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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1959
Page
4
A Thought For Today quotes Aristotle on human nature and law, noting that society perfects man yet without law and justice becomes the most terrible of all. The excerpt frames moral progress through governance and ethical order.
The steel dispute pits management against labor in a familiar pattern of wage demands, price hikes, and strikes. Eisenhower urged a settlement without inflationary gains, but both sides cling to position while public pressure grows. Experts note steel's large share of raw materials could spark wider price and wage waves if unresolved. A fact finding panel could help, via Taft Hartley or presidential action, but cooperation remains uncertain.
The paper notes Dr. Millard G. Roberts, 40, named head of Parsons College in Fairefield Iowa, a Presbyterian institution. It reviews 1954 enrollment of 212 with a 6 to 1 student faculty ratio and low tuition income, then highlights a new ratio of 15 to 2 and higher tuition, alongside salary funding shifts.
Dr. George W. Crane notes Parsons College median faculty salary of 5500 dollars, with tuition contributing 6000 dollars toward that salary, creating 500 dollars per teacher for overhead. President Roberts reports 20 unused rooms converted to classrooms and shifted schedules boosting occupancy and doubling classroom efficiency. Enrollment rose from 212 to over 800, approaching 1000 next fall, earning the college the label fastest growing in the Midwest. Critics dismiss these efficiency ideas, but readers are invited to judge.
Americans applaud Stephen Foster tribute in Bardstown Kentucky as 60 000 spectators are expected for a 10 week run of the Stephen Foster Story. Kentucky leaders promote an outdoor amphitheatre at My Old Kentucky Home State Park to stage the drama with support from the state and private donors. The project faced funding delays but gained legislative backing and a nonprofit sponsor group to advance the production.
The piece frames Vice President Nixon’s forthcoming Moscow visit amid East West tensions, noting no summit will resolve core differences. Nixon travels with Milton Eisenhower, supported by Thompson and Kohler, to open the U S fair while signaling a measured, unofficial diplomacy rather than hard bargaining.
Hal Boyle reports Marlon Brando wants a U N themed movie to reveal global cooperation and the dangers of mass hostility. He envisions a world federation and notes the atom bomb’s impact on peace deterrence, stressing individual responsibility and the costs of war.
Earl Wilson notes rivalries between Los Angeles and San Francisco, joking about Hollywood and nightlife while citing Los Angeles ties to Las Vegas and San Francisco’s nightlife. The piece also lists film industry chatter and scattered notes from New York and Raleigh, with local notices about social events and a Beckley property purchase.
A reader asks about the presidential eligibility clause in Article II of the Constitution and notes women’s historical barriers. It mentions Victoria Woodhull Clafflin’s 1872 bid for Equal Rights Party nomination, and discusses late 19th and early 20th century talk of female vice presidential nominees, with Vera Pedersen of Berkeley receiving a $10 prize for the question.
Beclley News Ledger lists subscription rates for mail and home delivery, with daily and Sunday options, six month and one year terms, tax note, and carrier independence disclaimer. Names include Beckley News Corporation and J McQuade Managing Editor with Associated Press rights.
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