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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1956
Page
2
Thought for Today reflects on Goethe's line that the world endures many things but not perpetual prosperity. It offers a reflective musing on balance, restraint, and the hazards of unbroken abundance in public life.
In Raleigh County West Virginia the milk-for-school program stalls as principals show little interest leaving nearly a million dollars allocated for milk-buying to revert to federal funds. The piece urges better understanding of government revenue and spending to avoid waste and ensure children receive milk.
A legislative committee study leads to bills targeting surreptitious private eavesdropping in New York. The proposals would ban covert recording by individuals while allowing law enforcement tap under stricter controls, aligning with federal law that prohibits intercepting communications without authorization.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles plans a March world tour touching danger zones from the Middle East to Formosa. His trip follows the SEATO meeting in Karachi and aims to bolster the GOP peace and prosperity theme by offering an optimistic peace report.
The Board of Education urges Raleigh County to approve a three year continuation of a special levy funding teachers salaries maintenance and free textbooks for 7th and 8th graders. If rejected payroll cuts would hit teachers bus drivers and maintenance staff.
Rumor cites Grace Kelly owning about 1 000 000 in Atlantic City race track stock once held by her father who led the track. Family shares reportedly small slices, not for sale, amid gossip about wedding plans and connections to Porfirio Rubirosa and Hollywood figures.
The article notes that Martin Van Buren, the eighth U.S. president, was nicknamed the Red Fox the American Tallyrand and Little Magician. It also states western North Carolina has 223 mountains over 5,000 feet and 49 above 6,000 feet.
The article presents Dr. Crase’s view on worry using Jesus and King David to illustrate a rule to "worry forward" rather than backward. It contrasts constructive worry with futile fretting and advises writing to Dr Crase for guidance, noting a curfew on worries after their deadline.
In a wintry Love land Pass mining town tale Leroy Buckley, a 28 year old Ko Tean veteran, survives a fatal avalanche when Seven Sisters snow slides strike his 14 ton truck. He crawls free as another slide blocks the road and a doctor sews 56 stitches. His family links to Alice Buckley and Raymond Buckley anchor the dramatic rescue tale.
The text poses multiple quick questions on history geography politics and health. Subjects include Adlai E Stevenson birthplaces the address of the Archbishop of Canterbury and other institutions Eisenhower voting eligibility Jantzen Inc apparel scope appendicitis treatment and the Neo Destour party location plus a riddle about a bald man.
A reader lists numbers and fragments including locations and titles with unclear context. The garbled text mentions Los Angeles Tunisia and a prime minister with stray punctuation and incomplete statements.
A prayer by W. F. Primrose of St Joseph Missouri asks God to dwell in hearts through the Holy Spirit and to make believers helpful to those around them this day. It closes with a Christ centered Amen.
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