Thought for Today on 1961 Communist Threats and U N picket protests
A 1961 editorial warns of Communist tactics seen in the United Nations and U S protests, listing fourteen to fifteen objectives and urging Americans to support the House Un American Activities Committee. The piece cites Khrushchev and Mindszenty Foundation as sources and urges public action to defend anti-Communist efforts.
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U.S
U.N. Security Council
King Jackass
Nikita Khrushchev
U.N
United States
Japan
New Orleans
Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation
Khrushchev
The
Foundation
United Nations
Quemoy
Matsu
Turkey
South Korea
Chiang Kaishek
West Berlin
Formosa
Soviet Russia
Red China
Lumumba
Congo
Panama Canal
Panama
Adenauer
de Gaulle
France
Salazar
Tito
Soviet Union
House UN- American Activities Committee
Congress
Washington
Pocketbook investment counselors woo middle class
A country doctor in West Virginia a college professor in Illinois and a shoe salesman in Tennessee all have 15 to 25 thousand dollars to invest each. They use investment counselors who advise rather than broker trades. IRS data show rising middle class fortunes since World War II fueling this trend.
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Faye Henle
West Virginia
Illinois
Tennessee
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Howard F. Wortham
Trainor, Wortham & Co
Investment counsel and refugee debate prompts caution
A reader letter mix critiques refugee quotas and the push for mass tech output, while Sen Norris Cotton warns that travel and investment flows are rising. The piece touts investment advisors and outlines seven sources, emphasizing careful choosing of guidance for individuals, professionals, travelers, and small communities.
Bug Dust by George Armstrong Settles Sticky Patronage
Fayetteville reports a deputy sheriff shift tied to political pressure. Tunney Hunsaker is moved to a State Beer Commission investigator post to resolve Elmore’s patronage crisis. Boots Toney gains deputy status with political backing, while Lyons loses business and Hunsaker loses status. The shift follows calls from Reinhart Orndorff and Summerfield to reassign duties, ending with a negotiated deal and a religious benediction from James C. Kinard.
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Fayetteville
Tunney Hunsaker
Fayette
State Beer Commission
P. L. Elmore
Elmore
Jemas L .K
Toney
Gauley Bridge
Hunsaker
Kegler
Bob Melba
Smithers
Valley
Barron
Lyons
Boots
Clyde W. Reinhart
A. W. “‘Slim
Orndorff
Montgomery
Reinhart
Oday Reinhart
Liquor Control Commission
J. Zane Summerfield
C. B
Vickers
Democratic
Summerfield
Charleston
Dog shot after mad chase in East Park
A dog thought to be mad was shot to death after a mad chase through East Park and Sprague in which it bit Minnie Caldwell ten, her father, and a truck driver. Michael Graney aged 79 weighmaster at Long Branch died at his home a year after a paralytic stroke. The building program at Pinecrest Sanitarium will resume as weather permits with about a hundred workers under PWA and WPA plans for walkways and grounds.
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East Park
Sprague
Minnie Caldwell
H. R. Caldwell
Michael Graney
Long Branch
P. C. Graney
Mt. Hope
Helen Windle
Beckley
Pinecrest Sanitarium
PWA
WPA
Managing Editor Home Delivered by Carrier or Distributor
The notice outlines weekly and monthly subscription rates for daily and Sunday delivery and states that all carriers, dealers, and distributors are independent contractors. Beckley Newspapers Corporation disclaims responsibility for advance subscription payments made to them or their representatives.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Q&A trivia from a historic knowledge quiz
A compact set of questions and answers covers geography history and science. Topics include Hong Kong as an island, Holy Alliance members, Lhasa apso breed, King Michael abdication, Ecuador’s circle name, Edwin Drood, pharmacophobia, rainbow colors, and London’s Bird Cage Walk treetop aviary history.
Reading for Lent Guides Faith Growth Across Generations
A roundup of favored religious books across fiction theology personal religion and devotional works, timed with Lent. Noting titles by Morris West Angus Dun John Knox Robert Brown and Fenelon among others, the piece highlights accessible language for skeptics and believers and mentions the New English Bible release and Lent reading lists.
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Louis Cassels
United Press International
St. Augustine
Morris L. West
William L. Morrow & Co
Dell
Jesus
Lord and
Christ
John Knox
Harper
Knox
Union Theoloe Gical Seminary
Jesus Christ
Robert McAfee Brown
Westminster Press
John Walsh
S. J
Doubleday Image Books
Barbs by Hal Cochran Christmas Weddings Parade
A light round of Christmas humor notes many weddings around the holiday season. The column sends best wishes for Yuletide and hints that woolen undergarments might explain some baby talk and tch ycoo style affection.
Education Shapes Global Awareness Across Borders
A solid education fosters concern for conditions worldwide, urging individuals to engage with issues beyond their borders and seek informed, compassionate responses.
Hemingway Paris Sketchbook ties to peers and plans
Earl Wilson reports Hemingway weighing 174 pounds including his beard as he nears finishing Paris Sketchbook his first non fiction work. He will recount days with F Scott Fitzgerald Gertrude Stein and Picasso and will not return to bullfights says friend A E Hotchner. Also notes on Haggis Baggis merger talk and various showbiz snippets with stars like Judy Garland Lucille Ball Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando plus a comic Earl’s pearls and light jokes.
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New York
Ernest Hemingway
Paris
A. E. Hotchener
Mayo’s
Ketchum
Radho
Sun Vale
Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gertrude Stein
Pablo Picasso
Hotchener
Mary Hemingway
Mary
Paulette Goddard
San Juan
Lucille Ball
Miami
Judy Garland
Concord Hotel
Catskills
Marlene Dietrich
Lindy
Chris Noel
Lillian Roth
Roberta Sherwood
Jack Douglas
Jack Paar
Reiko
Marlon Brando
Anna Marie Alberghetti
Zero Mostel
Sally Ann
Howes
Tuesday Weld
Ricky Nelson
Elvis Presley
Chris Knight
Sam Cooke
Sophia Loren
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U. S
Woo
Europe
Francis E. Walter
Dpa
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Krafft A. Ehricke
Sen
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
George Armstrong
Demos
James C. Kinard
Newberry
S.C
Newberry College
Raleigh Register
Raleigh
Prince St
W. Va
Hinton
Beckley CL
McQuade Uero
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
MALL
Hong Kong
China
Austria
Prussia
Lhasa Apse
Michael
Romania
Republic of Ecuador
Dickens
Edwin Drood
London
Charles I
Angus Dun
Episcopal Bishop of
Bishop Dun
Thomas E. Powers
God
Francois de la Mothe
Fenelon
Powers
Louis XIV
Mary Wilder Tileston
Grosset & Dunlap
John Baillie Scribners
Miss Tileston
Oxford
Cambridge
Hal Cochran
Earl Wilson
Haggis Baggis
Pat Boone
Cooga Mooga
Cooga, Mooga, Haggis & Baggis
Sam Spade
Henry
Palm Springs
Cal
Glenn Shahan
ABC TV
Bobby Kennedy
Marty Allen
Steve Rossi
Earl
Jack Herbert
Las Vegas
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