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Poverty War in Appalachia How Johnson Faces Coal Region Struggles
In Hazard Kentucky, Arvin Bishop waits in the rain for government food stamps as President Johnson vows war on poverty and appoints Sargent Shriver to head the effort. The piece notes a cycle of ignorance and poverty, automation reducing job chances, and Appalachia’s coal country as a focal point for reform efforts during an election year.
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Hazard
Arvin Bishop
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Bishop
Johnson
Congress
Democratic Party
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Shriver
Kentucky
Barry Goldwater
R - Ariz
Deep South
Appalachia
R. H. Kelly
Kelly
W. A. Ritchie
Ritchie
Perry County
H&p
Bill Perry
Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Eerie
Perry
Seldon Davidson
Saul
Davidson