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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1962
Page
4
A reflection on mercy and divine discipline noting that heaven may strike with severity yet in mercy, implying enduring challenge can carry compassionate purpose as guidance.
A reflective editorial urges outsiders to join a community, arguing involvement improves culture. It notes tragedy from moonshine and compares urban crime to rural hardship, urging residents to actively create better local culture rather than remain passive spectators.
The article notes that since 1951 global telephone numbers have doubled to 141.7 million in 1961, reflecting rising living standards. The United States led in both number and share, accounting for 47 percent of gains but dropping from 57 to 52 percent of world telephones as other nations grow. Japan shows the largest regional increase to 5.5 million, surpassing the USSR’s 4.3 million.
University of Pittsburgh biophysicist Prof Jerome Wolken leads a project to create a two by four inch space eye for detecting life beyond Earth. The instrument would measure visible and invisible light waves, comparing space readings with laboratory data, while noting life may not fit Earthlike definitions.
The Q and A entries touch on the Sacred College of Cardinals current membership of 87. They state swallows’ arrival at Capistrano varies by year. They identify Hannibal Hamlin of Maine as Lincoln’s first term vice president who later ran for the U S Senate.
Dr Kennard Morgenstern, head of Radiation Electronics, outlines radiation uses from sterilizing surgical kits to cross linking plastics and textiles. He notes food preservation via irradiation slows spoilage without radioactivity, but adoption is slow in underdeveloped regions. A Paris service center opening May 29 signals broader expansion.
PHIL NEWSOM reports Tito, nearing 70 on May 25, improves ties with the Kremlin while facing ongoing economic woes. Soviet leader Khrushchev calls conversations constructive after Gromyko visits. Despite aid and trade with the West, Tito remains nonaligned, preserving independence and neutrality amid Cold War pressures.
UPI science editor reports mixed results in the tobacco heart disease debate. Finnish researcher Dr Aarne Konttinen finds no higher cholesterol in smokers versus nonsmokers, contrasting earlier studies that claimed yes.
Twenty five years ago storms left at least three dead in West Virginia as Charleston endured driving rain and winds. Miss Sarah Tams of Tams, West Virginia, was selected to study for a junior year at the Sorbonne with the University of Delaware group. Beckley Covenanters played Lester in baseball on Lester grounds. A military study tracked 314 young men, noting smoking habits and cholesterol, finding no strong link between smoking and cholesterol changes among 18 to 25 year olds, though researchers call for further study.
A brief note recalls members of the law firm Farley Ward and a county native, reflecting on events twenty years prior in 1912 Raleigh.
Washington exploration of Pan American and TWA overseas routes, CAB re opening, and Seaboard and Western cargo operations renew the idea of a single U S flag chosen instrument abroad. Merger talk spreads among airlines as foreign competition grows and unions coordinate.
Hollywood reports Walt Disney finally allows a movie scene at Disneyland for Tony Curtis film 40 Pounds of Trouble. Disney cites protecting his $40 million image while rejecting murder plots and Jungleland as settings.
A mix of quotes on psychology and Ramadan with a Hollywood anecdote about Tony and Disney. The piece recounts an Army psychiatrist view, a Tunisian leader on fasting, UK politics, and a behind the scenes tale from a Disney film featuring Tony and Suzanne Pleshette at Disneyland plus a private eye chase and Walt Disney’s input.
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