Acknowledging Dr. Wendell G. Hardway's Bluefield tenure
Dr. Wendell G. Hardway, seven year Bluefield State College president, departs to lead Fairmont State College. He guided the school through bombings, student unrest, and a federal suit during its transition from an all black teacher college to a fully accredited state college.
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Bluefield
Wendell G. Hardway
Bluefield State College
Hardway
Fairmont State College
Bluefield Colored Institute
Bluefield State Teachers College
Bluefield State
Concord College
Athens
Fairmont
Fur Sales Up, Concern Down
An essay traces rising fur demand amid waning endangered species concern. It contrasts past hat plumage fashion with modern faux furs and questions the ethics of wildlife killing for adornment. The piece spars with political satire and notes a Florida skull find as a historical curiosity.
Nixon Seems Safer Ground Amid Watergate Whirl
Bruce Bloss reports in Washington that Nixon appears steadier as Ervin hearings proceed with no new indictments. A GOP source says resignation is less likely, with some governors wavering, and aides Melvin Laird and Bryce Harlow praised for stabilizing the President. Brezhnev talks and focus on the economy bolster Nixon as testimony confuses the public.
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Senate Ervin Committee
Nixon
Michigan
William Milliken
Lake Tahoe
GOP
Washington
Defense
Melvin Laird
Bryce Harlow
Eisenhower
John Connally
Leonid Brezhnev
O. K
Jeb Magruder
Brezhnev
Sam Ervin
The Early Dean on Watergate Professionalism and Plots
William F Buckley Jr surveys John Deans early testimony about the Liddy plan and professional wrongdoing at the Watergate era. He recalls kidnappers muggers and prostitutes and notes Deans account of security taps and the white house role. The piece questions professionalization of political crime and hints at broader national concerns.
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John Dean
Liddy
Gordon Liddy
John Mitchell
Jeb Magruder
Miami
San Diego
Mexico
Dean
White House
Abbott and Costello
Magruder
Bismarck
Suppses
J. Edgar Hoover
Kennedy
Senator Kennedy
FBI
Journal of Opinion
Sukarno
CIA
Two Kinds Of Totalitarianism In The Modern World
Russell Kirk surveys modern totalitarian regimes from Russia to China and argues Western patterns may emerge in Sweden. He contrasts Maoist and Soviet totalism with Sweden’s democratic yet controlled society, noting scarce opposition and state housing limits.
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Russia
Soviet Russia
China
Europe
Americas
Ken Ling
Putnam
Ballantine Books
Miriam London
Ta-Ling Lee
Cuba
Yugoslavia
Romania
Orwell
Sweden
Roland Huntford
London Observer
Huntford
Stein and Day
Desmond Fennell
Aldous Huxley
Useless But Interesting Satirical Telegraph Snippets
A compilation of assorted quips notes and jokes touching on safety cars Watergate and public figures. The items reference heavy vehicles high costs class warfare fashion theater and censorship with pointed humor about Watergate eyebrows Brezhnev Ervin and Henry Miller.
White House used money and tax pressure to stop Wallace
Secret Nixon strategy run by Haldeman funneled 400000 to Wallace rivals in Alabama 1970 to block his governorship bid and curb a Wallace 1972 White House polling threat. A tax probe on Gerald Wallace followed, with payments routed via Kalmbach Raine and a mystery bagman. Wallace narrowly won Alabama primary, then shifted to run as a Democrat in 1972.
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Washington
George Wallace
Nixon
White House
Alabama
Wallace
H. R. Haldeman
Haldeman
Herbert Kalmbach
Kalmbach
New York City
Sherry-Netherland
France Raine
Sherry- Netherland
Los Angeles
Bank of California
Raine
Friday
Larry Higby
Winton
Red’ Blount
Blount
TME
Justice Department
Gerald
Internal Revenue Service
Gerald Wallace
Wallace Brothers
Internal Revenue
Crack Intelligence Division
Brit Hume
Gerald Attace
George
Humphrey
Albert Brewer
el Wallace
Mande Ve
Builders organize to challenge unions in construction sector
Paul Harvey reports a rising division in U S labor relations as the Associated Builders and Contractors mobilizes a union of employers representing 5 500 firms to confront construction unions. They cite 170 acts of violence last year and seek NLRB action while noting wage hikes and nonunion growth.
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ABC
Associated Builders and Contractors
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Union of Employers
Washington
AGC
Associated General Contractors
Akron
Ohio
Hunter P. Wharton
International Union of Operating Engineers
Wharton
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Bluefield Daily Telegraphy
Hugh the Short
Hugh Shot
Richard Wesley
Phillips Brooks
Sludgepump
Florida
Berry
Lara
EDA
Bruce Bloss
William F. Buckley Jr
Pvp
Ceal
Russell Kirk
Red Guards
Peking
Foochow
Edgar Rice Burroughs
George Orwell
Henry Miller
Jack Anderson
Oatid Wallace
Tan Ir Presse
Paul Harvey
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