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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1965
Page
4
Quote from U S Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker expressing belief that most people are weary of the conflict and want to return to work and live under democratic institutions in the Dominican Republic.
Beck ley College steps in to help bail out the Raleigh County Library after a credit crunch from the county court. The library, a civic asset, faces rising book prices and inadequate funding. Public drives have raised over 7,000 dollars with another 7,000 from United Fund, but funds remain tight. The piece urges stronger local backing, noting libraries attract business and new residents and even some educated locals value a library over a bar.
Ronald Reagan, boosted by his Goldwater campaign appeal, leads Democrats in a California poll for 1966 governor, with 46 percent to Edmond Brown's 41 percent and 13 percent undecided. He faces scrutiny over ties to John Birch Society official John Rousselot and controversy surrounding a September New Haven rally.
Pentagon researchers push more than 100 studies to locate Viet Cong guerrillas. Ideas include invisible night chemical sprays, infrared heat sensing, airflow breath odors, tunnel temperature differences, and magnetic anomalies from weapons. Televised imaging and airborne radar under study to reveal hidden bases in forested areas.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists subscription rates for mail and home delivery, with annual and half year options for daily and Sunday editions. It notes independence of carriers and distributors and states the company is not responsible for advance payments to them.
London dispatch notes Kremlin unease with Peking, Warsaw Pact realignments, and mounting domestic troubles. Russia contemplates incentives to revive agriculture, faces wheat import needs, and considers emergency economic measures as East European leadership seeks greater independence. Brezhnev’s Warsaw trip signals a shifting East Bloc posture.
The Christian Science Monitor notes New York Newspaper Guild pickets at The New York Times during contract talks over automation and job security. Disputes center on guaranteed employment, union jurisdictions, and management rights amid potential newsroom automation.
A prayer by Lawrence W. Althouse of Mohnton Pennsylvania who serves Calvary E U B Church asks God to strengthen faith beyond intellect. He pleads for courage to trust in Christ's path and to commit life to divine will rather than personal wit and worldly values, ending with Amen.
Lyle Wilson argues the postwar dream of a peacekeeping United Nations rests on hope not fact. He notes the United States and Soviet Union co operate briefly but warn that nonpayment rules undermine the UN, risking its future if assessments are not enforced.
Sheldon Kent, Hodag Chemical Corp. president, recounted that a Louisiana sugar firm’s quibble over cane versus beet sugar cost him a sale. He then turned to Latin America, touring Puerto Rico, Central and South America, including Caracas, Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires and Montevideo, building goodwill and business in the region.
The item notes O B Roberts named full-time field executive of Wyoming County Boy Scouts. It lists CA A ground school graduates eligible for private pilots licenses from Civil Aeronautics Authority and Beckley Flying Club. It also recounts Hodag's growth, aims, and origin of the company name inspired by a Hodag tale.
Gov. Hulett C. Smith reports West Virginia aims to accelerate progress by 1972 with new highways, tourism parks, and state parks funded by $24 million. He cites 9 million tourists last year, 37 new industries, 58 expansions, and a shift from a single to diversified economy. Unemployment at about 6 percent with pockets at 12 percent, retraining programs underway, and a focus on education and highway spending planned at $150 million and $33 million respectively.
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