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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1959

Page

4

Regrettable churchside arrest stirs county debate

The piece condemns a police arrest outside a Herndon funeral as ill-timed and suggests the pallbearer Eual Miller should have completed duties at the cemetery and settled debts quietly. It criticizes lawmen overstepping at religious services and urges restraint and better judgment to avoid bitterness. It contrasts Nixon Khrushchev rhetoric with wary view of Cold War brinkmanship.

Herndon Wyoming Eual Miller Essie Miller Raleigh County Tom Miller Eual Wyoming County New Mexico

Alarm clocks and Mona Lisa painter Hal Boyle notes

A collage of trivia and musings cites Leonardo da Vinci as inventor of the first alarm clock wake mechanism, jokes about clocks and jokes on spelling, money and manners. It mentions percentages of night workers, Indian welfare expenditures, spider eyesight, and other dated curiosities.

Hal Boyle New York Leonardo da Vinci Comedienne Mimi Hines United States America

Truth, Change, and the Rough Path to Knowledge

Roy Lee Harmon argues that truth evolves with time, warning against mistaking fashionable theories for gospel. He recounts historical drug practices from bloodletting to penicillin, notes medical risks, and urges cautious progress while valuing enduring virtues like love and wisdom.

World Today Russian Progress and U.S. Challenge

James Marlow analyzes American concern over keeping pace with Soviet growth after the Draper committee urges expanded military and economic aid. The piece contrasts free society incentives with Soviet centralized control, urging real action and national dedication to meet the communist challenge.

James Marlow Associated Press Washington United States Eisenhower Draper Committee William H. Draper Jr Committee Draper Committee On Goals

Double Sessions Hurt Education in Arlington High Study

The National Boards Association reports in What Price Double Sessions that Arlington Heights High School faced a 24 percent drop in classroom time, 27 percent fewer music enrollments, a 54 percent fall in extracurriculars, and weaker morale for teachers amid split sessions. The study, based on a doctoral project by Eugene Oliver, finds that while attendance wasn’t reduced, overall educational quality declined as students and staff adapted to staggered schedules.

Washington, D. C National Boards Association Eugene Oliver Arlington Heights Illinois Arlington Oliver

Naleigh Register Publication Details and Rates

Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists printing affiliations and AP privileges. It provides subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions by mail and home delivery, with regional tax notes and address change instructions.

Beckley Newspapers Corporation Prince St Beckley W. Va Hinton, W. V West Virginia C Daly

Minute Men and the Shot Heard Round the World

A brief history of the minute men and the shot at Concord signaling the Revolutionary War. It notes Lexington casualties, Emerson's poem, and how the term gained its name making a compact, period tone suitable for a newspaper card.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Concord Boston Lexington

What Are Stars Really Like Frank Sinatra Story

A gossip column excerpt recounts Earl Wilson’s anecdotes about Frank Sinatra and other celebrities. It covers a birthday gift from Sinatra to a friend, behind the scenes TV notes, and various Hollywood tidbits with playful in‑story commentary.

Sinatra New York Frank Sinatra B. W Frank Rosemary E. W Rocky Marciano Marian O'Brien Reynolds Count O’brien Joanne Dru Lew Ayres Europe Burt Lancaster Elmer Gantry Judi Meredith Dick Shaws Ingemar Johannson Barbara Lyon Dtr Ben Lyon Bebe Daniels Yul Brynner San Francisco Mike Connor Paul Winchell Earl Hollywood

Raleigh register 1934 notes safety meet Beckley leaders

Governor H G Kump will headline a Beckley visit as 50 or more first aid teams from New River and Winding Gulf fields contest at R M S park in the fifth annual safety meet. O C Daniel named school bookkeeper with transportation duties. An armored truck holdup in Brooklyn yields 427000. Federal steps curb possible violence against nearly 1000 Japanese in Salt River Valley.

H. G. Kump Beckley Gulf Fields R. M. S Park O. C. Daniel Sophia Board of Education Capone Dillinger Brooklyn N. Y Salt River Valley

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