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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1960
Page
4
Senate hearing opens on airline safety as Senator Monroney notes 1959 air liner crash deaths reach 329 by December 20. FAA vows cautious progress, with public review and chart updates before final airspace changes.
Saul Pett presents Hal Boyle with a humorous New York AP column riff on pointless human acts. He catalogs habit, cliche, and compunctions from compulsive smoking to overlong goodbyes, highlighting endless quirks of behavior across social scenes and everyday exchanges. The piece ends noting response patterns and human foibles.
A lengthy reflective piece portrays a preacher as a complex figure. It describes the varied roles a pastor plays within family church and community life, from caregiver to moral guide to manager, while noting the personal costs and sacrifices involved. The piece concludes with a parable of tending a garden representing a pastor’s lifelong ministry and ends with a biblical benediction.
A dated devotional prayer asks God the Father to guide the day toward truth and service. It prays for inspiration to lift people to higher levels of experience and ministry through Christ, signed by George C. Pidgeon of Toronto, past moderator.
The House Science and Astronautics Committee will open hearings as Congress convenes with top priority on the nation s space lag during the 1960 election year. Sen Lyndon B Johnson plans a Senate probe on the other side of the Capitol as criticism follows Russian lunar successes. A failed Atlas Able from Cape Canaveral underscored the need for a back up if a new moon mission is to be attempted soon.
James Marlow reports Lyndon B Johnson uses a firm leadership style to curb Senate liberals. He rapidly outmaneuvers attempts to change rules on civil rights and party leadership, calling a secret meeting that yields a 51-12 vote in his favor. The piece frames Johnson as a master strategist who minimizes open conflict while maintaining control. It closes with an editorial from Roseburg Oregon praising states rights and free enterprise.
Khrushchev’s Supreme Soviet speech mixed calls for arms cuts with notes that Soviet forces total 3,623,000 and would fall to 2,423,000. He said bomber production would halt and air power would rely on rockets, signaling a shift from men to machines and nuclear weapons as the core of disarmament policy.
The Raleigh Register notes marriage permits for couples including Foster Shultz S Charleston and Bessie Mays Monte gomery as well as John Perdo Marion Boie cean Kingston Vern Ogelbie Cleveland Beulah Stull Cliffrop Walter Nunley Dena Rale porto Smithers Curtis Dandridge Corrine Heard Greenville Samuel Adams Katherine Scott Milburn Alfonso Campbell Stella Popovich and confirms stockholders of the Bank of Raleigh elected directors and re elected officers Prince president Wickham vice president Payne vice president Fife vice president R M French cashier and H L Crawford assistant cashier.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists address and staff details for Raleigh Register. Publication policy with Associated Press rights, national ad reps, and West Virginia subscription rates by mail and carrier are provided.
Junior Editors Quiz explains sunspots as storms on the sun seen via telescopes and sometimes through smoked glass. They may interfere with radio, spark northern lights, but meteorologists dispute a weather link, while some forecasters see gradual atmospheric effects. Peg Shaffer wins $10 for this question.
New York society note recalls Miss Gale Sherwood from Hamilton and Nelson Eddy performing at the Waldorf Astoria. Eddy playfully rocks a rhinestone off her midriff as entertainment. Includes fan mail, Bob Hope’s tour plans, and local notes from Fayette Tribune about a 32-year-old grandfather and 1911 Raleigh county political shifts.
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