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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1959
Page
4
A devotional line asserting that Jesus Christ is a divine being approachable without pride and worthy of humility without despair. The reflection frames Christ as accessible and gracious to those who seek guidance.
Loyal Phillips urges eight hundred million Christians to honor the manger birth with peace and goodwill. The Raleigh Register voice calls for humility, gratitude, and dedication to love, unity, and moral action across nations and ages.
A historical overview notes many bowls from Liberty in Philadelphia to Bluebonnet in Houston and NAIA, NCAA events, and pro bowls. It cites gate receipts requirements since 1951, break-even ranges, and the shifting prominence of college promotions versus the NFL matchup Colts vs Giants.
James Marlow reflects on the 1950s noting space exploration milestones, hydrogen bombs, missiles, polio vaccine, and the nuclear submarine. He cites science and social justice as great achievements, but ranks world politics and lack of lasting peace as the era’s major failure, with the Supreme Court landmark as a further highlight.
The piece discusses Christmas origins from Christ's Mass and Yule differences, notes no exact birth date, and mentions the 4th century December 25 adoption. It blends a junior editors quiz with a sweeping view of 1950s-60s global politics, McCarthyism, Korea, Stalin, and shifting Soviet policy.
A Polish veteran Charles Sick marks his fourth Christmas in Beckley VA Hospital after a life of service and long hospital stays. Born 1892 in Poland he came to the U.S. in 1908 and served in World War I. He describes a long sequence of hospitalizations from a back injury and confinement in Ancon Panama Walter Reed Maine and New Jersey before Beckley. He reads constantly and awaits Santa as attendants note his wheel chair routine by the lobby elevator.
Inside New York chatter spans Adlai Stevenson’s brief, chest-to-chest encounter with gala guests at Lyceum Theater. The piece notes a photo moment with Lauren Bacall and other celebrities, plus diet hash jokes and Hollywood contracts, all in breezy backstage style.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists publication details for Raleigh and Register with contact info and press affiliations. It outlines home delivery pricing for daily and Sunday editions, subscription options, tax, and carrier responsibility.
An old Raleigh Register item lists Christmas era grocery prices with sugar coffee tomatoes bananas rice and fruit plus a Campbell Hospital display ad highlighting Women’s diseases and abdominal surgery specialty by A G Bowles with ten dollar weekly rates. It also notes Alderson merchant dealings as State Senator Alexander Miller sells his residence and surrounding acreage to R C Slaughter via J C Nowlan.
Huntington Charleston and War ana Washington Irving players dominate the fifth annual Alle State High School football team with Martino Mt Hope named end on the second team Cafego Oak Hill and Anderson Mt Hope on the third backfield team and several others honored on the honorable mention list The Vatican warned that the peace threat spreads and urged prayer and work for peace in the Christmas address.
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