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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1961
Page
4
A devotional note cites Proverbs 24 21 and Nathaniel Emmons on fearing the Lord and the king. It links obedience to God with genuine love and reverence.
The piece notes Father’s Day spending tops one billion dollars yet many feel uneasy about the celebration. Adlai Stevenson jokingly proposes a Fathers Year instead of a day as Congress weighs nationwide recognition and a gentler honor for dads across media and literature.
Scientists at a Mojave Desert space tracking station bounce radar pulses off Venus to measure surface details. Findings show Venus rotates slowly, keeping the same sunward face, with one side around 600 degrees Fahrenheit and a rough surface like the Moon, making it highly inhospitable to life and enabling more accurate Earth sun distance calculations.
Urban planners and merchants eye infrared street lamps in Denver and glass domes in Minneapolis to warm sidewalks and protect shoppers from winter ice. Infrared lamps in two St. Louis display windows auto activate below 40 degrees, sparking debate on year round downtown commerce.
The piece argues that anti business policies and tax proposals abroad and at home threaten foreign trade and the domestic recovery. It cites depreciation incentives, moon space spending, housing credits, and tax on dividends as burdensome, inflationary trends worrying businessmen, with Congress moving toward socialization and deficits.
Daily Telegraph recalls past events with notes of J F Steele of Keystone visiting the city yesterday. It also mentions historic reckonings from Boomer to Mingo County, Lick Creek arrests, and a tent colony clash with state forces.
The University Club Bulletin notes Eddie Steele was elected chairman of the Blue Stone Conference near Hinton. A reader questions whether H E S is the same Eddie Steele who received the orchid. A local Concord College fraternity member clarifies their local status. Dr Ralph McCue jokes about an undertaker friend with a lay away plan.
A remembered era describes bustle making from newspapers rags and sacks ordered by wealthy women from Lynchburg. Coffee moved from Rio de Janeiro via Norfolk to Princeton in sacks used as bustle material. A young girl’s letter mentions Concord College and a misidentification about Gordon W. Har in Harrison Straley’s memoirs.
The AN PDR-27 episode shows Navy procurement awarding a nearly 1 million dollar contract for 3 750 portable radiation detectors to Chatham Electronics over Anton Labs. Despite delivery delays, a second contract for 7 500 more units was issued at under 2 million dollars with no bids from other firms. The story highlights taxpayer losses and questionable procurement practices.
The Navy ignored competitive bids on an urgent contract raising unit price to 229.67 and adding about 600 000 in taxpayer costs. Daniel E Weatherly Jr told Sen George Smathers the Bureau of Ships made administrative errors and oversights that hit taxpayers with the extra expense.
Hollywood chatter centers on Judy Garland possibly becoming the first major star on pay TV with a $750,000 full length film for Sunny Day Hollywood as Universal Pay-TV nears reality. The era brings estate royalties for Mario Lanza and bios for Gary Cooper amid cancer research, plus Berlin premiere chatter for Judgment at Nuremberg with a starry cast.
Rumors swirl around Fanny suggesting a French star for Came Lot film while Englishness is preferred. Bob Evans vacates Warners pact with The Chapman Report delay and possible return to New York. Donna Kelly pursues a screenplay All For Love with Jack Kelly pressing Warners to buy and cast him. May Wynn, Laurel Hardy biopic chatter, and Mary Ure Oscar link collide with Mary Osborn and Tony Quinn shifts.
Senator Soaper cites Dr. Von Braun on propellant force for lunar travel while contrasting a train ride with a rocket plane and a $5 taxi. A Senate committee weighs Western TV violence and a strapped-on device to rise 15 feet, amid parade viewing concerns.
Senate approval of the Administration School Assistance Act of 1961 opens a three year program for 850 million dollars yearly in grants to states for public school construction salaries and maintenance. The plan shifts federal share to about 10 percent while preserving state control of schools amid constitutional debates over aid to parochial institutions.
Senator Maurine Neuberger rides a nationwide push for mandatory fume controls in cars citing Dr. Richard Prindle and NCAP findings that auto exhausts majorly drive air pollution and health costs estimated at 7.5 billion yearly. She drafts bills to bar interstate car shipments without fumes controls while industry shows mixed responses.
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