Vietnamization Tested As New War Backs Or Fails
Philadelphia journalist Phil Newsom recalls 1965 when Viet Cong control and refugee waves tested South Vietnam under Nixon policy. He notes similarities to today with about 100,000 U.S. troops and raises questions on whether waning force will weaken Saigon.
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Phil Newsom
South Vietnam
Nixon
Vo Nguyen Giap
Dien Bien Phu
Vietnam
Dong Xoai
Saigon
Dak To
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Wells Campaign Quoted Out of Context in Editorial Fight
The Athens Democrat accuses Dr. Haney Wells of misquoting a Register editorial in his congressional bid. The piece argues the editorial praised incumbent Ken Hechler as the only able West Virginia delegation member and urged Wells to withdraw, warning Kee would benefit from Wells' split vote. It urges Wells to reconsider and support Hechler.
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Haney Wells
Register
Congress
Athens Democrat
Wells
Beckley
James Kee
Ken Hechler
West Virginia
Hechler
Kee
Controlled flood warnings fuel critique of dam building
A harsh critique denounces flood control by damming and strip mining. The piece derides surface mining, acid runoff, and silt filling reservoirs urging against building dams and dredging streams while lamenting environmental damage and political corruption. It names several proposed dam projects and politicians, urging intelligent solutions and preservation of habitat.
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Pittston Company
Corps of Engineers
Lewis McManus
Glade Creek
Mary Martha Merritt
Whitestick Creek
Anthony Sporacine
Soak Creek
Tracy Hylton
Pinnacle Creek
Ia Latimer
Sandlick Creek
Arch Moore
Whitestick
Canada and United States face tough trade talks ahead of Ottawa summit
Historian Kilbourn notes Canada’s peaceable image. Trudeau vows to press hard on auto pact and DISC issues as Nixon and Trudeau prepare for a bilateral meeting in Ottawa April 13 to 15. U S concerns center on Canada’s 24 billion dollar trade surplus and auto policy tensions.
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Canada
William Kilbourn
Nixon
Pierre Trudeau
Ottawa
Great Lakes
Trudeau
Treasury
John Connally
Toronto
Connally
U. S
United States
Washington
America
International Sales Corporation
DISC
London
Marcel Cadieux
Arip
Ottawa Citizen
U.S
Oregon to Start Traffic Safety Education in Public Schools
Oregon will launch a comprehensive traffic safety education program from kindergarten through college, replacing the old driver education approach. The plan, developed by the state Board of Education, emphasizes pedestrian bike and vehicle safety across grades, with driver education still offered at age 15 and a booster refresher in the 12th grade or community college.
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Salem, Ore
UPI
Oregon
State Board of Education
Dale Parnell
National Safety Council
Breakthrough Magnetic Pulse System Promises All-Weather Start
ComGeneral Corp claims a magnetic control system using the Wiegand Effect wire provides a 100 percent reliable pulse for starting engines in extreme conditions. The non moving, temperature resistant, solid state device could also power security locks and various industrial controls. Key backers include Allegheny Ludlum, General Electric, Westinghouse and RCA with physicist Dr. Philip E. Wigen giving early endorsement.
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Dean C. Miller
UPI
New York
ComGeneral Corp
Dayton
Ohio
Allegheny Ludlum
General Electric
Westinghouse
RCA
Philip E. Wigen
Ohio State Univeristy
Tour guide leads bus past stripped beauty spot in West Virginia
A tour party discovers the prime scenic site has been strip mined. The guide explains the list is out of date and recounts the slow reclamation process. They relocate to Pipestem along the Bluestone River.
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Tve
Grandview
Bolt Three Forks Road
Charleston
Beckley
Tams Mountain
Wyoming County
Glade Creek
Dudley
Commerce Commissioner
Ladies Home Journal
Misty Mountain
West Virginia
Pinnacle Creek
Pipestem
Bluestone
Modest Proposal to End Busing Provokes Heated Debate
A satirical piece argues that integrating neighborhoods by repealing landmark civil rights acts would abruptly end busing. It features Colonel Stonewall of Mudge, Mississippi proposing dramatic, offensive steps to merge housing, schools, and employment while exposing racial tensions and hypocrisy.
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Central Highlands
Dong Hha
Quang Tri
Qui Nhon
South China Sea
Pleiku
Kontum
I Corps
da Nang
Hue
Dong Ha
Laos
Naleigh & Register
Snet
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
W. Va
Hinton
Bckley
John Hodel
United Press International
Robert Shepard
Arthur Hoppe
Citizens Committee
Jackson T. Stonewall
Mudge, Miss
Colonel Stonewall
NEA
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