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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1954
Page
4
An opinion note from today critiques public concerns and media focus, quoting John Milton about hungry sheep looking up and not fed, urging readers to seek substance over distraction. The piece reflects on civic attention and the need for meaningful engagement rather than rhetoric.
A Beckley viewpoint cites FBI Chief Hoover on crime costing US families $495 annually and estimates local losses at $2,475,000 for 5000 families. The piece argues for better funding of police, noting a plan for ten more investigators would cost $36,000 and could curb vast losses.
The piece argues that despite hopes for reform, the Republican party in West Virginia remains under the same factional control led by Walter Hallanan. It predicts another possible defeat and a weakened two party system, reflecting on 1938 to 1982 electoral losses and the prospect of continued divisive in-fighting.
The Register reports two fund raising leaders view conditions pessimistically, seeing only unemployment and decline. It contrasts their outlook with broader local gains, noting strong bank deposits, high postal receipts, and coal industry transition, urging focus on opportunity over fear.
A tired executive muses on quitting his job to rest and read but learns that long idleness brings its own monotony. Bug Dust argues that a life of leisure loses purpose, while reflecting on a Navy veteran who found two weeks of tropical lounging dull and final proof that doing something beats doing nothing.
In Beckley and Hinton West Virginia the Raleigh and Register Evening and Sunday Morning newspaper outlines subscription rates and mailing details. It lists daily and Sunday options with three month to one year plans and explains delivery service and tax considerations.
A lively, era style column mixes humorous cooking tips and celebrity anecdotes. The piece riffs on coffee, brownies, garlic sauce, sugar in hamburger, and diet limits, then shifts to late night stars like Milton Berle, Jackie Gleason, Frank Sinatra, and Don Ameche with brief gags and social notes.
Dinah Shore draws a sigh from her young daughter who objects to her mother's singing. The child, nestled in arms, asks for quieter lullabies and preferring plain rocking. The four Gabor sisters plan a TV panel show with a proposed title I Remember Papa. Mike Connolly notes a shuttered magic shop sign reading Vanished till next season.
Washington reports that Yuri Rastavorov’s defection is a minor episode in a wider shift. Beria loyalists are purged, secret police roles trimmed, and Moscow moves toward a committee system with Malenkov as chairman. Evidence includes selective press space, subtle Molotov independence, and renewed European diplomacy signals.
National political narrative focuses on recession and Communist in government debates as the 1954 congressional race looms. Democrats push downturn blame on the Eisenhower era while Republicans defend against recession charges and stress anti Communist governance topics. Sherman Adams accuses opponents of promoting a fear strategy as the campaign intensifies.
Hal Boyle writes on Maxwell Bodenheim, once a Chicago inspired poet who settled in Greenwich Village. The piece views Bodenheim as a symbol of a vanished Bohemian era and notes his death by a .22 caliber wound, framing the village as a fading tourist allure.
The piece muses on Maxwell Bodenheim and other writers in Greenwich Village, contrasting bohemian myth with inner inspiration. It notes Bodenheim’s life in the Village, its lure for young authors, and the idea that true artistry begins in the artist’s own mind rather than a place. It reflects on real estate, famous residents, and the notion that a heart, not a street, houses creative life.
A mix of old notes recalls food tokens in Beckley and a four way city money audit by the City Council. It also notes RAF raids on Frankfurt, Kwajalein’s capture by U S forces, Raleigh County nurse appointment, a tax case before the State Supreme Court, labor leader Easton opposing wage cuts, and France’s political shift with Doumergue as premier.
A disk from El Salvador reports scientists aim to harness volcanic power, arguing for practical uses of mountains beyond climbing. The piece weighs in on the idea of leveraging geology amid popular commentary.
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