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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1964
Page
4
Thought for Today presents a biblical reflection from Romans urging sincerity in love and a steadfast aversion to evil, urging readers to cling to what is good and endure in virtue. The message emphasizes genuine affection, moral discernment, and steadfast goodness.
Rumors swirl within the Board of Education over renewing Superintendent John Saunders’s contract as factions form for and against retaining him. Saunders, on a four year term, may face dismissal only through a formal process, while a June swearing in sets the office for the coming year.
Hollywood figures share views on fame and world affairs. Dorothy Provine defends outsider curiosity, while Joan Crawford and Bette Davis spark heated stage tempers. Henry Mancini buys Art Linkletter’s house, and Dolores Hart’s vow of cloistered service frames a shifting celebrity landscape. Jacqueline Kennedy comments on a presidential mementos exhibit.
A nostalgic reminiscence contrasts past Fourth of July celebrations with present times. Historian Harlow Warren and banker Okey Patterson recall Boone and Raleigh County farming summers, while reflections on freedom hint that government encroachment and overregulation dulled national spirit and town parades.
In a reflective column, the writer contrasts past rural life in West Virginia with modern city controls. He laments taxes, policing, and regulations while praising simpler freedoms, noting a typographical correction about a police incident and arguing that democracy should treat all citizens equally.
A humorous column recounts tests of Bible knowledge by Thayer S Warshaw a Massachusetts high school English teacher and at Union Theological Seminary. The piece contrasts student responses on biblical topics with lack of familiarity with poker terms noting cultural deprivation among educated youth and reflecting on aging perspectives.
The June 26 Washington London Paris declaration pledges self determination for German reunification as the goal of the United States Britain and France. It notes Berlin remains under four power control and outlines obstacles including the Oder Neisse frontier and East German economic integration.
Millions of Catholics await a Vatican restatement on birth control following Pope Paul VI’s disclosure of wide study into regulating family size. Officials say no change is expected but a cautious possibility of conditions for using hormonal pills may emerge, amid debate over moral acceptability and ovulation suppression.
The passage notes that early Egyptians tamed cats around 3000 B C to protect grain stores and suggests some scholars saw cat worship as practical. It also discusses the rhythm method and Catholic views on hormone birth control pills, including optimism about pills that regularize ovulation to enable rhythm.
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Japanese treatment of British nationals at Tientsin was in tolerable terms and disclosed that the Japanese ambassador had been summoned to the Foreign Office for consultation on the matter.
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