Soviet Right to Free Speech Questioned
Editorial contrasts Soviet constitution with harsh reality in Obninsk where Zhores Medvedev was seized and labeled mentally ill for criticizing the government. It warns American readers against sliding toward dictatorship and urges defense of free expression including peaceful protest and dissent.
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Obninsk
Zhores Medvedev
Medvedev
America
Sherty
Russia
Capitol Street
Tal
Welding Thwart Pranks Restore Street Sign Order
A suggestion urges a crew of welders to fix and permanently attach street name signs after pranksters twist them. By welding signs in place for a week or two, confusion for residents and visitors would end and signs would return to usefulness.
Achievement Nixon Style
The piece reviews President Nixon actions in 1971, noting a promised new American revolution and executive branch reorganization. It argues power has shifted toward the presidency, with full employment and welfare reform still unrealized, predicting more in the next year.
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Richard M. Nixon
Mr. Nixon
Nixon
Executive Branch
Congress
Message There For All to See
William Beatty a Weirton police officer turned undercover drifter in Huntington explains his motive for drug bust work citing two friends who began with marijuana and later became heroin addicts the tale serves as a warning to youths about marijuana experimentation.
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William Beatty
Weirton
Huntington
Good Place To Be From
Senator George McGovern notes South Dakota state strengths in agriculture while highlighting its military role. He argues if the state seceded it could rank as a major nuclear power with 160 Minuteman missiles and a Strategic Air Command base.
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George McGovern
Union
Strategic Air Command Base
South Dakota
U.S
Hanoi
Moscow
South China Sea
Peking
Russia
China
United States
Nixon
Laird
North Vietnam
The Dirt Gap
A humorous household clash unfolds as a college student and parents argue over room cleanliness and grown up independence. The piece mocks parental nagging about bed making and clutter while contrasting college freedoms with home expectations. The dialogue exposes generational contrasts and misplaced priorities.
Readers Forum on Nature Laws and Orgas Strip Damage
Editor notes readers discuss mining impact on Orgas Strip. Ben Greene says the area was mined in two 1950s and 1960s phases with top off and waste dumped, causing acid water and silt runoff into streams and Coal River. He questions costs to halt silt and acid flow and dismisses the Orgas committee.
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the Gazette
Orgas
Ben Greene
Reclamation Division
West Virginia coal strip mining faces 30 year silt and acid fallout
C.E. Murrey of Corton argues against state strip mining in West Virginia. He criticizes a March 13 1971 legislature bill and a January 18 1971 ad campaign claiming reclamation laws will prevent erosion. He says the practice harms mountains forests and streams and calls for total abolition.
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Orgas
Cabin Creek
Raleigh
Wyoming
West Virginia
Vietnam War stalemate undercuts Nixon's Vietnamization plan
Washington analysis argues that despite Thieu's gains and reduced U.S. casualties, Vietnam remains unwinnable for the United States. It notes North Vietnam's Tet offensives, renewed air raids, and stalled negotiations, predicting political impact at home ahead of elections and questioning the prisoners' fate under Nixon's strategy.
Vietnamization under Nixon questions on success and risks
The piece argues Nixon’s Vietnamization reduced troops and casualties but fails to prove success. It criticizes renewed North Vietnamese bombing as costly, questions Saigon’s ability to defend itself, and suggests policy choices driven by politics rather than necessity. It notes Cambodia Laos fronts widen exposure and warns bombing risks harming diplomacy and prisoners of war.
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Nixon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Minh Forest
Senate
Vietnam
House
Bella Abzug
Peking
Dan Ellsberg
Pentagon
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
United States
Hanoi
Washington
Laos
New York Times Service
NEW York
Indochina
Saigon
Laird
North Vietnam
Paris
North
Furthr
Cambodia
Message from George Wiant to Bill on violinist query
An intercepted note dated December 31, 197] shows George Wiant asking Bill who plays second fiddle after 30 years with a violinist. The brief references a rehearsal in St. Albans and notes a Page 1B feature.
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Bill
William Wiant
St. Albans
Peace and War in Nixon Year 1971
James Reston analyzes the paradox of Nixon policy in 1971 from New American Revolution talk to peacetime deficits. He notes the clash between peace rhetoric and heavy bombing, the North Vietnamese threat, and the administration’s strained relation with the press as the year ends.
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New York Times
Washington
Nixon
North Vietnam
China
Vietnam
Kennedy
Pat Brown
California
Brown
Cambodia
Laos
Russia
India
Richard Nixon
America
Pakistan
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Los Angeles Times
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Schant
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Corton
Joseph Kraft
Johnson
Tom Wicker
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James Reston
Hanos
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