Editorial urges commission to redraw West Virginia districts
The piece criticizes State Sen Beall's redistricting bill and the lack of recommendation from the legislative interim committee. It argues malapportioned Senate shows self interest, proposes creating a commission under the legislative pay committee to produce fair apportionment every decade, with subsequent legislative approval and potential pay adjustments.
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Russell G. Beall
Legislative Interim Committee
West Virginia
Beall
Senate
Legislative Pay Committee
House
State Senate
Legislative Pay Commission
Rockefeller Eyes 1976 White House Bid Amid Scandals
The 65 year old Nelson Rockefeller signals another Republican presidential run in 1976 after earlier attempts. He faced questions over scandals and defended Nixon while condemning Agnew, highlighting a fractured party stance and the need to distance future candidates from controversy.
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Nixon
Miami Beach
Rockefeller
Spiro
Agnew
America
Ronald Reagan
Frank Sinatra
New Fantasyland Idea Gains Support in Mock Plan
A St Louis woman Joan Lee suggests converting Nixon’s San Clemente home into an amusement complex to erase the national debt. She envisions rooms like Inoperative Room and National Security Room offering satirical tours and mock fees. Fantasyland West could rival Fantasyland East in Washington.
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Nixon
San Clemente
United States
a.St. Charles
Joan Lee
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
National ‘Security
Miss Lee
Washington, D. C
Hurray for Old No 7 and the small-power argument
Russell Baker argues that American pretensions as a global power are costly and dangerous. He notes the paradox of being No 1 or No 2, the waste of wealth on defense, and how oil-rich Arab states and other smaller powers endure more freely. He suggests America might benefit from being a smaller power rather than supreme.
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New York Times
Ashington
America
Notre Dame
England
No. 1
Kingdom Come
Denmark
Kenya
Cambodia
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Gamal Nasser
Suez Canal
No. 2
Nasser
Readers' Forum Letter Attacks Nixon Energy Policy Critique
A reader urges voters to support the Democratic Working Man's party and criticizes President Nixon and energy policy. The letter references Key Biscayne trips, aviation fuel for radar guards, and consumer gasoline limits as part of a broad anti administration message.
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Key Biscayne
Hoover
Nixon
Simon
Volun
Death Row Expands in North Carolina After Furman Ruling
The article notes new Death Row inmates including Vernon Brown Bobby Hines and Jesse Walston in Tarboro and describes the legal shift after Furman v Georgia. It discusses mandatory death penalties, race and class factors, and ongoing delays in executions amid NC court decisions and political stances.
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New York Times
Raleigh
N.G
Vernon “L. Brown
Bobby ‘Hines
Jesse L. ‘Walston
North Carolina
Tarboro
Supreme Court
Fursman
Georgia
United States
Juris Doctor Reports
Theodore Boykin
Duplin County
North Carolina Supreme Court
Federal Supreme Court
James E. Holfhouser
Bleak Christmas Season Tightens Grip on World Leadership
Joseph Kraft argues Watergate’s shadow extends across Europe. In West Germany Chancellor Brandt faces party strife amid economic pressures, while Britain endures inflation and energy woes under Edward Heath. France shows government decay with succession battles and Canard Enchaine scandal. Kraft says leaders lack tools and moral fiber to manage modern economies, creating a long crisis of confidence.
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Nixon
West Germany
Bonn
Willy Brandt
Germany
Brandt
Social Democratic Party
Herr Brand
Gunther Grass
Britain
Edward Heath
Heath
Cambridge
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Valery Guiscard D’estaing
Pierre Messiér
France
Canard Enchaine
Francois Mitterand
Sania
Tax Exempt Haters Rally Behind Pierce in Virginia
A Nixon era tax exemption for William L. Pierce leader of the National Youth Alliance in Arlington Virginia is exposed. The NYA spreads hate literature and propaganda while exploiting tax and mailing privileges to fund and disseminate material including calls to violence. IRS records show Pierce’s group is exempt from income tax FICA FUTA and estate gifts taxes and he uses nonprofit rates for mailing hate material.
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Washington
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
William L. Pierce
National Youth Alliance
Arlington
Pierce
George Lincoln Rockwell
Fuehrer
Rockwell
Virginia
New” Nva
William D. Waters
NYA
Postal Service
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Adolf Hitler
Center On Corporate Responsibility
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