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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1968
Page
2
A brief religious quotation references Matthew 16 27 about the Son of man returning with angels in glory and rewarding each person according to their deeds. The note emphasizes accountability and divine repayment to all.
A discussion following the Kennedy assassination argues for gun control despite NRA influence. The piece contends hunting is tied to gun culture, asserts aggressive deregulation threatens freedom, and contrasts U S gun availability with Britain where police lack guns. The tone defends regulation as overdue amid big business and public safety concerns.
Carl Kovac reports that hippies face disillusionment as Haight-Ashbury residents drift from utopian ideals. Observers say growing militancy and hypocrisy blur peace and love while society quietly supports their freedoms, enabling a return to conventional life if desired.
The columnist Alan Brien notes a shift in middle age as the generation gap narrows with those ahead but widens to those behind. He urges waking readers to reflect on evolving mental assumptions and the changing social distance between generations.
New York opinion piece satirizes strong gun control and other taboos. It argues people drive crime and chaos, notes political figures like Johnson and De Gaulle, questions science as sole problem solver, and mocks National Rifle Association and Fanny Hill for missing the real questions.
Twenty five years ago Raleigh Register notes debates over a proposed airport bond issue for Raleigh County and highway start ups urged by former Judge J W Maxwell. Also mentions a radio talk, a short mining course at Beckley Junior High, and War Labor Board actions delaying coal negotiations. Sergeant Thomas E Myles in Fayetteville qualifies for cater training. mentions political figures Thomas Myles and Jn 581.
Wuen Chie warned neighbors Chile might become a base for Castro-style subversion after aiding five Bolivian guerrillas to Havana. Chile denied aiding subversion, saying it granted safety to refugees. The piece outlines Chile’s Communist strength, alliance shifts with the Tidical party, and rifts with Radicals and Socialists as 1970 election prospects loom.
UPI report analyzes Soviet and East German motives behind a renewed West Berlin confrontation. It suggests Ulbricht seeks to leverage tensions amid Vietnam talks and a nuclear nonproliferation treaty context, while Moscow weighs risk against liberal shifts in Czechoslovakia and Prague.
J John A Howard president of Rockford College in Rockford urges a strong counterattack against liberal free enterprise foes on campuses. He cites well organized radicals and aggressive propaganda aimed at students and faculty. Howard spoke in New York at a national student industry conference. He seeks separation of education from federal government control and champions positive teaching of free enterprise virtues.
Fifty years ago Raleigh Regulater reports H G Coleman Marner and W M Hedricks of Reale joined sixteen other Liberty County youths in Virginia. They will enter a mechanical school for several months of training near Richmond. The piece also recalls debates on allocating tax money to colleges and comments on campus views of free enterprise and business.
A reader questions why state police raid other towns instead of Welch Keystone Bluefield Oak Hill Mount Hope, while supporters praise law enforcement. The letter discusses police recognition, sectionalism, and the tension between enforcement and local concerns.
Prayer text praising God for summer flowers and birds, requesting guidance to share income and banish hunger and waste, attributed to Kenneth A. Kuntz of Indianapolis Indiana, executive chairman of the division of Church Life and Work at United Christian Missionary Society.
A columnist defends the majority of Americans including students, teachers, and families amid concerns about youth rebellion. He praises educated youths, military service, and community work while urging focus on constructive efforts and rejecting scapegoating of the many for the actions of a few extremists. He acknowledges need for change but rejects mass alarm.
The fragment appears to reference subscription rates and delivery days for daily and Sunday editions with a half monthly option and a possible address change note. text is garbled with many misspellings and unclear entities. It mentions tariffs, tax, and subscriptions tied to delivery services in a West Virginia area, including carrier and agency terms.
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