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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1961
Page
4
A moral line advises youth to choose self-preservation over intoxication, noting a glass of liquor in hand may lead to ruin unless the drink is discarded. The concise reflection urges personal responsibility and prudent choices to avoid harm.
The piece outlines possible Kennedy administration tax law revisions to curb booms and steady recessions, noting delays for 1961 and a 1962 push. It explains global investment effects, with U S firms earning profits abroad, creating jobs at home, and benefiting allies while reducing needs for foreign aid.
Sam Rayburn, 79, longtime Speaker of the House, begins his 25th straight term as Congress convenes. Renowned for iron rule, he backs Johnson for the presidency, shaping the ladder to the vice presidency and centering his life in the House amid savvy Texan wit and New Deal loyalties.
John S. Phillips discusses why ugly trends in media and gadgets profit, arguing a shift toward vulgarity harms civilization. He questions whether progress in science and art justifies tolerating ugliness and calls for preserving beauty through education, manners, and tasteful living.
A prayer asking God to renew church leadership and remove hindrances, urging strength to be useful instruments of divine purposes as exemplified by Jesus Christ. Delivered by Raymond E Balcomb, minister at First Methodist Church in Corvallis Oregon.
Dick West in Washington reports a puzzling memory quirk where trivial past bits haunt the mind while essential tasks slip by. The author notes this lapse contrasts with an odd talent for recalling recently forgotten details, a mystery a psychiatrist might explain.
A. W. Robertson of Westinghouse foresees pasteurized air and private airplanes as common in 50 years, with moving sidewalks and stairs, leisure replacing work, new light sources and gases, and vacuum tubes performing many industrial tasks.
Rep Carroll D Kearns of Pennsylvania proposed a resolution to form a congressional committee to count the gold at Fort Knox. He argued no elected body has verified inventories at mint institutions, implying possible skulduggery in the vaults.
The piece reflects fears about the security of U S gold reserves at Fort Knox and the implied dangers of transparency. It uses a widow’s tale about a coffee can of money as a cautionary emblem, suggesting that knowledge could unsettle the monetary system and leave the public vulnerable if gold proves nonexistent or misrepresented.
Beckley Newspapers outlines mail and home delivery rates for Raleigh Register with taxes, regional pricing, and carrier contractor disclaimer. It lists annual and half-year options for daily, Sunday, and combined editions, plus weekly and monthly carrier rates and notices about address changes.
A review shows Gov Cecil H Underwood rejected nearly half of his four year term appointments. Eleven department heads survived through his term. Names include Thomas Egbert Harold Neely Warder Lane Myron Renick Roy Platt Crawford Wilson Hazen Fir Don Crislip William Blake. The Mental Health Department saw four chiefs as Dorman Rossman Ross and Lilly preceded Hagerman. Kelley Dunlap Vieweg Ash Hill were other changes with two agencies headed by two directors.
Answer shows that Egyptian maps charted known world before Christ, Greeks produced coast line maps aiding navigation, Romans mapped roads in Europe and Africa, Muslims mapped Mecca orientation, world maps began in the 1400s, Henry the Navigator funded sea captain schooling, Columbus and explorers gathered maps, WWII revealed scarce accurate Pacific maps. progress in cartography continues.
Broadway’s Phil Silvers believed he blew his emotional scene in Do Re Mi on opening night. Critics were leaving for deadlines, but Silvers later said the moment didn’t ruin the show and he performs the scene better when not watching dissenter critics. The piece mixes other then-current showbiz quips and light society notes.
A. Calvin Harvey has returned from Hinton where he held a light company post and has joined Beckley Electric Light and Power Co. He moves his family back to Beckley. Marriage permits listed include Walter C and Gracie L Dunbar Crockett Pettry and Lizzie Daniel James F. Duesenberry Sr. and Mrs Cora Bruce C W Johnson and Mrs Laura Davis Tom A Martin and Maggie Evans Charlie Smith and Mary Gray William Powe and Lizzie L Connner Elliott Cole and Allie Jones Andrea Kacso and Mark Lamis Alfred Lee Elkins and Beulah Viedossa Sheets Alfred Lee Shumate and Isabelle Cheatham.
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