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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1960

Page

4

Thought For Today Quote By Bovee On Moonlit Visions

A brief reflective line from Bovee about moonlit beauty. It notes that the loveliest faces are seen partly by eye and partly by imagination, inviting a poetic view of perception.

World Series Money Set to Break Spending Records

The New York Pittsburgh World Series opening in Pittsburgh will trigger records in spending rather than player benefits. Venue limits and hotel demand push up costs, with New York facing a surge beyond 1958 levels. Private homes, night clubs, and restaurants expect brisk business amid a strong gambling element.

Pittsburgh New York Yankee Stadium Klondiken Dodgers White Sox Los Angeles Coliseum Forbes Field National League Pirates

Primitive Way Teaches Navajo Lesson in Economics

The Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona and New Mexico shifts from government aid to private enterprise. A $7.5 million sawmill near Fort Defiance provides 380 jobs, while a planned generating station and coal-powered industry aim to expand health services and education, reducing dependence and boosting self sufficiency.

Arizona New Mexico Armory Fort Defiance Jones

Mail Bag Nuggets From Hal Boyle’s Columns

New York AP columnist notes from reader mail on topics from the common cold to Renoir’s arthritis and whale size. Highlights include Doris Duke buying a Beverly Hills estate and projections of 25 million American families earning over 7500 after taxes by 1970.

New York Renoir Doris Duke Beverly Hills James Spangler Manhattan

Religious Issue Dominates Political Debate in Kennedy Race

Washington reports show Democratic and Republican headquarters worried the Catholic faith of John F Kennedy will hurt or help voters. Protests in the South and Midwest persist, as Kennedy and Nixon camps navigate religion’s impact on foreign policy, civil defense, and elections. A government household survey on grocery spending is noted, plus a prayer amid teacher appreciation.

Washington John F. Kennedy South Midwest Kennedy Houston Tex White House Richard M. Nixon Congress House of Representatives

Khrushchev Seen As Dangerous, Childish in UN Outburst

James Marlow analyzes Premier Khrushchev's UN conduct as a dangerous display of temper that erodes credibility. The AP columnist notes interruptions at the General Assembly, hostile exchanges with Macmillan, and a pattern of belittling the West. He warns Khrushchev may be turning publics and neutral nations against Russia, portraying him as a poor representative of the Soviet Union.

James Marlow Associated Press Nikita Khrushchev United Nations Soviet Union Russia U.N Harold Macmillan U.N. General Assembly Khrushchev Macmillan Communist Bloc

Helen of Troy and the War That Followed

A passage from Homer's tale depicts Helen as the famed beauty behind the war. Old men on a tower whisper that Trojan and Achaean suffering arises from a single woman. Priam invites Helen to sit near him to witness her kin and former husband, absolving her while blaming the conflict on the women.

Helen Troy Homer Priam

British Labor Party Faces Deep Fissures At Scarborough Meet

The Labour Party opens its Scarborough conference amid a clash of factions over Britain's nuclear posture. Hugh Gaitskell fights to keep the party united while pacifist leftists push unilateral disarmament and a pullout from NATO, risking a leadership crisis if defeat deepens.

British Labor Party Scarborough Hugh Gaitskell Britain Parliamentary Labor Party House of Commons Western Alliance United States Gaitskell Trades Union Conference Europe West Germany NATO Blackpool Times of London Labor Aneurin Bevan Bevan

Raleigh Register Local News Beat and Associated Press Policy

Raleigh Register notes detailed policy on local news use by The Associated Press and lists national advertising representatives. Mentions J McQuade as managing editor and department names Raleigh and Beckley CL. 33321 Co.

Co. J. McQuade Associated Press

Bore tides and the Bay of Fundy explained

A Junior Editors quiz explains tidal bores in shallow river mouths and bay entrances. It notes the Bay of Fundy between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia as the site of North America’s largest bore, with the bay stretching about 180 miles long and 35 miles wide.

North America Bay of Fundy New Brunswick Nova Scotia Chignecto Bay Minas Channel Eee Bay

Nick Adams Sees Tall Guys Through Karate Skill

Short TV star Nick Adams, 5-8 1/2, says short men can beat tall rivals by thinking tall and using karate. He recalls early life in New Jersey with a coal miner father and Western Electric mother, and details a Hollywood path from St. Louis to acting.

New York Nick Adams Nick Nanticoke Shickshinny Wapwallopen New Jersey Jersey City Western Electric Kearny N. J St. Louis Hollywood Macdonald Carey Frank Lovejoy la Scala Beverly Hills Wells

Burglary at Warden Post Office and Local Club News

Half a century ago a Warden post office in the W. L. Johnson store was broken into. A small safe was rolled out and blown open, about 25 dollars in stamps stolen while a bill-book with 218 dollars lay nearby. The Beckwell Coal Co. gets a 25000 dollar charter with operations on Paint Creek led by J P Chapman W E DEegans M F Matheny John Hofmeier and John Faulkner. Father Holzmer meets Bishop Donahue in Wheeling to discuss a West Beckley parochial school. A Boyd building school lacks room and faces disruption.

Warden W. L. Johnson Burgears Paint Creek J. P. Chapman W. E. Deegans M. F. Matheny John Hofmeier John Faulkner Father Holzmer Wheeling Bishop Donahue West Beckley Boyd

Community sanitation project resumes in Raleigh County

Twenty five years ago the community sanitation project resumed in Raleigh County putting 50 men to work as county supervisor E. J. Wauhop announced. William H. Bridge, eight years old, was chosen as one of two freshman cheerleaders at Marshall College Huntington. Miners in Raleigh County could buy new autos clothes and furniture under the new wage scale effective immediately with much of the increase likely spent in Beckley. Postal inspectors investigated theft of money orders checks and possibly cash from the Commercial Investment Trust Corporation post office box.

Raleigh County E. J. Wauhop William H. Bridge S. H. Bridge Wickham Avenue Marshall College Huntington Beckley Postal Department Commercial Investment Trust Corporation

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