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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1957

Page

2

Thought For Today Washington Quote On Profane Cursing

A Washington quote decries the foolish and wicked habit of profane swearing noting it is mean and low and despised by all with sense and character.

Washington

Northwest Passage Hope Rises As Coast Guard Teams In Arctic

Three U.S. Coast Guard ships Bramble Slaits and Spar carry ten experts into the Arctic seeking a regular winter route across the Northwest Passage. Route would loop from Point Barrow Alaska through Beloit strait to Davis Strait and Beaufort Sea to aid MSTS supply ships for the DEW radar line. The voyage includes cartographers oceanographer and Navy hydrographic officers aboard and faces ice shifts threatening return passages.

Central Press Association Washington Arctic Atlantic Pacific Christopher Columbus Europe Asia U.S. Coast Guard Northwest Passage John M. Will Military Sea Transport Service Coast Guard Bramble Slaiis Spar Point Barrow Alaska Canada Beaufort Sea Beloit Strait Baffin Bay MSTS Arctic Ocean Willow John H. Manken J. Arthur Burger Joseph A. Chesseman Calvin C. Day Peter F. Urka

Marine sergeant appeals for his mentally retarded son’s placement

Bug Dust Lewis C Grant a United States Marine Corps sergeant asks Governor Cecil Underwood to consider placing his five year old son with mental retardation in a state school for the mentally retarded. He recounts his family’s West Virginia roots and visits to facilities in St Marys and hikes in poor conditions at the state program in West Virginia.

Lewis C. Grant U.S. Marine Corps West Virginia Cecil Underwood Governor Underwood Camp Lejeune North Carolina United States Marine Corps Hilltop West St. Marys Underwood Pennsylvania New Jersey United States Sidbury Wilmington West Virginia State Department of Mental Health

West Virginia Training School for Retarded Children Criticized

A letter from Sgt. Lewis C. Grant urges Governor Underwood to fund and improve West Virginia’s Training School for Retarded Children. The writer cites overcrowding, underfunding, and substandard living quarters, contrasting with better facilities in Ohio and calling for humane care and expansion.

Republicans On Spot After Demo Moves

Democrats maneuvered Republicans to a pivotal choice on civil rights legislation. The bill's fate hinges on Senate action and potential veto. Southern and Northern Democrats shift positions to avoid a party split while Black voters watch the outcome and its impact on 1958 1969 electoral power.

Washington House Senate Eisenhower Judiciary Committee Sen Eastland Mississippi Senate House North

Prayer for true worship over schemes and numbers

A resident minister from Waynesville North Carolina urges focus on inner life over outward measures. He writes that genuine faith cannot be replaced by plans promotions wealth or numbers. The prayer ends in Jesus name.

Jesus John W. Shackford Waynesville, N.C

Housewives Becoming More Electrically Equipped

New York columnist Hal Boyle notes rising home electricity use among American housewives with data showing about one in a hundred using an electric shaver and 96.2 percent of homes with radios and 81 percent with television sets. The piece mixes light anecdotes on memory in elephants and humorous vignettes from France and the U S to reflect on modern domestic life.

New York U. S

Marriages and College Donation in Raleigh 1907

A 1907 Raleigh Reg ister item notes marriages this week including Bur dett Huff and others. Senator McCreery reports Beaver Coat Company will donate land for a Christian College, securing the school’s erection. A fire scare in Bockley at the Cambs building caused black smoke but no damage.

I Burdett Mary Huff J. A. Hendricks Nettie J. Marshal Andrew Tyree Mie Davis H. B. Wright Rachel Logan John Harvey Holcomb Hartie Wilkinson W. R. Harler Myrtie E. Needy Senaator John W. McCreery Philadelphia Beaver Coat Company Christian College Bockley Main Street

Rebellion in Spain, Raleigh education cuts, ambulance crash

Twenty five years ago riots in four Spanish cities left seven dead at a government ministry and premier's office building. In Raleigh a district board of education voted to curtail school transport rather than end it. Two funeral directors from Concord were injured when their ambulance wrecked at Sprague crossing. State aid to schools was sharply cut amid financial strain.

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Rudy Moytera's tiny two chair shop of showbiz clients

In a hot New York feature, barber Rudy Moytera runs a two chair hideaway at the Wanwick Hotel where TV stars and music legends like Perry Como Elvis Presley and the Dorsey brothers drop by. Celebrities prize the personal service and the shop’s quirky hi fi ambiance.

New York Rudy the Barber Rudy Perry Como Jackie Gleason Sid Caesar Elvis Presley Julius la Rosa Jack Carter Jan Murray Tommy Jimmy Dorsey Rudy Moytera Wanwick Hotel Harry James Perry Como Freddy Tom Parker Parker Jimmy Dorsex Jimmy

Rudy the Celebrities Barber Describes Notable Clientele

A gossip filled profile of barber Rudy detailing famous clients such as Frank Sinatra Jerry Lewis Eddie Fisher and Tony Martin plus anecdotes about Bob Evans Gloria Vanderbilt Stanley Holloway and Joe E. Lewis among others. The piece surveys showbiz figures and their social scenes alongside playful quips and industry anecdotes.

Frank Sinatra Jerry Lewis Eddie Fisher Rudy Tony Martin Bob Evans Bob Bob. “National City Bank Gloria Vanderbilt Romanoff Julie Stanley Holloway My Fair Lady Dagmar Mikel Wallace TV Target Marie McDonald Dave Wickman Steve Allen Police Gazette Myron Cohen Dublin Ring Crosby N. Y L. A Rocky Marciano Chiscago el Rancho Vegas Joe E. Lewis Marilyn Hanold Judy Wolliday

The Worry Clinic Case V-357 Hilda’s Alcoholism and Inferiority

In Case V-357 Hilda, 29, weds six years and battles chronic alcoholism linked to sexual inferiority. Her husband seeks change after repeatedly finding her intoxicated or missing. The clinician links liquor to escaping reality, notes risk of relapse without addressing inner fires, and discusses pregnancy anxieties and marital therapy.

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