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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1966
Page
4
A concise quotation from Charles M Schwab on setting limits to ambition and capability, warning that placing boundaries on what one will do restricts what one can achieve. Reflects a mindset urging proactive effort.
A compact critique on leisure in the age of automation. The piece notes fears of idle time, but argues few people presently suffer a leisure shortage. It highlights pressures from early schooling, college demands, and the eight-hour day shifting to multiple jobs, with urban sprawl and fast transport eroding traditional leisure spaces.
A 1964 campaign funding study by Herbert Alexander shows big donors favored Nixon in California Illinois and other states while Goldwaters totals lagged. Texas and Ohio bucked the trend with stronger Goldwater support yet overall large contributions to Goldwater declined in the Old South and Midwest. Moderate money partly offset conservative cuts as the pattern suggests donors withheld to steer toward moderates or Johnson.
The article reports that most dying patients want full facts, though some wish to avoid distress. It notes physician influence by faith and cites leaders Rabbi Howard Singer and Bishop John Wright arguing for truth and dignity in end of life. AMA surveys show nine in ten patients want to know truth while doctors often withhold it, yet would want the truth if dying.
John Hodel recalls a memory laden mix of music and family life as he hums Ramona while brushing teeth. He muses on adding a toothbrush amplifier, jokes about patriotic shows, and notes the family’s forthcoming summer plans. The piece shifts to his eldest’s art award, private club tensions, and his son’s studies in oceanography with a nod to Warrens and local art schools.
New York writer reflects on graduation memories and a class reunion shopping trip. He describes buying safari clothing and a hunting book, muses on life and universal mysteries, and contemplates escalation as a natural condition of man with a humorous, reflective tone.
A satirical column argues that society accepts perpetual upgrading in education, wealth, and lifestyle while promoting escalation in foreign policy. It mocks calls to choose sides in global conflicts and warns against normalizing continual progress without question.
PHIL NEWSOM argues NATO extends beyond military defense. Article 2 urges member nations to strengthen free institutions and stability, while US efforts under Secretary Rusk stress East West diplomacy, trade liberalization, and joint approaches to Soviet bloc. Fiat and Renault planned to operate in Soviet Russia as a sign of widening ties.
Raleigh Register notes Beckley Group Theater chooses May 20 for the final production of its first season. Cast includes Lowell Higgins Sam Hochman Virginia Cooper John Saunders and Kitty Doggett. Also reports the birth of Stephen Edward Collins weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces at Beckley Hospital on May 13 to Mr and Mrs J M Collins Beaver. A War Department official confirms plans to train several thousand British pilots annually in the United States.
May 8 1916 is proclaimed as Clean-Up Week by Hugh A Dunn mayor of Beckley with Common Council order. W R Sneed family moved into W L Foster property on Wickham Avenue. Sneeds house sold to Raleigh County Bank by L M Dorsey. Dorsey recently moved from Wind ing Gulf and works in sawmill for Piney Mining at Riley.
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