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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1965
Page
4
A Raleigh area discussion on parenting codes reveals doubts about perfect solutions to youth behavior. The piece moves to calls for investigation into a county overdraft, then notes nuns in Selma adopting modern dress as they broaden service, under Vatican encouragement.
The piece notes how American nuns broaden teaching and nursing duties under Vatican-encouraged global outlooks while taking new public roles. It highlights Sister M. Francetta Barberis in Washington and 600 Chicago sisters forming an urban apostolate, alongside limits like Sister Jane Edmund Callanan’s NASA bid and nun involvement in Selma civil rights marches. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. praises nun presence as awakening moral awareness on civil rights.
London dispatch reports growing Soviet anxiety that China may miscalculate in Southeast Asia and push the Vietnam crisis toward major war. Moscow seeks to bolster North Vietnam while avoiding direct combat, amid Sino Soviet ideological rift and doubts about their mutual defense pact being active.
The article notes busy times for stockholders with diversified portfolios as major corporations hold annual meetings across the East Coast and Midwest. AT&T and General Telephone face choices in Philadelphia or Boston, Texas Gulf Sulphur meetings in Houston amid an inside information suit, Abbott Laboratories near Chicago, and G.D. Searle, with many venues vying for attention on April 27.
John Hodell writes a lighthearted column from Grandview Park noting spring fever, dog antics, and social observations. He quips about local improvements by Master Craftsmen, a dog’s restless night, and reflections on public attention to local issues and elections.
Washington opinion argues that Southeast Asia lacks a policy toward China and that a settlement basis requires the administration to propose moves. It criticizes Red China's lack of willingness to join the family of nations and warns that unless Beijing shows openness, tension will stay high and diplomatic talks fail.
A NEA synopsis outlines Ho Chi Minh’s possible terms for a South Vietnam settlement. It cites Red posts in Saigon, Vietnamese resignations as potential nominees, and North Vietnamese presence in Laos. The piece warns of VC integration, foreign troop evacuation delays, and a three-country inspection to enforce any pact, ending with a pastoral prayer for reconciliation.
The Raleigh Register recalls events from 1940 including social noted attendees at a Marian Anderson concert in Charleston on April 28. Sheriff’s office deputy Charles Stephenson urges taxpayers to pay late 1939 taxes after showing many unpaid accounts. West Virginia plans a large delegation to an Institute of Government session in Washington for Democratic women ahead of the presidential campaign, with Beckley members named among attendees.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with annual and half year options. It also notes home delivery by carrier or distributor and annual, six month, and monthly prices, plus address change procedures and tax details for West Virginia.
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