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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1965
Page
4
Don Oakley compares Sir Winston Churchill and Admiral Nelson, noting how both saved Britain from invasion and embodied courage. The piece traces their careers from war leaders to peacetime statesmen, and links Nelson’s statue at Trafalgar to Churchill’s era as a symbolic bridge between empires and modern Britain.
Washington reports that despite strong talk from the Johnson administration, inflation remains a precarious issue. Prices rose about 12 percent over 1961 to 1965, with experts warning a rise beyond 2 percent could trigger market jitters. With demand not overpowering supply and wage settlements looming in key industries, the inflation outlook remains cautious as 1965 begins.
Twenty four players and four managers in football during the 1939 season were honored at Woodrow Wilson High School. Captain George Davis, a three year man, received a gold football and varsity sweaters for two years. Recipients included Elbert Thurman John Barone Gene Hall Bill Bales Jimmy Moorefield Sam Cumbow and Rey Carbo Berlin. Destruction of nine ships in the North Sea by German planes was described as a Nazi birthday gift on Hitler’s seventh anniversary. Fayetteville Guy Douglas was elected president of the Fayette County Court in the 1940 reorganization.
France's Charles de Gaulle will hold his semi annual press conference Thursday with wide TV and radio coverage. Reporters note his prepared questions and speeches, and analysts discuss his push for equal partnership between Europe and the United States while watchers monitor France's gold reserve moves.
The 57th West Virginia Legislature, 2 of 60 days in, has 289 bills in hopper with only one law enacted so far abolishing the Water Development Commission. A second bill to outlaw unrecorded long distance calls is expected, as committees prepare to push bills toward the floor. The House and Senate calendars may move bills from committee to floor amid logjam, while other actions include teacher salary bills and a gun-carrying debate for probation officers. Donna Rae Wood, Miss United States, was a guest at the Capitol and posed with Rep. Jake Neal. Governor Smith may decide this week on James Marshall’s fate, and Public Institutions Commissioner Browning plans to leave his post in mid-March for Gov. Smith’s staff.
The excerpt presents Melville arguing that the whale is a fish, citing lungs, warm blood, and a horizontal tail as defining features. It outlines a definition of a spouting fish and notes how walruses differ, then begins outlining the grand divisions of the whale host within Cetology.
Robert G. Spivack argues book burning by students and militants worldwide is a crime worthy of condemnation. He condemns totalitarian sponsorship of such acts and calls for U S protest, unity, and a clear stance against anti American demonstrations while supporting Voice of America as a beacon of freedom.
A humorous reminiscence by John Hodell about his youngest child delivering a local morning paper. The narrative covers pay collection woes, a subsidized route, early riser disruptions to the household, Sunday and Saturday delivery quirks, and neighborly tensions. The piece closes with a quirky prayer and a signature from Syracuse, New York.
Beckley Newspapers announces subscription rates for mail and home delivery with annual and half year options. It lists prices for daily and Sunday editions, and notes tax and distributor terms, plus instructions for address changes and that carriers are independent contractors.
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