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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1966
Page
4
A New York official notes Mayer Lindsay canceled a dinner honoring King Faisal of Saudi Arabia due to Faisal's anti Jewish remarks. The remark recalls that being banned in New York is like an author banned in Boston.
Area pool reports show Bluestone State Park averages 160 swimmers daily, Lake Stephens 150 to 200, Babcock 77, Maxwell Hill 70, Camp Beckwith 25 771 paid swims in June. Camp Beckwith charges 65 cents adults, 40 cents kids, offers season tickets. estimated monthly income near 10 000. Beckley municipal pool could mirror Beckwith’s scale.
A reader asks how 434 Volkskammer members could always agree. President Johannes Dieckmann replies there is no place for dissent in the majority system, making one who votes no seem foolish. The contrast with a one way ticket to Siberia underscores the point.
In a blunt rebuke, a public office aspirant is urged to openly reveal positions on key issues. The Oak Ridger argues reporters must record where leaders stand, accusing evasive tactics of hiding public intent behind campaign optics.
Washington economists anticipate government spending rising 8 to 12 billion dollars in the next year, led by military outlays for Vietnam and Medicare adding about 3 billion. Prices could climb about 3 percent, with wages up and consumer spending likely down. Joblessness may rise 300,000 to 400,000, though shortages of skilled labor persist in some sectors. The inflation outlook suggests any price control gains may be temporary.
East Berlin authorities raised a barbed wire barrier at dawn on August 13 1961 closing the border to the West. Over five years the wall has grown with pillboxes bunkers searchlights and dog cages. Escapes persist through sewers vehicles tunnels and even river swims while aid to refugees continues despite danger. The wall marks a political surrender and raises Western resolve, with Kennedy Johnson and Gen Clay actions cited as initial responses.
In a rippling critique of Joe Moss and his West Virginia Moon, readers see a controversial art unveiling during Governor Smith's night amid pollution debates. The piece lampoons the artist's methods, notes public praisings by the Izaak Walton League, and questions progress in pollution control while detailing political theater around environmental action.
Paris officials remain hopeful an agreement allows 62 000 French troops and three air force wings in Germany to stay. NATO talks stalled since July 27, with a September resumption planned. De Gaulle withdrew forces July 1, arguing for new agreements and delaying an automatic commitment to NATO command in emergencies.
New York reports that permanent press textile art reduces ironing for moms as children's school clothes increasingly use permanent press fabrics. Rosenau Brothers notes demand rising from 10 percent of 1965 dresses to 20 percent current sales, with ovens in Philadelphia baking thousands of dresses daily and costs remaining modest.
From the 1916 Raleigh Register files, the McCreery home on South Kanawha Street is being improved with a new coat of paint and interior refinishing. Muriel Beckner, daughter of Mr and Mrs Beckner, is recovering from typhoid fever. Wayland Redden, son of Mr and Mrs Redden, ill with typhoid fever, is improving.
The piece argues the U S population growth, rising to 195 million by August and over 200 million by May next year, strains resources and affects foreign aid. It critiques how aid debates overlook population pressures, notes past criticisms of aid programs, and urges open discussion and timely examination before the next appropriation. It mentions Gaud as new AID director and references Fulbright Passman and Viet Nam context.
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