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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1972
Page
2
Ralph Nader labels Congress the nations greatest under achiever as he releases Who Runs Congress a 225 page work. The piece urges spending ceilings and executive veto power to curb inflation and calls for high integrity legislators while warning voters to study records before the November elections.
A column notes a boom in building around Harper and nearby Eccles, with new homes and a mobile home park. It observes expanding growth across Beckley and districts like Shady Spring Sophia Maxwel l Hill Dry Hill and Prosperity, suggesting county population rises.
The claim that a verse says to cast seed in a whore’s belly is unbiblical. The speaker notes no such verse exists and cites Proverbs 23 27 28 and Revelation 21 8 to show prostitution is condemned and that folklore sayings are not scripture.
Column recalls the 1929 Kanawha County double hanging of Walter Willmott and Millard Morrison. Both New Jersey youths were convicted of killing Frank Bowen after a gas stop on Len's Creek Mountain. The execution followed interviews with the condemned in their death cells.
The piece contrasts Joseph A. Yablonski and John Brown as two insurgents who died for their causes. It notes Brown at Harpers Ferry in 1859 opposing slavery and Yablonski in 1969 tied to the United Mine Workers of America and asks if history could repeat with a major confrontation.
An opinion piece argues against abolishing the Bible oath for officials. It compares a 400 year old tradition to a modern political moment in West Virginia citing poverty, recovery, and Governor Arch Moore. Author W L Martin of Mount Hope references a rich young ruler allegory.
Washington notes no memorable music arose from Vietnam the war others hoped for songs to lift spirits but the era proved too grim for tune. The piece recalls World War II songs and peacetime clubs with soldiers and audiences sharing tears and laughter amid wartime gloom.
Alabama senator John Sparkman faces a major fundraising rally from banking, real estate, construction, and pharmaceutical interests as he fights to hold his Senate seat against strong opposition. The push includes support letters urging Sparkman’s backers to donate and lever his influence, amid ongoing federal antipoverty program scandals and FBI probes into related contractor abuses. The effort risks shifting Senate control if Sparkman loses to rival William Proxmire and could impact oversight of major industries.
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