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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1972
Page
6
A satirical vignette notes European nobility penny-pinched by taxes, with Americans renting castles and a mock scene at Crumbling Manor. A second joke frames a four year old observing a wedding, quipping on marriages and mergers like a car sale.
Senator Byrd of West Virginia urged consideration of a general amnesty for about 70,000 men who dodged the draft or deserted during Vietnam. He praised service members but criticized draft dodgers as lacking courage, arguing war is inhuman and dissenters damage national unity.
Local ad promotes Fat-Go with a mail order option at two dollars and fifty cents, urging quick action. The notice requests adding 35 cents for tox and passage, hinting at supplementary charges or services.
Amherst police and Bureau of Mines officials probe theft and littering of Gazette Mail papers amid an impoundment on Buffalo Creek. Officials say an order citing imminent danger was based on erroneous findings, with investigations into the theft, damaged delivery sites, and a required dam spillway plan at the Newspaper Agency.
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