Editorial calls new approach to Middle East peace
The piece links a Athens airliner attack by Arab militants and an Israeli helicopter raid on Beirut airport to warn that current policies risk war. It criticizes retaliatory cycles and urges a shift away from eye for an eye strategies amid Arab Israeli tensions.
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Levi Eshkol
Lebanon
J. R. Wiggins
U.S
Walt W. Rostow
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U. S
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Mideast
Russia
United Nations Security Council
United Fund center plan eyed amid charity drive strains
A Charleston proposal seeks an all purpose United Fund facility in Government Square to house YMCA YWCA and other agencies sharing costs and space. The plan under William Shearer explores cooperative fundraising and a common building with Beirut as a possible base for expansion.
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Readers' Forum Voices on Guns and Integration
Letters discuss enforcing weapon laws and confiscation of firearms, then critique on race relations at Bluefield and Kemp Melton's sheriff race. The writers urge lawful enforcement, bridged community ties, and critique local leadership while noting political tensions in Bluefield and Cedar Grove.
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Gazette
Kemp Melton
Ronsford
Ronk
Slack
Sam MacCorkle
Melton
Kemp
Hub Seabolt
Cedar Grove
Santa Maria and Mission Control Usher Moon Coverage Laughs
In a satirical dialogue aired as if from the Santa Maria broadcast the piece mocks early moon mission coverage. It lampoons network cuts for sports and the clash of space travel with church state norms and public expectations.
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Outer Space
NBC
Magellan
Philippine Islands
Santa Maria
Mission Control
Palos
Briny Deep
M. C
Pamplona
Spain
Roger
Canary Islands
M.C
Chris
Cadiz
Plato
Paris
Wicker Viewpoints Costs and Dangers in U.S. Elections
Washington notes that the Committee for Economic Development urges cutting television campaign costs through federal subsidies for educational TV and free time for candidates while repealing equal time rules. It warns of rising campaign spending and questions national primaries and early convention dating.
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Washington
Committee For Economic Development
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Looking Back Through 1968 Washington Notes
A montage of 1968 views including longevity quips from centenarian William Welch of Philadelphia, a New York City street crowd追 for a model, and World Jamboree chatter in Idaho. August 1968 snapshots touch on crime in Seattle, hunger strikes on San Quentin’s death row, a magistrate’s advice in Missouri, a Supreme Court footnote on phone tapping, and political woes from Georgia Governor Maddox.
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LAW and Order
Seattle
Theresa Suarez
San Quentin
Calif
Virginia legalizes private clubs in new traffic stance
A December 31 1968 message from George to Colonel Welty hints that fewer drunk drivers may result from Virginia authorizing private clubs. The note, signed by Supt. T A Welty of the State Cops, appears in a city story on page 16.
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