Thought For Today Sees Reformers As Restorers
President Johnson tells Boy's Nation delegates that to be a reformer is to be a remaker and restorer of truth and good, not a wrecker or destroyer.
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1967
Page
2
Two Good Moves by City Administration
The city adds Negro Roger Pryor to the Police Force on Aug 16 and expands a one way traffic system. Pryor’s six month probation marks a start amid ongoing civil rights efforts and calls for equal opportunity beyond police inclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Pryor
Pryor
Smith
Fire Department
Human Rights Commission
Roosevelt sought Indochina independence before war end
NEA notes minutes from World War II meetings show Roosevelt pressuring Stalin Chiang Kai-shek and Halifax toward Indochina independence rather than direct French rule. The 1943 Cairo talks and 1944 memoranda urged an international trusteeship and eventual self‑rule for Laos Cambodia and Vietnam, resisting French return until Dien Bien Phu.
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Washington
NEA
United States
France
Indochina
Franklin Roosevelt
Stalin
Russia
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Lord Halifax
Great Britain
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Charles Bohlen
U.S
Roosevelt
Cairo
Chiang
Halifax
Marshal Stalin
de Gaulle
Southeast Asia
Paris
Dien Bien Phu
Beckley News Rates and Delivery Terms Snapshot
Beckley Newspapers announces subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, with rates for daily only and combined plans. Home delivery costs via carrier or distributor shown, plus tax note and disclaimer about responsibility for payments.
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National
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Shoe repairman G C Gheel travels to New York for help
G C Gheel, a well known Raleigh shoe repairman, went to New York this week seeking assistance to improve his shop operations. The note mentions labor shortages affecting various industries beyond coal mining.
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G. C. Gheel
New York
Riot fallout seen beyond Washington in New London report
Robert G. Spivack files a field report from New London on how riots in Detroit Newark and Milwaukee affect everyday life. Residents describe fear color lines and economic sting, with observers noting tensions in Connecticut communities and views on aid and reconstruction.
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New London
Conn
Detroit
Newark
Milwaukee
Washington
Kennedy
NEA
White House
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
State Department
Albert Quie
R-Minn
Republican Congressional Committee
LBJ
Mississippi Primary Shows Conservatives Vie For Governor
Mississippi Democrats head to the polls to nominate a governor candidate. If no one wins a majority, a runoff is set for August 29. The field includes Ross Barnett John Bell Williams William Winter William Waller Jimmy Swan and C L McKinley with Swan pushing racial issue appeals while others emphasize moderation. The race also features Lt governor candidate Byron De La Beckwith and the incumbent Gov Paul B Johnson Jr seeking re election. A large new black voter turnout is expected and James Meredith backs Barnett in ads amid questions of race and policy.
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Richard Spong
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
U.S
John Bell Williams
William Winter
Jackson
Swan
Washington
Barnett
Williams
Winter
Wailer
Waller
Ku Klux Klan
Byron de la Beckwith
William Waller
Medgar Evans
Beckwith
Beck- With
Paul B. Johnson
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith
Jackson ,Clarion Ledger
Bug Dust Lights And Sounds An August Evening
An August dusk frames a quiet street scene in Monroe County. Neighbors chat on porches while Frances tends flowers and Missy dog kerps at imagined intruders, as children play and birds sing creating a nostalgic late summer tableau. The narrator ponders memory, community bonds, and the pull to capture fleeting moments before they fade.
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Yestereve
Frances
Missy
Kessinger Street
Wren
Lewis Kittle
Claudine Harvey
James Harris
Stansbury Street
Dennis
Tom
Grandview
Harman Cantrell
Colonel Jones
Minnie
Monroe County
Monroe
Vernon
Ova Hargraves
Prayer for Today by Hoover Rupert in Ann Arbor
A brief interfaith prayer thanks God for daily opportunities and asks for renewed perspective during vacation and rest. The invocation, attributed to Hoover Rupert of First Methodist Church in Ann Arbor Michigan, prays for strength to carry prayerful calm back to work.
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Jesus
Hoover Rupert
Ann Arbor
Mich
First Methodist Church
Washington Notebook Riot Wave Dampens Congress Exuberance
Washington Notebook notes humor vanishing amid Newark and Detroit riots. Congress mocked the Rat Bill debate as Newark smoldered and Detroit loomed, with lawmakers joking about rats and bugs before real tragedies shifted the mood.
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Vietnam
Johnson
Congress
House
Newark
Detroit
Milwaukee
Beckley Moose Lodge unveils modern building on Fayette Street
Contractor C A Byus turned over the new Beckley Moose Lodge building at Fayette and McCree Ty streets to officers for the July 22 ceremony. The lodge will open to the public for inspection later in the week with officials including W D Nace and architect Collis Amon among the attendees.
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C. A. Byus
Beckley Moose Lodge
Fayette and
McCree- Ty
Mooses
W. D. Nace
Collis Amon
Joseph Sparacino
Andrew Adams
W. D. White
B. F. Bailey
J.R. Allen
C. G. Casto
E. J. Fourney
J. T. Evans
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Naleigh & Register
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United Press International
West Virginia
Raleigh Register
ED Waltman
YHE
Hartford Times
Robert G. Spivack
George Romney
Maryland
Connecticut
Trenton
Bennt
Cremena
Neilson
Bob Wills
Washington Notebook
By Dave Burgin
The
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