Why Couldn't Ford Encourage Democracy
Editorial notes President Ford’s appeal to segregationist supporters, urging private schools to continue segregating if not federally funded. It highlights the Justice Department stance that private school segregation violates the 1866 civil rights act and treats education as a public concern subject to regulation.
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Ford
South
U. S. Supreme Court
Justice Department
Robert H. Bork
Bork
Wink and Nod Marks Early TV Banter in News Rooms
In the early era of television news reporters began bantering and wryly winking at viewers, with Cronkite as a model for practiced expressions. The piece argues for straightforward deadpan reporting and desegregation, urging an end to racial hostilities and a merged democratic society.
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David Brinkley
Tnheir
Brinkley
Charleston
Reunion and honors noted in Kanawha Valley notices
Smiles to Vincenzo Arena of Sicily and Nunziata Arena Curato lo of Charleston reunite after 60 years. Chuck Smith of Huntington elected governor of Boys State. 93 students with straight A averages highlighted. Lions Club and South Charleston Recreation Director Bob Anderson praised. FMC Chemicals profiled for salt history adverts. Tim Murlaugh praised for Charlies turnaround. WTIP broadcaster Charlie Coleman cited for humanitarian pet reports.
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Chuck Smith
Huntington
Boys' State
South Charleston
Bob Anderson
FMC Chemicals
Kanawha Valley
WTIP
Charlie Coleman
Canned Convention and Carter in the Media Age
Russell Baker argues Carter’s rise signals the obsolescence of the Democratic Party as media replaces old party machinery. He suggests canceling the mid July convention could spare the nation and that a new coalition may emerge, powered by image over issues. The piece questions party resilience and predicts a televised, symbolic convention.
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Jimmy Carter
Noo
Carter
Washington
Holmtes
Cheshire Cat
Asense
Impeachment Call and Voter Sentiment in Kanawha County
Betty Bailey of Rocky Fork urges readers to impeach Jack Pauley Dempsey Gibson Phyllis Rutledge Kemp Melton and Larry Winter and to vote Gibson Melton and Winter out in November. She complains of court-commissioners and the prosecutor's office and urges replacing Rutledge and Pavley, noting Kanawha Christian Academy founded in 1973 and praising the school.
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the Gazette
Kanawha County
Jack Pauley
Dempsey Gibson
Phyllis Rutledge
Kemp Melton
Larry Winter
Pat Casey
Gibson, Melton
Winter
Rutledge
Pavley
Betty Bailey
Rocky Fork
City
Kanawha Christian Academy
Investors Diversified power and politics in Minnesota saga
The piece describes Investors Diversified Services as a towering Minnesota financial complex shaping politics and markets. It notes Nixon's ties to affiliates, former regulators taking posts, and a Senate subcommittee probing regulatory gaps while detailing the conglomerate's vast assets and influence across Ford, GM, Dow, DuPont, Exxon, AT&T, Knight-Ridder, McDonalds, American Express and others. It also cites concerns about weak mutual fund regulation and opaque ownership in Montana Power.
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Richard Nixon
New York City
Nixon
Homer H. Budge
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate
Financial Consortium
Federal
Regulatory
Investors Diversified
Knight-Ridder
J.C. Penney
McDonalds
Sears, Roebuck
Montana Power Commonwealth Edison
At&t
Trans World Airlines
Kennecott Copper
American Express
Federal Power Commission
Montana Power
Montana
Carothers & Clark
Wilmington
Del
Republicans Get Doomsday Alert In GOP Decline
Washington commentary warns the Republican party faces long-term weakness after losing House and Senate ground. It notes low identification, dwindling governorships, and uneasy ties with Reagan Ford split, predicting Democratic momentum and potential loss of veto power.
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Washington
Sind On
Republican Party
Phoenix
GOP
Senate
National Party
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Ford
Reagan
New York Times-Cbs
Ohio
California
New Jersey
Carter
McGovern
Jimmy Carter
White House
Liberal Express
Recycled martyrs and the GOP split over Reagan and Ford
George Charles Finley argues the hard right prefers losing for principle over winning for expediency, labeling the Reagan movement as recycled political martyrs. He contrasts Ford’s electability doubts with Reagan’s rising support, noting polls show significant Reagan supporters would back Carter if Ford is nominated, signaling a fragile minority party facing internal clash and a revivalist, defeatist ethos.
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Carter
Abraham D. Beame
New York
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Birmingham
Democratic Party
Great Society
McGovern
America
Reaga
Goldwater
Ford
Ohio
California
Reagan
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United States
Vincenzo Arena
Sicily
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Lions Club
Tim Murlaugh
Charleston Charlies
United Mine Workers
Kanawha Boulevard
Russell Baker
CCNY
Times Service
Winke
Sack Anderson
Minneapolis-St. Paul Twin Cities
Wnl
Investors Diversified Services
Wall Street
General Motors
Dow and
du Pont
Exxon, Gulf, Texaco
Atlantic Richfield
Charles Quigley
Christian School
Quigley
Denise Young
Miami
Nitro
Robert Lee Adkins
Jefferson Ave
Moundsville
James Kilpatrick
Garry Wills
Sen. Goldwater
Charlie
Yours
George
Charles 0. Finley
Thavye
Berrigan Brothers
Karl Hess
Playboy
Dorothy Day
Robert Taft
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