Wildwood Cemetery cleanup urged before Memorial Day
The editorial calls for a quick Wildwood Cemetery cleanup, noting neglect in sections overgrown with weeds and brush. It urges community fundraising, citing a $200 goal and listing contact names Roy I Smith Hulett C Smith and Frank Lemon, asking donations of $5 or even $1 to restore the burial grounds before Memorial Day. It contrasts with a $80,000 community effort for a child care center and describes the cemetery founder General Alfred Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Wildwood Cemetery
Alfred Beckley
Wildwood
Roy I. Smith
Hulett C. Smith
Frank Lemon
The Cost Of Socialism In Public Power
A California utility tax bill for 1959 60 shows $65 619 656 in property taxes with schools receiving $32 000 000. The piece argues socialized power would remove taxes and shift burden to private taxpayers, threatening individual freedom and taxpayer costs nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Electric Induse
Tennessee Valley Authority
California
Watchdog push on CIA angers Dulles in Congress
Washington report notes Allan Dulles faces resistance as lawmakers push for a congressional watchdog over CIA. Dulles argues against leaky oversight while defending secrecy, warning watchdogs would injure national operations and threaten covert successes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Allan Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Russia
Congress
Victory in Photo Work Sparks Confidence in Cameras
Roy H Stetler recalls early fear of cameras fading to achievement after rough start with a Graflex on Beckley street. He details failed attempts, a repaired fault, and a Saturday in rain with Blue Jay Recreation Association members yielding a usable print. The piece ends with a prayer and a note from Stetler, Harrisburg, Pa. former publishing agent, Evangelical United Brethren Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Buster Melton
R. B. Clark
Blue Jay Recreation Association
Jesus
Roy H. Stetler
Harrisburg
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Khrushchev repeats summit push as U2 showdown looms
Khrushchev twice pressed for summits, then cancelled. He criticizes the U2 incident and calls for Security Council involvement while insisting only heavyweights can settle disputes. His pattern mirrors earlier Berlin and deadlines. In Maryland, bandits rob Glen Burnie bank, stealing a car and leaving cash during a license sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Security Council
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
Berlin
Raleigh Register Provides Local News and AP Access
The Raleigh Register lists its managing editor J McQuade and notes membership in the US Associated Press. It details subscription rates by mail and home delivery, with prices for daily and Sunday editions, and warns carriers and distributors about responsibility for advance payments. Two percent West Virginia sales tax applies to mail subscriptions.
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C . J. Meg . McQuade
Associated Press
al AP News 3
Ward-Griffith Company
LNC
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
West Virginia
Beckleyewspapers Corporation
Eisenhower expectations and World Unity in broadcast history
The piece surveys President Eisenhower's radio and television reports to the world and to Americans, tracing his use of broadcasts on the Geneva crisis, Geneva negotiations, and later policy pitches from 1953 to 1959, noting effectiveness and contrasts with Churchill Khrushchev tones. It also recalls unrelated local notices about Benny Tice’s 36 cent car purchase and Hollins College beagle puppies study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Free World
Paris
Geneva
United Nations General Assembly
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
White House
United States
Soviet Russia
Defense Department
Winston S. Churchill
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Roanoke
Hollins College
Allen D. Calvin
U.S. Public Health Service
Shadow basics for light and shadow play
Explanation of how shadows form when objects block bright light. Shadows appear behind the object on a surface, with sharper edges on bright light and flat surfaces. Thin objects let light through, reducing shadow definition. The piece invites readers to make shadow figures with hands and a strong lamp, noting a prize winner from Gertrude Gassage of Wausau Wisconsin who wins ten dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Gassage
Wausau
Wis
Beckley
American actor Van Johnson eyes Swiss TV work and Europe life
Paris based interview reveals Van Johnson living in Vevey Switzerland with tennis with Charles Chaplin as neighbors. He discusses a Paris travel agency pilot film titled An American in Paris, directed by Gene Kelly, co starring Jan Sterling and Judi Meredith. He notes tax plans, family dynamics, language study, and Cannes Grace Kelly lunch with Prince Rainier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
van Johnson
France
Hollywood-in-the-Alps
Switzerland
Gene Kelly
Gene
Jan Sterling
Judi Meredith
Van
Vevey
Charles Chaplin
Bill Holden
George Sanders
Mel Ferrer
Audrey Hepburn
Jack Palance
Evie
Beverly Hills
Schuyler
Elizabeth Arden
Arizona
Roz Russell
NBC
Hilton
Berlitz
Switzeland
California
Tracy
Rose
Chaplin
Geraldine
William Wyler
Monte Carlo
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier
Grace
MGM
The
Raleigh preacher Shafer injured in Clendenin altercation
Fifty years ago Raleigh Register notes C E Shafer former Beckley Methodist preacher and Raleigh Herald founder suffered a broken nose and other injuries after an attack by Squire Peter H Camp in Clendenin following Courier statements about Kanawha politics. Balwin Locomotive Works builds the world’s largest engine for VK railroad at 32,500 dollars, Mallet type with 16 drivers, to haul 150 to 175 coal cars Princeton to Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
C. E. Shafer
Beckley
Raleigh Herald
Clendenin
Shafer
Clendenin Courier
Peter H. Camp
Courier
Camp
Kanawha
Balwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
VK Railroad
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Paul MM. Butler
Capitol Hill
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Dulles
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Tonean
Virgil Miller
Virgil
James Marlow
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations Security Council
America
Council
Lebanon
Britain
Glen Burnie, Md
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Sanitary Commisssion
Commission
Raleigh
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
W. Va
Hinton
Salem
Benny L. Tice
Tice
Shadows
Earl Wilson
Johnson
U.S
Midnight Earl
N.Y
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Gamble Benedict
Solomon
Eileen Rodgers
George Abbott
Tony Perkins
Brasserie
Fred Astaire
Dar, Ava
Phil Foster
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