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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1964
Page
4
A reflective quote attributed to Coleridge compares advice to snow, noting that softer advice lingers longer and sinks deeper into the mind. It presents a philosophical musing on how gentleness affects memory and thought.
A critic argues that West Virginia should not market tourism as it currently is and suggests a biting satire proposing to showcase bootlegging, abandoned coal towns, and tax evasion as a sales pitch. The piece urges embracing primitive image to attract visitors, citing lax liquor laws and a poor labor climate as deterrents to tourists and industry. Up West Virginia!
The Oakley Davis family fund grew from reader donations after a feature on their plight. Oakley Davis, a 56 year old sawmill worker with 17 children, needs clothing, household items, school supplies, and cash while his wife fights cancer in Washington. Donations collected by Raleigh County Schools' Verlin Walker will be delivered to the family, with further contributions sought through local offices.
A community charity appeal lists individual donations to the Oakley Davis Fund totaling 88 dollars with numerous households sending checks and cash. Local leaders coordinate aid for the Davis family, including shoes for 17 children and clothing, beds, and groceries. The piece emphasizes voluntary support, not a drive, and urges willing contributions with no solicitation.
Governor Barron and aides away at Atlantic City slow Capitol news. Continental Can may close Hazel Atlas plants in Clarksburg and Wheeling, risking 2 000 jobs, pressuring through antitrust concerns. State leaders back Humphrey’s VP candidacy and foresee GOP and Democratic campaigning in West Virginia this fall.
A humorous tale about receiving a mock commission as Admiral of the Cherry River Navy with home port at Richwood. The piece humorously warns of the imagined maneuvers down the river to the Gulf of Mexico, and notes a copy of the Borneo Bulletin and a playful column by Pengembara in the Readers World Press Club.
Bobby Baker, out of politics, faces a September schedule of pretrial testimony in a $300,000 damage suit by Capitol Vending Co. over a plant franchise loss near Washington. The case sparked the Senate inquiry into Baker’s finances, with high Democrats like Robert F. Kennedy and Walter Jenkins among those subpoenaed. Baker will testify September 8 in Washington, with sessions at the attorney’s office.
In Saigon and provinces, observers say Buddhist Catholic tensions stem from weak political parties and power imbalance favoring Catholics. Buddhists seek greater influence, while Viet Cong reportedly eye infiltration of Buddhist groups. no verifiable evidence of direct religious intolerance found.
C L Beckner manager for Lew is Hubbard & Co Mabscott owned Ford runabout collided with a freight train last week. The car suffered about 200 dollars in damage. Beckner and Basil Duke of Cincinnati escaped with only scratches and slight bruises after leaping from the vehicle.
The Fayetteville city council plans to open a modern stone city hall to house the fire department equipment offices and an assembly room. Miss Wilda Ganeau of the city is invited to appear on several Robert E. Lee week programs starting August 27 at White Sulphur Springs.
The Atlantic City convention faced a tense clash over Mississippi delegation seating amid civil rights pressure. The Credentials Committee granted two at large seats to the Freedom Democratic Party, signaling progress as national recognition of Black disenfranchisement grew. Delegations seated in 1968 will come from duly qualified voters, advancing civil rights gains in Mississippi.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation publishes the Raleigh Y Register from Beckley West Virginia with John Hodel as managing editor. It lists United Press International affiliation and national advertising representatives Ward Griffith Company, plus subscription rates for mail and home delivery, tax and address-change instructions.
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