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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1964
Page
5
In excerpts from Thoreau and the Bible figures offer solitude as companion and refuge. Thoreau values solitary life while Jesus withdraws to the hills to pray after dismissing crowds.
The article argues West Germany maintains a six million ton coal import quota, restricting U S suppliers despite cheaper higher quality American coal. It warns U S policy toward postwar protectionism and a lack of reciprocal access, urging a more realistic State Department stance and a shift from “sucker” concessions.
The West Virginia eastern panhandle needs about 1 100 workers for a 10 week fruit harvest with potential earnings up to 2 000. Migrant Florida laborers are expected to fill the jobs again this year, despite calls for state training programs to employ unemployed residents. The piece questions reliance on relief rolls and urges action by state authorities.
A persuasively argued column contrasts ancient Chinese flood control with modern tyranny. It links the Yellow River Great Bend floods to dynastic collapse and condemns Mao's regime for graft and neglect, predicting mass escapes from Communist rule.
Senator Williams probes USDA golf loan program noting 13 of 17 recreational loans through 1963 funded golf courses totaling 1.1 million dollars with just 1 704 members. Names and locations of borrowers revealed amid tension over land conversion for greens and political optics.
A 50 year old report notes a monument honoring Confederate war dead was unveiled at Arlington National Cemetery. A linked 40 year item recalls a National Retail Coal Merchants Association convention in Bluefield. A 20 year line mentions a false Allied invasion report electrifying the world. A 10 year note records a Carbide plant blast at Institute injuring 52 people.
World Echoes reports the Nymo family election confusion in Galsf Jort where municipal council winner remains disputed between father and son both named Trygve Nymo. Elections board initially named the farmer Trygve Nymo, then reversed, declaring the father winner. Both men contest the result, prompting new elections to resolve the matter.
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that Washington state’s 1955 loyalty oath for public employees is unconstitutionally vague. The decision questions whether similar language in the Smith Act and other laws can be upheld, while dissents argue the ruling overrules precedent and defenses of loyalty requirements.
The poem contrasts birdsong at dawn and dusk with the harsh sounds of industry and city life. Birds awaken and sing then quiet as daytime machines and traffic rise, returning to twilight harmony as day ends. The lines echo a palindrome-like symmetry in nature and urban noise.
A poetic meditation urges resilience and rooted freedom as birds symbolize thoughts and spring. The voice invites endurance through wind and change, with nature as a guide to inner strength and renewal.
Art Buchwald recalls a State Department briefing about the American Embassy in Moscow being bugged by tiny mikes. The piece uses humorous travel misadventures with an Intourist guide and a chandelier as a running gag to critique Cold War espionage secrecy and public reaction.
Russell Kirk condemns U.S. policy in Southeast Asia as a paralyzed force while Pathet Lao advances to Vientiane. Refugees flee toward Laos capital as Washington stalls, appealing to the United Nations and failing to back Laos and South Vietnam. The piece blames Washington, McNamara, and policy elites for weakness amid Communist gains.
Senate negotiator Everett McKinley Dirksen of Illinois steered a bipartisan civil rights substitute through, backing limited federal power and local control. The plan preserves state leeway for 60 days to address public accommodations and fair employment disputes, allows Attorney General involvement for individuals, and blocks forced busing while advancing federal oversight.
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