Salvation Army Christmas drive urged as deadline nears
Editorial urges Kanawha Valley readers to meet an $80,000 goal for the Salvation Army campaign. It highlights food baskets toys clothing and year round programs aided by 30 service agencies. The piece notes past benefits including an oxygen tank purchase and nursing home bed support and appeals for community help in the final week before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saluation Army
Salvation Army
Kanawha Valley
Fine Print Strikes Again On Charleston Holiday Inn Sign Deal
Charleston City Council approved a lease for the new Holiday Inn on Elk River on December 3 with an understanding that the kanawha Boulevard sign would be removed. The lease text allows a smaller standard sign if legally proper, reopening a long running dispute over the boulevard sign and CURA rules. The council now risks ending up with a smaller sign rather than no sign, highlighting a loophole exploited by lawyers and the risks of reading small print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Elk River
Charleston House
Kanawha Boulevard
Kanawha County Circuit Court
CURA
State Supreme Court
Council
Welfare Receives Postage Paid Publicity from Welfare
A heavy manila envelope arrived at the Gazette newsroom in December containing a two page publicity handout about a West Virginia Welfare radio program aimed at helping moderate and low income families use their food dollars. Postage was 16 cents per envelope, suggesting 8 cents for the release and 8 cents for the envelope. The piece notes the program’s goal and suggests advising the welfare department on postage efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
West Virginia
Department of Welfare
Welfare Department
Office of Communications
Time to Jump On the Living 1964 Nixon NYA claim
A 1964 passage notes a fringe book accusing Lyndon Johnson of being a Red via his NYA past and mockingly proposes updating the hit job against Richard Nixon, stating Nixon benefited from NYA wages at Duke University. The piece reflects anti New Deal sentiment and political satire of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Reds
National Youth Administration
New Deal
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Duke University
Nixon to donate White House to the American people
President Nixon plans to donate the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to the public, with his tape collection as part of the gift. The move aims to defuse criticism over taxpayer spending on his homes and faces congressional questions about legality and future use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
Richard Nixon
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C
White House
Nixon
Key Biscayne
San Clemente
Congress
Nixons
Arcchibald Cox
Judge Sirica
Bebe Rebozo
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Capitol
Spiro Agnews
Jerry Fords
California
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
John Connally
Teddy Kennedy
Ball Park
Department of Interior
Disneyland
Dean Kahler Kent State victim pursues justice and education
Dean Kahler, 23, Kent State shooting survivor in a wheelchair, recalls his 1970 injury and ongoing fight for accountability. Once a farm boy from East Canton aiming to teach physical education, he later returned to Kent State, pursued social sciences, and joined efforts to reopen investigations amidst political shifts and university debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star News
Washington
Dean Kahler
Ohio
Sen
William Saxbe
Kent State University
Ohio National Guardsmen
Cambodia
Justice Department
Asst. Atty
J. Stanley Pottinger
Middle America
Kent State
Church of the Brethren
Nixon
Kent
FBI
Kahler
Scranton Commission
James Rhodes
John P. Adams
United Methodist Church
Congress
Keane
Rambo
White House
Leonard Garment
Garment
Richardson
Saxbe
Robert Murphy
Civil Rights Division of Justice
Rockefeller letter to judge Sirica hints at facts
The note from Nelson Rockefeller to U. S. District Judge John Sirica questions facts connected to a public matter. The letter appears in a New York publication with a reference to a Page 1A story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky
U. S
John Sirica
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Vent for Frustrations Reveals Public Anger at Government
The article analyzes rising voter anger across classes and regions over ineffective governance. It cites letters and Harvard discussion showing impotent rage and calls to harness change, warning democracy could drift toward demagoguery if processes are not used. It references Bailey on political knowledge and the national assessment of educational progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Don Marsh
The
Gazette
K. W. Lee
Lee
Young Gerrard
Old Haught
Investigative Reporter
California
New York
Oldsters
Over the Hill
Paul Kaufman
Newsroom
U.p.’S
Kaufman
George Washington High
Times
Congress
Michael Gerrard
West 113Th St
N.Y
Washington Post
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Bailey
Education Commission of the States
Harvard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Art Buchwald
Mary McGrory
William O’connor
Jefferson
Watergate
Richard Kleindienst
Elliot Richardson
Canada
Russia
Japan
Leonard
Gazette Readers’ Forum
Louise Leonard
Forum
Sodom and Gomorrah
Peple
Penthouse
Playboy
Playgirl
Sen. Leonard
Chieed
Jean Ferrell
Marietta
Ohio River
Ronal Lee Baxter
Hernshaw
W. D. Guthrie
R. I. Box
George
David Broder
Cincinnati
New Hampshire
U. S. Postal Service
Washington, D. C
Ralph Nader
John Cardner
Stephen K. Bailey
American Council On Education
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!