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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1965
Page
4
An essay debates midcentury American culture, arguing sick humor does not prove a pervading disease but may signal underlying health. It notes rising mass participation in art and letters, contrasts values with materialism, praises individual freedom, and defends Peace Corps volunteers.
A fragmentary communication titled Declaration of Common Sense reveals a home front quarrel over watching the Academy Awards, with threats of punishment and repeated late night kitchen trips. The column also notes unsigned missives from a “Profound Philosopher,” a farewell to Father Elias Armistead of St Nicholas Orthodox Church, and quips about Unitarian beliefs and April Fool’s Day.
MIT researchers measured a Puerto Rican snail at 1.2 grams with a maximum strength of 0.40 x 10 to the minus 6 horsepower. Twenty five million snails would be needed for one horsepower. Snail-based data suggest canals can be engineered to prevent snails from holding in moving water. This could aid schistosomiasis control, notably in Egypt where 90 percent are affected.
The French president accuses scientists of betraying their tongue by not speaking French at international meetings. The critique notes that language changes with who conducts science, from German to English, and argues De Gaulle should promote French scientists rather than demand French speech.
Europe moves to ease automotive congestion with Paris Rome and London expanding parking controls ring roads and express highways. A Geneva meeting laid a 26 route European highway network while Italy’s Autostrada del Sole links Milan to Naples and a future Channel tunnel would connect Britain.
Beckley Newspapers announces subscription and delivery terms including mail rates for daily and Sunday editions, home delivery by carrier, and taxes. It notes independent contractors handle carriers and distributors and the publisher is not liable for advance payments to them.
In Warsaw Soviet leaders Brezhnev and Kosygin reaffirm a 20 year friendship treaty rooted in wartime tragedy. The piece recalls the 1944 uprising in Warsaw ignored by the Soviets, the destruction of the city, and the 1945 shift toward Moscow aligned Poland.
The article recalls Soviet safe conduct passes enabling most Polish underground leaders to attend a 1945 meeting. Cabinet members of the London Polish government, the underground parliament speaker, and leaders of Peasant Christian Democrat Socialist and National parties attended. Many were later arrested and vanished in Russian prisons after secret trials in Moscow.
President Johnson remains unswayed by demands for frequent big news conferences. He favors quick, intimate gatherings in the White House office or cabinet room, with 40 to 50 reporters, over large pre announced State Department gatherings. Television access and expert questioning are debated among supporters and critics.
The Raleigh County Business Men's Association held its second annual election at the courthouse, naming A. D. Preston Frank M. Foote Geo W. Bair Jr R. V. Martin E. E. Bibb G. C. Hedrick Geo W. Warren Chas Hodel C. L. Beckner T. E. Bibb and A. Z. Lilly to the board for the ensuing year. L. M. Dorsey resigns from Piney Mining Co to join Winding Gulf Collieries Co in a similar post.
Emerson Mead, president of SCM Corp., says changing business tools reshapes methods and markets. Xerox leads copying equipment as SCM’s desktop electrostatic copier grows to about 20 percent of sales in a $300 to $400 million market. SCM evolved from Smith-Corona via several mergers, shaping its current form and expansion.
A Methodist columnist from Columbia writes a daily prayer reflection and notes Mead’s 1965 1500k unit projection and 1966 gains. Mead’s copying machine push includes portable models and new high speed printers for military and data processing use, with speeds up to 400 words per minute.
The United States risks missing a chance to blunt communism as Beijing and Moscow clash for global control. Leaked intelligence suggests Mao Tse-tung aims to split and dominate world Communist movements, sending agents into the Soviet Union and urging pro-China factions to form True Marxist parties.
Analysis outlines Mao and Moscow competing for influence worldwide. Africa is a key front with Tanzania Algeria Congo Mali and Leopoldville cited as bases. China targets Paris Cairo and several Latin and European nations while pro Chinese factions exist in Britain Italy France and beyond.
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