Thought For Today Quote on Character and Effort
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1962
Page
4
Is There Still Time for Nuclear Testing to End?
A reflective editorial questions resumed U S and Soviet nuclear tests and asks if continuing tests threaten human habitability. It examines deterrence versus peace, potential radiation vengeance, and the need for serious diplomacy beyond formal games to keep the world habitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Soviet Union
Apres Moi Le Deluge Reflects On Teen Criticism
A reflective column argues that society unfairly targets teenagers for faults from minor annoyances to immorality. It contends generations build on predecessors, while condemning the current era for lack of humility and responsible guidance from adults.
El Chamizal border dispute stirs Texas politics
Washington Window examines how the 1864 Rio Grande shift that put 630 acres under U.S. control could flare Texas political passions in 1962. The piece discusses Kennedy administration stance, Mexican claims, and potential Republican gains if emotions run high over territory transfer prior to the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Rio Grande
Texas
el Paso
Mexico
el Chamizal
United States
Kennedy
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Ralph Leitsinger
U.S
Seitsinger
State Department
Glamour Dims in Hollywood TV and Movies Says Furness
Betty Furness argues Hollywood glamour is fading as TV and the changing film market favor middle class image driven stars. She cites Joan Crawford and Barbara Stanwyck missteps, foreign glamour replacing domestic icons, and sponsors shaping TV's image driven casting. The piece notes budget wardrobes costing $2.98 and the dominance of normal housewife types in advertising linked programming. Amen closes the op-ed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
NEA
Betty Furness
Betty
Joan Crawford
Barbara Stanwyck
Brigitte Bardot
Gina Lollobrigida
Sophia Loren
Anita Ekberg
Melina Mercouri
Nancy Kwan
Madison Avenue
Lucille Ball
Shirley Booth
Loretta Young
Marjorie Lord
Cleopatra
Liz Taylor
A Marshall Plan for America at Home
The author argues for a grand domestic program to lift Americans from poverty, urging a home front Marshall Plan with government action and private growth. Proposes TVA like development in New England, a Hanford waste-heat plant, and a Domestic Peace Corps to train slum dwellers, stressing national responsibility before foreign aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latin America
Africa
Asia
Peace Corps
Ford Foundation
India
TVA
mid-South
New England
Connecticut
Hanford
Washington
AEC
Harlem
Chicago
They Say It And The Press In A Corrupt Society
Quotes from Dr. Donald Coggan and Dr. Frederic Bērezin on journalism and alcoholism. Attorney General Kennedy comments on corruption and the Billie Sol Estes case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edgar Hoover
Billie Graham
Donald Coggan
York
Frederic C. Berezin
Robert F. Kennedy
Billie Sol Estes
India China War Too Hard To Fight Says London
London informed quarters say war between India and China will stay limited to charges and minor skirmishes. Logistics and rugged border terrain make sustained fighting impractical for both sides, per an elderly Indian officer now in London. He praises Krishna Menon as an effective administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
V.K
Krishna Menon
Byrd Calls for Stronger Conservation Values
U S Senator Robert C Byrd warns of rising population and looming resource pressures. He cites polluted drinking water, neglected streams, and vast timberland needing thinning to sustain timber needs estimated at 100 billion board feet by 2000, urging decisive action now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
Interior Department
U. S. Forest
20 Years Ago From the 1912 Raleigh Register
A Raleigh Register page recalls the Terry storehouse nearing completion with carpentry by L F Corter and lists delegates and visitors at Princeton’s senatorial convention. It notes a veterinary hospital project near the city depot by Poindexter and Bailey and urges vigorous conservation programs for watersheds and coal utilization funding to safeguard future water needs and national freedom.
Expropriation Threat Grows for Foreign Investors
United Nations estimates require 80 billion dollars in new capital this decade for 5 percent growth by 1970. Nationalism raises political risks abroad, with Brazil and Ceylon seizing American and British assets. Congress mulls sanctions over compensation, while the Alliance for Progress gains momentum and the Agency for International Development expands its Investment Guaranty Program to cover currency losses, expropriation, and political upheaval in 47 countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Nations
Brazil
Ceylon
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
U.S
Congress
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Agency For International Development
Department of Commerce
United States
Q and A from the 51st Congress and early measurement lore
The excerpt covers three items: first, Speaker Thomas B Reed's credited quote that the United States is a billion dollar country during the 1891 second session of the 51st Congress. It also defines the Kennelly Heaviside layer as the ionospheric region reflecting radio waves, enabling long range broadcast beyond 25 to 75 miles. It adds that early measures used the cubit based on human limb proportions dating to around 7000 B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
House
Earth
Raleigh Register Ad Rates and Delivery Notes
The Raleigh Register lists subscription rates and distribution details. It notes Beckley Newspapers Corporation based in Beckley W Va and includes changes of address procedures and tax information for West Virginia subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Vase and Hinton
W Va
Cas Ge el Rn
West Virgina
Beckley Newspapers Coreporation
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Phil Newsom
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Richard Stuecklen
Thomas Dehler
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Fraenkel
Nazi Supreme Court
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International Cancer Congress
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
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Raleigh Register
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L. F. Corter
Princeton
C. V. Cottle
J. Lewis Bumgardner
Wm. H. McGinnis
Wm. H. File
Geo. W. Williams
J. B. Shrewsbury
M. J. Meadows
E. L. Ellison
Tobin Stover
C. H. Krise
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A. C Romine
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