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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1960
Page
4
A devotional line presents the belief that eternal life is available through Jesus Christ. It emphasizes the divine condescension and the human exaltation as central to faith and salvation.
The House Agriculture Committee on June 6 reported a one-year Sugar Act extension while rejecting longer terms and presidential quota power. Hoeven pressed a one-year measure with emergency authority and Cuban sugar imports frozen at 1960 levels, aiming to curb 1961 imports by about 200000 tons amid Cold War tensions with Cuba and Khrushchev.
Secretary of State Heater told the Committee on June 22 the administration could operate within the Hoeven bill though a four year extension remained preferred A shouting squabble erupted with Rep William E Miller charging the bill would favor Castro Cooley countered the Hoeven bill as overt economic aggression Democrats signaled possible deeper sugar cuts Castro on June 23 threatened seizure of all American property and business interests in Cuba if sugar imports are reduced without clarifying how property would be treated
Before Castro toppled Batista U S private investments in Cuba neared 1 billion dollars. Castro’s regime seized about a third, mainly sugar and cattle lands, with meager repayment likely after 20 years. Cuba may apply sugar quota cuts to U S mills. domestic beet sugar foes fear loss.
Professor Hauser argues that historic growth rates imply an enormous population density if the world’s 5,000-year history is condensed. He notes a 1 percent annual rise from 1930 to 1940 and current growth around 1.7 percent, urging readers to grasp the scale of population increase.
Lippmann notes Vice President Nixon signals a major 1950s era debate on economic growth. Nixon criticizes Rockefeller and leading Democrats as playing a parlor game while arguing for large public investments and faster growth to fund defense, education, and urban renewal. The piece contrasts Nixon’s posture with the need to raise growth from about 3 percent to 4 percent to expand private and public wealth.
Fifty years ago Harry Olmstead visited the city on business. Forty years ago Senator Warren G. Harding gave his first campaign speech. Thirty years ago P D Bratton drove to Roanoke for a Virginia funeral directors convention. Twenty years ago Nazi troops were reported behind the Maginot Line fortifications. Ten years ago Otho Bragg of Welch became commander of McDowell County Post No 8 American Legion.
Ed Koterba visits Estero Island Florida where Bob and Olive Barrows own a permanent 50 foot trailer and a second 15 foot trailer across the street near Red Coconut Trailer Park. They chose the location after years of searching and enjoy daily sea breezes and Gulf waves from their vacation retreat. The Barrows, Boston natives, retired five years ago from Armour & Company in sales.
A writer recalls wintering on Fort Myers Beach in a trailer colony. Residents mingle on the waterfront lawns as exurban friends share stories of modest incomes, retirements, and leisure, from knitting Celita Pike to tarpon fishing plans with Charlie Tucker.
Ray Tucker discusses how Catholic Jewish Negro Polish Italian and German voters shape the 1960 election. He notes shifts from Republican to Democratic loyalties and the Kennedy campaign aiming to win Catholic voters while parties weigh shifting bloc support.
The piece surveys minority groups including African Americans and Jewish voters, noting disillusionment with President Eisenhower over integration and Middle East policy. It warns Vice President Nixon must win broad support in metropolitan centers and key states to secure victory across the Northeast to the Midwest.
Peter Lawford leased a Brentwood mansion for July for Senator John Kennedy. Hollywood figures head to Los Angeles for the Democratic convention with a star chorus. Dore Schary leads the movie crowd backing Adlai. Thelma Ritter travels to Reno for The Misfits cast. Bette Davis suffers earnings loss from a fall. Jeanne Crain signs for U. S. Steel Hour. Juliette Greco joins The Big Gambie. Shelley Winters weighs less for A Matter of Conviction. Lost: 2,000 boomerangs.
A quirky slice of entertainment chatter cites Debor ah Kerr and Robert Mitchum with The Sundowners and notes fanciful film plans across Hollywood, Canberra, and Pinewood. It mentions Koalas sammi bears and Marilyn Monroe sketches as pop culture echoes.
The author details a night of entertainment including a baseball game with Jim Farley, a trotting race, and a Johansson Patterson prize fight at the Stork Club and Polo Grounds. He notes crowd chaos, ticket inequities, dubious usher tips, and a ride home with Governor Rockefeller amid horse police escorts.
A columnist notes public concern over moral slackness and compares it to restringing tennis equipment. The critique leans on political and social topics with a digressive barroom anecdote and a remark on Khrushchev.
Drew Pearson notes Senate Foreign Relations Committee avoided criticizing Eisenhower over the summit failure while condemning administration moves. He argues Democratic leaders and media protected Eisenhower, enabling a rug sweeping of Korea and Far East policy, until Khrushchev and the U 2 incident revealed neglected problems.
A reflective verse piece extols a book as a tangible object to pore over and enjoy without measure. It repeats the idea that a book should be multiple in form and capable of being what a book can be, emphasizing desire for a book to exist as a book.
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