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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1966
Page
4
Sargent Shriver, head of the national antipoverty program, declares that the poor have greater justification for looking to the future with hope than ever before in history. He frames antipoverty efforts as essential to national progress.
The piece questions City actions to block a civil service hearing sought by two Fire Department members. It argues morale issues, alleged equipment trafficking, and credit battles fuel the rift while the Mayor pursues a disciplinary stance, masking deeper problems.
Shareholders of International Telephone and Telegraph and American Broadcasting Companies plan to back a merger at meetings on April 27. ABC will run as a Save subsidiary while ITT gains a TV network to challenge RCA. Merger wave draws Capitol Hill concern and government action hints.
A tongue in cheek look at whether the president should grant an honorary mongrel status to his beagle. The piece contrasts presidential dog standards with a playful note about first graders at Walter Douglas school Tucson sending letters to the President. One unsigned letter simply asks, I’d like to know.
Administration officials fear the June White House Conference on Civil Rights may turn into a shouting match like a recent poverty meeting. Officials seek broad participation from business, labor and professionals while preventing disruptive militants and irresponsibles from dominating the event.
UPI analysis notes the 1950s birth of U S sponsored defense pacts to curb communism now facing doubts about their usefulness. France exits NATO SEATO weakened. Philippines questions relevance. CENTO questioned as regional threats shifted. Soviet diplomacy and new credits ease tensions, altering bloc cohesion.
Journalist explores Turnpike fear and drivers reflexes amid a broader social thought exercise. The piece presents a hypothetical town of 1,000 to compare Americans and the world, detailing income, religion, politics, race, life expectancy, possessions, food, and disease distribution in stark contrast. Data attributed to Eli Lilly and New Jersey Blue Cross and Blue Shield, August 1965.
Washington (NEA) early 1960s Shanghai college life described by Tung Chi-ping, a former Peking Foreign Service officer who escaped in 1964 seeking U.S. asylum. He notes constant Maoist campaigns, heavy political meetings, and nine weeks yearly of farm labor with little true study, leaving students weary of propaganda.
Berry’s World depicts Tung recalling self-criticism sessions aimed at condemning peers and the false pledges of steel production. He describes food shortages, public denial by officials, and the failed communes of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He notes Hungarians cheering radio news and Russia’s humiliation during Cuba, while students trusted each other after years in school.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, with annual and semiannual options for mail delivery and carrier routes. The notice notes change of address procedures, WV sales tax applicability, and states carriers are independent contractors.
A reader defends the police shooting of a German shepherd on Crescent Road after calling the animal shelter and mayor. The writer says dogs in the yard posed a danger to children and notes neighbors complained loudly without knowing there were dogs nearby.
A devotional opening asks for daily strength and renewal through faith, followed by reader letters. A Nashville missionary editor signs off, and letters from readers discuss family safety and animal control policing methods amid weekend shelter issues.
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