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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1960
Page
4
A Dickens quotation notes that nature grants each time and season its own beauty and that life moves from morning to night and from cradle to grave through gentle, barely perceptible changes.
The piece warns that a nuclear conflict could end civilization amid Khrushchev’s Cuba stance and rising weapon destructiveness. It recalls Hiroshima and Nagasaki, notes the self imposed test ban, Geneva talks, and Oppenheimer’s warning on new delivery means creating a nightmare of command and control.
The piece notes Congress must return Aug 8 after conventions to address education aid and minimum wage, with high stakes for Eisenhower Nixon Kennedy and Johnson. It discusses potential veto risks and how party platforms differ on civil rights and school funding as the three week session shapes campaign narrative.
Fifty years ago Raleigh Register notes strong opposition to Sunday baseball by the Virginia Valley League. A 2000-strong crowd threatened officers to halt Sabbath games, with several players indicted and 15 prisoners in Raleigh County jail. C&O to finish laying new steel rails from Brooks to Quinnimont within days.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes the Raleigh Register with Associated Press rights and nationwide bureau affiliations. The notice lists subscription prices by mail and home delivery, tax info, address-change instructions, and carrier responsibilities in West Virginia and other regions.
Hal Boyle's spoofed report notes 3000 readers seek a cure for snoring in Fame rly Doctor. An experiment on 250 volunteers with throat jaw tongue exercises failed to yield a cure, half saw some benefit, the rest none. A Toronto wife quips that only killing the husband would stop it, not legal.
It surveys the Congo’s newborn state peril as Katanga seeks larger mining revenues, risking central budget collapse and foreign investor withdrawal. Moise Tshombe’s push for independence complicates U.N. efforts and urges swift Belgian-Congolese settlement to stabilize finances and attract aid.
A historical reflection on Johannes Kepler pondering solar and planetary mysteries beyond telescope reach. In Johnson City AP report, firemen moved a cotton bale boxcar to a hydrant after water failed, the car derailed from a train chambering a blaze a firefighter extinguished.
The piece explains the word avalanche from French roots meaning descent and describes avalanches as massive snow slides capable of burying villages. It cites 1951 Alpine disasters in Switzerland, France, Italy and Austria killing over 200 people, and notes triggers like loud noise and sun-softened snow.
A Beckley church member denounces Raleigh Baptist Association for a public resolution censuring a politician for endorsing a party standard bearer. He defends voting secrecy, church-state separation, and personal liberty, urging Americans to guard their franchise and resist coercion by churches. The piece includes a closing prayer excerpt from Paul S. Wright of Portland, Oregon.
Earl Wilson reports from New York during a convention, noting Bob Trout’s daily walking regimen and diary tracking of miles. He recalls conversations with celebrities, party chatter, and fashion show antics as reporters and entertainers mingle, with playful asides on politics and show business.
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