Ex-Beckleyan Travels Behind Iron Curtain to Russia
James McClatchy recounts a two month Soviet tour starting in Leningrad. He describes hotels like the Astoria, the Hermitage's vast galleries, and daily frictions with service, while noting the isolation from news and the risk of black market attempts seen near Picasso works. He emphasizes emotional strain and the clash between czarist relics and new Soviet life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McClatchy
Leningrad
Ussr
Soviet Union
United States
Astoria
Hermitage
TB Struggle of the Miller Family Sparks Public Health Call
A poor rural family of seven, the Millers, all fall ill with active tuberculosis after years in substandard housing. The county health department tests and X-rays reveal a householdwide TB outbreak tied to overcrowding and malnutrition. Officials urge universal annual tuberculin tests and chest X-rays.
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Miller
Mother
Aoe
County Health Commission
County Health Rtment
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Sign on pole near Beckley Junction bewilders drivers
A sign washed up during recent floods and ended up nailed to a telephone pole near a bridge by Beckley Junction between East Gulf and Rho dell. Residents report drivers slow to read it before continuing, while a nearby house stands and scattered homes dot the area. The sign’s path from Stonecoat Creek origins remains unexplained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Junction
East Gulf
Rhodell
Halfway Hollow
Raleigh Man Arrested For License Violation And Defective Lights
Carl Dennis West of Raleigh was arrested by City Police at 1 a m Tuesday and charged with driving without an operator's license and defective lights. He was ordered into Police Court for a hearing next Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Dennis West
Raleigh
St. Clair Sophia Fined for No State Inspection Sticker
Jimmy St. Clair Sophia was fined five dollars and costs after arraignment before Magistrate W A Burke on a charge of driving an automobile without a state inspection sticker. Arrest was made by State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy St. Clair
Sophia
W. A. Burke
Plan To Finance Parade Floats For West Virginia Centennial
West Virginia Centennial Commission outlines a plan to finance large moving parade floats built in-state by Showmasters Inc. Each 40 foot float costs about 4000 dollars and will travel to up to ten parades to showcase the centennial. Commitments for 20 floats are sought to ensure a record parade season.
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Charleston
West Virginia Centennial Commission
Carl Sullivan
Sentennial
West Virginia
Buckhannon
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Bluefield
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Martinsburg
Elkins
Morgantown
Huntington
Sullivan
Gene Abernethy
Showmasters, Inc
Indianapolis
Abernethy
Centennial Commission
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Beckleyan
Husband
Russia
Iron Curtain
Rattl
Helsinki
Palace Hotel
San Francisco
Central Asia
Africa
India
Japan
Sophia Elementary School
James B. Deck
State Department of Education
C. J. Kirby
PTA
Norval Cook
Judith Mace
STE
JUST
General Electric
VaLley Drive
G. M. Powers
Stonecoat
Stonecoat Creek
Lillybrook
B.T.U
Anaanaa
Appalachian Power Company
Stevenage
England
UPI
Ebenezer Albert Fox
Albert Ebenezer Fox
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