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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1964
Page
4
A Bible verse notes you see a speck in another’s eye but miss the log in your own. A 19th century painter B R Haydon urges reform begins with self perfection rather than changing others.
Warnings about due process versus justice flow from Buckley as he discusses the Mississippi case involving 21 suspects in the killing of three civil rights workers. He questions constitutional change and Federal intervention while noting juries and local sentiment shape outcomes amid national scrutiny.
Editorial warns about a government plan to seize private pension funds totaling about 65 billion dollars in marketable investments. It argues the move would swap private assets for government bonds and shift debt to future taxpayers, recalling past Social Security interventions and threats of strikes.
Wilbur D. Mills argues that Medicare under Social Security is not inclusive, lacking home doctor visits, office visits, surgical services, drugs, private nursing, or nursing home care outside hospital-adjacent settings. He warns the public overestimating Medicare and urges careful congressional action before any new bill passes.
Don Reynolds testified behind closed doors in the Bobby Baker case, making sensational claims about payoffs to Lyndon Johnson, corporate rebates, and a hi fi gift. FBI probes found little or no support for the allegations. He also alleged sexual liaisons involving Washington VIPs and a White House aide tied to Ellen Rometsch, which were discredited or lacking evidence. The Justice Department considers calling him before a grand jury to test his charges against FBI findings, while his Security Review Board deemed him a security risk in 1963 based on his conduct and associations.
Daily Telegraph notes Bailey's holiday return from Augusta Military Academy marking the fifty year anniversary and related school affiliation. The piece moves through past milestones including weather, a deputy sheriff’s death, a soldier missing in action, and a coaching award.
In a rare split, four justices dissent as the court voids pre act convictions of sit in demonstrators in Arkansas and South Carolina. They argue Congress did not intend to nullify state verdicts and urge returning cases to state courts for light of the Civil Rights Act. The decision is hailed as revolutionary by dissenters and debated for its use of federal powers over state convictions.
Poem fragment contemplates a nest fall from an oak tree with a squirrel rescuing gray brown babies. It thanks a correspondent for details of how the mother handled them and ponders whether she comforted or checked the young ones after the wind event.
President Johnson resists stripping two Southern Democrats John Williams and Albert Watson of party status as House leaders push for their purge over support for Barry Goldwater. A looming clash with the House Study Group and timing concerns threaten passage of the Great Society agenda.
Robert Ruark argues in a London column that England faces a heated fight over abolishing the death penalty. He mocks soft sentences and cites cases like Christopher Simecox while noting mass media outrage. He urges harsher punishment and warns against permissive life terms.
Sen. Sam Ervin heads a Senate subcommittee inquiry into psychological testing of federal workers, including intrusive questions on love, religion, revenge, and sex. Critics call the probes an invasion of privacy, while officials defend security aims amid doubts about lie detector accuracy and moral concerns.
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