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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1961
Page
4
A reflective maxim advises caution trusting those lacking faith in God or in an afterlife. The saying attributed to Sir Robert Peel underscores prudence in choosing beliefs to guide judgment and trust.
Washington dispatch notes how retiring leaders view the transfer of power. It recalls Calvin Coolidge’s jealousy of Hoover and Hoover’s tears when leaving office. Dwight D. Eisenhower, asked about post presidency life, jokes he would need to learn to buy a railroad ticket.
West Virginia University students react to President Elvis J. Stahr Jr being named Secretary of the Army. In two years he expanded the campus with Medical Center and Teaching Hospital, new engineering and agricultural buildings, Terrace and Arnold Hall expansions, and an Admin Building extension. His gentle manner earned broad esteem, breaking barriers and earning the nickname a Mountaineer. The Athenaeum notes the university will miss him and hopes he returns after serving the country, anticipating a darned good job.
PHIL NEWSOM discusses shifts as a new U S administration prepares to assume power in Washington. Allies fear policy drift during the interregnum and await Kennedy administration decisions on NATO armament with Polaris missiles, Berlin settlement, and relations with Adenauer.
A Jacksonville Florida minister Richard L James of Riverside Avenue Christian Church offers a prayer asking God for strength to face incurable disease social ills and trust in final answers through Christ Our Lord May a hopeful view of the future accompany acceptance of today’s challenges.
Raleigh Register details subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, various terms, and tax adds. It notes home delivery by carriers and distributors as independent contractors and Beckley Newspapers cannot guarantee payments to these reps. The notice lists offices and a managing editor and outlines circulation regions in West Virginia.
Louis Cassels argues that millions hear sermons weekly but few truly listen. He cites psychology showing listening must be learned and offers practical tips to focus on concepts, personalize messages, and apply the word of God to oneself.
Washington talk is filled with grand forecasts for inaugural events. Dick West notes inflated promises from officials and celebrities, including five balls and a giant cake, while contrasting modest press notes with the scale of preparations and a past anecdote about a street-side seller during a parade.
Prices have risen overall including postage rates yet remain comparatively cheap. The piece recalls the first postal act signed by George Washington, noting letters cost 6 cents for the first 30 miles, 8 cents next, 10 cents to 100 miles, and 12 cents from 100 to 150 miles.
Edward Albee, author of The Zoo Story, shifts to Broadway. Producers Theater has commissioned him to adapt Carson McCullers The Ballad of a Sad Cafe for presentation next season.
A concise Q and A summary notes Saint George as England's patron saint, Liberia's official language as English, and mentions Montezuma's death after the Spanish conquest with Aztecs storming the palace. The tarpon question is addressed as not an important food fish.
The piece delivers a Christmas morning themed gag with stray lines about a stolen suit in an Indiana police station arm and warnings about crossing trains. It blends a merchant’s song vibe with nonsensical fragments and a closing remark about YESS COIING.
Fay Henle outlines key points from The White House Conference on the Aging. Emphasizes extended employment, skill upgrading, and retirement financing tied to cost of living. Highlights health costs, asset limits for old-age assistance, and potential tax changes to ease purchasing power erosion.
Hoosier comedian Herb Shriner says he is giving up Indiana jokes while on a Garry Moore show at CBS. He plans topical material, noting the Eisenhowers, Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell and others provided material. The piece also references Sinatra, Bette Davis, Lee Remick, Art Carney, Jackie Gleason and Peggy Lee in a collage of show business notes and quips.
At the bride's Glen White residence on January 18, Charles Smith and Mary Gray married. Rev. W W West officiated. The bride, born in England, came to the United States about a year ago. A widow of three marriages and mother of twenty two, she wore a blue silk wedding gown. The Woman's Club hosts an open meeting January 30 from 8 to 10 PM at Beckley Institute in the Institute's new Assembly Hall, tendered by faculty and officers for the event.
Arthur Peyton of Glen Ferris told a House labor sub committee that men were intimidated into working in the Hawks Nest tunnel in southern West Virginia. He said 300 to 400 workers died of silicosis and the toll could have been reduced if wet drills had been used for the three mile bore.
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