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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1961
Page
4
Skelton suggests that just as medicines are dosed by weight and measure for health, so should food be governed by a similar rule, advocating disciplined eating. The reflection ties nutrition to systematic care and personal wellbeing.
Washington observer notes a political upset vibe as Republican John G Tower, 35, challenges Democrat William A Blakley, 62, for the Senate seat once held by Lyndon Johnson. Tower aligns with Goldwater. Blakley moves right. Liberal Democrats plan fishing parties May 27, hoping a Tower win shifts liberal voters and party dynamics in Texas. Kennedy signals possible help only if asked as the runoff vote follows a split Democratic field.
AFL CIO President George Meany testifies before Senate Employment subcommittee on the Emergency Employment Acceleration Act as the U S Chamber of Commerce hosts a conference on employment in the 1960s. Meany cites a 7 percent jobless rate in April and argues the rise stems from structural changes and population growth, with manufacturing jobs shrinking due to automation.
The piece surveys Meany Kennedy era views on automation and public works grants, contrasted with Chamber of Commerce talk. It cites Clarence D. Long on unemployment drivers and Yale Brozen on federal policy, minimum wages, and Fed monetary policy shaping joblessness.
UPI reports the FDA seeks 1.75 million to construct a new pharmacological animal laboratory in Beltsville Maryland after previous sites failed due to noise from 680 dogs. The plan follows a 100000 appropriation for an earlier study and dismisses aging facilities as unsuitable.
A minister from Anderson Indiana argues for enlarging our family by building a broader human community. He cites discipline, idealism as realism, and the notion of the larger family uniting races and classes. He recalls Edward Weeks praise of postwar rebuilding and urges practical ethical action led by individuals in daily life.
Advice column style piece where machinist George Dear plans retirement at 65. He argues he remains skilled and wants to keep working, while Arthur Lord urges pursuit of other jobs or teaching, and suggests broader life options beyond retirement. Clara and Liz offer social commentary on media taste and family dynamics. Readers are invited to submit questions for future columns.
Interior Secretary Udall’s tie to a ticket sale affair cast a small shadow over the Democratic National Committee’s Saturday Birthday Party Dinner for President Kennedy. Brisk sales for the $100 tickets continued as a capacity crowd of 6,225 was anticipated at Washington’s National Guard Armory with hotel ballrooms on reserve for overflow. J. K. Evans of Asiatic Petroleum Co sent a form letter to 56 Washington oil and gas figures asking them to press industry support for Udall’s “very sizable quota of tickets for the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.” Udall said he knew nothing of the letter before it went out and had told Evans to stop any further action.
Bruce Biossat notes that oilmen may attend the birthday dinner but a Washington lobbyist surge is expected. The President cites expectations driving political fundraising as Kennedy backs campaign finance reform to aid parties. The 44th birthday events include a May 29 Boston fundraising dinner for 5,000 attendees supporting Democrats.
Critics claim Congress is outdated but the Senate is a remarkably young body. Two thirds of its 100 members were first elected in 1950 or later, with only a few tracing Senate beginnings to the 1930s. Southern Democrats provide veteran leadership, while Republicans face a 2 to 1 shortfall in post-1950 tenure. Newcomers outnumber long incumbents, raising questions about power balance.
Sometime this summer or fall sixty four U S Peace Corps volunteers will live with Colombians to develop small farming handicrafts rural construction and sanitation. The program aims to build a better life at the grassroots level in Colombia a key pilot for Latin America while facing risks from misperceptions and political reaction.
Peggy Ann Garner and husband are separated. Benny Dunn named a Chicago Show Business Illustrated columnist. Cary Grant admired Jacqueline Susann’s suntan at Beverly Hills pool. Irving Mancfield’s phone costs rose to 200 dollars to relay the compliment to NY friends. Milton Berle canceled a Ruth birthday party after Gary Cooper’s death. Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis toured belly-dance cafes on Eighth Ave. Steve Allen heads to the Copa on October 12. Shirley Jones’s hometown Smithtown Pa renamed a street Shirley Jones Blvd. William Bendix to tour Take Me Along with Vivian della Chiesa. Ex-Queen Soraya and Dick Cowell attended separate parties but sat together while Audie Murphy bought racehorses. Joe Levine wants George Burns as house detective in Kim Novak’s Boys Night Out. Leonard Sillman plans a New Faces of ’61 audition for 150 backers at the Four Seasons. Actor Leon Ames will star in Father of the Bride TV, and his daughter Shelly will enroll at the American Academy. Anita Ekberg aims to be in Hollywood by June fifth.
The Raleigh Register reports that Patrick O Leary will have the Lawrence Pete George Memorial engraving at Woodrow Wilson High School. O Leary earned major letters in football and basketball for three straight years, a unique achievement in the school’s history. The trophy’s first recipient in 1934 was John Calloway, with Nelson Bragg named the previous year.
Ninety years ago a large crowd gathered at the Baptist Church to honor Pastor Rev. W F Dunaway and his bride at a reception. The evening featured duets by Inez Caffee and Hallie Harper, trios by Wm MacTaggart E K McKinney and Chris MacTaggart, a violin solo by Harlow Warren, with organ accompaniments by Mrs W M Taylor Winifred P Christian and others. A separate note records a fatal accident on Sprague siding where a Town district board of education member’s son was killed while loading ties into a railroad car.
Beckley Newspapers lists mailing and home delivery rates for Raleigh's Register. Details cover subscription options daily and Sunday, by the year or half year, with West Virginia sales tax added, and notes that carriers and distributors are independent contractors.
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