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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1956

Page

9

Makowski Files for Numerous Local and Federal Posts

East Chicago indiana former Democratic state senator Edmund F Makowski filed declarations Friday with Lake County Clerk Bartel Zenastra as candidate for county treasurer surveyor recorder and coroner He also mailed declarations to the secretary of state in Indianapolis as candidate for congressman and various official and legislative offices Makowski said he did this to test the adequacy of election laws and offered no reasons for the wide filing spread.

Chicago Ind Edmund F. Makowski Makowski Bartel Zenastra Lake County Secretary of State Indianapolis Ed Makowski

Primary At a Glance in New Hampshire and Michigan

The article outlines two state primaries with about 100000 expected votes and 14 Republican and 12 Democratic convention seats at stake. It notes candidates by party, with Eisenhower Kefauver Knowland Stevenson and others, and reports results not expected before Wednesday. Police report a case of two 11 year olds found nude swimming in Bethlehem Township park amid snowy Ohio conditions.

Associated Press Harriman New York Gov. Williams Michigan Hampshire Eisenhower Sen Knowland Rcalif Warren Kefauver D-Tenn Adlai Stevenson Ference Eisen- Bowen Massillon Ohio Russ Downey Navarre Downey Bethlehem Township

Charleston Daily Mail to Expand Plant With New Property

The Charleston Daily Mail announced the purchase of 33 440 square feet of space and adjoining land from Triple State Electric Co for 180 000 dollars. Publisher Fred M Staunton said the four and two story brick structures will house integrated departments and provide storage as Southern Hardware vacates for a Smith Street move slated around July 31. Remodeling will be a sizable investment with facilities ready by late summer or fall.

Charleston Tm Charleston Daily Mail Fred M. Staunton Triple State Electric Co McFarland Street Southern Hardware Co Angers Kanawha Boulevard Daily Mail Southern Hardware Smith Street Staunton

Hurricane Hunters to Lead Weather Reconnaissance Unit

Commander Hartsel Allen of Shintisted has been named commanding officer of the Hurricane Hunters, Airborne Early Warning Squadron 4, based in Jacksonville Florida, conducting weather reconnaissance missions, especially for hurricanes. Ben Morgan of WVU will judge the 9th Annual Little Kanawha Ham and Bacon Show at Parkersburg. Pocahontas Fuel Co. establishes two WVU engineering scholarships. first awarded this September, second in fall 1958. Wheeling cuts traffic light repair costs with rubber visors reducing damage from trucks. Charleston reports modern traffic light system. South Charleston gains on loaned electrician Joe Bonham. McDowell County voters to decide May 8 on 2,750,000 bond issue financing a courthouse annex jail and health clinic. High School drama festival planned at Spencer March 28. Clarksburg and Kingwood twins claim 91-year-old status as oldest in US, contesting Texas twins Florence Musgrave and Laura Bullman.

Hartsel Allen Jacksonville Fla Airborne Early Warning Squadron 4 Ben Morgan West Virginia University Parkerssburg Pocahontas Fuel Co. of Pocahontas WVU Charleston South Charleston West Virginia Joe Bonham MacCorkle Ave McDowell County Little Kanawha Spencer High School

Seven Speakers Announced for Industrial Meet

Charleston reports seven speakers for the third West Virginia Industrial Development Conference to be held April 11. Among them are uM-H. McKinley Conway Jr. of Atlanta editor and publisher for Conway Publications and consultant for the Southern Association of Science and Industry. Other speakers include Gov. Marland and WVU President Irvin Stewart who will join regional business leaders.

Charleston H. McKinley Conway Jr Atlanta West Virginia Conway Conway Publications Southern ‘Association of Science and Industry Industrial and Publicity Commission West Virginia University College of Commerce Gov. Marland Roland Luther Bluefield Chamber l of Commerce Daniel L. Diehl Pennsylvania Power and Light Co T. E. Evans Spencer Manufacturing Co T. J. Coleman Sulicane Linde Air Products Co WVU Irvin Stewart

Two Auto Accidents Kill Entire Family

In Tazewell Virginia a 21 year old man Clifford Duty was killed when his car lost control on a curve and overturned in a junkyard. He had been hospitalized for six months for injuries from an Ohio crash that killed his wife child and three stepchildren.

Tazewell Clifford Duty Richlands Duty Ohio

Boy Poet Faces Tree Prize Dilemma in Louisville

Louisville boy Steven Berg won a contest with a speech about trees and earned a six foot crabapple tree as prize. The third grader, living in an apartment, has nowhere to plant the large tree.

Louisville Byearok Steven Berg Grater Louisville Trees Steve

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