Editorials on Fort Hill battle to save Danner Hollow
Fort Hill housewives Mrs. Catherine McCoy and Mrs. Mary Rose Young lead neighbors in a bid to block 15Taillion cubic yards of fill in Danner Hollow behind their homes. They appeal to the Municipal Board of Zoning Appeals as Vecellio & Grogan seek to overturn a planning decision. The piece condemns road builders and cites Corridor G disputes, noting local agencies' concerns and a possible federal veto as hope.
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Fort Hill
Catherine McCoy
Mary Rose Young
Dabneyrive
Danner Hollow
McCoy
Young
Municipal Board of Zoning Appeals
Vecellio & Grogan Construction Co
Municipal Planning Commission
Kanawha Valley
West Virginia
State Department of Highways
Danville
Charleston
Marmet
Coal River
Kanawha State Forest
Fork Creek
City
South Hills
SDH
Center City
Logan
Williamson
Pikeville
Washington
Council On Environmental Quality
Corridor G
Katawha Valley
Providence Calls Dictatorship Virtue in Free World
The article mocks Ferdinand Marcos and other non Communist rulers by linking martial law to divine guidance. It argues the free world supports dictatorships while accusing communism of godlessness, suggesting divine favor accompanies autocratic regimes and US funding.
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Ferdinand. Marcos
Marcos
Philippines
United States
Would He Push Button Again a Call to End Capital Punishment
A reflective piece argues the death penalty fails to deter crime and harms human dignity. It questions advocates who seek vengeance and suggests public executions would be a brutal spectacle. Reporters recall witnessing executions and the moral challenge of state sanctioned killing.
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West Virginia
The Web of Arab Unity Talks on Israel Peace
Joseph Kraft argues Arab states form a web that shapes any Israel Jordan peace effort. He says Palestinian Arabs in Jordan and in Israeli territories want Jordanian citizenship, while Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Syria press for broader Arab unity. A US Soviet brokered deal would need oil states to ease pressure and for Moscow and Washington to restrain rebels and commandos.
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Israel
Jordan
Jerusalem
Eine Hussein
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Egypt
Libya
Palestine
Algeria
Persian Gulf
United States
Russia
Washington
Moscow
Readers’ Forum Letter Critiques Gazette Editor and Local Labor
A reader defends city workers amid a city labor dispute, accusing the Gazette of antinews tendencies and political bias. The letter criticizes Holly Brown and Miles Stanley, alleges unions’ racial tensions, and argues for rehires while noting unions as major public employers.
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Holly Brown
Miles Stanley
West Virginia
Building Trades Council
Municipal Employee Union
Afscme
Charleston Labor Tensions and Urban Renewal Controversy
A long critique implicates city officials and unions in racial and housing conflicts tied to the Urban Removal Authority. It accuses Mayor Hutchinson of partial progress for Black workers while blasting allied politicians, and links labor strife to broader environmental and civil rights battles, plus prison newspaper bans in Leavenworth.
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Miles Stanley
Howard McJunkin
West Virginia
South Hills
Hutchinson
Candiate
Cleo Jones
I-77
Water Company
Triangle Twelve
Kent Hall
Republican County
White Oak Road
Robert Silverstein
James Jeter
Peanut Gallery
William ‘Lumpsum
Lonesome
Urban Removal Authority
NAACP
Everette Knapper
Virgil Matthews
Urban Renewal Authority
Shoney’s
MedJunkin’s
Knapper
Liberal” Gazette
Coal Branch Heights
Kissinger's Vietnam peace plan through the years
Reflection on Kissinger's 1969 Foreign Affairs article as a guide to staged withdrawal and limited aims. The piece notes costs of the war, shifting U.S. strategies, and the evolving Nixon administration stance toward a cease-fire and South Vietnam's future.
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New York Times
London
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Kissinger
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Lee Duc Tho
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Indochina
Vietnams
Ia0s
Cambodia
National Liberation Front
Cyrus Vance
Paris
Nixon
South
Thieu
Thien
Special
Bandit Raid Spurs Outcry Over Slot Machines
A letter from the Gazette criticizes a state police corporal stationed in Oak Hill for helping a Fayetteville woman obtain a warrant to raid the American Legion Hall. Seven illegal slot machines were seized, drawing denunciation of local foibles and a predicted departure of the corporal from Fayetteville.
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the Gazette
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
American Legion Hall
T. Choates
Conservatism and Marijuana Policy in National Review
James Kilpatrick reflects on a National Review issue debating marijuana legalisation. He notes Buckley backs Cowan while Burnham and Hart oppose. Kilpatrick argues limits on conduct should hinge on social harm, urging repeal of criminal sanctions for mere possession and use of marijuana.
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Washington
National Review
Richard C. Cowan
James Burnham
Jeffrey Hart
William F. Buckley Jr
Cowan
Mencken
Grimsonby
Buckley
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Web of Arab
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Hussein
Charleston Gazette
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Gazette
Ralph Abernathy
Jeter
Shoney's
Aurore
Appalachian Power Co
American Power System
Norman Williams
Mid-Appalachian Environmental Service
Leavenworth
Atlanta
Bureau of Prisons
John Fackelman
Leavenworth Prison
Kan
Anthony Lewis
George
R. L. Bonar
James Kilpatrick
Cowan Flally
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