Hollywood Briefs Esther Williams free agent move and more
Esther Williams wins release from MGM after 14 years with three films left in five years. She plans European filming with her water show and touring with family. Ben Gage handles business. they will take their three children on tours. Disney robe mix up with grandson Davy Crockett image prompts return. Frank and Nancy Sinatra stay cordial post split as she begins acting in The Proud and Profane with Holden and Kerr, noting hard work in show business.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Ester Williams
MGM
Culver City
Manderville Canyon
Europe
Esther
Ben Gage
Walt Disney
Frank
Nancy Sinatra
William Holden
Deborah Kerr
Sinatra
Sve
NAACP Leader Killed in Kentucky Mining Accident
John B Johnson 59 of Damrontown Ky vice president of the Pike County chapter of the NAACP was killed Friday in a mining accident. His head struck a cross bar while operating a mine motor in East Central Coal Co No 7 mine at McVeigh Ky. He had worked for Eastern Coal Co over 19 years.
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Williamson
John B Johnson
Damrontown
Mingo
W.va
Pike County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Johnson
Eastern Coal, Co
McVeigh
The
Eastern Co
Ohio Turnpike Ready To Open Sept 30
Ohio opens the 241 mile turnpike linking Cleveland Youngstown Akron and Toledo at midnight Sept 30. The safety oriented route features 65 mph car limits 55 mph trucks and wide separators. First year traffic is projected at 14 million vehicles with revenue around 20.6 million.
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Columbus
Ohio
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Youngstown
Akron
Toledo
Ohio Turnpike Comission
Atty
James W. Shacknessy
Mountain State schools merge in Preston County
Masontown and Arthurdale high schools will combine scholastic and athletic programs to field one football and one basketball team under Arthurdale-Masontown. County Supt. Paul Watson announced the joint schools plan amid a series of regional notes on education and public life.
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Masontown
Arthurdale
Preston County
Paul Watson
Arthurdale-Masontown
Accidents, fashion, sports and local notes mix in report
AP notes at a six day fair 335 were treated for sunburn heat and other issues with a nurse on duty and ambulances for serious cases. A former High School drummer Shirley Ann Stotler became a New York model in 1954 and recently cover girl. Fairmont police adopt summer uniforms due to late delivery. WV turkey production down 17 percent per crop service. Morganville resident testifies to copperhead snakes totaling 175 inches across multiple snakes. Charleston YMCA reports net profit from Eagles Packers game funds finishing debt and funding rebuilding.
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Shirley Ann Stotler
Clarksburg
Washington Irving
New York
Insurance Firm Hearing Slated in Charleston
State Insurance Commissioner Thomas J Gillooly set a public hearing for October 6 on a rate proposal by All State Fire Insurance Co. to sell fire insurance on dwellings at about 20 percent lower rates than most West Virginia fire insurers. The hearing had been postponed from June at the company’s request.
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Charleston
Thomas J Gillooly
All State Fire Insurance Co
Gillooly
West Virginia
Skokie
Ill
National Association of Independent Insurers
West Virginia Inspection Bureau
Factory Mutual Rating Bureau
Baltimore Apples and Potatoes Market Report Summary
Maryland fruits show weak offerings with prices rising for several varieties including Delicious and Jonathans while Northwest Greenings and McIntosh fetch higher 2% inch increments. Potatoes remain barely steady with Cobblers and Katahdins priced 50 to 75 cents per 10 pound units across regions.
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Baltimore
MD Bu
Jonathans
Grimes
del Bu
Usis & US Utility
W. Va
Northwestern
Pabu Bkts
Delicious
Usis
Livestock Prices Reported From Baltimore Sale
USDA cattle market summary from Baltimore shows 2,600 head, 250 holdovers, with load lots and various classes. Prices include steer yearlings 26.00, early sale choicest 21.00 to 22.50 per hundredweight, some 18.50 to 20.50, heifers 22.00 to 23.00 for good and choice, cows 12.50 to 14.00, canners 8.00 to 11.50, utility 13.00 to 15.50, odd commercial up to 16.00, stockers and calves 20.00 to 21.25.
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Baltimore
USDA
Impostor in Gerry Howe Case Sparks Ruby Clues
Sara Dacre and Capt. Sanders probe a man posing as Gerry Howe amid a missing ruby mystery. The imposter cites a Long Island envelope, a museum ruby, and secretive buyers while Sara recalls a murdered thief, an East Indian visitor, and a nocturnal home search as the case tightens toward a web of suspects.
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Capt. Sanders
Gerry Howe
Gerry
Sara
Miss Dacre
Missing Persons Bureau
Dacre
Pete
Sanders
Caleb Harrison
Long Island
G.H
Mill House
Willowbrook
James Peters
Judith Jenkins
Miss Jenkins
Howe
Caroline
India
Moxon
Mogur
Market Report Cattle and Hog Prices Mixed Across Weights
Cattle prices show a mix of common and medium grades around 17.00 to 18.75 per cwt with calves 500 priced high and prime dealers 27.00 to 30.00, while others mostly steady at 22.50 to 25.00 and commercial down to 17.00 or lower. Hogs run 9000 head with US No 1-3 180-230 lb barrows and gilts at 17.50-18.00, 230-270 lb at 16.50-17.25, 270-300 lb 15.50-16.25, lighter 14.75-15.75 for 120-140 lb and 15.75-16.75 for 140-160 lb.
Funeral notices for SIZEMORE ALDERSON and LILLY
Obituaries list Arthur Graden Sizemore 54 of Ury who died September 18 in a local hospital. Funeral Tuesday at Sophia First Baptist Church with Masons handling rites and flower girls serving. Also listed are P A Alderson 65 of 306 Pike Street who died September 11 and Granville Lewis Lilly 75 of Crab Orchard who died September 14 with services at Hilltop Baptist Church and burial at Camp Creek. Funeral homes Harris Williams Keyser Quesenberry Webb noted.
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Sizemore Sizemore
Arthur Graden
Ury
Williams Funeral
Sophia First Baptist Church
C. W. Jones
Dewey Wilson
Alderson Alderson
P. A
Pike Street
Keyser Funeral Home
Beckley Presbyterian Church
J. W. Witherspoon
W. W. Pharr
Highlaw
Lilly " Lilly
Granville Lewis
Crab Orchard
Ken
Quesenberry and Webb
Hill Hee Baptist Church
KC. Lilly
Epling
Camp Creek
S. S. Reed
Walter Via
W. S. Carter
Glen Fitzpatrick
Clifford Snuffer
Ivan Thompson
Hill Top Baptist Church
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home
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Riffle
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Car Cain
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Federal
W. F. Starkey
Morganville
Doddridge County
Starkey
Green Bay
Consed Chine
Helen McCloy
Aunt Carolines
Dr. Sallust
Mr. Clive
Edna
Miss Creel
Aunt Caroline
Stevens
Clive
Sallust
Upholstery. Inc
Oakwood Ave
DIAL
Douglas T Bryant
Mgr
Beckley
James C. Griffith
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home, Inc
Vance Drive
Amos E. Quesenberry
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Woo
Reynolds
Oak Hill
Logan G
Webb
W_ Va
C. Street
Beaver Avenue
Binky Smith
Beckley Ice and Feed CO
Prince St
Don W. Ford
Wards
Montgomery Ward
R. B. Gravely
W. E. Harvey
Del-Mar
Neville St. Marguerite’s Children’s Permanents
Lucy
Helene Surte
Lucy Wheeler
Thompson
Gene H. Church Bookkeeping Service
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
H.C Kinzer
Main Street
Lovitz Television
French
GEO
Sparks
Ashworth Firestone
Halstead
Television and Radio
RCA Victor
Zenith
John W. Eye
West Neville ST
Jimmie
Haddad’s TV and Furniture CO
Main St
Wright
GMC
Sprague
J. E. Daniel
Saxon Road
Glen Daniel
Bob Daniels
RF. Baker
Mutual of Omaha
Combs St
Termites Mountain State
W. James
Aavon Venetian Blind Cleaners
Goodman
Joe Jordan
Cyril
Cy" Lilly
Lilly
Midway
Iwanted Beef Hides
Peerless Packing Company
San Diego
Morris Harvey College
Heber
Mutual of
Omaha
Madison, N. C
E. F. Newell
President Hotel
America
Beckley Newspapers
Watkins
C. C. Hunter
East Robinson Ave
Barberton
Marc
Davenport
Wyoming
Raleigh
MacDowell
Pineville
Hardhitting
R. L
J. H. Stinson
East Beckley
Roy A. Jones
E. E. Snyder
Platt
Neil Hutchison
Ronceverte
Glen Morgan-Sullivan Rd
D. B. Stover
Berkshire
Milford Nichols
Dry
Hereford
C. F. Gwynn
Princeton
Bill Britts
Mullens
Ee T &T
Thurmond
Henry Conway Hardware
Best Furniture Co
South Faysette St
Canary Singer
Cage
Rainelle
W. Vale National Cash Register
Oceana
Jersey
Dewey Williams
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Boyd Jewelry CO
Galperin Music Co
Kanawha Dial
Johns-Manville
Byus Mankin Lumber Coq
North Kanawha St
Central Ave
Beckley Glass Co
Oakwood
Means Lumber Co
Sisson St
Whitener Roofing & Heating Co
City Ave
Beck
Insula
Dia
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