Appalachian Families Struggle With Welfare and Poverty
In a West Virginia hollow near Doctors Creek, the Brisendine family and neighbors endure extreme poverty while Hope for a better life resurfaces. Ex-coal miner and father Stopout Brisendine, 43, works toward a new trade as his wife Lucille tends six children. The family, burned out by mine closures, survives on welfare with two rooms, a dirt yard, and shared wells, hoping Brisendine’s retraining and a high school equivalency diploma will end welfare dependency. Local officials note the two-state region hosts many similar families clinging to a difficult, aging economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Gornall
Doctors Creek
W. Va
James
Brisendine
Appalachian
Mountain Hollow
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Brisendines
Drisendine
Elbay
Lucille Brisendine
Ronald
Jerry
Dames
Houston
David
Donald
Michael
Brisendin
Florida
Ohio
Hoover Says Nation Not Sick Society
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover urges Americans to shed guilt and self reproach. He says the nation is not a sick society and warns against condemning the country for the sins of a few. Hoover defends American progress and leadership in justice and liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPD
J. Edgar Floover
America
Hoover
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
United States
River Valley Study Backed for Upper Mississippi Area
Washington The House Interior Committee approved a 1.0 million study to assess creating an upper Mississippi Valley national recreation area spanning 630 miles along the river from Alton Illinois to Minneapolis Minnesota. It would acquire non federal land and develop camping hiking boating and fishing uses for five Midwestern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPT
House Interior Committee
Mississippi Valley
Interior Department
Mississippi River
Alton
Minneapolis
Pyohn Kyl
R - Town
Iowa
Ilinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Congress
Nixon backs federal state tax sharing and grants
Nixon told the National Association of Counties he favors federal state tax sharing and federal bloc grants with no strings. He opposed guaranteed income or negative income tax as welfare replacements, arguing they won’t solve poverty and reduce motivation. He urged tax credits to lure industry to rural areas and curb pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rew
Richard Ml. Nixon
National Association of Counties
Nixon
Sharp Raps Air Curbs Sharp Raps Air Curbs
Adm. U.S. Grant Sharp relinquished part of his Pacific command and said it was frustrating not to fully use air power in Vietnam. He noted American forces achieved excellent results despite restrictions during his four year tenure and praised the free world position in Asia as substantially improved. He retired after more than 48 years service and was succeeded by Adm. Joan F. McCan Je aboard the USS Hancock at Pearl Harbor.
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Honolulu
U.S. Grant Sharp
Somamand
U.S
Pacific
Sharp
Adm
Joan F. McCan Je
U.S.S. Hancock
Peat Harbor
Shetty
Gulf of Tonkin
Asia
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Pepperell
Keg
Anderson Linens, Wasson's
Lawrence R. Fridley
Community Hospital
Marshall College
Huntington
W.yo
Virginia
Montana State University
Missoula
Montana
Anderson
Marion
Iisendine
Eve Glass
Alo
Massengill
Dinette
Calloway
Hand Jawel
Weshcloth
Wasson's Mounds
Wasson’s
Dupont
Graramér
Evkindergarten
A. Glen
Weston’s
Anderton
Mounds Mall
Indiana
Jas
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