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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1962
Page
4
A Chambers quotation notes that books serve as constant, disinterested guides and preachers, always available to advise, and ready to repeat lessons whenever asked, unlike oral instructors who may not repeat themselves.
The piece reflects on humanity’s potential extinction, the ethics of destroying other life and even our own species, and whether global security rules can survive rapid atomic progress. It probes radiation effects, the body’s repair limits, and the need for an honest, possibly painful, rethinking of freedom discipline order and responsibility amid rising nuclear power.
Education specialist advises parents that most students do not benefit from retention but individual analysis of a child’s academic progress, social and emotional adjustment, and health helps determine if retention is useful. If chosen, provide support to boost confidence and ensure a fair chance to meet standards. Encouragement and early involvement are key to positive development.
Recalling Adolf Eichmann and the Nazi era, the piece notes West Germany’s lack of capital punishment, the thousands of Nazi sentences, and the limited executions. It argues justice cannot erase the mass slaughter, while hoping the evil remains a warning for future generations.
From 1953 to 1957 the Justice Department sought declarations that 24 Communist organizations were under SACB control. The case stretched to 1962 with indictments for nonregistration and ongoing appeals. Penalties exist but no fines paid or imprisonments carried out as cases wind through courts and hearings.
Saigon reports the Ho Chi Minh Trail as the main supply line from Laos into South Vietnam. Avtar Singh, head of the International Control Commission in Vientiane, advocates Laos neutrality and patrols to curb Vietnamese and Soviet aid. The U S plans about 15 million dollars in aid for strategic villages as casualties rise.
Dr War ren E Wheeler editor of Diseases of Children condemns widespread use of a long advertised anti viral drug as emptyheadedness. He notes lack of scientific proof beyond testimonials and cites a University of Colorado study showing total failure to demonstrate anti viral activity in tissue cultures and in animals and humans.
Game Warden O B Harris announces Beckley will stage its first horse show at Woodrow Wilson High School athletic field sponsored by Harris and Ross Irle. Judges include J A Campbell C A Tuck Davis Mrs John R Meadows and Mrs Ned Payne. Miss Silea Cappellari departs with family for Europe aboard the S S Europe for a three month tour after studying in Bremen Germany. President Roosevelt nominates Louis Johnson of West Virginia as assistant secretary of war. Johnson is a former national commander of the American...
State wide primary reports confirm Dr H D Hatfield of McDowell county securing the Republican nomination for governor over C Swisher and Charles W Dillon. Plans proceed to build a modern hospital on the site of the burned one, by Dr Campbell and associates. Jenny Wren club sews at Miss Ella Wren's with Mary Nan McGinnis Anna French Mildred Bibb Marie Campbell Eva Pownall Jess Davis and Ella Wren among attendees. President Gomez says he cannot meet demands of eastern Cuba plantation owners for guards against insurrectors. Captain fore sends half of marines to interior and orders half of Atlantic division to depart Key West.
Lord Bertrand Russell at 90 argues in a 126 page book that humans may not evolve toward rational restraint quickly enough to avert self destruction from nuclear war. He critiques national pride, disarmament failures, and the danger of psychical collapse after war, urging reasoned peace while acknowledging grim odds. Charles M Crowe of Wilmette Parish offers a closing prayer.
A 16 year debate over international control of atomic energy hinders a test ban at Geneva. East West dispute over inspection and underground test detection fuels stalemate while fallout raises health fears. Paced by 1958 and 1962-65 projections, public pressure mounts against air tests amid new weapons risks and space test concerns.
A fragment quoting claims that Soviet resumption of atomic tests parallels the Jewish persecution, with chemist Linus Pauling warning that radiation from Russia’s tests could cause four million stillbirths or five children worldwide.
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