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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1968
Page
5
A Bible proverb and a quote from William Penn discuss jealousy. The proverb warns that jealousy fuels furious revenge. Penn describes jealousy as inner civil war between judgment and imagination.
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee analyzes defense contract profits to shield Great Society programs from budget cuts. Hart cites 1966 data showing 64 percent of prime contracts awarded to 100 firms and limited price competition. Subcommittee seeks greater competition while protecting unemployment, housing, and antipoverty funding.
The public mood favors ousting incumbents across parties. Reagan notes voter fatigue with officeholders, a view echoed by Johnson, McCarthy, Kennedy, and Humphrey as they vie for the presidency. Incumbent status poses risks for Humphrey as he seeks separation from the Johnson era.
Rep W R Poage of Texas cites a board finding 10 million Americans suffer hunger while 181 counties call the hunger report inaccurate. He notes no starvation cases but cites malnutrition blamed on parental diet knowledge and urges continued food aid and stamps amid broader calls to preserve transit and telecast fairness.
Washington reports a wide ranging investigation into Pride, Inc a Labor Department funded project aimed at rural ghetto employment. Allegations include payroll padding forged checks child labor violations bribe money from merchants and use of government funds to buy cars for officials. Investigators cite multiple high level Pride officials and ties to RAM and the poor people’s campaign.
Henry J. Taylor surveys a massive NYSE volume era with mutual funds driving about 40 percent turnover. He warns that speculation, high margins, and Fashion stocks create risk, while a few blue chips dominate value and the Dow remains volatile and surprising.
Greek Prime Minister George Papadopoulos speaks with seven aides and an interpreter, insisting on national dignity as he pledges decisive action against corruption and threats. In Washington President Johnson weighs a broad gun control bill amid Senate support, citing crime and city data to justify tougher nationwide firearms laws.
The piece warns that importing steel harms U S workers and economy citing 1967 trade deficits and job losses. It praises Kenneth Daniel of American Cast Iron Pipe Co for using only American made steel and urges others to follow with red white and blue branding to protect U S industry.
The piece notes rising White House concern over hearings on gun control led by House Rules Chairman Bill Colmer and outlines a plan to push a weaker Dodd bill first, with hopes for a tougher measure later. It also covers Nelson Rockefeller’s confidence about Nixon’s potential nomination and his own path to victory.
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