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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1965
Page
4
The piece discusses Robert Byrd's stance on McCarthy era critiques and the psychology of McCarthyism. It questions whether dissent should be blocked and argues that a vigorous debate supports strength, not weakness, in a democracy, citing Viet Cong and other regimes.
UPI analysis describes President Belaunde's plan for a 3000 mile Pan Andean road linking Colombia Ecuador Peru and Bolivia. It notes US Alliance for Progress funding 40 million dollars and growing insurgent violence with 1500 communist led peasants attacking a Cuzco farm. The piece portrays the gap between lofty aims and harsh conditions in highland Peru.
An odd interview explores a fictional spit corps as a political device from a South American entrepreneur. The dialogue humorously imagines trained spitters disrupting speeches, with comments on regional beliefs, ethics, and a closing Methodist prayer by Lance Webb of Springfield Illinois.
FAA tests televized radar displays for private pilots in Boston near Logan Airport. Sixteen pilots fly two aircraft in shifts watching 5 inch cockpit screens. Half are radar veterans, half inexperienced, mirroring earlier New York harbor experiment with land radar and ship TV sets.
Hollywood interview details Shirley Knight’s preference for stage and selective film work. She rejects star status, cites money traps, and values good parts in good plays. Knight discusses Lumet’s The Pawnbroker and her selective film choices, praising real actors over studio methods. She warns Hollywood’s approach risks dulling true acting talent.
A home economist, Eleanor Dulaney, explains how knowing rivals helps shoppers pick a vacuum. She favors uprights for large carpeted areas and canisters for smaller spaces, warns on warranties, and stresses care and storage limits. Aileen Snoddy promotes her buying guide and offers how to order it.
Be el ey News Public Notice lists Beckley Newspapers Corporation contact data and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with mail and carrier options, locations in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia, and clarifications about delivery and advance payments. It names the National and International News Providers and dates no.
A fragment from a Washington scene shows young antiwar protesters, SNCC and SDS members, debating the meaning of a march vs a parade near Whelan's drug store and outside the White House. They call for stopping the war, free elections, and democratic change while reporters note their media treatment.
Thirty years ago H V Dunn, a well known county teacher, was visiting the city. He teaches at the Lee Snuffer school on Stephens Branch and reports his work progressing nicely. Lula Pratt returns from Hinton where she was ill to resume her duties at the telephone central office.
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