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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1961
Page
4
Thought For Today surveys a century of upheaval from Cold War tensions to UN shocks and a rising global order. It argues freedom as the defining ideal, urging personal responsibility against state overreach while noting Hoffa Kennedy clashes and a century of rail traffic through Georgetown.
The article explains the Soviet union’s 10 to 1 revaluation of the ruble, scrapping dual rates and changing the gold value, while noting the ruble remains nonconvertible and largely internal. It discusses barter trade, foreign currency use, and potential aims to make the ruble internationally tradable and IMF member, with Khrushchev’s Paris remarks cited.
Bug Dust by John S. Phillips urges readers to compare life in the United States with other nations. It praises high employment, wages, taxes paid, travel freedom, gasoline availability, religious liberty, and strong schools. The piece condemns pacifist or anti patriot sentiments and urges citizens to count blessings and stand firm against foes of liberty.
Beckley NewspAPERS outlines subscription rates and delivery options for the Raleigh Register in Beckley West Virginia. It lists home delivery by Carter or distributor, weekly, biweekly, Sunday editions, and annual rates, along with tax, change-of-address guidance, and notices of independent contractor arrangements and payment responsibilities.
Sen D E French of the senatorial district has drawn a bill to be submitted next week. It would provide separate accommodations for white and colored passengers on railroads and other transportation means. E F White Coal Company owners Glen White owned two tenant houses were destroyed by fire in an accidental blaze. James H Lemon of Beckley will seek the sergeant at arms post in the House of Delegates, a longtime Confederate veteran and Democratic party worker.
Charleston sources report Governor elect W. W. Barron wants Dr. Warden M. Lane to remain as director of the State Conservation Commission and to become the first director of the proposed State Department of Natural Resources if the legislature approves the bill creating the department.
Among visitors at the State house last week were two Irane jan Imperial Army colonels. They took time out from spec ial military studies at Ft. Leav enworth, Kan., and Ft. Knox, Ky., to do some sight-seeing in West Virginia and several other states.
Grizzlies may weigh up to 1,000 pounds and stand seven to eight feet tall. Once ranged from the Black Hills to Alaska and Mexico, they declined with civilization and are now found in limited numbers in Montana and other western areas.
A personal prayer dated 1961 from Hoover Rupert of Ann Arbor Michigan seeking strength to keep New Year resolutions. The message thanks God for forgiveness and asks for guidance to rebuild willpower and live more worthy of life and Christ's gift.
New York gossip column notes Earl Wilson reports Franklin Sinatra will visit New York on route to Palm Beach to meet JFK for a pre inauguration gala planning session. Other items mention John Perona's El Morocco closing date January 9, plans for Paris LA Tokyo travel, Phil Silvers and understudy Joshua Shelley, Ted Green divorce, Lucille Ball and Desi Jr., Judy Holliday and Gerry Mulligan, and Ethel Merman urging gala participation.
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