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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1961
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates by carrier daily and weekly, with various regional charges and a circulation representative contact. It notes pricing details and requests inquiries through the agency listed, with telephone reference for further information.
A devotional snippet offers a homily on living by love as Christ’s disciples. The text blends biblical quotation with a personal exhortation to give daily to others, ending with a hopeful note of divine greeting.
A U S editorial discusses President Kennedy’s moon goal as a national decision for citizens and Congress. It notes projected costs from 25 to 30 billion dollars over five years, potential totals above 40 billion, and possible yearly additions. NASA and space leaders offer mixed views while scientists debate feasibility and timing.
Lawrence Washington notes Eisenhower’s implicit critique of the Kennedy administration and urges restraint in blaming the military. He praises the Joint Chiefs, attacks centralized power, and defends individual self reliance, local control, and positive programs across education and agriculture. He warns against coercive federal programs and long term spending.
A Daily Telegraph note recalls Dr. E M Spangler of North Fork leaving for Athens to spend a week with friends and relatives. The item also mentions other past events including a 40 year old Miller trip, and twenty three counts against Al Capone.
The author rails at Kennedy comparing him to Irish charmers and Class B pitchers, warns that talk does not win games against De Gaulle Khrushchev Castro and dictators, and laments past U S failures in Laos Cuba while predicting a brutal political reckoning ahead.
The piece argues Kennedy should learn from De Gaulle on firm diplomacy, contrasts Western restraint with Eastern bluntness, and warns that charm and rhetoric fail against a cynical East led by Khrushchev. It stresses practical power over speeches and the need for a strong, decisive handshake in Cold War diplomacy.
In a Candy and Confectioners Journal editorial, the industry and Robert Welch’s brother deny any connection to Welch and his John Birch Society stance. The piece argues such associations could harm public relations and suggests consumers will not abandon candy over Welch's views.
An editorial by Don Gussow profiles Robert Welch and connects his anti-Communist crusade to Truman's dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur. The piece portrays Welch as idiosyncratic, fond of chess, and a gifted writer with humor and salesmanship.
Gussow recalls Bob Welch as intensely serious after interviewing leaders like Syngman Rhee and Chiang Kai-shek. Welch wrote a popular book on MacArthur, faced paranoia about communism, and displayed extraordinary mental and physical energy in his relentless anti communist work.
Sheilah Graham reports on Doris Day joined by Jackie Gleason in Jumbo for Metro Joe Pasternak. Johnny Johnston praised for comic and dramatic power. Wally Beery good substitute Harry Wilson lands a film cameo. Maurice Chevalier in Jessica with a singing priest. Marcello Mastroianni moves from La Dolce Vita to Divorce Italian Style. Zsa Zsa Gabor divorce settlement links with Straits fiscal matters. The Guns of Navarone lauded as top movie with Gregory Peck David Niven Anthony Quinn ensemble. high cost and long wait noted for blockbuster production.
The piece notes John Logan composing lunch hour scores for a movie version of Fanny to premiere at Radio City Music Hall on July 4. Studios bid for film rights to Leon Uris’s Miller 18 about Warsaw under Nazi rule, to blend fact and fiction like Exodus.
The text argues against using CIA interventions and attacks on dictators as a universal standard of virtue. It critiques US leadership since Wilson, Monroe Doctrine limits, and Roosevelts era, noting shifts in policy and the Soviet stance with a claim of Soviet influence in Havana. It emphasizes non intervention as American tradition and warns of overreach impacting international relations.
Senator Soaper recalls a college motto about athletes and letters while contrasting other grand plans from the FAA director on the future of airliners. Astronaut Shepard faces a flood of mail as scientists note Antarctic ice mass 20 percent larger than thought, amplifying global tension.
Drew Pearson recalls meeting Rafael Trujillo in 1931 and portrays him as a frightened ruler who built beauty hotels yet faced many assassination plots. The piece notes Trujillo's lavish lifestyle for his inner circle, tight security in Washington, and references to ex-Congressmen Charley Porter and Don Jackson amid broader U S policy caution under McNamara.
A damaged page presents a short verse about running beside moving water and changing waves. The speaker notes uncertainty about being the same person who ran along the shore. The fragment ends with the name Norma McLLAIN Stoop.
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