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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1955
Page
4
Five requirements for a good officer cited by Pena are ability clean hands despatch patience and impartiality in a concise editorial note offering moral guidance for public service. The line evokes civic virtue and professional standards through a brief reflective quote.
Brotherhood Week to be held February 2027 with educational, religious and civic groups across over 10,000 communities. President Eisenhower is honorary chairman and Ben Duffy of Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne, Inc. is general chairman. The 1955 theme One Nation Under God focuses on reducing prejudice and expanding tolerance through dialogue and shared activities.
Senate President Ralph Bean backs a bill to tax every liquor distillers and vintners agency account at 1000 dollars a year. The proposal targets accounts held by administration favorites, aiming to curb graft and raise revenue to offset a seven million dollar legislative deficit.
The Journal of the American Medical Association warns more children die or are crippled by accidental poisoning than polio. Items to keep away include aspirin products, liniment, cleaners, insect sprays, rat poison, nail polish remover, antifreeze, detergents, ammonia, kerosene, and furniture polish. Parents should teach caution and keep dangerous substances out of reach.
Chief City Magistrate John M. Murtagh reports NYC collected 8,721,325 dollars from driving offenses in 1954, reaching 95 percent of levied fines. Only 70 percent was achieved elsewhere. Most receipts come from parking violations. City aims to raise further with tougher enforcement as fixed tickets end.
In a London oriented column, women are celebrated for expanding in journalism. Dorothy Amick’s first personal column, Fastest is The Mostest, is praised as well received. A male response follows with Skillet Club for Men and Governor Kennon’s yam casserole noted as a weekend food feature. Uncle Frank Kohler cheers the venture.
Beclky residents are urged to join Beckley Community Concert Association board and buy tickets for a season promising major acts. Plans include three to four top performances, with tickets usable in Charleston Municipal Auditorium, plus access to remaining numbers this season. Join now at Beckley Hotel lobby or by phone.
Beclley Newspapers Corporation publishes Raleigh Register evenings and Sunday morning. It is entered as second class mail matter at Beckley West Virginia and Hinton Virginia. J McQuade is managing editor and the paper is a member of the Associated Press with AP news dispatch rights.
The article argues a Ike Eisenhower and Marshal Zhukov friendship could spur peace. It notes Zhukov’s Moscow interview and past talks with Eisenhower, discusses possible future US–Soviet diplomacy, and weighs whether Zhukov might lead toward understanding if allowed free political context.
Hal Boyle offers satirical reflections on weight loss, exercise, and human variability. He jests about dieting myths, questions scientists, and mocks social pretensions amid a chorus of wry, observational quips on culture, aging, and modern life.
Chicago gossip column recounts visiting stars and socialites in the mid 1950s scene. Notables like Lena Horne Jay Lawrence and Barbara Nichols appear with Hollywood moves and TV shifts. Earl Wilson riffs on Chicago as a hub, noting entertainments, marriages, and celebrity chatter amid a wry, streamy steel-vestless year.
Senator Lehman of New York introduced a resolution proposing January 30 be made a legal holiday in honor of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The plan aims to recognize the late president’s birth with official observance.
Jody Lawrence once co starred with Burt Lancaster in 10 Tall Men and later worked as a waitress near UCLA. She explains her career slide from Columbia films to TV roles, leaving stardom after a temperamental clash with publicity, taking pay and meal jobs, and now hoping a new agent will revive acting opportunities.
A short prayer asks for faith and trust in divine plan. It cites Romans 8 28 and praises God’s work for those who love the Lord. The call to seek strength and security in God is offered by W Kenneth Pope of First Methodist Church in Houston.
Washington reports Harvey Matusow, a 28 year old former Communist party member and FBI informer, now claims he lied under oath in past Communist trials and labor cases. He argues his current testimony is a matter of conscience sparking debate over perjury proof and government investigatory methods.
Guy Wilson Allen presents a detailed year by year profile of Walt Whitman tracing his Leaves of Grass era. The study blends Whitman’s public life as a newspaperman editor and war nurse with his private life and intense humanity.
The week’s top sellers feature FICTION including Love Is Eternal by Irving Stone and The View From Pompey’s Head by Hamilton Basso plus No Time for Sergeants by Mac Hyman and Katherine by Anya Seton. NONFICTION spans The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale and The Tumult and the Shouting by Grantland Rice with Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg. Also listed are My Several Worlds by Pearl S. Buck and The Saturday Evening Post Treasury by Roger Butterfield.
Lloyd's Register of Shipping reports Britain's shipyards are busier than at any time since World War II, signaling a sharp rebound in shipbuilding activity and demand for maritime construction across the United Kingdom.
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