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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1966
Page
4
Stanford engineer Hubert Heffner warns that rapid scientific progress may outpace safety. He criticizes public acceptance of every new triumph as a blessing and notes that innovations often create unaddressed side effects in society, politics, and health.
Heffner warns that automation may reshape water, pavement, and daily life, threatening a new form of control. He urges an informed citizenry to resist excesses and steer technology with caution toward a future that avoids antlike conformity and new slavery.
UPI analyst Phil Newsom details Japan’s ambivalent stance toward the Viet Nam War and the US Japan security treaty. He notes mass protests in Tokyo in 1960, debates to abrogate the treaty by 1970, pacifist fears, and the impact on bases in Japan and Okinawa. The piece cites Reischauer on allied costs and Sato’s support for the US position amid limited Japanese enthusiasm.
In August a nationwide anomaly left inflatable balls flat at 50 PSI, defying all efforts to inflate them. Scientists, officials, and politicians speculated wildly about a plot and global reactions while the crisis sparked emergency prayers and national debate. A week later the problem vanished without explanation, leaving mystery and disbelief.
The fifth anniversary of Kennedy’s inter-American Alliance for Progress recalls unmet goals and a shift from hopeful rhetoric to hardheaded measures. Johnson’s pledge to extend commitments and Rio de Janeiro’s proposals set a test for expanding Latin American trade and stabilizing export earnings amid liberal doubts about using force.
A reflective meditation links postwar disillusionment to liberal resistance to national power. The piece traces 75 years of protest against military entanglements, arguing power means war and urging restraint to press social progress abroad. It discusses Fulbright and others seeking a near total reversal in U.S. diplomacy and military policy.
Gov Hulett C Smith told a Task Force on Strip Mining that strip mine operators who ravage mountains have little sympathy from him. He cited 2100 miners and tax revenue while urging action to reclaim 142000 acres and curb surface mining before the next legislative session.
T R Ragland of Fort Defiance Coal Co has organized a new associated at Skelton with members Joe L Smith C H Meador J E Toliver and M F Gunnoe Also noted are Mrs E P Ewart Mrs Jennie Pack and Mrs Henry Key in Sandstone following deaths of Richmond and Dr B B Richmond News mentions plans for governor to prepare bills for the 1967 Legislature and a Public Works board meeting as well as a Beverages Regulation inquiry and a letter from a little girl to the Public Service Commission about a $6 water bill for Bretz Water Co and a pony
The 1941 Raleigh Register notes 14 trade classes training more than 200 out of school youths five nights weekly, under vocational supervisor H N Hansucker who reported to County Superintendent E Van Dorsey during a project inspection. A Senate-bound plan aims to develop naval outposts at Guam and Samoa with a $242 million base program approval by the House.
Dick Kleiner reports on eco nomics of a Bond spoof scene with real girls, Jonathan Harris dismisses Batman competition, Don Rickles signs a Las Vegas deal, Sheree North's daughter summering with a saint, and Burgess Meredith returning as the Penguin. Bergen funds a nurses aid charity, Gene Corman discusses desert film costs and location choices.
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