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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1964
Page
4
A brief reflective quote urges those who are comfortable to remember those living on the outskirts of hope. It attributes the message to President Lyndon B Johnson and emphasizes empathy for the needy.
Curtis Publishing faces board upheaval as Matthew Culligan resigns the president title but remains board chair. 17 top executives accuse him of mismanagement. four petitioners including Clay Blair Jr. are suspended, Blair and an assistant are fired. The Post group reels from steep losses from 1961 to 1963, while possible successors McGranahan or Clifford await a decision.
Washington reports that the current Soviet leadership favors more experimentation in economy and foreign policy while tightening direct party control at home. The group supports profit-like incentives, managers with decision power, and consumer production growth, yet rejects free enterprise and wide open competition. They previously urged Khrushchev to pull missiles from Cuba under U. S. pressure and oppose hardline action against Red China while avoiding open conflicts in underdeveloped states.
The Register staff worked extra hours to tabulate returns and reflect on the election night chaos. The piece notes clean political bitterness, calls for unity, and states Hulett Smith is governor elect while critics accused the writer of urging Democrats to vote straight.
A Shady Spring woman phones in early on election day with robins singing on her lawn, odd for autumn. The piece mixes a political vibe with personal quips about flowers and rival figures, including Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey roses and Hulett Smith orchids, as callers react to the day.
1939 Raleigh Register notes school authorities plan a year ahead to build a 12 room addition to Woodrow Wilson High School to ease rapidly rising enrollment. The piece also covers Thanksgiving day plans in Beckley and Mullens, political opinions, reader letters about campaign strategy, and a cautionary anecdote about door to door salesmen hawking college scholarships.
UPI analyzes the Chinese atomic bomb and its global impact. Premier Chou En Lai states its small size yet its strategic weight, prompting a reassessment of nuclear balance. The piece explores potential shifts in India's, Japan's, Israel's, and France's defense calculations as regional powers ponder bomb programs and Soviet relations.
A humorous column by John Hodell on the chaotic supper ritual with teenagers. A mother calls for dinner and a teen responds with drama, mischief, and tactics to maximize beans, milk, and attention. The piece riffs on adolescent behavior and family dynamics.
Prayer for schools colleges and universities asking that true learning abound. May the Spirit guide youth minds causing them to prove all things and hold fast what is learned with sincerity humility and reverence of Thee as the beginning of wisdom Amen.
Washington notebook notes Charles Bailey, co author of Seven Days in May, speculates the novel spurred Kremlin unrest. Humphrey campaigns with a red horn and pilots report new campaign quirks. Dirksen gets 13 minutes to speak, Rusk’s bomb view follows Khrushchev’s ousting, and a Russian quip highlights dialectical materialism.
Hirsch Electric Mine Lamp Company of Philadelphia sent a salesman to Beckley for the festival. the lamp is the first real safety mine lamp now used in multiple Eccles mines. John Mellon was badly hurt after a buggy accident on North Kanawha Street but will recover. Father D P Murphy arrived from Ireland to assist at the local parish. Two new churches Tams and Eccles were organized.
The Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes subscription and delivery terms for Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. Rates listed include daily and Sunday plans for one year or six months, daily only options, and per week carrier charges with details on tax and nonresponsibility for carrier advance payments.
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