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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1966
Page
4
A editorial calls for ending the Fire Department feud after a New Year’s Day hotel fire. It argues reporters seek factual coverage and photos, not credit for factions. It urges the Mayor to apply discipline privately to restore public confidence in the department.
India extended food rationing to cities of one million or more asgrain shortages loom and monsoon losses ease. Prime Minister Shastri and advisers push expanding output over further rationing, while U.S. aid and fertilizer imports aid immediate relief and long term self reliance.
John Hodell describes Muhammad Speaks magazine from Mosque No. 2 in Chicago, noting seven Elijah Muhammad pictures and two byline pieces. The back page lists a ten-point program demanding freedom, justice, equality, a separate state, and Islam education and intermarriage policies in North America.
A devotional blessing by Bernard E. Michel of Watertown Wisconsin requests Jesus light in hearts and the world. The prayer seeks guidance to dispel sin sickness sorrow and trouble and to establish God's righteous kingdom on earth as in heaven.
A reflective piece argues private hospital ownership shifts to heirs seeking returns, diluting patient doctor bonds as administrators drive profits. It warns growing government intervention follows default and neglect, elevating laws while individuals lose status and focus on ethical care.
Washington column argues that Ho Chi Minh’s letter to the Pope reveals political paranoia and strains within Vietnamese factions. It calls for a clear White House statement of Far East aims to stabilize South Vietnam, curb Viet Cong pressure, and avoid destabilizing concessions.
The article notes widening rift between Moscow and Peking affecting prospects for a negotiated settlement in Vietnam. It argues a monolithic Communist bloc is unlikely to coalesce, limiting Soviet leverage over Hanoi amid deepening global strains.
A 12 point legislative program costing West Virginia taxpayers up to 2.2 million dollars was explained to delegates from five counties in Beckley on December 7 and they were asked to carry it back to their legislators.
Read reflections from students from small towns and cities about adjusting to college. They discuss handling diverse ideas, accelerated high school work, and the shift from top-of-class thinking to a broader community. Advice emphasizes defining values, staying open to intelligent change, and balancing academics with social life.
The passage outlines Diocletian’s ascent from enslaved parents in Dalmatia to freedom, becoming a scribe, then taking up arms, and rising through Moesia governance and palace guard commands as described by Gibbon in the Great Books of the Western World. It notes the contrast between his obscure birth and illustrious reign.
Samuel Prince, a Beckley boy and son of John Prince, arrived from Kansas to spend Christmas with his father without prior notice. He left this week to return home. Also in Raleigh, W M Ritter Lumber Co of Columbus completed a claimed record hardwood deal worth 5 million dollars, purchasing the timber on lands of the Carolina Clinchfield Ohio railway in Kentucky.
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