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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1959
Page
4
Thought for today reflects on pity as a virtue of the law and notes that tyrants abuse it cruelly, citing Shakespeare to frame moral restraint and power. The line explores justice, mercy, and authority in a concise philosophical pose.
The AFL CIO Industrial Union Department holds a San Francisco convention through Sept 25 with Steel as the focal issue. It plans a Friday demonstration to back United Steelworkers, signaling a potentially decade’s defining labor conflict amid a long postwar walkout and looming government intervention debates. The strike costs workers $50 million weekly and drains industry profits while unions seek broad funding and solidarity.
Ray Kroc, a high school dropout, transforms a San Bernardino hamburger joint into a nationwide McDonald’s empire. In five years he targets 125 drive ins in 25 states, with 1959 gross projected at 25 million. Franchises require 29,000 cash from operators, average net about 40,000 on 200,000 gross per year.
Earl Wilson reports from a London airport interview with Henry Fonda about his new western TV series Deputy. He recalls press frays, jokes about being broke, plans to produce and star, and interest from British reporters, with side notes on cinema and celebrity chatter.
A western column laments greed spoiling sport and condemns out of season hunting and theft of game. The piece praises true sportsmanship among hunters and fishermen while recounting incidents of poaching and deer theft. It argues conservation officers must nab offenders and urges hunters to uphold fair play.
Khrushchev argues in Foreign Affairs that peaceful coexistence is the only path and warns Western elites may pursue war in the nuclear age. He recalls Allied interventions in Russia after WWI, noting American expeditions in 1918 and 1919 with casualties and limited combat actions as rationale for his critique.
A Pleasantville column argues that governments cannot provide every service without higher taxes. The piece reflects on postwar Soviet history, noting Allied and American stances toward Russia, the 1933 diplomatic accord, and lingering disputes over debt and Soviet legitimacy. It frames Khrushchev fears in the context of solid historical facts.
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A reader asks why blimps and dirigibles shifted from hydrogen to helium gas. The piece notes blimps are gas filled, hover for submarine patrols in WWII, and that helium is now used. Thea Marks of Muncie wins $10 for the question.
James Marlow weighs Khrushchev’s U S tour as possibly prestige and testing, or a genuine bid to ease tensions. He notes Soviet aims to outpace the United States economically, pressure allies, and use softer diplomacy while maintaining a wary alliance with Western powers.
A minister in Jacksonville Florida offers a prayer for first year students. He asks for divine guidance through childhood eyes and wisdom from generations, hoping righteousness follows in learning and devotion to holy ways. Amen.
Fifty years ago Marmaduke Herbert Dent former judge of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals died at his home in Grafton. Halley's comet, last seen in 1835, would be a once in a lifetime sight if witnessed next spring. Beckley WCTU elected officers including Mrs. Robert Taylor president and Mrs. Howard Phipps vice president.
25 years ago the headquarters for Rush D. Holt’s Democratic Senate campaign opened in Charleston. Steel union labor hopes to win United States Steel Corp recognition as an outside union. Huey Long scored a sweeping victory over Mayor Walmsley’s forces. Antig Long candidates were elected across Louisiana. M T Wipperman and family narrowly escaped death after a one story fall during reconstruction in the Campbell Building on Neville Street.
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