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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1966
Page
4
Vice President Humphrey described a overwhelming sensation after touring a 4-H Club congress. He said he felt as though he had bathed, donned a new suit, and experienced Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas all at once.
The writer notes CATV service in town delivers uneven viewing with local outlet bias and timer problems. Some subscribers voice frustration to the paper, City Council, or FCC, hoping for action against outages and mismatched channel swaps during network and local programming.
Oglebay Park spanning 1100 acres in Wheeling features a 40 acre ski area with two Pomailifts and a snow making system, tobogganing, ice skating on Schenk Lake, an ice rink with lessons, golf on an 18 hole course, two year round tennis courts, riding academy, ski joring, lodging and dining, museum and garden center, Pine Room dancing, and abundant winter and summer activities for all seasons.
An article humorously contemplates becoming pets in a future canine-ruled world. The writer muses on reincarnation as a dog, imagined dog masters, and life with dogs, including belly-aching scenes of sitting, kibble, and odd duties, wondering how humans would cope.
The piece contrasts Groundhog Day folklore with a National Geographic claim that groundhogs hibernate through mid winter and focus on food and sex, not weather. It notes Quarryville and Punxsutawney traditions, a lodge forecast argument, and Candlemas links in various churches plus an English weather rhyme about winter’s half.
Jeanne Kuebelr analyzes Brazil’s three-year military rule since the 1964 ouster of President Joao Goulart. Castelo Branco governs with a controlled path to indirect elections, banning parties and tightening state power while dissenters seek civilian restoration and potential direct elections amid legal changes and a purge aftermath.
UPI reports US fighter-bombers resume attacks on North Vietnam after a month lull, as President Johnson faces a costly, prolonged war. The piece surveys domestic doubts about duration and burden, the push for negotiations, and rival positions among Hanoi, the Liberation Front, Peking, and Moscow.
The meditation asks for renewed vigor and enthusiasm to live with purpose and diligent service. It stresses avoiding sloth and indolence, emulating steadfast resolve like the example of Christ’s path to Jerusalem, and willingness to endure hardship for faith. Attributed to A. A. Scott of Toronto, post moderator, United Church of Canada.
UPI reports CATV as remedy for ghosts and snow on TV images. Viking Industries drives growth with mast towers and direct home delivery, reducing need for rooftop antennas. Ted Baum, Viking exec, says building a CATV system costs 40 to 50 dollars per home with seven year ROI. urban demand rises as tall buildings block signals. Subscribers pay five dollars monthly plus a dollar per extra set.
Report from Washington notes internal clashes among Viet Cong factions in multiple hamlets. Party secretaries face challenges from military guerrilla leaders, with locals wielding the guns and the power while critiques of leadership and corruption emerge amid feuding cliques.
Analysis notes Mao Zedong arranged military leaders to govern locally and report to him, letting the strongest man lead, a system Ho Chi Minh’s Viet Cong have not yet adopted. In fighting, defeated leaders and their followers become prey for recruitment, while the winners consolidate power at the top.
From the 1916 Raleigh Register files the C and O depot at Glen Jean was destroyed by fire January ninth. The blaze began in the section occupied by an Italian restaurant and a room. Nearby, Wm. B. Ware of Thompson and Ware bought the Shumate property vacated by Alex Watts and plans to move his family into their new home by early February.
About 50 enthusiasts in District 17 pressed to gain an agent with President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers. They urged the right to elect their own district representative. The 1941 note also mentions Raleigh youth J. D. Blake, a former Beckley College welding student, now eyed in the Norfolk navy yard by college public relations.
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