End Blind Opposition on Transit Purchase Stirs County Debate
County Commissioner Henry C. Shores vows to block Charleston Transit Co. purchase by local government amid talk of a $100,000 operating loss and a possible holding company dispute. The piece argues for open financials, fair appraisal, and public action to prevent loss of bus service in the Kanawha Valley.
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Henry C. Shores
Charleston Transit, Co
Shores
Charleston Transit
Kanawha Valley
Kanawha Valley Transit Authority
Detroit minicar rethink echoes foreign model appeal
Henry Ford TI signals end of small Detroit car production as he argues minicar profits are loose and that buyers prefer a foreign style with modest design. The piece questions Detroit’s replication approach and suggests the public wants a simpler, torpedo shaped vehicle rather than streamlined features.
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Henry Ford TI
Detroit
Ford
Woolworth
Chuck hole on South Side Bridge turns dangerous for drivers
Reader notes a long existing chuck hole at the left edge of the right lane on the South Side Bridge approach from Virginia Street. The hole damages tires and could cause collisions with vehicles entering Bridge Road lanes. Patch crews were seen on Quarrier Street. the caller requests quick repairs to the hole and to worn expansion joints.
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Virginia Street
South Side Bridge
Thayer Street
Kanawha City
Fort Hill
Wetherwood
South Charleston
Bridge Road
Loudon Heights Road
Quarrier Street
South Side
Paranoia in Manic Town Rulers and Citizens Clash
Satirical piece depicts Paranoia as a nation where rulers and citizens accuse each other of plots. Racial tension, mistrust, and protests fuel fear of violence while companies blamed for pollution clash with promises of jobs and growth. U S hesitation compounds the stalemate.
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Aml
United States
U. S
Readers' Forum Letter Criticizes Distortions and Political Tactics
Sam Sayre of Dunbar complains of distortions in the press and TV about West Virginia politics and Vietnam. He defends Gov Moore against outside candidates using poverty as a campaign issue and warns against communist influence in American affairs.
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the Gazette
Gov. Moore
West Virginia
West
Memoir adds new light on Potsdam bomb talks and Stalin’s stance
The Zhukov memoirs reveal Stalin's calm reaction to Truman's atomic disclosure at Potsdam and describe Molotov and Kurchatov coordinating on the bomb. Golovin notes Soviet timing before Roosevelt's project, while Zhukov highlights Cold War tensions and Soviet aims for parity alongside American wartime aid.
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Washington Post
Washington
Stalin
Churchill
Truman
Potsdam
Alamogordo
N. M
James F. Byrnes
Marshal Zhukov
United States
Delacorte Press
Zhukov
Molotov
Kurchatov
Igor Vasilevich Kurchatov
Robert Oppenheimer
U. S
Igor Golovin
Roosevelt
Golovin
Moscow
Germany
America
Klaud Fuchs
Fitch
Japan
Red Army
Britain
Saul Alinsky Plans Downward Bound Grant Drive
Saul Alinsky eyes a federal grant for a Downward Bound program to help people exit elite ranks. The Chicago organizer, famed for mobilizing poor neighborhoods since the 1930s, writes Rules for Radicals and pursues new campaigns to train freedom fighters and challenge established power structures.
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Los Angeles Times
NEW York
Saul Alinsky
Chicago
Rochester
Buffalo
Kansas City
CIO
Europe
United States
Fox
N.Y
O'Hare
Alinsky
New Machiavelli
Machiavelli
Saul
Government lawbreaking erodes respect for law says Third Circuit
The Third Circuit warns that federal actions bending or breaking law to nail suspects undermine public trust. It cites DC police raids on May Day demonstrators and Sister Jogues's wiretap case, urging hearings on illegal taps and stressing that immunity does not fix Fourth Amendment violations.
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New York Times
Washington
U. S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Justice Department
Jaques Egan
Henry Kissinger
Jagues
Harrisburg
Jogues
Third Circuit
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Sister Jagues
Sister Jogues
Caesar
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Intercepted Message From Princeton Conversationalist
A letter dated June 2 1971 from Yoonge C C Christian Jr a Princeton based writer playful remark about saving state money by not using stamps or stationery appears in the newspaper with a note that the full story is on page 1.
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Clarence
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Manic Depressia
Gov Moore
The
Gazette
Vietnam
Comisunists
Gazette-Mail
American Baptists Organization
Baptists
American Baptist Organization
Khrushchev
Sam Sayre
Moran Avenue
Dunbar
D.J.R. Bruckner
Radicalism
Vatican
Mayakovsky
May
Pople
Tom Wicker
Yoonge
C. C. Christian Jr
Princeton
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