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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1954
Page
6
The notice lists printing at Bland Street and mentions Hugh Ike Shott in 1866 with the Bland Street plant emphasized as the daily morning press location.
A biblical exhortation from II Kings 25 24 urges fearlessness in serving the Chaldeans and living in the land under Babylonian rule. The quote from George MacDonald notes that inner fear is the true foe and that overcoming terror makes a person a hero.
Pierre Mendes-France, elected Premier on June 18 with 419 votes, leads a cabinet largely drawn from Radicals and right-of-center figures. He rejects Communist support, vows peace in Indo-China by July 20, and serves as foreign minister during initial negotiations. The Socialist bloc abstains, while 10 Popular Republican votes helped secure a constitutional majority.
Elisha Hansen of the American Newspaper Publishers Association warned against judges using contempt citations to curb court news. At a Communications Media Institute in Ann Arbor, Hansen argued the fight is a clash of freedom versus totalitarianism and cited the Pannekamp vs Florida reversal as support for free press rights. Dr Harold L. Cross noted 20 states have relaxed secret relief roll protections with no public abuse found.
The piece outlines personal bitterness between Dulles and Churchill over the Indo China pact, urging apologies to mend ties. It notes Eisenhower's aim for firm British cooperation in Europe Middle East and Far East with focus on a common military front and German rearmament amid wary French Italian stance.
A humorous note cites a patent on a mechanical dancing partner and jokes about intermission dances. It mocks celebratory tech and ponders cultural quirks as observers recall 4 minute mile and 60 foot put feats, ending with a St. Louis mockingbird returning home and a tongue in cheek immigration angle.
Robert Ruark criticizes late security reviews after three midshipmen at the Naval Academy graduated without commissions. He argues background screening should occur before commissioning to prevent clouded careers and unjust marks on reputations. He warns of long term impacts on advancement and trust within the service.
A critical reflection on security reviews after the Oppenheimer hearing. The piece argues checks become speculative future judgments, harming careers and morale. It calls for accountability from naval officials over the mishandling of three young officers.
The Agriculture Department notes a nine pack per person drop for the year ending June 30 harming small retailers. Industry figures blame shifts to king size, lower spending, and health scares while cigars hold steady as younger smokers and women shift attitudes. Philip Morris executives defend the industry against health fears.
Department estimates cigarette sales reflect the move from July 15 to August 2 to allow shareholders partial relief from double taxation. The Revenue Act may offer further relief on dividends after July 31, with directors likely to follow this pattern.
Hollywood notes report Red Skelton sleeping after a TV show with his doctor, Fred MacMurray and June Haver wedding limited to relatives, ex husband Jimmy Zito sued for divorce, John Feltcher at Paula Teagarden wedding, Josh Logan pursuing Ezio Pinna musical on Broadway, Jack Carsons radio show tied to a big TV project, Steve Rowland and Kathy Case engaged, Coleen Gray at Harlequin after birth, Fred Brisson returns from Honolulu, Mel Verre describes in Saadia, Lionel Barrymore eyeing baby, John Barrymore III, Donna Reed and Tony Owen celebrate nine years, Jane MacDonald and Gene Raymond mark 17, Vanessa Brown offers romantic pairing with Burt Lancaster, Dorothy Dandridge training for Carmen Jones, Heflin family weight notes, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz lose Ray Bolger show to Medic, Hildegarde offered Napoleonic era role by 20th Fox but declines, Grace Kelly’s beau Oleg Cassini comments on inner glow.
Jazzed chatter about stars hits Hollywood with mentions of Hepburn Monroe and Angeli. Sally Forrest markets a sexy image in New York while Vanessa Brown exits The Seven Year Itch role. Bill Hogan joins Shane in Jackson Hole and Van Helfin helps him land work with Nunnally Johnson.
The Rapid City Journal promotes safety first as a personal duty that benefits others. It argues that individual caution reduces risk for all and frames self protection as communal aid and responsibility.
John Jay Hopkins discusses the growing use of radioactive materials in medicine. He notes cobalt soil deficiencies affecting cattle, the prolongation of leukemia survival with radioactive phosphorus, and thyroid treatment with radioactive iodine. Isotopes advance offer hope for cancer and pancreatic ailments, potentially extending lives.
A Daily Telegraph column recalls visits by G. J. Kirk of Roanoke and T. A. Campbell of Stuart Va in Bluefield. It notes past roanoke visits, trended items from thirty years ago, and references to historical figures such as Jan Christian Smuts and church appointments in South Africa and the United States.
The Nixon group holds secret talks with Dirksen Mundt Hall Summerfield and Ferguson to form a pro McCarthy bloc with Nixon as liaison and Dirksen as potential Senate leader. McCarthy signals agreement but cautions he will stay within limits while Browner and Rogers remain in play.
Fragmented verse noting foundations left incomplete in Texas at noon. The speaker mocks creators as skilled yet distracted landscape designers who miscast regions from Virginia to Oklahoma, painting New England quaint and leaving South Dakota flat for plows and hogs for Iowa.
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