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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1972
Page
2
A short devotional quotes Jeremiah 31 2 urging Israel to reflect and return to its cities. The message encourages guidance and self aware pacing along the road of faith. It frames a call to spiritual homecoming using vivid travel imagery.
A Princeton Opinion Research Corp survey for the Labor Law Study Committee finds 68% of the general public believe strikes have seriously hurt the country, with 61% of union members agreeing. The poll tracks rising anti-strike sentiment since 1967 amid inflation and unemployment.
Clifford Irving and wife Edith face up to twelve years on federal and state charges for a 230000 word hoax memoir about Howard Hughes. Their associate Richard Suskind could get seven years. McGraw-Hill and Time-Life lost money on the scheme. The case pits Irving’s self-made image against a harsh courtroom reality.
Washington UPI reports the Secret Service expands security at the Democratic National Convention with intensive screening of participants including media on a private platform while delegates remain seated in public. The Standing Committee of Correspondents protests potential veto power over credentialing affecting about 4 000 reporters amid uncertain criteria.
A meditation on belief and deception amid Vietnam era doubt. The author questions whether life can return to normal after disillusionment, likening civic trust to a dying garden and wondering if a miracle will revive it or if reality will keep the shrubs dead.
Timely quotes reflect wartime morale with Lt. Mendenhall praising bombing in Vietnam and Mrs. Nixon defending women as essential, countering claims of male chauvinism. The remarks capture attitudes of service members and the First Lady amid national debate.
In Seattle at Madrona Middle School sixth graders Kenneth Alston and Rodney Alexander, both 11 and 12, learn college level algebra from University of Washington teachers without textbooks. The SEED project pairs university researchers with disadvantaged elementary pupils to teach exponentiation and multiplicative law. Both boys aim to major in mathematics and become teachers.
Dr. R. W. Chambers, president of the Raleigh County board of education, received a new gavel from W. B. Connoley, director of the trade school. The walnut head, maple ends, and hickory handle, with a walnut and airplane piston plate, were crafted at the vocational school. D. H. Lewis takes control of Lilly Ice and Bottling Co. in Pemberton after purchasing G. C. Buchanan’s stock.
Editorial outlines the quest for a perfect contraceptive and compares pills IUDs and abortion within global and U S contexts. It notes the pill remains most effective though not risk free and discusses new approaches including mini pills morning after pills prostaglandins and sterilization with emphasis on safety and reversibility efforts.
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