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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1955
Page
4
A brief daily meditation appears in The Charleston Gazette dated Tuesday June 14 1955. The reflection urges growth in life understanding and courage to meet the day with faith in the future, noting it opens the door to happiness.
The Citizens' Traffic Advisory Committee and chairman Charles E. Hodges deserve better than the mayor's barrage. A traffic consultant, Robert A. Mitchell, was cited over a $500 bill, yet the committee needed his expertise as Charleston revisits its traffic plan. The paper urges a public apology and continued use of available expert services to improve city streets.
A Detroit dispatch reveals Ca Nunn W.0834.3 helped devise Ford Motor Company wage plans for a new jobless pay scheme. The AP report cites Richard L. Johnson and M. L. Denise as collaborators in industrial relations and special financial projects.
The Washington Post notes a provocative cartoon about a figure labeled the Government Grinder addressing the first major human relations challenge of the automation age. The piece frames the issue as a defining moment in early AI governance and social adjustment.
Editor letters urge The Gazette to tackle Elk River cleanup after Coal River effort. Contributor Welch offers funds to aid a campaign against Elk River Coal and Lumber Co. at Widen West Virginia. The note references praise for local reporting and quotes on newspaper love and public interest.
Inez Robb notes the British face the first commercial television network with paid ads for marriage brokers, fortune tellers and lenders. She contrasts US pay TV with UK caution, criticizing toothpaste and deodorant spots as the deadly listening of all.
Drew Pearson reports the Soviet embassy secured permission from federal and local agencies to use a volleyball court at Rock Creek Park near Carter Barron on Saturdays and Sundays with government eyes watching for abuse. The piece also notes political turmoil as GOP senators fault Vice President Nixon over job vacancies.
Victor Riesel reports CIO sailors led by Joe Curran may strike next Wednesday at midnight unless shipping companies guarantee 40 dollars a week for unemployed seamen. The National Maritime Union seeks to bridge state unemployment benefits, affecting some 22 000 CID sailors aboard 400 ships and risking major port disruptions during peak travel season.
CIO led labor pact expiring next Wednesday threatens half of U S tankers fueling oil trade with Far East and Persian Gulf. Sailors engineers and radio operators join in a coordinated strike, risking ship movement at American ports. Picket lines may involve ILA longshoremen if friction widens. Detroit, the stin g.
Twenty six indictments charging grand larceny issued against the proprietor of a Charleston detective agency's automobile division and twenty salesmen for misrepresenting auto service contracts tied to insurance coverage. Investigators say Charlestonians lost at least fifty thousand dollars.
Westbrook Pegler contrasts Albert Einstein with Ezra Pound, labeling Einstein a boastful immigrant and Pound a jailed poet at St. Elizabeths. He notes Pound’s controversial history, ties to Mussolini era, and unclear treason questions while citing aides and biographers.
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