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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1959
Page
4
The quote notes excess clothing as a vanity that wastes resources while urging modest attire to help clothe the needy, reflecting a pennsylvanian or religious moral tone. It presents a concise ethical observation rather than a narrative event.
The British prime minister’s visit to Soviet Russia is framed as exploratory not negotiative. Macmillan aims to reconnoiter, with few consultations in advance and no plans for a bilateral deal. Ahead lie allied minister meetings, a Khrushchev deadline in Berlin, and the Ike Dulles team weighing West Berlin and German talks.
In Holbrook Arizona the Tribune-News editorializes that reliance on federal aid for school purposes risks undermining the free enterprise system and the education of pupils under a socialistic program. The piece argues against federal influence shaping local schooling.
Dr George W Crane guides Flora G secretary aged 28 who feared elevators to uncover a childhood memory. Under hypnosis she recalls being hidden in a dry abandoned cistern by cousins during a farm game and left in pitch darkness. Through cognitive techniques she manages the fear on a practice elevator ride and gains confidence.
A quixotic tale links a Georgia jail sentence to one man’s misspelling during a bank robbery. The piece then defends correct spelling as essential in education and business, citing spelling champions, schools, and corporate hiring views, noting MIT and Harvard programs, and the high earnings of Harvard Business School graduates.
David C. Gardner argues a century of decline mirrors Macaulay’s 1860 warning. He cites tax burdens and inflation since Roosevelt’s era, claiming wealth erosion and dollar devaluation threaten national independence. He warns that economic disaster looms within the century.
A collection of varied facts notes Factographs Ohio's tomato output, housing utility costs, Rembrandt painting counts, global grass species, the skunk as a farm ally, and Punjabis as natives of India's Punjab.
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A column listing quick facts and quips on farming finance fashion and social trends. It notes farmers tie up ten percent of wealth in fences questions tooth care working women over forty and the quirky odds of the phonograph record industry. It also mentions long engagements and odd facts about marriages necking laws in Cairo and a few named locals.
A reader explains why popcorn pops. It details the hard moisture-filled kernel shell, steam pressure, and the shell bursting to invert the kernel. It notes ancient Inca cultivation in Peru and modern kernels likely from Iowa Illinois or Nebraska. Emily Whittlesey of Hillsborough California wins $10.
New York gossip columns detail Judy Garland’s Miami Beach triumph with Joe E. Lewis helping her sing Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe and Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller invited to CBS TV interview. The column traces TV feuds, voice dubbing rumors, Jayne Mansfield on Steve Allen, and a parade of Hollywood moves and witticisms from Earl Wilson.
Pattison Stover and wife along with Steward Armstrong and wife and W W Workman and wife transfer land to J T Moles, 140 acre tract in Clear Fork. T K Scott and wife convey land to the Christian Woman's Board of Missions in Beckley. Gordon Lester and wife transfer 48 acres on White Stick Creek to J B Farwood and T F Bibb for 3 120. Andrew Jackson Carper 81, longtime preacher and promoter of Table Rock Church, dies February 22 at Grandview.
Edward Wallace named acting postmaster at Odd. House split 49 to 34 on repeal of the state prohibition amendment submission form. Senate approves state monopoly plan but 14 more votes needed in the House. House approves NRA compliance law with penalties up to 500 dollars per offense.
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