Thought For Today Forces Change In Steel and Society
A contemporary commentary argues the steel wage settlement shifts costs to consumers and risks automating jobs. It notes steel imports undercut U S prices, plastics and aluminum expanding markets, and warns of broader economic strain amid political maneuvering. The piece also highlights rising female labor force participation with reasons from Gertrude Bancroft of the Labor Department. It cites 1950 to 1958 employment growth and predicts continued gains into 1975, with more married women working and fewer men 65 and over.
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Japan
U. S
Richard Nixon
James P. Mitchell
David J. McDonald
Labor Department
Gertrude Bancroft
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bancroft
Leap Year Voodoo Not Needed in Courtship
Hal Boyle counsels Leap Year singles that four words suffice to win a husband Make him feel important He warns against two mistakes the overcoy china doll and the domineering female who belittles men The right approach is to make the man feel valued not merely a masculine accessory to her ego
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New York
Aisling
Oscar
Beckley Welcomes New Farm Writer In Warmax Beckenley
A new farm writer at The Register recounts a welcoming reception across Beckley. He praises friendly bankers, stores, restaurants, and officials, and shares memories from trips with Oscar Hutchison and tales of Nimitz and Jumping Branch. The piece reflects on community roots, hospitality, and the region’s sense of place.
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Beckley
Register
Rural Development Council
the Register
Howdys
Union
Monroe County
Oscar Hutchison
Farmer’s Market
Oscar
Nimitz
American Legion
Navy
Jack
Jumping Branch
Myth Of Free Bargaining By JAMES MARLOW AP News Analyst
In a March news conference Eisenhower urged statesmanship in steel talks aiming for a noninflationary settlement. The 116 day strike cost the economy, with Mitch ell and Raleigh urging a settlement as government shadow looms. The piece argues government intervention in essential industries shapes bargaining and tars the myth of pure free bargaining.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington
Eisenhower
Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell
Richard M
Blough
Congress
Steel peace eases consumer fears over prices and inflation
AP report explores how a steel industry peace would lift the threat to a manufacturing boom while raising worries of a wage price spiral. Economists split on whether higher wages will drive living costs, and steel demand forecasts vary from 115 to 135 million tons for 1960.
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Reed
Big Steel
Big Labor
Oer
United States
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
Steel
American Iron & Steel Institute
Warren Beatty and Joan Collins romance noted in Raleigh gossip
In a Raleigh Register item from the 1910 files, Warren Beatty recalls meeting Joan Collins at Sardi's, praising her beauty and predicting a future marriage. The piece also mentions Raleigh Coal & Coke plans near Cranberry Junction and municipal streetwork, plus a Coal Company accident injuring fifteen workers.
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Raleigh Coal & Coke Company
Cranberry Junction
Raleigh
Sesson
New
Wickham Avenue
East Kanawha Street
Robertson
Summerfield
Greenwood Coal Company
Quinniment
Fire at Collins Colliery Plant Burns Down
1935 Raleigh Register item notes Collins Colliery store, a New River subsidiary, burned at Glen Jean with losses pegged between 30 000 and 45 000. Oak Hill fire crew halted spread to nearby structures. County schools face a shortened term under seven and a half months unless lawmakers free 151 683. Roosevelt asks Congress for 4 billion relief plan amid debt forecast to 34.2 billion by mid 1936.
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Collins Colliery Company
New River Company
Glen Jean
Oak Hill
Raleigh
Bernard B. Chambers
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Spinning Wheels History Quiz Stirs Museum Visit Reward
Junior Editors quiz outlines spinning wheel lineage from spindle origins in 1533 Brunswick England to the Mule Spinner of 1779. It notes a drawing showing wheels still in use and rewards Sharon Lane of Annandale VA ten dollars for the question, with entry by postcard to Box 1325 Beckley.
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Brunswick
England
Sharon Lane
Annandale
Beckley
Prayer For Today by Lyndon Phifer in Tallahassee
A prayer asks for grace to admit shortcomings and seek forgiveness for injuries caused. It requests the humility to love those alienated, to overcome enemies by turning them into friends, offered in Jesus name by Lyndon B Phifer, retired Methodist editor of Tallahassee Florida.
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Jesus
Lyndon B, Phifer
Tallahassee
Fla
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Phillips
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McQuade
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Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
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Charlotte
Philadelphia
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenyle
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Nixon
Roger Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Sacramento
Calif
James M. McDonnel
Howard H. Marg
Beth L. Miller
Marg
Tulsa
Okla
P. S
Earl Wilson
Joan Collins
Warren Beatty
London
Beatty
Richmond
Northwestern University
Hollywood
Shirley Maclaine
Joan
Sardi's
M-G-M
The
Raleigh Register
Junior Editors
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