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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1971
Page
2
The piece argues that publishing government records without war declaration tests First Amendment rights. It warns that executive suppression of vital information threatens informed voters and representative government, urging a free press as essential to democracy.
The Arkansas Gazette publisher J N Heiskell celebrated his 98th birthday with friends and jokes about longevity. He recalled during the party the desegregation crisis at Little Rock and how his paper backed law and order despite editorials clashing with Gov Faubus. Heiskell compared notes with Oklahoma City publisher E K Gaylord, noting their different habits and sharing a lighthearted jab over a Boca Raton bar bill tagged to NN H. Heiskell quipped that Gaylord may reach 100, but he has not had half as much fun getting there.
The New York abortion law turned one year old July 1 and spurred debate across the nation. President Nixon ordered military hospitals to follow state abortion laws, widening access for servicemembers' wives in New York. NYC now handles about 15 000 abortions monthly, with many patients from other states. Washington DC grows as a regional abortion center despite a DC statute requiring proof of risk to life or health. Medical groups show shifting views with AMA actions and doctors calling for hospital based care and gestation limits.
The fragment lists Beckley Newspapers Corporation address and contact details, editor John Hodel, and UPI affiliation. It mentions The Ward Griffith Company, with locations in major U S cities. Subscription rates by mail are provided for daily and Sunday editions.
Samuel J. Archibald, head of the Fair Campaign Practices Committee, argues voters are not stupid or foolish despite campaigns that include lies and distortions. The committee reviews 201 cases from 1966 1968 and 1970 showing voters resist manipulation. dirty politics hurts candidates across parties.
UPI reports Samuel Lubell’s Look Magazine survey of 42 colleges and high schools in 17 states finds youth voters largely oppose Nixon. More than a third of students with Republican parents oppose his re election, less than 10 percent of children of Democratic parents would defect, and 74 percent favor immediate Vietnam withdrawal.
A UPI report details a project to recycle nearly all U S steel cans in the nation with a dramatic demo at Three Rivers Stadium. Executives from U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Jones & Laughlin National Steel Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube Kaiser Steel attended. Edwin H. Gott of U S Steel spoke on reclaiming discarded cans for reuse. Stewart S. Cort of Bethlehem Steel warned solid waste management could outpace industries within 10 to 20 years.
Cort cites U S solid waste at about 360 million tons last year with over half being household refuse averaging five pounds per person daily. He warns waste will rise to seven pounds by 1976 and ten pounds by 2000, totaling about 600 million tons of household trash, as open dumping nears saturation.
Leo Birch, among the early G I Bill graduates from West Virginia University, is admitted to the Raleigh County Bar by Judge Ben H. Ashworth in the Circuit Court this week. He was proposed to the bar by Attorney Anthony J. Sparacino.
In Beckley the first hold up in months occurred when two men emerged from behind trees on Kanawha Street and robbed Madden Carr at gunpoint, searching him for money and valuables. The New River Hotel at Mt. Hope, owned by W. G. Kiff, opened this week, with extra rooms secured to house Beckley patrons until the annex is finished.
A miscellaneous column sprinkles light jokes and quips from diverse sources. It features dented road banter about two motorists on a narrow bridge, a child’s hair pulling mischief, a odd collection letter gag, dress styles contrasted with Mother Hubbard, a wife’s sharp remark about a button, and a quick note on the nation’s shifting identity as a melting pot.
A collection of quirky quips and short anecdotes including a joke about a new doctor and a cold patient who learns pneumonia is self-inflicted by a hot bath and draught. A rural humor piece pairs jokes about flying cars and misfired shots with brief witticisms attached to everyday observations.
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau tells Leonid Brezhnev Americans are friends. Senator Humphrey pins the biggest civil rights violation on the breakdown of city services.
In 1971 authors Karlins and Andrews warn that behavior control advances could shape memory, hunger, and decision making. They cite Delgado's brain stimulation experiments, memory transfer ideas, and hormone regulation while weighing risks to freedom and the rise of a psytocracy versus participatory democracy.
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