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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1964
Page
4
A short devotional note pairs Psalm 119 verse with Henry Ford to contrast prayerful learning with active work. It stresses that thinking without action distorts judgment and urges disciplined effort.
The Mercer County visit of State Road Commissioner Burl A. Sawyers sparked calls to accelerate the Bluefield to Princeton highway project. With a $200 million road bond approved and an extra $20 million yearly for ten years, readers urge the 10 mile stretch be widened immediately rather than in two mile segments.
Drew Pearson and others note President Johnson leans toward repealing Taft-Hartley Section 14b backing right to work laws in 20 states including Virginia. They seek a $2 minimum wage and 35-hour week, while warn against excessive union coercion and inflation from higher wages and shorter workweeks.
Buckley argues Martin Luther King Jr should be treated as a statesman and warned that King’s rising aura may crown him leader of the civil rights movement. He critiques King for moral inconsistencies and European fame while criticizing Congo events and Africa’s leaders. He warns the Nobel Committee is not a canonization court and urges King to act with responsibility.
President Johnson met for two hours with AFL-CIO officials led by George Meany to discuss the 40 hour work week and right to work provisions. He pledged a careful study on reducing the week, favored expanded minimum wage coverage, and urged gradual change while noting no firm commitments. Attendees included Al Hayes, Joe Keenan, John Grogan, and George Harrison.
Fifty years ago Judge Fulton Kegley of Bland visited Bluefield. Forty years ago Lee Bennett of Tazewell County farm died while examining a revolver. Thirty years ago fugitive killer Robert Mais escaped federal agents. Twenty years ago West Virginia ranked second nationally in per capita war bond sales. Ten years ago Dr. Sam Sheppard, Cleveland osteopath, was sentenced to life for murder.
Robert Ruark laments Christmas strikes by workers in France and Britain that disrupt travel and services. He curses the timing as hurting innocent bystanders while defending the right to strike but condemning harm to public welfare. Santa may be late due to a reindeer strike.
The Senate Internal Security Subcommittee postpones publication of more than 10 000 pages of unpublished hearings on State Department security risks at White House request. Senator Thomas Dodd blocks release to avoid embarrassing the President before inauguration. Otto Otepka case also delayed as defense seeks unpublished material.
A visiting senator recalls his awkward homecoming at an old college where several classmates did not recognize him while one professor did. The scene highlights the senator’s nostalgic return and mixed reception from the campus community.
K C Lovejoy argues that community leaders white and black can avert uprisings in Bluefield by dialogue and Christian action. He disputes claims of organized racism, recalls Tuskegee and Auburn experiences in 1912, and urges law, order, and mutual respect to lead to harmony.
In postwar Budapest a new capitalist class of skilled private producers emerges under a failing socialist system. Boots chairs and clothes are bought from licensed or tolerated craftsmen who offer quality and immediacy absent in state factories. Prices are higher, but goods arrive and private profit fuels bureaucratic bribes, highlighting endemic corruption alongside shortages.
Washington debate centers on liberal Democratic Study Group plans to weaken seniority in the House and push bills with majority votes. The 1965 proposal would shift committee control to caucus approval, empower majority action on discharge and conference, and move leadership discretion to Speaker. The aim is to reduce obstruction by entrenched chairmen and ensure national interests are weighed by Congress.
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