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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1956
Page
2
A concise opinion piece citing Pliny the Younger frames prosperity as a test for the fortunate and adversity as a measure of the strong, inviting readers to weigh character against fortune.
U S Gen Lauris Norstad replaced Gen Alfred Gruenther as SACEUR on Tuesday November 20. NATO hosts Paris parliament meeting and a three wise men committee led by Lester Pearson will draft a report on strengthening political and economic cooperation for December discussions. The council will reassess military force levels amid nuclear weapon developments, with Sen Walter George warning of a Middle East crisis as a potential death blow to NATO.
Water table levels across most of West Virginia were near average for late October after a high summer. A single Kenova well at Ashland Oil showed groundwater more than three feet above the prior October high. Other counties including Wood and Gilmer hovered around average.
The piece traces the South’s party shift from a one-party system to a potential two-party pattern. It notes that four former Solid South states voted Republican for president in 6, while Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oklahoma joined in. It argues the South’s history split whigs and democrats, with modern voting patterns showing presidents leaning Republican while Congress and state offices lean Democratic.
Du Pont counters doom for small firms in its booklet The Story of Business Large and Small. It projects 5.7 million small businesses by 1976, up from 4.2 million today, while large corporations rise from 3,500 to 7,000. Ancillary suppliers emerge as big firms fail to furnish all needs. News and opinion voices warn against political folly.
The essay notes dime novels are fading amid a jet age with Elvis Presley and hydrogen bombs dominating. It contrasts past stands filled with gaudy western and detective magazines with today's scarce supply, as dealers push these titles into back corners labeled “reservation” for magazines that struggle to survive.
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C J Needy McCuade notes youngsters ignore dime novels in favor of hatreds and movie magazines while Virgil Miller recalls a lost era of Wild West Weekly and G 8 and His Battle Aces. Readers aged thirties still buy several titles monthly as television rises. The cost has risen but readers seek out the stories that defined a city’s youth.
New York nightlife columns discuss changing hair color trends at clubs like the Copa cabana and Brooklyn venues, the rise of Town and Country, and the era of mobile and concealed mikes. It recalls Dorothy Lamour and Dorothy Lamour girdle style shifts, alibis for slow business, and aging Stay-Ups tempering late hours as the scene evolves.
In New York Thomas Garrison Morfit known as Garry Moore ponders his job behind a shop foreman door. The TV star, 41, hosts The Garry Moore Show with Durwood Kirby Denise Lor and Ken Carson, balancing fame with self doubt while keeping a calm public face.
Washington insiders say the threat of a major war has eased while the Soviet leadership appears rattled and wary. Officials believe Russia lacks long range bombers and ocean spanning missiles, keeping fears of imminent conflict low despite regional revolts in Poland and Hungary.
A Coal City resident thanks Elie Meadows Raymond Smith Frazier Gills Junior Meadows Roy Farley and many others for swift actions after an airplane crashed into a house trailer last Wednesday killing 10 year old Herbert Cann and Justus. The letter praises neighbors who kept the boy alive until medical help arrived.
The item notes Wiley Post completed the first round-the-world solo flight in July 1931. It also mentions machinery used in nail manufacture since 1810 and references the Sydney Harbour Lighthouse housing the world’s largest electric light visible up to 50 miles at sea.
Today's Prayer Our Father text thanks God for family joys and seeks blessing for homes touched by sorrow illness distance and discord. The note attributes the reflection to Russe Hutchison a Bible and religion professor at Muskingum College New Concord Ohio.
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