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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1966
Page
4
A reflective note argues that reason in religion carries danger yet renouncing it is riskier. It cites history of the church, asserts that God gave humans a rational nature, and warns of accountability for using or forsaking reason.
A Piedmont resident urges Beckley to consider a public swimming pool as a community project. He cites Piedmont’s population and the difficulty of private pools, urging the City to organize a cooperative effort via the Community Action Association to plan for future summers.
A historical note traces the rise of women in clerical work from a 1877 New York incident to 1902 and WWI gains, predicting a four hour workday and higher pay. The second piece reviews JFK's steel price showdown, LBJ's response, and the 1960s inflation impact on fixed incomes, with concern over cost of living pressures on vulnerable groups.
Richard Spong surveys the AFL-CIO Executive Council gathering in Chicago on August 22. The merger of the National Farm Workers Association with the Agriculture Workers Organizing Committee is to be approved, while wage and price guideline debates, inflation worries, and labor politics loom large as labor economist views and White House pressure shape expectations.
United Press International notes Karl Godfrey of Lansing argues the Great Society began under FDR, praising Social Security and Medicare as proof of a long era of prosperity. He claims common citizens fare well, while the author critiques columnists and cites Godfrey’s background as a production supervisor in autos, not a union member.
Lyle Wilson argues that prosperity under the Great Society is illusory as credit dependence grows. He and a conservative columnist defend inflation warnings, noting 1939 purchasing power has fallen to about 45 cents, eroding retirees’ dollars since 1949 and 1959. Godfrey counters with personal experience and current dollars.
A Raleigh Register reader condemns misnaming the late Mr. Strangler Lewis as a boxer, insisting he was a wrestler and urging the paper to avoid critical mistakes. The letter, signed by Neil Wyrick Jr., Miami, Fla., minister, frames the issue as a broader critique of media faultfinding and government coverage.
Ray Cromley reports that Cambodia's Prince Sihanouk may nationalize the rice trade to cut off Viet Cong food supplies. He aims to buy from farmers and sell in markets, removing middlemen including Cambodian Chinese and North Vietnamese factions. The move could undermine Viet Cong troops but faces entrenched interests and uncertain follow-through.
From the 1941 Files Of The Raleigh Register Hillybilly talent from Beck ley Bluefield and Nashville Tenn will collaborate in a five hour program of fun and fiddling at R M I Park for the amusement of the people and the benefit of the lighting project for Woodrow Wilson improved playground C A Lawson mine foreman of the Sprague operation of the New River Company for 22 years was honored by fellow workmen at a banquet in the main dining room of the Beck ley Hotel Attending the dinner in honor of Lawsons retirement after working in the coal mines for 50 years were Mayor A K Minter Congressman Joe L Smith J Q Hutchinson Mab scotts Mayor William Murry and approximately 45 associates of the company
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