World’s fattest man Bill Weisel from Clayton NM weighs 627 pounds
Robert A. Barnes profiles Bill Weisel of Clayton New Mexico who claims the title of world’s fattest man. He is 6 ft 8 in around the waist and 627 pounds, once reaching 675 pounds, with a note on his discharge for obesity in World War I. He explains his diet and lifestyle, notes his age sixty six, and says public appearances as “The World’s Fattest Man” challenge him yet he endures long sleep to sustain himself.
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Robert A. Barnes
Clayton, N. M
Bill Weisel
Bill
Turk Pennock
Jay
Joe
West Virginia Man Killed in Accidental Rifle Incident
ELKINS Estel M Keplinger 16 of Dry Fork died from a head wound after his brother Hobart 14 slipped and fired a .22 rifle during target practice near their home RIPLEY James L Williams 25 burned to death while sleeping in a house fire with sister and brother in law away CHARLESTON Rhonda Edward Harless 23 died from injuries after his car swerved and hit a rock on Cabin Creek Road Mary Harding 28 of Dry Branch severely injured with possible skull fracture in crash CHARLESTON Howard Kenneth Whittington 21 of Midway died from injuries after car crash on US 35 at Red House Driver Kerin Knapp 19 to be charged with manslaughter Whittington's injuries included a dislocated shoulder and multiple cuts STATEWIDE Gov Patterson urges observance of National Bible Week urging closer alliance with the divine Helen Pauline McCroden 31 of Institute held on murder charge in Kanawha County Jail for fatal shooting of husband Kenneth 41 Dunbar Patrolman Treadway said McCroden admitted shooting after initial suicide claim Coroner Schuller ruled Walter Edward Martin 40 of Ona accidental drowning in Mud River near Ona after missing since Saturday night
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Elkins
Estel M. Keplinger
Dry Fork
Hobart
Charleston
Rhonda Edward Harless
Dry Branch
Cabin Creek
Wealthy Acres
Mary Harding
Howard Kenneth Whittington
Midway
Putnam County
Red House
L. R. Craft
Kerein Knapp
Madway
Helen Pauline McCraden
Institute
Kanawha County
Kenneth
Dunbar
Jack Treadway
McCroden
McCroeden
Huntington
F. X. Schuller
Mud River
Ona
Walter Edward Martin
Schuller
Martin
Double Trouble Chapter 9 Ends in Desert Confrontation
Jay returns to Turk Pennock at Antelope Creek after a tense ride and uneasy reunion with Joe. The men plan a night raid while Jay notes the patrols and begins to understand the danger of crossing his twin brother’s world. A cliffhanger leads to the next installment.
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Turk
Pennock
Jay
Joe
Crossword Puzzle ACROSS and DOWN Clues
Puzzle solution list includes Across and Down clues with numeric labels and scattered garbled entries. Multiple categories appear, from regions and items to furniture and foods, plus a long list of solver prompts and partial phrases.
Pretty Aprons Pattern No 8524 for Bib and Half Aprons
Pattern No 8524 offers a bib apron and a half apron in multiple sizes with ric rac trim and a floral appliqué. Send 25 cents, name, address, size, and pattern number to Sue Burnett at The Raleigh Register for the Fall and Winter Fashion book featuring 64 pages and a free inner pattern.
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Sue Burnett
Raleigh Register
Ave. Americas
New York
N. Y
Ministers Also Among Absentminded People
A Cumberland minister at a service luncheon proved absentmindedness can strike clergy. While chatting in a hotel lobby he pulled a cigar from his breast pocket and admitted he did not recall anyone giving it to him. He also noted he never wears a double breasted coat, which he was wearing. The coat was recovered by state official G Bates Chaires.
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Harry
Jay
Associated Press
Cumberland
G. Bates
Divine
Chaires
Postage Zone Mix Up Traps Vargas in Colorado Ad
Roman A. Vargas Jr of the Philippines misreads a Colorado publicity ad. He answers by printing his name and address correctly but writes Torrid in the zone blank, causing a zoning mix up in the department’s notice.
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Associated Press
Denver
Uncle Sam
Roman A. Vargas, Jr
Philippines
Vargas
Colorado State Publicity Department
Fall Ends Carsten J. Jansen’s 47-Year Railroad Career
Denver veteran Carsten J. Jansen, aged 70, suffered a shoulder injury in a fall and could not return to duty on the Denver and Rio Grande Western. A locomotive engineer for 40 years, he served with the road for 47 years before retiring.
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Associated Press
Denver
Carsten J. Jansen
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Jansen
The
Road
Industrial Managers Open Resort Meeting at Greenbrier
Wallace F Bennett, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, told 175 plus industrial executives at the NAM's 18th institute on industrial relations in White Sulphur Springs that managers act as trustees of a free enterprise system. He urged disinterested leadership for employees, consumers, and investors, warned against deficit financing, and called for a spiritual awakening to uphold individual integrity and merit.
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Associated Press
Wallace F. Bennett
Bennett
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
18Th Institute On Industrial Relations
Greenbrier Hotel
America
Moscow
Mistletoe and Mites: Radioactive Tracing in Trees
Australian researchers used radioactive zinc cobalt to trace mistletoe parasitism on eucalyptus, showing how mistletoe steals nutrients from its host tree. In Nigeria yellow fever mosquitoes were tagged with radioactive strontium to track movement, living about a month and staying within three-quarters of a mile.
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Associated Press
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Australia
Nigeria
British West Africa
Beckley Fireman Civil Service to hold October exam
The Fireman’s Civil Service Commission of Beckley will hold an October 18 1949 exam to create an eligibles list for Beckley Fire Department positions. Applicants must be Raleigh County residents for 3 years, 21 to 35, in good health, with no felonies or misdemeanors, and must apply by October 17 1949 5 00 PM at City Hall Recorder’s Office.
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Fireman's Civil Service Commission
City of Beckley
Fire Department
Raleigh County
Recorder's Office
City of
Beckley
William P. Larew
Fireman’s Civil Service Commission
P. H
R. A
State Road Commission of
West Virginia
Charleston
Raleigh
Wyoming
Jenny Gap-Maben
A. Lyle Fleshman
R. R
Evening Radio Schedule From October Broadcast Lineup
A detailed daily radio schedule lists programs across networks CBS ABC MBS and NBC with times from 6:00 to midnight. It includes news shows sports music talk dramas concerts and variety programs featuring Frank Sinatra Gordon MacRae Rex Maupin and Kate Smith among others.
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Abe
Cbs Network
Abe-Eaat
Abc-West
Mbs-East
Mbs-West
Nbe
Cbs
Frank Sinatra
Abe Beulah
Cbs News
Mbs
Abe Jack Smith
Cbs Daily
Gordon MacRae
Cba
Rex Maupin
Barlow
NBC Television
Godfrey
CBS Television
Fila Mae
Abe Peter Salem
Henry Taylor
Voorhees
Kate Smith
Paul Lavalle
NBC
Abc
Quartet Sings For Recovery In Wesley Memorial Ward
Four men in the orthopedics unit at Wesley Memorial Hospital formed a quartet to pass time. They held daily songfests and chose "Show Me the Way To Go Home" as their favorite number, turning a hospital stay into a shared moment of morale.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Funeral services for Nancy Elizabeth Richardson in Glen Rogers
Nancy Elizabeth Richardson 66 of Beckley and Glen Rogers died October 15 at home. Funeral Monday October 17 at 2 pm in Glen Rogers Community Church with Rev W B Harvey officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers and flower girls listed. arrangements by Williams Funeral Home.
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Jim Gentry
Lige Gentry
Mac Agner
Earl Fanning
George Wesley
Hubert Durham
Fred Manning
Francis Harrington
Emmett Harrington
John Sundin
Rufus Harding
Charles Browning
Fulton Browning
Tom Kellam
Hayden Wolf
Ted Stover
C. L. Campbell
Claude Robinson
J. L. Brawley
WM. Tackett
Hubert Graham
French Farley
Death of 4 month old Dale Roger Scott
Dale Roger Scott of Skelton, 4 months old, died Sunday. Body moved from Caffee Funeral Home to the home Monday at 2 p.m. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the home, with Rev. Morris Parent of Glen View, W Va, officiating. Burial in Canaday Cemetery, Glen White.
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Scott Scott
Dale Roger
Freeland Scott
Skelton
Caffee Funeral Home
Morris Parent
Glen View
W. Va
Canaday
Glen White
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