Editorial Review on West Virginia Turnpike and Super Highways
The piece argues for linking the West Virginia Turnpike with a broader east coast super highway network. It cites plans to connect to Virginia and Pennsylvania routes, noting potential revenue gains and national road integration. It mentions North Carolina and South Carolina studies and expected Midwest traffic to Pennsylvania and Ohio routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
the Lakes
Southland
Pennsylvania Turnpike
West Virginia Turnpike
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Bob Hickman
Charles J. Margiolti
Bluefield
Virginia
North Carolina
ML Airy
N.C
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Chester
Hickman
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Midwest
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Dream stage eyed for coal to chemicals plan
The Wall Street Journal reports a defense label could revive a long pursued coal to chemicals program. Government officials note rising oil imports threaten energy security while Russians expand their underwater navy. A New York firm says government purchases of coal chemicals and synthetic gasoline could spur private investment by mid 1962. Interior Secretary Chapman seeks price guarantees to back the project, seen as regionally natural for Beckley’s coal belts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wall Street Journal
Federal
United States
New York
F. Eberstadt and Company
Oscar L. Chapman
Defense Production Administration
Beckley
George A. Bentley
Chamber of Commerce
Sunday Blue Law Clash In Miami Gives Courtroom Drama
A Miami crusader prosecutes 68 blue law violators in municipal court. Judge Wayne Allen presides as taxpayers bear the cost of $952 for roundup minus $68 in fines, leaving $884 in losses, with 130 more cases planned and a projected further $1,950 impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Florida East Coast
Miglalida Siip
Wayne Allen
Crusader
Coffee Making Still An Art In Vienna
Vienna waiters lament Americans and Germans for dulling coffee craft. The piece traces Vienna’s coffee houses from 1683 Blue Bottle origins to today, noting social life, espionage rumor hubs, and the ritual of lingering over coffee while water is refreshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Hitler
Richard O'Regan
Georg Xolschitzky
Turkey
Kolsnhitzky
Europe
Raleigh Register Evening Edition Subscription Rates
Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes the Che Raleigh Register Evening Edition with schedule and delivery details. Subscriptions via mail, home delivery, and West Virginia rates are outlined, noting advance payments and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
Hinton
W. Va
West Virginia
Marshall steps down as defense chief after long career
In Washington Gen. George C. Marshall retires as secretary of defense, reflecting on a life in high office. The piece reviews peers like Acheson Johnson and Forrestal, noting attacks from McCarthy era critics, and contrasts their pressures with Marshall’s tenure amid China and Korea policy debates.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Acheson
Truman
Johnson
Defense
Marshall
China
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate
Finn
Louis Johnson
Forrestal
Ers
Vermont
Washington, D. C
Congress
Ture
Inflation fears and common sense in Hal Boyle’s view
Hal Boyle argues inflation fears miss the point as war production shifts supply and prices rise. He mocks hedges like diamonds and real estate, notes belts tightened by ordinary households, and says the true defense is a strong industrial push to produce guns and consumer goods, plus prudent saving.
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New York
Tiffany’s
Gage
RFC
King Canute
America
Blood Extenders Face Public Misunderstanding, says Doctor
In Buffalo a Red Cross warning about blood substitutes highlights a public misperception. Dr. M. C. Winternitz urges using blood or plasma extenders instead of substitutes, noting whole blood remains essential for military and civilian medicine amid war and peacetime stockpiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton L. Blakeslee
New York
Buffalo
Red Cross
M. C. Winternitz
National Research Council
Department of Defense
Winternitz
New York City
Autumnal return hints reshape Bug Dusts West Virginia notes
Bug Dust notes a shift toward autumn with cooler ridges and longer evenings. He reports on Henrietta Leith’s motherhood and potential byline as Mrs Peter Ambro, plus West Virginia travel observations and Mavis Manns research on local government and a parking-ticket episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bug
Henrietta Leith
Associated Press
Henrietta
Peter Ambro
Radio
New York
Pete Sampsell
Bug Dust
Mavis
West Virginia
Huntington
Edward H. Greene
Greene
Education for Freedom Strong Minded Leaders Urged
Roy E Larsen, TEME Inc. chair, argues that postwar US leadership hinges on strong education equality of opportunity and moral development. He asserts free nations seek guidance and the nation must advance physically, economically, and intellectually through public schools and broader reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E, Larsen
Teme, Inc
National Citizens’ Commission For the Public Schools
United States
King Features Syndicate
Roy E. Larsen
The Twin Cousins by Oriana Atkinson
Literary guide reviews The Twin Cousins by Oriana Atkinson. The novel traces Luther Ware son of a peddler and Content Bell as they elope with Parson Bell’s motive to unite them. The journey moves toward a Susquehanna turnpike plan near the Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Rogers
Oriana Atkinson
Bubba-Merritt
Country
Ware
Tin
New England
Luther
Parson
Bell
Naomi
Content
Susquehanna
Hudson
Home Girl Chapter 24 A family clash over publicity
Celia declares she will take her twin boys with her to Chicago for a star turn in a large musical, insisting the children are her children. Roger objects to using the boys for publicity and Mary agrees to help, while Celia presses ahead with rehearsal plans and travel arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia
Rob
Roy
Mary
Tony
Agai Anne
Roger
Chicago
New York
Burns
Broadway
Tong
Jane
Teried
Express
James Gould
Dramatic family rift over publicity and parenting
In a tense scene Celia presses for a glamorous future for the Gould boys while Tony resents publicity and warns of his speeding arrest. Anne faces pressure from her in laws as her father Roger struggles with the mounting public attention and fear for the children.
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Hannah More
West Vii
Fairplain
Jackson County
Register
Frank Knight
Charleston Gazette
Thomas F. Stafford
Ational Agvetusies
Story, Brooks & Finley, Inc
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Nation Today
James Marlow
Wall Street
Roscoe Drummond
Christian Science Monitor
March of Science
Thomas J. Stafford
C. J
Needy) McQuade
Highlands
Sayeth Needy
Kanawha Valley
Colorado Peaks
Prairies
Ole Miss
Charleston
Patrick Street
Needy
Mavis Mann
Mann
West Virginia University
Literary Guidepost
Anne
Ivou
By Carol Holliston
Rand
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