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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1962
Page
4
Civil Defense Booklets Offer Fallout Advice By Request
A nationwide rollout makes 25 million Civil Defense booklets available at post offices and local offices starting today. The material focuses on protecting against fallout rather than a full nationwide address or home mailings. It explains a five megaton ground burst would destroy nearby buildings, while sturdier structures at ten miles would remain intact. Experts note higher yield attacks and air bursts produce more widespread fires, but the booklet limits itself to fallout protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Defense Department
Defense
Gerard Piel
Scientific American
Commonwealth Club of
San Francisco
Rise of the United Nations as new colonial power
Widespread musings predict the UN may emerge as a world power to fill the Congo governance vacuum. The Congo is described as a non-state, unable to govern itself soon, risking Soviet influence without greater law and order. The piece warns of a frightening opportunity for external governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
United Nations
Congo
Central Africa
Soviet Union
Washington Window on Congo Power and UN Role
A commentary argues the Congo crisis exposes limits of Western powers and questions UN involvement. It warns that governance by the United Nations risks colonialism, dependent on Soviet vetoes, and could burden the United States and Western civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
League of Nations
United Nations
United States
Congo
Soviet Union
Council
U.N
Welfare View Aids to Unmarried Parents Favors Rehab Over Punishment
Health officials led by Secretary Ilicoff push stronger effort on dependent children, labeling illegitimacy as a complex issue. Aimed at deserting fathers and better health aid, HEW favors schooling and rehabilitation over punishment, warning harsher penalties may raise infant deaths and neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibicoff
Kiricoff
ADC
One Way Street in Negotiation over Western New Guinea
In this age of rhetoric the Indonesian and Dutch positions over Western New Guinea hinge on preconditions. Indonesia demands full sovereignty before talks, while the Dutch offer to negotiate yet insist Indonesia acknowledge their claims first. The piece labels prevailing calls for negotiation as a hollow maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
New Guinea
Indonesia
Jack Herbert
N. Y
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Dallas
Earl
Beckley Newspapers rates and delivery terms notice
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists postal and subscription details for Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. It outlines mailing rates for daily and Sunday editions, daily only, home delivery via carrier, and tax additions, plus address change instructions and disclaimers about carrier contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corpora
Lady Godiva Ride Why Coventry Legend Hair Peeping Tom
The tale says Godiva rode through Coventry to persuade her husband to end taxes on citizens. Legend credits her hair as modesty protection except for the notable Peeping Tom. No, Churchill attended Potsdam in 1945.
East West turning point eyed in 1962 Berlin standoff
UPI foreign briefing notes suggest Berlin will shape early 1962 diplomacy. Khrushchev’s fate and a potential Berlin settlement could unlock broader talks and a nuclear test ban. French Algeria, De Gaulle’s government, and France’s fragile recovery frame wider East West tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Berlin
Russia
Khrushchev
France
West Virginia Officials See Tax and Alpine Festival News
West Virginia tax chief C Howard Hardesty Jr faced a bill from his own department for a small late payment penalty. Officials touted the Alpine Festival in Tucker County inviting East clubs to compete for Governor’s Cup and Governor’s Trophy while federal aid for food stamps in McDowell County showed promise for expansion county by county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald F. Fannin
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
C. Howard Hardesty Jr
Fairmont Realty Co
Hardesty
Commerce Department
United Press International
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
North Carolina
Washington, D. C
Blackwater Lodge
Blackwater Falls State Park
Groucho Marx Insults Stir Laughs and Odd Affection
New York column notes Groucho Marx clever insults at a party, sparking reluctant loyalty from a famous attendee who drove him home. Also mentions Johnny Johnston cafe plans, Zero Mostel replacing Milton Berle, and a stream of showbiz quirks including Eddie Fisher and Sammy Davis Jr. gossip, plus witty quotes and year end trivia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Groucho Marx
Groucho
Sammy Davis JR
Jack Carter
Joe Kipness
Lanai
Paula Stewart
May Britt
Arives
Sam
Frank Sinatra
Reprise’’ Record Co
Reprieve Records
Fred Brisson
Hugh O'Brian
Los Angeles
Broadway
Fringe Reds Respond To US Aid In Lingering Cold War
Washington analysis notes U S surplus loans to Yugoslavia Poland and Ghana totaling over 87 million dollars this year form part of a broader strategy to secure allies. The piece weighs humanitarian aims against taxpayer subsidies and questions the political value of backing neutral nations. It cites earlier aid to Yugoslavia and Poland and discusses figures like Tito Gomulka and Nkrumah amid debates on results and ideology. A closing prayer from a Ohio professor adds period context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nea
Uncle Sugar
Santa Claus
Tito
Yugoslavia
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
Uncle Santa Claus
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
U. S
Volta River
Nkrumah
Gomulka
United States
U. N
Belgrade
State Department
Agency For International Development
World Bank
Export- Import Bank and International Development Assn
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Helen Keller
Bruce Bioss At
Raleigh
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
W Va
Beckley, CL
Cc. J. McQu
TJ. McQuade
Managing
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
Chicago
Detroit
Tlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
Greenville
Pittsburgh
Phil Newsom
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Antoine Pinay
de Gaulle
West Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Jawaharlal Nehru
Yvonne Toth
Cleveland
Berg S. Austrian
Vatican
John
Ecumenical Council
Philippines
Philippine
Diosdado Macapagal
Huang Chi
Huang
West Virginia Statehouse
Statehouse
The
State Commerce Department
Davis
Tucker County
McDowell County
Benjamin Franklin
Encyclopedia Britannica
Earl Wilson
Johnny Johnston
Johnny
Zero Moste
Milton Berle
David Merrick
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Carol Lawrence
Lindy
O. K. Wilson
Eddie Fisher
Eddy Samuels
Rome
Eddie
Nancy Kovack
Jason & the Golden
B'way
Alfred Drake
Robert Morse
Dtr
Andrea
Rudy Vallee
Alan Freed
Miami
Montreal
Juggy Gayle
Howard Johnson
John Mills
Hayley
Ross
Joan Fontaine
Gore Vidal
Googie Withers
Carol Burnett
Patty
Juliet Prowse
Carnegie Hall
Stansley Ross
Lowe, Hite and Stanley
Peter Edson
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Nehru
India
John Foster Dulles
Egypt
Aswan
Syria
Uae
Europe
Goa
West
God
Russell S. Hutchinson
New Concord
Muskingum College
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