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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1961
Page
4
A devotional line likens the body to a well-set clock that runs on time but warns against excess tampering which can cause the alarm to fail before the hour. The aphorism echoes Bp Hall on moderation and health.
The new Air Force chief of staff Curtis LeMay earns the moniker The Big Cigar for his blunt, unmixed force approach. A veteran of WWII and the Berlin airlift, he champions air power, strategic deterrence, and a mixed weapons system while advocating a future single defense service.
Washington reports that regional planning for wartime controls on banking, prices, wages, rents, inventories and rationing is underway by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. No immediate crisis expected. Khrushchev Cuba Laos tensions not accelerating moves. President Kennedy backs reorganizing OCDM into OEP with broader powers and larger budget.
A planning framework outlines local freezes on inventories prices and wages to curb inflation if Washington is knocked out. The Chicago June conference will design regional plans for Illinois Indiana Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin with 300 executives from the National Defense Executive Reserve to administer controls. Annex 27 details price rationing and wage regulations for limited wars and national tension.
Bruce Bioss quotes Paul Hoffman on the urgent need to raise living standards in Asia Africa and Latin America through capital equipment and wide education. He warns population growth and resource gaps widen poverty, urging a massive training program to prepare a million for top government and technical posts to lift humanity.
The CARE program, now 15 years old, has delivered 35 million aid packages worth 408.5 million dollars to over 60 countries. Food dominates aid, but projects train 82,000 men and boys in carpentry and provide educational materials aiding one million children, with CARE operating globally outside North America and possibly expanding in Africa.
A Chicago waiter was arrested for speeding in a humorous Barbs column by Hal Cochran. The piece jokes about improbable legal outcomes, cites annual letter counts, mentions bills, and muses on prewar air travel with the old rumble seat.
The piece portrays Raymond van Overschelde of I. W. Woolworth Co as a key figure in apartment house farming for urban gardeners. It humorously details watering habits of indoor plants, overwatering risk, and the fad of a miniature lime tree used as a bar accessory.
Foreign observers contend Mao's people's communes in China have evolved into a modified system with private incentives and autonomous production brigades. They note pork rearing and small plots return, markets reopen, yet rationing persists and overall harvests hinge on weather. The Communist ideal is not yet realized.
Celebrity column recounts Charlie Remorse facing a marital bust up after confessing infidelity on his anniversary. Mrs Remorse bans him from the home and pool, while he roams the road. the piece riffs through showbiz vignettes, captions, and remarks from Earl Wilson about honesty and pop culture figures.
George W Hodel, Beckley Newspapers, writes the New York Times editor to correct a West Virginia misattribution of a 775000 volt transmission line tale. He stresses state pride and cites Apple Grove as a West Virginia community 25 miles north of Huntington. He notes broader energy and automation context and cites Soviet power comparisons.
Raleigh and Register outlines subscription prices for mail and home delivery with West Virginia tax, carrier distinctions, and disclaimer about independent contractors. The notice lists daily and Sunday options, six months, one year rates, and monthly carrier charges, plus tax and address-change guidance.
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