Thought For Today Wise men argue causes fools decide them.
Wise men argue causes fools decide them. An aphorism from Ana charsis reflecting on judgment and reasoning in public discourse.
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1962
Page
4
Negro Employment Struggles and AFL-CIO Plan Unfolds
The piece details harsh employment odds for Black workers with only seven percent reaching professional status while 93 percent stay in menial jobs. It notes barriers to apprenticeship, AFL-CIO plans for nondiscrimination, pressure from the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, and rising Black consumer influence shaping ads and boycotts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Committee On Equal Employment Opportunity
New York
International Brotherhood of Electricians
A. Philip Randolph
Afl-Cio
Randolph
Negro American Labor Council
Augusta
Center For Research In Marketing, Inc
Pentagon faces stiff pushback on National Guard cuts
Policy debate centers on a 58 000 man reduction in National Guard and Army Reserve strength, threatening governors and reserve organizations. Lawmakers question timing as a House subcommittee weighs facts after GAO findings show misassigned fillers and broad reserve frustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon
National Guard Association of
United States
Congress
National Guard
Reserve Officers Association
National Guard Association
Capitol Hill
Army Reserve
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Washington
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
James FE. van Zandt
Vinson
Senate Defense Appropriations
House
F. Edward Herbert
D la
Berlin
Rep. Hebert
Army
General Accounting Office
Reserve Forces
Washington Window Evidence Mounts Insiders Knew FDR Dying
Washington coverage recounts claims that insiders knew Franklin D Roosevelt would die in office during the 1944 campaign. It cites Alfred Steinberg's The Man From Missouri, James Farley's statements, and various biographers who described fears FDR would not live through his fourth term. The piece discusses medical reports and political strategy to replace FDR with Truman and to drop Wallace from the ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
United Press International
Alfred Steinberg
Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fdr
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Farley
Ross T. McIntire
White House
Jonathan Daniels
Daniels
Edwin Pauley
Los Angeles
United States
Wallace
Pauley
Henry A. Wallace
Bug Dust Civil Liberties Post Taken By Old Friend
John C. Hodell profiles J de J Pemberton born as Jack, now head of the American Civil Liberties Union at 42, tracing his wartime service with the American Field Service in the India Burma and Middle East theaters, edits and actions since. The piece notes his Swarthmore and Harvard background, dispatch mentions, and details of AFS activities in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John de Jarnette Pemberton
Jack
Patrick Malin
American Civil Liberties Union
Middle East
Pemberton
Swarthmore College
Harvard Law School
India-Burma
Paris
Harold Sheehan
Newspaper Enterprise Association
J. de J. Pamberton
American Field Service
Org
New York
East 43d Street
U. S
America
AFS
Washington
Woodrow Wilson High School
Goran Dalfelt
Sweeden
Harold Casali
Beckley
Hans Hubner
Germany
Denmark
Wayne Reynolds
Quotes on death and women's role in public life
The text blends two quotations: poet Robert Frost on a grave visit and nurselike commentary by Madame Pandit on government being women’s business. It contrasts Frost’s mortal doubt with Pandit’s advocacy for female participation in state affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Frost
Madame Pandit
Nehru
Raleigh Megister Publication Details and Rates
The Raleigh Megister listing shows Beckley Newspapers Corporation contact details, regional offices in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia, and national ad representation by Ward Griffith across major cities. Subscription rates by mail and home delivery options are provided for daily and Sunday editions, with weekly, monthly, and half month prices and tax notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
Pittsburgh
Ayers
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Statehouse notes mix aging, duties and bags of liquor
Inside The West Virginia Statehouse reports Hodgson has not named a Hamrick successor effective April 6 while Barron is abroad. Doctors from other state institutions may rotate to Denmar. Liquor stores eye new Centennial emblem bags. Governor Barron invites 300 plus to Youth Fitness Conference with Bud Wilkinson. The little black book listing 1960 61 state receipts is now published by the auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald F. Fannin
United Press International
Charleston
UPI
Joseph E. Hodgson
K. J. Hamrick
W. W. Barron
Japan
Hodgson
Denmar
The
Liquor Commission
Don Hardman
Barron
Oklahoma University
Charles
Bud) Wilkinson
Kennedy
Hardman
Ray 0
O. Duncan
West Virginia University School of Physical Education and Athletics
West Virginia
Auditor’s
Byrd's Eye View Warns on West Virginia Export Jobs
The piece urges expanding foreign trade to create jobs in West Virginia. It cites national export sales above 20 billion dollars and 3.1 million American workers, and notes WV exports in 1960 reached 263.4 million with about 112,189 workers employed, roughly one fifth of the state's labor force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
West Virginia
West Virginia exports urged to grow beyond 1960 share
Barbs By HAL COCHRAN reports a thief in Illinois robs a piggy bank while West Virginia exports rise. the U S Department of Commerce aims to push a 10 percent increase in foreign shipments, with exporters acting as mission aries to promote state products abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Cochran
Illinois
U. S. Department of Commerce
West Virginia
Q and A snippets on dry ice and UN membership
A compact Q and A card notes why dry ice is called solid carbon dioxide it becomes a gas rather than a liquid when heated. It quotes Oliver Wendell Holmes on taxes as a price of civilization and lists Byelorussian S.S.R. and Ukrainian S.S.R. as the other Russian republics with United Nations membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Soviet Union
United Nations
S.S.R
S.S. R
New ACLU chief vowed to defend all, including Nazis
John de Jarnette Pemberton leads the American Civil Liberties Union, pledging to aid Communists, Nazis, anarchists, murderers and traitors. He notes ACLU’s 40-year rise to 60,000 members with a $600,000 budget and insists all deserve constitutional guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
New York
NEA
John de Jarnette
Pemberton
United States
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cleveland
Lyle Wilson
Medicos
John C. Hodel
Jesus
William H. Genne
Montclair, N. J
Dept. of Family Life
N.C.C.C
Raleigh Megister
Prince St
W. Va
Hinton
C. J. McQuade
Managing
West Virginia Statehouse
Department of Finance and Administration
Jacqueline Rowe Dillion
Motor Vehicles
Jack Nuckols
Logan
Byrd
Robert C. Byrd
Rochester
Minnesota
Malin
Roberts College
Istanbul
Turkey
National Economic Council
John Birch Society
George Lincoln Rockwell
New York City
House Un-American Activities Committee
Civil Liberties Union
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