
New
BROWN
Jersey
Warren Lovell
Ghent
Kenneth Wygal
Wayside
John Game
Skelton
Basil Meadows
Green Sulphur Springs
Fred Mann
Harrison Mills
Los Sophia
Radford
Daniels
Rome
Ali
Penny Canop
Beckley Glass
Oakwood Dial
Beckley Insulation Co
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