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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1963
Page
4
There Is An Antidote For Bad TV Opinion Piece
The writer critiques NBC and TV executives for pandering to a 13 year old mentality with silly daytime fare and flashy productions. They praise Mitch Miller's sing along show and warn that television has harmed conversation while people are rediscovering neighborly visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merv Griffin
National Broadcasting Company
Mitch Miller
Illiac Computers Trimmed Down By Faster Illic II
The Illiac built at the University of Illinois once ran calculations that would take 100 years by hand and 18 minutes on its predecessor. The successor Illiac II completes such problems in 12 seconds and performs 400000 additions and 152000 multiplications per second while handling 53000 divisions per second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illinois
Iliac
Illiac
Illiac II
Agricultural Bureau Personnel Bill Readied in 1863
February 1863 item notes a House Committee on Agriculture bill defining duties and funding for a new Agricultural Bureau. It specifies salaries for a chief clerk botanist chemist entomologist at 2000 each, disbursing clerk chief of statistics at 1800 each, a translator draughtsman at 1400 each and six clerks at 1200 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Committee On Agriculture
House of Representatives
New Name for Aged Aid Pack Called Hospital Insurance
President proposes 36 programs costing about 9.8 billion over five years to aid senior citizens. Plan includes hospital insurance under Social Security with 13 dollars yearly cost for workers, plus multiple housing, education, and elder care measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Methuselah
Kerr-Mills
Hal-Burton
Beckley Newspapers Corporation Subscription Notice
Beclay Newspapers Corporation advises on address changes and subscription payments. The notice explains second class mail privileges, contact details, and that a 3 percent West Virginia sales tax applies to subscription rates. It notes carriers and distributors are independent contractors and the company is not responsible for adwane payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Vae and
Hinton
W. V
West Virginia
Direction Of Graduated Taxes Up Despite Kennedy Bill
columnist Lyle C Wilson argues that Medicare for seniors will raise costs under graduated taxes. He cites rising Social Security rates from 1 to 3.5 to 4.5 percent, notes 1963 changes, and foresees higher payroll taxes for 65 plus. He urges readers to consult Tax Foundation materials for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
High School Dropouts A National Concern
Richard Spong outlines alarming dropout statistics from a National Science Foundation study. He cites low graduation, limited college attendance, and racial gaps, with key causes including lack of interest and economic pressures. Federal retraining programs exist, but teacher shortages and reading support limit progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Spong
Colege
National Science Foundation
The
Baltimore Sun
Maryland Department of Education
Cholesterol Link to Artery Hardening Questioned
A UPI report notes 42 men studied late in life showed no clear link between blood cholesterol levels and the hardening of heart arteries. Researchers say the lipid theory of atherosclerosis remains unproved for coronary arteries, with only limited relation in brain arteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Prayer and a medical mystery in one article
A church prayer closes a note on mercy and guidance as a medical study in Circulation reports a 10 year study of 800 male patients with advanced mental disease. The researchers from Canadian Veterans Psychopathic Hospital and the University of Western Ontario examined cholesterol levels and arterial hardening in men aged 60 to 69 who died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Heart Association
J. C. Paterson
Rosemary Armstrong
E. C. Armstrong
Canadian Veterans Psychopathic Hospital
University of Western Ontario
London
Raleigh News Briefs Highlight Local Relocations and Travel
20 years ago W W Reif of Raleigh Coal Co returned from Cincinnati on a business mission. David Laing and family will move March 1 into a newly acquired home vacated by Geo Tussing and family who move to Huntington. H E Phipps and family will reside in the Ellison property, formerly Laings. Charlow the tailor returns from Baltimore and New York with Spring Summer designs. Mrs Charlow stays in Washington until Wilson's inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Laing
Geo. Tussing
Huntington
H. E. Phipps
Ellison
Laings
Charlow
Baltimore
New York
Washington
Wilson
Watch On The Potomac There Will Be No Winners In N.Y. Newspaper Strike
In this final column Spivack argues the New York newspaper strike damaged social fabric, cost billions in lost revenue, and jeopardized newspapers. He urges reforms in ITU and union democracy, modernization with worker protection, and a rethought process for future strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Typographical Union
ITU
Newspaper Guild
Oscillating Musings From A Curious Winter Page
A collage of quirky notes on insects ballads, ice box lore, and a 1960s science brief. The nontypical column drifts from fly swat fantasies to memories of iceman delivery, then highlights Wallace Givens and John Wheeler in a Science magazine excerpt, plus Grote Reber’s radio telescope thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Magazine
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Wallace Givens
J. W. Givens
Woodlawn Avenue
Argonne National Laboratory
John Archibald Wheeler
Reber
National Science Foundation
Green Bank
Quinwood Bank Robbery Shocks 1938 Scene
A masked gunman held up Quinwood’s bank on January 24 and fled with an amount not in excess of $2500. The brief report notes the bold incident in a small West Virginia town as authorities investigated and the public reflected on the era’s crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinwood
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Raleigh Register
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Raleigh Coal Company
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J. L. Walsh
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