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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1962
Page
3
At a cocktail party Clyde Prim recounts his life changing moment after admitting a dislike for dirty jokes. He explains his career struggles due to social unfitness, then credits his analyst with uncovering a childhood shock from a brother hitting him on the head with Lady Chatterley's Lover.
Bethany College board of trustees approved a 1962 63 budget of 1 606 400 including about 110 000 for salary increases and an additional building program exceeding 3 million. A new science building costing 1 250 000 will be built now with a conference center and student union expansion planned soon.
Women and girls outnumber men and boys across most of the United States in all regions except the Pacific and mountain states and the Dakotas, according to the World Almanac. This demographic trend highlights shifting gender ratios nationwide.
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy praised the Paul Winter Jazz Sextet after they performed modern pieces alongside Tong Il Han as part of her fifth White House concert for young people. Winter, 23, noted Mrs. Kennedy’s beaming reaction and recalled the audience’s warmth and unrestrained energy.
Philadelphia reports that a rebel faction named Voice of Teamsters failed by 596 votes to win representation for about 8,000 truck drivers and helpers in contract negotiations. Vote tally was 3,870 to 3,274 with 392 challenged ballots not changing the outcome amid an NLRB supervised election across four locals.
About 50 Betar youth opposed West German Bundestag President Eugen Gerstenmaier during his Tel Aviv airport arrival. They waved anti German placards and warned against German experts aiding Egypt. Gerstenmaier met Israeli officials and planned talks with President Ben Gurion on relations between the two nations.
Fifteen passengers from the Polish liner Ma zowze defected to the West in Copenhagen. Police say nine requested political asylum with six more likely to declare asylum within 24 hours. The group was among 80 aboard the ship, which sailed back to Poland with 65 passengers. The defectors may head to Norway or Sweden, where passport controls are lacking, risking return to Denmark.
The defense ministry said tens of thousands of Moslem Algerians flee to France to escape persecution by fellow countrymen who deem them traitors for serving with the French army and police.
Vaughn Meader stars as a JFK lookalike recording a satirical album The First Family amid the Cuban missile crisis turmoil Cadence Records reports booming sales with New York stores unable to stock quickly Naomi Brossart and Norma MacMillan join the cast in supporting roles as the satirical project gains nationwide momentum
Tourism director Robert Bowers of the State Commerce Department announced the first annual Mountain State Arts and Crafts Fair to be held July 3 to July 7 at the Cedar Lakes Camp near Ripley.
Kanawha County officials press to file a reapportionment suit to compel WV House of Delegates reallocation after every decennial census. S. Grover Smith says legal groundwork should finish soon and a filing may occur in time for the 1963 session opening January 9. The case could be heard in state or federal court, targeting districts to meet constitutional population standards.
The West Virginia United Church Alcohol Action Program executive committee met in Charleston to press for stricter enforcement of liquor laws. Led by Rev. Elwood Fleming, UCAAP will use spiritual, educational, and legislative means, supporting the liquor-law emphasis after the defeat of the liquor-by-the-drink amendment. The group backs a state bill to create an alcoholism treatment division under the Mental Health Department.
An Illinois resident reports quitting a pack a day after using Alva-Tranquil tablets. The ad promotes the product as calming for nerves, anxiety, stress, sleeplessness, and depression, claiming 100 percent safety when taken as directed and urging readers to obtain it from their druggist.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Rep. James G. Fulton of Pennsylvania was under observation at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a fall on an inspection tour at Cape Canaveral. He suffered two broken ribs. Fulton had just won reelection to the 10th term in Congress from the 27th district.
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