Baby boom continues as birth rate rises in early 1959
A three month rise in U S births signals a renewed baby boom, with 355 000 births in March and a March 1958 total of 345 000. Marriages also climbed to 95 000. Projections warn of population growth to 260 million by 1980 and 360 million by 2100, triggering policy questions on schools hospitals housing and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
National Office of Vital Statistics
Nallon
NOVIS
Fortune
Population Reference Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S
What People Lie About Most and a Lynx Fact
Hal Boyle muses on truth vs appearance asking whether people lie more about age weight or height. He notes Outdoor California puts lynx weight at 12 to 25 pounds. He recalls his father’s favorite song, Kathleen by John McCormack, heard on an old record and moving him to tears in solitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
California
Kathleen
Ireland
John McCormack
The Oddity Almanac on Mothers Songs and a Giant Vehicle
An Almanac note muses that mothers hum unique tunes and adapt them through life. It highlights a $50,000 66 foot 32 wheel vehicle able to carry 300 tons needing a driver at each end. The piece jokes about back seat driving and self directed space flights in the yard.
The Craze for Love or Marriage in Young Hearts
Dr George W Crane warns teens against confusing infatuation with love and urges practical preparation for marriage. He notes 18 year old Anne and Bill want to wed, but parents urge delay. He stresses budgeting, work, taxes, and family leadership as keys to a stable home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne O
Crane
Bill
David
Amnon
Samuel
PTA
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Pfc. Ronald G. Stafford, son of Mr and Mrs Harold B Stafford of Beckley, served with Eighth Division South Infantry in a field exercise in Germany. Rifleman in Company A Mainz, he joined the army in 1958 at Fort Bragg and attended Mount Hope High School. Completing basic training at Fort McClellan, Ala., was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Division
South Infantry
Germany
Pfc
Ronald G. Stafford
Harold B. Stafford
Austin Ave
Beckley
Mainz
Army
Fort Bragg
N. C
Mount Hope High School
Kaiserslautern
Lloyd D. Fink
Eva
Lebanon
Lydia J. Fink
Europe
New River Coal Co
Mount Hope
Local items and military notes from Raleigh Register
The Raleigh Register lists subscription rates and carrier terms for Beckley Newspapers. It reports Army assignments for two area men, Pvt. Dennis R. Hartsog and Pvt. Kenneth L. Belcher, both stationed at Fort Jackson, and notes specialist four promotion for Lloyd D. Fink in Kaiserslautern. It also mentions Thelma M. Adams, an 18 year old WAC graduate in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Home
Dilly
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
World Today: Little Expected From Geneva Parley
James Marlow analyzes the Geneva foreign ministers meeting and a potential Eisenhower Khrushchev summit. He argues real disarmament progress is unlikely for years, noting the West’s military inferiority without nuclear weapons and the difficulty of banning or inspecting stockpiles.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Geneva
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
West
Soviet Union
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Junior Editors Quiz on ART
A brief on crayons and art history explains crayons are colored clay with wax, ground into paste then molded into sticks. It notes cavemen using clay and soft rock for cave drawings and mentions Old Masters and chalk. The prompt invites readers to imitate cavemen by making a colored drawing and mentions a $10 prize for the correct answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Washington Economic Signals Point to Boom in 1960
Washington indicators show strong third and fourth quarter prospects with auto sales near 1955 peak, high employment and falling inflation. Department store sales freight car loadings steel output and corporate earnings suggest robust industrial activity and potential for a balanced budget this year. Census reforms and representation shifts loom in the 1960 decennial count impacting states with gains for California Florida Michigan Indiana Arizona Ohio Maryland Oregon Texas and losses for New York Pennsylvania and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cathcart
Treasury
United States
Uncle Sam
Alaska
Hawaii
Congress
California
Florida
Michigan
Indiana
Arizona
Ohio
Maryland
Oregon
Texas
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Arkansas
Illinois
Alabama
Iowa
Georgia
Maine
Minnesota
Kansas
Mississippi
North Carolina
West Virginia
Prayer for Today from Ohio Minister
Prayer thanks God for fields and country life and for farms that sustain the nation. It asks to cherish nature and blessings, keep close to God and Jesus, signed by George A. Martin, Steubenville, Ohio, First United Presbyterian Church minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
George A. Martin
Steubenville
Ohio
First United Presbyterian Church
Earl Wilson Kids Should Organize Kind To Parent Week
A columnist notes quirks of famous families and show business life. Belinda Marx, Bess Myerson, and daughter Barbara appear in a humorous column with anecdotes about family, music, and TV gigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Groucho Marx
Belinda
Bess Myerson
Barbara
Slugger
Palm Springs
C. K
Bess
The
Philharmonic
Plymouth Theater
Worcester
Mass
Bank of Glen Jean to Open as New Incorporated Firm
Fifty years after Rose and Turner dissolved their partnership the firm becomes an incorporated company led by C C Rose S E Turner and E P Ewart with Wm McTaggart and Joe L Smith. The Bank of Glen Jean will open around July 1 backed by McKell Miles and partners W E Deegan J A Faulkner Dr Callaway Thomas Nickell and Dr C B Lee. A stone building nears completion and filings to commence business will follow soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose and Turner
C. C. Rose
S.e.turner
E. P. Ewart
Wm. McTaggart
Joe L. Smith
Fayette County
Bank of
Glen Jean
McKell Mile Lions
McKell
W. E.deegans
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Emerson
Hal Boyle
Ike
George W. Crane
By Peggy Kessinger
Women’s Army Corps Center
Fort McClellan, Ala
Raleigh
Prince St
W. Va
Hinton
J. McQuade
Ines
Brooks & Finley, Inc
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San _ Francisco
Thelma M. Adams
Roy S. Adams
Crab Orchard
WAC
Woodrow Wilson High School
Fort Jackson, S. C
K. L. Belcher
Dennis R. Hartsog
Elbert O. Hartsog
Sophia
Kenneth L. Belcher
Virgil L. Belcher
Clear Fork
10Th Battalion
Second Training Regiment
D, R
Hartsog
Bill Cullen
Beverly Hills
Cullen
Fifth Avenue
the Waldorf
Linda A. McIntyre
Cuyahoga Falls
Air Force
Pentagon
Justice Department
Turkey
West Germany
Earl Wilson
Pat O’brien
George Raft
Diana Barrymore
Las Vegas Tropicana
Cary Grant
Kim Novak
Jerry Colonna
B’way
Merv Griffin
Elsa Maxwell
Porgy and Bess
Henry Luce
Louis Prima
Keely Smith
Sandy
Scott
Sgt. Bilko
Bobo Rockefeller
Moscow
Jeff
Havana
Porfirio Rubirosa
Belgium
John O'Hara
Samarra
Farouk
Pappy
Boyington
Toots Shor’s
Flying Tigers
Joe Garagiola
Betty George
Paul N. Belmont
Golden Dolephin
Betty
Joey Adams
Waldemere
Fredric March
Robin Hood
Martha B. Richter
Primrose Lane
Levittown
L.I
George Gobel
Las Vegas
Earl
Raleigh Register
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