Community crusade on race bias in Little League heats up
Long Human Rights Commission debate and editorials challenge racial discrimination in Little League. Isa dore Wein defends truth against evasion while Mrs Bland defends commission limits. Babe Ruth league praised for integration. public vaccine drive for poliomyelitis urged with 60 percent turnout noted. J Roy Fuller retires to pursue painting after Roanoke Times stint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadore Wein
Wein
Human Rights Commission
Little League
Jimmy
Elks
James P. Bland
Human Relations Commission
Remembering Fuller and memorial day safety warnings
The column recalls Roy Fuller longtime Post Herald writer now retired at 65 with a life in West Virginia newspapers and Hollywood interviews. It contrasts his memories with Memorial Day traffic risks noting speed as the main killer and urging safe driving and adherence to the law against drunk driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post- Herald
Fuller
West Virginia
New York
Wayne County Hills
Huntington
Charleston
Welch Daily News
Hollywood
Picture Play Magazine
Roy Fuller
Beclky College celebrates thirtieth commencement with infant in arms
At Beckley College thirty year commemoration President Shroyer notes growth from a payroll of 7500 to 240000 and 199 graduates. Reverend Shirley Donnelly delivers address stressing self discovery, class learning, and interdependence while lamenting Washington distrust and youth emigration. A baby in Peter Hornbeck's arms crosses the stage as diplomas are awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
John Hedricks
C. G. Peregoys
Baltimore
John Hedrick
University of Maryland Medical School
Mercy Hospital
Mercy
Jack van Dyke
Peter L. Hornbeck
Topsy O'Dell
Turnpike
D. K. Shroyer
Beckleyans
Prayer For Today from Corvallis minister
A prayer invoking God to enlighten ambitions and guide striving toward goodness and mercy. The text asks that ordinary daily life be valued and that lives contribute to the increase of mercy, following Jesus Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Jesus Christ
Raymond E. Balcomb
Corvallis
Ore
First Methodist Church
Watch On The Potomac New Frontier Resembles Tammany
Washington report on New York Democratic scene under Kennedy era reform aims. Stephen Smith moves to settle Bronx Buckley ties, Wagner tensions, Hogan and McKeon potential Senate plays, while old Tammany methods color reforms and public views of party integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tern
Bobby Kennedy
New York
Charles Buckley
Bronx
Buckley
Joe Kennedy
The
New York Times
National Democratic Organization
Don’t Eclipse Your Eyes N S P B warns against viewing eclipses
The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness cautions that sunglasses smoked glass or exposed film are unsafe for solar viewing. It notes eye damage from hidden rays during eclipses and urges watching on TV or via a pinhole projector, not direct sun contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Ferree
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Global view on red espionage at U N sparks debate
U N headquarters hosts a debate on Soviet espionage with Nel son Drummond on trial for selling U S documents. Western analysts estimate 300 000 Soviet bloc agents operate in non Communist countries and spend about half a billion dollars yearly on espionage seeking to sow chaos and recruit through diplomatic missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Joshua
Land of Jericho
U. N
Russia
Free World
Soviet Bloc
Glass House
East River
NATO
United States
Kremlin
RED
West
Red Bloc
Moscow
Lenin
Oleg Penkovsky
Communist International
Comintern
Georgi Dimiitrov
Communist Party
Balkans
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Secret Service
Khrushchev
Latin America
Asia
Africa
Yeoman Drummond
William Vassal
Real African Unity Is Still Years Away
PHI NEWSOM UP reports that 71 year old Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia again acts as a catalyst as he hosts leaders from 30 independent African nations in Addis Ababa. They meet to draft a charter for African unity at Africa Hall inviting heads of state or their representatives to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PHI Newsom
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
League of Nations
League
Addis Ababa
New Africa Hall
Ambitious African leaders forge unified charter at Africa Hall
At Africa Hall a three way meeting of leaders including Gamal Abdel Nasser Ahmed Ben Bella and Kwame Nkrumah aimed to unite anti colonial efforts. The conference produced a charter with a secretariat budget committee and cross sectoral aims, blessing Haile Selassie with a personal victory while he shoulders the charter's implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Casablanca
Syria
Iraq
U.A.R
Nasser
Ben Bella
Mozambique
Angola
Guinea
Haile Selassie
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Nigeria
Nkrumah
Organization of American States
Glass replacement after April cyclone in local shops
About 00 years ago new plate glass was received to replace panes destroyed by the April cyclone. Replacements are in Miss Mary W. Conway's millinery window at Rose & Turner Co. building, Crystal Restaurant, and E. M. Payne Co. department store. Rev. A H Matheny, who fell ill with gallstones while on Main Street ten days ago, is recovering and expected to be out again soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Medical Association
Kanawha County
Charles R. McCorkle
Wyeth Laboratories
Mary W. Conway
Rose & Turner Co
Crystal Restaurant
E. M. Payne Co
A. H. Matheny
Main Street
Beckley Hinton News Pricing and Delivery Policy
Beckley Newspapers details subscription rates by mail and home delivery. It lists annual, semiannual, and monthly options with prices, plus a change of address instruction and tax notice. It also notes carrier and distributor independence and excludes Beckley from responsibility for advance payments.
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Don Meadows
Register
George McLaughlin
J. Roy Fuller
Post-Herald
Roanoke Times
Alacama
Englewood
John Hodel
Shroyer
Rev
Shirley Donnelly
Donnelly
Washington
Henry David Thoreau
Colonel Donnelly
Potomac
New Frontier
Tammany
Robert G. Spivack
Tammany Hall
Bert Stand
Manhattan Democratic Organization
Stand
Joe Friday
Ma’am
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Mr. Smith
New
Wagner
White House
William McKeon
Senate
Manhattan
Frank Hogan
Hogan
Herbert Lehman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Joe
Jack
Bobby
Teddy
North America
United Nations
N. Y
NEA
U. S. Navy
Nelson Drummond
U. S
U.N
Raleigh Register
Japan
China
Brittan
Beckley Mercantile Board
Woodrow Wilson High School
Lloyd Webb
Maxwell-Keyser
A. K. Minter
Earl Martin
OAS Charter
Central African Union
Naleigh & Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
United Press International
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Bostom
Charlotte
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
Pittsburgh
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