Bluesfreaks C C Richardson A Charleston Blues Exponent
C C Richardson known as Peg Leg Bates in dancing days is a Charleston blues exponent with 30 years in town and 17 years on the road with Nat King Cole and others. He recently cut a single C C s Blues and Hey Night and performs at local festivals while awaiting a major break. His record is sold for 1.00 at Pacific Music Co or from 405 Jacob St where he lives.
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Terry Lowry
Charleston
C. C. Richardson
Jacob Street
C.C
C. C
Nat King Cole
Benny Carter
Silas Green
Marx
Blind Boy Fuller
B. B. King
Blind Boy
Peg Leg Bates
Richardson
Kanawha State Forest
Randall Wray
Quiet
Pacific Music Co
Bridge Road
Jacob St
Teens favor legal grass but dope use not rising
Purdue University surveyed 10 000 high school students across all states this spring. 35 percent favored legalizing marijuana, up from 18 percent two years earlier, while willingness to try drugs remained low. Three-fourths of 10th through 12th graders would not try dope, and 65 percent would avoid grass or drugs even if assured they wouldn’t be hooked or busted.
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Purdue University
Purdue
Arline Erlick
City drug use still up CCDI report says heroin surge drives rise
Charleston officials and CCDI volunteers report rising drug use driven by heroin, cocaine, marijuana and other substances. The group notes at least 400 heroin addicts in town and plans to expand 24 hour hot line service, add assemblies in schools, and seek funds for a halfway house while stressing strict confidentiality and nonadvocacy. Independent councils exist in nearby cities and counties.
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Ray Brack
Charleston
Charleston Council For Drug Information
CCD
CCDE
CCDI
Jane Rosser
St. Johns Episcopal Church
T-T-T
Kanawha Valley Ambulance Service
Marmet
Madison
Huntington
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Wheeling
Fairmont
Disabled miner seeks antiwar referendum
Dry Branch coal miner Clifton E. Bryant quietly circulates a 1972 antiwar petition hoping younger voters will back outlawing all wars. He asks youth and others to help change or abolish this gang type government and questions how many more will die in another's country. Contact Cabin Creek Area Citizens Union, Dry Branch, WV 25061.
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Dry Branch
Clifton E. Bryant
Bryant
Cabin Creek Area
Citizens Union
W. Va
Beatle Fans Press For Lyrics In Elkview Paper
A reader letter from Elkview signed by 180 fans criticizes T-T-T for not printing requested song lyrics. It cites Power to the People What Is Life Another Day It Dont Come Easy and urges publication before seniors leave. The note praises Beatles songwriters and hints at a future Beatle themed feature.
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Beatles
John Lennon
Tom Jones
Tony Bennett
Elkview
Tony
Tom Jones on influences and rock roots with Jerry Lee Lewis
Tom Jones explains his debt to American rock and roll and Jerry Lee Lewis. He credits early fandom of Cooke Benton Lewis and Burke, says American singers shaped his style, and predicts future musical evolution with gut. Creedence Clearwater Revival cited as proof of demand for honest rock. Jones plans to tour Charleston with Jerry Lee Lewis visiting earlier this year. He also notes a rivalry with Bobby Darin.
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Tom Jones
Fame
Tom
Brook Benton
Sam Cooke
Jerry Lee Lewis
Pontypridd
Cooke
Benton
Lewis
Solomon Burke
America
Jerry Lee
Charleston
Jones
Lightfoot blends folk country into late success
Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot, once out of step with trends, has influenced pop by merging folk and country. His new album Summer Side of Life showcases stronger songs and warmer production, buoyed by the hit If You Could Read My Mind. Lightfoot discusses with Hilburn his musical evolution, discipline, and the dangers of talent misuse. He recalls discovering the folk country blend in Toronto, leaving a stable TV job to pursue art, and notes how Dylan echoed his work with Early Morning Rain. He has written about 200 songs and notes the constant self-discipline needed to avoid personal distractions.
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Gordon Lightfoot
Lightfoot
Reprise Records
Gordon
Nashville
Reprise
James
James Taylor
Taylor
Pete Seeger
Bob Gibson
Ian and
Sylvia
Merle Travis
Toronto
Judy Collins
Bob Dylan
Peter, Paul and
Mary
George Hamilton IV
Marty Robbins
Dylan
John Wesley Harding
Drug Answers Clarify Mescaline and Stimulants
The text explains mescaline as an hallucinogenic alkaloid from peyote cactus tops or lab synthesized. It contrasts barbiturates as depressants with amphetamines as CNS stimulants and notes long term use may cause severe psychosis and possible brain damage. It invites readers to send questions to Drug Answers in Charleston W Va and mentions CCDI counseling.
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P. O
Charleston
W. Va
Charleston Council For Drug Information
CCDI
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Clarke Smart
Debby Sonis
Charles Willard
Council
Ferrell Friend
The
USA
Tom Downs
Bobby Darin
Las Vegas
Joe Louis
By Robert Hilburn
Los Angeles Times
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