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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1955
Page
4
The item lists historical publishing details for the Baily Telegraph including ownership, address, AP membership, and subscription rates. It notes the paper’s long establishment and exclusive rights to dispatch news, with pricing for carriers and mail.
A brief exhortation echoes from a religious note urging readers to stay alert and attentive in worldly matters, invoking scripture to underline vigilance and discernment. The fragment hints at a sermon or pamphlet urging moral awareness and personal responsibility.
An homage to Walter Hampden who died, leaving a void in American theater. The piece recalls his 1920s and 1930s runs, his Cyrano and Macbeth, and the lasting impact of his voice and stage presence on audiences and actors who worked with him.
A cloud looms over CIO negotiated guaranteed wage agreements with Ford and GM as state unemployment rules scrutinize GAW payments to determine if they count as wages. States may alter statutes to define company benefits as wages, risking a patchwork across 50 percent veto chances and opposing pressures from the NAM and unions.
General Motors says it will not build railroad passenger cars or factories for them but its plant is finishing a lightweight 400 passenger train capable of over 100 mph to aid the rail system. GM says railroads are essential in peace and war and that highway congestion poses the real threat to auto sales.
British spokesman Max Freedman of The Manchester Guardian warned that Eisenhower Eden tensions plus differing views on Russia must be resolved before the Geneva summit with Molotov. He noted Britain favors reform and cooperation with the United States while critiquing U S postwar policy and praising the Marshall Plan and Europe aid.
A collage of star moves and TV plans from legends like Audrey Hepburn Maria Riva and Desi Arnaz. The piece notes film offers Paris Paris work for Boyer and Hollywood shifts as studios reject trailers for I Am A Camera and Werning projects.
Robert Ruark reflects on a Canadian Pacific Railway clash with an osprey that nested on a telegraph pole, disrupting communications. He mocks bird lovers, praises engineers for relocating the nest, and muses on the arrogance of birds and the appeal of hunting.
A garbled opinion piece discusses birds and humans with hostile views on pigeons chickens and canaries. The narrator recalls negative encounters with a parrot and mentions birds managing their lives despite dangers and rough weather.
Gov. J B Seybold pushes $9,000,000 appropriation to replace rail with a truck road on the Panama Canal Zone. He argues the line could be abandoned in favor of a modern right of way, but the House Appropriations Committee doubts the plan as the Isthmian railroad era confronts a redesign debate.
The committee pressed the governor over moving a railway without Congress consent. He admitted old rolling stock, a 40 mile line, and 7,300 car repairs last year. He suggested selling the Beattie interests and replacing the rail with a two lane highway along the trackbed.
Representative Daniel J. Flood condemns the Panama Canal Railroad project as an insufferable corporate body. He demands Congress withholds funds and warns no further money will be approved until accountability and proper oversight are established.
Fragmentary text notes Elmer Roessner from The Hisenhow Administration criticizing public relations. Mentions information offices and a 22 minute film slide on slum clearance for local governments. Describes loan or purchase availability to realtors and local boards in Washington DC.
The article notes a mismatch in public relations and government fan use. It explains top executives may have fans while many lower ranks lack them due to no appropriation from the General Services Administration. It mentions older fans remain common as workers relocate with their devices.
A garbled dispatch notes Adlai Stevenson telling graduates at a famed women's college that the country needs more ornery spirit. The piece mentions an emergency meeting in a phone booth and hints at methods of teaching, with confusion over names and details lingering in the fragment.
The piece argues that full employment and long leisure raise questions about productivity and happiness. It cites miners' output, shifts in daily work, and social effects from 40-hour to shorter weeks, contrasting English and American habits and questioning the value of constant watching and leisure without purpose.
A collage of antiquated notes from Daily Telegraph and Wall Street Journal items recounting past events. Mentions include Judge J. E. , C. F. Bramley of Du Pont, Narrows traveler T. Cover Johnson, and a Polar sea mission. Also notes a veteran Japanese Okinawa survivor and Australian units in Borneo. A joke about aging and a quick quip from a restaurant scene closes the snippet.
Des Moines attorney Allen Whitfield, Ike's Atomic Energy Commission appointee, faces Senate questions over his 1937 trustee role and a Valley Bank stock sale. Investigators probe fiduciary duties, lack of appraisal, personal gains, and impact on Drake University and charities amid complex stock arrangements and side companies.
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