Valley industries plan major plants in Kanawha Valley
Two large projects announced Thursday promise an economic upturn for the Kanawha Valley. PN L Industries will begin a 4.5 million chemical plant near the Evans Lead Plant by Oct 1, while Heck's Inc plans up to 6 million for a regional distribution center in Nitro with potential to employ 500 people and a 400,000 office extension for 20 to 20 more workers.
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Kanawha Valley
PN. L. Industries
Kanawha Block Co
Evans
Heck's Inc
Rock Branch
Nitro
mHeck’s
Kanawha Boulevard
Charleston
N. L. Industries
Heck’s
Committee of 100
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Kanawha
Putnam County Development Authority
Heck
Charleston honors local leaders and projects in civic acknowledgments
Citizens praise music director William Wiant for a weekend cantata and commend city officials for street resurfacing on Kanawha Boulevard. West Virginia senators Randolph and Byrd back a Senate amendment to cut Subversive Activities Control Board funding. Other tributes applaud Captain Van Brown traffic measures, Rep. Slack's forest service funding, Thomas & Hill Inc remodeling, Heck's distribution center plans, N L Industries plant, and Thomas Stafford joining Davis & Elkins College trustees.
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West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Senate
Butz Defends Average Home In Wild Critique
Earl D. Butz, secretary of agriculture, argues higher farm prices ensure better meat while attacking ecologists and blaming the average housewife for rising food costs. He mocks the idea of a two car, TV dinner, pool filled household and calls for a tour of the average American home to prove his point.
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Butz
Earl D. Butz
Nixon
Stop McGovern movement falters as party splits loom
Washington notes say the stop McGovern effort is weak and unlikely to derail the senator. Rep. Wilbur Mills wires barriers between candidates, courting Wallace delegates and pressuring Muskie and Kennedy. Even if a late bid formed, it risks a dangerous split harming the Democratic Party and McGovern’s path.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Sen. McGovern
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Mills
Democratic National Committee
McGovern
Sen
Edmund Muskie
California
Kennedy
Meet
Edward Kennedy
South
Miami
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Muskie
George Wallace
Maryland
Wallace
Democratic’ Party
Gov. Wallace
South Dakota
East
West
Happy Father's Day notes and family greetings
A collection of letters and notices for Father's Day 1972 includes a son in Madrid seeking a money order, a confession of life changes by Edward, a note from a daughter Ginger about a pregnancy, and Abelard and Thomas Menswear promoting a suit and tie gift with late hours reflected in a contemporary Times style.
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Los Angeles Times
American Express
Madrid
Barcelona
Pop
Tommy
Ginger
Gerald
Abelard
Thomas Men's Clothiers
Est
1804
P.S
Readers' Forum Raises War and Strip Mine Debate
A reader from West Virginia contrasts lush rural beauty near Buckhannon with an eight year old strip mine scar on Campbell's Creek. She condemns mining permits, warns of potential floods, and urges action, recalling a 1942 quote about appeasing enemies.
Lovejoy Presbytery Named After Antislavery Martyro
Denver notes the Presbytery of Southeast Missouri changes to the Lovejoy Presbytery in honor of Elijah P. Lovejoy, famed anti slavery editor killed in 1837. The piece links his martyrdom to press freedom and cites other clergy journalists and the memorials and awards bearing his name. It mentions Roy Larson Ted Fiske Jim Bowman and others and references Jonathan Swift as another clergy journalist.
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Denver
Missouri
Lovejoy
Presbyterian General Assembly
Ijah P. Lovejoy
Alton
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Mississippi
St. Louis
West
John Brown
Roy Larson
Methodist
Chicago Sun-Times
Ted Fiske
The
New York Times
Jim Bowman
Chicago Daily News
Jim Adams
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Earl Hansen
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ken Briggs
Methodist Newsday
John Knoble
Episcopal
New Haven Register
William Wineke
United Church of Christ
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison
Bill MacKaye
Washington Post
White House
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ben Kaufman
Oge
Hebrew Union Loge
History
Gulliver
Jonathan Swift
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Dublin
York
San Francisco
Patricia Lines and George: Bureaucrat City Yours
Patricia Lines and George are highlighted as key figures in a city bureaucratic narrative. Page 1A coverage outlines roles, responsibilities, and the governance context shaping public policy and administration.
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Patricia Lines
Nixon Not at Fault in No-Fault Fight
The Washington Star notes President Nixon urged national no-fault auto insurance via a telegram to the National Governors Conference while critics push for immediate Congressional action. It weighs state control, cost estimates, and risks, warning that a national standard could raise rates and lack tested results.
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Nixon
Washington Star
Washington
National Governors’ Conference
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Herbert Denenberg
Pennsylvania
Erma Angevine
Consumer Federation of America
Congress
Denenberg
Massachusetts
National Association of Independent Insurers
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
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William Wiant
Light Opera Guild
John Hutchinson
Don Richardson
Lefty Burdette
van Brown
City Traffic Department
John M. Slack
House Appropriations Committee
U. S. Forest Service
Dolly Sods
Monongahela National Forest
Philip H. Hill
Thomas & Hill Inc
Press Club
Fred Haddad
Heck’s Inc
Henry J. Whitson
N. L. Industries Inc
Thomas F. Stafford
Elkins
Martha Mitchell
Department of Agriculture
Maine
Joseph Kraft
Art Buchwald
Costa del Sol
Morocco
Casablanca
George
Dad
Edward
Vietnam
the Gazette
Buckhannon
Buckhannon River
Harold Almond
Army Navy
Congress of the At
Price Williams
Hansford
Campbells Creek
Elk Two Mile
Buffalo Creek
Seong Toy Coe
Carbells Creek
Jay
Wildcat
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Baering
W. W
Woody” Wickline Jr
Rainelle
Lester Kinsolving
Mmn
Yours
James Kilpatrick
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