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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1965
Page
4
A Spring Lake, New Jersey teen Mary Anne Murray, 17, has won three new cars and other prizes from raffle tickets in the past year. Odds analysts call the feat near one in 150 million, while many people doubt such luck exists.
The education revolution following Sputnik extends to high school where a new book titled Plasma Physics Scientific Principles and Technological Applications is now part of the curriculum. Once confined to doctoral study plasmas are now studied by younger students as the U.S. science program broadens.
The eastern part of Germany once famed as a breadbasket has become the Soviet Zone. It has been forced to import 3.4 million dollars worth of wheat from the United States to feed its population. The piece notes ongoing collectivization and cites a pacifist song questioning when they will learn.
Washington report notes Sen. John Tower of Texas backing moderates as conservatives press for Goldwater loyalties. Some aides compare Tower to John Lindsay’s 1965 mayoral strategy in New York, warning against GOP labeling and rightward capture while balancing Democratic votes in Texas.
The column surveys Washington nightlife and political observes, noting Texan Tower’s moderation theme, social guests at a reception, and a Peru ambassador misidentification. It recounts Aides to Rockefeller, officials guarding office signs, and jokes about signs on a Bronx car. It covers OEO Job Corps tensions in Kalamazoo and Sargent Shriver’s naval shore patrol analogy.
Dartmouth's football coach Bob Blackman, after an undefeated 1965 season and Lambert Trophy win, rejected a lucrative Iowa offer to remain at Dartmouth. The campus edition highlighted the decision amid student support, a 1500-name petition, and praise for Blackman's leadership and Ivy League values.
A devotional prayer reflecting on God’s creation as summer advances. The speaker notes nature’s bounty from grain to cattle and birds, giving thanks for divine care as feelings of joy arise in Jesus name. Names at end appear garbled.
Ethiopian Airlines cites statistics from 70 cities showing Addis Ababa has the lowest average humidity in December at 48 percent, beating Phoenix in Arizona at 53 percent. The piece notes Ethiopia’s 13-month calendar and sunshine claims as a playful aside.
A new kitchen gadget called an electric fork is advertised as a gourmet delight and a carver’s catastrophe. Marketed as a companion to the electric knife, the fork is guaranteed non electric and does nothing when plugged in. The item is pitched as handy during a power failure.
Ray Cromley discusses the struggle over the Federal Reserve Board led by William McChesney Martin Jr. and the push in Congress to curb its independence. He argues for checks and balances between the president and the Fed, noting the board’s 14-year terms guard against political sway and that altering its independence would be a tragedy.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation outlines subscription options for Raleigh WM Register with daily and Sunday rates, home delivery by carrier, and terms. It notes mail and delivery prices, regional tax, and that carriers are independent contractors not liable for advance payments.
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson faces a two seat Commons majority and Rhodesia tensions as speculation grows he will call a general election in March to precede a tough April budget. A Moscow visit and NATO nuclear talks influence the timing amid uncertain East West relations.
Art is a cultural and academic value, not a frill, argues David Nydice. A lower grade lesson on winter clothing links weather science arithmetic language and reading to art, showing correlation across subjects and fostering creative expression and motor skills.
A reader critiques a Moscow interview with Scotty Reston, arguing that American democracy rests on mass education, free expression, and individual freedom. The writer contrasts Soviet and American paths, cites Founding Fathers, LBJ programs, and Reston’s background to argue that true wealth comes from people and liberty, not state control.
In 1915 Raleigh Register notes Beckley Institute will field a girls basketball team to compete off campus for the first time. Prof Walter Flick acts as referee, with Mr J H Hatcher and Mrs Hatcher as chaperones. They travel in automobiles owned by J H Hatcher and Ross Daniels. The squad members are listed but names are omitted in this note.
Three years ago in the 1940 Ra Register files Lydia Sessions, daughter of Mrs. H C Sessions, earned double honors as citizenship girl of the year at Woodrow Wilson High School and as representative of the local Daughters of the American Revolution in a state contest.
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