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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1955
Page
4
The notice lists the Bluefield Telegraph established in 1893, published daily and Sunday mornings by Telegraph Co. at 412 Bland Street. It includes carrier and mail rates, and references the Audit Bureau of Circulation and Kats Agency as representatives.
A compact oddity noting a mix of biblical phrasing and a stray line about honesty among Gentiles, with a fragment about glory at visitation and a brief mention of Cervantes. The surface reads like a dated quip or editorial aside, lacking a clear news event or report.
A Population Reference Bureau study finds men who graduated college in 1945 average 1.73 children in ten years after graduation, up from 1.02 for the class of 1936. Women graduates average 1.43 children in the same period, up from 0.95 for 1936 graduates, suggesting graduates may be replacing themselves.
Italian geologists predict a decade may bring enough oil to turn Italy into an exporter. Ragusa in Sicily and Alamo in the Apennines report large reserves with early production, prompting plans for new hotels, a refinery, and a port to support expected prosperity.
An art outreach in Princeton New Jersey during the first two weeks of June places works from over 20 contemporary artists in eight New York centers and displays them in everyday shops including barber shops hardware stores and supermarkets. The plan aims to reach busy residents with serene landscapes and still lifes near food counters while avoiding loud music to prevent sensory overload for harried housewives.
Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall outlines plans to defeat Senator Wayne Morse with money and reorganized state forces, citing Goldwater. Governor Patterson reportedly to run. Truman to address Morse supporters as Democrats rally in Portland. The fight centers on TVA, Dixon-Yates, Hell’s Canyon, Niagara River and the private power vs public ownership issue.
Walter Wanger recovers from chicken pox as Joan Bennett rehearses Dark Fleece. Mario Lanza adds songs to Serenade at Warner Bros with maestro Giacomo Spidoni. Damon becomes the hero’s new name. Mickey Rooney writes a Daniel Boone song for his TV series. Dorothy Dandridge declines Salome revival on Broadway. Rex Harrison Palmer plans altered bills. Dana Wynter touted as Marilyn Monroe rival with new dressing praise. Simon Silva to headline Ankles and Curves on Broadway with Claire Luce. Kansas board objects to importing Connecticut ants for Picnic. Sally Benson’s Josephine adaptation opens as Young and the Beautiful with Lois Smith. Claire Trevor curates selective roles, English fans nickname Doris Day Old Calamity.
A Boston Globe vignette features a father returning from a business trip and asking his 7 year old son Jackie how he is progressing. The boy proudly says he is “next to the fastest one in the slow group,” highlighting a humorous take on childhood sports or activity.
Constantine Brown argues that foreign aid since World War I is misunderstood by taxpayers. He charges that diverse programs across many agencies caused duplication and opaque accounting, masking the true scale and influence of aid, including lend-lease and do it yourself projects.
A critical look at U S foreign aid argues that aid categorized as military sometimes funds nonmilitary projects while military services finance unrelated efforts in the name of stability. The piece criticizes the Cold War era aid program as excessive and misallocated.
Forty food executives polled by Opinion Research Corp for General Foods foresee atomic ideas reshaping groceries. They expect radioactive methods to improve insect control plant nutrition and shelf life, enabling cheaper foods and longer storage without refrigeration.
Louisiana Democrat Edwin E. Willis vows to push for a larger sugar share for US producers. Lawmakers from a sugar-producing state with a Democratic majority may back reducing imports, risking higher prices during wartime, says the Federal Trade Commission. In other news the FTC filed complaints against three New York firms over jeweled watches.
The interviewee discusses guaranteed wages and the challenges of mousetrap innovation. He cites pressures from statisticians, economists, and union leaders, and notes changes like color options and quieter traps. He laments uncertain mouse counts and security concerns while joking about guaranteed wages for mousetrap workers.
A Senate Labor committee approved a one dollar per hour minimum wage though acceptance by workers seems doubtful. An industrialist comments on wage realities and mentions Winn & Lovett as a company name heard in the discussion. A horse named Reneged allegedly set a world record amid unclear play. Bill Rose is noted as a vice president at Webb & Kapp while Billy and Jim Norris reportedly have disagreements.
A stranger asks a farmer about purple dust he sprinkles. The farmer insists it is lion powder and that it keeps lions away, though the stranger notes no lions have existed in the area for 5,000 years. The farmer concedes the powder is no good.
The writer debates moral canons from Aristotle to Marxism and Catholic doctrine, praising Murray Kempton's Part of Our Time. He argues enduring guides for conduct resist fashion and politics, while noting Western society's fear of unpopularity and shifting fashions.
Daily Telegraph recaps items from fifty, forty, twenty, and ten years past. Norton business visit by E L Cameron. Welch visitor W H Henritze. Virginia debt note. Knights of Pythias officers elected. Amundsen gas claim. Chicago gang war. Roosevelt era setting. Okinawa defense action. Paris welcome.
A playful montage notes a pigeon outrunning a sports car in a test race and quips about headlines on Quemoy Matsu and Rubirosa. It mentions a burlesque return ruled legal if no strip acts, hints at prune whip recipe, and reports a Yale student turning down a $400,000 inheritance.
Washington publisher Phillip Graham calls for elections financed by all voters not special groups. He links secret funds of Nixon and Prescott Bush to corrupt practices. The piece details Nixon and Bush voting patterns favoring major donors and outlines Kefauver's juvenile delinquency probe on film influence.
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