Hughes Slips Funds Cut Off In 1971 Campaign Trail
The piece reports on Senator Hughes facing wobbling support as key backers urge withdrawal. It notes Rep McCloskey and lawyer Edward McDermott as Hughes aides, staff morale problems, scheduling issues, and unresolved questions about the campaign's future. It also mentions potential challengers like Rep William R Anderson testing presidential prospects and Alaska oilfield approval dynamics affecting the race.
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Weemayin
Edward A. McDermott
Washington
Hughes
New Hampshire
William R. Anderson
Tennessee
J. Edgar Hoover
Berrigan Brothers
West Virginia Pastor Delivers Farewell Sermon at Assembly
Dr. William A. Benfield, outgoing moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, will give his farewell sermon at the General Assembly in Massanetta Springs Virginia. The Charleston pastor will attend with delegates from the West Virginia Synod as he leaves the moderator post held by a West Virginia clergyman.
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William A. Benfield
The
Presbyterian Church of the U
Dr. Benfield
First Presbyterian Church
Charleston
West Virginia Synod
West Virginia
Kanawha
Benfield
Robert E. Fields Jr
Montgomery
D. G. Hatcher
Fayetteville
Greenbrier’ Presbytery
Alvis M. Daniel
Ronceverte
Douglas Oldenburg
Elkins
J. B. Arbuckle
Maxwellton
Felix Craig
Hinton
Guyandotte
Harry 8. Topham
St. Albans
Spencer Hamrick
Huntington
Walter Steen
Gary
H. C. Francis
Gallipolis
Ohio
Measure Attacked By Mollohan
Rep. Robert Mollohan charged that the House Social Security bill shortchanges widows who retire at 62. He proposed full benefits at 62, noting men will also gain early retirement soon. Also, John McGee of Clay Communications was injured in a Summersville boating accident, suffering a wrist injury.
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Ture
Walter Peterson
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
California
Nixon
William A. Egan
Alaska
Hughes
White House
Washington
Robert H. Mollohan
D-W. Va
House
Ways and Means
Mollohan
John McGee
Clay Communications
The
Daily Mail
Summersville
McGee
A. J. Peck Jr
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Iit Trouble
IBM
Accrediting Commission For Business Schools
Social Security
V.A
Fed. Ins
Virginia
Aily
Gulf Oil Company
U.S
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