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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1960
Page
4
A. T. Stewart reflects that no talent or brilliance alone ensures success without hard work. The quote emphasizes intense effort and steady dedication as essential to achievement.
Opening day arrives with National League games in Los Angeles San Francisco Milwaukee and Cincinnati while the American League starts in Washington against Boston on Monday April 18. The era of an East centered axis wanes as teams relocate westward and attendances rise in major markets.
The piece reflects on a father’s moment of pride when his daughter insists on choosing her own books at the library. It links library use to family bonds and lifelong reading, noting National Library Week and library circulation gains across communities. It envisions millions of children visiting libraries for the first time, eager and awed by their treasures.
In Wisconsin the Democratic primary crowned Kennedy with over 478000 votes, Humphrey about 372000, and Nixon led the Republican vote with 341000 unopposed. Analysts see broadened Republican discontent or Catholic appeal for Kennedy, while West Virginia turnout may reflect regional loyalties more than policy differences. The piece notes Kennedy and Humphrey share similar stances, explaining the personal popularity dynamic.
A prayer asking guidance to be sincere and loyal in friendship in all charity toward others. Authored by Doterson M. Nelson Jr., a Greenville South Carolina minister at First Baptist Church.
In 1950 South Africa’s white Nationalist government tightens apartheid under Verwoerd, suppressing nonwhites while exploiting their cheap labor. Protests surge after Sharpeville killings, leading to mass arrests, jailing of leaders, and white retaliation. The UN urges end to segregation. the U.S. votes yes amid international pressure and domestic sensitivity.
Southern Bell will deploy workers to install telephone service across the Winding Gulf field with G R K Bullock Thurmond district manager in charge. Also reports new Baptist Mission Circle officers, a business move by Beckley House Furnishing and Installment Co, and a New Orleans note about Pammy Housey and a deflated beach ball anecdote.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s March 15 order grounding airline pilots aged 60 and older is before a three judge New York appeals panel. Air Line Pilots Association argues the move is arbitrary and unconstitutional, while courts have previously denied injunctions and separate rulings upheld the FAA action.
A reader question asks to chart Drake s westward circumnavigation route on a globe noting there was no Panama Canal or Suez Canal. The item names Sir Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth I and mentions his Golden Hind voyage and circumnavigation completed in three years.
Newton notes that after heating by the sun the comet shows a longer more brilliant tail than before perihelion. He argues the tail results from heat causing the head or nucleus to emit a fine vapor, with tails peaking after solar approach.
Earl Wilson reports on Eva Gabor reworking a TV taping plan after her partner left Murray and on gossip from Detroit to Palm Springs. He notes visits to Fort Wayne and Columbus, sightings of celebrities like Doris Lee and Franchot Tone, and local quips from Jimmie Charagos and Jimmie’s hobby restaurant. The column meets Earl’s Big Apple style with playful anecdotes and reflections on society figures.
A Raleigh Register summary notes O E Harvey attended the National Home Workshop Guild exhibit in Chicago from March 25 to 30 and reported at the Beckley Homecraft Club meeting at Mr Harvey's South Kanawha Street home. In Moscow 12 year olds and up face full penalties for crimes, including capital punishment, as adults. The Federal Alcohol Control Administration reports over 100 million gallons of whiskey produced in the first year of repeal.
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