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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1956
Page
2
Thought for today reflects on how general observations from specifics create knowledge, noting Locke's idea that a small room can hold a vast store of wisdom. The piece frames everyday reflections as sources of deeper insight and invites reader contemplation.
An editorial argues the Good Schools Amendment fails to address statewide education funding. It cites low teacher pay driving staff to other states, a Lindman survey, and past plans while urging property tax equalization and broad state aid reform as the viable path to relief.
A humorous look at achieving a longer crew cut without chat of oil or grease. Manufacturers devise a solution using mustache wax applied like hair tonic to stiffen each hair so an inch long crew cut will stand erect. A clever collaboration of stylist and chemist yields a surprisingly simple answer.
A young man in New York seeks court approval to claim a $350,000 trust he previously renounced to “make his own way.” The piece notes wealth as a social tool, citing Vincent Astor’s housing efforts and the need to recognize cultural and personal talents as part of an inheritance.
The piece recounts a copy of Human Events edited by David Shea Teeple citing that businessmen suffer under red tape as bureaucrats in Washington hinder enterprise. It argues a coordinated liberal minority of professors and planners imposes conformity, likening the liberal movement to a jellyfish.
The piece by J. J. Needy McQuade argues organized labor and liberal groups will mount widespread attacks on business and suggests many allies will defend industry. It notes firms adopting public relations programs and mentions the Southern Coal Producers Assn planning its first annual convention in Huntington on November 16 to influence policy.
New York gossip column excerpts reveal Rocky Marciano claiming he took a dramatic lesson from Marilyn Monroe's former coach Natasha, Red Skelton brushing off the idea, and a parade of Hollywood figures including Elvis Presley, Otto Preminger, Judy Garland, and Jackie Gleason amid tabloid anecdotes and showbiz chatter.
A psychologist advises Helen a 19 year old college student on infatuation versus true love, marriage as a life partnership, and the need for moral preparation. He urges church, proper dating behavior, and self awareness, offering tests for sweethearts and emphasizing long term commitments over fleeting thrills. The piece ends noting antelope horn growth.
Eisenhower and Stevenson trade sharp barbs as both sides recycle 1952 tone. Eisenhower questions leadership and calls out rhetoric while Stevenson defends his approach amid renewed campaign sparring in Ohio and Kentucky.
Hal Boyle profiles Jacques-Yves Cousteau, father of free diving, detailing his 1936 debut with a mask, over 10 000 dives, a 300 foot record descent, and his ocean shelf ambitions. He notes risks like nitrogen narcosis, cites deaths, and recounts his warnings about deep sea dangers.
Darryl F. Zanuck, launching as an independent producer, described three new projects including Island in the Sun about miscegenation and colonialism and Married Josef Stalin seen through his wives. He cited past money winners and noted Island in the Sun stars James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Michael Rennie, Harry Belafonte, and Dorothy Dandridge with plans for major logistics and a Soviet embassy protest.
A San Petro, Calif., motorist was found with 13 caged live rattlesnakes on his back seat. Public water systems in the United States show over 8 percent publicly owned.
The prayer asks for transformation from greed and power hunger to blessings and joy. It seeks constant remembrance of dependence on God and asks for strength to do good in Christ's name from St. Joseph Missouri minister W F Primrose of the First Congregational Church.
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