Furor Over Bingo May Become Political Issue
New York police Demotion of Louis Goldberg for leading a Brooklyn bingo crackdown sparks political heat as his successor continues the campaign. Goldberg, 61, retires after 36 years amid claims of subordination. Police halted bingo in a Coney Island synagogue and in several churches, while others continued under promises to cancel future games.
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New York
Louis Goldberg
Brooklyn
Bingo
Goldberg
Francis W. H. Adams
James B. Leggett
Coney Island
Knights of Columbus
Gross Sales Tax Falls 12 Per Cent
CHARLESTON The states gross sales tax receipts for July and August the first two months of the fiscal year were down 12 per cent or $1,130,401 from 1953. Net July-August receipts totaled $7,937,777 vs $9,068,178 a year earlier with August net at $6,025,515 compared to $6,468,987 in 1953. Coal receipts fell 26 per cent and all production industries 19 per cent. Manufacturing dropped 22 per cent and carriers 40 per cent, while contracting rose 30 per cent to $895,603.
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Charleston
Milton J. Ferguson
Weston man named director of publications
Charleston dispatch reports Robert J. Riley, 97, of Weston, appointed director of Publications by the West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission. He replaces William A. Boram, who resigned to join Montreat College in North Carolina as a public relations official.
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Charleston
Robert J. Riley
Weston
West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
Andrew V. Buckman
Riley
William A. Boram
Montreat College
North Carolina
Mountain State miscellany and festival notes
The coronation music for Betty Vinson, queen of Elkins Mountain State Forest Festival, will be performed by Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police Band on Oct 7 9, arriving Oct 6 for a pre festival concert. Other items include Salem College’s new campus director of activities, WV Farm Bureau views, West Virginia Good Roads Assn backing, urban life convocation, Appalachian Electric Power Co expansion, retail sales gains, Jamison Coal bid, Huntington Fire Prevention Week plan, first Black probation staffer in Kanawha County, Bluestone Lake crowds, and Concord College creating an advertising design BS degree.
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Huntington
Silvia XVIII
Elkins
Mountain State Forest
Metropolitan Police Band
Washington, D. C
Miss Vinson
Silvius
American Legion
Washington
Salem College
Nick Taral
Peoria
Ill
West Virginia Farm Bureau
AFL State Federation of Labor
West Virginia Good Roads Assn
St. Andrews Church
St. Albans
Charleston
West Virginia Methodist Conference
Hun
Tington
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Jamison Coal and Coke Co
Wall Street Journal
Chamber of Commerce
Kanawha County Intermediate Court
Larry Swain
Pittsburgh
Bluestone Lake
Hinton
U. S. Engineers
Concord College
Athens Instituton
Jazz Band Plays At Utah Funeral For Cafe Operator
In Salt Lake City a jazz band will perform at the funeral of Lodel Vandavere Jay 44 proprietor of the Headquarters Cafe Rangely Colo. He was killed in an auto accident and his widow Dorothy Pappas Moore Jay said he loved jazz. The service features jazz versions of Don't Worry 'Bout Me and The Nearness of You with the widow wearing clothing he liked.
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Salt Lake City
Colorado
Lodel Vandavere Jay
Rangely
Colo
Range
Governor of Virginia Opposes Integration
Governor Stanley told the Virginia Commission on Public Education he would use every legal means to preserve segregation in public schools and trusted the General Assembly would provide the right answer. He urged rapid work and accessible hearings at the organizational meeting of the 32 member panel. He warned the conclusions could affect the future welfare of all citizens of the commonwealth.
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Richmond
Stanley
Virginia Commission On Public Education
General Assembly
Commonwealth
Race Relations Authority Foresees Church Lead on Desegregation
Southern Regional Council executive director George Mitchell says ending segregation will take about a dozen years and must be worked out at the local level. He stresses church women will lead the effort, beginning in areas with small Black populations and in the Deep South, where class lines deepen race tension.
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George Mitchell
Southern Regional Council
Supreme Court
Mitchell
South
Ford Foundations Fund For
Council
Jesse Daniel, Ames
Texas
Tryon
N. C
Richmond
Doan's Pills advertised for backache and kidney relief
Nagging backache and sleepless nights are linked to slowed kidney function. The ad blames stress overexertion and cold for bladder irritation and urges Doan's Pills, a mild diuretic used for over 50 years, to flush waste from kidney tubes.
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Dean
Doan
Man 83 Finds Relief From Arthritic Pain
An 83 year old man reports relief from arthritic pain after using Pruvo triple acting formula. He says fingers move easier and knee joints feel better by day three, with friends noting the change. The ad claims Pruvo combines anti arthritic medicine with salicylamide and vitamin C, offered for $1.50 trial size with a money back guarantee.
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America
Provo
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