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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1951
Page
6
The piece argues that disclosures by the Fulbright and Hoey committees reveal long standing Washington practices. It credits public demand for honesty, questions the legitimacy of influence peddling, and endorses a Pew style moral code to curb secrecy in government actions.
Railroads complain of subsidized waterways and highways as a shift in advantage. Harvard treasurer Paul C. Cabot notes a century ago the Middlesex canal failed after a railroad ran the full length of its line. Theaters once hurt by movies were harmed by television, suggesting future shifts in amusements.
Repeated attempts by residents of the Russian zone to breach border guards near western Germany overflow areas for lavish meals. The drive to escape daily life pushes people toward rare luxury dining, highlighting the sting of shortages in negatal living.
Construction began on Randolph Street Fundamentalist Baptist Church led by Rev. C. McKay Smock. The Gazette reports other local items including Gov. Gore inviting bids on a second Capitol unit due July 12 and county affairs with Simon Galperin and Henry Walker among those noted.
The Gazette editorials on Associated Press censorship and the need for open press access note a pattern of bureaucratic delays. The piece cites tax reports and other public records withheld from the press, urging readers to demand transparency. It discusses reactions to Westbrook Pegler and the Alsop era and defends covering multiple viewpoints.
Rep Victor Anfuso and Rep Clemente take on juvenile narcotics with a plan for the death penalty for drug smugglers who target youths. Clemente cites 40 000 to 50 000 high school students using narcotics and urges federal action plus a state law test. The piece also notes Mrs Truman TV issues and a gossiping interview with Gen MacArthur.
Intercepted message dated June 3 1931 shows Police Chief M B Simons advising Bernard about tips for “nut the heal on” to aid his boys. The city context is implied but not fully specified.
The Gazette notes Spencer attorney J. M. Harper substituted for Roane Circuit Judge Lewis H. Miller due to Miller’s mother’s death. Harper, admitted June 6, 1901, previously served as Calhoun County special judge for three days. Other items mention TV reception from Havana, Cuba, a Huntington WSAZ program Let’s Doodle, and local students–Duke University student Robert E. Young earning a naval commission and Omicron Delta Kappa honor. Ohio Wesleyan’s Paul Hoffman invited to the National Dramatic Society. Pi Kappa Alpha member John Kay named outstanding at Washington and Lee.
Readers urge rewarding skilled driving to cut accidents, citing past Gazette gains and Charleston drivers yielding right of way to speed traffic. Letters also discuss Garnet High metal program cuts, Truman MacArthur debates, rent control, Korea war anxieties, and civic concerns in Charleston.
Longtime political operator Milne Matt Neely entertains at the U S Chamber of Commerce dinner in Washington. He signals opposition to Truman's 1952 bid while backing Bachmann over Kilgore, highlighting WV power dynamics and party rifts.
The column notes RFC loan tightening and a fraud probe touching a testimonial award. It mentions a bookkeeper leaving an adding machine running to create an unexplained deficit and a company paying on a misdated test, with unclear billing in a business-as-usual file.
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