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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1965
Page
4
Opinion argues the school board should hire a superintendent from outside the local system to end drinking club politics and revive an education driven by inquiry. It laments the enduring influence of local athletics over policy and calls for a vigorous leader to champion learning.
The Sunday cutoff ends the Korean road education and training program. About 2.4 million Korean War veterans took part at roughly 4 billion dollars, compared with 14 billion for World War II programs. Congress toys with a Cold War GI Bill, but costs deter action. Presidents and lawmakers note GI Bills fueled postwar national progress toward a Great Society.
Gov. Richard J. Hughes of New Jersey pushes a regional conference with New York and nearby states to raise New York’s drinking age from 18 to 21. The piece surveys teenage drinking across borders, cites sociological support, notes editorials, and weighs legal versus moral controls on youth access to alcohol and other adult freedoms.
A University of Cincinnati president addresses entering students urging self education, balancing science with liberal arts, and developing character. He warns against relying on authority, emphasizes moral formation, and cautions that college is a training ground for mind and spirit, ending with a blessing for their careers.
UPI reports on Britain’s post election mood as Labour loses Leyton and Wilson’s government faces gravity. Markets rise on steel fears, while the balance of trade crisis lingers. the pound cushion, wage price rules, and stalled TSR2 plans mark a mixed first hundred days.
The Du Pont employee magazine Better Living portrays the computer as a vital tool amid fierce competition. It details automation benefits since 1953 including 1.3 million freight payments yearly, 1 million current rates, and monthly 125,000 punched cards checked to cut freight costs. It also notes route surveying via computer mapping to optimize sales territories and customer data for better decision making.
Secretary McNamara announced plans at a Pentagon briefing to create a single 550000 strong Army reserve force under National Guard management. All non transferred units would be eliminated and inactive manpower pools created as many as 5000 key federal personnel would shift from Ready to Standby reserves. The move marks a major reorganization opposed by the Reserve Officers Association while supported by the American Veterans Committee and the American Legion.
John Hodel reports the resignation letter from a Register editor who cites a conflict of interest between duties as a newspaper editor and YMCA board member. He explains choosing journalism over suppressing news, expresses continued support for the YMCA, and argues editors should prompt boards rather than merely comply.
Publication notice details subscription rates by mail and home delivery options. It lists prices for daily and Sunday, daily only, and half monthly plans, plus weekly carrier charges and tax policy. It also states carriers are independent contractors and Beckley Newspapers is not responsible for advance payments.
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