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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1972
Page
2
Robert Sam Anson portrays George McGovern as rooted in land and family. He is optimistic about recovery, values community and nature, and seeks to restore America to earlier humane days while wary of government and big institutions.
The bankrupted ethics of the United Mine Workers of America are exposed as Albert Pass and William Prater continue to receive large salaries while jailed and indicted for the Yablonski murders. President Boyle’s hand-picked board approved the payments amid calls to halt union funds to the two men.
A study funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health finds geographic mobility imposes psychological stress, hitting wives hardest as they recreate social networks and identities in new communities. Research notes relocation often disrupts careers, demanding adaptation and resilience. A Purdue Allied Van Lines symposium with Indiana and Purdue examined moving trauma, highlighting educated women and those over 50 as more likely to thrive in new surroundings.
Raleigh H Register outlines daily and Sunday home delivery costs 70 cents weekly, 3.05 dollars monthly, with tax included for West Virginia subscriptions. It notes carriers, dealers, and distributors are independent contractors and Beckley Newspapers is not liable for advance payments to them or their representatives.
UPI reports Nixon starts as odds on favorite to win the 1972 presidential race over George McGovern. The piece notes Nixon’s White House advantage and economic concerns, while McGovern appeals to young voters and faces party leadership divisions. Illinois and Dixie states loom large in electoral prospects amid party reforms and veteran operatives.
A neighbor notes a church debate over a women's libe pitch after a rummage sale sign. A widow marks her late husband with a tombstone inscription that reads Rest in Peace Till I Come. A San Diego clipping recalls Bay Area arts and a protest by a militant women’s group nearby.
Column by Bob Wills notes social pressures, a San Francisco policeman given a year's paid disability leave due to alcoholism, and a Fresno truck drivers boycott against higher rates for prostitutes. It also sketches light anecdotes about jetliners and two spinsters asking the pilot to fly slower than sound.
Stanford psychiatrists urge repeal of laws restricting sexual activity between consenting adults while preserving rape, child molesting and violent offenses. They cite rare enforcement and a 95 percent figure from Kinsey to argue many statutes are absurd and capriciously applied.
Lyndon press notices describe the end of two southern traditions as progress pushes out moonshine production and forbidden privy culture. Moonshine stills, long used to distill un taxed whiskey from corn meal and sugar, face obsolescence amid modernization.
J S Larrick is installed as president of the Beckley Lions Club at Black Knight Country Club with Dr Clark Kessel as first vice president and Dr J M Coram as second vice president. D O Means serves as installing officer. The article also notes Treasury revenoers closing four South Carolina offices and discusses a pending South Carolina bill to ban private outdoor toilets with a proposed prefabricated indoor addition as alternative.
A retrospective on Hubert H. Humphrey recalling his rise and repeated presidential bids. The piece notes his eight hour Kremlin talk with Khrushchev, early optimism, defeats in 1960 and 1968, lingering self-critique, and final withdrawal in 1972 in Miami Beach with dignity.
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