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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1961
Page
4
Reflects Saint Paul’s lament in Romans 9 2, expressing deep sorrow and unceasing anguish of heart for Israel’s plight and spiritual condition. The verse conveys intense personal emotion tied to a broader theological concern about salvation and justice.
The State Corporation Commission of Virginia will hold hearings in Richmond on July 6 and 7 regarding General Telephone Co. rate increases for Southwest Virginia exchanges. Residential and business lines would rise from 5.25 to 7.50, 10.25 to 12.50, and party lines from 7.25 to 8.75 or 4.75 to 5.75, with similar rises in other listed exchanges. The company cites rising costs since 1955 and seeks justification and public input before any decision.
Two U S universities launch a six year medical curriculum to fast track doctors by combining a four year liberal arts sequence with four years of medical training. The plan targets non specialists to reduce training time and encourage more primary care physicians amid lengthy, costly education.
The essay discusses legality of intervention in foreign conflicts, weighing actions by the United States and Soviet Union. It argues that intervention requires a lawful government request, condemns overthrow campaigns, and warns that abandoning the rule of law would strip allies of defense against revolutionary communism. It notes spying as long-standing state practice and cites the U-2 incident.
Senator Soaper asserts Hawaii training for the youth corps signals troubles for the recruitment program. A neighbor remarks that modern decor clashes with an early American husband theme in the home, noting how it spoils the room.
Senator Jennings Randolph spoke at the Mayflower Hotel during a Washington Lions Club event attended by about 350. He received the Distinguished Service Award for Employment of the Physically Handicapped, praising Dr. J. E. Blaydes for aiding visually impaired children and noting his earlier Welch Kiwanis talk 35 years ago.
The piece recalls Senator Randolph as a young man and notes a passage about Dr Blaydes serving local children needing throat or eye surgery. It mentions Raphael Trujillo Jr attending the Greenbrier County camp in 1941 at age eleven and references his later rise in the Dominican Republic.
The piece argues allied unity under Kennedy deters Soviet moves on Berlin while Khrushchev headlines Southeast Asia and Central Africa. It notes Kennedy’s firm stance against appeasement, contrasts Munich with today, and claims US active wartime involvement changes the strategic balance.
The piece portrays Khrushchev as a calculating rival, not a madman, noting Kennedy warnings over Berlin and Western Europe. It compares Khrushchev to past leaders, while highlighting his cautious temperament and long exposure to the United States.
Sheilah Graham reports Lauren Bacall plans a Las Vegas or Mexico wedding for Jason Robards Jr while she finishes Tender Is The Night in Hollywood and prepares to camp her children in New York. Patti Page declines a Paris gala to tour Europe with her husband after a grueling 10 months.
The article notes Gordon and Sheila MacRae performing at the Cocoanut Grove on Independence Day after a week in Columbus, Ohio for The Bells Are Ringing with Sheila in a small role and Gordon with Sidney Chaplin. It also mentions Pat Wymore, Errol Flynn Estate lawsuits hinge on collections, and her nightclub rise with Peter Lind Hayes while planning a Mediterranean charter.
Edits reveal Khrushchev sent Pushinka, a female dog mothered by Strelka, to Mrs. Kennedy as a space race symbol. Andy Hatcher defends the gift at a White House briefing as reporters grill him on the dog’s fate, provenance, and passport amid jokes about Russia and space.
Daily Telegraph reports W. B. Honaker circuit clerk and Attorney Hurley Saunders of Princeton were in Bluefield as business visitors yesterday. It is also disclosed that voting extended another 12 months this past week.
Dr J P McConnell of Radford Virginia was re elected President at the annual meeting of Southwestern Virginia Inc a regional chamber of commerce board of directors vote reaffirmed leadership and ongoing regional development plans.
The British began their largest air offensive of the war with 300 to 400 planes striking Nazi naval ports in invasion areas. Several aircraft were reported lost.
A nationwide strike by West ern Union telegraphers appears certain with all WU offices potentially affected.
The piece portrays an office grouch who complains that every time he takes a firm stand on a current issue a politician he cannot abide ends up agreeing with him. The reflection hints at partisan bias and shifting alignments.
World fairs in Seattle and New York are said to affect thousands, but critics argue they do not alter the core design of the hot dog. Italians selling tobacco for years warn they may need relief as filter tips are blamed for their decline.
The article reports on a 1961 Democratic caucus memo discussion as Senator Proxmire seeks access to minutes. It highlights calls for more frequent meetings, issues of attendance, and leadership unity versus disunity, with quotes from Senators Clark Humphrey Smathers Pastore Holland Douglas Chavez Gore and Chairman Johnson.
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