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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1958
Page
4
Thought for today lists five requisites for a good officer namely clean hands despatch patience and impartiality credited to Penn and circulated as a moral guidance item in the periodical.
A caustic look at the 1960 campaign season, detailing party infighting and name calling. Democrats and Republicans clash over strategy with Nixon, Underwood, Knowland, Knight, Sparacino, Ballard, and Walker named in West Virginia and California contexts.
New York AP reports Donald Crisp, 78, long time actor and director, is among Hollywood’s wealthiest figures. Across 52 years he played 374 characters including The Last Hurrah, won an Oscar for How Green Was My Valley, and once directed 100 films. He recalls early film days, quotes life philosophy, and reflects on aging, sacrifice, and resilience.
Washington ponders whether Red China stirred Quemoy and Matsu as a diversion or a serious push to seize offshore islands. The incident slightly unsettled U S ally Chiang Kai shek and influenced views on Sino American policy amid Eisenhower era press conference drama.
New York gossip column notes a 30 foot San Francisco cable car crossing the country with Warner Anderson from CBS Lineup. It recalls NBC and sponsor tensions with Eddie Fisher and Liz Taylor, party sightings, divorces, marriages, and celebrity chatter.
An immaculately dressed patient on a psychiatrist’s couch describes his affluent life, 40 acres with a tennis court and pool, multiple properties, a private golf range, yacht and helicopter, and a family abroad. He worries how to keep going with a $50 weekly salary while maintaining standards. A Hollywood comic jokes about his dressing room quips.
The three U S cardinals James F. McIntyre Edward A Mooney and Francis J Spellman will take part in the Pope election starting Saturday. The piece traces American cardinal numbers from 1875 to the present, noting non Italians topped Italians after 1946 consistory and current totals around 55.
Promoted to sergeant in Germany, Troy B. Williams, 22, of Mount Hope, serves in the 24th Infantry Division as a jump school instructor in Augsburg arrived in Europe in 1956 after entering the Army in 1955. Annual combat tests in Germany by the Eighth Division’s Fifth Infantry included two area men. Pfc. Willford Meadows, son of Edgar and Mrs. Meadows of Princewick, a Mortar Battery wireman in Mainz, entered the Army in 1957 and trained at Fort Riley.
This item notes that the Associated Press holds exclusive publication rights to local news printed in the newspaper and to all AP news dispatches. It lists National Advertising Representative STORY, BROOKS & FINLEY, INC with offices in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Cleveland, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
James Marlow profiles President Eisenhower's "ready grin" approach in 1958 campaign. The piece traces his evolving involvement from cautious early campaigning in 1954 to hard hits in 1958, noting Nixon's contrasting aggression and Democratic reactions. It highlights related military service notes and national context.
The Weather Bureau notes the United States top wind spot is Mount Washington in New Hampshire with 231 mph recorded in 1934. Climber reports and other high peaks like the Himalayas, Andes and Alps also see strong winds. A drawing shows a climber in a snow storm. Martha Richards of East Norwalk, Conn wins $10. Send questions to Junior Editors, Box 1325, Beckley. Tomorrow asks who introduced crucifixion as punishment.
Ontario Oregon readers urged to inspect personal habits in a Grassroot Opinion piece. The Argus Observer notes many drop small trash unintentionally and urges more care, arguing everyone bears some littering fault and should change.
A Raleigh passenger enters a streetcar scene from 1908 records. She seats herself, handles a handbag and purse, exchanges a dime for change with the conductor, and adjusts her hat and hair with evident satisfaction. The brief vignette captures everyday prewar urban life and fashion cues.
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