Night Line Host McPherson Discusses Racial Riots On Air
Editor cites a recent WCHS Radio Night Line program hosted by McPherson the so called night mayor of Charleston. Listeners call in to discuss subjects chosen for the night with remarks broadcast for public debate. A caller claims the Gazette ignored accounts of racial rioting in Washington and Chicago.
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Ugh McPherson
Charleston
Wchs Radio
McPherson
The
Gazette
Washington
D. C
Chicago
Centennial Grumbles and Enduring Celebration Reflections
A local forum article defends the Centennial against Robert Rigg’s anti centennial critiques. It praises events such as the Forum of the Future and steamboat race while condemning discrimination, noting Northern and Southern injustices, and arguing civil rights applies to all citizens despite violent incidents.
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Robert S. Rigg
Alderson
Rigg
Centennial Commission
Mr. Rigg
The
Gazette
Caller
Washington
Chicago
West Virginia
South
Birmingham
the Gazette
Charleston
Washington Stadium
It's All Vicious Racism Quote by Dr. Ralph Bunche
A quotation from Dr. Ralph J. Bunche condemns racism in all forms. He states that racist doctrine regardless of its source is equally vicious, calling out both Negroes and whites.
Readers Forum voices faith, bias, and book morals
A Cedar Grove letter questions religious use of Old Brick Church and calls for a nonwhite God or brotherhood, urging not to mock religion. A second note accuses the Gazette of bias for not publishing Goldwater views, praising Goldwater’s rejection and criticizing authors and books.
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the Gazette
Cedar Grove
Sen. Goldwater
Walter Lippmann
Christine Thompson Pipestein
Moore Leads Fight Against ARA in West Virginia Politics
The piece analyzes Rep Arch A Moore Jr opposition to a 450 million authorization for the Area Redevelopment Administration. It argues Moore’s stance hurt West Virginia’s economy, details the vote outcome 209 to 204 and Moore’s claim that he influenced Republican defections. It notes pending ARA applications exceed the available funds and highlights specific WV projects at stake.
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Arch A. Moore Jr
Area Redevelopment Administration
West Virginia
Congress
Moore
Appropriations Committee
House
ARA
Uwn
West Virginia University Center of Appalachian Studies and Development
Marshall University Industrial Research Center
Bluestone
Blackwater Falls
Hawks Nest
Wyoming County
Cass Scenic Railroad
Greenbank
Braxton
Arch Moore
Braxton County
Limehouse Chinatown Vanishes as Urban Renewal Swings In
A London feature recalls Limehouse China town’s demise under postwar redevelopment. The era’s crime legends, Burke’s Limehouse tales, and the 1920s song Limehouse Blues frame a memory of opium dens, foggy alleys, and a district swept away by bombs and bulldozers. Mr. Ding, 71, recalls prewar Chinatown and laments high walls and rising rents as passports fade from easy travel to controlled borders.
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Limehouse
Thomas Burke
Burke
London
Scooland Yard
Chinatown
U N Faces Clash Over Peacekeeping Authority
The United Nations confronts a core dispute on the General Assembly’s power and the funding of peacekeeping missions. Russia and France resist paying assessments for operations in the Middle East and Congo, threatening the bloc’s ability to finance war-prevention efforts already aided in Palestine, the Congo, and Yemen. The paper questions whether all members will fund such actions even when national interests diverge, noting the U N’s dependence on 111 member benevolence and the impracticality of debt financing.
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Russia
France
Middle East
Congo
United States
U. N
Palestine
Yemen
U.N
Assembly
Fletcher Knebel Fires Up Potomac Fever
A fragmented panel of quotes and quips touches on space program leadership as Holmes resigns from the head role, a California inquiry on the John Birch Society, and satirical lines about public life, media, and government amid a collage of opinions and wry wordplay.
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Brainerd Holmes
Confucius
Belaway
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Harry Hofffmann
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Ralph McGill
Limehouse Blues
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Scotland Yard
New York Times Co
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Fletcher Knebel
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