Editorials Castleberry & Moore Vacation Specialists
The Gazette questions use of public resources during vacations by State Liquor Commissioner Richard Barber and associates. It notes a state car and a county bulldozer loaned for private testing, cites officials’ evasive statements, and urges public accountability while joking about private benefits from public office.
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Richard Barber
Gazette
Barber
Kanawha County
William Ailen
State Liquor Club
James Shuff
Bob O'Dell
Barber's
Allen
Walker Machinery Co
Shuff
O’dell
Liquor Commission
County Commission
Moore
Washington
Kelly Castleberry
Arch Moore Jr
Reagan Says Watergate Burglar Hearts Not Criminal
The piece notes Governor Reagan’s remark that Watergate burglars were not criminals at heart but well meaning. It contrasts his stance with Nixon’s 1968 warning that poverty despair and anger do not excuse violence or crime. It implies Nixon would reject enthusiasm as an excuse for crime.
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Ronald Reagan
California
Nixon
Eric Sevareid
K Reagan
Reagan
Recycled Defense Echoes Across War Crimes Trial
The Waterbuggers defend their actions by claiming they were following orders, a line heard before in trials of war crimes. The text questions the repetitive justification and its familiarity in legal proceedings.
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Fatherland
Exiled Soviet memo mocks Brezhnev sightseeing in U S
The document, a parody dated to a KGB style memo, outlines supposed negotiations over three sights for Brezhnev during a U.S. visit. It mocks American industry and politics, suggesting Lake Erie pollution and Los Angeles smog as examples and ends with a jab at Petrosinov and Ulyanov’s ambitions in Moscow.
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New York Times
V.S
Petrosinov
Moscow
V. I. Ulyanov
Washington, D. C
Brezhnev
KGB
FBI
White House Plumbing Union
Ulyanov
U.S
Niagara Falls
Nixon
Russia
New York City
Ussr
Marx
Lenin
Brezhrov
Lake Erie
Los Angeles
Manhattan
New Jersey
Ulyznov
Mary McGrory Baker idol rises amid Watergate glare
Senator Howard Baker emerges as a central figure in the Watergate hearings, drawing national attention as Nixon’s ally and potential reformer. Nixon and Baker travel to Pekin for Dirksen's memorial, while Baker weighs how far to press witnesses like Maurice Stans and John Dean II amid White House pressure. The balance between truth and party loyalty shapes his fragile position within the GOP.
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Washington
Air Force One
Nixon
Howard H. Baker
Tennessee
Pekin
Illinois
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Baker
Howard Baker
Richard Nixon
Gethsemane
John W. Dean II
Dean
Oval Room
Secretariat
Melvin R. Laird
John Connally
White House
Spiro Agnew
Ervin Committee
Readers Forum urges bus vote for seniors in June
Letters urge elderly citizens to vote in the June 26 bus transportation election to keep services for seniors. Community voices praise Charleston Light Opera Guild and express mixed views on religion and local advertising, calling for a retraction of a label for Carroll Terrace residents.
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the Gazette
Rachel Beam
Council of West Virginia
Lee St
Charleston Light Opera Guild
Statesville
N.C
Charleston
New York
Atlanta
Charlotte
Carroll Terrace
Charleston Gazette
Mazella Canterbury
City
Nixon Phase 4 critique on economic controls and free market
James Kilpatrick argues that Nixon's 60 day freeze, though controversial, follows Phase 3 failures and signals tougher Phase 4. He blames past deficits, trade imbalances, floods, and policy missteps for inflation while warning against narcotic controls and urging self restraint in profits and spending.
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Nixon
Soviet Union
Bomb threat message targets Congress noted in intercepts
Intercepted communication shows a strategist named George James R Schlesinger from Washington warns to plan a bombing of Congress. The note, addressed to someone near Jim, is reported as part of a page 7B story.
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James R. Schlesinger
Washington
Brezhnev Visit Seen As Normalizing US Soviet Ties
The article argues Brezhnev's visit is not a dramatic moment but a sign of normalized relations between Washington and Moscow. It notes limited agenda, potential trade and arms talks, and that public focus remains on Watergate and domestic issues after the summit.
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Capitol Hill
Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Washington
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Clio
Khrushchev
Iowa
Hollywood
Houston
Detroit
Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Johnson
Glassboro
N. J
Vietnam
Near East
Mr. Brezimer
Congress
Russia
Europe
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Mary McGrory
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Ervin
Herbert Porter
Maurice H. Stans
Stans
Opera Guild Praised
Clay Moore
E. E. Paschal Jr
C. S. Cavendish Jr
Statesville, N.C
Hattie Hills
Bryant
Darrel R. Young
P. O. Box
The
E. Ted Wall
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Teays Valley
James Kilpatrick
Jim
Yours
George
Joseph Kraft
United States
Mr. Brezhnev
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