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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1961
Page
4
A J S Mill quote on freedom states the only true liberty is pursuing one’s own good in one’s own way while not depriving others of theirs or hindering their efforts. The line emphasizes individual autonomy within ethical boundaries.
Mortality for ages 5-14 fell about one third since 1948-49 with 1958-59 rates under 6 per 10000 for boys and under 4 per 10000 for girls. Declines were strongest in infectious diseases. tuberculosis and polio down 90 percent. Cancer now leads disease deaths in this group. The National Health Survey reports 5.3 illness days per child and many illnesses from respiratory disease. Despite good health levels, overweight and poor nutrition are concerns and a national fitness program is urged by Kennedy era officials.
A machine dating idea uses punch cards to rate personality traits for marriage. If the match is poor you may ignore it, but a divorce judge could deny petition for marrying against the machine’s advice, suggesting the system as a prescient but controversial arbiter.
Miss Dorothy Kerin, a serene English woman in her sixties, claims a vision of Jesus during illness that restored her health after years bedridden and near death. She describes a divine encounter in a beauty filled scene, hearing the Lord tell her to return and aid others, after which she awoke cured and able to walk.
A noted healer Miss Kerin visits the United States under Rev Dr Alfred W Price sponsorship. She has conducted services in New York Philadelphia Richmond Norfolk and Baltimore and will spend three days in Boston at Emmanuel Church beginning Saturday. Her work blends prayer with medical science at Burrswood England where a Home of Healing operates with a trained staff and a Church of Christ the Healer chapel nearby.
In Washington Miss Kerin contrasts her approach with faith healers, stressing obedience and acceptance of God's will over belief. She notes that God’s actions vary, some saints not healing physically yet gaining grace, and cites a Bible principle that the spirit blows where it wishes for a fearless faith in God's grace.
Literary critic Dick West surveys a surge of writers in Washington who risk the itch to write, tracing a wave of journalism turning into books. He notes Allen Drury’s turn to novel form after Advise and Consent, linking literary ambition with financial gain.
A local press figure resembles the writer’s wife’s husband and claims a new book titled The Backside of Washington. Published by Doubleday, the work is priced at 3.50 and is criticized as degrading reading while sold as a home decor item alongside blue dust jackets and redecorating tips.
Washington report notes a Kansas Republican, Rep Walter L McVey, is selling tickets to a congressional press conference in Pittsburg Kansas. The piece humorously contrasts this with the usual practice of merely announcing a press event and hoping for attendance.
The Raleigh County census shows population rising from 12,436 in 1900 to 25,633 in 1910 with Beckley and Mabscott driving the surge. The Beckley town district grew from 158 residents in 1890 to 2,161 in 1910, while Mabscott emerged as a new town by 1910. A Raleigh Register comment notes a press conference plan by Congressman McVey offering four congressmen plus lunch for two dollars, aiming to boost press access to national issues.
D P Given Webster County delegate calls for firing the state water commissioner Bern Wright over alleged stream pollution. He urges lawmakers and senators Carl Gainer and Dors Frazer to oppose pollution, urging citizens to vote out those who fail to act. The piece cites broader regional pollution concerns and closes with a prayer from John Marvin Rast of Columbia.
New York readers are treated to Broadway chatter on replacements for Jack Paar and a flood of notes about Carson, Bishop, Downs, Marx and peers. Sid Caesar reigns at the Copacabana, Brenda Vaccaro debuts, Elsa Maxwell performs The Twist, and Mary Ann Mobley auditions for No Strings while Sinatra travels by private plane reshaped for fewer seats.
Bruce Bioss discusses a looming UN crisis as October 31 nears, warning that without extending authority to shift funds for field operations and collecting $41 million owed by members for 1958 60, the UN may become only a debating society. He notes Soviet and East European arrears, France and others in arrears, and warns of possible paralysis if funding fails.
25 years ago the Monday Music Club president Mrs Q Hutchinson presided at an executive board meeting at Mrs Thomas Wickham's home. A WVU registration reached 2512 students. Oak Hill High prepares a new stadium costing 30000 dollars. WPA officials, the local school system, city, and Fayette County Board of Education will conduct. W R Fugitt named lieutenant governor of the fourth Kiwanis district.
Beckley Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes Waleigh Register with address 341 Prince St Beckley West Virginia and Hinton West Virginia. The notice lists subscription rates by mail and by carrier for daily and Sunday editions including tenures of one year six months and per week. Tax information and delivery details are included.
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