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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1963
Page
5
The Gazette opposes Gov Baryon's Sunday Closing bill though predicting its assured passage. Clergymen defend the bill as nonreligious while merchants push for regulation of Sunday business. The piece argues such regulation, plus fair trade cigarette laws, challenges the case for minimal government economy control.
An agricultural nuisance baiting a mass one day hunt by Harmony American Legion Post 13 is condemned as cruel. Courts rejected challenges to stop the event, and calls grow for the post to abandon the practice and preserve the Legion's public image.
A quotation attributed to Thomas Jefferson discusses how compulsion differs in religion from other acts. He argues that people may be driven by art or medicine, yet cannot be saved by worship they disbelieve and abhor, framing belief as voluntary.
Yes. The Florida Mayne Shank family and statehouse aides contributed to the flower fund, and the Mower fund is larger.
A reader laments a 1963 ruling banning Bible reading and prayer in classrooms, claims hellish consequences, and urges Christians to petition to proclaim Jesus as an historical figure in books. The letter criticizes atheists, praises a March on Washington for faiths unity, and argues for legal action to restore prayer in schools.
In a winter issue The American Scholar Joseph Krutch cites William Howells on urban dependence and civil defense. He argues shelters should be small and youth prioritized while warning modern comforts mask fragile systems.
ART BUCHWALD reports on Washington residents learning about the newly granted presidential vote for District of Columbia citizens in 1964. Doorbell conversations reveal misunderstandings and frustration with congressional control over local rights and services.
A compact note on common speech errors with examples from Jay and guidance on pronunciation plural forms and word study. It highlights misused phrases like where did he go in and where's real, stresses first syllable accent, and defines obtrusive as thrusting oneself upon others with a remark on proper behavior.
President duirien faces criticism over a plan to remove 100 bureaucrats from limousines as a quick fix. Critics say the move sidesteps deeper issues of reform and shows a lack of resolve to address the core problems.
A critical column argues that presidential limousines symbolize detachment from ordinary Americans. It contends the luxury of cabinet cars and high palace travel damages governance, erodes public trust, and dulls Congress’s sense of real traffic and daily life realities.
A satirical piece argues that the limousine marks status by using disproportionate traffic space. It compares modern leaders to pharaohs, claiming Rule 9 ties importance to allocated space, leaving top figures egotistically secured yet politically entrenched.
The poem spoof imagines Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife Christmasing at a West Texas ranch with Lyndon phoning Santa for a voting wish. A clatter on the range draws a dramatic scene as Barry Goldwater appears challenging Johnson’s Dixie claim, in a playful holiday satire.
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