Builder of Beckley Remembered as Civic Leader
J. S. Butts who lived in Beckley for nearly fifty years is mourned as a good citizen and a tireless builder of the community. The once-poor Virginia farm boy rose to become a lawyer and a key advocate for race relations and home ownership among Black residents, earning the title Builder of Beckley. The Raleigh Register noted his role in civic pride and progress as he battled the coal industry's ups and downs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Butts
Beckley
Butts
Ife
Raleigh Register
Virginia
Academy
Howard University
Ere
Raleigh County
Hal Boyle Dumb Remarks About Dummies
New York AP reports window shoppers joke about department store dummies. Gags touch on wives shopping, credit, marriage, and fashion, with quips about Bermuda shorts, wedding dresses, and psychiatrists amused by real wives versus mannequins.
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New York
Kennedy Nomination Pressures and Campaign Realities
James Marlow analyzes how Kennedy's primary campaign shaped expectations for 1964. He contrasts Kennedy's heavy campaigning with Johnson and Symington relying on political networks, cites Stevenson’s 1952 path, and weighs how regional and civil rights factors could alter a Kennedy victory. Rockefeller’s prominence is noted, with Nixon’s strategic restraint affecting delegate dynamics.
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Kennedy
Sens
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Raleigh Register Publisher and contact details listed
Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes Raleigh Register from 341 Prince St Beckley WV with phone numbers for all departments. It notes Associated Press membership and national staff representation and provides subscription rates for various daily and weekly plans plus tax and address-change guidance.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Jon, W. Va
National
Soiat
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
West Virginia
Beckley street bonds blocked by Curtis injunction bid
Milton Curtis through counsel Farley and Ball announces he will seek an injunction from Circuit Judge James H. Miller to stop Beckley City Council from selling $60,000 in street improvement bonds voted June 18. County jail and infirmary contract awarded to Dr. D. W. Snuffer at $220 annually with duties including poor relief within a three mile radius of the courthouse. A Cabell Early has leased the Carter Opera House for the season and opened a moving picture show from owner and former manager B. E. Carter.
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Milton Curtis
Attys, Farley and Ball
James H. Miller
Beckley
D. W. Snuffer
Snuffer
Court House
A. Cabell Early
Carter Opera House
B. E. Carter
Mr. Early
Nuclear Test Ban Talks Persists Amid Seismic Debate
The United States and Soviet Union continue Geneva discussions on a nuclear test ban as Seismographic data from a nonnuclear Nevada underground explosion aids Project Plowshare. Washington urges a ban, allows underground testing with notice, while Moscow demands device inspection and resists de coupling claims.
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United States
Nevada Desert
Atomic Energy Commission
Geneva
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Kremlin
Rand Corporation
U. S
Yucca Flats
Nevada
AEC
Reading Human Minds Through Self Insight
Hobbes argues that true social reading comes from reading oneself first. He notes that harsh critics show they have read little in others and urges introspection to understand others thoughts and passions.
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Hose
Halley and His Comet Quiz Highlight 17th Century Astronomy
The text covers Edmund Halley identifying a bright comet in 1682 and predicting a 75 year return, with appearances in 1759 1835 and 1910, and his work cataloguing southern stars. It notes Halley’s comet and a 1986 return, plus a contest winner from Charleston who earned $10 for answering.
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Edmund Halley
Halley
West Virginia Folk Festival grows bigger year two
The second West Virginia Folk Festival in Beckley surpassed last year’s effort, with Dr. Patrick W. Gainer expressing satisfaction and promising growth. C. O. Smith won the tall tale contest at Woodrow Wilson High School with a humorous farm yarn about hillside hogs, including two gear hogs and rocker hogs, concluding with a joke on a returning hog and a father's calculation.
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West Virginia
Patrick W. Gainer
West Virginia University
Beckley
C. O. ‘Smitty’ Smith
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. D. Hatcher
Katie Doonan
Wsaz TV
Smith
Richmond
Sebird
Baltimore
Prayer closing message from Alvin N Rogness
A concluding benediction-like prayer asks for sight ears and touch to perceive beauty and mercy and justice in Christ. It invokes divine guidance for perceiving unseen grace and invites shared fellowship.
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Alvin N. Rogness
St. Paul, Minn
Luther Theological Seminary
Political Circus At Seedy Los Angeles Convention Beat
Earl Wilson surveys a lively Los Angeles political scene as Perle Mesta and Phil Regan spar for party influence amid brunches, clubs, and showbiz chatter. The piece strings gossip about Kennedy, Johnson, Taft, Kefauver, and stars like Paul Anka, Ingrid Bergman, and Brigitte Bardot connection.
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Los Angeles
Perle Mesta
Phil Regan
Cop
Phil
Dave Chasen
David McDonald
Regan
Harry Truman
Perle
Cocoanut Grove
Marguerite Tyson
Boston
Las Vegas
Kennedy
Mrs. Tyson
Adlai
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France
Algeria
Gaul
Italy
U.S
Hal Boyle
Honey
Marge
Myrtle
Joe
Macy’s
Gimbel’s
The
James Marlow
Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Stevenson
Didates
Congress
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Senate
Democratic House
South
Raleigh
C . J. McQuade
APP
Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
Martha Thornley
Charleston
S. C
Tee de
C. J. McQuade
Earl Wilson
Mesta
Joe E. Lewis
Truman
Jack Durant
Durant
Joe F
Joe E
Robert A. Taft
Les Kramer
Circus Saints & Sinners
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Estes
Biltmore
Eli Basse
Paul Anka
Copacabana
Marty Allen
Oscar Wilde
Joe Eisinger
Eisinger
N.Y
Andre
Gambi Porumbeanu
Harry James
Betty Grable
Anatold Litvak
Tony Perkins
Paris
Ingrid Bergman
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh Olivier
Nancy Kwan
France Nuyen
Suzie Wong
Pat Rooney Sr
Roseland
Allan Drake
Rip van Winkle
Joey Bishop
Thailand
Tin Pan Alley
Newport
Bar Harbor
Maine
Charlie Chaplin
Ireland
Riviera
Rivera
Brigitte Bardot
Sacha Distel
Gregory Peck
Australia
Diane
Earl
Mike Rapchak
WCFL
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