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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1965
Page
4
A reflective note cites Luke 21 1 on seeing the rich placing gifts in the treasury and contrasts it with Whitman’s line about giving oneself. The two quotes frame charity and personal sacrifice in a contemplative morning reading.
WwW Buckley argues U.S. troops in South Vietnam face high risk with no clear end and suggests Asiatic manpower to counter Communist expansion. He questions whether free Asian nations will back U.S. policy and urges supplying material aid and a shift toward advisory roles while building a broader regional coalition.
The columnist notes inflation hits housewives and fixed incomes hardest as staple food prices rise sharply. He argues national policy of debt fuels inflation and warns voters against an administration perceived to erode money value for workers, widows, and savers.
The piece critiques the Labor Department ban on importing harvest workers and warns of looming crop losses in Florida California and now West Virginia. It argues Americans won t fill the jobs and prices for apples could rise dramatically, urging Gov. Smith to find a fix to save growers and consumers.
Tito appears set to deepen Yugoslavia's links with the Soviet Union during an impending Moscow trip. Intelligence expects Yugoslavia to join the Warsaw Pact and pursue closer economic union while denouncing U S policy in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic and criticizing Red China. The article notes U S military and economic aid totaling billions supported Yugoslavia and recalls Tito's recent back channel diplomacy with Brezhnev and Kosygin as he works for a united front against perceived Peiping deviationists.
A series of past events documented by the Daily Telegraph includes C C Hale of Keystone visiting Bluefield fifty years ago, Robert La Follette's death forty years ago, a ten dollar per resident tax approved twenty years ago, Eisenhower’s hero’s welcome in Washington thirty years ago, and a VFW encampment scheduled in Bluefield ten years ago.
Washington opinion piece argues crime by educated youths like Duane Pope and Alfred Gonzague shows mental disorder, not poverty or education. It calls for more research into psychology and stricter controls on potentially dangerous individuals, citing Oswald and gun licensing debates.
A lyrical meditation on rain and sun awakening joy in a child. The rain scatters seeds, opens the meadow, and reveals renewed growth through imagery of a boy, a leaf boat, and bursting flowers in a season of song. Joseph Joel Keith
The piece portrays rising demonstrations in Chicago during a hot summer, spurred by Harlem politician Adam Clayton Powell and echoed by leaders like Dick Gregory and James Farmer. It notes arrests, media coverage differences, and calls to topple the Daley political machine, along with warnings from Leroy Collins on ghetto conditions.
Constantine Brown argues the US faces mixed signals over Vietnam policy. He warns that peaceful discussion is welcome but organized protests risk undermining public support and aiding the enemy. He contrasts Vietnam with Korea and notes political rifts in South Vietnam and lingering colonial suspicions toward Americans.
Washington Postmaster General Gronouski faces a push from his advisory panel to merge air and first class mail into a single preferential rate. Aimed at faster delivery, the plan would allow surface routes when quicker, and seeks cargo planes leasing, plus tighter oversight of subsidies to non profits.
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