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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1962
Page
4
A succinct meditation cites Seneca on birth as subjects and obedience to God as perfect liberty. It asserts that following divine will leads to freedom safety and happiness. The line reflects a classic moral premise in a compact, reflective form suitable for a brief newspaper card.
President Joseph F. Marsh of Concord College urges stronger support for education in West Virginia. He speaks to the Charleston Rotary Club about expanding post high school opportunities, improving facilities, and attracting teachers. The Register backs his call to create a larger chorus to push for statewide educational improvement.
United Press International sought views from Merriman Smith Henry Shapiro Stewart Hensley and Karol Thaler on whether Cuba marks a turning point in East West relations. Shapiro cautions cold war ups and downs persist while Thaler foresees a new but limited peace offensive by Khrushchev. Hensley sees no firm turning point yet and predicts a wait for clearer signs amid Berlin and nuclear test talks.
Senator McClellan's new book Crime Without Punishment is described as a damning account of racketeering within labor and management unions. The piece highlights examples from the Teamsters and other groups, notes strong editorializing in parts, and cites a $4.95 price from Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
The Mariner II mission enters its final phase as it approaches a December 14 Venus pass. Radio indications show a overheating main battery threatening instruments and power during the critical flyby, though the mission remains a remarkable scientific achievement.
Wladyslaw Gomulka, Poland’s Communist party leader, complains Poland leans on Western trade for essential goods including grain from the United States. He warns against any trade with rival blocs, noting that Poland cannot be bribed from the Soviet side. Still, Warsaw’s modest Western ties are viewed with mixed feelings by leaders on both sides.
Shawnee practices described by 1806 traveler Thomas Ashe include a village public bath for six, funeral rites in the Cabin of Death, a wedding custom using breaking sticks as proof, and a divorce process with eight day notice and stick fragments. The account also notes child birth in a private cabin and a fidelity pledge by a wife.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, details home delivery and undelivered mail options, and notes independent carrier contracts. It specifies prices for various terms, states tax adds three percent, and disclaims responsibility for advance payments to carriers or distributors.
In Europe, two veteran leaders confront pivotal elections. France's Charles de Gaulle, in his mid seventies, won a landslide mandate to govern France for the next three years. West Germany's Konrad Adenauer, in his mid eighties, faces the political stakes of aging leadership.
A Raleigh Register overview notes a chaotic start to a special Congress session pushing tax revisions for businesses. It highlights political shifts in Adenauer and De Gaulle, debates over the European Common Market, and Strauss resigning amid West German coalition tensions.
Pepi II of the Sixth Dynasty ascended the Egyptian throne around 2566 B.C. at age six and ruled for about 91 years, a record for monarch longevity. The Star Spangled Banner origins include Judge J. H. Nicholson linking the poem to the tune of To Anacreon in Heaven.
The piece surveys postwar Germany’s Jewish fate, noting Rabbi Grunewald’s pessimistic view of a potential “Judenrein” Germany within decades, contrasted with Norbert Muhlen’s cautiously optimistic study of 40,000 Jews and a reawakening German-Jewish culture. It credits McCloy’s postwar actions and Adenauer’s restitution efforts as factors aiding regeneration, though acknowledges deep scars and slow assimilation into national life.
A district items column notes J B Thomas taking a two week hunting trip and Posey Conner taking charge at Beckley City depot. It praises Beckley for a well equipped central post office room and building, among the best in cities of its size. It also mentions Dr H D Hatfield ill with a severe cold after the campaign, William McTaggart moving into a new stone residence on Kanawha Street, and remarks on a future four billion dollar foreign trade figure for the United States in 1912.
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