Green 93rd Birthday Marks End of Public Service
Thought For Today notes Gen Theodore Francis Green turns 93 on Oct 2, the last birthday as a high official. Retiring from Congress to pursue quieter work in Rhode Island, Green remains in good health with improving eyesight and hearing, though slowed from his 80s exploits. He joined the Senate in 1937 at age 70 and once walked to the Capitol, rode trolleys in bad weather, and kept an active social life before resigning last year for health. He says life felt overflowing with duties and he seeks time for preferred pursuits.
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University Club
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nigeria Independence Hailed as Hopeful Global Moment
Nigeria prepares to become the world’s largest free black nation as 36 million Nigerians shed British colonial rule dating to 1886 and join the British Commonwealth. Analysts note strong leadership, youth ambition, and resources, yet warn of birth rate, illiteracy, ethnic and religious tensions requiring continued British aid.
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Nigeria
British Commonwealth
C.B.S
The
Manchester Guardian
Culinary Olympics: U S Team Heads to Frankfurt
The American Academy of Chefs sends five executive chefs to defend the United States title at the Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt. The eight day event features 15,000 pounds of food flown in and national menus using local vegetables with imported meats. Five entree nominees include Fried Chicken Maryland and California Avocado Stuffed with Crab Meat. Baron de Coubertin’s quote frames the spirit of participation.
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American Academy of Chefs
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Maryland
San Francisco
California
Baron Pierre de Coubertin
UN Like Bad TV Show Hal Boyle Satirizes U N Meetings
Hal Boyle mocks U N sessions likening them to a bad TV show with loud commercials. He riffs on Khrushchev, Castro, and U S responses, jokes about police escorts, Demosthenes, and a World Series tie in Cuba. The piece weaves humor about New York congestion and a slogan quip about a vest.
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Curbstone
United Nations
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Tramp Tale Of Pants And A Prank Echoes Old Days
A Montgomery News reprint recalls a tramp tale from earlier times. A hungry tramp asks for pants, gets a prank gift, misreads it, and is forced to ride a box car in embarrassment until help comes. The piece shifts to Home Week data on how readers shop for homes, brokers, and the role of newspapers in home buying.
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Handley
John
Huntington
St. Albans
Huntington Yards
Khrushchev’s UN visit judged a hypocritical bore
World leaders lash Khrushchev for paralyzing the UN. He used his New York stay to push propaganda and undermine the world body, denouncing Dag Hammarskjold while proposing a three man secretariat that would veto action and chase the U N from peacekeeping. The critic says his aim was to bully the UN into bowing to Soviet aims.
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World Organization
Raleigh Register Ad Rates and Delivery Notice
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists subscription rates for mail and home delivery into West Virginia and beyond. The notice details daily and Sunday plans, carrier delivery terms, and tax and address-change instructions, with pricing for various time frames and payment responsibilities.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Peps Gatalauges
Louisiana voting hearings open in New Orleans after delays
The U S Civil Rights Commission reopened Louisiana voting case hearings in New Orleans, tracing delays to court fights over witness names and perjury laws. Supreme Court 7 2 sided against revealing complainants, prompting political and legal maneuvering ahead of new hearings in September.
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Celebrity Snares and Star Gossip From The Nightlife
Earl Wilson surveys Hollywood and Broadway in a brisk gossip column. He lampoons Kim Novak's Astrological delay, recalls Tennessee Williams theater chatter, notes Hemingway’s Spain plans, and mocks a television industry reckoning in New York.
Kim Novak Wedding Horoscope Odds and Vegas Tycoon Checkup
Disjointed notes mention Kim Novak wedding horoscope odds, Wilbur Clark a Vegas gambling tycoon to receive a full medical checkup, Morris Lansburgh buying a major stake in Palm Springs El Mirador with Ray Ryan remaining a partner. Also references a nightclub star losing a film deal and Martha Raye's daughter Melodie acting as Natalie Woods' stand-in in Splendor in the Grass. A humor column and cigaret quip conclude with a joke about hangovers.
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Wilbur Clark
Vegas
Miami
Morris Lansburgh
Palm Springs
el Mirador
Ray Ryan
Martha Raye
Melodie
Natalie Woods
Fog and foggy weather basics explained
Fog forms when warm moist air meets cold air or currents, water droplets condense, and visibility drops. London’s fog combines smoke with fog to create smog, a common urban phenomenon.
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Grand Banks
Newfoundland
London
Prayer For Today From Russell S Hutchison
A reader prayer from Russell S Hutchison of Muskingum College thanks God for everyday kindness and noble living in the face of injustice. The blessing appeals to divine grace amid human burdens and pain, offered in Christ's name.
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God
Russell S. Hutchison
New Concord
Ohio
Muskengum College
50 Years Ago From the Raleigh Register: Cal Felter’s Visit
Cal Felter, a Georgia lumber firm bookkeeper, visits his Raleigh parents during vacation and is praised for his early business success. Also noted are West Virginia Ministerial Association vice president election and the death of Hon. Jas. C. McGrew at 97, a former congressman and 1861 Virginia secession convention member.
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Calvin Felter
Georgia
Cal
G. W. Ogden
Ministerial Association of the Churches of Christ of West Virginia
Jas. C. McGrew
Kingwood
Virginia
West Virginia
Congress
25 Years Ago From the 1935 Raleigh Register
National American Legion convention in St Louis renewed demands for immediate cash payment of the soldiers bonus. Foley Brothers won contracts to build two large sign boards at intersections of the new cutoff routes 1921 Skelton and near Black Knight Country Club. Brick-O-Block building material is being produced at Beaver by G C Hedrick. Senator Rush D Holt and Attorney General Homer A Holt are slated to speak at the RMS baseball park where Young Democrats hold a rally and ox roast.
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Beaver
G. C. Hedrick
Beckley
Rush D. Holt
Homer A. Holt
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