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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1960
Page
4
A concise reflection contrasts logic with rhetoric, noting logic is close like a fist while rhetoric spreads like an open palm, credited to Bacon. The line emphasizes the distinction between structured reasoning and persuasive speech as foundational to argument.
Studies by the University of Michigan on the American Voter show loyalty to party forms early in life and little shifting thereafter. In Raleigh County WV, past elections favored Democrats 58,665 to 40,737 Republicans, with 1952 and 1956 results reflecting a Democratic edge. The piece also notes undecided voters late in campaigns and reports on a contested Sam Wilson monument dispute between New York and Indiana, with hearings scheduled and Congress unlikely to act.
NEW YORK AP Autumn is the time wives often pick to do one of their periodic thorough housecleanings. A wife argues a clean desk may improve the immortal soul of a husband, yet the speaker finds his own desk a cherished, chaotic fortress. He refuses to clear it, believing a messy desk reveals a lived life and a treasure trove of personal history.
The United Nations expanded to 96 members this week, adding 13 newly independent African nations. The growth reflects a changing mood as former colonies gain freedom and push for influence amid tensions between Western and Eastern blocs.
From the Raleigh Register 25 years ago report shows 23,500 miners affected across New River Winding Gulf and Greenbrier fields. The piece also surveys Cold War era vaccine efforts and U.N. diplomacy as the United States and Soviet Union contend for influence amid decolonization and Congo events.
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The article recalls how the Soviet Union helped shape the UN home in the United States and New York City. It notes Roosevelt's preference for flexible meeting sites, a 1945 decision process, and Rockefeller Jr. gifting an East River site. It cites Sumner Welles and C L Sulzberger on implications of a fixed headquarter location. A Casper, Wyoming note reports an overtime parking ticket with a cheeky apology.
New York column recounts celebrity antics and gossip from Broadway to Hollywood. Notables like Edward Spatz, Brigitte Bardot, and Nancy Kovack appear in breezy sketches, while quirky asides lampoon showbiz life and press curiosities.
In a Raleigh County column, Roy Lee Harmen laments rising hatred and calls for love thy neighbor as a remedy. He cites Castro and Khrushchev as symbols of hostility, warns against paranoia and fear, and urges kindness over spite while reflecting on a white robin visiting a neighbor’s lawn.
A devotional prayer confessing sins and seeking ongoing forgiveness. It expresses gratitude for pardon and a desire to serve better daily. It names Dr. M. Nelson Jr., minister at First Baptist Church in Greenville South Carolina.
A Raleigh Register item reports John Bailey, a well known farmer near Mr. Tabor, bitten by a vicious bear on his farm while moving it to a pen. Authorities assess Bailey unlikely to suffer serious harm. The piece also notes a city ordinance banning frame houses on business streets and warns of insurance rate hikes from existing frame buildings.
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