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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1964
Page
4
A compact editorial note quotes Richard Wesley and J Edgar Hoover praising prayer as a national force beyond human power. It contrasts sacred space with political action and frames prayer as a primary resource drawing on divine strength. The piece blends sermon with civic reflection.
A Mercer County Health Center meeting formed a working committee to study a sanitary landfill for county garbage. Cost figures from the committee and Health Department head Dr John Mahood will guide decisions by the County Court Bluefield Princeton and other towns to implement a county wide pickup system and abandon open dumps. Local officials are urged to act with energy to overcome obstacles in the months ahead.
Surveys compare work hours to buy milk, refrigerator, and car in West and East Germany. Eight minutes versus eighteen for milk, 103 hours 55 minutes versus 625 hours for a refrigerator, and 1,238 hours 56 minutes versus 6,391 hours 18 minutes for a car. The Berlin Wall is cited as the most telling measure of the divide.
W F Buckley argues the U N General Assembly favors the Soviet Union and questions America’s strategy. He suggests stripping the Assembly of power and leveraging Security Council veto rights to avoid future costly commitments, while noting potential benefits in rare alignment with Moscow.
Washington reports a bitter steel workers union struggle between David McDonald and I W Abel threatens inflation and the economy. President Johnson weighs intervention to prevent price rises and protect labor pensions amid potential wage pushes and higher car costs.
Prime Minister Wilson seeks a Geneva conference and a UN signing on ending the Viet Nam war and halting nuclear spread with the United States and Britain. President Johnson backs the plan, Roswell Gilpatric chairs a draft pact, and King travels to Africa with White House blessing while Rustin accompanies him. Kenya faces Communist influence as Nairobi reports covert arms deliveries via Oginga.
The Daily Telegraph recalls past events: fifty years ago Germans occupied Lodz and Belgium after a heavy battle. Forty years ago a storm snapped a power line that electrocuted Howard Parker of Richlands. Thirty years ago two men were sought for the slaying of Constable Joe Davidson. Twenty years ago U S Superforts bombed the Japanese mainland and Senator McCarthy accused President Eisenhower of insufficient support for anti Communist efforts.
A poem describes a chestnut burr hushed open and dropped in a dooryard. Squirrels guard the kernel though the narrator detects chips of inner shell and a hungry tooth, forcing a search for the chestnut tree not yet seen, hoping for a smooth nut meat.
A critic surveys Dr Clyde S Kilby The Christian World of C S Lewis and D C Lewis's portrayal of Hell as a testing ground on earth and in the afterlife. Hell is defined as self service rather than service to God with punishment and privation.
Washington scene features Dr. Donovan F. Ward leader of the AMA urging doctors to block the Medicare bill. He attacks federal health care for the aged while critics say Congress will pass some form of Medicare and the AMA should offer a constructive alternative.
Art Buchwald argues Johnson cannot ask for Hoover’s resignation because J Edgar Hoover does not exist. He claims the FBI counts 26 Hoovers since 1925 as a long running conspiracy, with fake photos and staged testimonies to sustain the legend. The piece mocks political fallout and ponders how to end the hoax.
A playful column notes warnings to a London restaurant serving grits as a dangerous first step. It jokes about okra following, dust on other planets, and where to go if we run out. It also mentions cranes, campus computer trends, and a coed remark about dating.
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