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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1956
Page
4
West Virginia candidates weigh education policy in series
The West Virginia Education Association votes the first editorials on education for gubernatorial and school superintendent candidates. Robert H. Mollohan, Democratic nominee for governor, pledges to study options for funding and to back a guaranteed minimum foundation program. He also supports higher education revenue measures and applying surveys to policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Education Association
WVEA
Robert H. Mollohan
Mollohan
Boards of Education
West Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers
Cecil H. Underwood
Reader letter disputes chaplain on porn in service
A letter from L. E. Barret Jr. challenges a Raleigh Register column, arguing US service members in Asia face no greater moral harm from porn than that in Beckley West Virginia. The piece defends open discussion, compares West Virginia displays, and recalls a local anti porn crusade, praising chaplains yet critiquing government roles. It notes a parody about This Old House from The Pipeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Barret Jr
U. S. Navy
Lincoln St. Beckley
Raleigh Register
Japan
West Virginia
Raleigh
Beckley
Hong Kong
Barret
Korea
Raleigh County
Register
Armed Forces
Men of the Cloth
Moscow Breakfast For Tourists Offers Caviar And Vodka
A travel diary entry from Moscow notes breakfast choices in the hotel amid heat and limited AC. Caviar appears as a costly luxury for American tourists while vodka and other drinks flow aboard a U S Air Force visit. The writer mentions orange cost expectations, deluxe tour prices, and surprising meals during the Moscow leg of a Russia tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Slugger
Red Air Force
Caviar and Hamburger Breakfast in Moscow
A colorful column recalls a breakfast in Moscow featuring caviar and hamburger amid vodka tastings and gossip. The author shares anecdotes about Myra Waldo, Pan American Airways, and celebrity chatter including Ava Gardner, Brigitte Bardot, and Ed Murrow. The piece blends humor with travel notes and pop culture bits from wartime Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son Slugger
Myra Waldo
Park Av
Pan-American Airways
New York
Russia
Stalin
Anthony Eden
Eden
Lillian Craig
Frank Parker
Ava Gardner
Nina
West Hampton
Port
Brigitte Bardot
Maurice Murray
Geordie Hormel
Leslie Caron
L. A
Neile Adams
Ed Murrow
Louis Armstrong
Basin Street
Jo Sullivan
Lee Strasberg
Earl
Joe Marsh
Hollywood
Jan Murray
Case Records of a Psychologist The Worry Clinic
Case R-394 features Harry D a 44 year old high pressure insurance salesman who fears another heart attack after recovering from a coronary thrombosis. Dr Crane explains the heart’s healing, the role of scar tissue, and urges deep breathing and calm with a light tone linking health advice to public figures and daily life. The column blends medical facts with general reassurance and a poke at postwar routines like cinema attendance.
Sea and air hold keys to radiation safety
AP science report says sea air and living things trap radiation from bomb tests and reactors. English cows fed grass with fallout, plankton in the North Sea likely carry radioactivity, and currents spread it. The National Academy warns time grows short for knowledge to prevent rising hazards as atomic power expands and waste increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carey
Science
Washington
Nevada
Britain
National Academy of Sciences
Academy
The
North Sea
Limbo Might Replace Rock n Roll Craze
In Trinidad the limbo dance, a barefoot crossbar undercut act, draws crowds as dancers bend lower while shimmying to steel bands. Experts note its roots with African slaves and a revival by Edric Connor. The form showcases slim dancers but pays little, averaging under $30 weekly in clubs. A U.S. boom hinges on interest from teens, not just weight loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
United States
Charles S. Espinet
Edric Connor
West Indies
Ruth Henry
Antigua
Fred Astaire
Prayer for strength and faith in daily trials
A church minister from Charlotte, Claude A. Broach of St. John's Baptist Church, offers a devotional urging believers to prepare for all experiences with steadfast faith and confidence in divine grace. The prayer seeks the mind of faith to meet sadness, joy, testing, and triumph through God's sufficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father
Claude A. Broach
Charlotte
N. C
St. John's Baptist Church
Leaders of American Communists On the Spot
James Marlow portrays turmoil within the American Communist Party amid Khrushchev revelations. He notes a shift from blind Stalinist obedience to a wary questioning of leadership, with the Central Committee finally speaking up after international peers raised critical questions. The piece questions whether embattled leaders can align with Khrushchev’s call for national-style parties and united fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington F
American Communist Party
Stalin
Dennis
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Moscow
Central Committee
Russia
U.S
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