Bailey Telegraph 1866 1953 Established 1873 Name and address
Public notice style text lists publication details for the Bailey Telegraph with dates 1866 1953 and 1873 establishment, printing company address at 412 Bland Street, and Associated Press affiliation. It also notes subscription rates by carrier and mail, West Virginia zones, and advertising contact.
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Oy Seer Printing Co
Bland Street
Associated Press
West Virginia
Ember Audit Bureau of Circulation
Katz Agency, Inc
Sunday Blessing Between Worldly Waves
A devotional reflection echoes Hebrews 4:4 praising Sunday as a blessing. Bishop Samuel Wilberforce compares rest in the seventh day to the divine path of the Israelites through the sea, urging spiritual pause amid worldly bustle.
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Samuel Wilberforce
National Safe Boating Week Pushes Licensing Rules
Nationwide boating safety drive highlights state licensing efforts for watercraft. Many states have adopted federal numbering and reporting rules. 18 states already comply and 18 more are considering. President Eisenhower designated National Safe Boating Week and urged safe operation and education on waterways.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Outboard Boating Club of America
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
A. C. Richmond
US Coast Guard
Treasury
Pleasure boating grows into a national hobby in 1966
Pleasure boating becomes a nationwide pastime with 37 million participants and 7.33 million watercrafts. The sport fuels a 2.85 billion dollar industry, expanding from classic boats to motorboats and sailboats across federal and non federal waterways.
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Outboard Club
National Association of Boat and Engine Manufacturers
Flying Clouds
Coast Guard
U.S. Bureau of Customs
Boat industry outlook signals growth in leisure boating
The 1959 boating scene shows a demand surge with 404 million gallons of gasoline and 22 million gallons of oil used by the pleasure boat fleet last year. Paint and varnish needs reach 10 million gallons as boats stay shipshape. Outboard motor sales run about 50 percent ahead in some regions, while pay as you cruise plans attract cruiser buyers.
Astronauts’ Literary Rights Meet Lawyer Ahead of Orbit
The astronauts have secured legal counsel to protect their literary rights, but other obstacles remain before any can head into space. Regulatory approvals, funding, and mission scope must align with agency plans and safety requirements.
Russians Adopting Coin-Operated Vending Machines News
The piece notes Russians using coin-operated vending machines as a sign of coping with economic feelings. It mentions Harvard business graduates a decade ago predicting incomes of $10,000 today, now earning about $14,000 and needing the extra $4,000.
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Harvard Business
Magnetized beer cans proposed to cling to car sides
A proposal imagines beer cans with magnets that would stick to a car as they are tossed. Proponents argue it could be a novel stunt or game, while critics warn of safety hazards and traffic distraction.
Democratic hopefuls pull parties apart in liberal split
Ray Tucker outlines how major Democratic presidential hopefuls Humphrey Williams Stevenson Kennedy Symington Johnson face internal divides over liberalism and welfare state aims. Party bosses favor moderate planks to outpace Eisenhower Nixon while plotting a 1960 platform and likely dual nomination.
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Washington
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Minnesota
G. Mennen William
Michigan
Adair E. Stevenson
Illinois
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Edmund G. Brown
California
Harry S. Truman
Humphrey
Williams
Stevenson
Kennedy
Sam Rayburn
House
Turman
Symington
Rayburn
Senate
Johnson
Roosevelt
Truman
Symington and
Senator Kennedy
Notable Bluefield News From Fifty Years Ago
The Daily Telegraph recalls events from fifty years ago with W H Thomas and T J Phelps heading to Louisville for the United Commercial Travelers meeting, and forty years back Dr T E Vass reopening his Bluefield office after returning from France. The American Utilities Company pursued the Bluefield Telephone Company, and Rev T E Peters received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from the University of Richmond. A two month old baby girl was critically injured when struck and run over by a train at Rock, the child of Mr and Mrs Cal White of Rock.
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W. H. Thomas
T. J. Phelps
Louisville, Ky
United Commercial Travelers
T. E. Peters
The
First Baptist Church of
Bluefield
University of Richmond
Rock
Cal White
Sideburn gauges and odd patents from 15 cent haircuts to tea bags
Ed Koterba recalls childhood bowl haircuts and finds humor in patent history. The column notes inventors like Dominic DeFano and Robert Kallman from Geneva Indiana with a sideburn gauge, John Feaster’s three-in-one toothpick fork, and Frank Haley’s self squeezing tea bag as examples of simple ideas earning patents.
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Washington
U. S
Dominic DeFano
Robert Kallman
Geneva
Inl
U S Patent Office Looks Interesting
A market of inventive blinds and sprucing ideas emerges with patents for a venetian blind duster by Richard Roy and a stiffening brace by Albert Haislip. William Carr Jr. presents a belt driven cleaning system for blinds as a Rube Goldberg style apparatus.
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Richard Roy
Central Falls
R. L
Albert Haislip
Fredericksburg
William Carr Jr
St. Mary's Pa
The Merger of Change and a Town Store
An aging retailer in a historic main street storefront resists advertising shifts during a recession. After a rent increase and space cut, he leases half the arcade, while a new chain replaces the street side with modern fixtures. The rival draws strong demand, revealing market forces at work.
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Ceese
Retrenchment Fails During A Recession
A business consultant battles to save a failing firm during a recession as US prices rise. Israel increasingly imports electrical equipment brass and copper from Europe, reducing US supplier share. Palestine Economic Corp. and ICOA distribute US products like General Electric Alcoa and Griscom Russell in Israel.
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United States
Israel
Joachim N. Simon
Israel Corporation of America
New York
United States - Israel
ICOA
Palestine Economic Corp
Simon
Palestine Economic Corp. of
International General Electric
Alcoa
Griscom- Russell
Joan Crawford selling Brentwood home after 30 years
Hollywood gossip notes Joan Crawford plans to sell her Brentwood house after three decades of ownership. She expects her twins to attend school in New York while she continues an Orient tour with her late husband’s Pepsi project. Other entertainment news touches on Marlon Brando’s 1 million salary and Tony Curtis’s six week leg injury.
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Hollywood
Joan
Crawford
Brentwood
New York
Orient
Alfred Steele
Pepsi-Cola
Alfred
Marlon Brando
Anna Magani
Joanne Woodward
Pennebaker
Marlon
Anna Cash
William Zeckendorf
Century Fox
Wilbe
William
Martha Hyer
Judi Meredith
Barry Coe
Tony
Hollywood Stars Announce 1950 Film Plans and Travels
Joan Crawford heads to New York while Admiral Halsey marks his 77th birthday as Gallant Hours aims for October release. Harry Morgan signs for Mountain Road with James Stewart. Rick Jason free lance project in Copenhagen. Henry Fonda and Peter Ustinov yacht trip through Greece to Cannes after Spartacus.
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Robert Montgomery
Admiral Halsey
Hollywood
Harry Morgan
Jimmy Stewart
Arizona
Rick Jason
2Th Fox
Alden Nash
Copenhagen
Henry Fondas
Peter Ustinovs
Dodecanese Islands
Greece
Cannes
Ustinov
Peter
Mgm
The Third International and Soviet Global Influence
A compact account traces the Third International from Lenin’s 1919 founding to the Cominform era, outlining its reach in about 70 countries including the United States and Cuba. It covers key figures like James E. Jackson, Eugene Dennis, Robert Thompson, Morris Childs, Otto V. Kuusinen, and actions such as depose of Benjamin Gitlow and Jay Lovestone.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
American Communist Party
Third International
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
James E. Jackson
Moscow
Lenin
Karl Marx
International Workingmen’s Association
London
New York
Mussolini
Avanti
Second International
Leon Trotzky
Fourth International
United States
Communist Party
U.S.A
Otto V. Kuusinen
Communist Party of the World
Soviet Russia
Benjamin Gitlow
Jay Lovestone
William Z. Foster
Earl Browder
Senator Soaper Flags Narrow St Lawrence Seaway
In a remark the senator criticizes the St Lawrence Seaway for its narrow sections and blames design assumptions about foreign vessels. A letter carrier from St. Louis travels to Norway to study mail delivery there and may become the first American postman bitten by a Norwegian elkhound.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
St. Louis
Norway
Khrushchev’s Albania Visit Spurs Speculation on Adriatic Influence
The Khrushchev visit to Albania amid a wider Cold War context raises questions among Western and European intelligence circles. Analysts note Soviet military involvement in the region and discuss potential aims ahead of a planned summit with Eisenhower, including Tito’s stance and Belgrade’s alignment.
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Yugoslavia
Serbia
Montenegro
Macedonia
Khrushchev
Marshal Tito
Sputnik
Leonid Sedov
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Romania
Albania
Montenegroo
Belgrade
Hungary
Tibet
Mr. K
Adriatic
Tirana
The Canoe of Thought Sets Sail into Endless Waters
A reflective poem describes a canoe of thought launching into a vast sea of awareness. The frail hull rides consciousness as it moves beyond a quiet shore into endless waters, with white swans on dark waters and the river drawing the journey toward the great sea.
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Dr. T. E. Vass
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Bluefield Telephone Company
Vatson
Gov'r
Chicago Tribune
Ed Koterba
U. S. Patent Office
Elmer Roessner
Sheilah Graham
Milton Berle
Las Vegas
el Rancho
Ruth
Vicki
Eva Marie Saint
Christopher Fry
Eva Marie
Alfred Hitchcock
Adm
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James Cagney
Joan Crawford
Sokolsky
Red Action
Third ‘International
Comintern
Cominform
Communist Information Service
Kremlin
Elsa Maxwell
Russia
Soaper
C. Brown
Dulles
White House
Nikita Khrushchev
Adriatic Sea
Peng Teh-huai
Italy
Tito
Mihai Lasajev
Lieberek
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Turkey
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