Editorial: Tax Shortfall Threatens New WV Medical School
The piece argues Congress funds for eight new VA medical schools are unlikely this year but August applications will be accepted from Marshall University and others. It critiques funding assurances from states and questions how tax dollars can support a new school while WVU’s medical program remains underfunded.
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Ken Hechler
Veterans Administration
Marshall University
Congress
Hechler
West Virginia University
Marshall
Rep. Hechler
West Virginia
Marshall University Medical School
Morgantown
Violence in West Virginia labor dispute at Phillip Sporn plant
A West Virginia strike at the Phillip Sporn plant of Central Operating Co involving about 220 Utilities Workers of America Local 426 leads to picket lines and vandalism. Telephone lines were cut after repairs, and an assistant plant manager was allegedly assaulted as supervisors run the plant during contract negotiations. The piece urges peaceful resolution and condemns violence as from a dark age.
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West
Mason County
Phillip Sporn
Appalachian Power Co
Ohio Power Co
Central Operating Co
FARE Unfair To Pedestrians in Capitol Street Clash
The piece condemns an $80,000 FARE traffic safety program funded by taxpayers and run by authorities. It questions its effectiveness, notes continuing pedestrian danger at intersections and crossings, and suggests the program may aim to push pedestrians off the streets rather than protect them.
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Charleston
Walker
Capitol Street
Virginia Street
Twisting in the Wind on J Edgar Hoover Letter
A Washington letter mocks John Ehrlichman and defends J Edgar Hoover amid Watergate hearings. The writer imagines Hoover’s posthumous reaction and vows to expose Ehrlichman, invoking national security and a plan to let him “hang there and twist slowly in the wind.”
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Ehrlichman
White House
FBI
Elisberg
J. Edgar Hoover
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Daughters of the American Revolution
L. Patrick Gray
Gray
J. Edgar
Nixon Vs Nixon and the Waiver of Executive Privilege
The piece analyzes President Nixon’s stance on executive privilege amid Watergate. It notes his hard line on confidentiality, then points to recent exceptions allowing Haldeman to use tapes, suggesting a possible waiver and a path to court review by Cox and the Ervin committee. The piece discusses potential Supreme Court implications.
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H. R. Haldeman
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Watergate Committee
Archibald Cox
Supreme Court
White House
Sam Ervin
Sen. Ervin
John Dean
Richard Moore
Messrs. Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Committee
Haldeman
Cox
Ervin Committee
Washington
Readers Forum Voices on Taxes and Voter Freedom
Readers debate Gov. Arch Moore owes the IRS money and a call for 1 700 West Virginians to donate $100 each. A Summersville letter praises local lawmen after drug raids and criticizes corruption, while a Weston reader links voting to political freedom amid Watergate fears.
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the Gazette
Internal Revenue Service
Gov. Moore
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Jim Comstock
Hillbilly
West
Taxpayer costs rise after West Virginia liquor contract disputes
In 1972 Russell Transfer Inc. won a liquor haul bid for state stores but the contract was canceled amid union labor demands. Tower Lines kept the route at higher rates, with Tower’s new price and an emergency purchase order increasing costs. Russell seeks $163,000 in damages while critics blame political influence and union pressure for higher state expenses.
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West Virginia
Russell Transfer Inc
Roanoke
Tower Motor Lines of
Wheeling
Russell
Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner
Governor’s Office
Commissioner of Finance and Administration
Kanawha County
Tower
State Court of Claims
Russell Transfer
Carter
Alcohol Beverage Control
J. Richard Barber
Moore
William Loy
Statehouse
Tower Lines
Rosa Hamm Counts Chickens in New Portrait Feature
A photo feature centers Mrs. Rosa Hamm counting her chickens, showcasing rural life and domestic labor. The image on page 1C highlights daily chores and community ties, with Hamm engaging in careful counting amid a coop setting.
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Rosa Hamm
City
Haldeman’s Tape Revelation Shifts Watergate Hearings
Washington Star reports H R Haldeman’s disclosure of listening to tapes shifts the Watergate hearings back to questions of executive privilege and presidential control. Ehrlichman’s combative testimony had overwhelmed lawmakers, while Haldeman’s calm testimony and access to tapes revived scrutiny of Nixon’s conduct and the president’s claim that the law is what he says. The caucus room reaction highlighted tensions over accountability and the balance of powers.
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Washington Star News
Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Watergate Committee
H. R. Haldeman
White House
Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Senate
Richard Nixon
Secret Service
Nixon
John
John Mitchell
John J. Wilson
Sam Ervin
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Reader’s Digest
Daniel Elisberg
Joseph Kraft
Nixon Vs. Nixon
Ervin
Comstock
IRS
R. Durbin
Washington St
E. City
Nicholas County
Nals
William §. Bryant
Summersville
Arthur T. Mathis
Freedom
USA
F. J. Waldrop
Weston
Teamsters
Eugene A. Carter
Court of Claims
Harry Hoffmann
Rosa
Yours
Mary McGrory
Alexander Butterfield
Deep-Six
Howard Hunt
Gordon Strachan
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