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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1963
Page
8
Kaiser Aluminum established a major Ravenswood facility in Jackson County WV as industry hesitant to locate in the state. The piece highlights Kaiser as a good friend and neighbor to West Virginia and notes the plant’s ongoing presence in the region.
The piece notes President Kennedy’s 1963 decision to honor Oppenheimer with the Enrico Fermi award and later President Johnson’s public presentation. It praises Kaiser’s impact on Jackson County’s economy and its drive to improve local schools through a private foundation funded by a Kaiser donation match.
Readers argue about teachers strike rights and pay, comparing teacher wages to industrial workers and overtime. They urge fairness and critique media editors for stoking hate, warning that sensationalism could backfire on journalists and the profession.
Lippmann argues that despite unresolved NATO strategy questions and fears of Soviet aggression, recent talks ended amicably. He credits Kennedy with halting armament growth via the test ban and notes a shift toward polycentrism reducing Cold War tensions. He cautions against overoptimism as Europe moves toward greater dialogue and possible reconciliation across divided regions.
Washington tale shows Bobby Breaker offered big money for ties to vending ventures and a motel deal but refused, staying loyal to a $19 000 salary. A London scandal unfolds as ELIZABETH WHALER falls for actor Richard Curtain and faces public scrutiny, then apologizes.
A collection of fragmented passages mentions payroll figures for meat, dairy, baking, and cotton industries, plus a debate on civil rights and Gaulles nuclear stance. It mixes economic data with political commentary, including a NAACP interaction and a supposed actor contemplating offers abroad.
A new play Marathon ’23 at ANTA Theater portrays the Depression era dance marathons, showing how contestants endured weeks of dancing while audiences watched with morbid interest. It frames the cruelty as a grim reflection of hunger, humiliation, and commercialism that haunted a generation.
A fragmentary 1963 communication to Wally discusses blue laws and irritation among blue-law supporters. The note opens with a salutation and hints at legal or social tensions around.prohibition era style regulation.
A vivid portrayal of June Havoc's early life and marathon era unfolds in Marathon '33' directed by and starring June Havoc and Julie Harris. The show, based on Havoc's 1959 autobiography Early Havoc, exposes hunger and brutality of 1930s marathons in a powerful, authentic performance at ANTA.
A compact, period style summary notes political maneuvering around Bobby Baker's exit and Eisenhower administration requests, while a sense of doubt over Scranton's stance on nominates, and light items about TV bowls and Brazil’s experts. The piece weaves satire on government and social trends of the era.
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