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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1956
Page
2
Residents vent about weeks of snow and rain that battered roadbeds, creating holes and foundation failures. Calls describe cars stuck in mud near Beckley and Coal City, with demands for road repair and red-dog gravel, amid partisan debates on state funding priorities.
The editorial criticizes the West Virginia House for proposing higher sales taxes to fund teacher pay, arguing revenue should come from property taxes with fair assessments. It praises the State Senate for resisting state and local tax hikes and urges voter and representative education to defend representative government.
A columnist argues Ohio Governor Lausche, despite a five term record and strong speaking ability, is unlikely to secure Democratic nomination due to Protestant bias against his Catholic faith. The piece cites broad American defenses of religious freedom while noting voters often reject non Protestant worship in presidential races.
Bug Dust Jim Comstock and Bronson McClung publish the Richwood News Leader. They eschewed formal journalism rule books, delivering warm personal fragments from Richwood. A Page 1 obituary notes the death of A. B. Campbell at 72 in a nostalgic, hometown voice.
A Richwood editorial laments the high school basketball team’s decline after a strong era led by Ken Hunt. Readers recall a dramatic season ending with three straight losses to Wheeling, once a powerhouse, and a town in gloom. The piece mocks past quirks and ends by praising the University of Hard Knocks diploma of street wisdom.
Pulitzer writer Relman Morin surveys the nation as President Eisenhower nears a personal D-day. The next medical checkup may determine if he runs again, with doctors weighing heart health, stress, and duty amid nationwide speculation and political maneuvering.
Will Rogers Jr. 44 predicts his CBS Good Morning debut February 20 against Dave Garroway on NBC. He says he will not be witty or lariat-wielding, aiming for a straightforward news report style while his family and hometown Oklahoma background color his approach. He recalls his youth and notes his own children mirror his perspective on his father.
Clara D asks Dr. Crane why Valentine candy boxes use heart shapes and why people call others softhearted or hardhearted. The discussion notes ancient beliefs that the heart guides behavior and cites Aristotle as an example of historical confusion about the brain and consciousness.
A reader’s prompt summarizes a question on whether the National Education Association supports or opposes an anti segregation amendment to the federal school aid bill. The text also includes a broader excerpt on historical views of the brain and consciousness.
Curbstone comments mark H. L. Mencken who died last week and argued he did not believe in immortality. He also said life is pleasant but he had no desire to clutter the universe after death. Some readers now mock the idea of Mencken as a mere showman.
Hollywood writer notes Las Vegas evolution from El Rancho Vegas opening in 1941 to major hotels in 1955. He highlights star salaries at the Sahara, Flamingo, Desert Inn, Riviera and New Frontier, with acts like Liberace, Betty Hutton, and Louis Prima. The piece pairs entertainment economics with literary reflections on Mencken.
The item notes Eddie Bracken born February 7 1920 in New York City son of a salesman. It traces his early film start in Kiddie Troupers and his casting by George Abbott as a military school commandant in Brother Rat, highlighting his status as a young cadet and later prolific work in stage screen and TV.
A religious excerpt offers prayerful reflections on nature's power and personal comfort. It includes a closing Amen with attribution to Roy Steller of Harrisburg and notes Evangelical United Brethren Church in Italy, plus stray fragments mentioning Niger, graduates, and other unclear bits.
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