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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1973
Page
4
A damaged OCR fragment quotes Acts chapter two verse seventeen about old men dreaming dreams and young men seeing visions, referencing a religious text passage without additional context or attribution.
The 61st Legislature convened at the Capitol in Charleston amid hoopla and high expectations. Governor Moore’s ambitions and the energy crisis loom over politics as debate over Interstate 64 and capital punishment resurfaces, with citizens split between motions and substance.
Magistrate R. L. Hawley of Mullens imposes a $5,000 penalty on Ranger Fuel Corporation for discharging waste into a stream. The company plans to appeal, with readers noting the need for strict enforcement to deter ongoing pollution and protect the land.
In a Washington news conference Secretary Shultz touted devaluation while critics stress short term costs. The piece mocks policymakers as detached from daily life noting milk prices rising to 1.16 and a 33 percent property tax hike as the public is urged to endure inflation in the long run.
A distorted list of Washington office addresses for U S Senators and Representatives in Washington D C. Names include Byrd Randolph Hechler Mollohan Slack and Staggers with room numbers in the Capitol and Rayburn Office Buildings.
President Nixon long worked for an honorable peace in Indochina and now faces muted praise for the Paris accords. A recent call from Col. Robinson Risner, a Hanoi prisoner released after seven years, gave him a rare lift as critics remained skeptical and silent majority wary.
London report outlines the Bretton Woods legacy and the Group of 20 effort to reform the non Communist monetary system. It notes slow progress since the Smithsonian devaluation and forecasts no major agreement before two years, with a parallel Nixon tariff round unlikely to yield quick results.
Read about the planned demolition of the White hotel at White Sulphur Springs as the Greenbrier resort prepares to meet resort needs. Historic barroom lore recalls a governor quip while jurors for Raleigh circuit court are announced for the February term.
Beckley City Council accepts a bid from Cincinnati investment firms to purchase 75000 in revenue bonds to fund a municipally owned garbage disposal system. Mayor G C Hederck proposes adding a bulldozer to equipment for the disposal system as discussions continue.
A reader recounts a man who received cobalt radiation therapy over six weeks in Charlottesville after tissue removal revealed cancer. The piece discusses costs roughly 160,000 dollars for a high voltage unit and argues for a local center to spare families from relocation and emotional strain.
Chicago columnist Mike Royko applauds Mayor Richard J. Daley for steering city insurance business to his son John. The piece defends favoritism as beneficial, mocks critics, and labels the Daley machine powerful, noting the mayor’s “great city” and the Democratic process.
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