Confrontation Over Segregation In Alabama And Federal Role
The piece contrasts Gov. Wallace’s Tuscaloosa stand with federal civil rights actions, arguing 10th and 14th amendments frame federal duties to protect Negro students’ rights. It praises restraint, urges court resolution, and urges precise safe driving reform through concrete statistics and universal hands on the wheel discipline.
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George C. Wallace
Tuscaloosa
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Oxford
Jackson
Wallace
University of Alabama
Huntsville
United States
U. S
Why a Moon Landing Is Not a Victory for Any Nation
A reader questions the space race arguing that the vast costs and complex prep for sending a man to the moon yield little clear benefit. The letter contrasts the moon effort with missile defense, suggesting moon goals are not a decisive victory over Russia and may resemble chasing a base hit with uncertain returns.
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Russia
Let The Moon Alone It's Nice The Way It Is
Roy L Harmon's essay rejects lunar exploration as needless spending. He argues Americans overvalue space travel while neglecting the nation’s own lands and joys. He cites Ike Eisenhower and Truman supporting restraint, urging appreciation of earthbound blessings.
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Roy Lee Harmon
Ike Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Truman
Bug Dast They Can't Force Us To Take A Vacation
A humorous column by John Hodell laments vacation dread and the burden on readers and staff. It riffs on work, family needs, and readers' dependence, then shifts to quirky dog antics and a dated postal mix up, ending with a tongue in cheek note about discarding a confusing letter.
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John
Prayer For Today Prayer For Today
A short devotional prayer expresses gratitude for homes and family life. It asks for continued divine care and provision for body and soul, guidance in right discipline, and each member to be a faithful witness for Jesus. Quoted prayer by James Ross McCain of Decatur Georgia, president-emeritus Agnes Scott College.
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Jesus
James Ross McCain
Decatur, Ga
Agnes Scott College
Watch On The Potomac Civil Rights Crisis Analysis
Washington column argues civil rights are a national issue beyond politicians. It criticizes Dixiecrats and notes Republican Senators split into liberal, mid western, and Goldwater factions over how to respond. It warns demagogues exploiting race could ruin the nation and urges unified action and leadership.
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U.S. Senate
Jacob Javits
New York
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Migratory Farm Workers Face Major Labor Reform
Washington reports sweeping changes loom as the bracero program ends for 1963. Senate action could finish a decade of supervised Mexican labor recruitment, with domestic labor costs rising and federal reforms planned to aid migrant workers and regulate child labor and crews nationwide.
New Tensions in Southeast Asia and Global Shifts
Overseas briefs report Sukarno's foreign minister Subandrio signaling a plebiscite for British North Borneo before Malaysia federation August 31, risking renewed Indonesia Malaya tensions. De Gaulle hints at Pompidou succession while India shifts to a two Chinas stance amid Formosa talks. Yemen royalists claim control of over half the country and urge UN pullout of foreign forces as Soviet aid fades.
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Subandrio
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North Borneo
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de Gaulle
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House of Rothschild
Henri Count
Paris
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United Nations
Abdulla el Sallal
Russia
Five-room cottage burned as fire destroys $1000 property
Fifty years ago a small fire on Third Avenue near the railway station consumed about $1,000 in losses. Bar din & Combs owned the five-room cottage, valued around $800, with most contents including household goods and clothing of J. W. Bess and family. Beckley formed a Boy Scout troop with Cecil V. Sampson as Scoutmaster and a named list of scouts. I. F. Snuffer visited from Glen White after four months confined by rheumatism. John P. Mullins of Green Sulphur reports his family prospering and wheat crops healthy nearby.
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Bardin & Combs
J. W. Bess
Beckley
Cecil V. Sampson
Earl Sampson
Paul MacTaggart
Mack Radford
Oris Phillips
Alfred Quesenberry
Kent Mahood
Edward George
Day Snuffer
Leo Fine
I. F. Snuffer
Glen White
Martinsville
Ind
John P. Mullins
Green Sulphur
Register
Farmers to gain 80 thousand from federal aid for soil projects
Twenty five years ago Raleigh county farmers awaited about eighty thousand dollars from the federal government if soil improvement programs proceed, announced by Tom Cairnes of Charleston who will speak to craft unions under the Central Labor Union as President Hubert Harshbarger reported. Mrs. Morton Johnson of Lillybrook plans to move to Beckley to reside in a house built by Nina D Bruster on East Main Street. City Attorney Ben Ashworth directed to draft an ordinance regulating sewer line tapping and supervise sewer work during the council meeting. Kopperston garden home village to supply the first hundred houses for miners near the new Wyoming county mine as a Koppers construction contract was awarded.
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Charleston
State Federation of Labor
Central Labor Union
Hubert Harshbarger
Morton Johnson
Lillybrook
Beckley
East Main Street
Nina D. Bruster
Ben Ashworth
Pittsburgh
Kopperston
W. Va
Koppers Coal Company
Wyoming County
Beckley Newspapers Rates and Terms Public Notice
Beckley Newspapers Corporation announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions including home delivery by carrier. Rates cover one day, six months, and yearly options with separate city and county delivery details.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
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