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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1960
Page
4
In China Lake California the Navy tests a porpoise as an underwater scout and weapons support. If successful the animal could trace harbor layouts and minefields and even carry mines or direct torpedoes, traveling up to 40 knots with built in sonar.
The Cuban economy, once bolstered by U S tourist spending of about 40 million annually, declines as anti American policy cuts visits to a trickle. Castro init iates a 200 million five year plan to build hotels and recreational facilities aimed at Cubans, with charges kept low to counter weak income, risking further debt and potential confiscation disputes with U S oil interests. The outlook suggests regime instability and possible collapse if U S pressure increases.
An artist argues the American home lacks color except for green wallpaper yellow rugs pink lacquered furniture and rainbow hued planters, highlighting a bold interior design vision.
In considering whether revolts in free world countries are communist inspired, it must be remembered communists never start revolts in communist countries.
A call emerges for a temporary, global pause from conflicts and disasters. Advocates urge governments and organizations to prioritize humanitarian relief, stabilize markets, and restore public health services during a defined hiatus.
Lawrence Why Not Protest Quemoy Bombing By Red China. Argument discusses Western reaction to Red China shelling Quemoy Islands, citing civilian casualties, diplomacy, and U N positions. Critiques liberal support for recognition of Peiping and warns against abandonment of Formosa and Korea. Calls for firm stance by Western allies and U N.
A record of周年 history notes from the Daily Telegraph recalls fifty years ago West Virginia bankers opened their convention in Bluefield. Other glimpses include a fortieth anniversary move by Mrs. W C Moore missionary in Bluefield and Keystone, a thirty year back non stop flight to Mexico City by Mexican Fliers, a twenty year old Africa mission speaker, and a recent ten year anniversary edition for Tazewell County Sesquicentennial.
Admiral Rickover compared Pentagon budget padding to a practice in 15th century church construction. He cited “Winking at the Estimate” as underlings inflate costs, push supplementary funds, and seal approval while forecasts miss the final price. He noted submarines were built under cost, while Congress eyed overruns.
The piece recounts a tale where an architect Bernardo deceived Pope Pius to cover inflated costs for a palace and church in Italy. Rickover cites the Pope praising Bernardo for deceit while rewarding him with pay, a ducat gift, and a scarlet robe, illustrating an age old fraud in grand projects.
Ray Tucker notes a rising youth movement in the United States England Japan Turkey South Korea and Latin America that politics now fear may influence presidential campaigns. He cites Nixon Kennedy and Johnson as leading contenders amid broad disillusionment with postwar heroes and reformers.
The piece notes youth-driven shifts in politics with Nixon’s running mate search and the rise of younger leaders in the GOP and labor. it compares old guard figures to rising names like Ford and Rockefeller. It also cites NLRB election results showing a shift away from Meany era unionism and describes youth activism among Black students pushing for broader social gains and political influence ahead of November elections.
Studio talk centers on 20th Century Fox offering Mary Martin the lead in The Sound of Music for $1,000. Other items note Doris Day potential refusal for Music, Yul Brynner’s casino win, Hitchcock and Stewart salary splits, and Marlon Brando named for Lawrence of Arabia alongside Elena Eden’s Rome move for The King Must Die.
In a profile of Otto Preminger and the cast of Exodus and Where The Boys Are, Joanne Woodward discusses seeking music and harmony amid tensions. Jean Seberg, Paul Newman, and Yvette Mimieux are cited with Preminger’s on-set method and star dynamics shaping production in Hollywood.
A decade of Soviet officials removed from US posts shows a pattern of espionage fears. The piece names Attaches and Secretaries who departed US soil between 1954 and 1962 and argues journalism must reveal facts for an informed electorate amid upcoming elections.
A satirical column notes Senator Soaper’s remark Khrushchev could oversee a children’s school. The piece quips about sad teen singers and mothers chasing kids during vacation days while a political economy road shows Kennedy and Nixon promoting a 1960s model bandwagon.
Three young men from Bochum regularly won horserace bets after listening to results on their car radios. They calmly placed bets with bookmakers, drawing police attention and triggering investigation.
The piece cites secret Nixon campaign instructions to telephone operators urging only registered Republicans to vote for Nixon and to claim confidentiality. It notes House and Senate committee clashes over foreign aid, including a $790 million NATO and Franco budget dispute, with lawmakers Rooney Conte Cannon Flood Yates Shipley and others taking divergent positions.
Colorful desert imagery contrasts the speaker with the narrator. The verse enumerates blooms and plants including crimson poppies lupin gaudy paintbrush pink thistles primroses bluebells sunflowers ruby cactus Joshua trees Yucca flowers and shadowed silver frost. The speaker seeks quiet isolation amid bright heat.
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