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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1957
Page
9
The Daily and Sunday carriage costs 40 cents per week with West Virginia and all of Mali in and second genes priced at 16.20 per year. Rates to other zones available on request. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Representative Kats Agency Inc. Telephone DA 7 617.
Rose Ichelson, a bacteriologist at St. Luke's Hospital in Philadelphia, announces isolation of a spirochaeta miselophthora as the microorganism behind multiple sclerosis. She invites verification while noting this as a major breakthrough yet not a cure or prevention, with MS affecting about 300,000 in the nation.
The article surveys a tense regional balance with Russia pursuing a new peace initiative while Syria and Egypt back anti-Western plots. It notes Iraq hostility, Turkish troop movements, Lebanon’s disapproval, and Saudi attempts to form an anti communist bloc as rival powers threaten Jordan. The piece ends asking how long this quiet will last.
Roosevelt Hospital technicians report rabbit and guinea pig populations but notice fifteen animals AWOL. Frantic search leads detectives to interview seven school principals and a boy who boasted of new rabbits. Father present as confession links two accomplices.
The piece asks if humanity can halt a downward trend driven by weapons before figures like P and Q appear, warning of a dangerous global slide and urging action to avert further catastrophe.
Washington reports rising indignation over union leadership abuses linked to McClellan Committee findings. The piece questions the authority of top bosses like Beck and Hutcheson, the effectiveness of Taft-Hartley era safeguards, and the potential impact on closed shop laws and labor reform.
Hollywood interview outlines Tony Perkins signing for Broadway and a film version of Look Homeward Angel with rehearsals in New York starting in November. If the play succeeds he will stay until June and will drive a sky blue car. He reflects on a life change from two years ago to now and mentions Venetia Stevens as his girlfriend. Other gossip notes include Vera Miles likely starring after her baby’s birth, Peggy Woolly tested at Paramount, and a remark about Bob Wade and Exbert.
The fragment shows a personal health check overtones with reassurances about cancer heart attack and diseases, then shifts to praising teamwork from the lab to therapy, ending with a personal note. It reads as a reflective, informal health diary excerpt.
The reminiscence recalls a stark, hurry-up hospitality hut with frugal, cheerless upkeep and a harsh nurse routine. It mentions a diet kitchen and a checklist of meals, plus doctors withholding food. The narrator contrasts old moldy lodgings with modern Texas hotels offering air conditioning.
A cheerful yet critical look at hospital expansion and care quality discusses future floors for self-help care, undercharging issues, and the need for nurses. It contrasts shorter training paths with lengthy schooling and questions how patients will receive attention across new care levels.
In McLean Virginia a summer bachelor describes two weeks of quiet with family routines. He laments low quality entertainment, notes the persistence of Red Skelton on TV, and observes a lack of comics and dramatic fare. He sounds wistful for busier social life.
The speaker praises lussie for its entertaining form with distinct hero and villain, a beginning, middle, and end. He notes staged injury is accidental and action builds to a climax as top writers craft dramatic scripts for TV audiences. A recent show ends with a referee taking a shot after a wrestler named Cowboy Rocky Lee stumbles.
A 1957 wrestling bout featured Dr. Jerry Graham and Professor Roy Shire against Skaaland with their manager. Chairs swung and a referee toppled as Scott and others surged into the ring, yet no one was seriously injured in the chaotic scene.
The writer laments beer mergers reducing variety and choice for drinkers. He cites fewer regional brews, marketing blandness, and smaller glassware shaping perception. Government labeling and price dynamics are questioned, noting higher taxes and changing beer culture.
Summary notes beer consumption declined since 1945 from 18.86 gallons to 16.13 gallons in 1955. It mentions beer returning on March 22, 1933, and speculates on future tavern festivities under state permitting laws. Describes a gambling game Five Card Draw with 25 cent cards and tabs, noting IRS occupational tax rules.
The piece urges a balanced vacation plan emphasizing rest over constant activity. It promotes simple pleasures like rocking chairs and creek fishing to refresh before resuming a productive year.
Dr. John Kay criticizes Leninist doctrine and Soviet how-to of revolution, arguing that Marxist goals require overthrow of bourgeois power and the state. He recounts 1917 18 experiences and contrasts Chinese and Hungarian revolutions, challenging Khrushchev era narratives.
A dated note recalls events from forty to ten years ago, mentioning the United Commercial Travelers council in Bluefield, visits by Bernard Mecllhaney and Armour of Washington, a National Open golf event, a Commerce Street building project, a government mediation board on a steel strike, Amelia Earhart’s Calcutta stop, and Don McClaugherty’s appointment as state motor vehicles commissioner.
A Senate committee proposes tougher rules to curb lobbying. The discussion notes cartoonish vest signs and contrasts pioneers settling by water with modern descendants facing backyard pool financing on easy pay terms.
Washington notes the Treasury battles a deep fiscal crisis with record high rates and shrinking investor interest while George Humphrey signals exit. The piece links debt strategy shifts to Burgess and cites July to October maturities, Navy base closures, and political fallout involving Rep Bonner and Sen Wiley amid postwar budget tensions.
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