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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1963
Page
4
A devotional line urges readers to cast cares on God as a relief from burdens, citing Bishop Joseph Hall. The saying emphasizes trust in divine support and warns against carrying worries alone.
Viewers are urged to support the $400 000 lake development levy to secure a $1 2 million federal grant. The plan funds access roads 8 miles long, beach and bath house, 100 picnic sites, docks for 150 boats, marina space, 100 trailer sites, power and phone lines, a public water system, sewer, toilets, storage and workshop buildings, a 5 000 square foot recreation building, landscaping, trails, and a superintendent's residence.
Roy Lee Harmon salutes the Lew Sheffler Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars for reversing its stance on a $400,000 matching funds levy for Stephen's Lake development after obtaining facts. He defends Raleigh County delegates amid debate, notes commas alter meaning and praises local politicians Dale Covey Dave Abrams Berkley Lilly Jackie Withrow for supporting the change.
A humorous critique of baldness ads notes the high cost and complexity of wigwearing. It questions secrecy and social pressures, cites causes of hair loss, and favors learning to live with baldness while lightly touching on related letters and a call for a local hiking club and community service.
Washington column outlines Britain politics under Harold Wilson, potential Labour shift, and U.S. attitudes toward Europe and the Cold War. It cites Anthony Sampson’s Anatomy of Britain on the elusive Establishment and the enduring figure of Muddle, comparing British and American political dynamics. It also notes local items: a Raleigh death, a restaurant Easter dinner, and city council permit votes and reading-room plans.
The piece warns that H R 3669, dubbed quality stabilization, is in fact a price fixing proposal backed by some manufacturers. It notes the bill may pass subcommittee led by Harley Staggers, urges public mail to delay, and doubts broad public support for the measure.
Hollywood star Ann Sothern plans her first movie in 11 years and money does not drive her. Wearing a brunette wig and shabby clothes, she will play a hard edged role as Miss Sade opposite Olivia de Havilland in Lady in a new departure from her Maisie screen persona.
A roundup notes Maisie image and Ann-Margret in Bye Bye Birdie, Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke in a new film, Jane Withers as a TV plumber, Sophia Loren in French chansons, Esther Williams’s Spain wedding rumor, and Van Johnson with Martha Hyer in Wives and Lovers. Also described are a color TV projector for theater-wide images, Broadway and sports broadcasts, NBC buying 60 vintage films from Fox and MGM for Night at the Movies, and a shift toward a television driven future with industry union tensions and pay TV debates.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists subscription rates for mail and home delivery, with annual and semiannual options for daily and Sunday editions. The notice specifies tax, carrier independence, and Beckley’s non-responsibility for payments to carriers or distributors.
In Charleston West Virginia last week the Board of Public Works met behind closed doors as officials clashed over welfare payments. A 20 percent cut to aid to dependent children was temporarily restored without a legislative recall. Governor candidates Julius Singleton and C Donald Robertson were involved.
The Offing reports K C Thaler notes shifts to the political left in Western Europe may forge a Socialist front akin to postwar Catholic Democrat alignments. Britain’s Labour gains under Macmillan. Adenauer's CDU losses in West Berlin and the Rhine region. Italy and other nations seen as tilting left. Observers doubt a Socialist bloc yet, since Labour leaders often align more while out of government.
25 years ago Vienna Freud 82 year old father of psycho analysis seriously ill after secret Nazi police visited his home taking his passport and closing the doors. The informant said the event occurred as Hitler absorbed Austria into Germany. Freud had not been told of the changes affecting his country and race. Glen Rogers plans to build the W H Cook Memorial Baptist church in East Pineville urged by Wyoming County church leaders led by Rev Karl Lilly. Ernest Bevin a key Labour figure in the 1950s was wary of leading Britain into Europe as Socialist calls for unity grew. Common factors exist in Socialist foreign policies in Europe indicating potential alignment on defense. Britain Labour leaders closer to Kennedy on defense than Conservatives. Wilson supports ending Britain independent deterrent. German Socialists appear less keen on the deterrent than Bonn government. Some observers say British Labour defense policy could fit US NATO concept.
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