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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1972
Page
2
A concise devotional note cites 1 Corinthians 2 2 3 urging focus on Jesus Christ and the crucified message. The reflection emphasizes humility and reliance on divine wisdom amid weakness.
The recorder measurer touts a hopeful view of Beckley’s economic future, claiming figures show the town alive. Critics warn the upturn may be inflated by strip mining and inflation, with aging local figures like the widow of Joe L. Smith and Sheriff Farmer illustrating fading forward-looking spirits.
The piece argues voters miss information and favor familiar names. It highlights incumbents and alternatives including Mrs Withrow William F Flanagan Donald L Pitts Mrs Noel Snuffer Ted Stacy and Thelma Marie Stover while noting other incumbents’ names are less remembered.
The letter criticizes Delegate Lewis Meemanus and allies for accepting support from coal interests. It accuses them of favoring special interests, financed ads, and promoting work that benefits miners and bosses. It warns that strip mining harms the state and citizens, threatening future generations.
UPI reports that Pompidou won a referendum on expanding the European Common Market but faced a failed vote of confidence amid abstentions. In West Germany, CDU successors gained Baden Württemberg. Helms quit the Free Democrats shrinking Brandt’s majority and threatening his Ostpolitik and the May budget vote.
A fictional airliner hijack interrupts a routine flight from Albuquerque to Pierre led by Captain Buck Ace. Passengers Con X and Al J. Fatah plot diversions while Milton Gramway, after drinking martinis, holds a shotgun and proclaims a hijack before ordering a landing in Pierre. Charges are dropped when he vows never to fly again. The joke ends with the airline selling skyjackets for last-in-line passengers.
A satirical curse targets Leonard Troy Anderson also called Zip and the Charleston Gazette for April 2 1972 accusations against Raleigh Register Beckley. It laments dull pencils worn typewriter ribbons and prays fundamentalists’ salvation while condemning public apologies as insufficient.
A reflective critique recounts L. T. Anderson’s April attack on The Charleston Gazette and the editor’s attempt to respond with a front page ad. It details letters to Anderson, a partial apology, and a long exchange about critique requests and perceived virtue of The Gazette.
A Raleigh County man defends himself against a newspaper editorial alleging he placed campaign material in a mail box to avoid postage. He denies guilt, questions the paper's evidence, and demands space to reply. He cites 30 years in the armed forces and service as a recruiting officer and minister, urging fair treatment.
The Raleigh Register notes the Beckley Group Theater second presentation of Ten Little Indians is in a North Kanawha Street furniture warehouse with cast and crew gathering scenery materials. Shirley Stromberg and Bob Levins lead roles among a cast including Joseph Fragale Isabel Farris Edward Laymen Emile Hodel Roy Wray Jr. James Houtz Eunice Bumgardner and William R. Diehl.
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