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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1963
Page
4
A reflective note urges giving bread to a stranger in the spirit of universal brotherhood under nature. Marcus Quintilian is cited, emphasizing shared humanity and kindness across all people.
Fifty-seven Peace Corps volunteers stationed in Colombia will be mustered out on Monday June 24 after two years of service. They are the first to complete their tours and will prompt more separations in coming months. Director Sargent Shriver calls them veterans tempered by challenging assignments and cultures. He says their homecoming will influence American society and spur new opportunities, including placement services, teaching posts, and graduate fellowships from Ford Foundation and others. Many groups are offering scholarships and job options as government and private sectors prepare for returning volunteers who endured health risks for a modest stipend.
A compact space with windows and sunlit charm serves as social area office conference room and adaptable living space. It can transform into a bar cozy love nest or small bedroom with minor fittings. Television viewing is limited yet the view from the windows offers varied scenes.
Washington reports Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg of the AEC showed a Polaroid color camera on a Soviet cultural exchange visit. He presented the camera to A. Petrosyants, signaling friendly ties as talks on peaceful nuclear cooperation, reactor tech, fusion, and high energy physics proceed.
Roy Lee Harmon muses on how modern dining, from French fries to TV dinners, contrasts with hardy pioneer staples. He recalls fried mush, hominy, hog sausage, buried apples, chestnuts, and home smoked meats, praising simpler, heartier foods and promising more notes on menus tomorrow.
The piece humorously laments the overlong Centennial Edition, claiming it finished with confusion over an extra page. Palmer Farley is credited for perfect planning while the staff jokes about miscounts, page waste, and the difficulty of disposing of surplus type. Dudley Strain signs off from Lubbock Texas.
In Tokyo Lionel Hampton recalls his five week Japan tour with seven Japanese trumpeters and nine of his own players. He sees deep soul in Japanese jazz and notes their vast scales and shared hip language. Mayumi Kuroda, 21, also shines with Ella Fitzgerald style singing.
Quotes claim pride in contribution to American life and debate over licensing and driving competence. Mentions Sir Wolstan Dixie’s assertion about the South, Rep E Ross Adair and references to a doctor’s faulty diagnosis and Monroe Doctrine context.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists publishing details with address 341 Prince St Beckley West Virginia and Hinton West Virginia. Includes managing editor John Hodel and United Press International membership. Advertising reps Ward Griffith Company in multiple cities. Subscription rates shown for mail delivery and home delivery with cents. Payment terms note tax and distributor independence.
In Georgetown British Guiana the Soviet freighter Kirovsk finished loading 30 000 bags of rice and sailed to an unannounced destination believed to be Cuba. Angry demonstrators charged the government with starving them to end a general strike called by the Guiana Trades Union Council over proposed legislation.
1938 Raleigh Register item recalls Miss Marjorie Graves at Beckley events and local business rebound in Oak Hill. It covers Frances mine restart under E C Minter Coal Co and a tea hosted by Mrs Carl C Sanders in Charleston. It then discusses Guiana labor unrest surrounding Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan, past strikes, plantation and city labor divides, Cuban and Soviet aid, and U S cautious stance on Jagan and Guiana independence.
The 31st annual encampment of the West Virginia Department of the Grand Army of the Republic met in Huntington with over 200 veterans. They adopted a resolution rejecting a monument presented by William Seymour Edwards for statehouse grounds, asking for a replacement honoring Union soldiers. A fire in Sophia damaged two major businesses, the Nick Marconi general store bakery and a W J Lovell general store, with losses estimated at 10 000 to 12 000 dollars.
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