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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1962
Page
4
A Chinese proverb notes that a single talk with a wise man across the table can teach more than a month of book learning. The saying emphasizes learning through dialogue and practical insight over solitary reading.
A White House conference opens to explore replacing punitive narcotics laws with medical and rehabilitation approaches. President Kennedy will speak as Attorney General Kennedy chairs. panelists urged treating addicts separately from traffickers and cited California as a model, amid political pushback and calls for tougher anti narcotics measures.
ABC TV brings back the 31 year old Voice of Firestone after a cancellation on June 1 1959. The sponsor balked at losing time and competitors refused extra slots though up to 212 million dollars in charges were at stake. The show returns with a 40 piece orchestra and a big budget, airing Sunday evenings from 10 to 1030 starting September 30.
The article praises interior secretary Stewart Udall for pressuring Washington’s Redskins owner George Preston Marshall to integrate the team. It notes Udall’s government-backed leverage over stadium contracts and highlights Bobby Mitchell’s impact, while predicting Udall will attend the next Redskins game.
An exclusive interview with Governor Bur nette of Mississippi features defiant claims that the state defends its freedom to govern without federal interference and that Mississippi seeks intelligent colored workers, while denying racial mixing and praising segregated schooling as merit based. The piece includes a closing prayer by minister Robert W. Burns of Atlanta.
From The Baltimore Sunday Sun, the piece outlines Soviet plans to launch space probes toward Mars within 60 days, noting the US lag in rocketry and the favorable launch windows in 1962. It explains Mars distance, orbital timing, debris risks from the asteroid belt, and the challenge of guiding a Mars probe.
Immanuel Kant extols poetry as the supreme art in his Critique of Aesthetic Judgment. He argues poetry expands the mind, freeing imagination and presenting a wealth of thought beyond verbal expression. It animates the mind, keeping nature as phenomenon and using semblance as play without deception.
The controversial book by Rachel Carson, The Silent Spring, is blamed for stirring a public clash over pesticide use. Critics compare it to fiction, while supporters insist the danger is real, with incidents in Florida and Detroit fueling the argument and a federal study underway.
UPI analyst describes a weekend of violence that left President Jose Maria Guido in office but failed to resolve Argentina's turmoil. Guido backed nationalist officers, averting a full military takeover and preserving some U.S. aid, while unemployment rose, living costs surged, and Peronists grew in influence amid lingering political divisions.
A 23 years ago Raleigh Register note recalls a smaller than expected crowd at Scott field for an air show and airport dedication while cars filled with onlookers lined the perimeter. Shanghai affair sees 40 civilians killed in a morning raid as American staff flee Nanking amid Japanese threats. US Ambassador Nelson Johns moves up the Yangtze as military ousters propel the crisis. Call for elections debates include Peronistas. army vows to prevent totalitarian rule. Unclear timing remains about 1963 to 1964 transitions and Congress amid Guido’s military-backed rule.
Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver and six aides spent six weeks inspecting posts in six Southeast Asian countries. In northern Thailand they stayed in native houses, ate local fare, and found volunteers living as equals, a key Peace Corps achievement. In Indonesia they met Sukarno, spent eight days, and opened talks for a formal aid agreement.
Beclkey newspapers announce mail subscription rates and home delivery options. Rates include daily and Sunday plans for one year or six months, with taxes and regional delivery notes. Subscriptions via carriers are handled by independent contractors, Beckley Newspapers Corporation not liable for advance payments.
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