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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1963
Page
4
A devotional note echoes John the Baptist crying in the wilderness urging repentance. The message highlights preparing the way of the Lord and making his paths straight as per the cited verse.
The liberal Nation magazine has been banned from New York City public high schools for 15 years. A four member board of education committee reviews six issues to assess suitability and potential anti Catholic bias. Ban began June 8 1948 after Paul Blanshard writings.
Nelson Rockefeller presses attacks on Kennedy policy on nuclear inspections and Cuba as part of a broader effort to solidify his Republican identity. Analysts note doubts among midwestern Republicans and calls for a dramatic clash with Kennedy on test ban and Cuba to gain support.
An essayish column muses on spring warming, old Frost, and a changing grammar class. It compares human pace with the world’s rush while pondering earthworms, hibernation, and political sentiment, ending with the notion that solutions lie within individuals.
Geneva hosts an international conference with 2000 delegates from over 80 nations on using science to boost developing economies. The U S sends 100 delegates. Rome held a related session in 1961 on solar wind and geothermal energy. concerns include information overload and feasibility given limited funds and tech bases.
Labor leaders debate Kennedy administration proposals and union aims. Meany opposes broad reform, while Biemiller urges repeal of Taft Hartley 14 B and Landrum Griffin limits. Talks cover 35 hour week, min wage, right to work, and possible new restrictions amid longshore, newspaper, aircraft labor disputes.
Alfred N. Sayres of Lancaster Pennsylvania professor emeritus at The Lancaster Theological Seminary prays for unity among all people asking that differences in color tongue and custom enrich life rather than divide and that all be brothers under the skin in the name of Jesus Christ Amen
Publication details for Beckley Newspapers Corporation include mailing privileges, managing editor John Hodel, United Press International affiliate, and Ward Griffith advertising network. Subscription rates are listed for daily and Sunday delivery by mail and carrier with location West Virginia tax notes and payment responsibilities outlined.
A Chicago report details the common cold as a virus driven illness affecting most people and costing U.S. industry billions. Vaccines from six U.S. firms and three British firms are in development with targets to cut cases within five to ten years, possibly making colds rare.
U S Office of Education reports engineering enrollment among college freshmen fell about 2.3 percent from the previous year. Causes are under study and possible remedial action may be proposed to Congress as the outlook remains discouraging.
Betsy Herring and Emerson Pownall win leading roles in the Beckley junior high production Coast to Coast. The piece notes local theater sponsorship and a town relocation for Mrs. Henry Cook as Kopperston mining town development proceeds.
J M Wright president of Raleigh Coal and Coke Company purchases a Walnut Hills home in Cincinnati for his family to reside. The price is heard to exceed $50,000. Leslie Fink returns from a five year army stint. Architects Miller, Ragan and Wyson plan and bid for a new high school building.
Washington column argues unemployment could rise beyond five million and stresses the double burden of automation and a booming youth cohort. The piece questions tax cuts as a sole solution and urges a national redevelopment plan and targeted federal spending.
Pascal argues that sneezing shows the soul’s functions but not weakness, while pain can be borne without shame and pleasure with disgrace. He contends reason honors restraint under pain, but yields to pleasure, making mastery over self the source of glory.
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