Road must go through as Charleston council blocks highway entry
The Charleston City Council voted against a new superhighway entering the city, while the Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce approved laying more concrete on scarce city land. The piece contends highway advocates prioritize motorists over residents, warning Charleston may become a concrete city with continued heavy construction and population loss.
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Charleston
United States
Fort Hilt
Marmet
State Department of Highways
Mamet
Chamber
Fort Hill
Y. Howard Quick
First Ward
Chamber of Commerce
Public Building For All Public
The piece argues for strict separation of church and state amid 1971 debates on school prayer and funding for parochial schools. It notes mottos in the Charleston post office promoting Jesus Christ offend taxpaying Jews, atheists, and secular Christians and urges government workers to avoid religious propagation on public property.
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Charleston
Post Office
Betty Crocker contest sparks gender bias clash
In West Babylon New York two boys were barred from the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow baking contest on grounds of sex discrimination. Contest organizer Louis Champlin defends the rule while Mozelle Thompson argues the boys were treated unfairly, highlighting a gender bias issue with no counterprotests from the Women’s Liberation Movement.
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Betty Crocker
Women’s Liberation Movement
West Babylon
N. Y
Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow
Louis Champlin
General Mills
Mozelle Thompson
Christmas vs Playoffs Sparks Pro Football Fight
Washington columnist probes a clash between Christmas on December 25 and two NFL playoff games televised nationwide. Andy Aurora of the United Football Watchers of America rallies fans to protest scheduling, calling for congressional action and suspecting a conspiracy to sabotage TV ratings.
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Washington
Andy Aurora
United Football Watchers of America
Andy
America
Holly
Edgewood golf course praised for beauty in city park work
A reader thanks the City Park Commission and city departments for the Edgewood golf course appearing its prettiest in 21 years of residence opposite the course. A crew of workmen recently undertook vines and stalks clearing that had hidden the greens and fairways.
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the Gazette
City Park Commission
Edgewood
Edgewood Golf Couse
George T. Swain
Edgewood Dr
Possibility of Peace New York Times Christmas 1971
James Reston surveys global outlook at year end 1971 noting that the United States Soviet Union and China have more to lose than gain from general war. He cites new power balances Europe Japan and China and highlights tensions in the Middle East and Sino Soviet relations as key dangers. He reflects on Nixon policies and Moscow Berlin arms talks while stressing the need to talk over shared challenges.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
China
Europe
Japan
Nixon
Moscow
West Germany
Berlin
Vienna
Helsinki
U.S
Germany
United Nations
Israel
Jerusalem
Middle East
India
Pakistan
Cotve de Murville
France
de Gaulle
Russia
Muskie Maintains Front-Runner Status In West Virginia Fight
Ohio Governor Gilligan backs Edmund Muskie as he leads in West Virginia among Democratic hopefuls. Kennedy and Humphrey may shift the race if they enter or gain labor support, but Muskie appears strongest with professionals and locals alike as the May 9 primary approach.
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Ohio
John Gilligan
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Columbus
Miami
John V. Tunney
California
Sen. Tunney
Gov. Gilligan
Muskie
West Virginia
White House
Edward M. Ted’ Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sen
George McGovern
South Dako
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
West
Kennedy
Humphrey
New York
John Lindsay
Jackson
Wheeling
AFL Cio
Committee On Political Education
Senate
Afl-Cio
National Union
Wumphrey
Prognosticator predicts politics for Webster Springs
A note from George E. H. McCourt of Webster Springs dated December 24, 1974 discusses the high politics of the 1972 session and who will return in 1973, with a pointer to a full story on page 1B.
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E. H. McCourt
Webster Springs
Holy Land Shy of Good Will Amid Cold War Threats
Washington reports grim intelligence from the Middle East detailing war preparations along the Suez, Soviet naval buildup in Egyptian ports, and plots targeting King Hussein. Bethlehem on Christmas Eve remains peaceful yet tense as assassins eyed Jordanian leaders and Fedayeen factions split and clash across the Arab world.
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Holy Land
Suez
Jordan
Hussein
Russia
East Bank
Middle East
Egypt
Sadat
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Alexandria
Kithira
Gulf of Sollum
Mediterranean
Walworth Barbour
U.S
Tel-Aviv
Suez) Canal
Israel
Fedayeen
Amari
Paris
Amman
Royal Jordanian Air Line
Lebanon
Tyre
Sidon
Fatah
Syria
Saiga
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James Reston
Edgewood Drive
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Birch Bayh
Indiana
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Hans
George
Jack Anderson
Bethlehem
Mary
Joseph
Bethehem
Earth
Jesus
Fakhri al-Amari
Beirut
Amari Per
Sonally
Fedayeen Movement
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