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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1966
Page
4
An editorial condemns the Ku Klux Klan while arguing it should be allowed to express itself publicly rather than underground. It mocks Klan members as disordered dreamers and suggests locating 10 000 members in a cow pasture, hoping cows provide fertilizer and a proper setting.
Beatrix Crown Princess marries Claus von Amsberg in Baarn amid political sensitivity due to his German past. The marriage stirs memory of WWII and Franco era links, while Irene’s Catholic conversion and 1967 wedding to a Dutch commoner Piet van Vollenhoven promise calmer times for the Netherlands.
Dr Herbert Stahnke of Arizona State University reports lab results claiming liquor can help snake bites in venomous rats. He notes scotch and vodka work, grain alcohol does not, and bourbon or blended whiskies remain untested. A quart for a human dose is suggested, raising safety concerns.
Western reporters note Ho Chi Minh, now in his mid 70s, is largely excluded from policy and diplomacy. Le Duan emerges as the real power, reshaping party leadership and propagandist control while Ho's reputation as a revolutionary fades amid aging and strategic recalibration during the Vietnam War.
Louis Cassels profiles I W Moomaw and Agricultural Missions Inc. in Crusade Against Hunger, detailing how early American agricultural missionaries aided Asia Africa and Latin America with wells seedbeds and coops. He cites the 320 workers and ten cent per member giving urging churches to expand support and act on the Last Judgment parable.
We visited a Morgantown glass plant to watch vase making from molten glass. Blowers shape forms on a pipe, then on a lathe like process, with the finished pieces sent to kilns and racks. Tours are possible, and a showroom yielded glassware. A separate note mentions bomb threats at the university amid exam-related speculation.
UPI reports Guatemala plans Sunday elections to elect a president congress and local offices ending a decade of military rule. Col Juan de Dios Aguilar and Col Miguel Angel Poinciano vie on the right while Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro leads a leftist party allied with Communists. U.S. observers urge fairness amid terrorism fears and calls for impartial monitors. The university faces repeated bomb threats prompting FBI involvement.
A prayer praising Almighty God for guiding forefathers and blessings to the nation. It asks for grace to be steadfast in the cause of freedom and for the ability to seize peaceable aims in the current day, offered by Lance Webb, editor in Illinois, bishop of the Methodist Church.
Parents with college-age youths face the high cost of four years of higher education and increasingly turn to loans. The Higher Education Act of 1965 offers federally guaranteed loans and scholarships, with options like USAF guarantees, state guaranty plans, and federal loans with favorable terms for low-income families. Banks offer varied education loan plans and long repayment terms, while a new combined saving and borrowing plan lets families fund college over a decade by saving early and using bank loans as needed.
Beclley Register published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with one year and six month options. It notes offices in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia, a managing editor, and contact details for address changes.
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