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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1961

Page

4

Baily Celegraph Listed for Daily and Sunday Circulation

The notice outlines subscription options by carrier and mail for daily and Sunday editions, with annual rates for Virginia residents and a circulation advertising representative contact through the AXG Agency in Richmond. It lists price details, delivery terms, and phone access for orders and inquiries.

Anc Mal & Fret Virginia Asan Sureae AXG Ima Telephone DA

Deadbeats' Ranks Growing Across the World

The piece argues that many nations default on international debts, led by Khrushchev’s Russia and echoed by Cuba Bolivia Congo, scorning bonds and aid, urging the United States to demand responsibility and avoid funding insolvent governments.

Khrushchev Kermlin Cuba Fidel Castro Bolivia United States Congo

Population boom and looming famine threaten global stability

The article warns that world population grew from 0.5 to 1.7 percent annually since 1930, with UN estimates projecting 2.9 to 6.3 billion people by century end. It contrasts U S agricultural gains with rising needs, and highlights India and other regions facing famine and food insecurity as growth outpaces production.

India China United Nations United States U. S Asia Africa

Quarantine a path to peace if allies unite over Berlin

Lawrence argues a Rooseveltite plan to quarantine the Soviet Union could avert nuclear war. A united West would sever wartime treaties, embargo trade with the USSR, close embassies, and isolate Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe while risking economic disruption for lasting peace.

Washington Berlin Franklin Roosevelt America Mr. Roosevelt Soviet Union Russia Germany Poland Hungary Rumania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Albania Lithuania Estonia Latvia United States Red China Nikita Khrushchev West Berlin Europe Kremlin

Plan for World Language in Schools Proposed by Colorado Board

Ed Koterba notes the Colorado State Board of Education suggests teaching a native language plus a world language in schools worldwide. They favor French as the universal second tongue, arguing it lacks major power status, is widely learned, and sounds pleasant, with a claim that bilinguals in English-speaking regions often learn it second.

Washington Wendell Willkie Colorado State Board of Education Out Gordon Allott Cole Russia Omaha

One World Language Debate in the Postwar Era

The author discusses language as a global link and mocks the idea of a single universal tongue. He favors Spanish as a practical second choice and recalls a Caracas incident where a taxi driver misinterpreted a stop request due to language barriers.

Far East Tokyo Caracas Venezuela Indiana

Peace Corps reshapes aims for field life abroad

Ray Tucker reports shifts in Peace Corps policy as practical needs drive changes to living conditions for volunteers, including collaboration with missionary and established agencies. The first overseas mission will build roads in Tanganyika, replacing the earlier ideal of austere native living with a more practical approach.

Tanganyika Peace Corps Shriver Tangayika Central Africa

Peace Corps Living Like Natives in Mud Huts and Upper Crust Status

A Harvard professor notes Peace Corps volunteers will sleep in native mud huts and live as natives do while sharing in a higher, upper crust lifestyle due to their professional qualifications. They will rely on native game and locally supplied foods with US canned fruits and vegetables, tents for weather, and Army jeeps for transport. The aim remains to preserve mission despite patronization concerns.

Harvard Indian Ocean United States Imp Peace Corps

Cardinal Gibbons Reaches Half Century as Priest

Daily Telegraph notes Cardinal Gibbons marked fifty years as a priest and twenty five years as a member of the Sacred College a combined distinction unmatched in American history. It recalls Taft’s forty year milestone as Chief Justice and reports the nation’s heat wave death toll nearing six hundred.

Cardinal Gibbons Sacred College

Defense highway program urged by house roads committee

Twenty years ago the house roads committee urged a 25 million dollar national defense highway program to upgrade strategic roadways across the United States. Ten years ago Morgantown was chosen by Governor Okey J. Patteson as the site for a standard four year medical college after considering other cities.

House Roads Committee United States Morgantown Okey J. Patteson Citis

Hollywood Stars Scramble for Roles and Growth

Sheilah Graham reports Marlon Brando's illness in Tahiti raising costs for Mutiny on the Bounty while his doctor travels to speed his return. Frank Sinatra revels in son-in-law Tommy Sands' movie offers and hopes for Nancy's grandchild. Natalie Wood competes with herself for Oscar glory in West Side Story and Splendor in the Grass. Jayne Mansfield adds animals at home and begins The George Raft Story on July 6, then The Chapman Report on the 17th. Balmain outfits Jennifer Jones and Jill St. John for Tender Is the Night. Bob Mathias declines athlete scripts to pursue drama. David Merrick, in town for Moulin Rouge, chats with press.

Hollywood Marlon Brando Tahiti Marlon Frank Sinatra Tommy Sands Chapman Frank Nancy Four Seasons My New York Spy Judy Garland Judy Holliday Lauren Bacall Eddie Albert New York West 72Nd Street Paris Perkins Phaedra Tony Natalie Wood Ditto Elia Kazan Jayne Mansfield Jayne George Raft Betty Grable Balmain Jennifer Jones Jill St. John Bob Mathias Bob Lee David Merrick Moulin Rouge Broadway

Hollywood gossip spans stage to screen delays and romance

Seen And Heard Around Hollywood notes Merrick delaying Oliver for the 1962 63 season while importing Sun day In New York and Subways Are For Sleeping stars Sidney Chaplin and Georgia Brown. London Fagin and Nancy Sykes receive praise. It also covers delays in Joan Collins Warren Beatty nuptials and Warren’s rising star amid Splendor in the Grass hype.

New York Merrick Norman Krasna Sidney Chaplin Oliver London David Georgia Brown Nancy Sykes Oliver Twist Warren Beatty Warren Shirley MacLaine James Dean

The Cuban disaster examined by Stewart Alsop

The article reviews Stewart Alsop's The Lessons of the Cuban Disaster and argues the American missteps, CIA planning under Eisenhower, Kennedy's reliance on experts, and internal opposition from Rusk Bundy Fulbright and Schlesinger. It cites Kennedy aides and cautions that expert meddling risks policy failure and broader defeats in Asia and disarmament talks.

Saturday Evening Post Stewart Alsop CIA Eisenhower Arleigh Burke Lemnitzer Joint Chiefs of Staff Alsop Kennedy Dean Rusk McGeorge Bundy Fulbright Arthur Schlesinger Jr Schlesinger Bobby Kennedy Cuba Laos Geneva

Senator Soaper Attacks TV as Westerns and Sadism

A public comment by Senator Soaper labels TV a wasteland of westerns and cruelty. The FCC chair’s critique frames entertainment as sensational and harmful while a wealthy individual’s bragging about fortune signals complacency amid critique.

FCC

Kennedy Goldberg clash over Taft Hartley in maritime strike

Drew Pearson reports on preemptive talks between President Kennedy and Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg before invoking Taft Hartley to end the maritime union strike. The piece notes wage pressures, government subsidies, and rival union leaders Curran and Hall, with figures like Pressman and Meany shaping the dispute.

Washington Kennedy White House Arthur Goldberg Taft-Hartley U. S. Supreme Court Goldberg U. S Secretary of Labor Pacific Cuba Fidel Castro Joe Curran Maritime Union Liberia Honduras Panama Joseph Curran National Maritime Union Paul Hall Seafarers International Union General Electric Westinghouse Iton Pressman

Fireweed’s Return After the Fire

A poem celebrates fireweed rising on blackened soil as a gentler flame in tremulous rebirth. Rosy star like clusters bloom in a sea of petals, wind tosses sparks, erasing scars left by the holocaust and marking hopeful renewal.

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Baily Hugh Ike Shott Assocaa Matthew Lawrence John Marshall Ed Koterba Ray Tucker American Peace Corps Inlaw R. Sargent Shriver Itan Daily Telegraph William Howard Taft Warren G. Harding United States Supreme Court Sheilah Graham Sokolsky Miami CLA Soaper Drew Pearson John L. Lewis Phil Murray United Mine Worker CIO George Meany Meany Lambent
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