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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1962
Page
4
A Beckley city planning dispute with Michael Baker Jr Inc. over resident engineer obligations escalates as the firm rejects an annexation study and calls the contract terms irrelevant. The exchange prompts local outcry over engineering standards and project responsibility.
UPI analysis notes American advisers left Laos as 10 000 Viet Minh troops backed Pathet Lao. Privately, Thai and Indian officials doubt Laos neutrality can hold without Soviet pressure on Vietnam and China. The control commission records 800 American departures, while Viet Minh forces gain freedom to operate in the region.
Khrushchev speaks of peaceful competition with the democratic world while the US debates a new foreign aid approach. The Cooperative League proposes sending US co op specialists to teach aid receivers about American farm and business methods. The plan aims to foster self help through cooperatives, loans at low interest, and overseas study, building lasting friendship and reducing Communist appeal. Alfred N Sayres urges fitful aid reforms and ends with a prayer.
A brief reflect on the vanity of valuing self by fine clothes and new fashion. The saying from Sir M. Hale critiques childish folly in seeking status through appearance.
The piece extols the improved U S space program noting Wally Schirra's flawless flight and fewer delays. It credits the vast organizational effort including manufacturers inspectors and engineers for smoother operations while acknowledging future potential failures but highlighting progress from earlier struggles.
Washington analysis argues the Oxford riot signals a longer, wider campaign over integration. It notes potential GOP gains in rural South districts as Democrats face voter backlash, while predicting limited immediate electoral impact and no rapid two party shift.
Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker was released on bail at half price after abrupt imprisonment without bail. The case centers on sedition charges from Oxford, Mississippi, with disputes over mental health detention and due process. Walker faces four counts, while supporters argue civil rights violations and political precedent.
A Cincinnati minister argues that people feel events tied to personal memory more than distant disasters. He notes that an Iranian earthquake, though deadly, touches readers less than the loss of a loved one in Peoria due to intimate connections and shared experience.
Squire H I Garretson attended a democratic speaking in the city this week. The Philathea Class of the Baptist church elected officers for the year. A wedding anniversary gathering hosted twelve guests in North Kanawha street. A Princeton Gazette issue reached Raleigh, signaling Republican alignment. The writer recalls Ole Miss days, university life, and postwar memories, urging civic courage and humane memory from Oxford to Washington. Rev. Clarke Wells signs off.
In Raleigh County officials announce 29 years ago County Clerk Harry Anderson will again lead the Red Cross Roll Call for a third year. A committee led by C. G. Peregoy asks him to continue, with L. H. Davis W. M. Powers and Ted McDowell as members. Washington notes the U S government brands Japan a treaty violator and aligns with the League of Nations to curb Far East hostilities.
London reports Albert Finney the rising star of England will star in Tom Jones directed by Tony Richardson. The duo aims for commercial success with a big budget color production on location in London Dorset and Somerset featuring Susannah York and a helicopter fox hunt sequence.
A cross section of Q and A items includes questions about plant seed size epiphytic orchids at 35 million to the ounce, which planet shines brightest to the naked eye Venus, and the distinction between slander and libel where false statements may injure reputation and writing or printing them is libel.
Becket Beckley Newspapers Corp lists subscription rates for mail and home delivery, with annual and half yearly prices for daily and Sunday editions. It notes carrier independence, tax addition inside West Virginia, and policy on advance payments to agents.
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