Senate Course Correct on School Building Fund
Editorial argues for Senate plan to manage the 200 million Better School Building Amendment funds. It favors a special board including the Governor, State Superintendent, Attorney General, State Treasurer, and two governor-appointed citizens over a Board of Education led approach. The piece contends constitutional support and stronger logic for the Senate method.
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Senate
House of Delegates
House
Moore
State Superintendent of Schools
West Virginia Board of Education
Mainstreams Show Splendid Art But Not Mainstream Gave Way
The Charleston Art Gallery displays Mainstreams 73 with praise for the standout WV artwork and sculpture while rejecting the notion of “super average.” The review urges support for the exhibit and notes no car parts on display, highlighting worthwhile pieces by West Virginians. The piece shifts to discuss education governance, arguing the State Board of Education should handle the school building bond program rather than a separate board, criticizing a Senate bill and Governor Moore’s veto, and urging legislative adoption of the Senate plan.
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Charleston Art Gallery
Archie Bunker
West Virginia
State Board
Special Board
Moore
Senate
State Board of Education
Brain Versus Body in a Late Night Car Sales Debate
A New York Times Service piece depicts a literal brain arguing with the body about watching Hermie's Bonanza New Car Sales ads and whether to rush out at 12:30 a.m. for a car despite an energy crisis and gasoline concerns. The Perry Mason and Hamilton Burger interjections add surreal courtroom echoes as the brain frets about fuel and sales.
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New York Times
Washington
Hermie
Hamilton Burger
Perry Mason
Hermie’s
Edison Pitts
Ka Mecumber
Ernest Clark
Karen Crust
Mavis Poole
Johnny Cash
Brain
Congress
Alaska
Postpone Cox inquiry to protect Watergate prosecutions
Anthony Lewis argues for delaying the Ervin committee hearings to strengthen Archibald Cox's investigation. He warns that ongoing hearings before trials risk revealing prosecution weaknesses, undermining future convictions and eroding confidence in justice. He favors preserving credibility of both Senate and court processes.
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Ervin
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Mitchell
Dr. Johnson
Ervin Committee
Supreme Court
Senate
Nixon
Cox
Archibald Cox
Bus Levy in Kanawha County Targets Rural and Urban Split
Column argues for a 1.2 million dollar yearly bus levy over three years, noting rural residents benefit from county services funded by urban taxpayers. It highlights urban rural funding disparities in law enforcement, recreation, fire departments, 4H programs, health services, libraries and shelters, and urges Charleston voters to approve the levy despite personal nonuse.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Kanawha
Virgil Tate
Agriculture Extension Office
Regional Development Authority
Readers' Forum on Closed Senate Meetings and Corruption Concerns
Letter writers critique W T Brotherton Jr and Arch Moore for secretive closed rules committee meetings. They urge open sessions to expose graft, tax cuts, and lottery politics and warn against perceived political self interest. Frazer letter note: private correspondence published by error.
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the Gazette
W. T. Brotherton Jr
John D. Frazer
17Th St., Dunbar
Frazer
Intercepted Message from Clarence McCauley
A fragment cites a letter from George to Clarence McCauley about government bugging efforts. The note is unsigned beyond that reference and appears as a brief item. Page location indicated as Page 1A.
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Clarence McCauley
Burnsville
Secretary in CREEP ties to Watergate probe
Mary McGrory profiles Sally Harmony a secretary who worked for the Committee to Reelect the President. Her duties mixed legitimate office work with clandestine tasks and forged materials under boss G. Gordon Liddy. Senators confronted the moral ambiguity of her actions and her influence.
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Washington
Sally Harmony
Agriculture Department
G. Gordon Liddy
Watergate Seven
Liddy
Ervin Watergate Committee
E. Howard Hunt
Finance Committee
General Accounting Office
Gary Hart
George McGovern
Harmony
Creep
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Russell Baker
Dean
Anthony Lewis
Sen. Ervin
Senate Judiciary Committee
Atty
Minish
Thomas A. Knight
Charleston Gazette
Fellows
Sen. Brotherton
Gazette
Arch Moore
John Mitchell
U. S
Justice Department
Brotherton
Mr. Gainer
Jerry Dunlap, Tad
Clarence
George
Mary McGrory
Washington Star News
McGovern
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