Thought For Today Quote On Solitude And Passion
A reflective line cites Addison noting that to be free from others' torments is the only pleasing solitude, urging inward calm over external turmoil.
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1961
Page
4
Kennedy to Visit Caracas in Calculated Risk Move
The text discusses President Kennedy and First Lady going to Caracas amid Venezuelan anti gringo sentiment after Nixon era harassment in 1958. It notes assurances for safety, Venezuela's democratic regime, and upcoming visits to Colombia, with focus on risks and political context. It also shifts to Christmas tree industry facts, prices, sources, and historical notes on decorated trees in the U S and Europe.
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State Department
Venezuela
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Caribbean
Nixon
Kennedy
White House
Colombia
NASA faces moon mission choice sparks taxpayer concern
NASA officials unveiled a plan favoring orbital rendezvous over direct ascent for lunar crew delivery. The approach could speed moon landing by roughly two years and requires about 500 million dollars to adapt the Mercury program for a two man docking spacecraft, disclosed in Houston to the Houston Chamber of Commerce by Robert Gilruth.
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Washington
UPI
NASA
National Space and Aeronautics Administration
Earth
Mercury
Houston
Tex
Robert R. Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Washington Window Shows NASA Plays Politics
Washington window reports NASA used a Houston chamber event to release Gilruth speech, sparking criticism from UPI veteran Joseph L Myler who calls the move shoddy and politicized. He questions NASA’s PR policy and moon landing handling as eastern papers missed the disclosure.
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NASA
Washington
Gilruth
Westward
Houston Camber of Commerce
Houston
Johnson
Joseph L. Myler
Space
United Press International
Myler
UPI
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Lyndon Johnson
Missouri
St. Louis
Khrushchev Admits Farm Woes Highlight Soviet Shortfalls
Bruce Bioss notes Khrushchev says Russia learns from Americans but Soviet agriculture lags, needing more land, tractors, trucks, fertilizer, and power. He cites high farming share of a small population, low yields, and scarce consumer goods due to heavy industry focus. Harvard Handlin echoed similar critiques of Sino-Soviet economics.
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Moscow
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Khrushchev and Company
Harvard
Oscar Handlin
Harper’s Magazine
Cream Of The Crop The Foreign Service caliber rated
Nongovernment members of the rating board praised career diplomats as far superior to many top business executives. Charles D. Lewis, NY corporation president, said diplomats were "so much better" than the comparable people he knows. The piece questions the stereotype of cookie pushers who never met a payroll.
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Charles D. Lewis
New York Corporation
Foreign Service
Nobel Peace Prize Posthumous Award This Year
Questions and answers coverposthumous Nobel Peace Prize awards to Dag Hammarskjold, noting his death and the award this year. It also addresses lizard venom, identifying the beaded lizard and gila monster as poisonous, both in North America, and states the University of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic as the oldest university in the New World chartered in 1538, with Venus appearing as both morning and evening star.
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Dag Hammarskjold
North America
New World
University of
Beckley Newspapers subscription rates and delivery policy
Publication notice from Beckley Newspapers Corporation outlining home delivery by carrier and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including annual, semiannual, and monthly options, with tax details and contract terms for carriers and distributors in West Virginia.
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New York
Chicago
Detroit
Tlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
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Pittsburgh
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Stock Exchange Hubbub Keeps Color on ASE
The American Stock Exchange, second largest in the U S, remains colorful amid a lively trading floor. Hand signals and rapid clerical relays distinguish ASE activity as leadership changes shadow SEC investigations into regulations.
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Jesse Bogue
UPI
New York
American Stock Exchange
American Exchange
Curb Exchange
Artest
Securities and Exchange Commission
ASE
Edward T McCormick
Michael F. Mooney
SEC
New York Stock Exchange
Katanga Venture Weighs On U N Support And Policy
UPI foreign analysis cites growing discord among allies over the United Nations Congo mission in Katanga. After 17 months the Congo conflict remains unresolved amid hostilities in Elisabethville and doubts about U N aims.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
United Nations
Katanga
U.N
Congo
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Moise Tshombe
Africa
Belgium
Joseph Kasavubu
Real estate transfers and mine tragedy noted
Real estate transfers record R K Daniel and W D Daniel selling 43 acres in Marsh Fork to W G Daniel and J L Adkins with wife selling 22 acres in Richmond to Mary Guinn. A McDowell County mine blast killed 17. investigation cites open lamp carried by engineering workers to prove gas absence. Katanga leader Moise Tshombe reliance on Union Miniere profits fuels secession, with U.N. force actions drawing Western friction.
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R. K. Daniel
William D. Daniel
W. G. Daniel
Marsh Fork
J. L. Adkins
Mary Guinn
Richmond
McDowell County
Fidelis class hosts Christmas party at First Baptist
Members of the Fidelis class at the First Baptist Church were entertained at Mrs. E. Guy Graves home for their annual Christmas party. Mrs. Dewey Meador led a devotional service as part of the gathering.
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First Baptist Church
E. Guy Graves
Dewey Meador
So you keep Christmas too in a season of beginnings
A Buddhist girl revisits Christmas on a Tokyo street and questions the meaning of ritual. The piece argues that genuine faith, not empty ceremony, awakens life from cynicism as readers reflect on the Christian story and its historic impact. It urges choosing peace and a reforming view of how we begin and live.
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B. W
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Prayer for guidance from Bishop W Kenneth Pope
A devotional prayer asks God to reveal will for difficult decisions and tasks that define life. It invokes guidance against solitary effort and seeks the Spirit to move forward with hope, confidence, and gratitude through Christ. W Kenneth Pope of Little Rock Arkansas signs this Methodist Church message.
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Ark
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Earl Wilson Shor's Gilded Saloon To Have Quiet Zone
New York reports Earl Wilson Shor plans a quiet mezzanine room at his new 2.5 million dollar Toots Shor restaurant. The space seats about 100 and will be secluded from the main floor, offering an intimate, calmer dining area distinct from the lively primary rooms.
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Phyllis McGuire
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