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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1966
Page
4
There are 50 states and 50 court systems. There are not 50 ways of doing things, but sometimes it seems like it. Edward A. Hinz Jr., a California deputy attorney general.
County reactions rise as $850 for return from California to face a $108 theft charge prompts scrutiny. Sheriff Mills defends the 57 hour trip with $274.80 air costs per official and $168.25 for the prisoner, noting a bus alternative saves $175.80. The editorial calls for fuller explanations and insists on prudent state spending amid airline strikes and budget woes.
The piece surveys Democratic primaries in Oregon Michigan and Tennessee where Johnson supporters beat Kennedy aligned backers. It notes Williams and Ellington defeats, the rise of John Jay Yooker, and the failure of New Frontier style campaigning. It concludes that Democratic voters favor the President's Viet Nam policy and that November outcomes hinge on issue as well as candidate style.
United Press International notes the Johnson administration seeks higher jury service literacy standards across courts in states with federal voter registration limits. The piece argues literacy tests were banned by the 1965 Act, warns of potential voter list pollution, and supports proposed 1966 jury qualification rules requiring reading writing and comprehension of English. It cautions against lowering standards to six grade education and mocks such an idea as absurd.
Fidel Castro retains ultimate control in Cuba after a lengthy Havana speech that ended rumors of Kremlin pressure or Castro's decline. Observers say the two hour and thirty nine minute address confirms he remains firmly in command since the 1959 revolution, despite earlier reports of illness or reduced influence.
Plans are under way for a new warehouse by Raleigh Hardware Co to replace the one destroyed by fire at Mabscott. A railroad siding will be built and the project should be finished by October 1. Meanwhile a vote is being taken among major U.S. railroad employers on whether to strike for an eight hour day.
Berry's World notes Cuban leader Fidel Castro returning from Puerto Rico and attending a French Embassy reception in Havana. Observers see a hardline address marking independence from Soviet control, including hints at sending troops to Vietnam and criticizing Latin American armchair revolutionaries while warning against aid to Chile.
A telephone poll parody captures a caller grilling Governor Smith’s Administration of Excellence. The skeptical respondent mocks the governor and party labels, noting political fatigue and the governor’s mixed public image while highlighting distrust and sarcasm about succession and state leadership.
A brief devotional prayer asks God to help the speaker record autumn beauty as a memory and to live daily in integrity concern and love through Jesus Christ. The author, Hoover Rupert, is a minister from Ann Arbor Michigan of First Methodist Church.
Washington opinion piece argues both races misread prospects for civil rights, urging pragmatic, costly action. It highlights rising Negro population, cautious leadership, urban unrest, and the need for urgent white and government commitment beyond protests and slogans.
In 1941, Interior Secretary Ickes urged oil firms to close 100000 service stations in the eastern states from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. several days weekly starting August 3 to enforce compulsory restrictions. C Marshall Johnston to become publisher and business manager of the Suffolk News-Herald August 1.
Beckenley Newspapers Corporation lists subscription rates by mail and home delivery options. It details rates for daily and Sunday, weekly, and six month terms, plus address change procedures and tax notes. The notice names John Hodel Puditor and Ward Griffith Company as advertising representatives and notes independent contractor status for carriers and distributors.
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