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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1965
Page
4
A Beckley West Virginia newspaper column from Tuesday October 26 1965 records discussion on public demonstrations. The writer urges a cessation while acknowledging the right to peaceful assembly and notes restrictions. The piece cites George Wallace remarks on demonstrations and political tensions in Alabama.
The memorandum and Senator Robert Byrd's Senate speech attack racial riots in Los Angeles, arguing for understanding and equal treatment of Negroes, while condemning civil rights laws as overreach. The piece questions violence, crime, and the role of clergy in healing wounds amid calls for pacey desegregation and reform.
Clarence E. Johnson, veteran tician and former sheriff of Monongalia County, becomes West Virginia state purchasing director on Nov 1. He will oversee buying for all agencies, including drugs, foods, vehicles, and office equipment, with a small staff to audit inventory and ensure exact purchases. Johnson's rise follows a career from coal mines to law enforcement and politics, including solving the Susan Holden murder. his aim is to serve with credit to the administration and people of West Virginia.
A dialogue on a proposed Dry Life Insurance policy tied to Prohibition era marketing. The speakers critique clauses that deny coverage for illnesses linked to alcohol use, depicting deceptive incentives to abstain and questions about fraud, ethics, and enforcement in a satirical editorial voice.
A dated plea invoking gratitude for land and heritage while urging thoughtful use of the right to vote. The prayer emphasizes government responsibility, dignity of every human soul, and universal franchise, ending in a prayer for true brotherhood through Jesus Christ. Alfred Grant Walton, pastor-emeritus, Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church, Brooklyn, N Y.
The Justice Department eyes the Students for a Democratic Society amid reports it urges draft evasion and cooperates with Communist party youth. The group, linked to the League of Industrial Democracy, claims about 2,000 members in 45 chapters and backed civil rights, civil liberties, and peace actions while planning a broad disobedience effort that fizzled.
Public notice listing Beckley Newspapers Corporation address at 341 Prince Street Beckley West Virginia and Hinton West Virginia with second class mail privileges authorized and national wire service and advertising representative details from Ward Griffith Company including major U S cities.
Western observers in New Delhi contend India will acquire a nuclear weapon within six months despite official denials. They say pressures come from politicians, not the military, citing ongoing tensions with Pakistan and China as the driving force behind a shift toward atomic capabilities.
Thirty-five line fragment summarizes 25 years of RB Register notes. Free textbooks are being sent to Raleigh County’s 180 schools at 3,000 per day. E M Ashworth reports 15,000 books delivered with more departures hourly. Other items mention Beckley Woman’s Club program and various national topics.
President Johnson signed two laws expanding federal work release and rehabilitation efforts. Up to 1,500 inmates could work or train in the community by night, while a separate program aims to address correctional manpower shortages with $2.1 million in three years.
1915 Raleigh Register notes R M Kittle visits Beckley from the state tax office. A. W. Freeland & Son grocery suffers severe damage when a delivery wagon runaway crashes into the front plate glass after a broken wagon lock and irritated horse collar neck sore cause the incident on South Kanawha Street.
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