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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1971

Page

3

Thought For Today Faith and salvation work in silence

A devotional line cites Philippians 2 12 13 urging believers to work out their salvation with fear and trembling as God steers both will and action for his good pleasure in all circumstances.

Governors lay plan for helicopter use in strip mine probe

The piece mocks a proposed purchase by the Department of Natural Resources of two small helicopters to inspect strip mine sites. It argues a larger helicopter will be bought instead, for travel by Arch Moore and not for inspections, with inspectors potentially delaying access and suppressing reports.

Department of Natural Resources Arch Moore Arch Moore Fund DNR

Long Beach Queen Mary project drains city funds

Long Beach spent 3.5 million of its 10 million annual offshore revenues to buy the Queen Mary for a museum and hotel complex. Costs soared to 46 million with private funds possibly pushing total to 100 million. Delays and secrecy drew criticism as city officials faced hearings over project costs and benefit allocations.

Long Beach California Washington Cunard Line Museum of the Sea Jacques Cousteau Queen Mary Project The Los Angeles Times State Assembly David C. Tallichet Jr Specialty Restaurants Corp Queen Mary

Brandt Won’t Weaken NATO to Please the Russians

Article discusses East German leadership under Honecker as Moscow’s puppet, Berlin’s status, and Soviet aims to pressure Bonn. It argues Willy Brandt will not forsake NATO or U.S. support, opposing Soviet attempts to weaken Western defense. Helmut Schmidt reinforces detente with NATO unity.

New York Nea Walter Ulbricht East Germany West Berlin Ulbricht Moscow Erich Honecker Kremlin Honecker West Germany Willy Brandt Brandt Oder-Neisse Line Poland Bonn Berlin Germany North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO Europe Western Defense Alliance Helmut Schmidt Princeton University Schmidt United States Nixon U. S

Pakistan Civil War II frames a global crisis and regional collapse

UPI analysis notes Pakistan's Yahya Khan labeling the conflict man made while Indira Gandhi calls it a macabre tragedy. Refugees flood into India at 3.5 million, with 60 thousand more daily. Rebels claim hundreds of thousands dead as talks of a six month debt moratorium surface amid looming rupee devaluation. Evidence of saboteur activity and mounting absenteeism in East Pakistan accompany U.S. aid history as March 25 flare-up opened the crisis.

Phil Newsom UPI Pakistan Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan Indira Gandhi Mujibur Rahman East Pakistan India United States Japan Canada Europe West Bengal Yahya West Pakistan Rahman West U.S

Consumerism Gains Traction in Washington Agencies

Washington agencies embrace consumerism with new offices and budgets. Commerce requests a 17 000 official to write consumer press releases while FDA seeks 400 000 for a consumer affairs unit. HEW expands consumer services and council work, and ICC and GSA publish buyer guidance and product indexing.

William B. Mead Washington UPI Commerce Department Food and Drug Administration FDA Consumer Protection Agency National Business Council For Consumer Affairs Department of Health, Education and Welfare HEW Consumer Services Consumer Council The Justice and Transporta Rosenthal Mervin F. Silverman Office of Consumer Affairs Silverman ICC GSA Elliot L. Richardson

Intellectual Mockingbird Gives Humans The Bird

A humorous feature notes a trained mockingbird and its handlers Mr and Mrs A as researchers reveal how pigeons learn to peck targets for rewards. The piece playfully contrasts animal training with human discovery while keeping a light tone from a Washington dateline.

Joseph L. Myler Washington UPI Mrs. A A’s Mr. A

King's Daughters hear plans for new Raleigh hospital

At Dr J A Campbell home the King's Daughters accepted Richard Bates's hospital plans and watercolor sketch for a 56 bed Raleigh hospital with two operating rooms typhoid ward sun parlor maternity and children’s ward and all scientific equipment costing about 50000 dollars. The item sits among other notes on 1921 Raleigh life.

King’s Daughters J.A. Campbell Richard Bates Huntington

Beckley Basso Verduce to Sing in New York Benefit

Pasquale Verduce, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Verdue of Beckley, will make his first New York appearance at Carnogie Chamber Music Hall next week. He trains in the city and contributes to a Musical Education Fund benefit sponsored by the Conservatory of Musical Arts.

Pasquale Verduce Joe Verdue Beckley Carnogie Chamber Music Hall New York City Beckley Basso Musical Education Fund Inc Sit Conservatory of Musical

Passport marked by ink to exclude writer during 1938 trip

A family passport issued April 19 1938 shows Dad Mother writer Emile and Rose in the photo while the writer’s face is inked out by the Paris American Consulate General to permit a separate return passport. Issued just before the Munich crisis the note recalls Czechoslovakia’s fate and the family’s travel amid troublous times.

Hickory Beach Maxwell Hill Dad Emile Rose Paris Munich Neville Chamberlain Daladier Sudetenland Czechoslovakia Germany George England

Journey to the Middle East and family memories in wartime notes

The writer recalls traveling in 1942 via the Queen Mary with stops including Key West Rio de Janeiro and Capetown, then Bergensfjord up the East Africa coast to Port Tufig. He reflects on visiting his Dad with Aunt Helen Miller during a grand niece’s wedding and records both the wedding and his father's long hospitalization, one joyous moment and one deeply sad.

Ourself Middle East Key West Rio de Janeiro Capetown South Africa Bergensfjord Africa Red Sea Port Tufig Helen Miller Victoria Hodel Bair

Timely Quotes on Fonda Split Sparked by Humor Loss

Roger Vadim explains separation from Jane Fonda noting she is a romantic pro Leninist and has lost her sense of humor. He recalls calling her Jane of Arc which failed to amuse her and emphasizes the strain in their marriage.

Jane of Arc Roger Vadim Jane Fonda

Money Roiling Democratic 1971 Campaign Fundraising

The piece notes Democratic candidates crowding 1971 with large early funds for travel and organizing, led by Birch Bayh and Harold Hughes, while McGovern and Jackson draw war battle lines. It questions the sustainability of lavish donor support as party debt and outlays for losing hopefuls rise.

Washington NEA Democratic Party Birch Bayh Harold Hughes Indiana Henry Jackson California George McGovern New York J. Edgar Hoover McGovern J. Edgar Supreme Court G. Harrold Carswell Clement Haynsworth Hubert Humphrey Edmund Muskie Maine Nixon Fantasyland

Raleigh Hodel Ad Rates Across Major Cities

Raleigh Hodel of Ward Griffith Company lists advertising rates by mail for daily and Sunday editions. The notice enumerates one year and six month subscriptions and per week or per month delivery options across cities including New York Chicago Detroit Atlanta Boston Charlotte Philadelphia San Francisco Los Angeles Pittsburgh and more.

National Advertising Repntative Ward-Griffith Company, Inc New York Chicago Detroit Atlanta Boston Charlotte Philadelphia San Francisco Los Angeles Pittsburgh Ee SA

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