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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1960
Page
4
Diogenes notes that wise men seek counsel and distinguish true wisdom, asserting that a truly wise person can identify a capable advisor. The quote emphasizes discernment and prudent selection of guidance.
Marquis Childs notes the 1960s presidential campaign exhausts candidates and unsettles the nation. He cites Kennedy and Nixon weariness after long rounds of travel and stops at airports. He argues modern media reduce the need for lengthy tours and urges a sensible campaign time limit.
Hal Boyle mocks a third party by proposing a joke 1964 platform. Items include housing with male escorts, guaranteed parking, an all purpose wonder drug, age-based work rules, and government staffed youth centers. The piece satirically critiques voter disillusionment with Democrats and Republicans.
A reader urges action against river pollution by coal interests and praise for a pending bill to create a unified Department of Natural Resources. The measure would shut down polluting plants with cease and desist orders and consolidate agencies to protect streams from mining and industrial waste. The author notes past inequities favoring big firms and calls on readers to pressure lawmakers for swift enactment.
In this post election analysis James Morelow outlines President elect John F Kennedy's planned domestic program. He cites promises on river development pollution control and energy, health and education expansion, civil rights enforcement, labor reforms, and a broad modernizing agenda with a large public works push designed to balance budgets without tax increases.
A next week election for Air Line Pilots Association leadership pits James M Landis, ex Harvard Law dean and ex Civil Aeronautics Board chair, against incumbent Clarence N Sayen as pilots in the union debate decentralization and jet aging issues. Sayen, who has led the 19000 member union ten years, warns Landis lacks union roots while Landis argues for restructuring and relocating headquarters to Washington.
The sauna is a steam bath with stones heated before water is poured on them. Finns favor steam baths to keep bodies strong and some plunge into snow after exiting. Modern steam rooms provide cold water ready for use. Romans popularized public steam baths. after bathing, one may rub with a towel or swing it to strike the back as a brisk finish. Joye Marie Roy of Cloquet Minn wins $10.
New York gossip columns recall Ginger Rogers not drinking at Le Chateau Richelieu during the American Game Dinner, noting she held her liquor by not drinking at all. The piece weaves in hotel chatter about Irene Dunne, Peggy Wood, Walter Pidgeon, Beatrice Lillie, Gordon MacRae, Eddie Albert, and others, plus a Small Town News tidbit from Rockford Ohio and various showbiz quips.
Raleigh Register page details Beckley Newspapers Corporation address and editorial staff with Associated Press affiliation. It lists subscription rates by mail and home delivery, with West Virginia tax, address-change instructions, and carrier distributor independence statements.
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