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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1972
Page
2
Biblical verse instruction urging believers to seek closeness with God. It calls for cleansing hands purifying hearts and warns against double-mindedness in a concise exhortation.
So viet policy has registered impressive gains over the last decade with multilateral talks in Helsinki and planned Geneva discussions on arms reductions. Brezhnev era strategy forged acceptance of Europe’s status quo while Moscow consolidates influence in Asia and Africa amid tensions with the United States and NATO.
The article compares Helsinki multilateral talks with Geneva nuclear negotiations and Central Europe alliance talks. It notes Geneva’s exclusive U S Soviet dialogue contrasts with Helsinki’s broad conference style and the Cold War’s lingering power dynamics. Realists favor Geneva while idealists hope for a consensus led peace.
Apollo 17, the last scheduled U S manned moon mission, launches from Cape Kennedy on December 6 signaling the end of the space race era. The shift toward international cooperation includes the 1975 Apollo Soyuz Test Project with the Soviet Union and Europe forming a space agency with a 480 million annual regional budget.
Beclky Newspapers outlines subscription rates and delivery policies for Raleigh Register readers. Publishes address change instructions, monthly and yearly rates, and notes independent contractor status of carriers.
An upset victory by the Labor party in New Zealand brings Norman Kirk to power as the country’s fourth Labor prime minister. In Australia, Labor wins a majority in the House, elevating Gough Whitlam to prime minister. Both results could realign regional relations with the United States.
Carl Taylor, president of the Beckley Restaurant Association, named treasurer of the West Virginia Restaurant Association at its Huntington meeting. The piece notes party dynamics in Australia and New Zealand, with Whitlam favoring US ties but seeking China relations, and mentions McMahon attacks amid wage-earner concerns.
Beckley native Guy Morrison, famed premier twirler of the Three-Eye league and Bloomer hurling standout in 1922, has been purchased by the New York Giants. He will join spring training with McGraw's men in California, returning to the World Champs. Morrison rose from Beckley youth to national baseball prominence. The Presbyterian Church of Beckley begins October with a new church magazine, Presbyterian Item, coordinated by Rev. J. L. Lineweaver.
A reader asks about the panic of 1873. Jay Cooke and Co failure on Sept 18 triggered New York Stock Exchange bankruptcy on Sept 19 and a 10 day market close. Banks failed nationwide, five year downturn, later called recession.
The piece argues Kissinger overstated progress on October 26 before the election, with no real ceasefire agreement in place between Hanoi and Saigon. It notes Thieu’s Saigon government remains wary and North Vietnamese withdrawals were not secured, challenging Nixon and Kissinger’s assertion of imminent peace.
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