Thought For Today and Democratic Digest summary
Thought for Today notes a Spanish proverb about fools and markets. The Democratic Digest October issue predicts gains for Democrats in November if hard work continues, while criticizing Republicans for inaction on inflation and economic issues. It features Nixon’s campaign stance and a Butler letter praising Democrats, urging turnout and caution against complacency.
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Democratic Digest
Paul M. Butler
Congress
White House
Republican Party
Nixon
Digest
State Department
New York Herald Tribune
St. Louis Post Dispatch
McCarthy
Butler
Good Samaritan at roadside eatery on Route 136
Dr George W Crane praises Hazel Small operator of a roadside restaurant east of Waynestown Indiana as a Good Samaritan. She feeds lonely truckers and helps stranded youths by sharing meals and kindness, noting her steady open Sunday service and belief that God appears in everyday acts of generosity along the highway.
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George W. Crane
Hazel Small
U. S. 136
Waynestown
Indiana
Indianapolis
Crane
Mrs. Small
Christ
A Teacher's Challenge Tremendous Task for WV Students
In the West Virginia Classroom Teachers Association publication The Challenger the article calls this school year a tremendous challenge for about 18 000 teachers as thousands of students begin classes. It urges teachers to shape good citizens, guiding youth with faith, courage, and kindness, citing the Master Teacher and the need to balance discipline with compassion.
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West Virginia
Classroom Teachers Association
the Challenger
Classroom
Bowling Green
Ohio
Ocean Liner Brasil Aims To Ease Daily Tensions
Hal Boyle notes the S Brasil cruise line offers a floating city experience designed to soothe modern stresses. The 25 million dollar Moore McCormack ship features air conditioning, libraries, pools, bars, music, language lessons, and family spaces. Passengers escape land worries with sea views, silence, and a schedule-free atmosphere while enjoying reasonable drink prices and onboard amenities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore- McCormack
South America
Brasil
Demo Win Could Harm Nixon Political Future
Vice President Nixon leads the Republican campaign and faces a pivotal test as Democratic gains threaten GOP prospects in 1960. The episode includes a public tug of war with Eisenhower and Dulles over foreign policy while Nixon's stinging rhetoric sharpens the race and may influence his political trajectory.
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State Department
Nixon
Quemoy
Mat- Bu
Warren Rogers JR
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House
Senate
California
New York
Eisenhower
Secretary of
Dulles
Truman
Washington
Subscriptions and delivery rates for Beckley News text
Telephone and delivery details for Beckley News papers Corporation subscribers. Lists daily and Sunday mail options, rates for daily only, six months, yearly, and the 6 percent sales tax. Notes address change requirements and carrier independence for payment. Maps carrier delivery terms and responsibilities within West Virginia.
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Mveuvery Serva
West Virginia
Mutinies in US Navy and Revolutionary Era
A brief history notes mutinies in early US Navy and Continental Army. It cites the 1842 Somers brig affair with Philip Spencer among the hanged ringleaders and 1781 Pennsylvania line mutinies in Morristown, plus New Jersey regiments walks.
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United States Navy
Philip Spencer
Continental Army
Washington
Morristown
N. J
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
New Jersey
Earl Wilson Hackett Diet and Show Biz Pop Corns
Glam notes and gossip from New York nightlife recount Buddy Hackett’s slimmed waistline and champagne dinners, audience for TV shows via Buddy Piper, Tallulah Bankhead’s Crazy October money, missing Johnny Mathis tuxedos, Joi Lansing and Janie Dorsey moves, Abbe Lane’s blonde reveal, Faubus fundraising, and other theater and hotel scene tidbits with entertainers, investors, and socialites.
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Tallulah Bankhead
Washington
Johnny Mathis
Pittsburgh
NBC
Joi Lansing
Hollywood
Factograph on color theory contrasts
Black and white are not colors. Black results from the absence of light and color, while white arises from combining all colors of light.
Credit Bureau Warns of Counterfeit Ten Dollar Bills
The Credit Bureau reports counterfeit ten dollar bills circulating in the area and urges business people to stay vigilant. Beckley’s two hospitals, Beckley and Raleigh General, are on the fully approved list of the American College of Surgeons. A deed to land beside Wildwood cemetery was presented to Raleigh County Post 32, American Legion, by Ben H. Ashworth.
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The
Credit Bureau
Beckley
Raleigh General
American College of Surgeons
Wildwood Cemetery
Raleigh County
American Legions
Ben H. Ashworth
Organization Cemetery Committee
Marriage Licenses Listed in 1908 Raleigh Register
Fifty years ago in the Raleigh Register notices, the marriage licenses issued include Sidney V. Jarrell and Pearl C. Cantley, Richard Diggs and Annie Smith, William Haslan and Mary E. Paul, James T. Cottle and Lucy Frances Bowyer, James C. Phillips and Lula M. Lilly, Thurman Lilly and Josie E. Bowling, Wilburn M. Meador and Ida Ann Meador, and David Bennett and Effie M. Smith.
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Sidney V. Jarrell
Pearl C. Cantley
Richard Diggs
Annie Smith
William Haslan
Mary E. Paul
James T. Cottle
Lucy Frances Bowyer
James C. Phillips
Lula M. Lilly
Thurman Lilly
Josie E. Bowling
Wilburn M. Meador
Ida Ann Meador
David Bennett
Effie M. Smith
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Paul Butler
Mr. Nixon
Mr. Dulles
Hal Boyle
S. Brasil AT Sea
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Raleign & Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
W. Va
Hinton
J. McQuade
Brooks Finley, Inc
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
William B. King
Owings, Md
Earl Wilson
Hackett
Buddy Hackett
Suzie Wong
Buddy Piper
Mgr
Jan Murray
Janie Dorsey
Tommy
Greenwich
Conn
T.D
Abbe Lane
Brigitt Bardot
Gov. Faubus
Arkansas
Buddy Lester
Europe
Arrrealy
There
Ron Randell
Laya Raki
Mary Monroy
Josh Logan
Lyman
Toots Shor
Hal Block
Taffy Tuttle
Moon
Taffy
Jacques Bergerac
Ginger Rogers
America
Bergerac
el Morocco
John Perona
Ingrid Bergman
Terry Moore
Gene McGrath
Hilton Hotels
Cairo
Bill O’dwyer
Wild Bill Zeckendorf
Mexico
Joe Scialom
Shepheard’s
Hotel Plaza
George de Witt
Eva Gabor
Gabor
Pina Pellicer
Brando
Lou Walters
Miami Beach
Deauville
Bill Miller
Georgia Gibbs
London
Linda Christian
Ben Blue
Barbara Hutton
Philip van Rensselaer
Ritz
Earl
Herb Shriner
Raleigh Register
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