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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1961
Page
4
Dr. R. H. Edwin Espy warned in San Francisco that modern tech and cold war pressures distort family life and youth. He urged a total gospel approach to the total person in the total environment to restore normal childhood and community integration.
Dr. Ralph Robey argues wage growth and taxes have reduced corporate profits as investment falters. He notes rising pay and GNP, flat profits, and tax take over half the corporate return, sparking capital flight. Robey predicts a recovery next year only with stronger profit driven investment. Samuel Gompers links profit to worker security and progress.
West Virginia statehouse sources indicate the job of state fire marshal will be filled by former fire marshal C A Raper, returning to office from Carl E. Weimer who held the post since 1957. Raper, 64, from Wheeling, joined the office in 1936 and led the department from 1949 until his 1957 replacement. The piece also notes staffing shifts in other state offices and a separate Winston Churchill style report from the Winchester News Bureau about a Glenville squirrel hunting tale.
Gene Scott, editor and partisan political figure, earned masses’ admiration even while pursuing controversial roles. Humble yet firm in belief, he left politics for a simple life on Table Rock farm, dreaming of returning to the soil and writing his daily column for the Post-Herald. He died at his Charleston home after a long career and restless yearnings for farm life.
Marilyn Monroe may headline a big TV project as Sadie Thompson, boosting her status as a dramatic actress while Toots Shor's opens near the World Series. Bets on Oscars go to Burt Lancaster, with Steve Allen Jayne Meadows poised as nightclub sensations. Predictions include Pulitzer outcomes, hotel openings, and a flurry of showbiz moves from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Jackie Gleason and Joan Fontain, all wrapped in one frenetic entertainment forecast.
Dick West notes the opening session tally with 383 bills introduced on January 3. He comments that this averages under one bill per Representative, questioning the pace of congressional activity and joking about the impact on a bonfire.
George K. Spoor, veteran Chicago motion picture producer, announces his company will begin producing three dimension pictures within 90 days. The Debating Club of Beckley College opens its season January 31 with Lynchburg College and a full schedule including Concord State College Bluefield Morris Harvey New River and Virginia Intermont and King College in Bristol Virginia. Roy Johnson editor of the Fayette Tribune narrowly escaped death when smoke from his Fayetteville house fire overpowered him. Senator M. M. Neely of West Virginia urged recognition of the constitution as a living document in Fairmont, likening Roosevelt to Wilson and stressing its role as a vehicle of life.
The opening day bill count seemed small but soon rose. On January 3 a slim total appeared, provoking insomnia and concerns for the republic. Read later, the next edition recorded 1,827 bills 82 joint resolutions 34 concurrent resolutions and 64 plain resolutions as Congress began the new year.
The list includes a plan for a congressional flag on car bumpers, a presumption of line of duty for government workers with heart attacks, prohibition of White House in trademarks, coinage of 50 million worth of gold pieces, and a leash law for dogs in the District of Columbia.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists mail and home delivery rates for Raleigh Register. Includes daily and Sunday, one year at 19 dollars, six months at 9.x, and other options plus West Virginia tax. Carriers and distributors are independent contractors. the company does not assume advance payments.
Washington debate centers on John F Kennedy's offer to William W. Dawson a 74 year old Chicago Democrat and the implications of naming a Black man to postmaster general amid Chicago political scandals. Dawson reportedly refused. Robert C Weaver later named housing admin to mixed reception.
Barbara Taylor of Wood River wins $10 for this astronomy question. On a clear night look at the sky with a telescope to learn to identify stars, constellations, and certain planets. Planets share the sun’s orbit. stars are suns and emit their own light.
Alfred Grant Walton minister of Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church in Brooklyn New York offers a New Year prayer asking for unwavering faith divine guidance and love that never fails. He asks daily conduct to seek the best despite shadows and to trust that a better day will come in Christ.
Fifty years ago in the 1911 Chronicle from Beckley Institute the new magazine debuts amid praise for editors Miss Ethel McDiarmid Miss Evva Turner Miss Ella Campbell and Hulbert Kidd with Parker Wilson as business manager. Winter term enrollment reaches 277 up from 227 year end. New distant students include Violet Pettry Dora Farley Tom Goode Mr Deck and Mr Taylor Virginia. Town students Peach Trail and Orey Warren enroll. Fayette Tribune reports Sam Dixon is relieved as general manager of New River Company, replaced by S A Scott of Pittsburgh. Dixon shifts to Cincinnati in sales.
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