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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1971
Page
3
A brief devotional line from Psalms 119 44 45 emphasizing steadfast devotion to divine law and the freedom that follows from keeping precepts. It offers a timeless spiritual reminder suitable for daily contemplation.
The piece questions Nixon's veto threat to the Appalachian Regional Development bill and Governor Moore's offer of friendship to avert a veto. It doubts genuine political alliances and predicts West Virginia politics will be pawns. It asks how a veto would affect Moore's image and national finance interests.
HUD outlines guidelines to bar racial and religious terms in housing ads. Hearings by Samuel Simmons in Washington begin June 17 with no enforcement mechanism, but a voluntary ad guideline could create an innocence presumption in complaints.
In Iceland the forthcoming Althing vote on June 13 pits the Communist front Labor Alliance against rivals as Keflavik's NATO role and U S defense history loom large. Iceland's isolation and nationalism shape a cautious electorate amid Soviet attempts to sway policy. The nation seeks economic diversification via geothermal energy, chemicals, and a growing tourism sector referencing its midnight sun.
An editorial notes Congress approved a bill to boost postal workers pay by 400 dollars per year, acknowledging a faithful group of underpaid workers whose increase aims to align wages with living costs and bring relief to those in the Raleigh area.
Work on Heber Street from Main Street north began last week as contractor J. O. Freeman races to finish Oakwood Avenue. When Oakwood is complete the team plans to lay concrete, with Prince Street also slated for paving to complete four sided courthouse paving.
A two year Migrant Research Project study finds the typical migrant family earns 2201 dollars annually with six people to feed. Only 9 percent receive any public assistance while red tape blocks access to food stamps and welfare. Erratic earnings also thwart eligibility.
Amarillo Texas United Press International reports KVII TV hosts a program to teach 100 to 150 English words to Spanish speaking three to six year olds. The effort led by John Tyler seeks early language skills in homes with minimal English exposure. The 20 lesson series runs five days a week for four weeks and repeats to reinforce learning. It has drawn interest from five states and plans expansion to many more including Florida Ohio and Massachusetts.
UPI reports Russia aims to land Mars 2 and Mars 3 with life detection gear possibly making the century's scientific breakthrough. U.S. Viking program planned two landers with life tests to launch in 1975 to reach Mars in 1976 while Mariner 9 surveys orbit.
A family dog, aging into her 12th or 13th year, shows warts and dental issues while still guarding the home. A late photo yields two images, puzzling the household about possible double exposure or a ghostly personality. The mutt remains active, wetting the table less the last, barking softly and accompanying anyone on walks.
Rep. Hugh Carey of New York jokes he remains unseen on the House Ways and Means Committee as a junior member. He quips he is “like Red China” to show how masked his presence feels within the panel.
The Kremlin denounces bachelors as antisocial and potential traitors amid a Russian push to raise birth rates. Literaturnaya Gazetta warns bachelorhood harms individuals and society as divorce runs high and an experimental sex education program emerges in schools to stabilize families.
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