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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1964
Page
4
MIT Professor Charles Townes, joint winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for the maser and laser, reflects on the unpredictable path of scientific discovery and its bright impact.
The Dow Jones industrial average pushes toward the 900 level, a milestone last approached on Nov 18, with analysts calling a 900 break a buy signal. The piece explains the Dow Jones averages structure, the divisor change, and the index’s role as a market bellwether in a sardonic overview of its influence and public interest.
Ray Cromley recounts six months in Nishi Sugamo prison after arrest by Japanese police following Pearl Harbor. He describes solitary confinement, daily interrogations, and harsh conditions while reflecting on the bureaucratic system behind wartime cruelties and the civilian military takeover shaping actions.
As January inauguration approaches, Charleston reports intense jockeying for governor staff roles led by Curtis Trent with names like James Sprouse Chauncey Browning Jr and Clarence Elmore in circulation while most major posts are seen staying. Also covered are grant funded pollution lab upgrades in Kanawha County and Agriculture Commissioner Johnson noting fivefold farm marketing gains since 1952 with calls to expand markets statewide.
Research from Kert R. Morgan at the University of Rochester describes polyoma virus behavior in cell cultures. Most cells carry infectious virus, yet fewer than 1 to 3 percent enter a vegetative cycle, leaving daughter cells with viral particles while most divisions proceed virus-free. The study notes interferon ineffectiveness and viral antibodies curing infected colonies.
Washington column argues self-government is learned, not inherited, citing Vietnam. It compares Vietnam’s crisis to Africa, Latin America, and past struggles like Mississippi, France under De Gaulle, and American independence. Emphasizes long path to stable civilian government and warns against hasty decisions.
A columnist muses on turning trash into triumph as America faces thousands of auto junkyards and five million old cars annually. Economists, nature lovers, and President Johnson are urged to find better disposal methods beyond pits, to save beauty and curb rusting fleets.
Advertisement lists delivery options and rates for home delivery by carrier or distributor. It notes publication by Beckley Newspapers Corporation with addresses in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia, pricing per week, half month, and month, plus a 3 percent WV sales tax and a disclaimer about independent contractors and payment responsibility.
In Philadelphia Mississippi the sheriff, a balding 40-year-old, jokes with deputies about burning a Black church and intimidating Black residents. The scene includes racial slurs, a Black person shoved and injured, and threats of violence linked to voting rights. A caller from New York reports no trouble, while church and civil rights references surface amid a prayer by a Wisconsin minister.
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