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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1967
Page
5
A quoted meditation links John 15 13 with Stevenson thoughts on love and friendship. The message asserts that love compels service and that no person is useless when cared for by friends.
The piece condemns the President's Club selling access to Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy for $1000, arguing it demeans the Presidency. It notes aides hear problems, cites moneyed backers as obtaining special attention, and critiques a plan to fund campaigns partly via Treasury while keeping the club. It underscores moral concerns about influence peddling in politics.
The article critiques Chief Justice Earl Warren for billing the State Department $586 in travel expenses and $362 for his wife during a 13 day trip to Bolivia, Peru and Colombia. It notes Warren’s $40,000 annual pay and asserts many officials exploit such allowances. It mentions Congress seeking $400 million for 1968 and comments on expectations for rookies in spring training.
A block of letters to the editor from Bluefield and nearby areas discuss city beautification and tourism, alcohol laws, and social issues. Contributors condemn crime and poor governance, urge better enforcement, and reflect on education, family, and public safety in Virginia and West Virginia.
Harry Truman proposed internationalizing key waterways after World War II to prevent war, suggesting free access to seas and sharing control of the Panama and Suez Canals, the Danube, Bosporus, Kiel Canal, Rhine, and Shimonoseki. Churchill resisted relinquishing Suez. Stalin rejected the Danube plan, leaving a stalled proposal.
Paul Harvey argues that small delays at work echo nationwide costs while linking labor attitudes to productivity. He traces U S policy and international waterway access from World War II through Eisenhower era actions on Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba, stressing the balance of power and national interests.
President Johnson faces pressure from advisers to seek a tax rise by October or January to curb deficits from Vietnam and nonmilitary spending. A five billion dollar revenue gain may still leave a large shortfall, fueling inflation fears and political risk in the 1968 vote.
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