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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1955
Page
4
A Thought for Today notes a quotation urging strength to face danger with bravery, constancy in tribulation, temperance in wrath, and loyalty to others, reflecting a moral exhortation published in The Charleston Gazette on June 28, 1955.
Editorial urges community support for Operation Coonskin Youth a joint effort by the Coonskin Park Commission and Gazette readers. It aims for a supervised park outing for youths 18 and under with an estimated 3900 needed for transportation lunches horse riding and other expenses.
The Gazette advocates in the public interest urging a golf course at Coonskin Park, enhanced industry, additional off street parking, and major roadway projects including the East West Express Viaduct, a four lane turnpike, Kanawha Riverfront upgrades, and South Side Boulevard improvements. It also references a new airport highway, railroad grade separations, morality in government, primary election fraud guards, uniform property assessments, and a mountain mover at work.
The FCC weighs authorization of subscription pay TV amid a divide between broadcasters, theaters, and film groups. Zenith backs Phonevision and other systems while CBS and the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters oppose pay TV. Joint committees seek to block toll TV, arguing it would limit free service and steer programs toward profitable fare.
Inez Robb recalls a ten year memory of Molotov guards at a United Nations session and a San Francisco press conference. The piece notes a shift to a gentler carbon copy of intimidation dubbed Molotov Meatballs and describes a public encounter where force gave way to restraint in a new diplomatic look.
The piece notes a wave of labor gains in 1955 including shorter work years and pay packages up to $25 weekly. It highlights the CIO Marine Engineers Union led push for a 10 month year and 12 months pay, plus significant steel and copper sector contracts aiming at guaranteed annual wages and “last time pay” protections for layoffs and illness.
Senate action forced by Lyndon Johnson culminates in a 77 to 4 vote on the McCarthy resolution. The debate centered on liberation of satellite nations and the Republican stance, marking a critical clash between Eisenhower supporters and McCarthy's censure motion.
The piece discusses Mrs. Lucille Miller alleging she is unbalanced after a late night gassing and relocation incident. It cites Dorothy Thompson and James Vincent Sheean, arguing many national papers ignored Miller’s concerns about alleged Communist influence and political plots.
A man believed from New York shot himself in a city hotel while kneeling in prayer. Hoover to keep Crime Commission aid after Senate blocks $250000 for full enforcement inquiry. new prohibition district forms with Maryland District of Columbia Virginia and Carolinas. Revolutionists under Gen Blanco Gualinds seize La Paz ending revolt in Bolivia.
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