Daily Telegraph 1866 HUGH IKE SHOTT 1953 ESTABLISHED 1893
The Daily Telegraph of Bluefield announces its publication details and circulation rates. It lists the newspaper as a morning edition with Associated Press affiliation and provides carrier, mail, and regional pricing information.
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Hugh Ike Shott
The
Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Mallinsk
Second Stones
West Virginia
Ember Audit Bureau of Circulation
Vertising
Kats Agency, Inc
Lords call to justice and mercy echoed in scripture
A devotional verse from Lamentations laments the capture of virgins and young men while appealing to all people to heed sorrow. Henry Ward Beecher reflects that God seeks every act of kindness before striking with justice.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Baby boom promises economic impact and rising population
Life magazine notes a postwar birth surge with 49 million new Americans since 1945 and population possibly reaching 220 million by 1975. Yet the same trend strains goods demand and money, while a slowing recession presses birth and marriage rates, signaling a bottoming out of the boom.
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Life Magazine
U.S
Births and marriages fall in 1958 first months
The National Office of Vital Statistics reports a 2.5 percent drop in births for January–April 1958 compared with 1957, down to 23.6 per thousand. April births were 23.1 per thousand. Marriages dropped 8.4 percent in Jan–Apr 1958 versus 1957, with April at 7.7 per thousand and the year likely below 1957 June levels.
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United States
National Office of Vital Statistics
Birth rate linked to unemployment study notes
Population Reference Bureau finds birth rates lag unemployment trends with births falling after employment slumps. The report cites 1957 unemployment near four million and predicts birth declines may deepen in 1959 as marriage rates weaken.
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Population Reference Bureau
Ency
P.R.B
Spelling Bee Runner-Up Misses Word Propylaeum
A thirteen year old runner-up in the national spelling bee failed on the word propylaeum. The remark implies Russian rivals pace ahead in competitions.
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Propylaeum
New York Voters Weigh Harriman or Rockefeller for Governor
New York voters face a fall choice between Herman Harriman and Nelson Rockefeller for governor. The column questions how non millionaire residents can participate and where to vote if they oppose wealthy candidates.
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New York
Harriman
Kefeller
An Old Timer Remembers a 4 Percent Tax Era
An elderly observer recalls the period when a 4 percent federal income tax was considered the ultimate, reflecting on tax policy and public sentiment from a bygone era.
Western security realignment eyed as NATO U N reform urged
Ray Tucker reports that deteriorating NATO unity and UN effectiveness prompt calls for a Western realignment of economic and military power. Eisenhower and Macmillan agree the Western position is critical, seeking Anglo American French integration and possible Franco British U.S. federation to curb Moscow influence.
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Washington
United Nations
NATO
Middle East
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Russia
Nasser
Khrushchev
U. N
U.N
Lebanon
Moscow
Security Council
North Africa
Europe
Pflimlin
Charles de Gaulle
France
Lauris Norstad
Britain
Cyprus
West
White House
United States
Churchill
Charlies de Gaulle
Macmilan
de Gaulle
Adenauer
Geneva
Dulles
Kremlin
Dicker
Senator Soaper Questions Flag Day vs Hot Dog Month
A commentator questions why the flag receives a single day of salute while hot dogs are honored for an entire month. He underscores patriotic observances amid playful rhetoric and mentions broader civic rituals.
Man Provokes Cops With Jealous Husband Tale At Bluefield HQ
A enraged husband goes to Bluefield police to claim his wife is unfaithful and to have them watch a hotel. Officers later uncover the same man in a hotel with a brunette secretary, prompting a warrant and upstairs raid. Other calls from women reveal quirks of police chatter and mistaken alarms.
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Bluefield
Boys In
Blue
So-and-So
the Law
Night-resident break-in ends with arrest at bar door
A drunken woman attacked a police officer after a door frame hole proved too small for entry. Officers warned the resident to call if intruders returned, then arrested her on two charges. The tale set alongside a Mercer County Medical Society anecdote about late-night calls.
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Mercer County Medical Society
Bread and politics collide in Burdick marriage flap
The 79 year old Representative Asher L. Burdick faces a sensational scene over kitchen duties and home baked bread. A Port Chester baker accuses Burdick of shifting society toward store bought bread and vows political pushback as Dooley and others photograph for a public appeal.
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Washington
Asher L. Burdick R
N. D
Busdick
Burdick
Dakota
Paul D. Arnold
Port Chester
N.Y
America
Edwin B. Dooley
N. Y
Dooley
Arnold
Miss Leroy
Baker Arnold
North Dakota
Congressman Burdick Promotes Bread Lunch Stunt
A humorous dispatch describes Congressman Burdick arriving late, helped by a staffer, posing with a loaf of whole wheat, and urging bread and butter for lunch. He jokes about buttered bread, notes 16 years of string beans as a diet, and hints at retirement when his term ends.
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Mr. Burdick
Miss Leroy
Burdick
House
Brudick
Congress
Race track changes spark child spectator fears and bets
The column discusses proposed changes at New York tracks affecting admission and betting rules for minors. It notes worries that the Longfellow poem and a pair of race phrases may influence children, while some argue adults are the most childish spectators and may resist the pattern with loud protests.
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New York
Longfellow
Alice
Allegra
stages of gullibility in betting and advice seeking
The excerpt traces how belief in dubious advice evolves with age, from trusting strangers and hearsay in youth to chasing tip sheets, betting on races, and finally rationalizing losses. It highlights a pattern of escalating gullibility and misplaced confidence across age ranges.
Raise Squawk Over Children At Tracks
A chaotic scene at a race track features four horses in a race and a child crying out for Max. The spectacle includes colorful characters and a crowd of 1,000 kids, with mixed reactions about the impact on adults and policy debates.
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Wonder Horse
Annie
Apple Lady
Reading Little Caesar as a primer on professional crime
Rob't Ruark recalls the 1931 film Little Caesar and its lasting impact, praising Dial Press reissue. He cites Judge Leibowitz urging harsh containment for habitual criminals, contrasts old mob legends with modern crime, and argues for deterrence over leniency.
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Little Caesar
Humphrey Gart
Dial Press
Sam Leibowitz
Kings County Court
New York
Bluefield Gleanings Through Time
Daily Telegraph notes from five decades ago list Captain John D Daily of Tazewell visiting Bluefield on business and Joseph I Kwass of Pocahontas in town for business. Also mentions Deputy Marshal Mitchell of Welch visiting the city, Miss Elizabeth Parr visiting her sister in Tazewell, Mrs Philip Goodwill leaving Bramwell for New York to sail for Europe, and the Bluefield Drum and Bugle Corps winning at Beckley centennial. It also recalls the 10 year mark with the Republican convention in Philadelphia and the death of Dr James Vermillion of Princeton.
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John D. Daily
Tazewell
Bluefield
Joseph I. Kwass
Pocahontas
Marshal Mitchell of
Welch
Elizabeth Parr
Philip Goodwill
Bramwell
New York
Europe
Philadelphia
James Vermillion
Princeton
Behind the Senate Labor Deal and a CIA Mystery Voice
Two unadvertised political deals rode the Senate debate on the Ives Kennedy labor bill. Liberal Republicans and southern Democrats traded votes to preserve filibuster rules, while Knowland and the White House moved to oppose the bill. Also profiled are Sen Green’s rare ties to presidents and an elusive telephone intruder taunting CIA chief Dulles with a repeated greeting.
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Washington
Senate
Ives-Kennedy
Knowland
White House
Senat
Ives
York
Kennedy
Massachusetts
George Meany
Afl-Cio
McClellan
Senate Labor Committee
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
California
Bill Knowland
Goldwater
Labor
Mitchell
Switzerland
Meany
Walter Reuther
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Victor Reisel
Bummy Davis
Pittsburg Phil
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Damon Runyon
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Masacre
Judge Leibowitz
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Beckley
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Paul Kilday
Texas
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Edward Hebert
Louisiana
Arthur Winstead
Mississippi
Theodore Francis Green
Rhode Island
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Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
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