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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1965

Page

5

Foundations Under Castles Built In The Air

A reflective meditation on turning imagination into reality. Build solid foundations under ambitious dreams rather than letting them drift. Quotes by Romans 4 18 and Henry David Thoreau frame the call to practical effort.

Henry David Thoureau

A Debate Over a North Carolina Gag Law on Communists

The North Carolina Legislature defends a law to bar known Communists from speaking on state college campuses while critics call it an unconstitutional gag on free speech. Proponents argue for strong action against Communism, while opponents warn of censorship and a dangerous precedent. The piece suggests an equal time approach with immediate rebuttal by anti Communist authorities.

North Carolina Reds West Virginia

Johnson faces choice on SAM-2 missiles in North Vietnam

The Johnson administration, aided by Rusk and Bundy, stag es a high-stakes debate over destroying Soviet SAM-2 sites in North Vietnam. Joint Chiefs urge immediate action while allies Britain and France resist escalation. Background notes 15 sites under construction with 6 000 to 8 000 Soviet technicians. President to consider troop buildup and civil defense plans. Henry Cabot Lodge reports mixed European support for U S Vietnam policy.

Washington Johnson Russia North Viet Nam Joint Chiefs of Staff U. S Rusk McGeorge Bundy White House Britain France State Department Hanoi Haiphong Viet Nam Bundy Kremlin Dis South Viet Nam Joint Chiefs Henry Cabot Lodge House Foreign Affairs Committee Massachusetts Republican Lodge Formosa GOP Europe

Johnson Faces Choice on Fifth Circuit Judges and Race Policies

Washington reports President Johnson faces four vacancies on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that will shape southern race policy for a decade. The choice between allies of southern senators like Jim Coleman and reform-minded judges echoes past Kennedy appointments and Eisenhower picks.

Washington Johnson U. S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit South Texas Florida White House Eisenhower Jim Coleman Mississippi Coleman Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission White Citizens Council University of Mississippi Mississippi Highway Patrol Clennon King Ole Miss Whitfield Insane Asylum John Stennis Lady Bird Johnson John F. Kennedy Eastland D-Miss Senate Judiciary Committee Kennedy U. S Harold Cox Philadelphia Supreme Court John Minor Wisdom Court of Appeals New Orleans John R. Brown Houston Georgia Abraham Lincoln

Time markers from the Daily Telegraph archive

A compact retrospective fragment lists events from different years: fifty years ago C B Sweet visited relatives in Bristol forty years ago a four inch snow hit Montana while the east swelled in a heat wave thirty years ago E H Witten was elected mayor of Princeton twenty years ago Japanese suicide planes sank two U S destroyers off Okinawa ten years ago Bluefield opened the East River Swimming Pool after a week of operation.

C. B. Sweet Bristol Montana E. H. Witten Princeton U. S Okinawa Bluefield East River

Johnson explains Dominican action and consultative steps

President Johnson outlines the Dominican Republic intervention timeline noting consultations with 14 Latin American countries and the OAS before landing troops. He defends the Johnson doctrine as a reiteration of longstanding policy while acknowledging ongoing Communist influence and the peril faced by Americans.

Washington United States Dominican Republic Peace Committee Organization of American States Johnson Mr. Johnson Santo Domingo Republic

Poems Rest on the Quiet Hill

The speaker recalls a quiet hill used after a berry hunt and feast, a place of rest and contemplation. The verses hint at a life of travel and a belief in eventual reward, ending with a note of ascent and renewal as Joseph Joel Keith contemplates what lies beyond.

Unmasking the W E B Du Bois Clubs and Homeland Peril

Paul Harvey laments Communist hideaways behind the constitution urging warning to Americans. He praises House Committee on Un American Activities and war veterans, condemns Du Bois Clubs of America for campus protests against US policy in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic.

Washington Bennett Dominican Republic CIA USIA Army Navy Air Force Ambassador Hotel Santo Domingo OAS Congressional House Republic W.E.B. du Bois Clubs of America Lawman Ogg A Anal Security J. Edgar Hoover du Bois United States Viet Nam U. S

Diplomats Criticize U S Policy and Rusk Mission

The column argues U S foreign policy failure and Rusk's Vienna meeting with Gromyko exposed limits of diplomacy. It claims Russia is cautious, avoiding public moves to aid Hanoi, while declaring Moscow on the U S side in private briefings.

Dean Rusk Ussra France U. S Rusk Vienna Johnson Andrei Gromyko Kremlin Viet Nam Gromyko Austria Hanoi Congress Russia China

Philippines Drift Toward Asian Reds and Western Ties

Washington observes growing Filipino nationalism as Asia shifts influence away from the United States. Filipino leaders urge more say over military bases and business parity, while some see Red China as a future ally. Romulo advocates stronger regional ties amid enduring fear and dependency.

Washington State Department Philippines Red U. S Asia Rae SS Ey America Carlos Romulo General MacArthur Romulo China Philip Res

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