Call to Courage for Beckley’s Builders and Dreamers
Editorial urges Beckley residents and local businesses to back innovative housing ideas amid industrial doubt. It cites Ford, Woolworth, Carnegie, Westinghouse, Mellon, and Heinz as examples of courage under pressure, urging local leaders to back a new modular house plan to spur jobs and growth.
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United States
Beckley
Henry Ford
Goodyear
Frank W. Woolworth
Rochester
N. Y
Eastman
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse
Carnegie
Mellon
Heinz
Daniel Boone
General Grant
Franklin D
Roosevelt
The
Register
A Political Football on Postal Pay Increases
Congress passes a bill for more than eight percent raise for postal workers, defying Eisenhower's veto threshold. Lawmakers seek credit while forcing a veto dilemma, knowing postal workers' votes loom large. If veto occurs, a companion bill could pass or time may run out. Postal workers deserve a raise, but politics drives the tactic.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Sales Engineer Bureau Promotes Newspaper Advertising
The American Newspaper Publishers Association Bureau of Advertising trains sales engineers to boost ad efficiency. It partners with national advertisers and provides tools like the Retail Opportunities timetable and the Consumer Profile. Workshop seminars educate 290 newspapers and turn local papers into strong sales power.
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America
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
The
Register
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
American Association of Newspaper Representatives
National Newspaper Promotion Association
Bureau
U. S
Joyce A. Swan
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Raleigh and Register evenings and Sundays edition note
The Raleigh and Register announces publication details by Beckley Newspapers Corp as an evening and Sunday morning edition. It lists postal entries in Beckley Virginia and Hinton West Virginia and provides a general contact line for all departments.
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Beckley
Corporal
Hinton
W. Va
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation Sonnac Queuneeres
Adva Ve
Daily Women Spend 80 Per Cent Of Money on Them
New York gossip column notes Jack Carter's Copa cabana act with humor on shopping habits and social scenes. Mentions Hammerstein Murrow exchange, Park Avenue chatter, Dorothy Shay, Beverly Hills humor, and various celebrity cameos from the era.
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New York
America
Jack Carters
Copacabana
Jack
B.V
Joan Weber
Miss Weber
Copa
Vaccine to Prevent Labor Strife Across Key Industries
A 1955 labor unrest forecast notes rising strikes in auto, steel, electrical, meat packing, maritime, and copper sectors, with unions seeking wage gains plus guarantees like pensions and profit sharing. Eisenhower resists White House intervention, while pattern-following negotiators anticipate auto and steel talks due in June.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Eisenhower
White House
Truman
Labor Mitchell
Louisville & Nash
David J. McDonald
CIO
United Steelworkers
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Auto Union
Ford
General Motors
CIO Communications Workers of America
Southern Bell
Michigan Bell
Lewis
United Mine Workers
You're Telling Me! You're Telling Me! clown disguise
A New York payroll robber used clown makeup to mask his face during a heist. Law enforcement warns that if captured, the arrest will end the joke. The incident highlights a bold attempt by a masked criminal in a public financial theft.
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New York
America
India
Earth
Husband Worship Week Idea Stirs Comic Debate
A humorous column weighs a proposed yearly Husband Worship Week to curb divorce. An experienced husband taster warns the plan would backfire, arguing worship turns spouses into captives and would wreck marriages, while predicting wives would overrun households with pedestals and foot baths.
Prayer for Good Ground and Growth in Faith
A religious supplication by James W. Kennedy of The Church of the Ascension NYC asking for good ground to receive divine seed. He prays the seed becomes action and truth, remaining cultivated to prevent weeds, rocks, or barrenness from harming growth through Christ.
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Christ
James W. Kennedy
N.Y.C
Church of the Ascension
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Military personnel appear in home and overseas postings with several service members listed by name. Sgt. C Thomas L King of Fayetteville tours in Korea and bears multiple decorations. Pvt James R Johnson heads to Hawaii with the 25th Infantry Division after basic at Fort Jackson. Pvt Wanda L Stewart transfers to Fort McClellan for clerk typist duty. Cpl Dennis F Hutchison trains in Germany with the 750th Field Artillery Battalion. Pfc Worley D Tate joins the 1th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell after earning airborne wings and prior service in Germany.
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Tokyo
Korea
C. Thomas L. King
Vernin A. King
Fayetteville
Seventh Infantry Division
Women’s Army Corps
Fort McClellan
Ala
Wanda L. Stewart
Leonard Stewart
Stewart
Fort
W. Stewart
750Th Field Artillery
Germany
Dennis F. Hutchison
Robert L. Hutchison
Price Hill
Grafenwehr
Cpl
Hutchison
Army
Fort Jackson
D. c
76Th Tank Battalion
1Th Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Pfc
Worley D. Tate
W. C. Tate
Beckley
Tate
Airborne
W. D. Tate
Woodrow Wilson High School
40Th Tank Battalion
Poor Planning Delays Vaccine Delivery in Polio Fight
Washington officials and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis clash over polio vaccine supply. Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby admits no foresight while the private foundation had arranged for nine million first and second graders. Production timelines suggest shortages will persist into late summer and beyond.
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Washington
Oveta Culp Hobby
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Hobby
National Foundation For
Chester Keefer
Keefer
Leonard Scheele
U. S. Public Health Service
Ezio Pinza Birth Anniversary Highlighted by Career Shift
Ezio Pinza born May 18 1895 in Rome is celebrated for shifting at age 56 from a Metropolitan Opera star to Broadway fame in South Pacific and Fanny. His daughter Claudia from his first marriage also pursues success in concert and opera.
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Ezio Pinza
Rome
Basso
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Fanny
Claudia
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Los Angeles
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Ed Murrow
Sam Goldwyn
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Huntington Hartford
Plaza
Beverly Hills
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Jack Tirman
Fawn
52Nd St
Italy
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Toledo
Steve Allen
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Jeff Stone
Anita Ekberg
Berkley Publications
Margaret Truman
Robert Mitchum
United Artists
Jackie Gleason
Capitol Records
Renee Miles
Ed Begley
Inherit the Wind
the Lambs
Bob Hope
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Imogene Coca
Groucho Marx
Joe Glaser
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Venessa Brown
Carol Ohmart
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Jack Carter
Billy Reed
Daffynition
Henna Arond Zacks
Jack McCauley
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William Ritt
Daddykins
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Naval UN
Atlanti Area
Mal Smolsky
Yerman
Anthony Smolsky
Coal City
Naval Receiving Station
Norfolk
Matt Smolsky
Hawaii
25Th Infantry Division
Pvt
James R. Johnson
Elsie Johnson
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Christiansburg Institute
Cambria
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