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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1965
Page
4
A concise reflection notes that today’s gain through injustice may harm tomorrow, citing Alexander Hamilton from the Federalist of 1778 as a caution about certainty in moral outcomes.
Beckley emerges as the logical site for a regional health center aimed at upgrading Appalachian health standards. The plan, tied to the Appalachian Regional Development Act, would start with 11 southern counties of West Virginia and may expand to 21. Dr. N H Dyer, state health director, would lead the initiative, guiding recommendations to the Appalachian Regional Commission for rapid progress and visibility.
Justices Black and Stewart questioned the courts June 7 decision striking down a 1879 Connecticut ban on contraceptives as unconstitutional under privacy grounds. They argued the Constitution lacks explicit privacy language and urged the majority to justify its reasoning.
The piece discusses critiques of the Supreme Court's reach, noting dissents from Justices Frankfurter Black and Harlan. It references Paul Bartholomew's National Review piece highlighting attacks on judicial power and the court's constitutional limits in key rulings from 1961 to 1964.
Bug Dust Does The Canine Dream Of Making Him Drink? A homespun column records a chilly night and a dog kept from sleep, a turbid heating smell, and a humorous scene of coaxing the dog to drink water. The column then notes a Beckley area visuals viewer, modest gardening progress with radishes lettuce carrots beans and a volunteer crop, plus mention of mint rhubarb and a cow in the plot.
A brief daily prayer asks eternal God to give wisdom to use time well and to do good. It asks that each opportunity be grasped and that the day be returned to Him well spent in Jesus name. Amen.
Hearings begin on poverty among the elderly before the Senate Special Committee on Aging. Senator Smathers calls retirement a ticket to hopelessness and urges an elder Job Corps. Congress contemplates the Older Americans Act to fund aging programs with 17.5 million over two years, amid 18 million seniors rising by 1,000 daily. Meanwhile Methodists begin a short term mission program in Brazil and Bolivia launching 18 recruits from Stony Point. Since 1948 the church has sent 903 youths overseas in 25 countries, aided by growing Peace Corps appeal.
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara sponsors computer studies to simulate international crises and test non victory based war games. The work seeks cooperative strategies, outlines hard line and vacillating plans, notes dangers of unreliable scientists, and compares to Kennedy era efforts to forecast political behavior.
White House aide Jack Valenti, known as Mighty Mouse, is described as a close associate of President Lyndon Johnson. The piece notes Valenti's personal assistant role, duties ranging from errands to speech writing, and his long-running collaboration with Horace Busby.
Seventeen year cicadas in Wyoming County march in a full war cry from Jesse Mountain to lower Goyandotte. Locusts foretell war, says Squire Albert Richmond, who notes a W on each wing. Experts say the insect outbreak cannot match the pace of human conflicts.
Bruce Biossat argues that Laos neutrality under the 1962 Geneva accords failed. The Pathet Lao control much of Laos, with North Vietnamese forces present and coordinating with Lao Dong. The piece contends neutrality is a cover for continued Communist subversion and military leverage in the region.
The Naleigh Register published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation at 341 Prince Street Beckley West Virginia lists contact lines and mail privileges. It notes second class mail authorization in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia and credits John Hodel.
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