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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
4
Opinion note quotes Donn Piatt on tyranny of public opinion among a free people. Short reflective line presented as a daily thought in a historic editorial context.
The West Virginia Education Association published candidate opinions on education from gubernatorial and state superintendent contenders. Cecil H. Underwood, Republican, answers cover appraisal methods, funding, teacher salaries, and state local cooperation, pledging to study surveys and push stronger education programs. He also calls for higher education support and a reorganized State Department of Education.
United Mine Workers in seven West Virginia districts report a $3 million payroll for 30,000 men who earned $140 vacation pay for a full year’s work while coal operators praise a productive year. Nuclear power faces high costs and waste disposal hurdles, delaying competition with coal despite rising energy demand and plans to expand coal reserves for future supply.
Military scientists seek defenses against nerve gas as portable electronic detectors gain acceptance for military and civil defense use. Army, RCA developed detectors and atropine offers an antidote, with placement strategies still to be solved for protecting troops and populations.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation presents subscription rates for Daily and Sunday and Daily only plans, with annual and six month options. The notice explains Home Delivered service by carriers or distributors, independent contractor status, and tax details for West Virginia subscribers. It also notes the Associated Press partnership and general advertising representation.
Military planners weigh how to distribute gas masks and atropine vials to counter a hidden nerve gas attack. The toxin is invisible and tasteless, yet a tiny drop can incapacitate by shutting down the nervous system, with victims suffering extreme pain as bodily controls fail.
In Port of Spain, Trinidad, a man may woo a girl with a calypso ballad sung by a hired singer. A recent Rita Hayworth film’s premiere involved such improvised song. The calypso industry, once improvised satire, has become largely scripted and commercial, costing about 100 dollars.
Calypso performers, famed for colorful stage names like Lord Melody and Mighty Sparrow, face low incomes around 1200 yearly and claim visitors steal their tunes without royalties. Vital Angel started a local publishing firm to stop foreign exploitation as tunes spread across the United States.
Gen Curtis LeMay head of SAC urged senators to boost Air Force funding above Eisenhower aims, pushing for four billion more to accelerate B52 production. The Senate approved nearly an extra billion with House adjournment still unresolved, risking a presidential veto or future compromise.
A New York attorney wonders about Russian phone books and privacy while touring Russia. He learns Russians value sharing information but insist on accurate ages for numbers. Women’s ages are treated seriously, and respondents claim comfort amid contact details.
A breezy collection of anecdotes and celebrity tidbits from New York and abroad. It mentions Mike Todd misplacing his passport for a May Day parade, Intourist tips, hotel porter rates, and Red cap baggage fees. Also notes on Jule Styne, Sammy Davis Jr., Betty Hutton, Steve Allen, Tina Louise, and NBC TV.
Reporting to the Naval Air Station at Columbus Ohio for two weeks annual training were Lieutenant Commander Ruben Cook a Beckley dairyman and Navy Reserve pilots of Auxiliary Air Unit 693. Other items note Dr Burford W McNeer finishing Army Medical Service School Fort Sam Houston and Airman 3 C Robert L Kidd entering Shepard AFB for training. promotions assignments and upcoming rotations in Europe are listed for several service members including Cadet Robert L Scalise and Sgt Junior M Jones.
Case records psychologist Dr. Crane reassures a 43 year old reader that menopause does not diminish sexual charm. He argues touch and brain signals, not the uterus, sustain sexual pleasure and urges wives to ease their husbands fears of impotence. He offers a booklet, with reply details and pricing.
A Cambridge, Mass., city councilor suggests Harvard University be set up as a separate state provoking imagined reactions from Yale and Princeton. The item is part of a montage of quirky clippings including a Detroit thief and pickpocketing at a London party.
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