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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1966
Page
4
A quoted thought notes that a hypo hypertensive, bicycling, unemployed, non smoking premenopausal female dwarf on Crete before 1925 subsisting on uncoated cereals safflower oil and water is least likely to get atherosclerosis. Dr Alan N Howard University of Cambridge Pathology.
German employers allow workers to set their own hours and adjust monthly totals by overtime or undertime. Machinery duties require substitutes, but overall productivity rises as workers choose when to work. Traffic may ease with staggered schedules. Also, Dr. Ripley challenges hawk versus dove terminology in Washington politics. The Viet Nam situation remains confused.
The Federal Communications Commission approved an application from a Los Angeles radio station to broadcast 16 hours daily of commercials with no music or news. The Asheville Citizen notes doubt listeners will notice the change.
Bruce Biossat notes voters blame cost of living and wages but economists see a mix of factors. Rising prices, high interest rates, overbuilt housing, and wage settlements across industries fuel demand and investment, while productivity and policy pace shape the 1966 economy. A broad blame spread accompanies a complex mix of consumer spending, savings drops, and durable goods growth.
In London, UPI reports China appears ready to rupture Sino American diplomacy in Warsaw after attacking the United States over Viet Nam and publishing ambassadorial meeting proceedings. The next Warsaw meeting is set for January 21, with Peking leaving a door open to talks but signaling possible full break.
UPI reports a mix of Capitol tidbits including Democratic pleas for funds aimed at preventing GOP gains, Strom Thurmond dismissing alarm, a loud mouse at Sarg ent Shriver’s anti poverty offices, Ervin on soldiers temptations in Europe, a Zeppelins shaving sign at the FAA, and a wary Johnson welcome in Detroit with Romney and Griffin.
Gov. Hulett C. Smith is said to favor open housing legislation. The State Human Rights Commission debates civil rights in housing, accommodations, and employment while concerns grow that the black power movement could impede progress. A commission committee drafts amendments as lawmakers weigh state action and public reaction.
In Raleigh Register 1941 files, Beckley Elks Lodge plans initiations for a class of 50. Assistant District Attorney W A Thornhill Jr S C Catron and Joe L Smith Jr were admitted to the club. Sam Rahall, former Woodrow Wilson HS football star, refused a 100 percent Furman University scholarship to enlist in the Navy.
Washington notes on presidential advance teams staging events for visits, misfired signage in Manchester New Hampshire and Kingston Rhode Island, with Otto Graham jokes andLBJ press reflections. The piece also covers LBJ’s large 1964-65 presidential papers volumes and a quip from Senator Clifford Case.
A front page story describes a seven foot six inch robot named Rodney built by Farnborough apprentices to promote a charity drive. London police chased the clanking figure near the Ministry of Technology but found it harmless, suggesting a fundraiser idea for United Fund drives.
Prayer text asks Eternal Father for the sacraments of silence and strength to hear God and perform duties well. W Ralph Ward Jr of Syracuse NY Methodist bishop signs the invocation as a devotional closing line.
N. C. Bunch, superintendent for the Bank of Wyoming Hotel Building, has contracted Moore & Roach for brickwork and Westbrook Co. of Danville Va for an electric passenger elevator. Workers are razing the old McGinnis residence on South Kanawha Street to clear the site for the new high school building.
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