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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1965
Page
4
Roy F E Rollins Richmond Virginia superintendent notes parents seek any method to boost grades. He plans separating sexes in two county schools this fall to improve student outcomes.
A Glen Daniel community tribute acknowledges workers who came to set up a work camp, teach by example, and help residents. It lists contributors from Dotsy Smith in Maryland to Jerry Harbert in Wheeling, noting the mutual friendships formed and the lasting, though subtle, impact on the town.
CARE fed 228000 children with hot meals and baked 35000 rolls daily during the 1962 uprising in the Dominican Republic. Since May 1962 CARE distributed over 3.5 million dollars in aid and plans 3400 schoolyard vegetable gardens financed by seed packets sold for 2 dollars to Americans.
In a SW Vietnam hamlet, villagers with Viet Cong relatives were coaxed toward cooperation by noncombatant methods. The chief avoided burning homes and urged neighbors to win over linked families. The piece argues for psychological warfare, civil affairs, and humane rules of engagement as essential to counterinsurgency and victory.
Paris based dispatch reports President Charles de Gaulle aims to kill or radically remodel the European Common Market. A Brussels deadlock followed June 30 talks on farm price financing and political unity, with France boycotting meetings and withdrawing its EEC ambassador. Diplomats split on whether De Gaulle seeks a veto-proof reform or a complete dismantling of supra-national elements.
Stewart Hensley reports Sukarno aims to dominate independent Singapore by leveraging the Singapore expulsion. U.S. and British officials warn of regional instability with potential long term effects on Vietnam, trade promises to influence Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak, and Singapore’s balance between Malaysia and Indonesia.
Medford on Long Island grows to 2 000 houses with thousands more planned as Meadowbrook National Bank leads development. Douglas H. Ball of Meadowbrook helped survey Brentwood years earlier and facilitated land purchase, zoning space for parks shopping centers and light industry, with FHA and VA commitments secured.
Randolph Norton notes readers and merchants debate a town comfort station on courthouse square to aid shoppers, with support from local figures and plans to involve city county government. Also recaps local wartime anecdotes and reader correspondence reflecting community life in Beckley.
Washington correspondent notes four or five staff changes likely by year end, but stresses this does not indicate fleeing from Johnson. Transition blends Kennedy and Johnson aides, with holdovers providing stability and on the job training for newer Johnson staffers as Moore, Moyers and others adapt.
Advertising style notice lists the Beckley Newspapers Corporation address at 341 Prince Street Beckley West Virginia with second class mail privileges and a contact number. It includes a John Hodel byline and United Press International attribution. Rates for home delivery by carrier or distributor are shown for daily and Sunday editions with weekly half month and monthly options.
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