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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1956
Page
13
Ocean presents a friendly tone for home life and business, urging closings and payments. Personal and business correspondence gains emphasis and decor projects are hinted. The piece adds a dated retrospective on the Post Office Department birthday and Postmaster General rank history.
The column offers a sun sign by sign outlook for 1956 with Aries through Pisces. It notes good fortune for Aries, creative gains for Taurus, caution for Gemini, romance for Cancer, household care for Leo, steady work for Virgo, social expansion for Libra, relationship caution for Scorpio, work focus for Sagittarius, new methods for Capricorn, cooperation for Aquarius, and trust concerns for Pisces, credited to Field Enterprises, Inc.
SAM DAWSON reports that 506 corporations show an average 12 percent profit gain in the first quarter of 1956 from 1955, with 391 posting higher profits and 115 down. Auto, rail, and electronics sectors show mixed results while steel, nonferrous metals, and machine tools lead gains. Oil and airline profits rise as the overall earnings trend remains positive though the rate of increase slows.
Five Spencer stores burned in a fire over a week ago plan to resume operations. Phillips Drug Store has reopened after smoke damage, and Spencer Department Store expects to return in a few days. Staats Drug Store will move to a new location soon, and DeGruyter Jewelry aims to open by early next week at a new site. O. J. Morrison Co. will halt merchandising until a new building is erected, with only an accounting office kept open, possibly by Easter 1957.
In Turin Italy judge Guiseppe Manfredi was found dead with wrists slashed in a gas-filled room. A note beside the body read I am afraid I have convicted an innocent man. Police investigate the circumstances and motive behind the apparent suicide.
Broadway's Frank Loesser, after writing Baby It’s Cold Outside and other hits, unveils The Most Happy Fella a dramatic musical blending styles. Starred by Robert Weede, Jo Sullivan, Art Lund, and Susan Johnson, it marks Loesser’s first time writing the book with Lynn Loesser co-producing.
Marine sergeant Matthew C. McKeon faces manslaughter, drinking and mistreatment charges for a disciplinary march in which six recruits drowned. Secretary of the Navy Thomas orders a court martial to begin publicly as soon as practicable, likely in late May at Parris Island Marine Corps Station.
An explosion ripped through a military power plant at Cerreios ten miles from Lisbon. Five bodies were recovered and 15 injured as searchers sift debris for more victims. Cause of the blast was not determined.
A report from San Francisco highlights an IBM Giant Brain 705 proving rapid division and memory tasks, with experts noting potential non seizure brain disorders. Frankfurter dispatch covers the anti diabetes drug BZ 55, promising oral treatment for many diabetics, pending US licensing and further tests.
Revival at Callo way Heights Baptist Church in Scarbro canceled for May 26 to 31. Rev Edward Kocher will start revival at Bible Ave Baptist Mission with evening services at 7 p.m. One in six fined in Oregon last year. Secretary Earl Newbry cites 129,064 traffic fines, up from 1954. American Kennel Club accepts 112 pure breeds.
Herbert Watson of Mabscott dies at 2 05 a m Sunday May 6 in a local hospital. The body rests at Calfee Funeral Home until services at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel Tuesday May 8 at 2 30 p m with Rev Leo Lydon officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Active pallbearers listed. Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Home.
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