Acknowledging Hiroshima 60 Years Later in Reflective Memoir
Larry Hypes recalls World War II era pain and choices as he marks six decades since Hiroshima. He reflects on invasion fears, Mussolini and Tojo, Hitler, and Churchill, interwoven with family memories from the 1940s. The piece honors veterans, recounts personal ties to war service, and closes with a birthday welcome for Uncle Frank.
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Mark Twain
Hiroshima
Pearl Harbor
America
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Tr Duce
Victor Emmanuel III
Mussolini
Milan
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Schicklgruber
Nazi Party
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Europe
U.S
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Japan
Franklin Roosevelt
Victory Gardens
Guadalcanal
Coral Sea
Anne Frank
Bing Crosby
Frank
Jenkin Jones
Rudy
Navy
United States
Bob Gibson
Hank Aaron
Southern Railway
Uncle Frank
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Editorial Mentions Editors
A fragment from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists staff roles including News Editor Andy Patton Senior Editor Barbara Hawkins Thomas A Colley Executive Editor Managing Editor Bill Archer Charles Owens and Allen Roberts along with a biblical quotation about confessing faith before men and angels.
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Andy Patton
Barbara Hawkins
Bill Archer
Charles Owens Allen Roberts
Mussel money pits sewer upgrade in Tazewell County
In Tazewell County the sewer line project faces a $216,000 rise to protect endangered Tennessee Heelsplitter mussels. County officials cite extended contractor delays and extra engineering costs to comply with regulations, while residents urge balancing environmental protections with urgent local needs.
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Tazewell County
Bluestone River
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Environmental Protection Agency
Tazewell
Jim Spencer
Indian Creek
Clinch River
Cedar Bluff
New garbage trucks and recycling urged by in town resident
Hazel Turner Ash of Bluefield voices anger at old small city trucks and asks for larger vehicles and a blue recycling box program like Fairmont. She questions existence of a local recycling plant and suggests separate pickup for recyclables to improve cleanliness and jobs.
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Fairmont
Evolution debate and Bush on intelligent design
The writer argues that schools should teach evolution and intelligent design to clarify the debate. He criticizes Bush for commenting on the issue, suggesting school boards should decide, and calls anti-theist positions, notably Richard Dawkins, as extreme. The piece questions whether natural selection fully explains life and dismisses Genesis as a literal account.
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Bush
Oxford
Richard Dawkins
Dawkins and Gould Clash Over Science Religion Clash
Jay Ambrose argues that science and religion offer different ways of knowing and that strict materialism erodes nonmaterial meaning. He cites Dawkins and Gould debates, defends providential views on evolution, and condemns anti-theistic extremism while urging open-minded inquiry across philosophy and narrative arts.
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Harvard
Stephen Jay Gould
Dawkins
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Tazewell High School
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Thomas A. Colley
William
Randy’ Deason
Samantha Perry
Constitution
Woo
Hazel Turner Ash Bluefield
Jay Ambrose
OOD
Washington
Scripps Howard Newspapers
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