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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1955

Page

5

State Law Curtails Itinerant Vendors In West Virginia

West Virginia faces tighter limits on itinerant vendors as Assistant Attorney General Banert Jr. says licenses must be county specific and renewed per county. The opinion follows questions from the Tax Commissioner about bonding licensing and ad valorem taxes for merchants setting up at fairgrounds or shelters.

Charleston West Virginia Harold A. Bangert Jr Milton J. Ferguson Bandert Tax Department Bangert

Poultry Market Reports From Harrisburg and Charleston

In Harrisburg Virginia the Shenandoah Valley live poultry market shows unsettled demand for broilers and fryers with turkeys steady. Farm prices through Monday noon list broilers under 3 lbs at 23-24 cents, 3 lbs and over at 24-25 cents, heavy hens 21-24 cents, small turkey fryers 31 cents. two lots at 33 cents. In Charleston West Virginia the South Branch Valley market is improved with good demand and adequate supply. Prices from Friday to 9:00 am Monday show broilers 24-25 cents, average 24.60 cents. 14 lots totaling 48,800 head. One Beltsville turkey fryer lot at 32 cents. Sold 124,200 head of 133,400 offered in 44 lots.

Harrisburg Shenandoah Valley Charleston Wvada South Branch Valley South Branch Beltsville

Get PRUVO at All Leading Drugstores

Local shopper notice announces PRUVO available at Cohen's Drug Store on Neville Street in Beckley with emphasis on widespread availability at leading druggists. The message highlights Cohen's as a point of purchase for the medicine.

Pruvo Cohen's Neville St. Beckley

Mountain Industry Changes Hands In West Virginia

Jefferson County notes Halltown Paper Board Co, founded 1869, sold to Old Dominion Box Co. It will become Valley Board Corp and supply Old Dominion's nine paper box plants in VA NC SC GA. Also: Tully retires before 65, observes 97th birthday in Salem. Parking bonds in Bluefield. WVU calendar set 91/92 class days. Vandalism toll at Morgantown campus. Health dept vaccinating pupil Leonard Adkins. Thornburg reelected to Guyan Soil Conservation. Army Reservists drill pay rise under new law. Logan field coal hits 1955 high at 379,150 tons. Sabraton fire truck moved to Morgantown. Court cites county budget limits for reappraisal. Huntington tax group seeks 100% real property reappraisal. Mitchell AFB to inspect WVANG units in Charleston and Point Pleasant.

Jefferson County Halltown Paper Board Co Old Dominion Box Co Panhandle Valley Board Corp Old Dominion Virginia North South Carolina Georgia John S. Tully Tully Salem Harrison County Bluefield Bluefield Parking Facilities Commission West Virginia University Council of Administration Morgantown Huntington Bruce H. Pollock Cabell - Huntington Public Health Department Leonard Adkins Howard B. Thornburg Barboursville RFD 2 Guyan Soil William E. Grubbs West Virginia Military Logan Field Logan Coal Operators Assn Sabraton Central Fire Station James M. Donohoe Cabell County Court Huntington Chamber of Commerce Mitchell Air Force Base New York West Virginia Air National Guard Charleston Point Pleasant Barney H. Clary

Pike Extension Discussed for West Virginia Border

FAIRMONT Pa is hosting a Harrisburg meeting to discuss extending Pennsylvania's turnpike to the West Virginia line. Pittsburgh Mayor David L. Lawrence read a letter from Secretary of Highways Joseph Lawler at the Greater Fairmont Development Association meeting detailing two favored routes and noting regional coal declines.

Fairmont Pennsylvania West Virginia Harrisburg David L. Lawrence Pittsburgh Joseph Lawler Lawrence Greater Fairmont Development Assn Monongahela Valley West Virginia Turnpike Commission Charleston-Princeton Pennsylvania-West Virginia Turnpike Extension Assn Spencer, Weston Clarksburg Morgantown Monongalia County

McDowell Woman Susan Yates Dies at 87 in Elbert

Susan Shatley Yates 87 of Elbert in McDowell County died yesterday. She left 155 direct descendants and is survived by eight daughters two sons 90 grandchildren 50 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.

Gary. W.va Susan Shatley Yates Elbert McDowell County

Eggs boiled to time clues in Clarksburg double murder

Clarksburg police boiled eggs in the Laughlin home to gauge when the two women were killed. The test found that eggs in more water exploded in 1 hour 44 minutes, while those in less water exploded in about one hour, suggesting the slayings may have occurred later than first thought. No suspect in custody as of tonight.

Clarksburg Frances Laughlin Joan Bland Laughlin Carl A. Laughlin Lunsford T. A. Welty

County group backs Pittsburgh Erie route plan

A Pittsburgh centered county development group endorsed a Pittsburgh Erie road link. The Pennsylvania Senate approved a southern extension of the toll road toward West Virginia, with early House action anticipated. Lawrence warned of a prompt push for an early decision and construction.

Ity Development Pittsburgh Erie Pennsylvania Senate West Virginia Line Lawler Lawrence House

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