Morning prayers and quotes from Psalms and Meredith
A devotional line cites Psalms 3 4 capping with a Meredith reflection on prayer transforming a man. The passage blends biblical verse with a classical quote about prayer elevating character.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1961
Page
4
Space Age Weatherman and Space Science News
The piece envisions a future where space research aids weather prediction and storm control. It notes U S satellite advances, including TIROS funded by the Weather Bureau, and ideas to use silver iodide to steer hurricanes, signaling rapid pace in space technology driving meteorology and disaster mitigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Earth
U. S. Weather Bureau
Tiros
Weather Bureau
Mexico faces leftward drift as Cardenas mobilizes
The piece warns of political unrest in Mexico under Adolfo Lopez Mateos with ex-president Lazaro Cardenas resurfacing to push a leftist, pro Castro movement. It notes declines in tourism and investment, calls for vigilance ahead of the July 2 congressional election, and suggests U.S. preparations if Cardenas gains strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Washington
Lazaro Cardenas
General Cardenas
Cardenas
Castro
Cuba
United States
Mexico City
U. S
Mateos
CENTO Turmoil in Turkey Threatens Western Coalition
Rome reports rising crisis in Turkey under Gen. Gursel as colonels push for deep reforms while the economy collapses. NATO's key anti Soviet flank faces risk if Ankara shifts toward neutrality or alignment with Egypt and USSR allies. European powers fear broader faltering of the Western alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Vienna
Berlin
Middle East
CENTO
Iran
Turkey
Washington
Beld
Tito
NATO
Paris
Gursel
Adnan Menderes
Gurse
Menderes
Democratic Party
Gursei
Egypt
Nasser
Ussr
Ems
United
Fifty Years Ago Hodges Inaugurated WV President
Daily Telegraph notes in simple ceremonies Dr. Thomas E. Hodges began his term as West Virginia president pledging utmost service. Mingo County remains under martial law as militia units form after state police member William McMillan was shot while returning a prisoner from Logan to Matewan. Wiley Post and Harold Getty completed a 2,800 mile flight from Siberia to Nome Alaska and reported their aircraft in excellent condition. An Army plane set a diving speed record of 661 mph at Wright Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Hodges
West Virginia
Mingo County
William McMillan
State Police
Logan
Matewater
Wiley Post
Harold Getty
Nome
Alaska
Siberia
Heinz Rollman and the Peace Corps Vision at Washington
Heinz Rollman a Waynesville shoemaker arrived in Washington for a Senate Foreign Relations Committee appearance on the Peace Corps He toured with a six foot map sent telegrams to wire services and delivered a 20 page speech advocating a Peace Corps with five million volunteers and five million in training His life includes exile from Germany and a shift from Democrat to Republican candidacy while publishing works on world peace and prompting high level acknowledgment from leaders including Eisenhower
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rollman
Peace Corps
Senate
Heinz Rollman
Waynesville
N. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Heinz
Germany
Hitler
North Carolina
U. S. Congress
Eisenhower
Heinz Rollman pushes Peace Corps idea before committee
Heinz Rollman addresses the Foreign Relations Committee on establishing a permanent Peace Corps. A 10 minute limit is imposed as he speaks. Senators Sparkman Gore and Symington struggle to follow his German accent while asking brief questions before adjourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinz
Peace Corps
Foreign Relations Committee
John Sparkman
Ala
Albert Gore
Tenn
Stuart Symington
Horse Players Anonymous and Other Gambler Notices
H. J. Phillips reports forming Horse Players Anonymous to help horse players resist gambling temptations. The piece notes meetings, shared advice, and steps toward recovery including ignoring bookies and avoiding race sheets. It mentions a failed Pooch Bettors Anonymous meeting and a New York school scandal with unsafe roofs. It ends with an odd line about a chicken pie with no sign of chicken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamblers Anonymous Association
Stengthen
Horse Players Anonymous
Pooch Bettors Anonymous
New York
Yale Honors Richard Lee Amid City in Transition
Yale awarded an honorary degree to Richard Lee, mayor of New Haven, amid national attention to his reconstruction work. The ceremony coincided with a parade where the mayor walked a full block without incident as streets and historic theatres fade from the landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Alladin
Wonderful Lamp
Richard Lee
New Haven
Poli
Palace
Bijou
Oneco Hotel
Mary's
Electors and the Presidential Election System Debate
Ray Tucker discusses why the founding Fathers created the electoral system and why Congress and major parties resist changing it. He notes Kefauver plans to abolish electors and Mundt proposals, arguing shifts toward city populations could tilt states and create splinter parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Kennedy
Brazen Gerrymandering and Electoral Reform Debate
Politicians distrust each other over congressional districts and electoral reforms. The Mundt plan would split New York’s electoral votes, while district rigging faces Supreme Court probes and partisan manipulation by state legislatures. Sinage on voting age and poll tax abolition highlight divergent stances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
New York
Mundt
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Government plan eyed to convert Hanford plant to power use
The Kennedy Administration weighs a $60 million push to convert Hanford atomic works to steam power for electricity, risking a federal power monopoly. Critics say the move could crowd out private investment, raise costs, and threaten security while expanding socialized industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Hanford
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Kennedy
Udall
Los Angles
Harold
Craig Hosmer
California
Congress
Tennessee Valley
Hosmer
Russia
After Dinner Fatigue and Museums Show Weapons Display
A reflective narrator muses on fatigue after dinner and a tendency to study ancient weapons in museums. The piece laments ambitious displays and hopes for astronauts to report Earth’s fragility and support.
Freedom Riders and the U SIA view of violence abroad
A U S Information Agency report to a House hearing asserts that overseas reaction to Alabama and Mississippi violence from Freedom Riders has overshadowed domestic debate. It cites Ed Murrow and Ed King Jr as urging restraint and questions federal intervention versus state handling of police matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Freedom Riders
Alabama
Mississippi
U. S. Information Agency
Education and Labor Committee
House of Representatives
New York
Information Agency
Voice of America
Little Rock
Edward R. Murrow
USIA
North
United States
Murrow
Africa
Far East
Europe
Latin America
Soviet Union
China
France
Great Britain
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
Martin Luther King, Jr
South
Poems Strange Tree Unfolds Love Into Spring Flower
Poem ponders how love grows from harsh desert into a radiant bloom. A speaker notes a seed of wonder and sunlit fusion that bursts a barren state into fragrant growth, while others observe the love flower in hand with glad confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love
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Dayton
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U. S. Army Public Relations Department
Tehran
Ed Koterba
Mr. Rollman
H. J. Phillips
Ray Tucker
Ing
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
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Karl E. Mundt
Randolph
Joseph S. Clark
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Texas
Clark
R. Moley
Soaper
Lawrence
Bonnie Parker
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