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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1959
Page
4
Middle East Turmoil Shows Intra-Arab Rivalries Persist
The piece outlines three main intra-Arab fault lines and global pressure shaping Iraq, Egypt, and Iran. It notes Iraq's oil prominence, Hashemite-Jordanian tensions, Nasserist influence, and Soviet-Arab competition. It highlights Iraq's strategic routes to Europe and the risk of Soviet dominance.
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Iraq
Europe
Persian Gulf
India
Iran
United States
Shah
Russia
Reds
Western
Middle East
Dr George W Crane Diet Advice for Obese Student Mary
Obese high schooler Mary B. aged 16, 5 4 height and 172 pounds, is urged to prepare meals in kitchen with fixed portions. The regimen limits fluids, calories to 800 daily for Mary, 1200 for men, and emphasizes protein, avoiding family style eating and caffeine. Mary loses 11 pounds in 10 days, then 12 by term end, with a booklet offered for church fund-raising during Lent.
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Mary B
Mary
Hayer
Mayors press for 400 million federal job aid
Washington Mayors from large cities lobby Capitol Hill to win support for a 400 million federal aid program for chronically unemployed areas amid the looming possibility of another Eisenhower veto. Dulles shows rapid improvement after glandular cancer treatment and plans to return to work. A long running Great Flower Debate sees states backing roses corn tassels and blue grass with Senator Ablott distributing carnations.
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Henry Cathcart
Central Press Association
Washington
Capitol Hill
Eisenhower
South
East
Midwest
Congress
New York
United States
Iowa
Gordon Ablott
Colorado
Mick
Helping The Miner Welfare Fund Question Raises Scrutiny
An editorial reprint notes a Senate subcommittee tour of West Virginia coal regions reveals widespread job losses and poverty. It questions how much welfare funding from a 40 cent per ton royalty to the United Mine Workers welfare fund reaches the miners, asking what relief they actually receive.
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United States Senate
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Washington
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Peggy Kessinger reports on soldiers and sailors connected to the area. Ross P. Manning returns to Crab Orchard after a 30 day furlough with parents and has served 19 months in Germany with the 34th Signal Battalion. Pvt Ira Bradford starts eight weeks of basic combat training at Fort Jackson. Sgt Keatley Bradford earns Third Brigade Flag Football trophy at Fort Ord. James R. Baugues serves aboard the USS Midway in the Far East. William H. Miller is stationed at Kaneohe Bay. Airman Kenneth W. Hardman transfers from Amarillo AFB to Hensley Field Air Base.
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Germany
Ross P. Manning
Howard Manning
34Th Signal F Battalion
Cave
Army
Woodrow Wilson High School
Fort Jackson
S. C
Pvt
Ira Bradford
Letah Bradford, Hatcher
Fort Ord
Calif
Sgt
Keatley Bradford
Eugene E. Wood
Stotesbury
Bradford
DuBois High School
Third Brigade
Local News Classifieds and Subscription Rates Display
The page lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, including yearly and half-year options, with a WV tax note. It notes an Associated Press entitlement and defines carrier and distributor independence, plus address change instructions and regional delivery details.
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West Virginia
Ada
Beckley Newseavers Corporation
From Hal Boyle to Bat Masterson A Western Star's Career
New York born actor Barry Barry, famed for Bat Masterson, reflects on Westerns fading as a cultural force. He discusses kiss scenes, audience tastes, and his wish to direct, while contemplating a shift to contracting if acting wanes. He shares early life, rise on Broadway, and goals for wealth and simple living.
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New York
Gene Parry
Gene
Barry
Billy the Kid
New York City
Bluebeard
Brooklyn
Bat Masterson
Junior Editors Quiz on U S History
A reader asks about history facts from the American Revolution to statehood. The answer notes that Franklin’s lands became Tennessee in 1796 and mentions historical claims like Bear Flag Republic and Republic of Indian Stream. Camille Hand of Falls Church wins $10 for this question.
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Union
Atlantic Coast
North Carolina
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Tennessee
Bear Flag Republic
Republic of Indian Stream
Camille Hand
Falls Church
Beckley
Israel
Egypt
Earl Wilson Crazy Mixed-Up Town Still Loved By Masses
Celebrity notes from New York show a crowded social whirl with Douglas Fairbanks Darryl Zanuck Pattie Page Gregory Ratoff Elliott Nugent and others at Trader Vic s. Backstage at Ed Sullivan Betty White praises June Haver as quiet and unostentatious. A lighthearted postcard of Hollywood gossip spans marriages brawls and TV stars with quips about Berle Gleason and Steve Allen. It also touches on a Fort Worth Cadillac sale mispronunciation and various party and theater anecdotes. The item preserves the era’s tone and names while relaying a mosaic of entertainment personalities and events with city, stage and screen details.
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New York
Trader Vic's
Douglas Fairbanks
Darryl Zanuck
Pattie Page
Gregory Ratoff
Elliott Nugent
Ohio State
Hollywood
Broadway
Preservation Move For Mounds Ville Mound In 1909 Raleigh
The Raleigh Legislature appropriated 18000 to purchase the Mounds Ville Mound, a landmark of prehistoric inhabitants. The move earns broad citizen support as vital for safeguarding the state’s largest historic monument. Also notes a new semi monthly religious journal Church Modernist to be published by Rev L P Groves and M G Brackman with Becksley pastors contributing articles. Lewis A Wood to oversee the mechanical department.
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Ville
L. P. Groves
M. G Brackman
Becksley
Lewis A. Wood
85 Year Charleston Attorney Joseph Ruffner Dies
25 years ago from 1934 files Joseph Ruffner 85 prominent Charleston attorney and former U S Commissioner died at his Charleston home. His grandfather Joseph Ruffner Sr once owned most city land. W Shawhan state conservation director said $6000 funded Marlinton fish hatchery producing 100000 bass yearly. Raleigh County wild life league noted quail good in parts grouse fair deer poor.
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Joseph Ruffner
Charleston
U. S
W. Shawhan
State Conservation Commission
Raleigh County
Wild Life League
Marlinton
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