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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1962
Page
7
Letter from Col J M Moore dated June 4 1962 to a colonel notes cadet readiness and National Guard standby. Birthday observer from Lewisburg West Virginia referenced with a story on page 13.
Rep. Cleveland Bailey will defend the National Education Association in the House after charges that a GOP counter blast misrepresented a teachers article. Bailey will argue the pictures were not rigged and educators have been maligned.
President Kennedy cancels his subscription to the New York Herald-Tribune, drawing comment from Agri culture Secretary Freeman. The stock market rallies after Black Monday as Congress debates the farm problem and potential self help agricultural programs.
The piece criticizes West Virginia's education system for provincial anti-intellectualism and outsider mistrust. It laments the firing of Dr. Craig Wilson and Dr. Madison Byar, argues the department is static and inbred, and calls for bold reforms rather than cautious, insular advancement.
Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke in Abilene saying Only Americans can hurt America highlighting democratic strength and flaws. Andre Malraux in Washington toasted culture and freedom praising a nation that warred without worship and wielded power without desire to.
Letter writers urge halting strip and auger mining to protect West Virginia’s mountains and streams. They warn of a ghost country future and urge voters to elect lawmakers who defend natural resources and resist tax increases.
Ralph McGill argues that Billie Sol Estes reflects a larger flaw in farm policy begun in 1938. He contests that corruption stems from farm legislation itself, noting Washington influence, local committees, and the ease of obtaining cotton allotments across Georgia, Oklahoma, and Alabama via Estes’s Pecos holdings in Texas.
In a fierce public response to Sarah Gibson Blanding’s policy at Vassar College, 32 percent of 1,049 polled students supported the president’s call for women who engage in premarital sex or heavy drinking to leave. Four percent disagreed and eight percent were undecided. The author recalls a changing moral climate from past generations to the present while defending enduring values of chastity and sobriety.
A reminiscence on past norms contrasts disciplined parenting with today’s celebrity culture. The author stresses loving, firm guidance, precepts over instant obedience, and cites the home as the key to preventing juvenile delinquency and shaping character.
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