Big Equipment Training Brings Jobs at State Parks
Editorial lauds a 10 week program training 100 men at Kanawha State Forest Babcock and Pinnacle Rock State Parks to operate heavy road building equipment. Gov. Smith praised the trainees including 17 welfare recipients. Funded 100 percent by federal Manpower Development and Training Act with broad support, the program aims to place graduates in local jobs and lift families from welfare.
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Kanawha State Forest
Babcock State Park
Pinnacle Rock State Park
Gov. Smith
West Virginia Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
Beatle Order controversy sparks cross‑Atlantic mail flare
The piece notes Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II awarding the Order of the British Empire to the Beatles and the ensuing backlash. It warns that fan anger could escalate from letters to potentially harmful acts and urges the Post Office to monitor mail between the US and UK for suspicious packages.
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Great Britain
Queen Elizabeth II
Order of the British Empire
England
Order
United States
Post Office Department
System Backlash Hits Orchardists
The piece argues against importing West Indian labor for orchards and compares it to industrial labor practices. It contends orchardists should pay living U.S. wages and benefits, warning profits may fall and fruit prices rise if foreign labor is used, while asserting the free enterprise system allows such employer labor adjustments.
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U.S
Rep Gross Rejects Kennedy Johnson War Insurance Note
Rep. H R Gross says his war risk insurance payout came from his own payments and not from any goodwill gesture by Presidents Kennedy or Johnson. He stresses he paid for the coverage long before Johnson's involvement and questions the attribution.
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Kennedy
Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
H. R. Gross
R-Inwa
Free Society Assn Emerges to Debate Welfare State
Barry Goldwater introduces the Free Society Association a new educational group advocating free market principles and individual responsibility. He states the aim to study and propose alternatives to the welfare state without forming a political party and invites public support to demonstrate that collectivism has not erased liberal ideas. He promises further background in a future column.
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FSA
Free Society
Free Society Assn
Free Society Assny
Powell Opposes 14B Repeal Sparking Labor Rights Debate
The piece outlines a mutinous assessment of Rep. Powell and aides as they push for quick House action on repealing Section 14B of the Taft Hartley Act. It notes concerns about freedom of contract, unions' power, and constitutional rights, citing Javits and Brandeis as framing the debate on labor liberty and state right to work laws.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Subcommittee
Powell
Supreme Court
Javits
Florida
National Labor Relations
Organized Labor
Justice Brandeis
Justice Black
Ibis
Attorney General Ruling Questions County Appropriations
The attorney general ruled Kanawha County Court could allocate 8500 to the West Virginia Association of County Officials but not 5000 for Sunrise Foundation or 10000 for Action for Appalachian Youth. Sunrise was approved as public recreation.
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Kanawha
West Virginia Association of County Officials
Sunrise Foundation
Action For
Appalachian Youth
AAY
Sunrise
Beneft
Kanawha County
Attorney General
Appalachian
County Officials’ Association Funding Questioned by AG
A WV attorney general ruling on Sunrise Foundation and Action for Appalachian Youth questions county funding for associations. The piece notes the assessment method lacks transparency and could enable unequal per county dues. It contrasts legal allowances for public funds with unclear membership costs and potential political power.
Viable U N Needed Today and the Self Determination Dilemma
Ralph McGill argues for a strengthened United Nations to supervise self determination in troubled states. He cites Santo Domingo and Morocco as examples of failed or fragile democracy and warns that without UN reform and credible power in restraint, nations will rely on force to protect interests.
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Santo Domingo
Ayranny
Hassan I
Morocco
United Nations
United States
Cannnot
U. N
Poland
Middle
Europe
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Barry Goldwater
New Society
Arthur Krock
New York Times Service
Harry Hoffmann
Paul
Paul Hinkle
County Officials Association
County Officials’ Association
Buers Glen
Switzerland
Wilhelm Tell
Earth
North America
Ralph McGill
U.N
Francis Drake
Drake
Spain
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