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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1966
Page
4
A reflection on character by Samuel Smiles notes that example teaches better than precept and that setting a lofty example is the richest bequest a person can leave behind. The passage frames moral influence as a lasting model for others.
A 1967-68 start is planned for Beck ley's new high school with aims to advance equality and compliance with court-ordered integration. The piece urges making it the Town District’s sole high school, adopting the Stormer Report plan, discarding Stratton, and suggests renaming WWHS by holding a contest to call the new school John F. Kennedy High School.
Chinese threats against Formosa Okinawa and South Korea surface as North Korean infiltrations into South Korea raise alarm. Officials warn of possible election disruption while observers doubt a new guerrilla front in Korea. Britain watches progress in the Malayasian Indonesian peace effort east of Suez.
The report outlines Britain facing rising costs in Malaysia amid Indonesian Confrontation with calls to reduce Far East commitments if peace with Malaysia and Indonesia emerges. Belgium Congo ties should improve after 1960 independence settlement. A U. S. submarine visit to Yokosuka tests Japan anti American sentiment, viewed as weakening. De Gaulle pursues East Europe ties with Couve de Murville visiting Romania Bulgaria Poland, and De Gaulle planning a Soviet visit June 20 to July 1.
A Daniels scene shows Taco the hound adopting a fawn after its mother fell to a mountain lion, then protecting it fiercely. Mrs. Joe Price offers the eight week old kittens from the hen her barn, hinting at a similar bond forming at her home. The Greenbrier note recalls visits by British kings and the Duke of Windsor, plus a golf tie to Ben Hogan in 1950.
Washington Notebook recalls a Johnson White House welcome that overwhelmed families of reporters and toddlers, then shifts to a New York speech by ex mayor D H Scott urging businessmen to enter politics. The piece notes Civic affairs efforts at American Cyanamid and historic Raleigh County entries on local governance and a county truck purchase.
A snippet from Berry’s World questions how Delaware homes numerous corporations and how Nebraska reflects free enterprise yet public utilities. A reporter’s quip interrupts. Also noted: a postal gripe from Shaftsbury Vermont about speed and a Michigan Democrat’s comment on Gov Romney’s prospects amid policy swamp and pollution concerns. A teen’s remark mocks Soapy Williams’s age in the Michigan Senate race.
Theonetics, a new term for dialogue between theology and technology, frames ethical responses to rapid tech revolutions. A symposium at California Baptist Theological Seminary gathered leaders from aviation industry and biological research to discuss early implications.
Washington reports that Latin observers see Juan Bosch winning up to three quarters of the vote in the Dominican Republic election while fraud and intimidation loom. If Bosch loses, Latins may blame U S intervention. if he wins, U S aid policy and military reform choices will test stability and counterbalance a volatile army.
LEON BURNETT reports on Mrs. Merriweather Post hosting a Washington garden party at Hillwood with 300 guests. A $250-plus invite funded the national symphony, $5,000 was donated, and guests wore heel caps for rug protection as tea was served. Also notes wry political quips from lawmakers and anecdotes.
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