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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1968
Page
2
The fragment questions poverty and social pressures in capitalist society. It argues the poor should accept their lot and not resist via theft or trickery while contrasting dignity, education, and reward. It critiques economic envy and suggests the poor should disappear rather than challenge inequality.
China conducted its first and only hydrogen bomb test about a year ago hailed as a great victory of Maoist thought. Western observers noted the rapid progress versus the US and USSR, with estimates of a potential limited missile attack by the 1970s. The U S Atomic Energy Commission said China failed to detonate a second hydrogen weapon last December, with only the first stage triggering properly.
Philadelphia scientists using a thermograph show that smoking to keep warm backfires. Nicotine constricts peripheral blood flow, making smokers feel colder than nonsmokers as blood supply to extremities diminishes. The finding suggests waving away cigarettes would quicken warming efforts.
Fordham University report notes TV cameramen draw would be rioters and inflame crowds. Analysis highlights how lower middle class whites react to televised wealth, luxury, and status symbols, shaping racial hostility and potential conflicts. The discussion links media portrayal to social tension and urges awareness of these dynamics.
The East German regime tightens control on West Berlin with planned doubling of freight rates on goods through West Berlin starting July 13 and passport requirements from July 15. Restrictions trace a path from May 10 border bans on NDP members to travel limits for West Germans, drawing Western concern and triggering Allied consultations.
Los Angeles entrepreneur Robert Petersen built Petersen Publishing Co. to nine magazines, chief among them Hot Rod and Motor Trend, totaling about 2.9 million in monthly circulation. He broadened into plays and film projects while targeting distinct auto enthusiast segments.
Philadelphia based university econometric unit at Wharton predicts effects of a 10 percent surcharge starting July 1. The forecast suggests a year of modest decline, then growth in 1989 with unemployment dipping to 2.4 percent in Q2, rising to 4.4 percent next year, and prices rising through 1969 aided by wage increases.
In Editor & Publisher's Readers' Column, Don Maley cites a Galveston Daily News piece noting newsmen show higher anxiety than Navy pilots and executives due to fear of sounding foolish. The psychologist warns reporters balance accuracy with speed, accepting limited truth and potential misperception.
A devotional note from Elwell M. Drew of San Diego Call, praising God the Father and Jesus Christ. The text recalls the resurrection and the promise of victory over death, expressing eternal hope and thanksgiving in a church setting.
A NEA column questions society pressures blamed for crimes and misdeeds in modern times. The piece riffs on how critics attribute wrongdoing to social pressures while joking about the proliferation of societal blame and its effects on behavior. It discusses rape arson embezzlement and other ills with satirical tone.
A column recalling 50 years past from the Raleigh Register recounts personnel changes at the Bank of Raleigh with E B Lawxins resigning to join Ruffner Brothers at Mabscott PD. It notes staff vacancy and sketches social mores, opinions on taste, and changes in attitudes toward guns, movies, and sexuality amid aging recollections.
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