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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1962
Page
4
A concise aphorism urges favoring contentment with possessions over contentment with one’s own stature. It presents a reflective stance that satisfaction should target material gains rather than self-perception.
An opinion piece discusses the Public Housing Administration and its subsidies for low income and elderly housing. It contrasts realtor opposition with beneficiary support, noting potential effects on population shifts, housing prices, and industrial site-seeking, urging realty interests to weigh long term impacts on Beckley and Charleston.
The piece notes Khrushchev may attend the 17th General Assembly in New York. It recalls his previous UN visit when he pounded a desk with his shoe and conducted public demonstrations with Fidel Castro in Harlem. The article comments on UN finances, new members, and police protection costs mounting for his actions.
Hollywood cannot fake Germany or the Alps on a Culver City stage. John Sturges argues big screens demand international exteriors and an international cast, balancing the boss logic of show business with the unions and realities of global production. He cites The Great Escape and The Magnificent Seven as examples of filming abroad for authentic setting while maintaining Hollywood interiors.
The excerpt cites Rev John C Knott of the National Catholic Welfare Conference warning that an anti life trend downgrades large families. Poet Robert Frost comments on space travel. Dr Charles B Huggins of the University of Chicago discusses cigarette filter safety and harmful contents.
A church and clergy leaders caution against marrying teenagers to legitimize pregnancies. They urge adoption or birth with responsible parenting, noting high divorce risks in shotgun marriages and urging supportive alternatives. The Presbyterian church likewise urges careful counseling and rejects forced punishment.
West Virginia launches a three month advertising push with a $10,000 contract to J M Mathes Inc to promote fall travel hunting and fishing facilities and the Forest Festival in Elkins. The plan targets major markets in New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland Virginia Kentucky Ohio and Washington DC. The article also notes a new state emergency planning committee led by Marc Selman and invites readers to order buffalo elk and longhorns from three wildlife refuges before Sept. 30, with price lists from the Fish and Wildlife Service. Governor Barron will dedicate the Harper's Ferry tourist information center and help inaugurate the Tri-State Futurity at Charles Town Race Track, donating part of the proceeds to his cleanup campaign.
Reports from foreign cables indicate Britain may not enter the European Common Market before the end of 1962 and probably not until mid 1963. De Gaulle’s stance and Adenauer’s alignment fuel British doubts while delays hinder domestic and international policy.
A cucumber grown by LeRoy Clemans of the Register measures 12 inches long and 14 inches in circumference, weighing 3 12 pounds and noted as the largest of its kind in the area. Ash McCreery is authorized to remove the rear hotel stable deemed a public nuisance. Fred A. Cloud returns home to support the county ticket and Democratic slate ahead of the election.
John Hodell argues Concord College should raise standards to improve local education. He warns against college prestige distorting value of learning, urges state support, and stresses education as a way of life, not merely a path to higher pay.
A devotional prayer asks Heavenly Father to remove prejudice and indifference, urging believers to live as tolerant Christians. Kinard, former Newberry College president, from Newberry South Carolina, signs the plea for Christian understanding and kindness through the Savior.
The Republican National Committee's Southern division unveils New Breed in the South a 12 minute documentary aimed at energizing rallies across 12 southern states as part of Operation Dixie. It promotes electing seven GOP senators and more Republicans to Congress while stressing a two-party South without a national race drive.
Questions and answers cover Saint Christopher depictions as a giant figure bearing the Christ child, the limeys label for British sailors tied to 18th century lime cargo to fend off scurvy, excommunication as a Catholic censure depriving some benefits, the first dated U.S. earthquake near Providence Rhode Island in 1568 noted by Roger Williams, and Greek fire described as a Byzantine incendiary compound that burned on water.
Published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists location at 34 Prince Street Beckley W Va and Hinton W Va. It notes subscription pricing by mail for daily and Sunday editions with one year and six month terms and daily only options. Advertising representative Ward Griffith Company is named with national offices in multiple cities.
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