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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1952
Page
8
A quote from the Charleston Gazette page notes that aging is not by years but by abandoning ideals. It emphasizes that one may gain wrinkles of the skin but lose the spark of the soul without persistent enthusiasm.
Editorial argues for rapid decision on a city bypass route for a four lane expressway seeking state and federal cooperation. It urges forming a commission to compare routes along Piedmont Road Kanawha River MacCorkle Avenue and stresses immediate planning to ease growing traffic congestion.
A Gallup poll shows substantial voter approval for Martin P. Durkin as Secretary of Labor, despite Taft’s criticism. The survey finds more than five to one approval over disapproval, with Democrats and Republicans alike leaning toward overall cabinet approval and Dulles and Wilson also praised.
The piece argues that Senate majority leadership fights remain hidden behind compromises and party politics. It questions the relevance of old rules and calls for leadership based on ability, wisdom, energy, and patriotism for the nation's welfare.
The article frames General Eisenhower's Korea visit as grand theater with tight secrecy. It notes the secrecy itself fueled public interest while suggesting the event served to publicize a broader theme or policy. The piece emphasizes media involvement through implication rather than full disclosure.
A Gazette reader objects to Gov Patteson Gov elect Mar land and Sheriff elect Al Carey singing I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus arguing Christmas songs should reflect Jesus birth and the season's charitable meaning. Other letters note newspaper diversity and local race questions and pedestrians on crowded sidewalks amid traffic rules.
A terse note from J D Stalin in Moscow asks Joe what he wants for his birthday, jokingly extending wishes to all of Asia and signaled as a playful or ceremonial message from a Moscow based figure.
Charleston High School band director Bob Williams leads 80 members invited to Washington for Eisenhower's inauguration. The group faces a $3,000 shortfall for transport and lodging after $1,000 was raised. local readers urged to back the cause to showcase Charleston and West Virginia on a national stage.
Doris Fleeson Sawyer’s sharp report attacks economic aid to Europe, urging a shift to Defense and State roles. The debate pits Harold Stassen against John Foster Dulles as Congress weighs a separate spending agency, with Capitol Hill factions rooting for or against elimination of the old ECA and MSA structures. The piece notes Stassen’s rise, Dulles’ expected influence, and Sawyer’s controversial stance amid a Republican power struggle.
The article recounts how Senator Bob Taft courted support from Republican factions led by Senator Bridges and Senator Carlson to regain the role of Senate majority leader. Taft pledged to work with Eisenhower and avoid party strife, prompting Eisenhower to back his reinstatement after a backroom power shift.
Westbrook Pegler condemns Benjamin Gitlow as unqualified to educate Americans on alleged imperial Communist plots. He accuses Gitlow of betrayal, expulsion from the Moscow International and labels Lovestone faction militants like Irving Brown and Dave Dubinsky as Soviet agents.
The narrative traces Louis Budenz and Bella Dodd amid whispers of a roving ally aiding Lattimore. It claims a mysterious activist helped discredit a key witness, with Wellington Roe pressing for Dodd to testify. The piece hints at a broader probe into two government agencies and the role of subversive networks.
The Gazette reports Jesse Wazzo a Futney miner wounded in Tad. 24 state plans by German chemical leaders to build plants in Kanawha Valley per Industrial Bulletin Cambridge Massachusetts. National notes include Senator Gott introducing a bill to erect a monument to Patrick Gass last man of the Lewis and Clark Expedition who died in Wilhelmshaven Brooke County in 1867. Tests after New Year for a radio image device by Austin Gookley. President Coolidge to attend Pan American Congress in Havana about January 13. William E. Hickman arrested in Pendleton Oregon on rape and murder charges of Marion Parker 12 in Los Angeles with police saying Andrey Cramer confessed. Foreign note Charles A Berghs mother Xi Lindbergh lands in Mexico first U S woman carrier passenger. Evangeline
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