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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1972
Page
2
The 1972-73 Broadway season includes Bailey by Simon Gray opening Oct 31 at the Morosco Theater starring Alan Bates. Butley portrays a aging university lecturer amid a failing marriage and fading friendship with wry wit and blunt homosexual undertones.
A Paris Tennessee Post-Intelligencer column argues humor preserves freedom. It cites a prank at Tiger Stadium in Detroit and Louie Freeman’s Boiled Watermelon speech to illustrate national resilience through laughter. The piece contrasts Americans’ humor with other nations lacking liberty and laughter.
In Los Angeles and nationwide, McGovern seizes on ending the Vietnam War to frame a domestic reform agenda while Nixon defends wartime gains. Campaign aides cite shifts in voters toward McGovern as peace prospects emerge, contrasting vetoes with domestic priorities and Watergate concerns.
The Raleigh Register Democratic lists publication details for Beckley Newspapers Corporation with offices in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. It notes United Press International affiliation, and provides home delivery and carrier rates for daily and Sunday editions with annual and short-term pricing.
James Reston reports Nixon controls leverage in Paris talks and Hanoi proposals as Thieu resists Kissinger’s compromise. The piece notes U S supplies and wages backing South Vietnam, with a cease-fire possible before the election but enduring peace unlikely. The outcome may favor the Communists in the long run.
Editor attacks the Nixon Moore administration as scandal-ridden and urges the silent majority to reject it. He accuses the regime of a Goebbels style Big Lie and cites unbuilt highway promises, coal mine driven signs, and limited new roads in Wyoming County as proof of broken government.
A fragment notes a Bert's Wald toad reference, critiques Republican messaging as propaganda, and claims Democrats gain as voters learn facts. This item lists Woodrow W. Cooke in Oceana West Virginia with a P.O. Box.
A parable about Burton Blatant who chases wealth, lies, and failed careers to prove fitness for office. He promises grand rewards with no real success, loses licenses and jobs, and finally admits he is not fit for anything else. The tale ends with a moral urging blind obedience to leaders’ words.
The article profiles Washington muckraker Jack Anderson, whose Playboy interview cites his support for McGovern and argues for tax overhaul and campaign finance reform. It highlights Anderson’s past Pulitzer Prize work and his critique of Nixon era policies and political corruption.
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