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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1965
Page
9
A guide from the Italian State Tourist Office in New York urges travelers to swap busy city milling for calm, scenic stays outside urban centers. Start with planned tours, then linger at resorts near cities to see sights without exhaustion. Families with teens can split duties and enjoy evenings apart.
Dr. Guerrieri laments suburban workers who commute daily to the city yet hesitate to spend a day or two in Europe for a vacation. He notes concerns about leaving a 4 year old alone in a hotel while sightseeing and questions the practicality of child care in travel.
United press international reports that more than six percent of all employed Americans work in New York City per the U S Department of Labor data.
Reader challenge uses map spots and boxed clues to identify recent major news stories. Students recall events tied to labeled locations, applying memory and knowledge to match clues to real-world happenings.
William M. Ashby, now 75, recounts Newark’s transformation from 1917 to today. He founded the New Jersey Negro Welfare League, helped housing and jobs access, and notes World Wars and unions as drivers of advancement. He envisions a united nation with real equality.
The Air Force on Wednesday test fired the first Minuteman ICBM of the year from Vandenberg Air Force Base California. It was the 78th shot at the base and was launched by a SAC crew from Ellsworth AFB South Dakota. The missile flew about 5 000 miles to a mock target in the Pacific Ocean.
Admiral David Farragut allegedly originated the phrase Damn the torpedoes full steam ahead during the Battle of Mobile Bay as he urged his ships onward amid Confederate mines and combat. The famous line personifies naval resolve and has entered popular lore as a defining moment of Civil War era leadership.
Jet tanker crashes in Wichita Kansas killing 30 and destroying 42 homes. Meridian Mississippi arrests net 12 white men over civil rights workers killings. Pearson and Johnson sign auto free trade pact at Johnsons ranch. Deep frost damages Florida winter vegetable crop. Johnson takes oath for full term at inaugural. Tanzania orders two U.S. diplomats to leave over subversive claims. Dr Albert Schweitzer lauded at Gabon jungle hospital. Jeanette MacDonald dies in Houston at 57. Two U.S. fighters downed over Laos. Death of Sir Winston Churchill after stroke.
Cairo UPI reports Gamal Abdel Nasser won a nomination for another six-year term as president of the United Arab Republic. The national assembly, with 355 members present, voted in favor. date for the new elections has not yet been set.
UPI carried a Waukegan dispatch misnaming three Serbian Orthodox Church of America and Canada bishops as Communist appointed by Tito. The bishops Firimilian Ockoljich Stefan Lastavica and Gregory Udick were elected by the Holy Bishops Council in Belgrade. The piece notes the 1963 court case over church property and asserts the bishops were not sent to the United States in 1963, detailing each man’s arrival and citizenship status, plus reactions from lawyers and church officials.
A letter from S I D E WASHINGTON recounts Johnson's inauguration and the author's unforgettable moment singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He describes joining in on The Battle Hymn of the Republic and The Eyes of Texas, plus the crowd heat, odd thermometer readings, and three Waynesboro high school seniors staking early seats.
Hollywood reports Mary Tyler Moore shifts from television to film after signing a Universal Studios deal for ten pictures over seven years. She plans to balance TV through this season and next, then focus on comedy in movies while maintaining a Laura Petrie image separate from her on screen roles. Moore declines heavy drama, aims for a big screen career, and notes she could return to TV if needed while admiring Dick Van Dyke’s movie success.
A secretary known for habitual lateness arrived so late one day that she missed her first coffee break, curing her chronic tardiness.
The column lists celestial sights for Friday January 22 1965, notes on Byron’s birth in 1788, and historical items. It recalls Queen Victoria’s death in 1991 ending a four year reign, Hoover’s 1932 Reconstruction Finance Corporation law, and a 1963 Franco German treaty on defense and culture.
A reflective note cites Lord Byron: friendship is love without his wings. The aphorism frames friendship as a form of love unshackled by romance.
On January 6 1965 The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia filed toll tariff revisions with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia effective February 1 1965. The reductions do not raise customer rates and copies are available for inspection at company offices in Beckley Charleston Clarksburg Elkins Fairmont Huntington Keyser Lewisburg Logan Martinsburg Montgomery Morgantown New Martinsville Oak Hill Parkersburg Ravenswood Saint Albans Weirton Weston Wheeling Williamson. Protests may be submitted in writing before February 1 to the Public Service Commission Capitol Building Charleston West Virginia.
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