Beaming Beclouded Senate Race Stirs West Virginia Politics
Beckley news notes a crowded field after the Kilgore funeral as four main candidates compete for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate with timing, filings, and party feuds shaping the campaign ahead of the April 7 curtain. The governor delays naming Kilgore's successor as the field grows and a broader political theater unfolds.
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Harley M. Kilgore
West Virginia
U. S
Senate
Sen. Kilgore
Register
Kilgore
Beckley Hotel
First Baptist Church
Marland
Arlington Cemetery
William R. Laird III
Fayetteville
Laird
Bricker
State Supreme Court
West
Senate Deliberates Disability Cash Payments under Social Security Bill
The Senate will debate a Social Security bill, HR 7225, offering old age annuities at age 50 for workers totally and permanently disabled. AFL-CIO supports the plan while AMA warns of broader expansion to temporary disability, socialized medicine, and court backlog. Administration stance undecided. House approved 10 to 1.
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Senate
Afl-Cio
American Medical Association
Truman
Jigger of Liquor Defined as a Dram in Brief
The note confirms the jigger equals a dram of liquid. It states the vehicle’s outer rim moves faster than the hub. It mentions the lumber industry as possibly America’s oldest. It updates that about 3100 Liberty and Victory ships were built by the United States during World War II.
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United States
Julie Andrews
America
Beckley publisher talks PTA meeting and local history
Harlbw Warren of Beckley US and Sylvia Grade School PTA members discussed local place names and early post offices. He praised the group’s active, enlightening programs and recalled past school traditions while noting shifts from his own era.
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Sylvia
PTA
Beckley
Atkinsville
Lubstion
General Beck
Wildwood
Avhich
Cecil Miller
Warren
Extraordinary Easter religious art series planned for The Register
The Register announces an eight part Easter series featuring Guy Rowe art and George Cornell bylines. Rowe signs as Giro and provides color illustrations from Old Testament figures, with eight illustrated stories on John Judas Nicodemus Peter Pilate Pretorius and Mary Magdalene. Cornell, a longtime AP religion writer, has covered religion for three years in New York and earned national recognition for reports on religion and Memorial Day coverage. The sequence begins Friday and ends Easter Sunday.
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Regious
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Judas
Nicodemus
Peter
Pilate
Pretorius
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Mary Magdalene
Time Magazine
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Houston Harte
San Angelo Standard Times
Texas
Roosevelt
Manhattan
University of Oklahoma
Daily Oklahoman
Associted Press
New York
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Supple Fund
Florida voters weigh Ike Adlai bias in 1966 primary
In Florida a mix of Democratic and Republican figures and voters shape views on Eisenhower Stevenson Kefauver and Nixon. Supporters like Fullee Warren promote Stevenson while backing Eisenhower in November. GOP and party observers note Stevenson leads Kefauver for the Democratic race with a runoff on May 2.
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Leroy Collins
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Warren
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Tennessee
Nixon
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Kefauver
Fen. Russell
D-Ga
Len Holland
Dfla
Smathers
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D-Tex
Peyton You
Republican State Executive Committee
National Democratic Organization
New York Becomes Village in a Snowbound Day
RELMAN MORIN recalls a New York blizzard turning the metropolis into a village. Streets emptied, pedestrians walked midtown, and strangers talked as snow whitewashed avenues. Cars stranded, buses carried cautious riders, and a shared community mood emerged amid the calm, eerie quiet.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Mother Nature
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Fifth Avenue
Park Avenue
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Prayerful greeting from M Ray McKay at Southeastern Baptist
Today's prayer expresses gratitude for access to grace and divine wisdom. It asks blessings for loved ones separated by distance yet close in heart, hoping they remain happy and well in accordance with God’s purposes, for Jesus' sake.
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M. Ray McKay
Wake Forest
N.C
Southeastern Baptist Seminary
Youre Telling Me Moments of Odd News
A humorous column mixes political jabs about France and Virginia Democrats with light notes on a Miami greyhound race, spring poetry and seed catalogs, Effingham speech on daffodils breaking through an asphalt road, and a stagehands slow down strike hint.
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Stars and Politics Highlight Friars Banquet for Ed Sullivan
At a Friars Club banquet for Ed Sullivan, James Caesar Petrillo drew applause with an impromptu speech praising star power while sneering at lawyers and recounting a costly Washington trip to seek union help. Toastmaster Joe E. Lewis shared a joke about a threat operation as Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews’ My Fair Lady loomed in the background.
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Marlene Dietrich
Joan Crawford
Nanette Fabray
Cyd Charisse
James Caesar- Petrillo
Ed Sullivan
Jimmy Petrillo
Rex Harrison
Julie Andrews
Petrillo
Rex Julie and Petrillo Shine at a Big Evening
Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews take center stage as tributes and praise swirl around My Fair Lady star Margaret Truman. Debbie Reynolds jokes about husbands while Monique Van Vooren and Tony Bennett heat up other venues. Irving Berlin is hinted to have heard a tale amid the night.
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Monopoly
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Dick Haymes
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Ico
Gypsy Markoff
Beverly Club
Zara Norbo
Sweden
Mariano ‘Arcayo
Gold Leaf
Jack Dempsey
Earl
Banking Magazine
Wish
Chris Schenkel
Ohio
The Worry Clinic Case on Danny and the Barber Candy
A psychologist recalls a family case in which three year old Danny associates a barber visit with a candy reward. The tale explores child logic, drawings, and how adults misinterpret toddler thinking. It notes how children view giants and how praise shapes behavior, with parent tips and a call to request parent tests.
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Hollywood Club to Close May 26 Ending Sunset Strip Era
Owner of Clio's night club plans to shut down around May 26 due to alleged corrupt practices in the entertainment industry. The final acts will include Pearl Bailey Maurice Chevalier and Martin and Lewis as he leaves the door open to future projects in television films.
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Sunset Strip
Clio
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Maurice Chevalier
Martin and
Lewis
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