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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1960
Page
4
A reflection on the press as an echo of sages and reformers versus turbulent cynics. It warns that media that feeds political excitement harms public discourse when it amplifies cynicism.
The article argues press freedom erodes as covering the Ike trip to Russia and the Orient becomes prohibitively expensive. It contrasts high travel and communication costs with the need for diverse reporting, noting calls to fund campaigns while warning against taxpayer subsidies. It urges readers to contact representatives to oppose broad spending.
New York AP column highlights shifting views on women doctors with 5 percent medical school female graduates last year. It boasts trivia on the Bible, elephants, US car ownership, telephones per capita, and a stray-cat statistic.
A reminiscence ties Mark Twain High School’s early faculty and strong music programs to West Virginia’s mining towns and the Winding Gulf. The writer recalls teachers, libraries, and a 1921–1939 era, praising local devotion while arguing for better schools and roads to revive ghost towns like Stotesbury. The piece ends with lyrical reflections on WV’s coal past and future potential.
A columnist recalls a past piece comparing teacher wage scales with building maintenance and mechanic pay. The note argues earning a degree may be less profitable than pursuing skilled trades for higher earnings.
Fifty years ago Raleigh Register notes uncalled letters in Beckley to Viola Elkins Dilla Smith Juddie Blakey Blanche Smith Pearl Shumate Ida Tyree G Richard son Bessie Jackson Orb James W B Jones Oliver Hip E C Harrison G W Gadd A L Carper L M Cook E E Clark H M Bragg. It also reports Fr H Ballard building homes for MacAlpin Coal and Coke Co and critiques Pittsburgh school board salaries and budget decisions highlighting teachers pay versus maintenance staff and janitors amid calls for austerity.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes Raleigh and Register from Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. The paper lists management editor and AP affiliation and provides subscription rates by mail and by carrier with tax and delivery notes.
Nation's Business forecasts 1965 food spending will exceed 1958 by 45 percent, with fresh fruits showing the strongest growth and meats fish poultry and dairy not far behind.
The article voices Law Day as a national observance linking freedom to lawful restraint and divine sanction. It traces legal history from Hammurabi to Bracton and Jefferson, urging reverence for God and human laws as foundations of liberty, urging vigilance and moral law. It also notes a Des Moines tale of burlap flooring and a New York pencil usage statistic by the Lead Pencil Manufacturers Association.
Many wool sources exist including camel angora and cashmere goats llama and vicuna but most wool comes from sheep. Wool is shorn from living sheep and lambs yield the first fleece at 8 to 12 months. A merino ram can yield about 28 pounds per shear enough for eight suits.
Prayer from James C. Kinard of Newberry South Carolina praises the empty tomb and risen Lord. Believers express Easter hope as they confront mortality with faith in eternal life through Jesus Christ.
New York columnist notes Allen Swift may voice 400 commercials in a week across cigars gas and beer and soaps with many personas from FDR to Churchill. He recalls Swift’s start with Howdy Doody in 1953 and his habit of impersonations, pranks, and announcing in his own voice.
J R Van Meter acting in Hal Scott’s absence announced the Citizens Military Training camp will run July 10 to August 8 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. Teen editors Pat Fourney and campaign managers Cecil McKinney and Kenneth Allen lead the student slate. Fourney is the junior editor at Shady Spring High.
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