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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1957
Page
2
A concise quotation from Pascal notes that even the smallest action, like a single pebble cast into the ocean, can affect the vast natural world. The message emphasizes the interconnectedness of small deeds and wide consequences.
The piece profiles Dave Beck president of the Teamsters as arrogant and defiant before a U S Senate committee. It notes his Fifth Amendment stance, claims of a $112 million union loan to Fruehauf, and questions about receipts from Fruehauf and $320000 in past union funds. It discusses possible state-law remedies if federal charges fail.
The upcoming local elections in Ceylon challenge the Bandaranaike government with its anti Western stance while balancing neutralist policy and sympathy to Communist China after Chow En Lai's visit. The People’s United Front won April 1956 by coalitions, pledging to revive Singhalese culture, ban Western dress, liquor at state events, and reduce Tamil and English in official spheres.
Elizabeth Jean Miller daughter of J. Robert Miller of St Albans was named a festival princess by Congressman Robert C. Byrd. She later became official court reporter for Randolph County Circuit Court, youngest in the county and among the state’s youngest. The Mountain State Forest Festival marks its 21st year with events on Oct 3 4 and 5.
By C J Needy McQuade the forest festival pageant featured Elizabeth Miller from Ravenswood as a leading princess in red velvet gowns. Miller settled in Elkins after work at the festival, living with Mrs. Ruth Bishop and later Mrs. H G Cox on Earle Street. A new attraction this year is a three room house carved from a redwood log, declared the world’s oldest surviving log home with a length of 33 feet and a diameter of 11 inches at the stump.
Mrs. Phyllis Carter of Toledo leads a lively kitchen mechanics group naming the ten most and least sexy TV stars. The column weaves in Hollywood scenes with Clark Gable, Mamie Van Doren, and Jackie Gleason as personalities mingle with social set banter and club talk at El Morocco and Luchow's.
A wild collage reports Hugh O'Brian claiming hero status to his daughters after Wyatt Earp, Tom Ewell quips about The Brothers Karamazov cast, and Ed Sullivans vacationing in Europe. It threads in Martha Raye moves, Carolyn Jones over the Astor, and industry gossip on Onassis, Shirley Leigh, and Eddie Bycken rockets.
Peggy Kessinger reports service members completing training at Camp Lejeune and assignments at Norfolk Naval base. Sgt Lindy Musser of Mullens and Marine Pvt Carven R Farmer Mabscott finish courses with the First Infantry Regiment. William Howard Higgins of Soak Creek reports to Little Creek after USS Salem service with travels to Europe.
The piece outlines a rapid screening method for hiring executives using quick indicators like high school diploma, Boy Scouts merit badges, non smoking and drinking, marital status, home ownership, church activity, and leading roles in youth programs. It also notes three West Virginia men in Exercise Hard Times with the Second Infantry Division at Fort Richardson Alaska and lists their roles and backgrounds.
A quirky mix of misfires and marvels spans romance gone wrong to extreme nature. A California mail order groom proves 22 years younger than expected, a deep sea shrimp dwells 1000 feet down, and a Singapore stripper adds giant snakes and a six foot lizard to her act as the Long Volga remains Europe’s longest river at 2325 miles.
Axel Wenner-Gren, the Swedish financier nicknamed the mystery man, plans a vast frontier project in British Columbia. He pledges half a million to guarantee a 400 mile monorail by 1950 and aims to inventory minerals, hydroelectric and timber resources with five million dollars spent beforehand. He funds hospitals and schools and donates profits to philanthropy while his ventures span 20 countries.
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