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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1965
Page
4
Bearded Lady Brenda Beatty reflects on normalcy and visibility of flaws. She notes circuses and carnivals expose visible differences while many hidden flaws affect many, fostering tolerance among people.
A probing editorial questions whether the public, ordinary citizens, and government negotiators are truly represented in steel labor talks. It asks if discussions start in secrecy, if progress announcements are honest, and whether public members could counter conspiracies or price fixing in an era of free enterprise and collective bargaining.
Bruce Bioss argues that growing civil disobedience and minority grievance endanger the rule of law. He warns that opponents of government decisions seek to override lawful processes, risking coercion and disruption in pursuit of perceived freedom. The piece highlights draft resistance, campus disruption, and the erosion of majority rule as dangerous trends.
Bug Dust Pace Was Fast at the Alumni College as 197 Dartmouth alumni and 80 spouses and offspring spent August 15 to 27 on campus. Lectures by James F. Cusick, Timothy Duggan, Richard Unsworth, and Harold Bond covered economics philosophy religion and literature, with seminars and performances and ample time for river trips, faculty chats, and town visits. The busy, exhausting program mixed study with social reconnections and cultural events.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists postal addresses in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. It details subscription rates by mail and home delivery, carrier charges, and a note on sales tax. It also states carriers are independent contractors and disclaims responsibility for advance payments.
Governor's aide Darrell McGraw could not move the state World’s Fair pavilion but is likened to the mast project that brought the USS West Virginia mast to WVU. The piece blends political anecdotes, nameless portraits and roadside park praise from Canadian visitors to the SRC.
Henry Shapiro reports from Moscow that nearly 50 years after the Bolshevik rise the Communist Party remains an elite body. Membership has grown to 12 million from 80,000 in 1917, but admission rules tighten with Pravda urging higher quality. Party members claim no special wages or career privileges, yet key government and economic posts are reserved for Communists and Komsomol members.
The Russians demand ideological indoctrination and atheism for party membership. Religion is deemed incompatible with communism, though some foreign parties admit church-goers. The current Russian party is 35.6 percent industrial workers, 17.1 percent peasants, and 47.3 percent white collar workers and intellectuals.
In this column by Robert G. Spivack from Chilmark Massachusetts, Oswald Mosley forecasts a crisis before a Nazi fascist resurgence. The piece surveys neo fascist groups across Europe, their disguises, propaganda gains, and the Institute of Human Relations findings on membership trends, funding, and public support. It notes anti Semitic acts, shifting political rhetoric, and cautions on left right exploitation of similar themes.
The Raleigh Register notes an unprecedented mosquito problem in Beckley this year as residents suffer more bites. Local physicians report patients with mosquito bites. Mrs. H. H. Pownall’s family in Burnville is quarantined after a diphtheria diagnosis.
Congressman Martin Dies claimed evidence of active German and Italian espionage networks in San Francisco. Frank Wood of Beaver Shady Spring high school farm student received the state FFA Farmer Degree at Jackson's Mill, the highest agricultural award, becoming the third Raleigh County student to earn it.
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