Thought For Today on Human Rights and the U N
Brief meditation on the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights marking ten years since adoption. Outlines rights including freedom of conscience religion expression education and economic security, notes abstentions by Soviet bloc Yugoslavia South Africa and Saudi Arabia, and concludes with a cautious idealistic view similar to the Ten Commandments and Golden Rule. The piece ends by noting observances on Wednesday Dec 0.
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U. N. General Assembly
F. D. Roosevelt
Congress
Yugoslavia
South Africa
Saudi Arabia
Nation's Democratic Leadership Ties to Rayburn and Johnson
The Democratic Advisory Council proposals face a pivotal test as Speaker Rayburn and Senator Johnson, the two most powerful Texas Democrats, withhold membership. Their leadership and concessions will shape the party's pursuit of civil rights and Senate rules changes amid a growing Democratic majority in Congress.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington
Democratic Advisory Council
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon. Johnson
Larry S. Truman
Adlai Stevenson
New York
Averell Harriman
Rayburn
Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Executive Branch
House
Democrats
Senate
Council
Compliment Club tale shows power of daily praise
Dr George W Crane features a tale where Myrna M a 29 year old wife learns to compliment her neighbor sincerely. The episode reveals how genuine praise over ten years leads the neighbor to donate roses to a hospital and gradually improve neighborhood relations. Crane urges readers to join the Compliment Club to apply positive psychology in daily life.
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Myrna M
Dr. Crane
Two County Figures Back Blackburn-Patteson Offer in Beckley Letter
Fayette County realty firm Blackburn Patteson Realty Co of Mt Hope offers land for factory sites to ease unemployment. Local leaders urge broader civic support across Beckley Mount Hope Oak Hill Fayetteville, with Julia Cassell and others calling for action. A Reader criticizes high rents for families with children. Lillybrook church seeks funds to pay a bus garage bill of 137 for Sunday School service.
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Kirk E. Miller
Sophia
Fayette County
Blackburn-Patteson Realty Co
Mt. Hope
Raleigh
MacArthur
Julia Cassell
Fayette
Mount Hope
Beckley
Oak Hill
Blackeburn-Patteson Company
Raleight County Realty Company
Lillybrook
Hock
James Stewart
Free and Independent Holiness Church
West Virginia
Stewart
Thelma Tunstalle
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Military news from a field training exercise in Italy includes Pfc. Charles C. Leffew of Oak Hill headed to Europe after Army entry in 1987. Other graduates and recruits span Fort Meade, Camp Lejeune, Fort Benning, and Parris Island with ties to Oak Hill, Beckley, Glen Rogers, Mount Hope, Crab Orchard, and Spanishburg.
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Italy
Charles C. Leffew
Main St
Oak Hill
79Th Field Artillery
Army
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Europe
Fort Benning
Edgar P. Arthur Jr
Route 1
Mount Hope
Woodrow Wilson High School
Harold D. Perkins
Cecil E. Perkins
Stoco High School
Gerald R. Pendry
Herbert W. Pendry
Crab Orchard
Clarence D. Keaton
Geneva M. Keaton
Ghent
Dathan Clark Jr
Flat Top
Spanishburg High School
Soldier to Attend Fort Riley Organization Day
M. Sgt. George S. White 41, son of Mrs. Roxie Starks of Beckley, participated in Second Infantry organization day ceremonies at Fort Riley Kansas. He is a first sergeant in the infantry's Com war C and entered the Army in October 1941.
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Fort George G. "Meade
Clyde Adkins
Jasper R. Adkins
Keyrock
Marine Baracks
Fort Meade
Pineville High School
United Gas Co
Marines
Fortiley
Kan
George S. White
Roxie Starks
Berry St
Beckley
Army
Home Delivered Rates and Carrier Responsibilities
Annual and weekly newspaper delivery terms outline home delivery by carrier or distributor at 45 cents per week for daily and Sunday, 1.95 per month, or 0.98 per half-month. It states carriers, dealers, and distributors are independent contractors and the Beckley News Geavers Corporation cannot assume responsibility for advance subscription payments owed to them or their representatives.
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Beckley Newsgeavers Corporation
Hal Boyle Hollywood Writers Enjoy New Stature
Hollywood writer Daniel Taradash describes a shift in status from lowly to influential in the film industry. Writers now receive greater respect, larger salaries, and on set access, with Taradash citing a minimum pay of 350 dollars weekly and potential profits exceeding 100 thousand dollars for certain scripts. He reflects on craft pace, contractual protections, and Hollywood’s optimistic culture despite past constraints.
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New York
Hollywood
Pearl Harbor
Daniel Taradash
Taradash
Dan
Portugal Since the Twelfth Century Independence
A concise note asserts Portugal has been an independent state since the Twelfth century, highlighting its long history of sovereign status and continuity as a nation through medieval to modern times.
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Portugal
Hamburgers From Hamburg to American Staple
Junior Editors Quiz on FOOD explains Hamburgers named after Hamburg Germany yet the modern hamburger is American. It notes Hamburg as a major German port shipbuilding sugar coffee woolen goods and bombing damage in WWI. It mentions Johnny Jones cooking burgers and a prize won by Larry N. Mellen and invites questions to Junior Editors Beckley.
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Hamburg
Europe
Germany
Johnny Jones
Larry N. Mellen
Jacksonville
Beckley
Christmas in Berlin and a world of hula hoops
A Paris Christmas scene contrasts Khrushchev’s limits with East Berlin’s market charm. A West Berlin guide notes propaganda and rockets as East Germans chase the Christmas spirit, while celebs and tourists mingle. Recent gossip items touch on actors, directors, and fashion as Earl Wilson’s column roams Europe.
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Paris
Europe
Khrushchev
Gay Champs Elysees
West Berlin
Kurfurstendam
Pere Noel
East Berlin
Eisenhower
Unter den Linden
Cornel Wilde
Jean Wallace
Jeanne Crain
Vera Ellen
Berlin
Stalinalee
Stalinallee
Nist
Conrad Hilton
Paris Hilton
Christian Dior
Irwin Shaw
Hollywood
Irving Lazars
Scrooge
Nobel author Pasternak faces royalties after prize rejection
In Antigo Wisconsin Daily Journal, Boris Pasternak’s Nobel Prize award and the Soviet condemnation of Dr. Zhivago raise questions about royalties. The piece notes Pasternak’s rejection of the prize money and wonders if he can still collect royalties, given the controversial reception in the Soviet press.
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Antigo
Wisconsin
Daily Journal
Dr. Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
Glascove Leads In WV Plurality Amid 1909 Tuition Rates
Governor-elect William E Glascove held an official plurality of 11 89 over Lewis Bennett while Taft led Bryan by 26 451 in West Virginia. Beckley Institute to start January 5 1909 with tuition rates: primary 2 dollars intermediate 250 preparatory 250 normal 3 academy 3. Raleigh bridge abutments in place with steel due this week.
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William E. Glascove
Lewis Bennett
Taft
Bryan
West Virginia
E. W. McDiarmid
Beckley Institute
Raleigh
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