The Oil Boom and a County Animal Shelter Advocate
The piece reflects on OPEC oil riches and future limits, urging energy alternatives, then highlights Mercer County community leader Mrs. Kitty Wooldridge who established a modern animal shelter in Bluefield. It praises her efforts and the shelter’s impact on stray animals while urging reader engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPEC
United States
Mercer County
Kitty Wooldridge
Bluefield
Wooldridge
Animal Shelter
Shelter
The
Humane Society
B. H. Bailey
East River Mountain
Mr. Bailey
Mercer Co. Humane Society
Princeton
Strikes and Oakvale Controversy Stir Mercer County
Readers respond to coal mine strikes and the Oakvale school consolidation battle. Letters accuse the UMWA of damaging funds, defend keeping schools open, praise local educators, and urge residents to support or resist consolidation amid political tensions.
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United Mine Workers of America Union
R. L. A. Princeton
Mercer County
Oakvale
Athens
Bramwell
Spanishburg
Montcalm
Matoaka
Board of Education
Oakvale School
Viner detained by Hungarian police over alleged unauthorized photos
Hollywood reporter Michael Viner and wife Deborah Raffin were detained for seven hours near Budapest. Passports and camera were seized. they faced cross examination about Viner's reporting for Jack Anderson and the newspaper. Later released with three notes missing from Viner's hotel room.
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Washignton
Los Angeles Times
Robert Toth
KGB
Moscow
Budapest
Michael Viner
Deborah Raffin
Deborah
Viner
Hungary
Jack Anderson
Toth
Washington
Carter
Kremlin
India
Yugoslavia
U. S
D. Thomas Longo
Viners
Vienna
State Dept
Cambodia
Salot Sar
Pol Pot
North Korea
Buckley on Abortion Ruling Sparks Political Debate
William F Buckley critiques liberal reaction to the 1973 abortion decision arguing states decide public funding for social acts and calling coverage via taxation a moral issue The piece contrasts constitutional limits with political democracy and questions media framing and economic stakes in abortion access.
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New York Times
Supreme Court of the United States
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Senators push for Democratic White House contenders
Senator Soaper notes George McGovern and Ted Kennedy favor a Democrat in the White House. He questions Brzezinski's slow rise to household name status, hinting at shifting insider attention.
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George McGovern
Ted Kennedy
White House
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Hugh the Shott
Hugh Shott
Richard Wesley
God
Frederick the Great
Berry's
Cathy
CIA
Agency
Howell
Jarrett
Mercer County Board of Education
Civic Center
Gatchell
Oakvale Preservation Committee
C. W. Atwell Rt. 4
W. Va
Court House
Jr. High
Tomchin
Honaker
Schreffler
Oakvale High
Walthal
Barbara Hawkins
Beulah Weatherly
Kellysville
Lackey
Daily Telegraph
Dr. Lackey
Mercer County Council For Better Education
Charles J. Gatchell
Orioles
Oriole
Kathleen Osborne
Steve Comer
Oakvale High School
William F. Buckley
New York City
New York
Time Magazine
Africa
Andy Young
Soaper
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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