Tree farmers and tax policy spark a broad debate
John Chamberlain argues against special tax treatment for natural resource companies including mining oil timber and others. He notes the oil depletion allowance and timber capital gains case stir debate while praising tree farming’s public benefits such as tourism recreation and watershed protection amid a critique of a flawed progressive tax system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Treasury
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
United States
New England
Congress
Faith and Power Inspiring Morning Reflections
A brief devotional note quotes scripture and Joseph Addison to urge trust in God. It contrasts human wisdom with divine power, suggesting firm faith yields strength, wisdom, and happiness.
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Joseph Addison
Nuclear Ambush A Warning On Test Ban Talks And Soviet Deceit
Washington Star writer Earl H. Voss argues in Nuclear Ambush that four decades of Soviet behavior shows they will accept a test ban only to violate it. He warns inspections may fail and a signed treaty could curb US tests while hiding secret Soviet tests, risking a nuclear disaster.
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Kennedy
Soviet Russia
Earl H. Voss
Washington Star
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Russia
Voss
Snodgrass
Arnold Bernhard and Co
East 44Th Street
N. Y
Billie Sol Estes
Shoes deal in Salem stirs doubt over federal aid
Local banks and businessmen in Salem Indiana raised 183000 to match a 700000 Area Redevelopment Administration loan for a shoe plant. The plant started last month, employs 125 and could reach 600, yet critics link it to rising imports that cost 47000 American jobs by 1965, questioning the policy.
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Salem
Indiana
Federal Area Redevelopment Administration
New Frontier
U.S
Mystery of Government Spending Shocks Hodges Says
Secretary Hodges laments not knowing what is happening in a small agency under his watched leadership after a House Appropriations subcommittee reveals waste and profligacy. The piece argues that if Hodges does not know, then no one does.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
House
Mercer County Needs A Four Lane Bluefield Princeton Highway
A regional plea calls for a four lane highway project connecting Bluefield and Princeton in Mercer County. advocates urge state action to improve east west transportation, reduce congestion, and spur local economic development.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Princeton
Suppressed U-2 Report Details Rising Upper Atmosphere Radioactivity
Drew Pearson reports a secret U-2 derived study found three times more radioactivity in the upper atmosphere than expected and tracing fallout to Earth. The May 21 request for release was denied, fueling concerns over government handling of nuclear test dangers and HEW Pentagon dynamics. Instances of racial segregation persist in Capitol Hill pages, with Negro youths barred from the page corps.
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Washington
Russia
National Advisory Committee On Radiation
Pentagon
Chet Holifield
Calif
Mel Price
Federal Radiation Council
Paul Tompkins
Kennedy
Department of “Health, Education and Welfare
Congressional Page Corps
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
Capitol Plaza
Senate
House
Rep
Barratt O'Hara
Chicago
Fifty Years Ago in Daily Telegraph Notes Visitors and Deaths
Andrew Gott of Hinton visited the city fifty years ago. John J. Tierney, a Pocahontas field pioneer engineer, died in Philadelphia forty years ago. The Senate planned to widen its probe to private bankers. Twenty years ago US fliers renewed their offensive in Western Europe. Ten years ago Pfc. Charles W. Akers, Bluefield’s first homecoming Korean War prisoner, was welcomed with official ceremonies.
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John J. Tierney
Pocahontas Field
Philadelphia
Senate
J. P. Morgan and Co
U. S
Europe
Charles W. Akers
Bluefield
Veteran finally receives long awaited WWI bonus in francs
Jean Louis Cormier, 82, of Neublans, waited 45 years for a WWI veteran’s bonus. Inflation cut the payout to just 40 cents, but the payment was finally received after decades of delay.
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Jean Louis Cormier
Neublans
le Parisien
Paris
Overkill stockpiling fuels nuclear arms folly
The article argues that the United States manicly expands its nuclear arsenal far beyond Hiroshima levels. It claims the 22 billion tons TNT equivalent stockpile threatens global devastation and costs taxpayers over 2 billion annually. It questions the logic and urges Congress and the public to challenge the program and war profits.
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Strategic Air Force
United States
Sino-Soviet Bloc
Ussr
Red China
Congress
Hiroshima
Spist Innzoviet
Viet
Oak Ridge
Poem Fragment On Cavern Stalactite and Stalagmite
A Carlsbad Caverns ranger recalls two formations nearly touching within one sixteenth of an inch. The piece imagines the space between them as a silent vow and wonders what history or secret might have moved in the limestone before the Flood.
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Ranger
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Remembering 1935 and the lure of a $25 a week start
The author recalls 1935 the year he began earning and the path of paid jobs. He notes college recruitment ads promising high salaries and future wealth, contrasted with the bleak early years and the lure of secure positions in finance. He reflects on ambition, luck, and the age when plans felt certain.
Likely Liberal pope favored by diplomats in 1960s view
Washington diplomats believe a liberal pope is more probable, with a two thirds majority unlikely and moderates decisive. They note John XXIII's influence, Italian cardinals versus others, and conservatives’ past defeat, predicting a possible liberal victory or a risky compromise.
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Washington
Vatican
John XXIII
College of Cardinals
John
Lenin
Pope John
State Department
America
Francis Spellman
James Frances McIntyre
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Nikita Khrushchev
Mr. K
Alexei Adzhubei
Bluefield bond issue debated and Alabama rights dispute
Readers demand full facts on Bluefield bond election taxes and city funding while editor notes tax limits and earmarking. The letter also condemns Alabama governor actions on education and civil rights, comparing to governors Faubus and Jackson. A local neurosurgery doctor praises the paper’s Kiwanis Club report, and Montcalm High School thanks the paper for coverage of its team.
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Vernon Dann
Montcalm High School
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Hugh Ike Shott
John Chamberlain
New Hampshire
Vermont
Drew Pearson
Jerry Wiesner
Utah
Minnesota
HEW
Anthony Celebrezze
Celebrezze
Bob McNamara
Daily Telegraph
Andrew Gott of
Hinton
H. J. Taylor
Robert Ruark
Andrew Tully
Whittle
JSC
W. Va
Alabama
Wallace
Faubus
Afmbiens
Jackson
Missis
Sippi
J. Spencer Thompson
Kiwanis Club
William F. Hillier, Jr
M.D. Bluefield
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