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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1955
Page
28
Thought for Today quotes John Hall on charity and fairness urging readers to give according to their means or face divine adjustment of their resources. The item frames a moral reflection typical of a daily editorial feature.
West Virginia explores the value of driver education in high schools citing a 1951 survey showing teens with training have fewer accidents. The program includes six hours behind the wheel and sixteen as observer, aided by auto dealers and the Department of Public Safety.
The November issue of the Democratic Digest brands Interior Secretary Douglas McKay as a "Giveaway King" citing favoritism to business and industry under his Interior Department leadership. It claims public power programs stall, federal plants were sold at firesale prices, and proposed assets may be auctioned, with McKay backing private control over oil and energy projects while ignoring federal power law preferences for municipalities and non profits.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac 164th edition warns of a severe winter for 1956 with trends toward cold, storms, and scarce mild spells. It notes tidal forces may alter ocean currents, affecting climate and fish migrations, while sunspot activity and a stock market peak add to the year’s forecast.
A compendium notes Wilson’s in person congressional address as the first since Adams, milk production and cow blood estimates, Britain’s tallest peak Ben Nevis, long Swiss signal beacons, European mortality trends, bees collecting water, hive water transport, and top consumer chemistries like synthetic fibers antibiotics and plastics.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes Maleigh s Register and files with post offices in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia as second class mail matter. Subscription price listed as sixteen dollars.
In New York, Arthur Godfrey begins his broadcasts by looking around the studio and asking who he might have missed. A cynical observer suggested he fired the last batch to boost a Saturday Evening Post story, but others say he is saving someone for a later book.
The Midnight Earl surveys New York social life with tavern talk about rent strikes over heat bills, encounters with Anita Ekberg and Greta Garbo, Cad illac salesmen on Teamsters picket duty, and stars like Denise Lor and Jayne Mansfield. It notes theater curios, party anecdotes, and military notes including Paul Thompson in Norfolk and Lt Georgie Scarlas completing medical field service training.
A set of seven multiple choice questions tests knowledge of American history and culture. Topics include Adlai Stevenson age relative to Eisenhower, tax dependents, military draft scope, U S funding of the UN, pre revolutionary Russia religion, adultery as a divorce ground, and Haym Solomon’s era. Answers appear on this page.
A Spaniard has just swum the Straits of Gibraltar amid a wave of sun spot talk. News notes electric space storms and channel traffic woes as urban life confronts pedestrian congestion.
The Worry Clinic Case P-381 presents a moral tale of Lazarus and the rich man, then argues against miracles for health and happiness. It urges adherence to known laws of health and marriage rules, advising readers to seek practical guidance from clergy and physicians instead of magical fixes.
Pfc Samuel O Neil on 10 day furlough at home with 675th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion duties as ammo handler. He entered service in March, trained at Fort Bragg, earned parachutist wings, aims for Army career. George C Hoover Jr Navy seaman recruit from Bainbridge Md to receive 14 day leave before USS Peterson assignment. Steve Kozma promoted to specialist third class in Korea with Seventh Infantry Division, formerly Mount Hope HS student. John R Fix Airman third class Weather observer at Saglek Bay, Labrador, six month assignment begun Sept 29. Donnie S Turner seaman recruit from Beckley to Jacksonville Fla after nine weeks basic at Bainbridge and 14 day recruit leave.
A Greenville South Carolina pastor Dotson M Nelson Jr of First Baptist Church offers a prayer praising God as near and loving. He thanks God for being present and notes believers as children through Christ in a reverent benediction.
Wilbur Peeble complains about life at home while his wife Trellis Mae drafts a petition to Britain over Prince Townsend and Princess Margaret Rose. The pair spar over royal duty versus romance. Trellis Mae tears up the petition, and Wilbur comforts her with a kiss and dinner plan.
Factographs describe Cherrapunji in Assam as the wettest place with 458 inches of yearly rainfall. It notes Assam as a province of India and explains how tiny cloud droplets scatter light to make clouds appear white, while larger drops darken and turn clouds black.
A compact note cites disparate items including nine years younger, a Navy extension, about one third, Orthodox Catholics, and a Revolutionary War reference in a brief, puzzlelike missive.
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