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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1966
Page
4
A humorously critical column rails against trash and poor county policy blamed for mosquitoes. The writer suggests contests and incentives to encourage breeding and cites dumps, debris, and halted landfills as root causes while joking about importation of malarial species to boost tourism and "sport."
Dr William H Stewart says 250000 premature deaths occur yearly from cigarettes and half of U S teenagers become regular smokers by 18 The 1964 advisory is linked to rising lung cancer and emphysema deaths as heart attacks increase The Public Health Service finds reducing smoking would cause some problems but not ruin the economy and the overall death burden would drop from the current pattern.
A Washington judge ruled that money or gifts from admirers are not taxable if given as presents not payments for services. The case featured a woman reporting $600 income while receiving about $65,000 in gifts from a married man. The Institute applauds the decision and shares reader mail with humorous tax queries and tongue in cheek answers.
London conservatives privately accuse the United States of backing and pushing Britain’s Labor government toward a prices and incomes policy and state controls. They warn Washington seeks to subdue private initiative and fear Britain’s autonomy in economic policy. Edward Heath seeks continued Viet Nam support but questions U S insistence on restrictive measures.
The Pope is not expected to speak for the church on contraception until fall. Most of the birth control commission favors at least sanctioning the pill in some cases while awaiting final word from Pope Paul VI.
As of this week the United States lists 62 Americans held by North Vietnam including 45 airmen. Hanoi threatens to try them as war criminals, with major diplomatic activity and world powers watching. The piece notes Geneva rules, alleged U.S. bombings, and recent Viet Cong reprisals, framing a grim cycle of violence in Vietnam and beyond.
In a Charleston office a tense interview reveals Becker denying formal state ties while discussing polls and political strategy for a succession amendment. The reporter accuses pressuring tactics as Becker cites patronage and party dynamics.
Washington correspondent reports U S Education Commissioner Harold Howe II urged a bold, expensive push to fix rundown, overcrowded central city schools for Negro students. He warned gradualism won t slow a growing migration of white to suburbs and the risk of intensified racial tension and social conflict if central city schools continue to decline.
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