Thought For Today Franklin Quote on Patience
A Franklin quotation notes that patience enables one to obtain what they desire. It frames patience as a key virtue for achievement and personal progress.
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1963
Page
6
Senate hearings to expose elder fraud nationwide
Special Senate Committee on Aging under Sen. Pat McNamara will open hearings on frauds targeting older Americans. The aim is to raise public awareness though meaningful national legislation may take time. About 16 million Americans 65 and older are at risk as their numbers rise toward 20 million by 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Special
Senate Committee On Aging
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Capitol Hill
Senate
Kennedy
Linotype
Dictatorship's Moral Climate Far More Harmful Than Freedom Limits
Don Oakley contends that dictatorships degrade humanity beyond restricted rights. He contrasts democracy’s moral climate with tyranny while noting gravity debate and sun fate as side points, and reflects on Canadian sailors' Cuba incident amid broader international tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Canada
U. S
Don Oakley
Opening Day Expansion of House Rules Committee
The UPI report notes hyperbole over expanding the Rules Committee from 12 to 15 members on opening day. The vote reached 235 to 196, a 39 vote margin, with Kennedy and others backing the expansion and opponents likening it to past FDR efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Congress
House Rules Committee
Kennedy
House
Rules Committee
FDR
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Kennedy era rules clash seen in ADA critique
Washington observers note expansion of the rules committee to 15 members signals gains for Kennedy but ADA calls the move a sham that still blocks democratic decision making. ADA cites past votes where administration bills failed and argues the traffic cop role of the rules committee remains intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Rules Committee
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Aid To Education
Department of Urban Affairs
Great Rules Committee
Kennedy
Legislative Committees
New York Newspaper Strike Enters Fifth Week With Widespread Disruptions
The International Typographical Union struck four New York papers on December 8, triggering near total shutdowns at the Times World-Telegram Journal-American and News while others paused under a prior pact. As substitutes fill the void, a public accountability board studies the dispute and pay demands, with unions seeking about 38 a week in raises against 141 weekly base pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Typographical (Printer’s) Union
New York
The
Times
World - Telegram
Journal - American
News
Herald Tribune
Mirror
World-Telegram & Sun
Long Island Press and Star-Journal
Philadelphia
Newark
Boston
Metropolitian Daily
New York ‘Standard
Board of Public Accountability
Secretary of
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Rockefeller
Wagner
Harold R. Medina
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Joseph O’grady
Criminal Court of
New York City
David W. Peck
Indiana
New York State Supreme Court
Prayer for Today Blessings of forgiving heart to guide today
A brief prayer asking for God to forgive sins and grant inner peace this day. The speaker Roy H. Stetler Jr of Cheverly Maryland, a minister at Chever ly Community Evangelical United Brethren Church, signs the invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Roy H. Stetler, Jr
Cheverly, Md
Cheverly Community
Watch On The Potomac U S Backing Corrupt Regime In S Viet Nam
A critical column argues the United States supports the corrupt Diem regime in South Vietnam. It cites lack of popular support, a costly military debacle, and calls for reassessing aid and policy. The piece notes censorship limits for reporters and urges accountability in foreign aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
S. Viet Nam
Washington
Fiorello LaGuardia
United States
South Viet Nam
Ngo Linh Diem
Diem
State Department
United Press International
Neil Sheehan
Thai Son
Viet Nam Democratic Party
Nolting
South
Viet Nam
Agency For International Development
David Bell
Rifts Over Corporate Tax Versus Gross Sales Tax Narrowed
West Virginia lawmakers face a fierce tax debate with AFL-CIO and Sen. Paul Kaufman defending the corporate gross sales levy as a growth tool while business groups label it punitive. Reapportionment tensions rise as Kanawha County pushes a federal suit. leaders deny extreme bitterness. Beer policy remains unchanged as UCAAP says no push for 3.2 beer this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Richard Toren
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
State Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
Paul Kaufman
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Manufacturers Association
Upper
Monongahela Valley Association
Kaufenan
W. W. Barron
Kanawha
Terness
Kanawha County
W. T. Brotherton Jr
West Virginia
United Church Alcohol Action Program
The
Temperance League
Supreme Court
UCAAP
L. FE. Crowson
West Virginia Centennial Stamp Planned by Post Office
U S Senator Robert C Byrd announces a commemorative stamp from the Post Office to honor West Virginia’s 100th anniversary. The design under consideration features the rhododendron and ceremonies are slated for June 20 in Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
U. S
United States Post Office Department
Post Office
Wheeling
West Virginia gets centennial stamp honor this year
The social security board shows West Virginia workers paid 1.83 million dollars into the old age fund by June 30, 1937. Congress debates a Bluestone dam land appropriation of 2 million dollars and a five cent centennial stamp to mark the state's 100th anniversary, with 120 million stamps planned and first sale in post offices nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Social Security Board
Congress
West Virginia
Neely
D-W. Va
Kee
D.-W. Va
Mountain
U. S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Post Office Department
United States
Europe
Hutchinson Opens Raleigh Prosecutor Post
Twenty years ago in 1913 J Q Hutchinson began duties as prosecuting attorney succeeding Hugh A Dunn on January 1. He set up in the office once used by Judge T J McGinnis in the courthouse while Judge McGinnis moved to the former Attorney General A A Lilly office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Q. Hutchinson
Hugh A. Dunn
Mr. Hutchinson
T. J. McGinnis
Court House
A. A. Lilly
Cuba Invasion Issue Still Far From Dead
Washington notes Khrushchev says Russia withdrew weapons from Cuba after Kennedy stated no attack and restraint. White House sought on site base dismantling verification as a precondition for pledge not to invade. Castro rejected inspections, leaving no formal no invasion pledge and Cuba still armed with MiGs, launchers, helicopters, tanks, and trucks as a latent threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NEA
Supreme Soviet
Nikita Khrushchev
Cuba
Kennedy
United States
Russia
Khrushchev
United Nations
White House
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
Red Cross
National Security Council
Latin America
Organization of American States
Cuban
Bay of Pigs
Florida
Why was the great prophet called John the Baptist
The name reflects his role baptizing people in the River Jordan as a sign of cleansing from sin. Jesus came to him to be baptized by John, establishing the baptismal act as a key rite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John the Baptist
Jordan
Jesus
Beckley Newspapers Subscription Rates Page
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists mail rates for daily and Sunday delivery, both inside and outside West Virginia. Rates include one year or six months options, with home delivery by carrier or distributor and a per week or per month price structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
West Virginia
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