Delays in Civil Trials Spark Calls for Reform
The Institute of Judicial Administration finds 1961 average civil case delays of 13.3 months, rising to 22.6 in large counties and 64.9 in Cook County. Proposals include more judges, pretrial or arbitration programs, and targeted reforms to speed justice without harming rights.
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Institute of Judicial Administration
Circuit and Superior Courts
Cook County
Chicago
Westchester County
N. Y
New York City
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Common Pleas
Samuel H. Silbert
Los Angeles
Allegheny County Court
Johnson reshapes role as vice president in world duties
Lyndon Johnson has redefined the vice presidency through active international diplomacy. As President Kennedy’s envoy, he has traveled to Berlin, Geneva, Africa, the Philippines, Formosa, Japan, Viet Nam, and more, expanding the office beyond ceremonial duties while sharpening foreign policy insight for the remaining years of the administration.
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Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Johnson
Texas
Thailand
Viet Nam
Pakistan
India
Berlin
Richard Nixon
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Eebis
Tate
Errand Boy
Beckley students lead Marshall College classes in 25 Years Ago
Two Beckley students at Marshall College head the sophomore and senior classes. Hatfield Zip Brubeck presides over the senior class and intramural department, while Ross Romine heads the sophomore class with Miss Jean Givens as vice president. Evacuation of Madrid begins amid Fascist bombardment reports. E Guy Graves plans a Bermuda trip via Norfolk and New York for a Bermuda visit. A closing benediction honors God as creator and ruler.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
Marshall College
Hatfield
Zip” Brubeck
Alpha Theta Chi
Ross Romine
Jean Givens
F.C. Givens
Madrid
E. Guy Graves
Norfolk
New York
Bermuda
E. E. Bibb
Foster Named To Lead New U S Arms Agency
William C. Foster, a Republican with extensive public service, will head the new U S Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He has served under Democratic and Republican administrations, including roles in procurement, the Pentagon, and the Commerce Department, and led private sector positions with major firms.
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Pentagon
Air Coordinating Board
Henry Wallace
Commerce Department
Averell Harriman
Harriman Commission
Adinistrator
Paul Hoffman
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Foster
Foster Tackles Historic Disarmament Task
Washington Foster assumes a high stake role guiding U.S. responses to Kennedy’s three stage disarmament plan. He will assemble a large staff, oversee a $5 to $10 million annual budget, and coordinate an international effort under a U.N. framework to curb chemical, biological and radiological weapons while building a peace force. The plan faces stiff Soviet rejection from Andrei Gromyko. The scope makes Foster’s assignment the boldest peace effort in history.
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MIT
Foster
Andrei
Gromyko
Kennedy
International Disarmament Organization
IDO
U.N
U.N. Security Council
CER
Khrushchev
Fallout shelter boom spreads in Beckley area contracts
Local contractors in Beckley and Raleigh County report varied activity as Armco Steel and others introduce steel basement and underground fallout shelters. One firm has sold materials, another received inquiries but no sales, while a third reports no contact, signaling cautious market growth for a new protective product.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
Givens
Foley
Construction Co
Armco Steel Corp
Montcoal
Armco Hus
Armco Steel
Civil Defense
Armco
Armco Drainage and Metal Products Inc
Divilian
Atomic Energy Commission
Office of Civil Defense
Harold Arlen Reflects on Prosperity and Song in Hollywood
Hollywood composer Harold Arlen recalls the 1930s boom when top songwriters like Porter Gershwin Berlin Kern and Schwartz thrived. He notes security fueled creativity and explains how TV one shots can’t sustain hits, while predicting a comeback for light musical fare with Gay Purr Ee and Judy Garland.
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Hollywood
NEA
Harold Arlen
Arlen
Cole Porter
Ira Gershwin
Irving Berlin
Jerome Kern
Arthur Schwartz
Judy Garland
New York
Jamaica
Doubleday
Nbc-Tv
St. Louis
Tin Pan Alley
UPA
Raleigh YO Register Subscription Rates and Delivery Terms
Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes Raleigh YO Register with mailing addresses in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. Rates for daily and Sunday subscriptions vary by delivery method and duration with tax applied inside West Virginia. Delivery terms note independence of carriers and no responsibility for advance payments.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince SL
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
AIAIL
West Virginia
Sdc
Berlin Air Corridors Under Cold War Strain
The 1952 account recalls a Soviet air attack on an Air France flight from Frankfurt to Berlin and analyzes the danger to Western air access. Gen Lucius D. Clay rejects East German control of Western airspace while noting the peril if Moscow and Berlin shut or disrupt routes. An airlift, crucial in 1948, could reemerge to save Berlin, but tensions threaten open skies and travel.
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Phil Newsom
Berlin
Air France
Frankfurt
East Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
Kremlin
Ted Kennedy Sleep Through Birth of Second Child
Column jokes about Ted Kennedy missing the birth in Boston and being a heavy sleeper. The piece riffs on husbands at hospitals and suggests letting fathers sleep through labor as a comedic solution, comparing experiences in maternity wards and odd medical anecdotes. It blends satire with light social commentary on family dynamics.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Boston
Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
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