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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1964
Page
4
A parents and teachers event at Woodrow Wilson High School featured teachers wearing red or orange name labels while parents wore white tags to identify staff. The meeting offered limited dialogue, with large classes and few parents in attendance, leaving the writer to conclude the community remains insufficiently interested in education.
The AMA survey shows 32 states have Good Samaritan laws shielding doctors from liability in emergencies. Slightly over half of doctors would stop to aid in those states, while in proposals that failed, about half would pass by. The AMA found only two successful suits in Good Samaritan cases and urges broader adoption to protect helpers.
Bruce Biossat notes President Johnson with a 296-139 House margin faces independence urges from new members. He contrasts with Roosevelt's 1937-38 bulk, flagging risks of overreach, court-packing failures, and the need for restrained, persuasive leadership to win enacted programs.
A longtime columnist recounts dealing with gripes sent to the editor and city desk. He recalls phone calls about a jailed drunk, a Beckley mother disputing coverage, and a 16 year old seeking to sue over an accident name disclosure. Reporters rely on public records for news.
A columnist defends not naming private individuals in crime reports. He notes fines for illegal parking and drunk driving involve unnamed people and urges readers to consider privacy. He recalls an irate caller supporting dog slaughter coverage and asserts both editor and columnist have a right to their opinions.
A city editor recalls calls from readers who demand changes or apologize for stories. He notes complaints about cutlines and readers who think stories should not be printed. He mentions a parade of gripes and the toll on his days, yet values all readers, even the disagreeable.
Louis Cassell United Press International notes that for nearly 15 years after World War II churches faced easy growth with open gates and rising membership far outpacing population. Sunday schools swelled as many joined.
Twenty years ago Prof J B Ferguson visited Glen White public school noting the night school enrollment near 35. Local improvements included E E Phipps painting his home. The Washington & Lee football team beat West University 8 to 6 in Charleston before about 2000 spectators. The Hinton chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy formed at Mrs M J Hinton's home. Gordon Lester, ex Raleigh County resident now in Cambria, Va., visited relatives, staying with Dr D W Snuffer and family. The piece also reflects on church revival opinions and changes in infant baptism statistics, citing a Methodist study by Rev Lyle E Schaller, noting declines from 212,799 in 1959 to 163,572 in 1963 and discussing disinterest among young American parents. It questions whether this signals decline or a truer revival and urges churches to engage actively rather than wait.
The Appalachian Center for Appalachian Studies and Development seeks to generate usable facts for state citizens to solve local problems. Leadership, funding, and university resources back studies coordinated across Weston to Charleston, with centers in multiple cities and services offered for a fee.
A short devotional prayer asks for steadfastness to choose the hard right over the easy wrong. The author W Ralph Ward Jr., a Syracuse New York bishop in The Methodist Church, is cited as the source.
President Johnson and Senator Humphrey earned a landslide mandate from voters rejecting political nihilism. The piece argues three key domestic aims: expand federal education funding, establish Medicare through Social Security, and unite the nation. It also calls for bipartisan governance and inclusion of moderates like Keating Lodge Percy Taft to rebuild the GOP and heal wounds from the campaign.
Beckley Newspapers announces subscription rates for mail and home delivery, with annual and semiannual totals for daily and Sunday editions, daily only, and carrier delivery. Rates include a 3 percent West Virginia sales tax and note independent contractor status of carriers and distributors.
29 years ago architect S H Bridge drafted remodeling plans for city hall. Mayor A K Minter and city councilors debated whether to proceed or await a federal loan for a new building. Also, former U S Senator William Edwin Chilton Sr., aged 81, renowned West Virginia Democratic leader and longtime attorney and editor, died on November 7.
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