Editorial: Court Ruling Clears Path for WV Constitutional Convention
The editorial argues that a constitutional convention is part of government and must follow equal representation principles. It critiques Attorney General Robertson's view and cites the need for a fair, population based delegate plan capped at 100. Governor Smith plans to seek a Supreme Court test to clarify legality and advance equal representation.
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U. S. Supreme Court
West Virginia
Robertson
Black's Law Dictionary
Tennessee
Virginia
Charleston Gazette
Gov. Smith
Smith
State Supreme Court
High Court
We Hope House Bucks Sen Byrd on Washington Welfare
A Senate split over welfare for Washington DC children surfaces with Sen Byrd opposing aid while Sen Pastore hints at racial motives. The piece notes Rep Byrd might back cutting all relief in DC and urges House members to stand firm in conference to defeat his position.
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We Hope House Bucks
Sen
Byrd
United States Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Washington, D. C
Sen. Byrd
Senate
John O. Pastore
D-R. I
Sen. Pastore
Washington
Sen. Randolph
House of Representatives
Sen. Bryd
House
Readers Forum on Interstate 77 Signs and West Virginia Turnpike Echoes
Letters criticize new Interstate 77 section between Charleston and Princeton for broken pavement and poor markings. A reader argues signs alone do not make an interstate and suggests better signage at each end. Additional notes praise WICS plans and reflect on national policy and war materials.
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West Virginia Turnpike
West Virginia
Foreign policy critique of Fulbright defense plan and liberal attitudes
A commentary analyzes Fulbright's defense reform proposing OAS control over mutual defense funds, arguing Latin governments lack capacity and will to decide military matters. It criticizes diffuse responsibility, bureaucratic illusions, and the trend to mask policy with rhetoric while warning against overreliance on appearances in Viet Nam era strategy.
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J. W. Fulbright
Senate
Hemisphere
Organization of American States
United States
Fulbright
OAS
Pentagon
Office of International Security Affairs
Defense Command
Panama
Latin America
Santo Domingo
U. S
Saigon
Viet Nam
War Department
Defense Department
Progress and compromise mark a productive first half of 1965
James Reston surveys a six month period of U S politics highlighting easing tensions among classes, advances in poverty relief, voting rights, education, and medicare while noting ongoing foreign policy strains. He credits Johnson's leadership and a shift toward cooperative regional and institutional efforts across parties and groups.
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Johnson
Ernors
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Viet Nam
Big Stir Under Soviet Calm
Edward Crankshaw analyzes Moscow's quiet leadership change and its impact on Yugoslavia China and Vietnam. He notes Brezhnev as a nonpersonality figure and Kosygin as a constitutional premier while Russia tests autocratic tradition. The piece questions Moscow's stance amid global Cold War tensions and hints at leadership shift rumors.
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Viet Nam
Russia
China
Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhna
Alexei Kosygin
Kosygin
Brezhnev
Young Scientists Observe Distillation Notes in West Virginia
A July 28 1968 message from Green Bank West Virginia signed by Young Scientists notes the distillation process with a hint of rural Pocahontas County locations. Page 1 feature.
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Pastry Life
Bugayev
Central Auditing Commission
The
Soviet Communist Party
Pocahontas
County Hollows
Green Bank
W. Va
Potomac Fever and Odd Political Jokes from 1960s Gossip
Lynda Bird uncovers a 70 year old skeleton in Arizona while jokes critique Soviet moon probes and a Stanford fraternity branch suspended for a Negro pledge. A satire notes canned cabbage in zinc scare and mocks high level politics with dry humor.
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Lynda Bird
Arizona
Lynda
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Stanford
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Max Belloff
Labor Party
Britain
James Reston
New York Times
Supreme Court
Goldwater
John Lindsay
New York
Croldwater
Edward Crankshaw
London Observer
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Josip Tito
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