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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1965
Page
4
Sen George Smathers D Fla introduces a bill to provide an official residence for the vice president. The remark urges ending second class treatment of the second in command.
Rutgers history professor Eugene D Genovese faces political fire over a teach in remark endorsing the Viet Cong victory while New Jersey Governor Hughes defends academic freedom and opponent Dumont denounces the firing call. Polls show Hughes ahead 54 59 percent. Also notes an Oyster Museum planned at Chincoteague Virginia and a brief note on oyster history and myths.
Thousands of ordinary Americans respond to a call to help South Vietnam by adopting hamlets and exchanging letters. Readers from 39 states plus Alaska Hawaii Okinawa and Guam send messages to volunteers and Vietnamese people, with groups like the American Friends of Viet Nam coordinating follow-up and Bui Diem helping with correspondence.
Notes from foreign news cables discuss the Viet Cong threat to field teams spraying mosquito breeding sites in Viet Nam. If deployed, teams would work in the area with American and Vietnamese rations, while doctors would examine peasants unable to reach clinics.
The report highlights Phil Newsom’s second place in the Viet Nam anti mosquito campaign and cultural cooperation efforts. It notes preparations for November 7 revolutionary anniversary events, Sino Soviet tension, potential French exit from NATO and the EEC, and Allied contingency plans. Boumedienne visits Moscow signaling Soviet aims in Africa.
New York voters may back Republican congressman John V. Lindsay despite lukewarm support and liberalism. Voter soft support stems from distaste for party labels and a desire for change. Buckley’s opposition could fuel a surprise Lindsay victory, aided by Beame’s weaknesses and the city mood.
Some 1324 candidates compete for 120 Knesset seats as Israel prepares an election. Mapai dominance faces disruption from Ben-Gurion’s split with Levi Eshkol over the Lavon Affair, with Dayan and Shimon Peres joining the Israel Workers faction. Israel remains committed to welfare state ideals, Western ties, and regional security.
Lavon affair heightens a clash between Ben-Gurion and Eshkol over replacing proportional representation with constituency voting. Abba Eban argues such a plan would overrepresent Mapai. Both leaders seek fewer parties and coalition governments amid a shifting 1959 to 195? party landscape.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes the Raleigh B Register from 341 Prince Street Beckley West Virginia 25801 with telephones for all departments. John Hodel is a United Press International member. Subscription rates by mail are listed for daily and Sunday delivery including per week per half month and per month.
A Charleston panel debates scope and enforcement of a conflict of interest statute for state officials and possibly lobbyists. Time is short with the 1966 session looming. decisions on coverage, ethics code, penalties, and enforcement will guide the bill.
The UPI report notes automation raises employment by shifting roles to distribution, logistics, and sales as lines speed up. It highlights a chip producer and aspirin packager expanding output with new automatic filling and packaging, predicting industry volume to double to 500 million yearly in a decade. It previews Chicago’s Packaging Machinery Show with 200 exhibitors and firms unveiling innovations including four half gallon ice cream packages per bag and label reading systems to prevent mislabeling.
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