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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1966
Page
5
A brief reflection cites Job and Browning noting how beasts and birds reveal truth and how God appears distant yet allows creation room to grow. The lines illustrate a poetry viewpoint on nature and divine relation.
Business Week notes U S firms sold about seven billion dollars worth of planes missiles tanks and weapons to foreign nations in the last five years. Defense Department sales and gifts to various countries fuel debates over balance of payments and world peace with critics and defenders offering competing arguments.
A British journalist aboard a Polish freighter to Haiphong notes U S action against the port of Haiphong, arguing that cutting the port could end supplies to North Vietnamese forces. He cites international law and compares unloading times with South Vietnamese ports, urging stronger action to prevail in the conflict.
The United Nations secretary general U Thant, who agreed to power for peace mediation, now faces US worries over his broader negotiation role. Washington says no North Vietnamese peace offer has emerged and criticizes Thant’s single site talks and alleged ancient history references.
FBI raid on Jack Kress Manufacturing uncovers hundreds of decks of marked cards loaded dice and reading devices used to cheat games. In Las Vegas and Reno hotels the evidence links to lake Tahoe invoices and Citizens Club in Hot Springs Arkansas. The piece argues gambling profits rely on crooked play and calls for Nevada to curb casino influence.
The piece notes voters back home are voicing strong opinions on ethical conduct in Congress after the House rejected an Ethical Conduct Committee. It contrasts Senate scrutiny of Sen. Tom Dodd with House inaction, cites staff leaks and a past case involving Rep. Parnell Thomas and kickbacks, and recounts efforts to bring the matter to the Justice Department.
The piece surveys Republican splits before presidential nominating contests, highlighting tensions between Romney boosters and Young Republican leaders, with Scott and the Ripon Society criticized for challenging party unity. It recounts past political scandals and calls for new ethics safeguards within Congress.
Washington warns that China’s impending Fifth nuclear explosion could force Moscow to withdraw from the 1963 test ban pact. U Thant and Vasily Kuznetsov discuss the risk as Russia weighs response to Beijing’s unchecked program. Pentagon and UN diplomacy study potential abrogation implications.
Ten years ago two mine accidents in McDowell County and Mingo County killed youths Isaac Howard Thomas and Dwight Mullins. Twenty years ago Walter S. Newman of VPI spoke to the alumni. Thirty years ago Kresge planned a rebuilt store in Bluefield. Forty years ago the West Virginia Automobile Association met locally. Fifty years ago Bucharest fell to the Germans.
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