Cold War Propaganda and U.S. Info Efforts Past and Present
The piece surveys how propaganda shaped East West hostilities, noting Soviet advances after Sputnik and U.N. debates, contrasted with American messaging. It traces Communist tactics, uses of aid and showy projects, and outlines U.S. information programs from WWII through the early Cold War, including VOA and the Smith Mundt Act.
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Free World
United States
U.N
Korea
Soviet Union
Russia
Comintern
Cominform
Tao
Red
Great Britain
Latin America
Washington
Office of War Information
Office of Strategic Services
Voice of America
Congress
State Department
U.S. Information Agency
U.S.S.A
Ind
Editorial Describes Internal Revenue Service Attack on Advertising
The piece denounces IRS rulings that would block electric utilities from deducting advertising and publicity costs, arguing such tax interpretations threaten free enterprise and press freedom. It warns the precedent could extend to other industries and resemble Soviet control of expression.
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United States
Internal Revenue Service
Pete
Russia
Military men in news at home and abroad
Veterans and recruits are profiled with assignments and training details. Specialist 2 C Lendo K Walker completed an 11 week diesel engine course at Fort Belvoir with wife Wilda noted as resident in Sophia. Pfc George A Campbell and Pvt James R Bibb are stationed in Germany and Europe with the 503rd Infantry and 802nd FA Battalion respectively. Pvt William V Brooks completed basic combat training at Fort Hood. Pvt Charles F Cassity is assigned to the 7th Airborne Division in Germany.
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Fort Belvoir
C. Lendo K. Walker
Wilda
Sophia
Fort Polk
Walker
Gladys Tilley
Harper Road
Beckley
Southern States Cooperative
Europe
James R. Bibb
802Nd Field Artillery
Germany
Mason Bibb
Garten
Army
Fort Jackson
C. Bibb
DuBois High School
Secom Armored Division
Fort Hood
Tex
William V. Brooks
Lona F. Bunch
Route 3
Lester
Trap Hill High School
Richardson Coal _ Co
Bolt
7Th Airborne Division
Charles F. Cassity
Chariie Cassity
504Th Infantry
Fort Dix
N. J
Woodrow Wson High School
Paddy Chayefsky on shrinking stature and barbarians outside
Hal Boyle reports Paddy Chayefsky, 35, who wrote Marty, laments a world losing size and stature. He warns that hostility and hedonism drive modern life and that a new wave of barbarians seems to be at the gates.
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New York
Paddy Chayefsky
Chayefsky
Paddy
Marty
Jet
Chayefsky Sees Craft Mastery and Artistry
The writer Phillip S. Chayefsky reflects after 36 years in the field, noting he has mastered technique and aims to be a true artist. He discusses recent works The Goddess and The Middle of the Night, a Broadway project, and his war service. He says the happiest time is now and hopes his son Danny can skip adolescence.
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Chayefsky
Europe
Danny
Space Development May Boom Employment
The House Space Committee approved a bill to create a strong civilian agency overseeing nonmilitary space developments. It argues increased space funding will yield jobs, weather forecasting advances, and new transportation ideas, with projections of billions in value across farming, lumber, retail, and water resource planning.
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Washington
House Space Committee
Air Force Ballistic Missiles Division
United States
Fred L. Whin Pe
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Prayer Blesses Childlike Trust in God’s Peace
A prayer by Lyndon B. Potter of Tallahassee Florida extols childlike confidence before God. It asks for parental love to guide earthly life and for the peace of God to flood minds and hearts, making believers strong to act in Christ’s name.
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Lyndon B. Potter
Tallahassee
Fla
Junior Editors Quiz On Customs
Stephen Lietzke of DeWith Michigan wins $10 for this question. The item discusses a tooth under the pillow custom dating back 2000 years and folk beliefs about spells and hair teeth models. It encourages brushing teeth to prevent decay and future extractions.
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Stephen Lietzke
DeWith, Mich
Beckley
Did You Ever Eat A Mess Of Snap Beans
Light voting upsets Stassen and De Gaulle rumors. politics and culture mix in a West Virginia column. Audrey McKinney recalls snap beans, a rural term, and shares family customs of drying and cooking them into a winter staple. The piece blends social anecdotes with small humor and reader questions.
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Stassen
de Gaule
PSC
Chesskov
Ronald Colman
Rec
Richmond
Jaycee Guest
West Virginia
Audrey McKinney
Register’s Women’s Department
Audrey
Wills
Auto Addict Earl Wilson Burl Ives Names Packards
A column cites Burl Ives as wealthy from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and as owning a Packard 34 in Hollywood and a Packard 38 in New York. It notes socialites, TV figures, and industry chatter about marriages, engagements, and upcoming productions, with wild anecdotes about celebrity life and politics.
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New York
Burl Ives
West End
Hollywood
MGM
Liz Taylor
Hunt
Verre Haute
Tve
Sherman Adams
Taffy Tuttle
Nixon
Herb
Polesie
Groucho Marx
Beverly
Bob Crosby
Bing East
Groucho
Dagmar
Jack Paar
Orson Bean
Pat Wymore
Desert Spa
Las Vegas
Errol Flynn
Paris
Iim
Hal Hayes
Wiw
Vegas
Dorothy Shay
the Park Av
Hillbilly
Dick Looman
L. A
Dorothy
Roxanne aArien
Mac Gordon
Eddie Fisher
Mgr
Milton Blacksone
Vic Damone
Teresa Brewer
Rosemary Clooney
Parde
Keaney Eimar
Keany Jr
el Marecco
Bob Hope
Roberta
Buick
Sonja Henie
Ingrid Bergman
Lars Schmidt
Scandinavia
25 Years Ago Beckley Businessman Dies at 70
Ambrew Midway a longtime Beckley shoe repairman and native of Hungary died today of heart disease in a local hospital. He was 70 and had lived in the United States since leaving Hungary 40 years ago. In related business news Jimmy Bisota of Jimny's Place on South Kanawha Street is entering the sandwich and light lunch trade. Jimny's was Beckley's first tap beer venue and is described as a beer garden in the city.
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Ambrew Midway
Beckley
Hungary
United States
Jimmy Bisota
Jimny's
South Kanawha Street
Jimmy
Jimmy's Place Incidentally Was the First In Beckley
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11Th Airborne Division
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Jd. McQuade
Associated Press
AP News
Brooks & Finley, Inc
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Chicago
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Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
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Beckley News. Corporation
George A. Campbell
T. E. Campbell
15Th St
503Rd Infantry
Nuttall High School
W. V. Brooks
Toee
Kurushchey
Hal Boyle
James Marlow
Francis WW. Reichelderfer
Weather Bureau
University Extension Service
Miami
Neck of the Woods
Louise
Bobby
Earl Wilson
Anne Heywood
Wilson
Havana
Alfred Hitchcock
Vertigo
Paramount
MGM Records
Tony Curtis
Syd Chaplin
Sue, Healy
West
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Root Q. Lewis
Telly
Earl
Clear Fork
Lee Stover
W. H. Jarrell
K. M. Jarrell
Marsh Fork
Callous Jarrell
C. Tabor
de. Hurst
J. P. Buckland
Owen McCarthy
W. B. Harris
Shady Spring
Henry Smith
Joseph Hunt
Deck McClure
G. K. Sweeney
S. B. Hale
J. R. Tolley
Albert Richmond
John
James Walters
Slab Fork
D Fink
Jack Walser
Hlow
Harry Caperton Jr
R. Lee Bower
Hansford Phipps
D. L. Maynor
John Rogers
Join Maynor
J. C. Prince
Addison Snuffer
H. HW. Darball
Mike Radford
B. L. Cole
Creed T. Thomason
Tran Hil
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W. G. Callaway
G Terry Trump
J. F. Brooks
Levd , Cook
Tim Thomas
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