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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1966
Page
5
No Easy Job for New Mercer County School Supt
William E. Anderson takes command as Mercer County schools superintendent with a mandate to raise accreditations and improve teaching quality. Critics note many teachers work out of field and disciplines at Fairview Junior High need tightening amid broader system reforms. Cooperation from residents and officials is urged to ensure a better education for all children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Anderson
Mercer County
Anderson
Athens
Bluefield
Fairview Junior High School
Fairview
Pete Cooke
Cooke
Right Path for Mercer County Sanitary Landfill Plan
The Mercer County Board of Health pushes a countywide public service district to establish a sanitary landfill system. The plan aims to end open garbage dumps defacing the county and will require cooperation from Bluefield and Princeton among others, with originators praised for persistence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Board of Health
Bluefield
Princeton
County Health Board
Pulitzer Winners Invited to Big Party
All living Pulitzer Prize winners were invited to a big party where they wondered how others had won. The Tiny Tigers coach laments weak hitting and ineffective pitching in Littlest League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiny Tigers
Meredith Attack Not Surprising Given US Crime Tone
Washington columnist argues Meredith's Mississippi march attack reflects broad violence in the United States. He cites recent crimes, notes Governor Katzenbach calls the Meredith incident isolated, and discusses reactions from Martin Luther King Jr and Floyd McKissick urging a Mississippi rural march. He calls for better gun controls and improved youth training to reduce crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Meredith
Mississippi
United States
Lansing
Mich
Kennedy
Katzenbach
Aubrey James Norvell
Meredith
America
Martin Luther King, Jr
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Dr. King
Johnson
King
Oswald
Norvell
Bobby Kennedy Faces Senate Backlash Over South Africa Trip
Washington reports a sardonic Senate view of Bobby Kennedy as a publicity hungry grandstander, out of step with his brother Jack in style and fairness. Colleagues view LSD hearing clash with Thomas Dodd as a failed bid for favorable light and a warning to Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bobby” Kennedy
South Africa
Senate
Bobby
White House
Jack
Thomas Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Timothy Leary
LSD
Meredith Right to Be Wrong Is a Public Right Too
Andrew Tully argues that James Meredith was a trouble-maker for challenging Mississippi’s racial order yet retains his constitutional right to pursue integration. The piece defends free speech and right to protest while acknowledging Mississippi’s enduring hostility and the outsider status of Meredith in American culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Meredith
Meredith
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
United States
Christ
Sam
Adams
Zola
Samuel Gompers
Congress
American Legion
Surprising Viet Nam Economy Remarks and Lighter Notes
A senator notes unexpected effects of Viet Nam on the economy while joking about funding a war from petty cash. The column wittily foresees insects dominating the world, hints at picnic cohabitation, and jokes about dances and berets alongside domestic scenes such as a family with an outdoor entertainment center.
Cabinet Demoted and Goats in Legislation Stir Debate
Washington reports that Johnson's Cabinet meetings are infrequent and lack real debate with war decisions often made at private luncheons. A Senate Commerce Committee session discussed including goats in a humane testing bill, with a split over access to hospital laboratories and kennels for lost dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Kennedy
Jfk
Bay of Pigs
Eisenhower
Truman
Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Viet Nam
White House
McNamara
Senate
Laboratory of State
Secretary of Defense
McNa
Senate Commerce
Army
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
Aberdeen
Sen
Hugh Scott
Thruston Morton
Commerce Committee
Maurine Neuberger
D-Ore
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Catholics in America See Slower Growth After Vatican II
Russell Kirk notes fewer conversions to Catholicism in 1965 than in any year since 1953 and reports Catholic schools facing enrollment and financial pressures. He cites rising Protestant and Jewish membership, limited intellectual leadership, and calls for a spiritual renaissance akin to Cardinal Newman’s English revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Caldwell
America
John Tracy Ellis
Harvey Cox
Cardinal Newman
England
Ten Years Ago Shooting Leaves Local Woman Critical
A Littlesburg woman was in critical condition after being shot seven times, though officials said she was holding her own. The note appears in a wraparound of anniversary summaries from past decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littlesburg
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Andrew Tully
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Bill Moyers
Drew Pearson
Russell Kirk
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Kansas
States
Wilkins
Alaska
North Pole
Loos
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