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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1961
Page
4
A noted line reflects on how men argue write fight and die for religion yet rarely live by its teachings. The saying attributed to Colton frames religious devotion as a test of living principle rather than mere belief.
Late Friday a group of 16 or 18 Parkersburg High School players plus two older youths dined at Eat Well in Beckley before a game with Princeton. The writer praises their neat appearance, polite conduct, and notes they embody more than basketball skill as West Virginians eager for future visits.
President Eisenhower will accept the Herbert Hoover Medal for 1960 at a Washington dinner then air a TV documentary on his life and career at 10 p.m. EST. The Hoover prize, awarded since 1930, honors engineering leadership and civic achievement. NBC’s Tribute to a Patriot features James Stewart with tributes from Kennedy, Macmillan, Nehru, Adenauer, Clark, Nixon, and others.
A Washington exchange imagines a two bus riders discussion about a 2 million dollar F D R memorial. The mock dialogue pans the design as modern, controversial, and potentially cynical evidence of political bias.
Raleigh Register lists subscription rates for West Virginia and out of state, with daily and Sunday options, carrier delivery details, and tax add ons. It notes BECKLEY NEWSPAPERS CORPORATION as publisher and names distribution contractors and address.
A prayer asks for divine protection and strength from God in a Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church context. It notes commemoration of the 1900th anniversary of St Paul in Rome with Paulist Fathers planning three Pauline Year Pilgrimages to the Holy Land Rome and other sites from Paul’s first century missions.
Washington columnist Lyle C. Wilson discusses Henry Ford II urging U S business leaders to propose solutions, not just oppose policy. He explains AFL-CIO COPE mobilizes labor for campaigns, citing Tennessee Kefauver effort with 60,000 calls, 300,000 leaflets, and 65,000 union files.
International political notes report the Italian Communist party will mark its 40th anniversary with a February gathering of top leaders in Rome arranged by Luigi Longo. Other items note Tony Armstrong Jones’s royal awkwardness, Belgian unrest and secession talk, Czech Cuba military links, and Polaris missile talks in Paris with NATO.
Turtles are ancient reptiles with shells and 175 million years of history. They inhabit land and water, mostly warm regions, with about 60 U.S. species, and they hibernate in cold winters. Pets require clean water, and watch for shell softening or swollen eyelids as illness signs. John Barnes of Farmville Va wins $10.
Fay Henle outlines why women should start their own businesses and how New York State’s Women’s Program of the Department of Commerce helps. It offers free consultations, clinics, and expert guidance on market research, pricing, materials, financing, promotion, and regulatory steps to open shops or service businesses.
Earl Wilson reports from New York on Sammy Davis Jr saluting fellow stars at the Copacabana. Olivier, Sinatra, and Anthony Quinn join in impersonations and toasting the rising talent, with other ironies and showbiz tidbits from Paris to Hollywood.
The Raleigh dentist Dr Robert Shue mate was injured when a shotgun discharged while he prepared for a hunt injuring his left leg at the ankle. The House of Delegates organized with C M Wetzel speaker, M M Neely clerk, Gen Ned Wood sergeant at arms, James H Lemmon Raleigh doorkeeper. W L Foster resignation from City Council accepted and S N Fisher chosen to fill the vacancy.
Thieves smashed two show windows and the front door at Smiley's City Style Shop in Rhodes and stole clothing and window dressing supplies valued around 50 dollars. C. A. Smiley, proprietor, discovered the break in.
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