This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1968
Page
4
A passage notes the moment the Spirit leads Jesus into the temple as his parents present him under Jewish law. It contrasts that with Elbert Hubbard’s claim that laws unenforced by public opinion lose force.
The article argues Senator Eugene McCarthy plans to visit Paris to meet North Vietnamese negotiators. It contends his stance hurts U S aims, risks aiding the enemy, and undermines prospects for peace while he pursues the Democratic nomination.
Mercer county residents press for a four lane highway from Bluefield to Princeton. Voters urged to pressure legislature and governor hopefuls as past promises by Barron and Smith failed. New leadership is hoped to complete more of the road, though partisan promises are cautioned against.
ROUGEN FRANCE Andrew Tully notes lingering discontent with De Gaulle's paternalistic regime. While some admire his restoration of national stature, economic woes, high prices, and heavy taxes fuel a bored, wary public. The piece links 1968 unrest to economic despair and critiques domestic censorship.
The piece outlines Hosea Williams of the SCLC facing prior auto theft links and a grand jury action that indicted Harold Andrews and Morris Finley for stolen cars. It notes Williams led voter registration purchases, alleged deals, and a Justice Department intervention in the Atlanta case.
North Vietnam intensifies shelling of Saigon and targets civilians to probe U.S. resolve. Washington sees Hanoi's tactics as desperate and aimed at derailing negotiations while South Vietnam urges renewed bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong. Public opinion may pressure retaliation if Paris talks fail. President Johnson maintains bombing limits despite growing civilian toll.
The nation faces a moral crisis as crime rises and public safety deteriorates. Congress grapples with an anti crime bill but faces calls for stronger action and tighter gun controls amid debates over welfare programs and federal aid to the poor. The issue looms large in the upcoming campaign.
The Scorpion, on a secret mission with two hunter killer Soviet subs in pursuit, vanished after breaking up a Russian surveillance attempt on a Polaris submarine en route to a Mediterranean patrol station. The Navy cites risks of collision, attack, reef grounding, or mechanical failure as possible causes.
Prof Maz Beloff argues the Oxford mob incident shows anti intellectual drift fueled by mass enrollments and weak standards. He links student violence to outside ideologues and calls for smaller humane colleges with genuine academic communities over diploma mill mass campuses.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.