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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1955
Page
4
Thought for Today quotes Ben Johnson warning that covetous men never have money and prodigals soon run dry. The brief aphorism offers moral instruction on wealth and restraint.
The Interior Department plans bids on about 70 000 acres beyond three miles off Louisiana while Louisiana counters with its own bid deadline citing encroachment. Congress earlier set submerged boundary rules, and DOJ sought Supreme Court clarification on Louisiana’s seaward limits.
The first All-Star game grew from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair and was not meant as a lasting event. Club owners resisted sharing stars for profit reasons, but fans embraced the AL against the NL. The 1933 game drew nearly 50,000. Babe Ruth homered with three balls and no strikes. Through 21 games, the AL led 13 wins, NL pitching shone best.
The pledge to the flag was written by Francis Bellamy a Boston magazine editor in 1892. A person in Iceland may practice medicine without education or internship if titled Skottulaeknir meaning Quack Doctor.
Guy E. Rice of Ginn and Company writes in The Register praising parts of Why Johnny Cant Read and its serials while noting strong teaching opinions on reading instruction. He presents a district salesman's view amid widespread, unnamed protest and countercharges from educators.
The piece outlines Dr. Dora V. Smith’s rebuttal to Dr. Flesch on reading instruction, noting a six installment rebuttal beginning tomorrow. It stresses the debate’s impact on parents and the future readers, highlighting questions of phonics, school knowledge, and the modern reading program.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists home delivery options and subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, including daily only and six month periods. It notes a two percent West Virginia sales tax and details address change procedures and carrier independent status.
AP analyst William L. Ryan surveys the Geneva meeting where Premier Bulganin faces a make or break test for world communism. He notes Khrushchev Ivan and a changing Soviet leadership, with Iran as a quiet ally shaping the balance, amid hopes for arms talks and peace.
After Stalin’s death Malenkov pursues broad consumer concessions while preserving heavy industry. Khrushchev rises but the regime swings back toward Stalinist priorities, signaling a cautious balance. The army grows influential but remains wary of risking the economy. Ivan’s leadership pressures the collective toward more Westward concessions.
In Gatlinburg Tennessee bears and tourists have surged as visitors in the Smokies rise to about 2% million this season. An estimated 1,200 bears roam the park with bears accused of muscling 14 tourists so far this year. Park rangers warn bears are wild and not potential pals, urging visitors to avoid feeding them to prevent dangerous encounters.
A set of seven multiple choice trivia questions covers U S auto output, wheat acreage controls, presidential veto disclosure, Jewish POWs in Korea, melancholia in older groups, bond returns, and the Soviet era figure Skryabin. Answers appear on the page.
Hollywood actress Eliza beth Montgomery, 22, daughter of Robert Montgomery, balances a Nevada divorce residency with a film debut in The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell at the Warner lot in Burbank. She returns by plane to Nevada each night to meet the legal residence requirement.
Oscar Hammerstein II born July 12 1895 in New York City is celebrated as a premier librettist and lyricist of modern musical theater. His collaborations with Richard Rodgers gave Broadway hits like Oklahoma and contributed beloved songs such as Ol Man River and many more.
Earl Wilson notes a breezy travel diary style as the Beetle tours Europe and Spain and stops at La Bonne Auberge and Aly Khan villa while mixing celebrity gossip from Debbie Reynolds Liberace Gina Lollobrigida Howard Hughes and more with playful asides about theater and TV deals in New York and Las Vegas. The column bundles entertainment chatter from performers producers and venues with light humor.
Peggy Kessinger reports on soldiers returning home and overseas. Cpl Elmer L Nagye of the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell Ky is discharged after Jump School and other training. Pfc Frederick G Wood completes wheel vehicle mechanic course and is discharged at Fort Bragg. Carter F Bradley promoted to sergeant with the Seventh Infantry Division in Korea after enlisting in 1953 and arriving in the Far East last May.
The piece offers a collective prayer asking for mercy and steadfastness in faith, guided by the spirit of partnership through Christ. It cites W Kenneth Pope of Houston as signer and references themes of waiting and kinship with the divine. It also notes Yellow as mourning color in Egypt, Lake Mead’s length and Boulder Dam, and Argon as a colorless gas in air.
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