Editorial on Mullens jail beating and press coverage
A Wyoming County editorial commends reporter Ben Murphree and State Police Capt. C L Walker for fearless coverage of a jail beating on Oct 3 in Mullens. It defends factual reporting, condemns the beating of a clearly incapacitated prisoner, and urges public trust, accountability, and better police press relations going forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming County
Register
Mullens
Ben Murphree
Murphree
C. L. Walker
Walker
Mullens Advocate
Advocate
Mercer
Wyoming
Capt. Walker
Col. Boyles
W. Va
Department of Public Safety
Company D
Bluestone State Park Brings New Hope to Hinton
The West Virginia Conservation Commission plans a large lodge, 15 cabins, and a beach at Bluestone State Park on Bluestone Lake. The project targets Princeton Bluefield and Beckley but is expected to boost Hinton with new tourism and business, despite concerns over the dam's costs. The Register extends congratulations to Summers County neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Conservation Commission
Bluestone State Park
Bluestone Dam
Princeton-Bluefield
Hinton
Beckley
West Virginia
Bluestone Lake
Dietetic Association debunks food myths and false beliefs
The American Dietetic Association urges public, schools and health groups to combat misinformation about food. It rejects ideas that olives or oysters boost virility, that milk fats or bread fatten, or that fish is brain food. The group lists sources of false nutrition beliefs and calls for accurate, science-based guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Dietetic Association
Junior
Davy Crockett and
Roy Rogers
Boy Scouts
Association
Beckley Newspapers Corp Publishes Maleigh Register
Publication notice indicating Maleigh Register is published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation and entered as second class mail matter in Beckley West Virginia and Hinton West Virginia. Managing editor is EJ. McQuade.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
EJ. McQuade
Gossip filled note on Dorseys split and Hollywood buzz
The Tommy Dorseys plan to separate after eight years as TD stays busy with one night stands and TV. Janie New Dorsey, former Copa chorus, cites rare time together. Also in brief moves Palance has appendicitis surgery, DiMaggio seen dining, and various Hollywood bits with Mae West era figures and political chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Dorseys
Janie New
Copa Chorus
Dorseys
Nightlife Snippets and Celebrity Banter Across Town
Gossip notes recount TV trips and band travels affecting schedules, with quips about Tommy Dorsey and Marilyn Monroe. Carlings cover quick jabs at movie lines, La Vie tributes, Governor Harriman in a police car, Kefauver talk, and Eddie Davis humor. Celebrity glimpses include Vera Clark and Hoppy references, plus hotel upgrades and media buzz.
Wisconsin Law Sparks Debate Over Newspaper Routes for Boys
Ed Keefe, Tribune circulation manager in La Crosse, Wisconsin, discusses a bill to ban newspaper routes for all boys under 14. He questions the mental and physical differences such a rule would justify and asks Dr. Crane for professional perspective on whether a 12 year old is too juvenile to run a local paper route. The Boy Scouts are mentioned in relation to the discussion.
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Hopalong Cassidy
Ed Maddens
el Morocco
Hoppy
Warner Bros
Marilyn Monroe
Tennessee Williams
Elia Kazan
LuAnn Simms
Bermuda
Bill O'Dwyer
Guatemala
Kefau
Ed Keefe
The
Tribune
LaCross
Wisconsin
Dr. Crane
Jesus
Temple
Quiz answers and young readers note on youth work
The piece provides answers: 1) France and West Germany. 2) No big salary increase. 3) About 160 gallons per hour. 4) Not specified for Senate. 5) All except Canada are not members. 6) About half of cars have automatic transmission. 7) Petite Marmelle is a soup. Also a letter praising Eagle Scout achievements and arguing against strict youth work age limits.
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Saar
France
Germany
Belgium
Luxemburg
Congress
U. S. House of Representatives
U. S. Senate
U. N
Canada
Eire
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Spain
Switzerland
U. S
Eat Slowly If You'd Like to Weigh Less
New York column notes show diverse trivia from 1.2 million Americans blind in one eye, to the dollar’s historic value, weight loss tips via slower eating, and cultural tidbits about Dickens, Pride and Prejudice, and a Matador tequila pineapple drink sample. It also mentions flu culture, umbrella advice, and hiring biases against women as a social aside.
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New York
Morning Mail
U. S
Japan
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Jane Austin
America
West Coast
Chico
Paul Coates
Prayer for wiser use of time and planning
A brief prayer asking forgiveness for time spent in unwise busyness and idle reading or chatting. It requests guidance to plan more wisely in Jesus' name, attributed to Percy R. Hayward, editor emeritus of the International Journal of Religious Education in Palo Alto California.
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Jesus
Percy R. Hayward
Palo Alto
Calif
International Journal of Religious Education
Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Military men from West Virginia area are listed with their training, stations, and family ties. Cpl Johnny Rich, son of Mrs Mary Rich Shady Spring, trained with the 25th Infantry in Hawaii and previously served in Korea. Charles E Lawson, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Lawson Cool Ridge, assigned to Sandford Florida after basic training. Pvt Robert L Paynter, 23, Cyclone, completed 10 weeks of advanced training Fort Knox and qualified as a gunner. Cpl C Carl M Greene of Mullens, serving with the 504th Military Police at Fort Eustis, veteran of Africa and Europe. Robert T Rowe, airman apprentice Mabscott, reported to Whit ing Field after Bainbridge basic training. Franklin H Kiser promoted to sergeant first class at Fort Benning with Third Infantry Division, Mount Hope native. The piece notes various enlistment dates and prior schooling.
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Hawaii
25Th Infantry Division
Cpl
Johnny Rich
Mary E. Rich
Shady Spring
14Th Regiment
Korea
Shady Spring High School
Alfred Lawson
Cool Ridge
Bainbridge, Md
Naval Training Station
Armored Replacement Training Center
Fort Knox
Pfv
Robert L. Paynter
Gracie M. Paynter
Army
Paynter
Fort Eustis
Carl M. Greene
Amanda Roten
Tralee
Camp Walter
Tex
Africa
Europe
Fort Benning
Third Infantry
Franklin H. Kiser
Ruth
Glen Jean
Ernest E. Kiser
Mount Hope
Administrative Services Company
Camp Pickett
Germany
Mount Hope High School
Stalin Opposed American Inspectors in 1943 Memo
The Defense Department report cites Stalin's insistence that military objects be inspected only by Russians, hinting this stance delayed atomic control talks. Postwar plans for foreign inspectors waned under his life but his successors later agreed in principle to limit inspections at key Russian sites, though doubts remain about full verification effectiveness.
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Washington
Stalin
Russia
Defense Department
Japan
United States
Sovietland
North
Africa
Alaska
Siberia
Roosevelt
Kremlin
Korea
Geneva
Eisenhower
Bulganin
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de Quincey
Summers County
J. ‘Needy
McQuade
Raleigh County
Board of Education
Clyde Law
Crescent Road
Basil Anderson
Daniels
Mabscott
Davis
Juanita Garten) Snuffer
Maleigh
Associated Press
Story Brooks & Finley Inc
York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Moveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Paily Oey
Mic Mgmene Oicises
Jase
Oeaily
Jack Palance
Ed Sullivan
Joe DiMaggio
Mexico City
Pepe Romero
Pepe DiMaggio
Gary Wagner
Geo. Jean Nathan
Vic Mature
Bellevue
Bella Darii
Paris
Hollywood
Milton Eisenhower
Hal Block
Fame
Ted Mack
Rhonda Fleming
Earl Wilson
Joe (Rathskeller) King
Martin Lederman
Dick Haymes
la Vie
Harriman
la Guardia
Nat Benchley
Ver
Eddie
Diz
de Plaze
Beverly Anderson
Bamboo Hut
Veronica Lake
Rex O'Malley
Ted Lewis
Circleville
Meg Myles
Buddy Greco
Lexington
Jacques Pils
Edith Piaf
H'wood
Carmen Torres
Venezuela
H. G. Hutcheson
Mayehoff
Bob Hope
Beverly Hilton
Mickey Rooney
Ima Washout
Earl
George W. Crane
TOCM
Beokeeping
Credit Department
Sissy
West Germany
Tia
FTT
Sandford, Fla
Charles E. Law
C. E. Lawson
504Th
Mili
Greene
Mullens High School
His
Betty
Warwick, Va
Robert T. Rowe
Whiting Field
Mil
Ton, Fla
Robert Rowe
R. T. Rowe Bainbridge
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