Editorial urges revival of Charleston credit union effort
A West Virginia Credit Union League official says the plan to help low income Charleston residents start a credit union is nearly dead and should be revived by Triangle District Coal Branch Heights Wertz Avenue residents. The piece notes civil rights leaders support such cooperatives as mutual aid tools and training in financial management, while acknowledging past failures and the need for strong management and federal support to avoid repeats of Reconstruction era missteps.
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West Virginia Credit Union League
Charleston
Triangle District
Coal Branch Heights
Wertz Avenue
Deep South
Mississippi Freedom Democrat
Difference Seems To Be Russian
In a Newsweek column Emmet John Hughes reports a US diplomat's Taiwan visit. Radios there aired Peking broadcasts against the USSR while government posters denounced the Soviet Union and Communist bandits. Chiang Kai-shek's minister says Mao is a tool of the Russians to keep Chinese fighting him.
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Emmet John Hughes
Newsweek
Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek
Peking
Soviet Union
Chiang
United States
Mao
Opposition to Father's Day resolution by Sen Randolph
The author objects to Sen Randolph's proposal to designate a Father's Day arguing Congress cannot set aside days for special purposes. They praise Sen Long for opposing it and warn against expanding the calendar with more days and weeks, noting Congress seeks to please everyone.
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Sen. Jennings Randolph
Sen
Russell Long
Sen. Randolph
Congress
Balding Battlers Objects of Pity in Beverly Hills
The piece laments Frederick R. Weisman and Francis Albert Sinatra as aging figures clinging to youth. It notes readers may not learn details of a night in Beverly Hills and argues younger guitarists could outmatch both men.
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True Revealing Screen Magazine
Beverly Hills
Frederick R. Weisman
Francis Albert Sinatra
Sic Transit Gloria
Readers Forum on Strip Mining Authority and Social Decline
This letter page critiques strip mining permits and inspector power arguing mines violate laws without enforcement. It questions Governor Smith's stance and calls for reporting infractions to the Governor. The column also comments on gender roles in America and fears a breach of academic freedom in universities.
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the Gazette
Gov. Smith
West Virginia
Raymond Clitt
Rutgers University
Romney outlines crusade mindset at Midwest Governors Conference
Cincinnati report notes Gov. George Romney portrays a reformist Republican stance blending conservatism with progressivism. He advocates reshaping Viet Nam policy, questions allied support, and criticizes federal intervention while warning about moral decline and the dangers of secular education.
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New York Times Service
Cincinnati
George Romney
Michigan
Teddy Roosevelt
Linenan
Viet Nam
They Must Be Here Somewhere
Washington dispatch from South Vietnam notes growing doubt among American GIs about civil leadership and the burden of fighting. Soldiers joke about lack of South Vietnamese troops and wonder if advisors may be assigned to U S outfits to bolster morale.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Johnson
World birds dominate fowl and sparrows and notes on tax history
The text compares global bird populations with domestic fowl and sparrows, cites tax time April 15 in the United States, mentions Hammurabi and stargazers, notes Argentina’s varied climate hosting parrots and penguins, credits Abner Doubleday with the first baseball diamond, and references a long Gulf coast archipelago near Georgia with Ossabaw and St. Simons. It includes a quoted exchange about advisers in South Vietnam and U.S. involvement under President Johnson.
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United States
Babylon
Hammurabi
Moonshine Now A Callous Killer
Treasury officials say modern moonshine is a deadly threat with poisons harming livers and kidneys. The case of inmate Fats Hardy in Georgia courts and at Reidsville penitentiary is cited as evidence, with a local ballad recalling the deaths and fear in the community.
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Reideville
Fats” Hardy
Hardy
Intercepted Message Probes Racial Politics in Dayton
A dispatch labeled Intercepted Message quotes a Dayton inquiry into whether voices refer to Republican or Democratic Negroes, signaling racial politics discussion. The note points readers to a fuller story on Page 13.
Decline of Rural Moonshine and Rise of City Stills
The piece traces the waning of rural copper stills and the rise of large urban operations. It notes Prohibition's impact on old moonshining, the shift to expensive legal whiskies, and the lure of cheaper illegal booze amid a changing American frontier narrative.
Political snippets mix feuds and policy volleys
Senate panel backs a 2.3 billion foreign aid bill amid criticism of candidacy and foreign policy. Big Ear device cited in snooping probe. corn aid to India debated. British Scouts seek new program with Girl Scouts. Reagan calls for reduced government spending. Supreme Court limits police questioning without counsel, provoking police outrage. Uninvited commencement speaker at Gallaudet College noted for lack of hearing.
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National Council of Churches
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David Mace
Morris Haeveyan
James Reston
Crusade For
Romney
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Dwight Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
Bob McNamara
Billy Graham
Haiphong
Asia
Art Buchwald
Central Highlands
Charlie Baer
Saigon
Gen. Ky
Hue
Argentina
Abner Doubleday
Georgia
Ossabaw
St. Catherines
Sapélo
St. Simons
Sea Island
Jekyll and
Cumberland
Ralph McGill
Treasury Department
Ihit Whisky
Hardy Teddy
Dayton
Yours
D Perry, A
Jack Wilson
Dirksen
Senate
Senators
U.S
India
Country
Ronald Reagan
Supreme Court
Lej
Gallaudet College For the Deaf
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