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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1956
Page
3
The piece surveys how Democratic and Republican platforms across eras teased, split, or united coalitions over slavery, Prohibition, and civil rights. It notes 1860, 1948, 1960, and 1932 examples where hedging or clear stances influenced election outcomes and party fortunes.
The article argues that modern coal mining is far safer than in the past noting a greatly reduced accident rate and changes in industry practices. It contrasts today’s operations with the harsher conditions of earlier eras, implying improved safety standards and technologies.
Saliva glands of the American short tailed shrew contain a cobra like poison deadly to insects and rodents. Pie de Nethou is the Pyrenees highest peak at 11 000 feet with a glacier on its north slope. Great Bear Lake in western Canada is among the northernmost lakes in the Huron Superior Winnipeg Great Slave chain. Coal safety advances reduced fatality rate per million hours from 1.10 to 1.03 year to year, with improved practices and machinery boosting productivity and wages.
Editor notes a Wednesday AP bulletin reporting Georgia’s Democratic National Convention delegation voting against the platform. The Georgia group directs its chairman to oppose the platform and any amendment that challenges what is described as the Southern way of life.
The piece condemns Georgia's white primary and warns that both Democrats and Republicans risk treason by watering down civil rights platforms. It argues the Supreme Court has spoken and asserts no second class citizens in the United States, urging parties to uphold federal law.
A lively column notes the splashy mix of TV stars and political chatter. It mentions Lee Meriwether, Frank Sinatra, Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen, Perle Mesta and others at social events, while speculating on convention timings and media coverage in a playful, era-typical voice.
Harold G a school superintendent questions a health fanatic’s sugar cancer claim. The Worry Clinic notes that cancer age, lifespan, diet, and fluorides complicate the argument. It urges logical thinking and debate to counter simple cause effect reasoning.
In Warren a group of foreign manufacturers viewed an American plant where a machine stamped punched and shaped steel into a finished product in one operation. An argument with waving and finger shaking followed as critics insisted it cannot be done. In Myrtle Beach the Daily News notes Iceland's 90 percent voter turnout as a democracy lesson.
New York readers learn Dr. M Wharton Young of Howard University links baldness to brain growth. As the brain expands with thinking the scalp fat thins, reducing nourishment to hair. Women may be less prone due to thicker scalp fat. men with big brains are implied to be more intellectual.
A devotional prayer urges mercy and helpful deeds toward the less fortunate. Signed by James C. Kinard of Newberry South Carolina, an insurance executive, citing the Christian teaching about serving others.
A regional roundup lists soldiers including Sgt C Dolph C Brown of the 370th Armored Infantry Battalion in Germany, recruits Kenneth Lewis, L Lewis, and Pvt Clacy G Hatcher. It notes Brown entered the Army in 1849 and arrived in Europe in 1962, with other profiles detailing training, enlistment dates, and hometown ties across Crab Orchard East Gulf Beckley Stratton and nearby communities.
Alan Ladd, star and producer, runs Jaguar Productions as a hands on executive. Ladd Enterprises Inc. includes his wife Sue Carol and four children on the board. The piece notes profits from Drumbeat and the partnership with Warner Brothers. Berthelon is hired as associate producer and helps assemble crews and scout future parts.
Figures indicate the United States produced over 500 million pounds of frozen foods in 1955. The truck trailer business began around 1913. Death Valley in California is the lowest and one of the hottest US locations with extreme heat. There are more than 100000 steam locomotives operating abroad. Basque is an unclassified language with doubtful origins. A toothless turtle cannot chew.
Historians note Cyprus was at various times claimed by Egyptians Greeks Assyrians Persians Humans Turks and British. The piece reflects on who first reached the island amid a flood of disparate ancient claims.
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