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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1963

Page

4

Thought for Today Do Not Give Dogs What Is Holy

A brief devotional line from Matthew 7 6 warns against casting pearls before swine lest they trample them and attack. This reflection urges discernment in sharing sacred or valuable things.

Union Labor and Politics in Beckley West Virginia

A_letter_style critique argues union influence blocks right to work in Beckley as labor wields outsized sway over state government and legislators. It urges defeating union slate candidates to unlock industry growth and warns against centralizing government and anti flag-prayer precedents.

West Virginia Princeton Beckley

Shared time plan gains cautious Protestant support

Protestants move toward a shared time education plan allowing a child to split schooling between public and church schools to ease federal aid controversy and address religious illiteracy. So far Catholics favor the concept more, with a Pittsburgh Catholic high school student experiment sending students to a nearby public high school for technical courses under Msgr. John B. McDowell.

America Pittsburgh Msgr John B. McDowell

Religion In America Presses Shared Time Education Plan

The plan expands church public school cooperation with Catholic and Protestant schools sharing courses. A Chicago experiment parallels St. Louis developments with a Catholic high school adjacent to a public one, and Protestant groups weigh joint church run schools offering religion and core subjects. The effort hinges on church funds, staffing, and possible Supreme Court rulings on prayer and Bible readings in public schools.

U. S. Supreme Court

Editor laments junk mail flood and spring hints in Raleigh County

A Sunrise Avenue observer complains about the flood of unsolicited press releases clogging newspaper desks and wasting time. He notes occasional useful stories arise among the junk and praises strong letter openers while recalling spring harbingers, early robins, and a vintage tale of bear meat-backed payments from 1863.

John Hodel John New York J. C. Hurt Sunrise Avenue Beckley Hart

Uruguay Struggles As Nation Without Income Tax Faces Strikes

Montevideo weathered a power and telephone workers strike involving about 12,000 as a new government took office on March 1. Rising living costs, high production costs, and growing trade deficits strain the economy while smuggling and smuggling-related losses mount.

Montevideo Rio de la Plata Argentina Brazil Uruguay Indiana Eisenhower

Red China Shifts From Khrushchev Toward Greater China Leadership

London sources say Beijing rejects any Khrushchev compromise and aims to challenge Moscow publicly. Peking calls rivals traitors and urges a massive Communist gathering to censure Khrushchev, while Albania lauds Stalin. The split weakens prospects of a Khrushchev Mao meeting and broad unity among world Communist parties.

K. C. Thaler London UPI Peking Nikita Khrushchev Leon Trotsky Tito Khrushchev China Mao Tse-tung Moscow Red China Russia Trotsky Stalin Albania Josef Stalin

School Dropout Problem Is Expensive

The National Educational Association argues traditional high school programs fail to meet all students needs and suggests alternative paths. It notes that dropout risk is not limited to the least intelligent and that most dropouts come from out of formal in school groups.

United States Van Raleigh J. B. Deck National Educational Association Raleigh County

Raleigh County Schools Tackle Dropout Problem

A 1938 Raleigh County analysis urges progressive evaluation to reduce dropouts. Plan includes Stay in School program, data gathering by principals, and targeted education plus job skills to boost self sufficiency and civic responsibility.

Raleigh County

Local business changes and curiosities in Beckley

S P Hite sells his interest in the planning mill near the city depot to Dayton Meadows and will retire to a Prosperity farm. Harry Haupt, Main street barber, owns a four ounce hen egg laid by a prize leghorn on Groundhog Day. The Beckley City Shop opens near the local station under G W Upton with partner W M Graham, offering blacksmithing repairs and skilled shoemaking.

S. P. Hite Lilly & Hite Dayton Meadows Harry Haupt Beckley City G. W. Upton

Steve McQueen quits swinging for calm film career

Hollywood star Steve McQueen says he has calmed down and formed his own production company. He plans fewer stunts and more thoughtful roles with Natalie Wood and Lee Remick, while swapping racing for family life and a new approach to acting.

Hollywood NEA Steve McQueen Star Steve Uncle Sam London Savoy Hotel Germany Munich Hitler Natalie Wood Lee Remick Marty

Nobel Prizes were not awarded 1940 to 1942

The Q and A exchange notes that since 1901 the Nobel Prizes were interrupted during 1940 through 1942 with no awards given. It mentions interruptions in that period and confirms the wartime suspension.

Beckley Newspapers rates and delivery policy notice

Public notice from Beckley Newspapers Corporation detailing subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, home delivery charges by carrier, and instruction on address changes. Includes tax note and disclaimer about independent contractors handling payments.

West Virginia Beckley Newspapers Corporation

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