Editorial highlights West Virginia future from AEP plan
American Electric Power Co. announces a 26 million dollar West Virginia power project as part of a larger 550 million dollar outlay. President Donald C. Cook, at Marshall University, praises the state’s people and resources, urging integration of practical business experience with education to grow both technology and human values.
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American Electric Power Co
West Virginia
AEP
Donald C. Cook
Marshall University
Cook
Mountain
Voting Frauds Not Humorous In West Virginia Era
Life magazine mocked the Lever Brothers of Logan County and Kanawha County ballot scandals as a joke. Federal agents review Mingo County graveyard balloting while lawmakers refuse July election reform, citing no great public outcry. The tone contrasts satire with reform paralysis amid absentee voting abuses.
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Kanawha County
Mingo County
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
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Logan
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Speech At Commencement Warns Generation Of 1999
Russell Baker mocks college rebels in a long spoofed commencement speech for 1999 graduates. He parodies the style of confrontation and chants about hair length and generational conflict, urging acceptance of aging authority and warning against youth protests.
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New York Times
Washington
Service Corps criticism of Governor Moore in West Virginia
A reader argues Gov. Moore erred by rejecting the West Virginia Service Corps plan. The author notes high outmigration and says the 75 percent native West Virginians and college students guideline should aid recruitment, citing two nonresident volunteers who attend no WV college to counter fears.
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A Candle for John L and West Virginia Service Corps
Gail Donkin Pearisburg Va writes that the West Virginia Service Corps aimed to help residents and students without political motive. She argues Gov Moore would politicize the group by oversight, discouraging outside input, and believes the corps can still prove its value despite political hurdles. She compliments reporter K W Lee.
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K. W. Lee
Gail Donkin
Nixon faces Viet Nam peace gamble after Midway
Joseph Kraft argues Nixon’s Midway gains are small and the Viet Cong and Hanoi reject a Senate like provisional government. Kraft warns that a bigger chip strategy risks prolonged war with American casualties and urges reconsideration of an interim Saigon government and faster U.S. withdrawal. He notes Thieu’s Saigon government would control any elections and calls the provisional government a setback to Paris talks.
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Hanai
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Tran Buu Kiem
Mardame Nguyen Thi Binh
Midway
Cambodia
Anmual
Boston College fires Mary Daly over feminist critique
The Jesuit university dismissed Mary Daly, a highly credentialed theologian, after she published The Church and the Second Sex. The administration cites a one year nonrenewable contract and secrecy rules, while students protest and questions of sexual discrimination and academic freedom arise amid a historic BC furor over dissent.
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Mary Daly
Boston College
Daly
Notre Dame
University of Strasbourg
Charles Donovan
S.J
Academic Senate
Fr. Donovan
Board of Trustees
Donovan
Italy
B.C
Boston
Cushing
Joseph O'Donnel
Harvard
O'Donnel
Intercepted Yours Edward WN Cole Confident Car Maker
Martinsburg West Virginia figure Edward WN Cole is highlighted as a confident car maker in a decodable intercepted letter feature. The item appears on page 2 with further details and context.
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Edward WN. Cole
Confident Car Maker
Martinsburg
W. Va
Snoopers Punished? Burger Sees Illegal Spying Debate
Washington commentary by William Raspberry argues Chief Justice Burger challenges suppressing tainted evidence. FBI illegally bugged Martin Luther King for years, yet society may prefer punishing officers over excluding reliable evidence. Burger favors punishing lawbreaking officers directly while admitting trustworthy evidence. The piece warns reversing doctrine could erode public trust and empower lawmen above the law. Copuriaht 1969
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Warren FE. Burger
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Martin Luther King
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King
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