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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1957
Page
7
The West Virginia Council of Bnai Brith Lodges changes its Beckley convention to April 27 and 28 at the Beckley Hotel. A. David Abrams, Beckley lodge steering chair, says the event will now be held on those dates instead of May 4 and 5. The Beckley Lodge hosts the annual meeting and hopes for a nationally prominent speaker.
State Police arrested four men and a juvenile after thefts at a Piney View mine and nearby Industrial Brake truck. Suspects include John Aaron Flannery Pete Douglas Jackson Richard Thompson and Houston Smith with charges of grand and petit larceny and stolen gasoline motor oil and wheel items.
Raleigh County Health Department will halt polio shots at weekly clinics due to a Salk vaccine shortage. State officials say free Salk vaccine for the state is exhausted with a limited supply possible next month. Demand rose after the March of Dimes drive, and free clinics for ages up to 19 and expectant mothers have strained supply. doctors and medical societies discuss ways to obtain more inoculations amid depleted stocks.
Former Beckley resident Mrs. Charles F House dies in Texas City. Beckley College offers six week summer courses June 6 through July 19 for teachers and office subjects, with general registration details by D. K. Shroyer and C. G. Peregoy. Funeral services planned in Texas City.
The Raleigh County Red Cross Drive reached the $3,708.86 mark Tuesday evening, reports director Mrs. A. F. Matson. The contribution count advances the campaign effort led by the Red Cross office.
The text references Arlean and a sick elephant, Bermuda residents paying tax, and speeds of 25 miles per hour. It also mentions Athinoceros and a giraffe Hippocrates, plus a claim about a mid imperial dot. It ends with a birth date circa 460 BC for an unnamed medicine figure.
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