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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1961
Page
19
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A devotional reflection cites Deuteronomy and Benjamin Franklin to affirm God’s guiding hand in individual lives and in empires, suggesting no event occurs without divine notice or aid.
A West Coast group forms to revive the art of conversation amid widespread silent living rooms. The essay argues television fosters brief discourse and erodes verbal expression from meals to work, predicting future generations may lose complex speech unless revived.
The piece evokes a New Day scene where quiet houses and sleeping streets hint at a forthcoming morning. Tricycles, hoses, cars, and chairs wait as time and sun edge toward the alarm hour, while open windows breathe the early air and prevent a sudden town awakening.
Rivalry grows between Harvard insiders who stayed on campus and those who moved to Washington. McGeorge Bundy and Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. left Harvard for Kennedy administration posts. Forty-one Harvard professors sign a letter criticizing the Cuban affair, linking indirect critique to the exiles. The student paper mocks Bundy’s broad influence, hinting he left Kennedy with strong powers.
Lawrence Washington questions if President Kennedy kept his autumn pledge not to meet Khrushchev without prior agreements. The piece notes past debates, rumors of secret deals, and the risk of a nuclear test ban compromise quietly advancing during long negotiations.
A compilation of past events notes Dr. C. T. Epling’s city transit to Athens to visit family. It recalls American Coal Co constructing 100 houses in Pocahontas coal fields. Lindberghs plan North Pacific flight. RAF fires Berlin and Kiel Canal. Logan miner charged in pistol deaths.
A local ceremony at Beaver auditorium celebrates graduates while community praise highlights Principal Lambert Arrington. Rumors name Mercer County as a potential Food Stamp Pilot Area via pressure led by Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee, with Bluefield ties and several nearby counties already listed.
A Fairview junior high class questioned NBC anchor Chet Huntley about a communist accusation. Huntley denied the charge and explained he avoids lawsuits by keeping assets in others' names, making legal action costly and impractical. He notes the right to publish falsehoods remains in this free country.
Ed Koterba describes a Florida gathering at Estero Fort Ohio Red Coconut Trail Park where retired professionals share food and talk about arrival and departure. Celita Pike, 73, received dozens of marriage proposals from across the country after writing about living like a millionaire on $143 a month. Celita recalls a lengthy, anxious suitor whose letter was dictated to a typist.
Elderly residents of Florida seek a quiet, meditative life in a close knit community. After chores, around sunset, conversations drift to weather, birds, and grandchildren, with reflections on a good life and the impermanence of tomorrow.
Sheilah Graham reports Stephen Boyd signs a six picture Fox deal with one film a year and considers Metro projects. Boyd heads to England and Holland for The Inspector at Fox. MGM photos of Jeffrey Hunter as Christ leak amid debate over King of Kings. Paul Henreid assigns Boyer to Tower of Glass for a European TV plan. Gig Young signs for Boys Night Out with Kim Novak and may appear in The Chapman Report with Janet Leigh. The Duchess of Kent reverts to Princess Marina as her son marries. Anthony Quinn recalls Becket premiere as London prop men receive travel tickets from Tony Becket events.
A Hollywood gossip note cites Johnny Mathis earning an estimated 1 million dollars in the first five months of the year. The Robert Mitchums mark 21 years of marriage amid reported spats, with Bob filming Cape Fear and Dorothy married in 1940, gifting a 21 karat Topaz pendant. France Nuyen credits Rod for new peace of mind aiding her weight loss.
A reader letter critiques Congressman Multer’s proposal for five percent gold coverage of the dollar and questions the assets of the United States. The writer asserts federal assets, including real estate and TVA holdings, could back the dollar, and argues for audited accounting of government holdings rather than ad hominem lists.
A philatelic expert notes bugs and insects appear more on stamps from behind the iron curtain than elsewhere. A famous baseball player quits, then returns after his wife persuades him, echoing a common remark that husbands often feel inadequate while wives stand by.
The piece surveys postwar power divisions with Stalin proposing three-way spheres and Churchill Roosevelt rejecting them. It notes the USSR extending influence through Eastern Europe and Africa, Cuba and Brazil in Latin America, and details TV ad regulation moves and political chatter about McLeod and Johnson amid civil rights tensions.
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