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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1960
Page
4
Thought for Today urges residents to protect Christmas lights and decorations in Beckley's business district. It recalls past vandalism and appeals for care, noting damage equates to desecration of religious symbols and urging the community to enjoy and respect the season.
Beckley civic leaders' eight year dream becomes reality with Kermit Hunters play Honey In The Rock to be staged at the Grandview amphitheatre. The historical West Virginia story is set to debut next summer, with completion targeted for May 15, 1961, aiming to draw thousands of visitors and boost tourism in Beckley as automation hits miners.
President Eisenhower backs a commission led by Henry Merritt Winston to publish a National Goals report. The study, financed after delays, outlines programs for the next decade and beyond and aims to guide a new administration toward public priorities without driving partisan politics.
New York AP column highlights quirky insights from reader mail. Observations cover honey bees travel distance, pizza origins, price shifts since 1900, wage growth in manufacturing, nail growth differences, and a Panchai caste divorce custom. Includes notes on Garfield language skills, Fosdick quote, Mary Martin audition, dog nearsightedness, ancient bed design, aging population, Japan’s strict fashion for imperial transport, Hal March joke, and Barrymore on regrets.
Attorney General Homer A. Holt ruled the proposed 75000 dollar Raleigh county bond plan for jail and courthouse improvements illegal due to levy classification. George M. Parker spoke at Stoco PTA urging publicity in public schools. Fay Harper led Stoco High, with Mrs. Grimm singing. State Police hunted a nonmasked robber who stole 175 dollars from John Connor in Coal City, with Connor unable to identify the attacker.
Public notice lists BE KLE NEWSPAPERS CORPORATION as publisher of the Raleigh Register with address 341 Prince St Beckley and Hinton WV. Includes AP affiliation, advertising reps, and subscription rates by mail and carrier. Also notes carrier contractors and nonresponsibility for advance payments.
A historical note presents Charles de Montesquieu's warning that vanity fuels zeal while pride dampens effort. It argues that lazy nations become grave and poor when citizens neglect labor, contrasting Spaniards’ reluctance to labor with French vanity in work. The fragment links pride, dolence, and neglect across nations.
Big Steel chairman Roger M Blough faces the industry as wage hikes and benefits from last winter’s settlement go into effect. With capacity below 50 percent and output volatile, the question is whether prices will rise to cover higher labor costs or be absorbed. Consumer resistance remains high while mills cut prices or grant discounts. SUB payments for out of work members fall as automation reduces jobs. The 1960 settlement created a human relations panel to share automation gains, but it has yet to generate new employment.
New York gossip blends wit and whimsy as Earl Wilson relays backstage chatter from the Plaza Persian Room and beyond. Notes on Bob Hope, Sophia Tucker, Kennedy, Wagner, and a parade of stars—Bergman, Wayne, Monroe, Lewis, Komack, Capucine, and more—mark a night of celebrity, theater, and urban rumor.
The article notes early interest in the stars, tracing from Chaldeans to Arabs and the rise of astronomy. It urges readers to study a simple book, observe constellations, and offers a $10 prize to Mary Ann Kovalick of Linden New Jersey for her quiz answer. Mail questions to Junior Editors Box 1325 Beckley.
Stuart LeRoy Anderson, president of the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif., denounces absentee landlords and coal barons in Raleigh County and argues for a severance tax on coal. He cites historical mine wars, calls for action by lawmakers, and warns of propaganda aimed at defeating the tax while urgingCitizens to contact delegates and senators to support the measure.
A list of marriage licenses issued by the county court clerk since the last publication includes Walker Scott Daniel and Virginia Johnson, C F Workman and Martha Cantley, William Covington and Martha L McKnight, F H Stanley and Pearl Phipps, Jas E Kelley and Mrs Lillie May Howard, William Henry and Mrs Annie Jefferson, Rufus H Epperly and Lillie A Adkins, E B Bryant and Mary A Tolbert, Drury McGuire and May Roberts. A giddy but bashful couple, aged 40 and 35, requested anonymity.
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