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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1964
Page
5
The remarks juxtapose Edison’s boast of learning many nonworking ideas with Ecclesiastes’ claim that time and chance govern outcomes. The tone is reflective about the limits of skill versus fate in achievement.
The piece argues that if Goldwater secures the nomination he will push a general declaration of principles as the party platform, replacing the traditional plank by plank document. It notes Nixon’s 1960 platform split and Rockefeller’s influence, and suggests Goldwater could govern with minimal top leadership help.
A presidential briefing reports potential U S beef demand in Western Europe. The Foreign Agricultural Service and American Meat Institute will run long and short term promotions funded by industry to open normal trade channels without government subsidies. Secretary Freeman says Europe faces beef shortages and rising prices, benefiting producers processors and consumers, with potential aid to Appalachia.
A Kentucky legislator proposes financing mental hospitals through a sweepstakes tied to the Derby. The piece critiques the idea as a caricature of a computer age democracy, warning of governance by a scientifically selected sampling of the people.
Robert Ruark admires a Bafulero uprising in the Congo region as pygmies armed with mortars and machine guns push back Congolese troops. He notes UN evacuations at Bukavu, MbotoBakongo clashes, and suggests removing UN presence to let the pygmies rule.
A quirky mix notes nightgowns from 1920s to 1960s film stars across titles like The Dutchess and the Waiter and It, with Edith Head as designer in a quoted line. It also cites Dr. Alexander Petrunkevitch at Yale claiming over 25,000 hours collecting spiders. Corvus brachyrhynchos is simply the common crow, per an ornithologist.
Drew Pearson notes President Johnson must persuade Premier Ismet Inonu of Turkey and Prime Minister George Papandreou of Greece to settle Cyprus tensions. He cites historical tensions since 1300 and 1955 riots in Istanbul, highlighting Dulles Eden diplomacy and Turkey’s complex past with Armenians and Christians as obstacles to peace efforts.
A column notes Fifty years ago Teddy Roosevelt and Senator Fairbanks were expected to carry the Republican banner. It recalls a Forty years ago convention spotlight for William McAdoo and Al Smith. It also mentions a $250,000 bid to build the Mountaineer Hotel at Williamson.
Ernest Bailey state road commissioner attended a Bluefield Chamber of Commerce dinner marking a three decade milestone. A three year plan was discussed by the American Agricultural Association.
Twenty years ago U S Navy and Marine carrier based fighters and medium bombers attacked a powerful Japanese fleet in the Pacific. The U S Army massed for a final knock out punch at Cherbourg.
John Landy of Australia ran a mile in 3 56 in Turku Finland beating Rogert Bannister by one and a fourth seconds. The report notes a record time and location.
The Libertad captain said sailors do not drink alcohol while on a Europe visit. His regulation requires a drunken cadet to drink a double tango a quart of seawater, and he notes there has been no drunkenness in three years.
A veteran French newspaperman condemns the U S release of Roosevelt Churchill letters belittling Charles de Gaulle. He calls the act a calculated insult and questions U S diplomacy and the timing around the D Day anniversaries. The French press suspects the move was payback for De Gaulle’s absence at the ceremonies.
Widespread notices calling for volunteers to sweep mine fields near Goldwater Beaches and Barry approaches. Men face hazardous duty with heavy mining operations by the enemy, seeking hardy specialists for late June training and immediate service.
The piece details a private Johnson poll favoring Hubert Humphrey over Bobby Kennedy for ticket balance, and tensions between Johnson and RFK. It notes Johnson bypassed advisers, snubs Kennedy moves, and the two clash amid Cabinet and political rivalries with looming conventions.
A speaker sits on the grass as sixteen calves approach the fence. They ponder their own role, guiding thoughts rather than feeding or caring. The calves gaze with indifferent eyes, judging the figure as harmless yet estranged, a strange human who organizes their world from afar.
The poem fragment portrays an oriole staking territorial claim from a tall twig, asserting ownership of the sky and surrounding elm trees as the artist builds a bright bricked nest and teaches its golden fledglings to fly.
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