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A reflective line urges charity and indulgence toward others while cautioning self-critique, attributed to Joubert, framed as a brief moral meditation suitable for a daily column.
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1962
Page
3
A reflective line urges charity and indulgence toward others while cautioning self-critique, attributed to Joubert, framed as a brief moral meditation suitable for a daily column.
Editorial praises Honey In The Rock, a two act Civil War drama with 60 performers in a new 157000 dollar outdoor amphitheatre. University students join professionals from West Virginia U Marshall U Wesleyan and others as locals hail perfect acoustics and lighting. The piece fictionalizes statehood, features dancing and folk songs, and has drawn visitors from over forty states and foreign countries with rave reviews.
The famed Assateague ponies, linked to Spanish horses, face this year’s roundup on Chincoteague Island as 300 ponies are gathered for the auction following a spring storm. Misty and her colt Stormy gain attention while Chincoteague endures evacuation and millions in damage to buildings and stores.
The piece outlines proposals to cut defense waste without weakening power. Key items include modernizing National Guard units to 640000 personnel, reducing overseas forces while offsetting costs, McNamara centralizing overseas procurement to cut spending, and GAO findings of unused uniforms and sole source contracts. It notes debate among officials and Congress over these efficiency efforts.
Beckley based SECKLEY NEWSPAPERS CORPORATION lists mail and home delivery rates for Daily and Sunday and daily subscriptions. Rates include yearly and six month plans for West Virginia readers with carrier delivery. The notice notes independent contractors handle agents and that Beckley Newspapers Corporation is not responsible for advance payments.
President Kennedy stated at a news conference that the United States will not devalue its dollar despite persistent rumors of currency manipulation. The remarks aim to reassure savers, pensioners, and insured holders while noting European demand for gold as a hedge.
The United States invites Japanese industry to build plants in the U S as part of a bid to reverse trade deficits. Japan watches foreign exchange reserves fall from over 2 billion to 1.5 billion by September 1961 and faces a trade deficit with the United States. Export restrictions, the rise of the European Common Market, and potential trade with the East shape Japanese priorities and fears.
UPI reports publisher James L. Fraser says contrariness can be wholesome in thinking. The early warning system idea is tied to Humphrey B. Neill who emigrated to Vermont.
Postoffice Inspector Guy E Newley visited Raleigh to judge quarters for the new post office space in Raleigh County Bank building, noting the Be kley Hardware building occupancy. Also mentions a moving picture permit in Sylvia and a restaurant building permit at the city depot. Fraser-Neill Letter of Contrary Opinion discussed.
The Raleigh Baking company on City avenue formed with authorized stock of 25000. Stockholders are Lorenzo Torlone and Bill Torlone of Beckley and E J Fourney of Blue Jay. The Central school annex will become a grade school again costing 500 to 600 dollars.
Beckley native Dr. Wallace Givens reviews two mathematics books in Science on July 6, 1960. He teaches at Northwestern University and has held positions at Cornell and Argonne National Laboratory. The piece notes his early Beckley roots, family, and upcoming sabbatical.
A Cheverly Maryland minister urges summer travelers to maintain prayer, Bible reading, and church attendance. He reminds readers God upholds the universe and holds them in His hand as vacations begin.
A NEA overview notes European students and tourists now seek the United States for culture and learning. It highlights remarks by Norwegian student Oysten Lilleskare and Greek visitor Helen Mavroukaki in Dallas, praising American warmth and cultural interest, contrasting past stereotypes. It also cites opinions from Andre Malraux and Ludwik Dembinsky on America's cultural promise and living standards.
Rousseau argues that while animals have ideas from senses and combine them, humans differ in free agency. Nature compels all beings, but humans alone can choose to acquiesce or resist, revealing the spirituality of the soul. Physics explains senses, but willpower and choice are purely spiritual and not mechanistic.
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