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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1957
Page
2
Thought for today quotes Rochefoucauld on nature and appearance. The line notes that the wish to look natural often stops true expression, prompting readers to reflect on authenticity in behavior and presentation.
The piece outlines rising anti segregation actions against the NAACP across Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Arkansas. It notes subpoenas for membership lists, state filing requirements, and penalties for noncompliance, with federal restraining orders sought to protect members.
Lawmakers led by Rep. Abraham Mutter and Rep. Carroll D. Kearris push new or improved U S savings bond options to boost returns and tax benefits. Critics say current bonds lag and a rise in Series E rates could cost the Treasury hundreds of millions yearly, amid $57 billion held in U S savings bonds.
The column laments West Virginia House rejection of a liquor by the drink amendment and argues that public hearts should decide liquor policy. It warns against removing temptations and calls for open discussion of the liquor problem, asserting whence a lasting solution may come.
A letter from a West Virginia legislator argues against prohibition noting personal alcoholic experience with Alcoholics Anonymous. He says education and Christian morality are needed and proposes to legalize liquor by the drink, limit outlets, set high license fees, restrict sales to certain groups, and allow local option votes to decide on sale in each community.
Secretary of Defense Wilson speaks plainly causing mixed reactions in Washington. He said the Army Jupiter missile program is canceled, later clarified no final decision has been made, and that a decision will come later. Air Force officials explained cuts in expansion amid Russia's pace.
A Brooklyn minister's prayer reflections are followed by James Marlowe’s notes on American political anecdotes. The piece surveys wartime intelligence chatter, postwar defense debates, and President Eisenhower era quips about public figures and policy. Names include Wilson and Eisenhower in a mosaic of public remarks and memory.
A long portrait of a boy named Jim from Indiana Pa who pursues multiple dreams from architecture to acting and aviation. He rises from small town hopes to Broadway Boston Hollywood and war service earning stardom and a brigadier general nomination while never fixing one ultimate path. The piece ends with the notion he never fully decides where he is headed.
The legislature approved the Australian ballot system requiring party names printed in columns with bold party emblems at the head. Voters mark crosses in squares beside candidates, using pen or indelible pencil, to cast ballots for preferred parties or candidates.
A 20 month old boy, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from his Hopewell, New Jersey home. A ransom note demanding $30,000 was found pinned to a surface in the room, marking one of the era’s most shocking abductions.
In Dr. Crane discusses how love can persist beyond active sex glands as the brain becomes the second switch for erotic emotion. He explains hunger and love as brain driven, notes menopause and aging do not halt sexual feeling, and promotes his booklet on sex differences.
A garbled fragment questions Russia and the Soviet Union, mentioning drastic surgery and a California surgeon. The text is unclear and contains contradictions about current events and state identity.
Teddy Nadler, an eight grade memory wonder on CBS The 61 000 Challenge, risks losing his fortune for saying Beethoven's Fourth in B flat minor instead of B flat major Viewers query the misstatement after Nadler boasts of beating PhDs and the show vows to review the answer with Bernstein and Gore If needed the music and civil war categories will continue without new challengers Nadler pockets a 32 000 check as he contemplates giving it back
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