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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1966
Page
4
Senator Eastland, Judiciary Committee chair, is at the center of a civil rights debate as public opinion splits between praise and condemnation. Senator Mansfield notes the issue tests Eastland’s stance and leadership.
Color blind policies push Sweet Briar and others toward admitting Negro students despite a Virginia court ruling against desegregation. The HEW warned last March that federal funds would be cut if Negroes were not admitted. The article links evolving private college admissions, cites Girard College cases, and includes a critical quote from Martel W. Davis on perceived white benevolence and guilt.
Indonesia struggles with a $2.5 billion foreign debt by end of 1966 after a failed communist backed coup. Suharto's new government seeks aid rescheduling while Sukarno defends aid cuts. A 12 man economy mission from Western Europe travels to discuss trade and debt relief as corruption allegations cloud the regime.
A comparative look at Stalin Mao and their regimes shows a wave of persecution and sweeping "Red Guard" style actions. The piece cites TASS reports on Mao era campaigns including denunciations in universities, forced name changes, and public shaming as a lynch mob rises. It notes Chou En-lai’s apology to students at Tsing-Hue University and warns of dangerous echoes in Red China.
The Vatican allows married men to be ordained as permanent deacons but requires papal dispensation for priests who wish to marry. Excommunication follows marriage without approval, with an estimated 4,000 married ex priests in the U.S. The debate contrasts celibacy as discipline versus biblical precedent, with arguments for relief from priest shortages and concern over church finances and dedication.
A fragmented view of the 1968 Republican field criticizes soft boiled leadership from 1940s defeats and highlights Barry Goldwater’s stance on Lindsay and Lindsay’s limited appeal. Romney’s defection in 1964 and Rockefeller Scranton’s exit narrow the field, urging conservative, capable leadership to mobilize millions of voters against the current order.
A column notes teaching a child to drive amid nerves, comments on a dachshund named Mon returning to the old neighborhood, and laments the Sunday New York Times now costing 50 cents with readers facing heavy, unwieldy issues as distribution questions loom.
Washington report notes surveys under Sen Ribicoff show ghetto residents demand stronger policing to curb crime. Critics among white liberals and some Black leaders are challenged as out of touch, with even respected voices shifting toward support for enforcing law and protecting citizens.
The piece notes protests over alleged police brutality following shootings and arrests in Atlanta and Chicago, linking civil disorder to the politics of force. It discusses SNICK leadership, reactions in poor Atlanta districts, and white teen clashes, while reflecting on liberal critique of policing and law’s monopoly on violence.
Published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation at 341 Prince Street Beckley West Virginia with second class mail privileges authorized in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. contact John Hodel for information and inquiries.
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