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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1961
Page
4
A succinct maxim echoes Rochefoucauld on refinement and delicacy. It asserts that excessive polish is counterfeit, while genuine tact arises from robust refinement, urging balance between elegance and substance.
Grass Roots Briefing reports that President Kennedy's New Frontier will host State Department back ground briefings for U S news media. Rusk will invite radio television commentators and public affairs directors April 3 and April 24 25 for newspaper editors and columnists. Dulles Murrow Rusk and other officials may speak publicly with candor. President Kennedy to appear.
The Kennedy administration contemplates a new U S policy to advise weak governments and colonies on internal reforms to resist communism. The plan envisions land redistribution tax reform housing education greater political representation and possible economic rewards to secure changes. Officials argue economic or military aid alone cannot stop Cuba Laos or Congo from falling to communism.
A collection of quotes and analysis argues that freedom rights face threats from sophistry and revolution. U.S. figures warn that social pressures and revolutionary currents threaten South Vietnam, Latin America, and Portugal's colonies, urging reforms and broader governance to avert communist gains.
Roy Lee Harmon recalls his six year old Plymouth Savoy named Old Bessie as she dies on Sunrise Avenue. He describes the car's loyalty during harsh winters and fishing trips, laments the junkyard fate, and welcomes a new 1961 model while pondering the fond memories and costs of replacing a trusted vehicle.
The article weighs Richard Nixon's options to reach a commanding role by 1964. It notes the California governorship as a potential base despite its term pledge, the risk of remaining off the national stage, and internal party moves that could promote power between 1960 and 1964. The central question is whether Nixon will run, wait, or seek a strategic path, with a decisive test looming in a possible 1962 California bid.
Washington columnist recounts reading a dubious press release about the Bureau of Engraving and Printing allegedly halting printing of the 5000, 10000 and 100000 dollar notes. After a visit to director Henry Holtzclaw, he is told the situation is not as dire as suggested.
In a behind the scenes chat, Holtzclaw explains the U S Bureau of Engraving and Printing still holds four five and six figure currency but has not printed larger than a hundred since 1945 due to surplus demand. He notes wartime stigma on big notes and recalls a specimen sheet of ten thousand and a hundred thousand bills issued for collateral.
Beasley Beckley Newspapers lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday delivery, including annual and six month options. It notes West Virginia tax, home delivery by carrier or distributor, and that carriers are independent contractors with no responsibility for advance payments.
Fifty years ago notes from the 1911 Raleigh Register describe chestnut trees dying rapidly in mountain counties as the blight spreads westward, alarming lumber interests over potential loss of chestnut timber. The piece also mentions a Wheeling club chartered by Secretary Reed for a moral social and literary society.
The humor column notes it is hard to quit talking about quitting smoking and tooting your own horn to keep friends out of the way. It jokes fur coats look better on rabbits than on some women and that stumbling blocks can be stepping stones to success.
Last minute advice for last minute filers. Choose the form that fits to save trouble. 1040A is simplest but limits credits and itemizing. 1040W allows itemized deductions with some exclusions. Most taxpayers stay with the long 1040 form to cover diverse incomes. Consider nontaxable items and deductions, and note new forms for seniors and income reporting changes. The government’s electronic systems increase income verification.
A series of concise questions and answers covering the first patent for a plow to Charles Newbold in 1797, the capital of the United Arab Republic Cairo, how Canterbury archbishops are chosen by sovereign recommendation of the prime minister, Arco Idaho as the first town with atomic energy power on July 17 1955, lent from Old English lengton meaning springtime, lizards being edible, and national monuments proclaimed by the president.
A devotional prayer urges daily prayer and personal devotion. The note credits Lyndon 4H Phifer, a retired Methodist editor from Tallahassee Florida, acknowledging prayer as a daily discipline.
In Rome two days late, an earth quake gag unfolds with director Robert Aldrich and star Mitsuko as onlookers wait for a staged quake in a movie set showing delays and late timing. The piece mixes celebrity anecdotes from Earl Wilson’s column, naming Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Marguerite Piazza, Lionel Hampton, Rita Hayworth, and others in brief gossip and light humor.
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