Two Kinds of Fools Quote by Dean Inge
The Thought For Today contrasts fools who deem old things superior with those who assume new things are better, attributed to English clergyman Dean Inge.
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Raleigh Register in Beckley, West Virginia
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1972
Page
2
European Trains Link Cities Amid Rail Travel Boom
The International Union of Railways marks its 50th anniversary with Paris exhibitions as Europe expands rail networks. Electrified lines boosted passenger use, while forecasts point to faster London to Glasgow service. Wales offers steam revival on a seven mile line and luxury options like the Paris Nice Mistral Express with cinema and bookshop.
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International Union of Railways
Montparnasse
Paris
IUR
Europe
England
Birmingham
Manchester
London
Glasgow
Brighton
Furniture From Paper: Caigan and Gehry Innovate
New York architect Robert A. Caigan won a patent for a chair from a single fiber board plank while California architect Frank Gehry designs tables and chairs from stacked corrugated cardboard. Both say the pieces are durable light and affordable and can be recycled in an ecology conscious age. Gehry tests fire resistance with a blowtorch and sands away marks to polish surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Caigan
New York
California
Frank O. Gehry
Gehry
New York City
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Caigan
Caigan and Gehry
Breuer
Mies van der Rohe
le Corbusier
Aalto
Saarinen
Eames
Nixon Brezhnev Cadillac Gift Sparks Nuclear Pact Parody
A satirical retelling of the Nixon Brezhnev Moscow trip features a Cadillac gift and a mocked arms pact. The piece lampoons the deal and Soviet leaders, ending with a WWIII escalation and a Detroit missile attack, framed as biting political humor.
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Moscow
Nixon
Mr. Nixon
Brezhnev
Senate
Japanese Shipyards Build Giants with Automation Edge
In TSU Japan automated shipyards produce supertankers with robotic handling from sheets to bends. The industry, once ruined after World War III, now holds 48 percent of global shipbuilding with a three year backlog and 300000 ton ships common. An expert predicts a one million ton vessel in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Marks
TSU
Japan
UPID
Beckley Junior Chamber Banquet Honors New Members
Virgil Miller received a wrist watch at the organization's first inaugural banquet and dance for obtaining 20 of 91 new members. Warren Williams was inaugurated as the new president after outgoing president E. E. Bibb Jr. presented him. A study notes Japan's computerized shipyard innovations, citing Nippon Kokan in Tsu with a drydock capable of two 600,000 ton ships, across 465 acres of complex facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
Virgil Miller
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Warren Williams
E. E. Bibb Jr
Tsu
Tokyo
Japan
Nippon Kokan
Japan Steel Co
Japanese shipyards expand modular building for ships
Berry's World notes Japanese shipyards used computerized modular fabrication to produce 232 vessels in fiscal year 1971 totaling 11.2 million tons. Despite strong output, experts foresee tougher times due to a shrinking world shipping market and a three year order backlog.
Plane hijack turns deadly over Ghent and Cuba bid
On Raleigh County Airlines Flight 635 a hijacking threat escalated as hijackers demanded millions in cash and to divert to Cuba, Algeria, and Honduras. A passenger opened fire using a submachine gun, killing five hijackers. the plane sustained 96 bullet holes and passengers were found armed. The incident ends with surrender and a grim reminder to support gun dealers.
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Raleigh County Airlines
East Egeria International
Ghent
Miss Saucy
Switchabout
Inter-county
Suzy Sweetpants
Miss Sweetpants
Miss Hotsy Slinky Thing
Dulles International
Nixon
Daniel Berrigan
Angela Davis
Hughes Tool Company
Washington Monument
Brazil
Miss Switchabout
Miss Slinky Thing
Cuba
Algiers
Honduras
Hotpants
Dole claims Democrats nearing final disintegration
UPI reports Senator Bob Dole in Flint arguing the Democratic Party may be near a final breakup, echoing historic party obituaries. The piece notes Democratic control of Congress and state governments, internal tensions, and the evolving political landscape ahead of the 1972 election.
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Washington
UPI
Bob Dole
Republican National Committee
Flint
Mich
GOP
Democrat Party
Dole
Congress
States
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Democratic Party
House
Senate
Nixon
Richard Nixon
China
United Nations
College Degrees Lose Gatekeeping Job Advantage
The piece surveys fading faith in degrees as a guaranteed path to employment. It cites rising youth unemployment, defense cutbacks, and slower demand for teachers, with projections that by 1980 about 8 percent of graduates will still be seeking work.
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Science” Magazine
Labor Department
Joseph Froomkin
U. S. Office of Education
CBS
U. S
New York
Caroline Bird
Business Week
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Mrs. Brezhnev
Kosygins
Leonid
Podgornys
Arthur Hoppe
Kremlin
General Motors
Brissnoif
Detroit
Michigan
School of Hard Knocks
Berry's
NEA
Dresden
Vietnam
Egeria
By John Hodel
By Arnold B. Lawislak
Senator Dole
Kansas
Missouri
Richard L. Worsnop
Waleigh H Register
Democratic
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
John Hodel
United Press International
MAIL
West Virginia
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