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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1972
Page
2
Dr. W. E. McKelvey of the U S Geological Survey envisions a "Second America" over the next 28 years. He predicts equal to all prior U S history in mining, pumping, manufacturing, and building by the year 2000.
The piece critiques Democratic party debt and infighting while analyzing a Supreme Court appeal on delegate seating. It questions whether Nixon's court appointments bias the justices toward a political decision, noting four Nixon appointees and the possibility of a ruling with as few as six judges.
The Democratic reform commission proposes holding policy making conventions in even numbered years between presidential elections. Delegates would vote in July in Miami Beach on whether to shift toward off year meetings to address changes like antiwar sentiment.
The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan will vote on July 5 to choose Eisaku Sato's successor amid strain with the United States and China. Front runner is Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda with other candidates including Kenkuei Tanaka Takeo Miki and Masayoshi Ohira. Analysts note pledges and political promises may decide the outcome more than policy.
The Raleigh Register outlines home delivery rates for daily and Sunday editions at 70 cents per week and 3.05 dollars per month. It notes that change of address requires old and new addresses and that three cent state sales tax is included for subscriptions within West Virginia. Carriers and distributors are independent contractors, and Beckley Newspapers Corporation is not responsible for advance payments made to them.
Louis Cassell argues the next U S president will likely be a Protestant, mostly Methodist, citing Democratic hopefuls Muskie Kennedy McGovern Humphrey Wallace Mills Chisholm and Republican Nixon with Methodist ties. He notes Catholics remain a significant bloc and discusses potential Catholic veep picks amid regional balancing.
Tufts University official John W. Sheetz argues crises reveal opportunities to reform higher education. He advocates trimming faculty councils and tenure, boosting professor productivity, and rethinking student faculty ratios as a path to long term efficiency and improved outcomes for students. He cautions against overreliance on tenure and praises targeted, practical teaching methods.
The American flag was lowered at the Sprague mine of the New River Company by Robert H. Beasley and his father E. M. Beasley to mark the end of over a year of government operation. Architectural plan revisions delay the Beckley veteran hospital start date to July 15, per Congressman Hedrick.
The splendid new Community church building at Stotesbury will be dedicated this month with an all day meeting and an old fashioned basket dinner. Music will be led by Rev. M Homer Cummings of Glen White. North Kanawha street repairs aid automobilists by easing access to Sprague.
A column recalls walking between home and the office during miners’ vacation and notes distance and time changes. Retired Sophian-Los Angelen Fitch Obryan shows an advertising card for Elgie Ballard’s sandwich shop and a Bee and Bull fable with a morale. Obryan’s LA hotel engineering career is mentioned along with a critique of welfare rhetoric attributed to public figures.
The June issue asks readers what worries them about the future. Respondents from various states cite war, pollution, racism, and fear of nuclear or societal collapse. Several youths mention faith, the second coming, and ecumenical movement influences shaping their views.
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