Decency Demands Delay Of Water Plant Project
An editorial from Charleston argues for delaying a West Virginia Water Co. filtration plant rezoning until a coordinated relocation and public housing program is ready. It warns that rushing construction without housing for dislocated Triangle District residents could create a new Negro slum and worsen highway-related displacement.
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Triangle
Kanawha Valley
Gand
Washington Manor
Coal Branch Heights
Potomac Fever and High Car Prices Spark Debate
A satirical column questions car prices and parking costs while noting a San Francisco bank closure turned bar. It references a government liquidation and Mobutu announcing his long tenure, with Congo life described as surprising.
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San Francisco
Randolph Reply Evaded Question on Viet Nam War
The senator vows the war is declared while critics say the war in Viet Nam remains undeclared under the Constitution. The youth asks how US participation began without Congress declaring war, journalistic voices label the reply evasive and subterfuge.
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Jennings Randolph
Viet Nam
United States
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Randolph
Johnson
Robert Burns
Bobby Kennedy challenges crowd in Peru sparks birth debate
Drew Pearson reports on November 30 that Bobby Kennedy urged a Peruvian crowd to produce more children. The letter argues the call is ill timed amid rising birth rates and US Peru policy on birth control, warning of hardship for poor families and urging action on water and recreation projects.
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Drew Pearson
Bobby Kennedy
Cuzco
Peru
Bobby
Catholic Church
U. S
Sen. Byrd
Sen
Randolph
Rep
Kee
Rep. Slack
Coal River
V. 5. Corps of Engineers
Thomas F Stafford on State Beverages Tax Inconsistencies
The column argues West Virginia faces tax inequities between soft drinks and beer. It notes past attempts to repeal the soft drink levy, its role in funding the WVU Medical Center, and calls for shifting beer to a modern reporting tax system used by many states while criticizing cigarette tax earmarking proposals.
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Smith
West Virginia
West Virginia University Medical Center
America
WVU
Paul A. Miller
Intercepted Message on Virginia Beer Tax Debate
A December 8 1965 letter discusses beer tax methods in West Virginia and Virginia. It compares the crown system and a voluntary reporting system, noting brewery support and governor concerns about bootlegging and revenue impact. Breweries claim bonded compliance could deter illegal shipments while state losses would be minimal.
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West Virginia
Grover T. Davis
Virginia
Pittsburgh’s 1965 Housing Challenge and Renewal
The Pittsburgh landscape is traced from its industrial rise to today’s housing crisis. The piece notes the city’s early steel, iron, and chemical industries, successive waves of migrants, and the shift to conservation and urban renewal. It highlights deteriorating central housing, the rise of the very poor, mostly African American, and calls for bold, imaginative action to provide simple, decent housing for all.
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Pittsburgh
Saturnine Wright
New
America
Lindsay Puts Accent on Youth in Preinauguration Workrooms
New York mayor-elect John Lindsay surrounds himself with young aides in a college vibe preinauguration. He appoints Thomas Hoving as parks commissioner, a Metropolitan Museum of Art veteran from the art world, with strong Republican ties and a notable family background. The piece notes shifts in Democratic politics and Rockefeller’s standing, with Kennedys maneuvering amid city and state power dynamics.
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New York
John Lindsay
Lindsay
Central Park
Thomas Hoving
Princeton
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Republican Coordinating Committee
Ray Bliss
Hoving
Tiffany & Co
Elliott Bell
Business Week
Thomas E. Dewey
Treasury
Dewey
Republican Party
Nelson Rock
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