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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1956
Page
2
The Raleigh County American Red Cross reports a ten day drive with 200 workers door to door in Beckley. A national booklet addresses criticisms about charges to service members, gift cigarettes, and selling comfort items, clarifying that aid is unconditional and not loaned.
The 1928 Republican convention shuffled seven candidates for vice president before settling on Charles Curtis. Dawes faced concerns over McNary Haugen, labor opposition, and fear of a sensational refusal. Times have changed and today VP nominees are rarely seen as unworthy.
The piece describes Joe Spara cino entering the newsroom late at night grinning with a wide Cheshire smile. His long involvement with athletics is noted, including a transition from trial and error to becoming a respected softball and baseball umpire.
A humorous barber union story notes a unanimous decision to raise prices effective April 1. A barber explains the plan to increase charges while the Post-Herald editor Eugene Scott listens, provoking a light exchange about hair and costs.
In Richmond the party factions debate Sen Harry Byrd's influence on the 1952 presidential race. With Byrd silent on Eisenhower Stevenson, Whitehead says Byrd's backing could seal Virginia for the winner, while others rate Kefauver Harriman as less favorable.
The column dallies with show business rumors and celebrity moves from Jackie Gleason to Olivia de Havilland, plus notes on Nat Herzfeld buying the Deauville in Miami and Hal Kemp’s daughter in the phone book. It also surveys Virginia political tensions over civil rights, Byrd’s stance, and the 1982 election implications for Eisenhower and Stevenson.
Mary M., a 50 year old neurotic housewife, fears dying from a blood clot or heart attack and worries about mind closing. Analysis notes that fear shifts from human law to perceived divine punishment for sins like abortion and adultery, linked to sudden calamities as expressions of God’s displeasure.
A mixed set of questions and answers covers topics from wages and stockholders to geography and Greco Roman rules. The passage then shifts to a medical article on psychosomatic illnesses, sexual concerns, menopause myths, and autoerotic practices, ending with a request for a booklet.
A humorous nonfiction piece argues the common bore is civilization’s social glue not the common man. It notes the bore unites guests by filling gaps between arrivals and martinis, creating shared irritation that bonds people despite lack of substance.
A dated prayer asks for steadiness and faith amid fear and turmoil. The piece then surveys types of bores at social gatherings, contrasting galloping and sedentary bore profiles and noting their mixed social value. It ends by labeling the ordinary bore a key stone of modern society.
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