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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1963
Page
4
A brief reflective line quotes Henry David Thoreau stating that money cannot buy one true necessity of the soul. The line emphasizes inner fulfillment over material wealth.
The letter argues opposition to the Lake Stephens levy is misguided and seeks the full motives of opponents. It warns against delaying federal grant funds, cites desegregation tensions, and advocates interracial community councils to unify citizens and avert violence while safeguarding equal rights.
Washington notes Stanley Lovell, OSS director of research and development, reveals devious wartime tricks in a new book Of Spies and Strategems. The former chemist recalls forging identities, counterfeit currency, a silent pistol, a novelty firecracker, and a magnetic bomb. His work helped alert the RAF to Peenemunde and the V-2 program, shaping wartime counterintelligence.
In Raleigh County critics challenge a special levy for Stephen's Lake as a sign of progress while lamenting economic stagnation that sends graduates from Shady Spring and nearby areas to Cleveland and other states. The piece highlights local strikes against change, the lure of industry with better schools and recreation, and a student poet Alfred Epling from Flat Top who rails against apathy and emigration.
A Baltimore note from WRBS Station Manager Thomas S. Aliff discusses sending complimentary tickets, mentions Ellison family staffers at the company, a downtown car crash photo by Bob Ellison, and ends with a string of philosophical questions on death and coping.
Prayer asks God to bless graduates with fitting opportunities for growth and public service. It urges avoidance of shoddy work and shabby dealings and keeps the focus on high goals of selfless service, attributed to Alfred N. Sayres of Lancaster PA.
The scar below Elizabeth Taylor’s chin, visible in unretouched slides for Cleopatra, is described by a psychiatrist as her badge of courage and defiance of control. The article traces her health troubles, hospitalizations, and a pattern linked to her stardom and relationships, noting a new electronic lung aided her near death.
Beckley Newspapers details subscription costs for daily and Sunday editions by mail and home delivery, with regional notes for West Virginia. It outlines annual and semiannual rates, carrier delivery terms, change-of-address instructions, and tax and payment caveats for independent distributors.
Senator Robert C. Byrd highlights the Dola mine disaster in Harrison County as proof that fully automatic coal gas detectors are needed in mines. Federal officials have pursued this safety device for years to protect miners from methane explosions sparked by electrical equipment.
Historical notes recount Vargas defending Guanabara Palace during a fascist revolt in Brazil and socialist students seizing University of Mexico buildings amid oil expropriation moves. The piece also covers coal mining safety issues, methane detection needs, and calls for stricter regulations to prevent future disasters.
Twenty years ago District 29 of the United Mine Workers of America became a real entity. The new district covers most Fayette county mines except Boomer, all Raleigh county mines, and the Winding Gulf field in Wyoming county. Seventy five delegates approved the creation, with L. C. Rogers of Oak Hill as president and Z. W. Campbell of Ansted as vice president. The group includes M. B. Coulter, R. D. White, C. P. Hamilton, Gustave Frisk, John Parnell, Frank Angelio, G. I. Bailey, James Gilmore, Clyde Dean and others from Fayette, Ansted, Sophia, Beckley, Hill Top and Ec les. Vice President Marshall spoke at Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg during the Greenbrier Presbytery’s seventy fifth anniversary and the Lewisburg Female Seminary’s one hundredth session.
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