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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1957
Page
5
The Baily Telegraph lists carrier and mail subscription rates for Aus and Sunday editions, with weekly and yearly prices. Rates for other regions are available on request, and the paper is an Audit Bureau member. Advertising inquiries go through Kats Agency at DA 7-617.
A brief literary note quoting Psalms verse and James Russell Lowell. The fragment contrasts prayer with earthly gain and reflects on possession versus spiritual abundance.
Congress adopted an amendment to the Social Security act allowing totally and permanently disabled workers who are fully insured to qualify for disability benefits at age 50 starting July 1. Eligibility requires permanent disability, six months of disability, and five of ten years in covered work including 1.5 of the three years before disability, with state agency evaluation and Social Security confirmation.
Automobile manufacturers sign a new policy focusing on safe reliable transportation and dropping speed tests and race associations. Directors from the Automobile Manufacturers Association and top company leaders agree to dissociate from racing and stop supplying pace cars for major events such as Indianapolis. The move aims to reduce highway fatalities and curb the industry’s culture of speed.
Ray Tucker and the administration defend the policy while White House spokesmen say the Federal Reserve Board, not the Treasury, controls interest rates. Democratic critics cite past agreements and current bank policy as inflation drivers, with several lawmakers calling for a congressional inquiry.
Studio gossip notes Sheila Graham reports Bergman to play lead Stella with William Holden in England while Ingrid Bergman has not worked with Holden before. Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas wed last weekend. Maureen O Hara sports a back brace in The Quiet Man reunion with Yul Brynner and Elizabeth Taylor. Richard dates Pat Hardy as marriage rumors swirl. Betty Hutton signs for ten days at Cal Neva. Suzy Parker rumored to be in Home. Mitch Mitchell leaves Monkey My Back.
Washington reports a botched pinning of Jane Russell with a lavender orchid as the Senate and House clash over a rickety Capitol greenhouse. Architect J George Stewart warns the building is failing while costs and moving the Widener orchid collection spark Senate concerns.
Senators discuss barber wages in the Senate office building and compare pay to House barbers. Debates cover $1 cuts, free services, and $2,200 annual salaries amid speculation about a fourth chair on the payroll.
Opal Beter, a female business writer, creates Miss Baker’s silk-scarf cap with a straw peak and attached scarf. She forms Far East Associates in New York to produce in Japan, shipping thousands of units. Buyers demand guaranteed unlimited reorders, which the venture cannot promise, ending orders.
Miss Baker pursues a premium cap trade mark project while insurers note a surge in total losses to 480.445 million in the first five months, up from 1956 and 1955. Elevated valuations explain part of the rise. firms monitor loss charts for risk.
The piece argues the federal budget process is out of control with $140 billion available to spend, $275 billion in guaranteed liabilities, and $250 billion in contingent liabilities. It notes the Hoover Commission warning, the Senate passing a corrective bill, and House inaction, highlighting fiscal danger and need for oversight.
A brief note outlines proposed reform measures. The text signals urgency for action by the house and frames the remedy as essential to address current issues. It indicates a structured plan and call for swift adoption of changes.
A senator cites semantic shifts as meanings evolve, noting calories were once neutral. The piece references a London newspaper claiming a monthly H Comb production, then muses about ancestry and photo editing practices. The tone resembles a column of social commentary with playful asides about language and culture.
A Chicago Tribune note ridicules a California woman's plan to send 120 dollars to reduce the national debt as impractical, estimating that 2 250 000 000 more donors of that amount would be needed to liquidate the debt.
Bus drivers in a small Ohio town urged mothers to act as baby sitters for riders. They warned that too many children were being loaded on buses and kept riding around town, prompting concerns from a mother who finished her market.
The piece argues that Ulysses S. Grant never relinquished army leadership and allowed Orville E. Babcock to erode constitutional powers. It portrays Grant as vulnerable to corrupt influence, citing the Black Friday conspiracy and corruption linked to Abel Rathbone Corbin, and warns that concentrated power threatens republic safeguards.
Daily Telegraph recalls C T Clendennin visiting Roanoke fifty years ago and C Menacer leaving for Columbus on business forty years past. C W Pierce began a Highland home. B Kirk and Dr. oun fished Wolfe Creek. Hyatt Jr. of VPI returned to Richlands for summer. O B Williams in Athens on business. Madrid drive renewed as Duce predicts capture of Madrid. Arthur Clendenin of Roanoke visited the city. First Boy Scouts camp period at Camp Roland to open. 216 Concord students enrolled for summer classes. Rapid City Journal notes space scientists announcing an omen of progress. Kansas City Starbeams say Mayflower III to be greeted by photographers in the New World.
Drew Pearson reports the Ike Commission on Government Security backs fines for publishing secrets while the Pentagon confiscates memos and influences court martial cases. The piece argues journalists must inform the public about missile policy amid big business disagreements over IRBM and Jupiter programs.
A compact verse recalls a youth who wore many roles as pioneer martyr and shepherdess and queen. The speaker laments dwindling from those vivid selves and seeks reflection on lost identities.
A reflective verse from Kaleidograph honoring a father described as honest and forgiving. The speaker notes that though the father is now dust his impact endures in well thumbed books, poems and stories, and in pastures and trees renewed each spring.
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