Causes Of Abdominal Upsets From A Doctor’s Guide
A Raleigh Register health column explains how abdominal organs can be affected by stress and disease. It lists stomach, duodenum, small intestine, appendix, colon, sigmoid flexure, rectum, bile ducts and ureters, fallopian tubes, and uterus as potential problem sites with various pains and complications. The piece notes possible conditions like ulcers, volvulus, intussusception, ectopic pregnancy, and labor-like contractions, and hints at remedies to follow in a later column.
Almanac May 30 1961 highlights and history notes
May 30 1961 Almanac notes today is Tuesday the 150th day of the year with 215 remaining. Historical entries include Joan of Arc burned 1431 Memorial Day first observed 1868 Hall of Fame dedicated 1901 and a 1960 Indianapolis Speedway grandstand collapse with two deaths and 70 injuries. Thoughts from Thomas Paine on suspicion.
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United Press International
Joan of Arc
France
Grand Army of the Republic
Hall of Fame
New York University
Indianapolis Speedway
West Virginia Executive Order Urges Upright Flag Display
Gov. W. W. Barron issued a directive to heads of state agencies requiring proper display of the U S flag on all state owned property. The move is part of Barron s broader program to foster patriotism among Mountain State residents.
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Charleston
Upi
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
United States
Barron
Ior
Army Enlists Ten Men at Beckley Recruiting Station
Ten soldiers were enlisted at Beckley Recruiting Main Station on Friday including Warren Durst Cook Bald Knob Europe combat engineering and Ronnie Ratliff Itmann Europe. Matt Hall Jr Mullens Itmann unassigned. William Burton Otsego Europe. Donald Reid Youngstown Ohio Europe. Luther King Jr Mullens 61st Artillery Warne Robins Georgia. David Young Woodville combat engineering. Delbert Hundley Clintonville unassigned. Rodger Dickens Madison motor transport. George Coley Pinson Fork Kentucky. They will report to Fort Benning for basic training. Jimmie Richmond Crichton re enlisted and heads to Fort Knox for Army Aviation School at Fort Rucker Alabama.
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Army
Beckley
Warren Durst Cook
Omer Calvin Cook
Bald Knob
Ronnie Lee Ratliff
Clarence Ratliff
Itmann
Europe
Matt Hall Jr
Matt Hall
William Frank Burton
Frank Burton
Otsego
Donald Edward Reid
Paul E. Reid
Youngstown
Ohio
Luther Peyton King Jr
Luther P. King
Mullens
61St Artillery
Warner Robins
David Gene Young
James E. Young
Woodville
Delbert M. Hundley
Max C. Hundley
Clintonville
Rodger Dell Dickens
Sidney A. Dickens
Madison
Motor Transportation Career Group
George Mervin Coley
George W. Coley
Pinson Fork
Fort Benning
Jimmie Richmond
Homer
Richmond
Crichton
Fort Knox
U. S. Army Aviation School
Fort Rucker
Ala
Horoscope for Wednesday May 31 1961 and Harvard note
Ocean's Astro Guide predicts favorable radiations near dinnertime with unusual requests and potential emotional flare ups. It recalls Harvard College incorporation on May 31 1650 and predicts China reaching one billion by 12 to 15 years. provides Aries through Pisces guidance with cautious, discreet advice.
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Harvard College
Wilderness Seminary
House Expense Statements Reveal Unnamed Travel Costs
Washington UPI reports a 1959 House expense book shows 418 pages of unindexed items. It notes trips in June 1958 by Interior and Insular Affairs staff, Eastern Air Lines charges of 1297.62, Panama Canal inquiry billed 1536.10, and RCA telegrams from India costing 298.81, with many entries unidentified and unindexed.
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Washington
UPI
Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Eastern Air Lines
Merchant Marine Committee
Panama Canal
el Panama
Uncle Sam
Foreign Affairs Committee
RCA
India
United States
West Virginia Air Youth Champion Competition Set
Charleston hosts a June 11 model airplane contest for youths under 16 to crown the West Virginia Air Youth Champion. The winner earns a trip to the National Model Championships July 24-30 at Willow Grove Naval Air Station Philadelphia. The article also notes renovations to the old Norfolk & Western Railway station to house Welch city government with an estimated $150,000 cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Willow Grove Naval
Air Station
Philadelphia
Welch
Norfolk & Western Railway
Izaak Walton League to Convene 14th Meet in June
SET MEETING MARTINSBURG UPI West Virginia Izaak Walton League to hold its 14th annual convention in Martinsburg on June 10 11 with President Early Sprouse of Morgantown presiding.
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Martinsburg
UPI
West Virginia
Izaak Walton League
Early Sprouse
Morgantown
Nine Girl Scouts and Brownies invested in Ghent troops
Nine Girl Scouts and 10 Brownie members were invested Friday at 1 p.m. in Ghent Missionary Baptist Church as new Scout Troops organized. The ceremony featured named Brownie and Intermediate members with leaders Mrs. Luther Okes and Mrs. Geneva Grose guiding plans to attend Scout Camps this summer.
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Ghent
Ghent Missionary Baptist Church
Brownie
Debra French
Patti Joe Meadows
Darlene Longway
Gayle Baldwin
Billie Sue Adkins
Dinah Thompson
Darlane Applegate
Jerrilynn Byrd
Paula Okes
Linda Lilly
Sharon Baldwin
Jackie Baldwin
Margaret Hale
Lana Farley
Linda Joe Shrewsbury
Diane Applegate
Linda McBride
Geneva Grose
Boone Lilly
Roy Applegate
Raymond Eye
Luther Okes
Dupey Lilly
Jack Farley
The Steam Gun Fizzled For Its Union Captors
The Winans gun captured near Baltimore on May 10 by Union troops was a centrifug al steam gun made for harbor defense. Charles S. Dickinson touted it could fire 1 ounce to 24 pounds balls at 100 to 500 per minute and defend cities better than a battery, yet it failed in practice. Ross Winans, Confederate sympathizer and inventor, shaped locomotives and boats but faced treason charges and repeated arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Harpers Ferry
Charles S. Dickinson
Dickinson
Ross Winans
Winans
Maryland
School Board Head May Vote On All Matters
Charleston report states Berkeley County officials learned the county school board president may vote on all matters without waiting for a tie. Assistant Attorney General Fred H Caplan ruled that the president is a member like others and may vote, with or without a tie.
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Charleston
UPI
State Attorney General’s Office
Asst. Atty
Fred H. Caplan
Berkeley
Vance E. Senciadiver
Board of Education
Caplan
Cancer Crusade Workers Named
Mrs. Bonnie Webb announces volunteer workers for the American Cancer Society house to house canvass in Coal River Area. Names include Ella Bonds, Brenda Bonds, Helen Gillespie, Lois Harper, Jean Clay, Geneva McCormick, Mary Honaker, Jane Clay, Mona Combs, Kathleen Webb, Billie Campbell, Ruth Underwood, Katherine Harris, Merle Humphrey, Lillian Buffetine, Roslind Gyvoi, Bessie Stump, Mary Mooney, Peggy Mooney, Susie Morris, Gertrude Jarrell, Wanda Hale, Merlie Webb, Gypsy Daniels, Eloise Browning, Jeannette Bradford, Janie Peters, Patty Crutchfield, Peggy Romine, Linda Hopkins, Sandra Carter, Kate Lykins, Bernice Murray, Eunice Packsville, Sue Scarbro, Shelba Reed, Wanda Humphrey, Melba Sauls, Loretta Brown, Iona Dickens. Canvass concludes Wednesday.
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Bonnie Webb
Arnett
American Cancer Society
Coal River
Ella Bonds
Stover
Brenda Bonds
Helen Gillespie
Lois Harper
Sandlick
Jean Clay
Cameron
Geneva McCormick
Arnet
Mary Honaker
Jane Clay
Mona Combs
Webb
Oda Clay
Kathleen Webb
Rock Creek
Billie Campbell
Ruth Underwood
Katherine Harris
Dry Creek
Charles Dilly
Merle Humphrey
Lillian Bufferine
Naoma — Roslind Gyvoi
Bessie Stump
Mary Mooney
Peggy Mooney
Susie Morris
Gertrude Jarrell
Peach Tree Road
Wanda Hale
Sundial
Merlie Webb
Edwight
Gypsy Daniels
Ella Harless
Stickney
Eloise Browning
Jeannette Bradford
Janie Peters
Montcoal
Patty Crutchfield
Peggy Romine
Linda Hopkins
Sandra Carter
Kate Lykins
Eunice
Bernice Murray
Eunice Packsville
Marfork
Sue Scarbro
Shelba Reed
Wanda Humphrey
Melba Lee Sauls
Loretta Brown
Pettus
Iona Dickens
Carol Heiss Asks Akron Life While Filming Snow White
Hollywood reports Olympic figure skating champion Carol Heiss skating on Sonja Henie’s rink while filming Snow White and the Three Stooges. She says she wants to settle in Akron with husband Hayes Jenkins and continue training until she achieves a family life, though no Akron rink exists. Carol plans two TV specials with ice skating, then hopes to retire to motherhood.
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Hollywood
UPI
Carol Heiss
Sonja Henie
Sonja
Carol
Akron
Ohio
Hayes Jenkins
Hayes
20Th Century-Fox Studios
Cleveland
Heiss
Consultant named Charleston
State Mental Health Director Charles A. Zeller announced the appointment of Robert E. Marshall as psychiatric social work consultant for the department. Marshall has been employed in a similar capacity at the South Hills Guidance Clinic in Pittsburgh.
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Charleston
UPI
Charles A. Zeller
Robert E. Marshall
Marshall
South Hills
Pittsburgh
Barron praises WV State College for integration progress
Governor W W Barron lauded West Virginia State College during the 1961 commencement, calling it perhaps the nation’s most integrated public college. He cited progress in human relations, noted a presidential telegram, and announced two college studies on handicapped employment and state revenue forecasting. State Road Commission plans a new campus highway to the Rehabilitation Center, expected to finish this year, benefiting both the college and center.
Graduation Dance Funds Short for Woodrow Wilson High
The Graduation Dance for Woodrow Wilson High School seniors is still $50 short, according to Ross Irle the finance chairman. Parents of attendees with dates are urged to contribute at the Raleigh County Bank Building through Joseph Fazio or at the Beckley Elks Lodge through Ross Irle.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Ross Irle
Joseph Fazio
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley Elks Lodge
West Virginia hunting and trapping seasons 1961 62
The May 16 1961 legal notice orders open seasons and bag limits for game animals birds and furbearers for 1961 62 in West Virginia. It details statewide and county specifics for foxes squirrels quail raccoon opossum skunk beaver mink muskrat and migratory birds with dates, bag limits, and area restrictions including deer bow and firearm seasons and special public hunting areas and station rules.
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West Virginia
Commission
Barbour
Berkeley
Grant
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hardy, Mineral
Monroe
Morgan
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Randolph
Tucker
Upshur
Webster
Nicholas
Summersville
Monongalia
Preston
Summers
Mercer Bay
Hardy
Opnen
Boone, Cabell
Clay
Fayette
Jackson
Kanawha
Lincoln
Logan
Mason
McDowell
Mercer
Mingo
Putnam
Raleigh
Boone
Wayne
Wyoming
Mason County
Ohio River
Kanawha River
Winfield
McClintic Wildlife Station
New River
Fayette County
Greenbrier and
Fork Creek
Westmoreland Game Refuge
Lookout
Lewisburg
Union
Whitesville
Beckley
Mt. Hope
Harpers Ferry National Monument
Horner
French Creek
Greenbrier State Forest
Beaverdam
Forest Ranger
Bluestone Reservoir
George FE. Wise, Jr
Hinton
Bluestone State Park
Baird's
Southside
French Creek Game Farm
Hornor
Elk River
Nathaniel MT
MT. Pleasants Creek
Tygart Reservoir
Sleepy Creek
Williams River
Lewis Wetzel
Pha
Boone County
Camp Creek
Cooper's Rock
Cal Price
Lingo
Panther
Conservation Commission
Harpe Ferry
Momumi Greenbrier
W. VA Oise
M. Lane
Walter R. Mitchell
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Harold Thomas Hyman
M. D
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Dr. Hyman
Care
Raleigh Register
Dept. B
Radio City
New York
the Almanac
Thomas Paine
WEA Inc
U.S
China
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Applecart
Leo
Sagittarius
Field Enterprises, Inc
Peotone
Ill
W. Va
Girl Scouts
Cancer Crusade
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