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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1956
Page
2
Thought for today quotes a reflection on age by R. de La Rochefoucauld criticizing old age as a tyrant that robs life of youth’s pleasures. The note frames aging as a constraint on enjoyment and prompts contemplation of life’s balance.
The Charleston Gazette uses a Beckley visit by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt to push a political line arguing unions and industry share prosperity under modern coal production. It condemns editorialism that harms coal communities and mocks barn-burning rhetoric as a political device.
Raleigh County leaders call for public attendance at a 1 30 p m Thursday meeting of the County Court to discuss buying 207 voting machines with a potential cost of about 350000. The note urges supporters of good government to attend and counter opposition from those with vested interests.
A writer critiques marriage as a man made institution and notes a husband adopting his wife’s name on the Pacific Coast. He argues matrimony reflects shifting patrimony, suggests women could redefine lineage, and calls for reform of title practices amid legal red tape.
The Register reports Clarence C. Hedrick of Greenville lost control on a hill when his Chevrolet pickup rolled down at high speed after a pushy horse. The truck jumped a creek and rested in brush. a nearby mule team pulled it free. Local postmaster Miller Thomas and Otis Long note the unusual event as Hedrick laments the auto age.
J. J. Need Menade reports a seventh and eighth grade death in Rhodell after a thrush struck a window during arithmetic. A prior autumn 1934 incident involved a pheasant in the principal's office. Richwood's News Leader misidentified a blue heron as a stork, prompting corrections from Ed Buck and local biology notes.
The item strings together quick quips from celebrities and socialites in bars in Morocco and elsewhere, with remarks by David Wayne Mickey Mantle references Jack Benny and Martha Raye, and notes on Liz Whitney Richard Lunn and Dolly OBrien. The tone mimics a gossip column snippet.
A collage of celebrity anecdotes and captions from Earl Wilson’s column features playful remarks about Marion Marlowe as a possible youngest grandma, jokes about Palm Springs satire, Elvis Presley teen magazines, and light gossip from New York and film circuses.
A psychologist recounts guiding a male student Clint R. toward testing love as a developable trait by pairing him with a selected coed Anne in a large university class. The narrative notes Clint’s cynicism after his fiancée eloped and his gradual engagement with applied psychology through private sessions and behavioral mapping.
Clint memorizes a cane ned sales talk and dates Anne visiting athletic meets, art institutes, and picnics. The narrator notes Anne's vivacious personality, warns against illusions of Hollywood beauty, and suggests hometown girls with personality may endure happily through a golden anniversary.
In a humorous office misadventure dogs chased a rabbit into a store causing chaos. The proprietor jokes the incident explains a hare as the culprit, while a playful verse about Stevenson's shoe claims the hole is sole stirring.
A brief prayer attributed to Carl Heath Kopf of First Congregational Church in Washington DC asks God to hold together a world of nations as God’s country, a divided nation by shared heritage, and families and divided selves in Christ.
James Marlow analyzes how all four presidential candidates use radio TV and press coverage to shape headlines. Eisenhower Stevenson and Nixon Kefauver stage events news conferences and rapid travels to gain front pages, courting national attention and local mileage.
Cecil B. DeMille at 75 discusses happiness and the making of The Ten Commandments. He recalls early biblical influence, cites a vast budget and length, and argues the film's message on freedom under law transcends entertainment. He notes profits may fund religious and educational causes.
Editorial notes Gallup sampling tracks 1952 results and 1932-1952 shifts, comparing undecided voters and betting odds. Alaska votes Oct 9 for territorial legislature and nonvoting delegates as it presses toward statehood, with historical patterns cited for context.
The Bunker Hill monument stands on Breed's Hill, the battlefield site. The text notes venomous snakes exist as far north as the Arctic Circle, underscoring surprising geographic ranges.
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