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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1961
Page
4
A reflective quote attributes social strain to modern life, noting Sunday as a blessed institution that offers rest. The aphorism by Brooke Herford frames the day as a sanctuary from frenzied pressure, inviting readers to pause and find balance.
Educators and civic leaders push for objective study of communism amid changing attitudes. Many cities require or encourage social science time on the subject, with Florida mandating high school hours on Americanism versus Communism. Opponents persist, but support grows from parent groups and educators aiming for balanced, instructor-led instruction using current materials.
President Kennedy urged committing to landing a man on the moon by decade's end. Congress authorized 531 million as the first installment on a project likely costing 20 to 40 billion dollars. NASA designated New Orleans for booster assembly Cape Canaveral as launch site and Houston as the space flight lab command center.
New York reports outline Dr. Vincent J. Collins arguing physicians should not revive a heart stopped by natural disease. He says when death is irreversible from disease, dignity in dying requires not using extraordinary means. He favors heart massage only when death is not final due to reversible causes.
Collins argues over clinical and biological death definitions and urges revising medical standards. He distinguishes clinical death as physician judgment based on signs, while bio logical death is final cessation of vital functions and theologia death is not relevant to the discussion. He proposes death as the cessation of sustained and spontaneous vital functions.
Washington columnist mocks elite thinking by praising Rep. Victor Anfuso's moon crew idea a Troika of American Russian and neutral, and ridicules a press agent who blames Khrushchev on a frustrated baby theory. The piece ends noting the agent sells a baby harness.
A reflective meditation contrasts the strange acts of people with a Psalm’s appeal for inner truth and wisdom. Dr. Eugene Burdick’s observations of Australian Aborigines illuminate humanity’s hidden life, while prayer and humility offer a path to self renewal and deeper unity with divine love through Jesus Christ. -A. A. Scott, Toronto, Ont.
President Kennedy and his young team in the White House are delivering sharp surprises as they fill major administrative posts, signaling a new approach and fresh personnel in key government roles.
Raleigh Register prints subscription prices for West Virginia readers and notes Beckley Newspapers personnel. It reports John A. McCone to head the CIA and William C. Foster to lead the new Arms Control and Disarmament Agency with George Woods initially nominated for foreign aid, reflecting a shift to seasoned officials over young frontiersmen.
UPI analyst Phil Newsom reports on the Berlin wall crisis staggering a city famed for festival gaiety. Americans and East German guards confront a fragile crossing at Fried richstrasse as families and doctors navigate the deadly barrier.
Earl Wilson reports a flood of show business notes from New York and Las Vegas. Zsa Zsa Gabor greets Mama and Jolie's birthday, Shirley MacLaine poses provocatively for Esquire, and Ava Gardner hops Europe amid champagne and stars. Marilyn Monroe intrigues, Hugh O’Brian signs for First Love, Liz Taylor’s Cleopatra cover tames vitality, and other tangential gossip ties together a busy entertainment week.
The Raleigh Register from 90 years ago lists grand jurors for the October term including W. A. Meadows George W. Meadows George Cottle Daniel Williams F. C. Bowling J. Levi Cook J. C. Snuffer James F. Bailey Henry Christian Dudley Meadows Alex Plumley Wm. H. Brown J. W. Johnson J.B. Worley B. F. Pet try John A. Cook. Mullens is set to become the mapped county seat as the location is nearly certain. Nearby coal works are expected to open soon and boost the town’s fortunes.
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