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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1973
Page
2
Skylab astronauts come home on June 22 after a 28 day mission. They remained healthy and performed well while in orbit and demonstrated repairs possible only by humans. Their work supports future longer missions and international cooperation in space stations.
In a Washington dispatch the paper burden on government and small business is described as a five billion annual flow stored in federal buildings at three dollars per square foot. Since the Hoover Commission years this cost has grown, despite Eisenhower directives, and a new commission with real power is urged to cut red tape and curb paper shortages and pollution impacts on mills.
Louis Casse ls reports a rising public push against expensive funerals. The National Funeral Directors Association defends open casket viewing as essential to acknowledging death while disputing critics on cost and psychology.
The top male nude model Rock Swett announces retirement amid criticism that he is viewed as a sex object. He cites fame from Playgirl and California Girl magazines, recalls controversial pasts, and says he plans to become a hairdresser after a final press appearance.
A two year drought stretches from the Soviet Union to Australia threatening mass hunger. India and China face crop failures and food riots, while central Africa faces potential famine by October as relief efforts risk disruption.
A columnist recalls THE LIST kept by the White House to bar undesirables from social functions. The piece recounts Uncle Sylvester’s Rose Garden incident and playful plans to counter social events with neighbors in Links Grove and Sinks Grove, noting a political rumor about Gregory Peck.
Chicago columnist Mike Royko riffs on people attributing events to God. He recalls family grief over a grandmother, a homicide case, a plane crash survivor, and Janet Lynn turning pro for 1.5 million. Royko toys with God guiding Miss Lynn and other sports figures amid world conflicts.
Robert Byrd has purchased stock and fixtures from Henry Smith to operate and rename the Main Street store as Byrd's General Food Store in Sophia. A Raleigh Register clipping notes Byrd, a House of Delegates member, will seek re election on the Democratic ticket in November.
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