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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1964
Page
4
Quote from Thomas A Edison on trial and error praising how failure teaches. Includes reference to discovering many things that won’t work and learning from results to innovate.
A letter-size critique argues against youth day at City Hall and questions officials practices. It cites City Recorder Humphrey Fire Chief Connor and Mayor actions, contrasts with Senator Dirksen’s civil rights lessons, and urges federal action when local solutions fail.
A columnist recalls attempting to induce rain by fishing and hosting picnics from May through midweek. Despite thunder and gatherings at Bill Underwood’s, Mike Misco and family’s Blue Jay Recreation Lake plan failed to bring rainfall, with heat and dust persisting for crops.
Narrator thanks a friend nicknamed Picninc-Lover Harmon for breaking the drought at a rain soaked picnic. The account details a soggy day with flooded roads, improvised beach foam over the grill, drenched host Mike Misco, and a cheerful end as tomatoes perked up and lawn grass promised revival. The writer expresses gratitude to the Miscos, Barberas, and others who joined the wet adventure.
Obituary notes Stephen Galatti 75, director general of the American Field Service for nearly 30 years. His leadership helped shape student exchanges and international goodwill. He died of a heart attack at his home, with a Greek Orthodox funeral planned, leaving a son and two grandchildren. A note on a regal Angora cat shares a local aside.
In Washington, Republicans Keating Javits McKeldin and Kuchel oppose the Goldwater Miller ticket, seeking moderate state platforms and a path to recapture the party. Goldwater resists reconciliation, risking a radical foreign and domestic stance. Moderates could influence policy through briefings, while Cleopatra at Beckley theater stars Liz Taylor and Richard Burton in a lavish Roman epic, praised for production and Taylor’s performance.
George Bad News Cafego, UT All American halfback last season, will play his final 1939 game for the Scarbro Club in the Raleigh County A League this week. He will report for early grid practice at the Tennessee school next week.
Louis Cassels reports religious ferment among clergy and theologians who seek to re interpret core Christian doctrines to fit the modern mind. The debate intensified after Church of England Bishop John A. T. Robinson published Honest to God, challenging the if God is a personal being concept.
1914 Raleigh Register item notes Mrs L B Pursley and Miss Olive Brixey visiting Raleigh before heading to Boston to study music and then to Port Arthur Texas to teach. It also references critiques of Bishop Robinson and Dr Deane Ferm on Christian doctrine, including calls to reinterpret or discard traditional beliefs. The piece cites Beckley News Papers Corporation as publisher with subscription and distribution details.
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