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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1968
Page
11
A fragmented column cites queries about social seniority in families and name changes, motorcycle handling and storage, and a butchered newspaper help wanted note. It also mentions a US postal service parcel issue to a brother in South Vietnam with a damaged, delayed Christmas package and refunds.
Raleigh Register details a day with the Brisendine family in Doctors Creek, Appalachian region. Reporter Jay Robinson encounters poverty, limited housing, and welfare support as he covers daily life, a high school diploma quest, and a copperhead bite incident affecting the Brisendine clan.
Mrs Luetlla Brisendine explains she is 32 and caring for eight children Ronald 16 Jerry 12 Linda 10 James Houston 8 David 6 Donald 4 and Michael 2. Her husband works in a state welfare training class to become a flagman mechanic while they live with numerous vehicles, a bare privy and odor around the property. He has held many jobs since high school, has lived mostly in the area, and hopes to finish mechanics class in August and leave welfare soon after.
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