Arbor Day observance and Kee misstep highlighted
A column notes Representative Kee's absence from votes and calls for constituents to demand representation. It also recalls Arbor Day’s 100th anniversary in Nebraska and the spread of tree-planting customs across states and nations, stressing conservation, ecology, and recycling advocacy.
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Kee
Hechler
America
Nebraska
Julius Sterling Morton
U. S
Alaska
Utah
Wyoming
Florida
Spain
Japan
Israel
National Geographic Society
Laura E. Freed
Parks & Recreation
Muskie Fade Ends Front Runner Run For Presidency
Washington essay reflects on Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine slipping from front-runner status as defeats compound and public support wanes. The piece notes his visible vulnerability, shrinking campaign entourage, and critics questioning his readiness to endure the relentless race.
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Washington
NEA
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Ed Muskie
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Muskie
Lancaster
Raleigh and Register Democratic Rates Notice
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists home delivery and subscription rates for Raleigh and Register Democratic with daily and Sunday options. Rates include a 3 percent West Virginia sales tax. carriers and distributors are independent contractors.
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Democratic
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
John Hodel
West Virginia
Patty Painter Wins Miss Color Television Title for FCC Era
Patty Painter also known as Patty Stinnette, daughter of Mrs. Gertrude E. Stinnette, is celebrated as Miss Color Television Demonstration for the FCC for 1947 and beyond. A Powers Model since 1945, she is recognized as a leading New York fashion, photographic model and television star.
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Patty Painter
Patty Stinnette
Gertrude E. Stinnette
Beckley
New York City
Patty
New York
Wealth and Campaigns Shape Power in 1960s Politics
A new UPI summary reviews books on campaign funding showing the Rockefeller and Kennedy families contributing tens of millions to campaigns from 1952 to 1970. It notes new federal limits on personal contributions to candidates and questions potential loopholes and family spending during campaigns.
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UPI
Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Republican National Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senate
House
Herbert E. Alexander
Citizens’ Research Foundation
Robert F. Kennedy
Martha Baird
John F. Kennedy
Alexander
Nixon
Fly Sterilization Factory Saves Cattlemen Millions
Mission Texas United Press International reports the world’s largest fly factory near the U S Mexican border sterilizes 160 million male screwworm flies weekly using atomic energy. The program costs 6.5 million annually and has reduced US losses from screwworms from about one billion yearly to 473 confirmed continental cases last year.
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K. Mack Sisk
M. E. Meadows
United States
Mexico
Old Moore Air Field
Mission
Douglas
Ariz
Brownsville
Tex
San Diego
Calif
Meadows
Tehuantepec
U.S
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Caribbean
Nixon
South
Texas
South Texas
Screwworm Eradication Effort Advances in 1918
The Southwest Animal Health Commission and Mexican ranchers led a joint screwworm program in 1918 with Mexican taxes funding improvements south of the border. Despite this, fertile flies continue migrating northward. Meanwhile the King's Daughters announce resumed hospital work at South Beckley with rooms on Neville Street and care for sixty plus patients daily.
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Southwest Animal Health Commission
King’s Daughters Organization
South Beckley
Home Tailoring Company
Neville Street
Metropolitan Dinner Club Invitation Provokes Regret
A reader questions the Metropolitan Dinner Club of Greater Beckley after joining and paying dues then receiving an inaugural speaker list and charter member notices. They doubt gourmet aims and decry the event’s food, tone, and political associations, preferring substantive issues over social dining.
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Metropolitan Dinner Club
Greater Beckley
Beckley Armory
Herbert Philbrick
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
United States State Department
Haberdashers
Quotes on rights and leaks from Bayh and Rusk
A compilation of remarks from Sen. Birch Bayh on equal rights for women and former Secretary of State Dean Rusk on government leaks. The quotes frame rights as human rights and emphasize secrecy in official matters.
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Sen
Birch Bayh
Ind
Senate
Dean Rusk
White House
Smuggling Prisoner Mail Faces Long Sentences
Post trial hearing set for May 2 in Harrisburg on the Harrisburg Seven case. Jury previously deadlocked on conspiracies to kidnap Kissinger and blow up ducts, finding Berrigan and McAlister guilty on seven counts of letter smuggling with FBI informant Douglas.
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Harrisburg
Sheldon Moody Smith
National Review
Philip Berrigan
Elizabeth McAlister
Henry Kissinger
R. Dixon Herman
F.B.I
Boyd F. Douglas Jr
Ramsey Clark
Mail Bag Policy for Published Letters
Readers are reminded to include name signature address and phone for letter publication. The Register favors real signed correspondents and may grant anonymous requests with a stated good reason. Brevity aids prompt use and letters should be dated and explain mimeographed copies.
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