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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1948
Page
4
The Kingsport Times displays standard newspaper boilerplate including mailing address and publication details. It notes daily distribution rules and offers Bible Thought and Daily Tonic quotations reflecting the era's tone. The text references subscription rates and local office information.
A Kingsport community program of Bible teaching in public schools has shown strong results with about 1600 students receiving two years of study. Voters are asked to fund a 12,000 budget for the next year to hire a fourth teacher and expand materials as authorities report harmony with schools and growing pupil demand. The piece also notes Supreme Court actions on released time plans, urging that Champaign style rulings do not rule out other weekday religious education programs.
Washington reports Rep Jesse Walcott faced a VFW protest as two witnesses spoke for veterans on housing while a telegram repudiated them. The piece threads in Senate maneuvers on displaced persons, Baltic state annexation, and education aid amid party splits and religious schooling debates.
An entertainment collage reports Eleanor Powell considering a dramatic role in Hope of Earth while balancing private life as Glenn Ford’s wife and a touring performer. Cary Grant buys a Beverly Hills home, Burt Lancaster’s scene note prompts a two-girl proxy, and a Hollywood hair dare ranks top actresses. Political quotes from Tom Connally Clinton Anderson Chan Gurney and others close the page.
A multi piece survey reviews Gettysburg and Burns biographies, then roasts Washington politics and Voice of America in a caustic editorial column. The author critiques media, Congress, and foreign policy handling, urging calm and humor amid campaign fever and a needed overhaul of electors machinery.
Our Yesterdays note recalls Jimmie Blatten landing in Alberta due to gasoline fumes from a leaking line during a round-the-world flight. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced Elliott would establish residence in Nevada to allow his wife to seek a divorce. Bill Lehman earned a berth on LSU’s track squad for the national intercollegiate championships in Chicago.
A collage of opinions on politics sports and society. The piece riffs on the home town baseball standings false significance radio chatter about Truman Eisenhower and UN vetoes with sly barbs at public figures. It ponders strikes pride and publicity amid witty offhand jabs and cultural quips.
Radio listings show a busy Tuesday schedule featuring Loraiee Jones Young Widder Bro, modern melodies, dance time, and news across stations. Notable items include Kingsport Calendar, Call for Music Aid, and programs like World News Rotint and The Road Of Life. A wide mix of music, talk, and soap opera segments frames the day.
Fragmentary radio listing shows a Kingsport station with 2130 FM Balute Aldi Tennessee Drifters and multiple program tags. Entries include Luncheon Musts at 3:00, Lawrence Welk at 4:30, and various names like Robert McCormice, Jo nes, and Judy Di00w. The text is incomplete and mixes times, show names, and personal names without coherent structure.
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