Editorial urges passage of county bus levy to expand service
The editorial warns that voting against the levy would shrink the county bus system, raise taxes by 54 cents monthly for the typical homeowner, and risk property devaluation. If approved, a threefold increase in miles served links Charleston with Montgomery Eskdale Blount Clendenin Sissonville Cross Lanes and Alum Creek and preserves routes to Dunbar Institute Nitro St Albans and Cabin Creek with a new fleet funded by 3.7 million in levies and 4.2 million from the federal government.
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Eskdale
Blount
Clendenin
Sissonville
Cross Lanes
Alum Creek
Dunbar
Institute
Nitro
St. Albans
Cabin Creek
Kanawha
Moore
Arch Moore
Ohio Senator Lukens Deals With Five Year Office Ban
Ohio State Senator Ronald E. Lukens protests a five year ban on running for office after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled he was late filing a 1972 expense report. The Gazette urges similar ethics rules for West Virginia judges to stay above politics.
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Ohio
Ronald E. Lukens
Ohio Supreme Court
Lukens
Senate
America
West Virginia
the Gazette
Nixon Not King With Divine Right
The piece denounces Sen. Howard Baker’s reverence for the presidency as risky to democracy. It argues the president must be respected but not untouchable, warning that treating the office as divinely empowered would erode people’s power to participate in government.
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Howard Baker
Watergate Committee
Sen. Baker
United States
Summer reading fun and fake book buzz from the Times
The piece lampoons summer reading trends with spoof titles and plots. It mocks Harley Bustard’s Hellbound for America and other faux books, detailing exaggerated journeys across America and ironic critiques of diet and literature fashions.
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New York Times
Harley Bustard
America
Readers Forum Urges Renewal of Kanawha Rapid Transit
Samuel Burford of 1618 Kanawha Blvd appeals to Charleston and Kanawha County residents to vote today to renew public funding for rapid transit. He argues renewed funding will improve bus service, reduce traffic, lower travel costs, and provide faster transportation for workers across the county.
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the Gazette
Charleston
Kanawha County
Kanawhans
Ordinary scandal looms over Senate on campaign finance
The piece links Watergate to a broader push for reform in federal election funding. It cites Sen. Mathias and Sen. Adlai Stevenson Jr. as authors, notes CREP and Vesco cash gifts, and questions the ethics of Nixon administration fund-raisers, including Dean, Stans, Kalmbach, LaRue, and Mitchell, urging drastic changes in financing.
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Charles Mathias
R-Md
Sen
Adlai Stevenson
Dill
Mathias
Gordon Liddy
Maurice Stans
Ervin
Nixon
ITT
Dita Beard
Lss
Stans
Atty
Robert L. Vesco
CREP
Cox
John W. Dean
Herbert Kalmbach
Dean
Watergate
Cooly
E. Howard Hunt
White House
Senate
Fred LaRue
John Mitchell
Department of Agriculture
LaRue
Mitchell
Watergate debate narrows to Nixon knowledge and fate
Washington pundit argues Watergate hinges on Nixon's awareness of the affair. He notes prior scandals do not excuse current actions and warns that if Nixon knew of the plot or was merely inept, the outcome is the same and there is no way to wiggle out.
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Richard Nixon
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Sherman Adams
Bobby Baker
Democratic National Committee
Atmv
John Mitchell
United States
Barry Goldwater
Nixon
Ted Kennedy
Grant
Cleveland
Wilson
Harding
Watergate
Mary Jo
John Dean
Ervin Committee
Dean
Franklin Roosevelt
Sen. Kennedy
White House
Special levy election tests Kanawha transit funding
The Kanawha County special levy vote decides whether 3.7 million dollars over three years will fund 80 new air conditioned buses and expand service, matching a 4.2 million federal grant. loss would end bus service by August and raise traffic, pollution, and potential gasoline rationing concerns. The legislature reconvenes to weigh consumer protection and judicial reform amid pressure from lobbyists, aiming to pass a conference report on the consumer bill and advance the judicial amendment.
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Kanawha County
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Senate
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Department of Transportation
Charles
Ton
Kanawha Valley
Supreme Court
House
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Transitized George Auld Named in City Column
George Frederick Auld is featured in a prominent city column under the headline Transitized. The piece discusses Auld’s influence in urban transit planning and his ongoing projects within the city administration.
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