Two wrongs don’t justify Nixon police state proposal
The editorial argues that Nixon’s May 22 plan for an elite security force would bypass laws and emulate a police state, unlike Kennedy and Johnson. It cites Hoover’s opposition and Nixon’s own April 30 pledge that two wrongs don’t make a right, warning Democrats and apologists alike.
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White House
Kennedy
Johnson
FBI
Lyndon Johnson
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Charleston United Fund to Rename for United Way
Officials of Charleston's United Fund call a special meeting next Thursday to rename the agency from United Fund of Kanawha Valley Inc. to United Way of Kanawha Valley Inc. UF aims to reduce confusion and match nationwide identity, while critics deride the change as noise and self-importance.
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Charleston
United Fund
United Fund of Kanawha Valley Inc
United Way of Kanawha Valley Inc
Greater
Kanawha Valley
United Funds
Animal Aid Bill Sparks Debate Over Responsibility
Councilman Virgil Matthews proposes a stop and aid rule for crashes with animals. Critics warn the plan risks public safety by forcing nonowners to intervene amid potentially dangerous, enraged injured animals.
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Virgil Matthews
Matthews
Humane Association
Readers Forum Letters on Local Issues and Column Praise
Citizens discuss Appalachian Power Co. pasture spraying and legal budget rules for Kanawha County, with Rayford Cavender urging action. Also praise for L. T. Anderson's Montgomery-focused Gazette columns and a sharp jab at Joe Ellis in miners union coverage.
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the Gazette
Appalachian Power Co
Andy Gallagher
Joe Ellis
UMWA
Ellis
Miller
Jack Perry
United Mine Workers
Kelly Buchanan
Matewan
Impounding the President as a constitutional idea
A New Haven writer argues for impounding the President rather than impeachment, outlining possible procedures and debating legality. He notes Nixon favors impoundment, cites jet travel and a costly California home, and speculates how a compelled President might seek Supreme Court review.
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New York Times Service
New Haven
United States
Nixon
Congress
Sports and Watergate contrasted in a reflective essay
Red Smith links batting honesty to societal values amid Watergate coverage. He notes sports preserve clear hierarchies, while political power can corrupt. A cowbird fledgling tale and a blacksnake serve as parables about truth, order, and integrity in national life.
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Scrabble
Red Smith
Norman Podhoretz
Thomas G. Bergin
Intellectual Digest
Podhoretz
Smith
America
Watergate
L. Patrick Gray
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Sen
Howard Baker
Magruder
Cowbird
Intercepted Message To Louise From 1973
A fragment from a June 23 1973 letter shows the writer asking Louise about feminism and whether women’s liberation is a permissible trend. The note hints at a personal discussion on social change and gender roles within a private correspondence.
George Sen Louise Leonard Against the Trench
A story on page 16B covers Louise Leonard and her stance on the trench debate as referenced in Harpers.
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Louise Leonard
Harpers
Ferry
Religion and busing debate roils Catholic readers
In U S Catholic magazine readers diverge on public school busing with over 80 percent opposing. The discussion cites Dan Herr’s essay Let’s Stop Busing for Integration, calling busing an educational kidnaping and noting statewide figures from New York and North Carolina alongside Berkeley’s Malcolm X School name change amid campus tensions.
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U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
Robert Merhige
Richmond
U. S
Dan Herr
Critic Magazine
National Catholic Reporter
Herr
Herry
New York
Norman Lent
North Carolina
Sam Ervin
Supreme Court
Berkeley
Calif
Malcolm X
Abraham Lincoln
Berkley
Segal Emigration Case Highlights Soviet Move on Parental Consent
Anthony Lewis notes Dmitri Segal a Soviet linguist and his wife Elena were denied exit visas citing parental consent a charge that masks broader arbitrariness in emigration policy. He argues Western pressure may influence practice but warns against over-optimism while urging freedom of movement as a key objective in East-West relations.
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Times Service
London
Dmitri M. Segal
Edward Lear
Soviet Union
Poland
Netherlands
Britain
Italy
Claude Levi-Strauss
Dmitri Segal
Elena Dmitrievna Segal
Moscow
Ussr
Israel
the Segals
Dmitri Tolstoi
Aleksei Tolstoi
Elena
Leonid Brezhnev
Congress
Soviet Communist Party
United States
Segals
West
Benjamin Levich
Brezhnev
U.S
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Russell Baker
Kong
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Lester Kinsolving
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Col Verein
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