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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1957
Page
2
A Grevillean reflection notes that success or failure in others eyes stems from perceived superiority or inferiority in one’s conduct and presence, urging balance and self-mielded conduct amid judgment.
The article discusses the Postmaster General’s plea for about 47 million in new funding to avoid service cuts, warning of higher rates such as possible increases in first class postage. It notes parcel post deficits since 1913 and argues users should cover all costs to restore financial balance.
Washington reports grow that George Magoffin Humphrey may resign as Secretary of the Treasury after four and a third years in the post. He is linked to a possible chairmanship at the National Steel Corporation, where he once led the executive committee.
Senator Norris Cotton compares Congress to cud chewing and says four months have produced more moo than milk. He notes the Senate talks and bills, but waits on the House for appropriations, civil rights, and school funds. He cites slow progress and jokes about Ike and swift action.
The Huntington Herald Advertiser notes rising publishing costs and more price increases for American daily newspapers, with 379 dailies now selling for 6 to 10 cents. It argues readers still pay a fraction of production costs, while papers continue to offer vital news, entertainment, and bargain guidance.
In a sharp comment the writer decries daylight saving time from dragging a sleeping person from bed to wakefulness at dawn to breakfast chaos. They accuse Beckley Charleston Moundsville Morgantown councils of forcing an undesirable policy on voters and link the change to coffee prices and corporate schemes.
In West Virginia a clock change sparks coffee and tranquilizer use worries. Charleston risks losing its American Association baseball franchise to Kanawha Valley fans on standard time. Detroit’s support of the club is noted, while vital statistics prefer standard time. The piece laments city council haste and the impact on attendance, air conditioning, and comfort as days lengthen.
Washington report on McClellan committee hearings shows broad concern over corruption in labor management. George Meany and Dave Beck cited racketeering as a by product of labor relations, while William B. Barton urged five new legislative focuses: right to work antitrust reform secondary boycotts union democracy and contributions.
A columnist jokes about turning 50 while reflecting on aging and fame. He recalls Tallulah Bankhead’s remark, praises readers, family, and colleagues, and notes readers once sent a pen nib and a 100,000 mark German note from 1923 for his birthday.
A nostalgic column by The Midnight Earl reflects on turning 50 with humor and resolve. It notes a patched feud with Milton Berle and hints at ongoing entertainment industry buzz including hotel projects, TV deals, and shifts in Hollywood personnel. The piece mixes light self mockery with a broader look at media and labor topics of the era.
Letters from St John Kansas Basset Nebraska Seeburg Florida Riverton Wyoming urge limits on debt and spending while criticizing taxation and federal control. They argue for retirement of national debt, caution against inflation, and praise local control of schooling as federal influence is questioned.
New York. Harry Lachman, 71, once a pioneer impressionist and renowned painter, retraces his life across five careers from magazine illustration to Hollywood directing. He laments Hollywood ruined him yet celebrates a return to painting with an exhibit at the Hammer Gallery and parallels with Monet, Renoir, and Matisse.
A devotional prayer asks for stronger faith and confidence that God's will is right. It requests resolve to resist moral indecision and choose righteousness to be in closer communion with God through Christ.
A letter from Mrs E N Hurd Mabscott Mabscott West Virginia urges restoring Eastern Standard Time across the state noting four five years living out of state with daylight saving and proposing a ballot or voting in communities to effect the change plus a plea that the newspaper facilitate the process.
A psychologist urges families to praise successes over failures. He cites Dr Goddard and a boy who focused on records not broken, urges a sandwich method for corrections, and promotes two parenting tests and rating scales to improve domestic relations and parental effectiveness.
A 1997 Raleigh Register compilation shows Raleigh County holding 20 convicts in Moundsville. Sayette and Raleigh counties together account for one third of the state penitentiary population. On April 1 the total state prisoners numbered 669, with 282 from the two counties. Construction on the Citizens Bank building advances and Zinn hopes brick work finishes soon if weather permits.
Consternation reigned at the courthouse when seven candidate names were found missing from Raleigh County ballots printed in Charleston. Three Democratic state committee candidates and four Republican candidates were omitted. In Raleigh, Chief of Police Harry Sterne announced new Beckley auto license tags, 1,000 totaling, issued free to registered drivers under a city ordinance.
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