Marmet youths fast for peace in Vietnam protest
About ten young people from Marmet Junior High and the Charleston Public Library Marmet branch sat on the sidewalk in front of the school Tuesday night to fast for peace after a year of intermittent fasting. They describe fasting as a nonviolent protest and cite concerns that the Vietnam War harms civilians and could widen into a broader conflict.
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Marmet Junior High
Charleston Public Library
Marmet
Vietnam
Gary Howerton
Connie Jones
Gary
Tom Searls
Greg Wright
Nothie
Debby Johnson
Marmet Junior Hills
DuPont
Connie
Unprecedented Lottery For Stones Madison Square Garden Tickets
A new lottery distributes 54 000 tickets for the Rolling Stones July 24 25 and 26 shows at Madison Square Garden. Fans mail postcards with name and address to enter. Winners buy four seats for 26 dollars total after presenting ID at box office. Entries aim to curb gate crashes as tour tickets sell fast across cities including Washington Fort Worth Houston and more through July.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Stones
Garden
America
Jfk Stadium
Washington
Fort Worth
Tex
Houston
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Nashville
Norfolk
Akron
Indianapolis
Detroit
Tornnto
Montreal
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Belknap Folk Festival Set For September in Louisville
Louisville hosts the Belknap Folk Festival September 13 to 16 on the university campus with forty musicians from West Virginia Ohio Kentucky and nearby states invited. George Howe university director of student activity urges performers or crafters to contact him by phone 502 636 4501 for details. The event aims to showcase youth engagement and peace themes amid local concerns about recreation and community activities in Marmet and surrounding areas.
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Louisville
University of Louisville
West Virginia
Tennessee
Ohio
Kentucky
George Howe
Howe
Alice Cooper panty raid sparks FTC action and 500000 underpants seized
U S Customs holds half a million women's panties after the FTC rules they fail fire resistance tests under the Flammable Fabric Act. Warner Brothers disputes the garment standard claim, arguing the items are packing material. FTC cites safety and options include chemical treatment or plastic enclosing. Half a million panties stay in Philadelphia Customs house as a second batch arrives from England.
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Washington
United States
Alice Cooper
America
Alice
Craig Braun
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Customs
Customs House
Wich
Conn
Warner Brothers
Warner's
Bob Merris
Edward B. Finch
Bureau of Consumer Information
Finch
Philadelphia Customs House
England
Godstock festival roils Dallas crowd with criticisms and praise
About 200000 attendees packed a five block unbuilt freeway strip for the Godstock Explo festival led by Rev. Billy Graham. Johnny Cash energized the crowd while Jim Wallis criticized the movement as shallow. Officials said the event was not meant to address politics. Organizers spent over 7 million and delegates spent heavily on lodging and shopping.
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Dallas
Teale Eeeimi
Billy Graham
Exhal
Jimi Hendrix
Jeeta Christ
Im People Christian Coalition
Jim Wallis
Chicago
Explo
Jesus
Wallis
Campus Crade For Christ
Crusade
State Folk Festival at Glenville Feels Renewed by Community
Ed Morris writes on the West Virginia State Folk Festival in Glenville. The 23rd annual gathering showcased free events, from variety shows to fiddling contests, with locals in bib overalls and roaming gypsy motifs creating a vibrant, communal atmosphere that suggests the world is starting over fresh. The piece highlights Lisa Ornstein, Lee Triplett, and the festival’s enduring belief in shared culture amid playful and reflective moments.
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Ed Morris
Glenville
West Virginia
Lisa Ornstein
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Cleveland
Lisa
Shiloh’s Hill
Lee Triplett
Clay County
Tony
McGuffey
South Charleston seeks local rock artists for city concert
South Charleston Recreation Department director Bob Anderson seeks area pop artists to join a city sponsored concert at Oakes Field. Contact Anderson at the South Charleston Recreation Center. Andersons department and Charleston Musicians Union Local 136 cosponsor teen dances every Friday night at the South Charleston Mound.
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South Charleston
Bob Anderson
Oakes Field
Anderson
South Charleston Recreation Center
Charleston Musician’s Union Local 136
South Charleston Mound
Barbiturate Big Three balk at curbs during hearings
Representatives of EH Lilly Abbott Laboratories and McNeill Laboratories oppose federal controls on barbiturates. They suggest stamping an origin mark on each pill to aid tracing. Governor Rockefeller signs a bill restricting prescription drug use but vetoes a student drug discussion privileged information measure. The Education Department opposes the bill.
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Washington
Birch Bayh
Bayh
EH Lilly & Co
Abbott Laboratories
McNeill Laboratories
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
State Department of Education
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Danny Hutton
Cory Wells
Chuck Negron
Hutton
Charleston
Civic Center
Lawrence Pierce
Tom Searls Care
Godstock
Explo Movement
Jesus Christ
Grainlenus
Cotton Bowl
Mr. Graham
Johnny Cash
Euclid Avenue
High Street
Key Biscayne
David Morris Cocky As
Buffalo Bill
Tural
U.S
S.C
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