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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1966
Page
6
Stanley J. Sdzerda analyzes how mass media sex messaging affects college students and campus norms. He discusses double standards, premarital relations among engaged couples, exploitation, marital trends among undergraduates, and urges responsible behavior and awareness of philosophical and spiritual aspects of sexual activity.
Ten men were hospitalized and nine treated for lesser injuries after mine cars loaded with coal broke loose four miles underground in the Tralee mine of Allied Chemical Corp. Affected were Noah Buckner Paul Goode William Combs and Benjamin Mullins admitted to Wyoming General Hospital in Mullens, with others treated at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital Bluefield Sanitarium Grace Hospital Welch and Stevens Clinic Hospital. An investigation is under way.
Ravencliff residents host visitors and announce summer plans. Ken ny Bailey stays in Maryland with Charles Radford Jr. and wife while taking a job. Mrs. Danny Sams Jr. recovers at home after surgery. Rev. and Mrs. O. A. Lamb host weekend guests including their son and daughter in law and grandchildren. Carol Sizemore visits with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pizzino’s granddaughter.
Mr and Mrs Jack Martin of Pineville welcomed their sixth child a daughter born at 445 pm Tuesday in Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch weighing seven pounds one ounce The baby remains unnamed The Martins also have Kathy Donnie Billy David and Sarah The grandparents are Mrs W H Hickman Pineville and Mr and Mrs J W Martin Camp Creek
Mullens voters elected Luther Kerns mayor with 511 votes defeating C C Phillips Jr. 493. Four city commissioners were chosen with Grover Dooley 642, Gene Adkins 634, Sam Pearis 563, and W S Crotty Jr 491 leading. Other results included H H Jeffcoate 477, Leland Harless 467, and Harry Agee 447.
KINGWOOD UPI An artillery demonstration featuring a 105mm howitzer will highlight today’s Youth Leaders Camp program at Camp Dawson. West Virginia University head football coach Jim Carlen visited 81 youths from 27 counties. Co F 19th Special Forces Group showcased Green Beret mission with a parachute drop by 12 unit members. Youth leader Robert W. Brown of Spencer led as company commander with platoon leaders Stephen A. Patrick and Eugene Smithson Jr.
Mrs. C. H. Perry entertained weekend guests including her daughter Mrs. Robert Hofsted and granddaughter Huntington at Glen Fork.
The West Virginia Supreme Court affirmed a Jefferson County Circuit Court decision denying the Robinson Corp the right to divert water flowing on land owned by others. Halltown Paperboard Co complained of a downstream shortage at its plant. The court said the Water Resources Board lacks jurisdiction in this dispute.
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church Circle No 1 met at 9 45 am in Mrs L D Clark s home with Mrs C E Jones presiding in the chairman s absence. Bible moderator Mrs H D Norton led an Expanding Church study and plans for Vacation Bible School June 13 17 and July church flowers and June nursery were outlined setting refreshments and next meeting for August 8 at Mrs V C Holliday s home
A succinct note states that modern wheat varieties cannot survive in the wild without human intervention. It emphasizes the role of breeding and farming practices in maintaining the presence of these varieties and implies dependency on agricultural management.
The Guyandotte Baptist Church Vacation Bible School closed with a program themed The Church and the World. Betty Dancy read scripture, Larry Canterbury read a poem, Rev. O A Lamb offered prayer, and Linda Lubonia sang Cleanse Me. Certificates were awarded as classes displayed crafts and teachers led kindergarten through senior sessions.
Wyoming County board hears Elementary Principals Association recommendations for consolidation, extended employment, assistant principals, full time secretaries, increased instructional allotment, and defined attendance boundaries. Plans include hiring secretaries under federal programs and boundary clarity while considering building sales and alterations.
Mullens Eager Workers 4-H Club members received blue or red ribbons at the Mullens Community Park exhibit Tuesday. Winners include John Moore for electricity, Kindra Pickens for sewing, Sandy Goad sewing, Barbara Barton sewing, Danny Bentley handicraft, Rodney Bentley electricity, Carolyn McConnihay sewing. red ribbons went to Vonna Pickens sewing and Jennifer McGraw sewing. Leader is Mrs. Glema Bentley.
Max Rosen state Secretary of Public Welfare told a Wilkes-Barre Rotary Club that many working mothers should not be. He blamed erosion of femininity in modern women and inadequate preparation for parenthood noting studies that children of working mothers show higher delinquency. He urged full time motherhood while criticizing overemphasis on sports and appearances in schools.
An Ohio towing firm, Point Towing Co., secured a one week postponement from the West Virginia Supreme Court in a dispute over a 20 500 claim for the towboat Mary Alice. The state argues there was no valid purchase contract for the boat which sank on the Monongahela River last winter while pushing the Rhododendron to Morgantown. The Mary Alice has been salvaged and claimed by the federal government. State officials were set to testify before the court.
Saulsville notes Saturday visitors include Lillie Kincaid of Arizona and G Nolan from Maben. Sunday guests were Elaine and Lorraine Kincaid of Hampton Virginia, Freda and Eugena Sturgill from Scottsdale Arizona, and Bill Lewis with daughter from Rockford Illinois visiting Rev. James W. Bower and family. Mrs. Lewis, a Glen Rogers high graduate and Alberta’s Institute of Cosmetology alumna, has started a business in Rockford.
Miss Sheila Williams of Pax and her classmate Miss Avis Watson of New Brunswick Canada visit the home of Mr and Mrs Clare Williams for July August assignments. Williams will serve in Linneus Maine Bible schools clubs and camps while Watson works with her home churches in Canada before returning to Nashville for further study. Both spoke Sunday night at Freewill Baptist Church Maple Fork.
The article traces China's origins from the Yellow River cradle through mythic sage-kings and the early dynasties. It notes Yu the Great draining floods, Huang Ti’s wife teaching sericulture, and the rise of Hsia and Shang, marking the shift from legend to verifiable history around 1766 B.C.
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