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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1956
Page
2
A columnist argues juvenile delinquency stems from enforced idleness and restrictive laws. Cites Judge William G. Long, Dr. George W. Crane, and J. Edgar Hoover asserting work as a path to responsibility. warns against overly protective policies.
The State Department fumbles a Cyprus stance as Greece and Britain clash. Hoover and Dulles alternately shift policy, with tensions rising over Archbishop Makarios and U S responses. Washington’s cautious diplomacy pleases neither side, leaving Greek anger and British displeasure in its wake.
A nine year old Crescent Road pupil Hulett Carlson Smith Jr. died March 10 after a protracted illness. His school community honored him by growing a living Christmas tree planted on his Crestwood lawn, turning grief into a memorial effort led by teachers, classmates and homeroom mothers.
Students at Crescent Road School raise 27 cents to 27 dollars for a living memorial. Local donor Mrs. L H Williams provides a Colorado blue spruce planted on school lawn by Shirley Thomas. Excess funds go to the Patty Davis Fund for a local patient in Boston Hospital.
In Raleigh the Register notes a local tree sale underway with community support and details on species and prices. The notice highlights dates, locations, and contact information for buyers and vendors.
Ohio voters watch Democratic Gov. Lausche and Republican Sen. Bender lock horns in a charged 1960s senate race. Eisenhower’s renomination looms as both sides court unions and industrialists amid farm unrest and shifting party loyalties.
The blizzard left venues sparse while a headwaiter lamented snowbound crowds. Nicky Hilton and Jayne Mansfield attend the Photogs Ball as Nanette Fabray faces a high fee dispute. Debbie Reynolds teases Hollywood plans, Skitch Henderson shaves not, Cleo Moore eyes St Patrick’s Queen nod, and street chatter covers princess lists and TV bound dates.
Earl Wilson profiles a Notre Dame player penalized for unnecessary hands uses and shares colorful remarks about Pinky Lee Jackie Gleason Sid Caesar and celebrities. The column weaves in Margaret Truman Kim Novak and Grace Kelly notes plus showbiz anecdotes, a Fred Allen obituary context, and party chatter from New York society.
Case details a 31 year old man named Harry T who struggles with gambling debt. His wife recalls repeated embezzlement and loans to support bets, harming employment and their marriage as their first child nears arrival. The narrative questions if gambling is a disease and notes his insistence on quitting.
A comic column mixes predictions on prohibition in the 1960s to 1970s with social quips. It notes a U S census projection of 13 million college age males by 1973, comments on gamblers and gambling fever, and closes with a plea to send for Dr Crane’s booklets. It references an Englishman turning 100 and jokes about cautionary guidance for readers.
President Eisenhower's illness spurred wide public discussion of heart trouble, easing fear as newspapers explained heart attacks with diagrams and basic facts. Business leaders and voters learned heart attacks are common yet survivable, boosting research funding and reducing stigma.
A prayer petition asks for cleansing of mind to follow divine thoughts, discernment of God’s messages, opened heart, strength to lift the fallen, and voices tuned to offer hope to the sinner in despair. Signed Roy Stetler Harrisburg Pa publishing agent Evangelical United Brethren Church.
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