Greek dictatorship backlash hits Broadway star Illya Darling
Greek regime-backed protests urge boycott of Melina Mercouri after she criticized the government on Johnny Carson. US Greek newspapers linked to AHEPA face internal clashes as Sekles aligned with Athens regime and Vournas questioned. State Department silent on propaganda moves while Tito pivots to Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Greece
United States
Melina Mercouri
Illya Darling
Johnny Carson
Miss Mercouri
Athens
Pericles
Colonels
Greek Tourist Bureau
USA
AHEPA
Socrates Sekles
Grand Rapids
Mich
Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Kremlin
Turkey
Phillips Talbot
AMA
Meadows Family Crisis Mirrors United Nations Style Politics
A tongue in cheek piece recounts a domestic dispute within the Meadows family likening it to a UN crisis. Siblings Jimmie and Joel quarrel over a toy car, a four year old mediator adds to tensions, and battles over space lead to toy sanctions and new car gifts. Neighbors watch as the conflict escalates and then calms, illustrating political satire at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Meadows
Security Council
Jimmie
Joel
Genera
Governor Hulett Smith May Move to Washington Post
The piece notes Governor Hulett Smith plans a future role in the federal government after stepping down as West Virginia’s chief executive. It suggests he will likely retire to a Washington area base with his wife, leveraging private means to live in Georgetown or nearby, while his political career continues.
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Washington
Hulett Smith
West Virginia
Z l
Charleston
Smith
Morgantown
All Things Political
Matthew Mansfield Neely
Neely
Robert Mollohan
Jack Hoblitzell
Spencer
Cecil Underwood
Robert
Hoblitzell
U.S. Senate
Underwood
Congress
Georgetown
Spring Valley
Bethesda
Z-L1
Smiths
Reston
Foggy Bottom
Morgantown Sees Tax Changes and Local Wins
Morgantown enacted a one cent liquor tax aimed at 14 700 annual revenue while the mayor H L Winter won a second term and named traffic and parking as top issues. School term starts Sept 8 with Rex Smith named assistant superintendent. other items include a $30 000 purchase, new births, a constable appointment, and the Little League first half title won 3 2 in extras.
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Morgantown
H. L. Winter
Board of Education
Rex M. Smith
First Ward
L. F. Morrison
Dominick Lippucci
W. C. Moser
High Street
Robert Pierce
University Avenue
Morgantown elects mayor on fifth ballot by 8-4 margin
Benjamin L. Glasscock, Fourth Ward Councilman, wins Morgantown mayoralty over George D. Hott of the Third Ward on the fifth ballot by an eight to four vote. An automatic baby camera is installed at Monongalia General Hospital nursery to photograph 24 hour old infants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Audrey
Earl L. Core
Morgantown
Rudolph Stoyer
League of Women Voters
John A. Bertie
Arthurdale Inn
American Legion
Salem
Paul Popovich
Benjamin L. Glasscock
George D. Hott
Monongalia General Hospital
Wife's Cookbook and Monongahela Tour Notes
A humorous slice from Sunday Morning includes a wife’s cookbook with odd remedies and recipes, a nostalgic Monongahela River tourism brochure from 1908, and Lord Thomson’s quip about newspapers. The piece blends domestic hints, river travel nostalgia, and media satire.
Beauty Tip From Mrs Moats Cookbook For Complexion
In a 19th century style remedy a cup of oats soaked in five cups of water for a day is strained and thickened with bay rum then used as a night facial wash. This home remedy is from the late Mrs. Frank Moats of Vienna West Virginia, linked to Morgantown banker Neal Moats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Moats
Vienna
W. Va
Morgantown
Neal Moats
Frank Heaster
Fishin Memories of a Boyhood Creek Fishing Hole
A nostalgic poem recalls a sycamore shade by a creek bend where a boy fished with a bent-pin hook and twine. The speaker contrasts simpler, home-made happiness with later wealth and tackle, cherishing the lost boyhood paradise and the joy of that old bent-pin.
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U.S
Star
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
George C. Vournas
Sekles
Vournas
Kolias
Stylianos Patakos
Interior
American Medical Association
Milford O. Rouse
Dr. Rouse
The
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
John Birch Society
Birchers
Association
Robert Welch
Birch Society
Revila P. Oliver
H. L. Hunt
Lifeline Foundation, Inc
Hunt
Allen Zoll
Liberty Lobby
Zoll
American Patriots
Willis Carto
Adolf Hitler
Africa
NEA, Inc
U.N
General Assembly
Lmit
Unm
Hiead
Morgantown Post
Woman’s Auxiliary
Wayne Stewart
Catawba
Clinton
Odd Fellows
Police
Dominion Post
Monongahela Valley
Monongahela
Homestead
Pittsburg
Smoky City
Iron City
Cheat River
Cheat Mountains
Monongahela River
Pittsburgh
Fairmont
Lord Thomson
Canadian Women's Press Club Association
Toronto
Persori
Barry's Oea
Beechurst Ave
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