Education dollars must be spent efficiently in WV colleges
Governor Arch Moore urged a streamlined higher education system in West Virginia. He called for fewer overlapping programs, increased efficiency, and distinct strengths across Bluefield State College, Concord College, and the state’s universities. The Board of Regents should allocate functions to maximize per capita funding.
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Concord College
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Board of Regents
Concord
Mercer County
Bluefield State College
WVU
Potomac State
Board of Education
Moore
Athens
Rate hike or shared billing eyed for Charleston sewers
The sanitary board asks Charleston officials to approve a 15 percent sewer rate increase to fund a new North Charleston treatment plant and future bonding. The proposal requires City Council and Public Service Commission approval, with critics urging economies and shared billing with water charges to cut costs.
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Sanitary Board
Charleston
North Charleston
City Council
Public Service Commission
Nays
Button to hire Flowers despite extortion conviction
Rep. Daniel E. Button of New York plans to appoint Richmond M. Flowers, former Alabama attorney general, as a special assistant to the House Small Business Committee. Flowers faces looming imprisonment after a guilty verdict on extortion conspiracy, yet Button defends the appointment as part of due process. The move prompts outrage over spending taxpayer dollars on a convicted figure awaiting appeals.
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Daniel E. Button
R-N.y
Richmond M. Flowers
Alabama
House
Small Business Committee
Flowers
Rep. Button
Richmond Flowers
Doven
National Treasury
Rep
Button
Making Cash Killing The Wrish-naton Prat
SBC-TV pays 312,500 for exclusive interview with Sirhan Sirhan. A dialog shows an aspiring writer seeking six figure bids for rights to a major assassination story across book, magazine, newspaper syndication, and television with plans for overseas rights and complicating commissions. The piece satirically critiques media monetization surrounding a high profile crime.
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Wrish-naton Prat News
Sbc-Tv
Sirhan Sirhan
Crump
United States
Televisen
Undefined speculations on Charles Meadows in Elk View sermons
The passage analyzes a minister named Charles Meadows from Elk View, criticizing sermons and media expressions. It highlights a frantic plea for capital punishment and a graphic claim of personally pulling the switch. The tone suggests controversy over evolving theory and religious rhetoric.
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the Gazette
Charles 5. Meadows
Elkview
Readers Forum Calls for Early Sex Education Debate
Robert S. Grubbs writes from 413 Wyoming St City arguing against censorship and urging parents and churches to openly discuss sex education. He challenges ministers and school boards to provide frank, informed instruction, condemning those who label sex education as lewd without backing claims.
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Robert S. Grubbs
Wyoming St
Campus self discipline grows as campus dissent cools
Washington notes progress as students and faculty push for responsible self rule amid campus disorder. The Committee of Fifteen outlines a conduct code with on spot sanctions, while Yale and Berkeley scenes show protests aligning with reason. External political meddling is warned against, Congress urged to abstain.
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Washington
Philis
Ines
Marvard
University Hall
Berkeley
Yale
Vietnam
ROTC
Univ
Pentagon
Gow
Kennedy
Cass
Congress
Commission On Violence
Memorial Day and the ironies of patriotism and death
Dick Gregory argues Memorial Day glorifies death while neglecting the living. He examines government drafts racism and the Vietnam War, calling for a holiday honoring peaceful change and life, not eulogies, with focus on black soldiers and the burden of voting rights.
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John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
National Safety Council
America
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Mississippi
Vietnam
Cicero
Philadelphia
Memphis
State Department
Intercepted Dear Walter prompts youths at kitchen door
A brief note from Walter Snyder, city schoolmaster, hints at a forthcoming wave of children seeking tasks or guidance tomorrow, suggesting a community or school initiative to engage them as the piece appears on page 15.
Nixon Raises His Voice at Air Force Academy Speech
Frank Mankiewicz and Tom Braden describe President Nixon's Air Force Academy address as revealing a deep gulf of understanding. Nixon implied critics of military policy are cowards or fools, warning of a heightened decibel battle over Vietnam and the ABM era. The piece contrasts Nixon's stance with Senate critics, noting the speech could end listening and widen the policy divide.
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Washington
Nixon
Air Force Academy
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Everett Dirksen
Edward Kennedy
Hamburger Hill
Dirksen
Rome
Lucius Amilius Paulus
United States Navy
Lyndon Johnson
Korea
Infame
Ralph Nader
Vietnam
Senate
Sens. Symington
Cooper
Percy
Proxmire
Oll
Melvin Laird
John Cooper
Louisville
Academy
Lockheed
Soviet Union
United States
ABM
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James Farl Ray
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Semintnds “Anke
Amerie Copunanr
Meadows
Eerie
Vier
Joseph Kraft
Dick Gregory
Walter
Yeorge
Walter Snyder
Frank Mankiewicz
Tom Braden
Nixon Raises
His Voice
Truman
Dean Acheson
College
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