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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1969
Page
4
Lindsay Loses Republican Endorsement in New York Primary
The article notes Mayor John Lindsay loses the Republican and Conservative Party endorsements after a primary defeat to State Sen. John Marchi. It reports 111,000 NYC voters rejected Lindsay while 106,000 supported him, with over 700,000 Democrats voting across five duplicates, and suggests Lindsay remains a liberal amid a growing nationwide concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lindsay
New York City
Lindsay
John
New York
John Marchi
Money Well Spent 25th GI Bill Anniversary
The GI Bill turns 25 with $20 billion paid to World War II and later veterans. Government analysis shows college graduates earn about $541000 over a lifetime vs $340000 with only high school, and beneficiaries repay roughly eightfold the cost. VA notes over 130000 West Virginians have benefited with $240 million in 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Vietnam
Veterans Administration
West
Welfare Rights Seek Guaranteed Income For Four
A Michigan welfare rights leader cites a hearing where welfare recipients demand the right to food clothing housing and furniture and push for a guaranteed annual income of 5500 for families of four. Critics argue working families earn less and should not rely on handouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Michigan
Kate Harris
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Hungarian President's Austrian Visit Seen as Fraud
The piece argues Jeno Fock's Austrian trip was a Westward currency ploy and a front for Hungarian secret police bragging of repression. It claims Vienna guards refugees, executions at Budapest Central Prison, and widespread embassy harassment of Americans, with graft and blackball tactics used against critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Hungary
Jeno Fock
Fock
Austria
Budapest
Czechoslovakia
Vladimir Kazan-Komarek
Prague
Miroslav
Viennese
United States
America
Vietnam
State Department
U. S
Communist Party
The
Ameri
Frank Mehan
Mehan
Grating Red
Case of the USS Pueblo ends. echoes of Chesapeake tragedy
Erne st Cuneo notes the Pueblo case closed and recalls the 1807 Chesapeake affair. British Leopard forced return of deserters. Commodore Stephen Decatur killed Captain Barron in the court martial aftermath. Chesapeake ship condition, battle, and public reaction are summarized with Jefferson’s ports incident and punishments for officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bladensburg
James Barron
USN
Stephen Decatur
Thomas Jefferson
Barron
Gordon
Duel of Decatur and Barron Ends in Tragedy
The 1820 Bladensburg duel between Commodore Decatur and Captain Barron, triggered by insults and rivalry, ends with both men wounded and Decatur dying that night. Barron returns to duty and retires as a senior naval commodore. The episode fuels national debate over dueling and questions the Chesapeake’s readiness at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Barron
U.S. Navy
Long Island
Secretary of the Navy
Barron Asked For Reinstatement. Commodore Decatur
Commodore Decatur
Captain Barron
Bladensburg
Edinbridge
Barron-Decatur
Chesapeake
Kennedy Memorial Funding Faces House Opposition
Washington lawmakers challenge a proposal to spend 258000 from the government for a Robert Kennedy memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. Rep. William Scherle argues against public funds for the project, citing budget priorities and precedent, while noting private funding already covers most of the cost. The plan awaits action in the Appropriations Committee, with past administrations moving and removing similar budget items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
William Scherle
Iowa
John Williams
R-Del
H. R. Gross
Gross
Scherle
Scherie
Kennedy
U.S
Congress
Arlington Cemetery
Sen
Robert Taft
Taft
Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Johnson
Nixon
Postmaster General Blount Employs Butler on Taxpayer Payroll
Washington Postmaster General Winton Blount has added his Alabama butler Jethro Butcher to the postal payroll at 6321 dollars a year. Butcher serves as Special Assistant delivering messages to Congress and, in Blount’s kitchen, as cook and handyman. The piece notes Blount’s opulent Washington office and likens it to Versailles. It also covers broader reform debates and Vietnam peace talks, plus a separate anecdote about Congressman J Irving Whalley’s son finishing college amid drafting concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Winton Blount
Alabama
Jethro Butcher
Post Office
Blount
Butcher
Congress
Big Jim Farley
Versailles
Chamber of Commerce
Cyrus Vance
Clark Kerr
Peacenik Committee
Vietnam
Vance
Nixon
Averell Harriman
Johnson
State Department
Paris
Harriman
LBJ
TVA
Mekong
Harriman - Vance
John Whalley
GOP
J. Irving Whalley
Pennsylvania
American University
Whalley
John
Lee Galloway
Ronald Muller
Tshombe’s Fate in Algerian Jail Stirring World Attention
The article recalls Moïse Tshombe, former Katanga leader, held in an Algerian prison for nearly two years without charges. It links his capture to Haut Congo rebellion actions in 1967 and critiques UN policy, citing Sir Ian Scott’s book and calling for renewed international effort to secure Tshombe’s release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moisetshombe
Katanga
Congo
Algeria
Mobutu
Jean Schramm
Tshombe
Bukavu
Kin
Rwanda
Zambia
Monga
Belgium
Mireille Monga
Kinshasa
United States
United Nations
Sir Ian Scott
Sir Ian
Oxford University Press
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Leopoldville
Elizabethville
India
Pandit Nehru
Ghana
Kwane Nkrumah
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Jason Sendwe
Simbas
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Hugh Shott
Richard Wesley
Horace Mann
College of Hard Knocks
Henry J. Taylor
Ernest Cuneo
Norfolk
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Royal Navy
Leopard
E’arron
Ratford
Robert Allen and
John Goldsmith
Drew Pearson
Butler
Russell Kirk
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