Thought For Today and the Tranquilizer Question
Brief column weighs moral ease of pep pills versus tranquilizers amid world tensions and local politics. Mentions Marilyn Monroe, Berlin Wall anniversary, Russian rocketry progress, and a city planning dispute involving Michael Baker LaBastille and Harrison Ash. Warnings about misuse and political favoritism.
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America
Marilyn Monroe
Michael Baker
LaBastille
Baker
Harrison Ash
International Years of Science Herald Global Cooperation
The IGY inspired citizen interest as other international years go forward. The International Indian Ocean Expedition spans 1962 to 1965 with 25 nations and 41 ships, including the former presidential yacht Williamsburg renamed Anton Brun. The International Year of the Quiet Sun runs 1964 to 1965, complementing IGY. Co operation in meteorology grows, space exploration advances with Ariel launched by U.S. and Britain, a Wallops Island rocket test with U.S.-Japan, and an Italian satellite planned from an American rocket. Science’s vast reach makes national boundaries obsolete.
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IGY
National Science Foundation
Anton Brun
United Nations
U.S
Britain
Wallops Island
Moscow Peace Meet Seen as Congress for Dupes
Washington reports describe the Moscow Peace Conference as a likely propaganda effort by Communist bloc groups and question the value of Western peace groups engaging with them. The piece notes misgivings by genuine British pacifists, reports on staged proceedings, and a disorderly end, with some pacifists in Red Square protest. It cites reactions from the Committee of 100 and observers.
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Washington
London
Moscow
West
Dupes
Stockholm
Committee of 100
Chris Farley
Bertrand Russell
Farley
Red Square
Soviet Union
London Observer
Ghanaian Times
Ghana
Jekyll and Hyde
Raleigh and Register subscription rates and policies
Beckley Newspapers Corporation provides pricing for daily and Sunday subscriptions by mail and home delivery, with rates for various terms. The notice notes independent contractor carriage, adds three percent West Virginia sales tax, and states the company is not responsible for advance payments to carriers or distributors.
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West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Kennedy Tour Seen As Politically Charged Non-Politics
President Kennedy plans a non political Far West speaking tour starting August 17 to test political winds rather than shift them. The piece compares Kennedy to FDR in 1934 and 1938, noting Kennedy will support New Frontier allies while avoiding direct partisan campaigning and warns of party tensions in Congress.
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Kennedy
Far West
William B. Dickinson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F.D.R
West
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr
Roosevelt
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Oake Dam
Pierre
S.C
Los Banos
Calif
John Garner
Senate
House
New Deal
F. D. R. Four
Congress
Washington
Peculiar house painting includes bones and cigars
A peculiarly mixed column notes bones painted around a home that dogs try to chew, catalpa seed pods ripe for harvest, ragweed pollens blooming, and a printing firm’s sign damaged as a lighthearted proofreading aside. It also covers a Raleigh County Bank site with underground passage plans and a prayer at day’s end.
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Valley Drive
Arabs Resist British Red Sea Federation Plan
London uproar over plans to federate Aden with 11 of 25 emirates as Yemen claims the region. Britain bases 10 000 troops in Aden, a prosperous port and base for Suez transit, while Arab nationalists fear loss of autonomy and potential independence from the empire. Trade unions in Aden strike to oppose federation amid Yemen migrant workers and anti federation sentiment.
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Peter Knox
United Press International London
UPI
Britain
Middle East
Aden
Suez Canal
Mid-East
Emirates
Yemen
Commonwealth
Federa
London
Congress
Cairo
Bands Spark Music Interest in School Shopping
UPI reports Paul Richards notes music in school supply lists as classrooms prepare openings. Students from early grades to seniors will learn to beat, strum, and toot as music instruction grows and improves in schools.
235 Years Ago From the 1937 Raleigh Register
Mrs Marguerite Blankenship Mrs P O Malone and Mrs Jo seph Barrack will visit Huntington this week to see sister Sallie B Shields and attend Marshall college graduation where Hatfield will earn his A B degree Eight Scouts of Colored Troop 112 Raleigh earned second class at a St Johns Baptist Church Court of Honor in Raleigh Anna Watts Harper of Washington DC visits her mother in Harper after finishing at Washington School for Secretaries Harper will return to Washington in late September in a government post noted for easing ear strain and boosting musical instrument sales The high school band and instrument industry topics feature quotes from Richards Musical Instruments Inc Elkhart Indiana about band sizes improvements in teaching and new instrument technology including colorful bell designs and advanced materials The American Music Conference figures show school age players rising from 2 5 million in 1947 to over 10 million by 1961 adult amateurs increasing from 14 5 million to over 23 million in 1961 Richards discusses market growth competition and potential for American firms in global markets and quarterly sales rising eight percent over the prior year.
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Marguerite Blankenship
P. O. Malone
Joseph Barrack
Huntington
Sallie B. Shields
Marshall College
Hatfield
Richards
Richards Musical Instruments Inc
Elkhart
Ind
Switzerland
Europe
AMC
30 Years Ago From the 1912 Files of Dr. Daniel
The article notes Trap Hill Telephone Co President Dr George P Daniel of Marshes visited recently. It details state troops being ordered to Paint Creek due to regional turmoil, with Hal M Scott and others dispatched for duties and travel plans including Hinton Staunton and Atlantic City for a summer visit.
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George P. Daniel
Marshes
The
Trap Hill Telephone Co
Paint Creek
Hal M. Scott
Economic experts clash on Kennedy recovery plan
A congressional hearing on the economy featured Walter Heller presenting no new policy while senators attacked various factions and pressed for immediate tax cuts or monetary loosening. Patman and Bush defended different money and policy theories as Douglas and Javits urged action. Meany and Plumley pushed contrasting tax cut ideas, while Sligh offered a four point program. The debate underscored a lack of clear answers amid recession fears.
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Washington
NEA
Kennedy
Council of Economic Advisers
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Council
Walter W. Heller
Heller
Congress
Congressional Committee
Patman
Federal Reserve Board
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
Eisenhower
Bush
Paul Douglas
Treasury
Douglas
Jacob K. Javits
Congress En
Afl-Cio
George Meany
United States Chamber of Commerce
H. Ladd Plumley
Charles R. Sligh JR
National Association of Manufacturers
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Raleigh County Bank
Basile N. Meadows
Meadows
Jesus
Red Sea Federation
By Jesse Bogue
UPI Financial Editor
Paul Richards
Raleigh Register
Scouts of Colored Troop 112
Raleigh
St. John’s Baptist Church of
James Clay
Ulysess Wilkerson
Thomas Jones
Thomas Booker
George Branch
J. W. Scott
Preston Whitted
William Summers
Anna Watts Harper
Washington, D. C
French A. Harper
Harper
Washi School For
Hart
A. ‘Tally
Joe L. Smith
Mr. Bair
Staunton
G. C. Hedrick
Atlantic City
N. J
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Boswell
Christ
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