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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1966

Page

2

Thought For Today by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

A reflective quotation notes that many Black children miss maternal care because mothers are occupied earning money for their families and a white child, highlighting broader racial and economic burdens. The line underscores impact on family unity and resilience.

Martin Luther King Jr

Gideons Bibles in schools spark church state debate

Opinion piece questions school Bible distribution by the Beckley Gideons. It weighs Supreme Court precedent on church and state, asks if other faiths should be allowed to distribute their texts, and urges boards to enforce a wall of separation.

Beckley Camp Gideons Supreme Court Science and Health The Gideons West Virginia Beckley Newspapers Corporation

Fears of Major NYC Newspaper Mergers Grow

Reports say New York City could see major daily papers merge or fold within weeks. Talks of a World Telegram and Sun Journal American or Herald Tribune consolidation gain, with unions filing unfair labor practice charges over merger protections.

New York City The Washington Post New York Newspaper Guild of National Labor Relations Board New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American New York World Telegram and Sun Afternoon World-Telegram Journal- American Herald Tribune Sunday Journal-American

Community Mental Health Centers A New Approach To Care

The piece outlines President Johnsons budget of $84 million for establishing and staffing community mental health centers. It traces the movement from hospital based care to home based, community supported services, including VA origins and social psychiatry, aiming for 500 centers in six years and 2,000 by 1975 nationwide.

Helen B. Shaffer Johnson Washington V. A American Psychiatric Association National Association For Mental Health Congress Kennedy Columbia Winter Haven Fla National Governors Conference Chicago

Staggers Seeks Order in CATV Regulation Debate

Rep. Harley Staggers takes lead from House Commerce on CATV policy after FCC session. Richard Spong notes Staggers aims to bring Congresses voice to regulate CATV amid copyright, exclusivity and rate concerns. Industry groups like NCTA and AMST push for federal controls while broadcasters urge FCC leadership.

United Artists Frederick W. Ford NCTA FCC House Interstate Commerce Committee Walter Rogers Texas Communications Subcommittee Congress Rogers Commerce Committee Harley Staggers Dr. Va Staggers CATV

Co Existence Policy Strains Arts in Soviet View

A 10 year reflection on Khrushchev’s co existence policy notes how it sparked artistic tensions in the Soviet Union. It cites Boris Pasternak’s Nobel episode and mentions Ilya Ehrenburg, Yevtushenko, and Dudintsov amid Khrushchev’s crackdown on perceived dissent in literature and the arts.

Not by Bread Alone and Soviet Arts Clash

In Leningrad poet Iosif Brodsky ends up jailed as a social parasite. Khrushchev denounces abstract painting as foreign to our people. His successors denounce the erratic arts policy. Ehrenburg Yevtushenko and Dudintsev reemerge in Soviet journals amid a forthcoming trial of two writers using pen names. Western critics see rising restrictions.

Leningrad Iosif Brodsky Dudintsev Yevtushenko

Ayse the Belly Dancer Captures Washington Post Spotlight

The article profile highlights Ayse, a Turkish born dancer linked to the American Field Service alumni network. It notes her rise in Washington nightlife, her education, and a colorful backstory including a year in Ankara and a scholarship path via the service.

American Field Service Washington Post Potomac Ayse Washington Turkey Flatbush The University of California

Watch On The Potomac: Good Men in Conflict

The column contrasts President Johnson as a doer with Senator Fulbright as a cautious thinker. It argues both are good men yet exposes heated attacks on Fulbright, questions vague foreign policy, and draws parallels to British Labour debates on sanctions and extremism.

Washington Johnson Sen J. William Fulbright Fulbright Sen. Fulbright China Ho Chi Minh Vietnam Gavin Mao Tse-tung Cosmos Club

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