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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1963
Page
4
A reflective line from Bishop Norris extols the joys of heaven as beyond human experience and imagination, noting creation and even the Word of God seek a greater revelation.
The author argues against a tourist driven centennial in West Virginia. Focus on local pride and heritage. Highlight attractions like Honey in the Rock and New River coal mine to draw internal interest. Urges self celebration, resilience, and bootstrapped progress over external tourism.
The piece argues that in Cuba policy disputes critics demand proof from the White House while offering only assertions themselves. It questions the fairness of evaluating administrations versus challengers and urges consistency in demanding evidence from all sides.
Metropolitan Life Insurance notes nearly 1300 deaths from catastrophes in the United States last year. Seven major events caused 325 fatalities, including four airplane crashes, two windstorms and floods, and one coal mine explosion.
President Kennedy requests 500 million dollars for the Accelerated Public Works program to aid distressed areas. Only 49 000 man years of employment are projected so far, with costs ranging from ten thousand to twenty thousand dollars per job depending on project type.
United Press International traces Huey Long’s 1930s Share Our Wealth plan and its echoes in modern tax proposals. The piece notes Long’s seven point program including a 100 percent levy on fortunes over a million, debt moratorium, and income limits, contrasting with FDR and current Kennedy plans and remarking on political appeal to the ill-housed and ill-fed.
A West Virginia speaker criticizes six Marshall University professors for a federal funded report that he says paints Raleigh, Logan, and Boone Counties as isolated and failing. He laments intra state ridicule, calls for unity, and recounts state struggles from coal to industry while defending Marshall College’s rise to university status.
Discusses paying for diversified curricula to reduce dropouts and keep at risk students engaged. Highlights Ashland Kentucky high school funding and Brevard County Florida programs emphasizing differentiated tracks, accelerated subject matter, and college preparatory plus vocational options. Raises question of willingness to pay for such costs.
Inflation accelerates as cost of living climbs 5.3 percent in a year and 17 percent since 1959, while France remains a leading exporter with a growing economy. Still, wage demands rise as state employment, agriculture, and unions push for higher pay amid shortages and price controls.
Twenty years ago a taffy party at Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brubeck home on East Main street celebrated their daughter Margaret. Guests included Edith Bailey Grace McDowell Ida Scott Madge Scott Jessie Robertson Mattie Beatty and others. Bessie Harvey returned from Charleston to take a position with the law firm of Davis and Davis in Charleston.
President Kennedy praised Romulo Betancourt as a liberal democrat whose Venezuela rebuilt its political system and advanced social reform. Betancourt established a constitutional government, executed an agrarian program, boosted schooling and literacy, expanded public housing and health, and promoted a growing middle class while maintaining a cooperative stance toward the United States.
The trail covers more than 1,000 historic and cultural attractions over 2,000 miles, proclaimed as a High way of Americana. Boxer's name comes from fighting with his front paws. astrophysics uses physics to study stellar astronomy. White and brown eggs have the same food value. English is essential in commerce and schooling in Japan.
The Beckley Newspapers Corporation outlines mail subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, six and twelve month terms, and home delivery options. It states tax inclusion for West Virginia residents and disclaims responsibility for advance payments to carriers and distributors.
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