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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1956
Page
4
Thought for today reflects on titles of honor and the merit of the person beyond the formal designation. It cites John Ford’s assertion that honor attached to a title does not enhance the bearer’s worth when the individual already embodies honor in character.
Memorial Day 1956 marks the move to strike gold medals for four surviving veterans Albert Woolson William Lundy Kayrek Fla John Salling and Walter Williams all over age 100 from Union and Confederate services. The Nation notes 22 million living veterans and 4.4 billion in benefits this year with a projection to 6 billion next year as the Bradley Commission urges phasing out war pensions as Social Security expands.
Report from the Beckley forestry conference notes timber cutting could lift state forest product income from 58 million in 1955 to 600 million annually by building wood using industries within West Virginia. Raleigh County highlighted for its high forest area and management needs. urged processing locally to keep value in state. Also commentary on Soviet military cuts, Eisenhower campaign prospects, and GOP fundraising advantages.
Melvin Lamb, former Beckleyan turned East Hampton Airport operator, celebrates his twenty-fifth anniversary as a pilot with free May birthday plane rides. Born May 13, 1920s, he learned to fly as a youth in Beckley, WV, and built a lifelong career from Tolley Field to All-American Airways, accumulating 18000 flight hours and over 4300 cross-country trips.
Ned Kline, Hillsdale College president, hosts a psychology forum answering 25 student queries on topics from divorce causes to religion in society. The speaker notes college boosts earning potential by about $25,000 over the next fifty years and urges students to attend college for at least one year.
Publication notice and subscription rates for Raleigh B Register issued by Beckley Newspapers Corporation. Includes mailing info in West Virginia, home delivery options, and carrier/ distributor arrangements with terms on advance payments and address changes.
In Honolulu a group of reporters visited the sunken USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. They stood above the remains of 1,100 American sailors, reflecting on the dead as a young sailor described the ship’s dire fate and a journalist recalled tears despite being "hardboiled."
A visitor recalls December 7 1941 the sinking of the Arizona after a 1000 pound bomb. Navy honor guards raise and lower the flag daily while sailors remember the 1100 men who died. The piece notes submarines and rival fleets as readers reflect on the loss.
Dialogue among veterans at a cemetery on Memorial Day reveals memories of wars, families, and lost futures. Voices from different eras speak of love, sacrifice, and the longing for someone who never truly returns. The scene ends with a silent farewell as gates close and a meadowlark sings.
Rio de Janeiro residents vent frustration as transit fare doubles from one to two cents. Across the Atlantic in London a jade ape figure sells for 14000 dollars. Sunspots intermittently mute U S radio reception from Europe. They note the sentiment that no news is good news.
Hollywood gossip notes principal photography on Bus Stop is finished and Marilyn Monroe will move toward dubbing and a London project with Sir Laurence Olivier The piece describes Monroe and her complex buffering team Milton Greene serves as Monroe manager and face of her press interactions as she plans a July 15 departure for The Sleeping Prince and a New York stop before London relocation
The prayer honors those who made the supreme sacrifice for freedom and urges a living, daily commitment to justice and peace through Christ. Spoken in memory of John S. Stamm, late Kansas City bishop emeritus of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
West Virginia soldiers and families figure in a roundup of service news. Specialist Der went Bailey, a Beckley native and West Virginia Military District photographer, heads for La Rochelle France on June 2. Other notes include Shaffer, Lewis, Rodes, Persinger, Eakins, Lasc iak, and Nuckels advancing or training as they prepare for duty or balance family life amid military assignments.
A publicity man predicts how the excitable British press will banner the story of Norma Jean Baker, noting her ascent and the likely sensational headlines.
Elizabeth Farrington, born May 30, 1898 in Tokyo, daughter of American missionaries, served as Hawaii's delegate to Congress to fill her late husband Jo Farrington's term and won a full term in 1954. A former Washington correspondent for Wisconsin Michigan and Iowa papers, she advocates making Hawaii a state.
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