Legislature Must Plag Juvenile Justice Void
Editorial urges the West Virginia Legislature to create a state agency to supervise juvenile justice after Judge K K Hall highlights a Putnam County case where a 14 year old boy and a 16 year old girl were held without hearings. The piece warns against repeating such legal voids and favors state action over federal intervention.
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West Virginia
U. S
K. K. Hall
Judge Hall
Putnam County
Hil
Boone County
Hall
Congress urged to abolish brand names for prescription drugs
A Senate sub committee proposal would end brand names for prescription drugs, replacing them with generic labeling. It argues prices would fall from current brand name ranges and consumer confusion with 30 names per product would ease. Big lobbies and physicians may resist, but the public interest tops the case.
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Congress
Senate
Subcommittee
Natural Stone More Attractive
Bruce L. Stinchcomb of Florissant Valley Community College argues concrete production wastes energy and promotes a shift to locally sourced stone. He says 4.5 percent unemployment could be addressed by using readily available stone to build walls and small structures, saving energy and offering aesthetic advantages over cast concrete.
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Bruce L. Stinchcomb
Florissant Valley Community College
Wisconsin
Stinchcomb
The Brain and I by Russell Baker
A man and his nagging brain watch TV and reminisce about Bogart and Miller’s cheesecake. The brain fixates on Andy Granatelli and seven minute hair drying as a running gag, while the narrator battles the brain’s distractions and a TV montage of crime and commercials.
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New York Times Service
Andy Granatelli
Andy
Arctic Circle
Johnny Cash
Bogie
Gloves Donahue
Jane Darwell
Cais
Peter Lorre
Phil Silvers
Phil
Miller
Silvers
Bogart
Shirley Temple
Warner Brothers
Lorre
Brain
Santa Claus line sparks senator Byrd ambiguity
Readers' Forum notes Senator Byrd quotes President Nixon with a holiday greeting and the remark there is a Santa Claus after all. The example triggers debate over whether Byrd used the line sincerely or as a political device.
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the Gazette
Sen. Byrd
Nixon
Santa Claus
Sen
End of Year Reflections on Oil and Global Change
Anthony Lewis surveys how rising oil demand, shortages, and prices reshape global power. He argues for realism over technocratic fixes, warns against cowboy economics, and notes political evasions while urging prudent, globally aware planning. Linda Hoal comments on moral concerns in shopping.
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New York Times
Boston
Fairness at Stake in NBC FCC Ruling Over Balance
The FCC ruled NBC's pension documentary did not present a fair view and must be balanced with opposing material. NBC plans to appeal, arguing the decision risks federal censorship and undermines investigative journalism across both television and print media.
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New York Times Service
NEW York
Washington Post
Richard Nixon
Federal Communications Commission
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
FCC
Accuracy In Media
AIM
Aim-Fcc
Buffalo
America
Goorrge Judge Kenneth Hall, Boys' Best Friend
A Page 1B feature profiles Judge Kenneth Hall known as the Boys' Best Friend at the Federal Building. The piece highlights his community service and long career.
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Kenneth Hall
Federal
Doar to Lead Impeachment Inquiry for Rodino
John Doar chosen by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino to head the impeachment inquiry. The Republican chief counsel, famed for civil rights work, faces a landmark challenge assessing if grounds exist to impeach President Nixon. Doar’s past actions in Mississippi and Alabama mark him as a steady, thorough negotiator suited to tense hearings.
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Washington Star-News
Washington
John Doar
Peter Rodino
House Judicary Committee
Dear
Kennedy
Johnson
Rodino
Archibald Cox
Cox
White House
Dean
Robert Kennedy
Doar
Justice Department
Eisenhower
Young
Montgomery
King
Mississippi
Medgar Evers
Jackson
Watergate
Irvin Committee
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