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Taine notes four social varieties the lovers the ambitions observers and fools. He claims the fools are the happiest reflecting a pragmatic view of happiness amid social roles.
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1961
Page
4
Canada Canada Trade Ties Face Fresh Economic Dilemma
Canadians fear Britain joining the European Common Market will disrupt trade preferences, risking up to 150 million dollars yearly losses in manufactured goods and raw materials. The United States remains Canada’s main trading partner, with 65 percent of Canadian world commerce crossing the border, yet Canada runs a long standing deficit with the U S that could worsen if two way trade declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Britain
U. S
Golden Age Phi Beta Kappa Celebrates 185th Founding Anniversary
The Phi Beta Kappa society marks its 185th founding anniversary and notes 40 members appointed by President Kennedy to federal posts including Cabinet members Secretary of State Rusk and Secretary Freeman. The group, oldest US literary honor society, began at William and Mary in 1776 and now has 175000 members over 170 chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Beta Kappa
Beta Kappa
Kennedy
State Rusk
Freeman
U. S
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Mont
National Council of United Chapters
PBK
If You Stand Still Pll Catch Up
Washington dispatch notes a skeptical view of the administrations response to rising costs as the Labor Department reports a record high consumer price index in October. Commissioner Ewan Clague is cited for softening the news while not fully explaining the underlying trend and its implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Herschel B. Dean
Baton Rouge
Weller Avenue Baptist Church
Washington Window: Living Cost Edges Higher in October
October price index rose one tenth of one percent making a record high. Commissioner Clague calls it progress in the wrong direction as the dollar loses purchasing power. Take home pay for a typical production worker with three dependants rose to 84.12, up 1.80 from September, a sign of rising living standards for workers but hurting savers and those on fixed incomes. Higher costs for cars rents and medical care weigh on pensioners and thrifty savers amid ongoing dollar decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clague
U.S
Washington Notebook on Kennedy Adenauer Talks and Offbeat DC Quips
West German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder faced a tough briefing after the Kennedy Adenauer talks, while President Kennedy sent support. Connally wore an eye patch after a ROTC guard’s bayonet mishap as Pentagon jokes circulated. A Harvard professor quipped that Harvard’s staff losses were the best thing ever for the university. Capitol Hill chatter riffed on science and a duty forecaster sign at the nearby airport. Canadian officials noted Florida and New York tourism lifting trade deficits, with a comic Canadian flag mishap. Spaak noted for Churchill look and lilt. Scranton’s mic died during a constituents’ speech, drawing a hog caller quip from the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nea
White House
Gerhard Schroeder
Adenauer
Capital
National Press Club
Schroeder
Beckley News Group Publishes Raleigh Register Listing
Becketty area publication lists staff and service details including managing editor McQuade, United Press International affiliation, and subscription rates for West Virginia with mail and carrier options. It notes three percent tax, change of address instructions, and distributor independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Infant Helps Disprove Old Theories In New York
A newborn girl, Kathi Lorraine Guertin, reportedly moved her eyes to track sounds within minutes of birth, indicating early brain maturation for sound localization. Psychologist Michael Wertheimer of the University of Colorado argues this challenges the view that infants need extensive experience before learning to locate sounds, reflecting a broader debate between dynamic and physiological theories of early development. The study echoes past informal work by Wertheimer but remains part of ongoing disputes about when emotional and perceptual foundations are formed in infancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Miss Kathi Lorraine Guertin
Michael Wertheimer
University
Edmund Bergler
Mark Altschule
Harvard
Wertheimer
Nine Decades Ago Raleigh Marriage Licenses and Childbirth Study
The Raleigh Register notes marriage licenses issued by Chester Boley and Mary Adkins, Styles R. Mitchell and Mrs. Mary Brown, Oliver Cantley and Sarah Brown, Alek Wargo and Julia Wacko, Darwin E. Smith and Maud Williams, Willie Mills and Ethel Wood, A F Bryson and Dixie Crouse. It also covers a formal childbirth experiment on baby Miss Kathi Lorraine Guertin, hypnotically assisted birth and a click training test by Wertheimer and Dr Victor Raimy, documenting responses and conclusions for the AAAS report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Boley
Mary Adkins
Styles R. Mitchell
Mary Brown
Oliver Cantley
Sarah Brown
Alek Wargo
Julia Wacko
Darwin E. Smith
Maud Williams
Willie L. Mills
Ethel Wood
A. F. Bryson
Dixie Crouse
D. L. Baker
L. J. Cox
Frank
Carol Joyce Guertin
Kathi
Wertheimer
Miss Kathi
Victor G. Raimy
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Lorraine Guertin
West Virginia Statehouse notes and new plates plan
In Charleston UPI reports state officials discuss upgrading black and white license plates with department identifiers. Commissioner Jack Nuckols will issue tag designs only with holder approval. The State Board of Public Works tightens use of its conference room as meetings fill dates. Agriculture considers leasing abandoned coal mines to a California mushroom grower, details kept confidential. Visitors guide staff expand with Virginia Thacker replacing Helen Wolfe at the capitol desk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Jack Nuckols
Nuckols
State Department of Natural Resources
State Board of Public Works
Joe Burdett
Statehouse
West Virginia
Guide
Virginia Thacker
East Bank
Capitol Building
Helen Wolfe
Myr Ballard
Mad
1936 Raleigh highlights include session call and dignitaries
Gov. Kump calls for a Dec. 14 special legislative session to consider unemployment compensation law. Luther Fink leads the local Forty and Eight group with eleven new officers. Mrs. Andrew Bailey dies at 58, a D A R founder active in the Women’s Club. Gov. Barron nears 50 with one public talk, and a Welch banquet honors State Chairman McDonough. Timber damage from October snow is being surveyed, with greater loss anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kump
Luther Fink
Andrew Bailey
Harper Road
Captain
James Allen
D.A.R
Women's Club
State Department of Natural Resources
West Virginia
Warden Lane
Bug Dust and Opportunity in Engineering Decline
C J McQuade argues against the view that opportunities are scarce, praising widespread access to scholarships and funds. He recalls engineers’ challenging paths and urges a shift toward design and innovation, citing Dean Chester Arents on enrollment declines and the role of JETS in West Virginia. A closing prayer from Herschel B. Dean adds a religious note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Arents
School of Engineering
West Virginia University
Arents
The
New York Times
United States
Engineering Technical Society
JETS
West Virginia
Mason M. Peterson
Peterson
Michigan State University
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Pioneer
Liz Taylor and Eddie Fisher plan Swiss move and romance
New York gossip claims Liz Taylor and Eddie Fisher may join a celebrity parade to Switzerland and settle there, with plans of a small Jamaica lean-to. Eddie protects Liz from crowds, while she eyeing a Cleopatra bracelet. Jerry Lewis mocks a Las Vegas bagel mishap. Tro y Donahue faces a lawsuit doubt with Suzanne Pleshette backing him. Doris Duke in Paris pining for Joe Castro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liz Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Rome
Switzerland
Jamaica
Eddie
Liz
Via Veneto
Cleopatra” Company
Troy Donahue
Hollywood
Suzanne Pleshette
Suzanne
Ann Bancroft
Karen Lee
Patty Duke
Roundtable
Doris Duke
Paris
Joe Castro
Joe
Henry Fonda
Polly Bergen
Sidney Kingsley
Bugs Baer
Dtr
Atra
Blue Angel
Pat Harrington Jr
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Labor Department
Ewan Clague
Labor Statistics
Washington Notebook
Navy
John B. Connally
University of Texas Navy
Connally
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Cambridge
Department of Government
President Kennedy
Peter Lind Hayes
Fred Allen
Jimmy Cagney
Florida
New York City
Paul Henri Spaak
Ratther
Charles Boyer
Winston Churchill
William Scranton
Scranton
Raleigh Ge Register
Beckley Newspapers
Prince St
Beckley
V. Va
Soennansey
McQuade
United Press International National One
Eames Ward-Griffith Mpany
LINC
Chicago
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
Pittsburgh
Science Today
Raleigh Register
West Virginia Statehouse
By Carlo J, Salzano
State Department of Agriculture
California
Beckley Area
Ison
State Road Commission
Welfare
Health Department
W. W. Barron
Barron
Welch
McDowell County
Democratic Executive Committee
Robert P. McDonough
Parkersburg
C. J. McQuade
Arnets
Earl Wilson
Jerry Lewis
Las Vegas Sands
Sands
Jack Entratter
Latin Quarter
Julia Gibson
Helen McDermott
Miss Gibson
Ima Washout
Wish ID
Ralph Rivet
Santa Claus
Earl
Suzanna Pleshette
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