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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1960
Page
4
A compact quotation reflects Lajos Kossuth on unity in God and unity in the light as parallel to unity in the principles of freedom. The text references biblical Jericho and a motto-like statement about collective strength and liberty.
The text argues Khrushchev exploits the U 2 incident as an assault on American bases and a broader plan to tilt the world balance of power toward Russia. It cites aggressive aims, propaganda, and spy networks while warning that loss of bases and regional shifts threaten deterrence and risk broader conflict.
The Automobile Manufacturers Association plans a $10 per car device to curb blowby, the unburned air fuel gas mixture vented from the crankcase. Tailpipe gases require further, costlier systems. Congress funds research to speed study of this public nuisance.
Dr. John C. Lilly reports after five years of study that dolphins show a strong social organization and can solve difficulties, suggesting their ancestral move from land to sea. The text notes their playful tricks and the idea of a creaking social structure.
A House subcommittee proposed loosening Interior Department controls on entry of dangerous wildlife while removing the ban on starlings and English sparrows. The panel argues existing birds have proliferated so much that new arrivals pose little need for border action, surprising many households who assume sparrows are rare.
In a Lippmann column, the author argues that the forward bases policy to contain the Soviet Union and China has proved unsustainable. He cites Okinawa and Tokyo unrest as signs demanding a new, bolder, more flexible approach that preserves allies while avoiding defensible yet vulnerable bases.
A 50 year old note recalls a proposed city law to punish keeping cows from running loose. Other items cite a 40 year old mayoral recount plan, a 30 year old road resurfacing, a 20 year old beer price deal during an emergency tax, and a 10 year old MacArthur visit amid Red forces in Korea.
Washington businessman Harold Quase plans a pilot by sinking two 25 foot rubber tanks in Boca Ciega Bay to store jet fuel 50 feet below the surface. He has filed a June 10 1960 claim with the Interior Department seeking rights to use outer continental shelf waters for underwater installations and storage.
Dr. Quase develops an underwater storage concept with Jet Fuel and Storage Company and Underwater Storage Inc. He partners with Firestone and Global Marine, investing $30 million to test a St. Petersburg Beach facility 300 feet off Seventh Street Pier. The project aims to counter radiological and fire threats and could reshape civilian defense and stockpiling.
The defense push, announced after the U-2 incident and Tokyo riots, outlines overseas airfields funded by the U S with concealed landing fields. It calls for faster longer range planes, Titan I upgrades, and increased naval support from the Seventh Fleet and Sixth Fleet with Polaris submarines.
The document outlines a global defense network with bases in Britain Germany Italy Spain Greece Turkey Crete Saudi Arabia South Korea The Philippines Thailand South Vietnam Australia New Zealand and U S states Alaska and Hawaii It notes a two year prep period and higher military appropriations while asserting allies will cooperate against Moscow and Beijing.
Sheilah Graham reports Rock Hudson plans a year away from Hollywood working on Come September with Gina Lollobrigida in Italy and The Spiral Road in Singapore and Malaya. Andra Martin laments estranged husband Ty Hardin. Brando may delay Ugly American while Magnani denounces Brando if provoked.
Rock Hudson planned quick shooting for King of Kings and will rejoin Katharine Hepburn for Stratford Cleopatra rehearsals. Claudette Colbert returns to Hollywood after Broadway in The Marriage Go Round while planning a New York apartment. Lex Barker’s sister and Carl Neubert divorce. Andrea King’s husband Nathaniel Willis files papers. The Neuberts will share a house until fall due to the pool.
The passage surveys Japan from the 1653 Dutch visit to the 20th century, detailing the Meiji reforms under Prince Ito, Japan’s emergence as a Great Power after 1868, and its wars and treaties with China and Russia. It notes U.S. ambivalence, missionary influence, the 1922 Washington Conference, and Japan’s fragile economy with limited arable land and reliance on Manchuria for resources and markets including China.
The senator pricks at a humorous scene of a man at the next desk who has a car with a loaded gadget and admits fear of pressing dashboard buttons. A jab at Made in Japan objects followed by a quip about Tokyo riots and Moscow workmanship. The piece ends with a census joke about overestimating population.
Drew Pearson reports on FCC chairman Doerfer using Storer assets for travel and yacht fees deducted as business expenses. He notes GOP favoritism via tax loopholes and Senate battles over plugging them, plus Thai royal visit to California and Washington causing mixed funding questions and protocol costs.
A fragment from Matthew Arnold's Dover Beach contrasts calm seas with the roar of waves and a lingering sadness. The lines describe moonlit coastlines along the straits near France and England, and the perpetual rhythm of the tide.
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