Four-lane Bluefield Princeton road urged after fatal crash
The Daily Telegraph urges widening the Bluefield Princeton road to four lanes after a Friday night crash killed two and injured five. It criticizes the local Chamber of Commerce Roads Committee for not pushing for a four lane upgrade and argues three lane layouts are dangerous and outdated. Residents and authorities are urged to advocate with the State Road Commission.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Green Valley
Mercer County
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
GOP Resurgence Seen After Charleston Rally
The state Republican meeting in Charleston drew a large, enthusiastic crowd and signaled a fighting grassroots campaign. Howard Corcoran, new state chairman, drives the effort with help from President John F. Kennedy, urging precinct by precinct organizing for victory this fall.
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Charleston
Howard Corcoran
John F. Kennedy
Corcoran
West Virginia
Kennedy faces risk as tax cuts and markets diverge
President Kennedy signs a tax plan amid warnings of inflation and stock market volatility. He delays broad tax cuts, contemplates selective benefits, and weighs political risk ahead of the November elections while labor costs squeeze profits. The piece contrasts hopes for stimulus with concerns about revenue and timing.
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Washington
Kennedy
Hoover
Congress
Khrushchev Eyes Catholic Rome and West Talks
Khrushchev seeks to visit Rome and Bonn while courting Tito and pursuing a stance of Communist neutralism. He aims to charm Western leaders and pursue a papal audience as part of a broader strategy to ease tensions and project peace amid Berlin crises and NATO strains.
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Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
Tito
Stalin
Kremlin
U.S.S.R
Lenin
Berlin Wall
Britain
United States
Soviet Russia
West
Free World
NATO
Bonn
John XXII
Vatican
John
Adenauer
Moscow
Berlin
Pankow
Common Market tensions highlight Britain’s exit as a source of friction
The article argues the six nation Common Market works as a continental unit but Britain’s opposition and desire for better terms caused early rifts between Paris and Bonn. It notes the Rome Treaty links economics with political integration, and stresses internal European cohesion while warning about complex external challenges for the United States.
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Bonn
Britain
America
de Gaulle
Adenauer
West Germany
Selwyn Lloyd
France
London
England
Commonwealth
United States
Europe
Political Dirt and Estes Case Across Two Administrations
The piece argues both parties probe political corruption as Estes’ stockpiling and war materiel dealings draw attention. It notes bipartisan interest, limited public wrath, and the role of career officials over political appointees in these irregularities, with Eisenhower and Kennedy eras linked to favors for corporations.
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Billie Sol Estes
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Agriculture
Hall
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Estes
Capitol Hill
Adals
Federal Bureau
Cracy
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Hanna
Ike
Sokolsky argues for a 1962 tax cut to spur 1962 consumer demand
George Sokolsky warns that stock market fear depresses consumer spending and urges a 1962 tax cut paired with a balanced budget. He says Europe must remove trade barriers before new talks and likens Kennedy’s approach to past presidents, stressing the third and fourth quarters of 1962 as decisive for the economy.
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New York
Kennedy
United States
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of the Treasury
Daily Telegraph Notices from Fifty Years Ago
F. E. Pedigo traveled to Draper to visit relatives while Henry J. King of Roanoke Virginia visited the city on business.
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FE. S. Pedigo
Draper
Henry J. King
Roanoke
Mrs Catherine Hughes weds Chauncey Lockhart Waddelly
A cabinet wedding marks the first pairing of the present administration as Miss Catherine Hughes and Chauncey Lockhart Waddelly exchange vows in a formal ceremony.
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Catherine Hughes
Chauncey Lockhart Waddelly
Ex-convict Ernest Bunker Detained in Lindbergh Baby Case
Ernest Bunker, a former inmate, is held as a suspect related to the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. Authorities pursue leads as the investigation unfolds.
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Ernest Bunker
Nazi vengeance squads destroy Lidice town in reprisals
Nazi units swept Lidice in Czechoslovakia killing all the men and rounding up women and children in a brutal reprisal. The massacre followed reports of resistance activity and marked a drastic occupation crime with wide international condemnation.
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Czech
Lidice
Congress Rejects Truman Pleas on Steel Strike Powers
Congress swiftly rebuffed President Harry Truman urging him to invoke Taft Hartley. The Senate had already rejected his pleas to seize the mills. A cited quote shows a congressman urging fact gathering before acting on biases.
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Congress
Harry Truman
Senate
Truman
British Deny Needy Orphans In Hong Kong Spark US Appeal
Washington reports British authorities deny having Chinese orphans in Hong Kong as H L Hardin seeks homes for them. Kennedy asks British Ambassador Ormsby Gore to allow American help through Chinese Refugee Relief led by Hoover and Truman.
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H. L. Hardin
Hong Kong
United States
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Ormsby-Gore
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Immigration Service
The Here and Now Poems Turn Time Into Image
The poem contrasts present growth with future ambition. Tomorrow becomes a tree in bloom while today is a shrub you can touch. A fieldlark and a playful kite hint at potential, as tomorrow hints at flight toward distant stars.
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